Chapter 13 Barcelona
"Here you go...... 30 ducats of ducats exempt – even if you give them to Jews you will not be affected by the decree restricting non-conversion of Jews – so tell your Jewish friend that don't swallow the coins in your stomach again......"
Although Ferdinand's discipline only lasted a little more than twelve days at that time, it was enough to scare a large group of Jewish businessmen, and Isabella was also blamed for blackmail, and he also had to ask God and his old man for help, so that everyone thought that the overall situation was decided, although everyone did not believe that Ferdinand dreamed, but to ask God and his old man for help, the appearance fee must not be low, indicating that the king and queen have strengthened their determination. For this reason, Ferdinand often ran to heaven in his dreams, and asked St. Peter to help him report to God, I will pay 2 million Malawidi to build a monastery, do you always change your mind? Anyway, you have collected a lot of indulgences, how about letting these infidels atone for their sins in the same way, there is a good saying, isn't it? They were also the children of Abraham...... The inertia of history is really powerful! No wonder the traverser Hiramatsu ended up like this.
So there was a Jewish gunsmith who was a very good man, but he was a little reluctant to make money, and it was not easy to work hard all his life, so he made the decision to sell his property that he could quickly get rid of into gold coins, and on the evening of April 12 - two hours after Ferdinand issued the decree (restricting non-conversion of Jews) - he swallowed all 30 ducats except for the five malawedis he was holding, and then it happened to be discovered - and it was not until he was about to face inspection. And it wasn't so quickly and carefully prepared, and it wasn't exposed so quickly – the butterfly effect was there, but it didn't seem to be going in a good direction......
He was given some comfort in the fact that his arquebus workshop had been chosen by Ferdinand to make flintlock pistols, which was a great honor for the entire gunsmith workshop, especially since Ferdinand said that he would give 10,000 malawedi and a silk garment to every meritorious person, which would save his livelihood, and that the king, seeing him as a Jew, made a point that the reward would not be affected by the decree on the restriction of non-proselytism......
However, due to the impact of the "gold swallowing incident", the gunsmith, who was tossed for a long time and had all his property confiscated, suffered a huge physical and mental blow, and messed up in the process of pulling out the rifling - it was the flintlock pistol that died young...... Immediately attracted Ferdinand's attention, and the angry eyes of the others, and thus exposed the disgraceful behavior of the King of Aragon, who had personally promulgated "a powerful weapon against the black-hearted Jewish profiteers and usurers", which he had been afraid of being known to more people.
"Life is precious, and the price of discipline is higher, if it is a Ducat, both can be thrown away—it's you guys, man!" Ferdinand's unintentional ridicule made the poor fellow shudder and detonated the dissatisfaction of his colleagues.
"Damned Jewish infidels, greedy degenerates, I'm ashamed to work with you!"
"You people"? Who knows if His Majesty is talking about the Jews or about them, the gunsmiths? They were already particularly dissatisfied with this man's pagan status and behavior, and now they have messed up the advanced and valuable new firearms fired with shining flint, and aroused the king's dissatisfaction and distrust, which is a great crime! Especially two days later, the king recruited an arquebus gun workshop to help, and the two are still competitors to a certain extent, after all, the order is so small, although it is a lot, but it is not much! However, Ferdinand was not dissatisfied, but the craftsmen were indeed too tired and needed to add some manpower.
The gunsmith's doom is not over, after Sisneros arrived, he heard about it, and immediately called the craftsman in front of him and reprimanded, cursed and threatened him fiercely, the words were fierce and creepy, worthy of being the master who could force the Moors to rebel, but sooner or later these people will have to do something, even if they really live in peace, the Ottomans and even France and England will do something crooked, continue a religious war in Iberia, long pain is better than short pain, difficult birth is better than premature birth, at least adults make sure it's okay, right? Andalusia is a place that should be pacified as soon as possible.
"If you dare to divulge the secret of a new firearm...... You and all your relatives, friends, and colleagues will be burned at the stake! "The cardinal's final threat 15 years later not only brought the poor Jewish gunsmith to the ground, but also made his colleagues even more resentful of him, and we were all led to the pit by you! Turn around and get rid of this as soon as possible, and don't say we've seen you...... No, the king already knows that we are colleagues with him, so we can't help it, just keep an eye on it! As long as you find out that this guy is moving, you will immediately skin him!
In particular, the number 13 has inspired all kinds of associations, but there are no oriental associations. 13 flintlock pistols, one of which died because of a Jewish pagan who had swallowed 30 ducats (Judas had a bounty of 30 silver coins for his betrayal......)
However, Gonzalo was not as indignant as Cisneros, and when he communicated with the craftsmen, he was shocked by two people, one was the all-knowing and all-powerful King, and the other was the one who had swallowed 100,000 heavenly soldiers...... Thirty Ducats for the brothers......
Knowing the poor plight of this benevolent brother, and the fact that he was not as vicious and greedy and depraved as his other colleagues portrayed, Gonzalo felt pity.
It was a coincidence that Gonzalo certainly did not go out of his way to intercede with Ferdinand, and at the same time asked for 30 ducats in a bad taste.
