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"I spent 10,000 ducats to buy the crown of the Eastern Roman Empire, and this time I will spend another 10,000 ducats to buy the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire."

Ferdinand offered a bid.

"After all, there is no practical benefit to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, and I think its price is equivalent to the crown, which should be a more reasonable standard."

Is the throne and inheritance of the Eastern Roman Empire worth the 50,000 ducats that Manuel said? In fact, Ferdinand thought it was worth the price! The Ottoman sultans all proclaimed themselves Roman emperors, and the value of Roman orthodoxy was not comparable to the price of a fief in Spain?

Even doubling it is worth it.

But why did he say it!

Except for Ferdinand himself, who in Europe at this time thought that the imperial throne and succession of the Eastern Roman Empire were still of practical use? Worth 50,000 ducats?

Most people will take this as a joke, buying the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, is it possible that Constantinople can still be sent with it?

Even Manuel himself, Ferdinand was sure that he didn't think that the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire would be worth 50,000 ducats, but that the lion opened his mouth and wanted to sell it for a high price.

Therefore, Ferdinand showed an attitude that the throne did not have much value, but the price offered was okay.

"This ......" Manuel heard the offer, and the gap between it and psychological expectations was a bit big! 50,000 Ducats in gold coins were directly cut to two folds.

Manuel felt that Ferdinand's price was too low, but as everyone knows, Ferdinand also felt that his offer was too high! According to the original history, the Spanish double king could give you a few hundred ducats would have been the result of several months of bargaining, and he would now open his mouth to quote 10,000 ducats, which is already a tenfold or dozens of times the price increase! There is no big inflation in Europe right now!

So Ferdinand decided that Isabella would take care of the other party.

"Duke Manuel, we'll discuss the price tomorrow," Ferdinand pretended to be a little tired, "Let Queen Isabella take care of this matter, and I won't get involved......"

Queen Isabella nodded as well.

Manuel also agreed, after all, Her Majesty seemed to be more interested in the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire before, and she should not bargain directly to half like Ferdinand.

The next day, however, was completely unexpected.

"Yesterday, after my own careful consideration and exchange of views with King Ferdinand, I thought that King Ferdinand's previous offer was inappropriate......," Queen Isabella said early in the morning, meeting with Manuel.

It looks like there's a play! Manuel couldn't help but feel a little excited.

"In the end, I think the offer is too high, and I think the right price should be five thousand ducats."

As soon as these words came out, the scene was suddenly very embarrassing! As everyone knows, this is already Isabella's face, after all, she was originally even a few hundred Ducats in gold, and finally quoted you a price of five thousand Ducats in gold. That's almost enough to finance Columbus's voyage in 1492, isn't that enough?

In other words, will Manuel just flip the table (╯"□′) ╯(┻━┻) and then declare the negotiations break down?

That's impossible.

Because, looking at the surrounding countries, who would want to pay 5,000 ducats to buy the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire? And there is neither a crown package to show off, nor an inch of territory to reap the actual benefits.

If Charles VIII wanted to buy it, he would not have paid 5,000 ducats. Alexander VIII, who slammed the door, would not have paid so much. As for the de jure successor of the Western Empire, of course, King Maximilian I of Germany, who had not yet been crowned at this time, there was no Marin to persuade him at this time, and he would not buy a fictitious title with five thousand ducats.

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At a time when Isabella haggled heavily. Ferdinand was considering a second reason for his caution in acquiring "Roman orthodoxy".

That is, the question of the validity of the purchase of the throne.

Ferdinand had read the novel "The Rise of the Emperors", in which the section on the sale of the Eastern Roman throne vividly portrays the stinginess of the two Spanish kings in bargaining. The result was that Andrés sold the throne to Maximilian I through Marin's guidance.

However, this plot actually has a misleading effect, making people think that because of the stinginess of the two Spanish kings in history, the deal fell through and the Eastern Roman Empire was not obtained.

But the problem is that even if the Spanish kings were so stingy and only willing to pay a few hundred ducats, in the original history, according to Ferdinand's different accounts, Andrés Palaiologos still bowed his head and sold the throne to the Spanish kings.

That's weird!

It's really weird!

Having bought the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire, shouldn't it be "a new Roman Empire rising in the Iberian Peninsula"?

However, the truth is that nothing happened......

The Spanish kings did not claim to be Roman emperors.

The reason may be complicated, perhaps the two kings of Spain thought that with the current national strength of Castile and Aragon, they were not worthy of the name of the Roman Empire, and that the words of emperor would be too high-minded and would be guarded against by various countries.

But this doesn't make sense, the heirs of Castile, Aragon and Austria are all little Charles, the future Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian should be very happy that his grandson will obtain the glorious title of "Emperor of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires" in the future, how can he object!

As for France, which was originally hostile to Spain, claiming not to be emperor would not change the overall situation of relations between the two countries.

Well, the most reliable explanation is that the two kings of Spain didn't take this throne seriously at all!

The superior is also a human being, and many times he is still a mediocre person, even an idiot and a fool, or a particularly perverted guy. Who says they must have a foresight? Not everyone is Stalin, Roosevelt, Napoleon, Augustus, Qin Shi Huang, Liu Bang, Tang Taizong and other heroes.

Although Isabella and Ferdinand were outstanding kings, they did not expect that Roman orthodoxy would have any effect, not only because of historical limitations, but also because they did not have such great ambitions, what kind of grand ambition to dominate the world, they did not think so.

As for the reunification of the country, if both of them die, won't the reunification be achieved as soon as the son/grandson succeeds to the throne? The original owner of Ferdinand did not have the ability to continue his life, so what was the use of this throne?