Chapter 23: The Prototype of History (2)
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When you go back in history, you will always get a variety of experiences. Cruel, coincidental, resembling, bizarre, or ridiculous...... But no matter what kind of experience we have, most of them make us feel "why" this is the case.
The image of Catarina, the red-haired female pirate in a certain game, as a sexy and tall Spanish girl, is simply not the same as the little woman in front of her, who is obviously much petite and thin, feminine and lackluster as an ordinary sailor.
In any case, in the context of that era, Caterina de Elantso is indeed one of the female legends of the Age of Discovery, but for most ordinary people, her experience is not particularly brilliant in the more expansive historical script.
Born into a low-class aristocratic family in Spain, Caterina had a very different mind from other contemporaries. She had a stubborn personality and could not be quiet, and was once sent to a monastery by her parents, and later ran away on her own. Dressed as a man, Caterina became an ordinary soldier in the Spanish army, changing several names and even participating in several Spanish battles in Chile at one point.
An encounter kills someone for the first time in her life, a terrified Caterina confesses for the first time that she has concealed her true identity, and the army commander finally learns that this outstanding subordinate is actually a woman.
Perhaps it was because Spain was in too much need of heroes at this time, and perhaps Caterina's former status as a nun made the bishops of Spain feel valuable. As a result, this deviant little Spanish woman was sought after as the defender of Christ, the bravest soldier in Spain, and was even received by the Pope, who allowed her to freely choose to wear men's clothes on formal occasions.
However, the historical record is also confusing, at least for now, Su Zining is not sure why this reckless Spanish petty officer would lead a small warship around the Azores alone.
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The poor Spaniard was put in the cabin of his own battleship. Captain Adelaide simply laughed off his big teeth, in his eyes, Spaniards were born to be so unlucky. In his words, he knew for a long time that the Americans would not give the Spaniards anything good to eat. In the face of the peculiar muskets that could be fired continuously, the Spanish officers and soldiers were not much better than the Indians.
About an hour later, Su Zining and the female translator Yuan Xinyi came out of the room with a strange smile on their faces. Ren Changle, the accountant who had been guarding the door for a long time, hurried up and was very proud.
"Haha, it's developed, tens of thousands of Spanish silver dollars!" Ren Changle whistled, very satisfied with what he found today.
"Well, we killed and wounded 10 Spanish sailors, captured Spanish ships by the way, and now we're more like pirates. Maybe he will be hanged in Seville soon. Su Zining casually dropped a sentence, and Yuan Xinyi on the side covered her mouth and smiled.
"Is there any mistake, they robbed us, okay?!" Ren Changle was stunned for a moment, and almost roared.
"It doesn't matter, what matters is that our acting captain, Lieutenant Katarina, will fight all the ships of England as pirates. And in fact, not a single English ship at sea was clean in this era. Su Zining spread his hands helplessly.
"Okay, don't scare him." Yuan Xinyi smacked at Su Zining's serious expression, and then changed to a serious expression, "Our tomboy hopes to go to Yan Xiaosong in person to confess." She probably thought that someone who was stabbed by her would not live long, or at least be a cripple. ”
"Well, Yuan Xinyi, you can fool her miserably, what kind of U.S. congressman was unreasonably threatened by a Spanish warship on the way to visit the European royal family...... Su Zining smiled happily, "Especially, Yan Xiaosong's misunderstood her action of wanting to hurt me at that time, she has never seen a man who took the initiative to block a knife for others." ”
"Then you should be ashamed!" Suddenly, Yan Xiaosong came from the other end of the cabin leaning against the wall, his expression was very entangled, half of his upper body was exposed, his coat was behind him, and his entire left shoulder was wrapped in thick gauze.
"How could Lao Zhao and Xia Qiuyu allow you to go out of the room!" Su Zining frowned as soon as he saw the hanging portrait of his dead friend, but he still couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.
"Xia Qiuyu insisted on rescuing those seriously injured Spanish sailors, Lao Zhao couldn't survive it, so he went, and the woman ...... like this" Yan Xiaosong touched the gauze on his shoulder and smiled helplessly.
"Then how do you get out and walk, you should have a good rest." Su Zining breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that today's incident might consume more time for the group to deal with the aftermath.
"You don't care about me, let's go and see Zhou Kemin, this kid killed several Spaniards today, and he probably has a bit of a psychological shadow." After Yan Xiaosong finished speaking, he looked at the hatch not far away, and then put on a mysterious smile, "Su Zining, let's talk about it, is that lieutenant miss not willing to die without the consciousness of a prisoner?" ”
"You two men who don't act seriously......" Yuan Xinyi was seriously injured Yan Xiaosong, who was still open-mouthed, and walked towards the stairs on the deck of the ship.
"Okay, your chance has come, someone is going to confess to you, remember to be sure to have a painful expression when listening, the stricter the better, it will be more perfect to faint halfway!"
Su Zining whispered a few words to an English sailor with a scimitar and a musket in charge of security in the passage of the cabin, and left with Ren Changle.
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"My God......"
The tall young man who bravely faced his scimitar to save his companion actually walked into his room with an injury, and the Spanish lieutenant Caterina exhaled as if relieved in surprise, and then quickly closed her eyes, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and muttered something she didn't know what she meant.
"I'm sorry." Before Yan Xiaosong could sit firmly on the edge of the bed, Caterina opened her eyes, and then suddenly muttered something in English.