Before the drill lined up to shoot, the soldiers needed to practice fighting bayonets, of course, not real bayonets, but wooden knives with lime, and of course it hurt to poke their bodies.
The bounty was exactly 30 ducats of ducats, and it was specifically stated that it was not affected by the decree restricting the non-conversion of Jews, and although there was not a single non-converted Jew in the royal guards, and there were very few in the army, it was to be said that all men were equal before the law, except in the case of laws that were already unequal...... The Chinese Exclusion Act is out, what else can you say?
And then the final winner is - "Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba!" ”
Ferdinand sweated wildly, he was 39 years old, as for being so violent? 3 people in a row! Just like Gonzalo taught a lesson to three armed men under a local nobleman, the reason was that the nobleman was infatuated with a poor and beautiful orphan girl, but the marriage proposal was rejected, and Gonzalo escorted her home after the hero saved the beauty...... No matter how you hear about it, it seems like I've heard it somewhere, but in the end, there is no romantic story of the general marrying Cinderella, and Gonzalo is not interested in taking the opportunity to pick up girls, and he still regrets how Princess Isabella married a man who already has two illegitimate children......
"Your Majesty, it's because I'm 39 years old, so if we don't go crazy, we'll be old!" This man looked at it, how could it not look like he could only live for another 23 years, Ferdinand considered, whether to find a way to give him an extra ten or eight years to live, if this old marshal can personally lead a large army to conquer Portugal, it will be a great honor for him to live for centuries, even if it is the Iberian minority of the "Portuguese Autonomous Region", he will praise this great commander who promoted the national unity and national integration of the Iberian Peninsula and safeguarded the fundamental interests of the people of the United Empire...... (This is true, if the two teeth are not awkward for a long time, they are really closely united, maybe the Western Hemisphere and the coast of Asia and Africa are still their world today!) But when he conquered England, Gonzalo, even if he didn't die, was probably old-fashioned, he couldn't be a national hero, and promoting national unity and safeguarding the interests of the people was the highest praise that the old marshal could get, oh no, he also hit the French......
"Okay, if you don't get old, we're going to go crazy......" Ferdinand's powerlessness in the face of the flying man Bolt was the second runner-up in the Olympic 100-meter race, should you be so good! It's really three long and two short, where do you make me cry? Could it be true that I went to the LORD in a dream and bribed the old man of Jehovah, and that for every Jewish merchant I exploited, I would give you one percent of the income? (God vomits blood in heaven, that's all I have to offer?) Archangel, take your sword and destroy that guy...... What the? The author blocked the gates of heaven? And took Jesus hostage? Mary is also gone......)
The tactics of queuing to shoot have been handed over to Cisneros for rehearsals, and the army of this era is pale in the face of the Spanish phalanx, not to mention the sense of collapse when encountering the queue to shoot and fight bayonets!
If the Portuguese (who will only show their flintlock pistols to kill the Portuguese mainland after fighting the French first) are surprised to find the knights scrambling to fall on the way to the first row of musketeers, they will really find that these guys are not only straw bales who dare to attack from a distance, but can draw their swords and fight you to the death......
It is estimated that it will be like the French army during World War II, and realize that it has been completely defeated after five days of war, right?
Ferdinand felt that the peace treaty was signed in Tordesillas, allowing the Portuguese to experience the humiliation again......
No, forget it, let's honestly spend a few more years after Lisbon is crowned King of Portugal and completely merge, and the peace treaty should also be respectful -
"Some people think that the Spaniards have defeated the Portuguese, but they are not, the Portuguese are invincible. It was the Manueline regime that was defeated, a corrupt and evil government that did not essentially represent the Portuguese. No! The Portuguese were as heroic and invincible as ever. Iberia is still both a Spanish and Portuguese country, and the Spaniards will continue to live and work with the Portuguese as they have in the past. ”
Yes, Portugal is his home region, not a country that can be ravaged wantonly like England, even England He will not be destroyed, help Mary, his granddaughter establish a dictatorship, let the British be his little brother, represent himself in the chaos of the European continent, give full play to the role of the European continent in history, and tease Napoleon and William, the two bitter children, both of whom were miserable by the British, William is better than Napoleon, after all, he beat the Russians to humiliation and sue for peace, Although Napoleon captured Moscow, he never thought of forcing Alexander I to sign such a humiliating peace treaty, seizing more than a million square kilometers of Russian territory from Bechaimo to Ossetia, allowing Finland and Ukraine to become independent, and annexing the Baltic region. He did not even abolish serfdom because he did not want to spoil his relationship with the Russian tsar, who rejected his marriage proposal......
Ahem, what the Tsar rejected was his proposal to his sister......
In short, Portugal is an illegitimate son who needs to be trained well, although the status is not as good as the United States, which will inherit his father's business in the future, but he can't be crippled casually, no, the nobles who rebel are nothing in front of New Spain, which has multiple generational differences in national strength, military strength, productivity, and productivity, but his daughter is also the queen of Portugal, isn't it? The princes who could have inherited the Portuguese throne were also their own grandsons, and the scandal of Manuel I should not be publicized......
Ferdinand walked towards the palace, Barcelona, where he would stay for more than a year, in the heart of Catalonia, the natural harbor of the Mediterranean, he had too many wonders to create......