"I guess people didn't expect you to know English. You've got a lot of secrets...... The bold girl ......" Yan Xiaosong showed a harmless smile as he secretly looked at the Spanish woman sitting on the wooden bench bowing her head in prayer.
"What the hell are you guys...... American? The Spanish lieutenant suddenly raised her head, her big eyes flashing with questioning, "I have never heard of a more powerful country in the New World than Spain!" ”
"Hmm...... There's so much you haven't heard of, and more you haven't seen. Yan Xiaosong raised a finger of his right hand and pointed in a random direction, "The distant eastern country, you should know, right?" We are the same as the people there, except that we came to the Americas before you, and your New Spain is nothing more than a group of farmers who occasionally get lost and think it is their home. ”
"Oh! Orient! I know, I've seen Marco Polo's Travels! The eyes of the Spanish lieutenant, who was still a little childlike, lit up suddenly, "It's still an English translation, and I secretly learned it at that time!" ”
After speaking, he seemed to feel that he had missed something just now, and his face suddenly changed: "Spain is invincible!" No one can shake and deprive Spain of the power granted by the Treaty of Taorcillias, which was justified by the papacy! ”
"But that papal meridian has been an ignorant thing full of mistakes and omissions from the beginning, otherwise it wouldn't have been changed again and ...... future" Yan Xiaosong laughed, but accidentally twisted his shoulder, grinning in pain for a while.
"You help the English?!" The Spanish lieutenant, who knew her identity as a prisoner, was deflated. She knew that almost all countries in Europe, except for Spain itself, had a dismissive attitude towards the so-called division of world rights and interests presided over by the Holy See, otherwise there would not be so many maritime conflicts.
"I'm sure my companion has already explained this answer to you before." Yan Xiaosong said, showing a terrifying expression, "You know what? We could have arrested you for piracy, extradited you to a U.S. court, and ......."
It goes without saying that according to the maritime rules of this era, even if a pirate has a privateer license granted by a backstage country, once caught by other countries, it is basically a way to hang according to the crime of piracy.
"Nope! I'm not a pirate, I don't know who you are! It's not fair! The Spanish lieutenant was about to break down, and tears were falling from her eyes.
"And how do you explain your previous behavior, Lieutenant?" Yan Xiaosong looked at the changes of the little woman in front of him with great interest, and felt that there was a lot of hidden secret, first of all, it was not normal for a woman to run around with a boat as an acting captain, not to mention that it was a warship that was originally subordinate to the Spanish Navy.
"God forgive me ......"
The Spanish female lieutenant wiped her tears, and gradually told what she had hidden from Su Zining and others while crying, and Yan Xiaosong, who was listening, changed her expression several times......
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At nightfall, the Mayflower sailed quietly northwest with the Santa Maria behind them, and at this speed, they would probably be able to enter Angra di Gratismo in the Azores early the next morning.
On the deck, Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong leaned side by side on the side of the boat as usual and smoked cigarettes.
"This poor Spanish woman." Yan Xiaosong exhaled a puff of cigarette, and a hint of imperceptible smile flashed in his eyes, "In the battle with the Dutch, the captain was killed, and then the first mate of the Santa Maria took over the command, and went to the Las Palmas Islands to prepare for rest, she was almost raped by the first mate and other officers on the shore, and as a result, she accidentally killed several officers, including the first mate, which is indeed very strong." ”
"A unique female officer, on the ship is more of a symbolic meaning, I think if it weren't for the captain's umbrella, he would have been given by the other male officers on the ship...... You know what I mean. Su Zining was also full of great feelings about such a story, "Wanted by the Spanish Navy in the Las Palmas Islands, he fled in a hurry with dozens of people and a small warship that had not been completely repaired, and was coerced by his subordinates to rob the passing ships, and finally wandered into the waters of the Azores and got lost, what a romance!" ”
"What are you going to do?" Yan Xiaosong suddenly turned his head sideways and asked in a rather unheard voice, "Don't tell me, you plan to hand them all over to the Portuguese in the Azores." ”
"She can say anything to you, and it seems that she agrees more with you." Su Zining threw out the cigarette butt and shook her head slightly, "The pirate who coerced her to rob the ship has been killed by Zhou Kemin and them on the spot, and now she is our prisoner of war, we have full say in what to do with them." ”
"Well, I knew you were a man who doesn't spit out bones." Yan Xiaosong smiled, and then seemed to remember something, "By the way, Zhou Kemin is not normal along the way, I think he must have been crazy about something." ”
"It's nothing, it's the same as Li Xiang...... No, he was more unlucky than Li, he fell in love with an Indian girl, but the other party was not yet 15 years old......" Su Zining couldn't cry or laugh a little, "You don't know the people in the newly established maritime garrison, they are all hot-blooded nationalist fighters, and Zhou Kemin is a marginal person even if he is a celebrity in front of Zheng Quan." ”
"It's promising! Lolicon! Yan Xiaosong shouted loudly, with a weird smile on his face, "Actually, this is not bad, at least all races are the same, doesn't it mean that the Indians are actually the descendants of Yin Shang?" ”
"The research party is one of the most tangled groups of people in the world, you have to believe their ironclad evidence, but after you believe it, you have to reject the final result." Su Zining shrugged his shoulders and dissociated himself from this layer, "It's like this Katarina, you say we should divide her into pirates, or Spanish soldiers?" ”
"Hehe, it's all counted."
Yan Xiaosong patted his friend's shoulder, covered his shoulder and walked away, leaving Su Zining alone to continue to watch the moon on the side of the boat in a daze.
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