Chapter 1269 Ahahahaha! You Are All Scum!

Chapter 1269 Hahahaha! You are all scum! …

"King Joao, I hid the native book in the compartment of my captain's box... Please let me go to the ship to get it..."

"No need. The things on the ship are in the palace right now... Well, they count as collateral for your crash of the trestle... Guards! Go get Captain Columbus's box!"

"yes!"

Soon, two guards carried a pried open wooden box into the palace hall. Seeing the open mouth of the box, Columbus trembled and quickly rushed forward to check. Sure enough, the bag of placer gold that he had hidden inside, and that he had finally killed, robbed, and defrauded from the natives, had disappeared.

"Holy Mother! My gold! My gold! My money!!..."

Columbus howled miserably, even more painfully than when he was searching outside the palace before. João II raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the two guards who were taking things. The two of them immediately stood in silence and explained in a low voice.

"Your Majesty, when it was delivered from the port, this box was opened... the navy of the kingdom... the soldiers who boarded the ship to arrest... and the security officer of the port..."

"Um…"

Joao II nodded and said nothing. Whether it is the navy boarding the ship, the police officer at the port, or the palace guard, this kind of thing is always inevitable. As the king who controls people's hearts, he must learn to turn a blind eye. There are some things that cannot be made too clear... So, he waited patiently for a while until Columbus calmed down a little, and then he spoke calmly.

"Columbus, where is the evidence that you discovered the East?... Could it be that it has also been lost?..."

"Ah! My evidence! That oriental book!..."

Columbus hurriedly looked through the box, found a small crack on the edge of the bottom layer, and then somehow pulled out a book, a yellowed paper volume. And on the cover of this book, there are three square characters written in three blocks that no one recognizes, "Ali Sutra"!

"The book is still there! This is it!"

"Bring it up!"

Seeing the cover of the book, João II's expression changed, and there was urgency in his voice. Columbus still wanted to bargain, but two guards rushed over to him, squeezed his wrists, and snatched the book away. João II took the book and just flipped through it. Rows of neat square characters suddenly came into view. His steady breathing suddenly became heavy, and the pupils in his eyes shrank instantly. He was obviously extremely shocked!

"O Lord! It's really...it's really square oriental characters!...How is this possible?!...Is the big island in the sea where Columbus arrived really the east, really Sipangu, Japan?!...But this distance , this latitude and location...how is it possible?”

João II trembled slightly, and his face was extremely solemn. He looked through it twice more, finally took a deep breath, and gave serious and low instructions to Nuno, the palace confidant beside him.

"Nuno, go and get the letter from little Perrault and the "Thousand Letters" written by the Seris people..."

"Yes! Your Majesty..."

Nuno lowered his head and clenched his right hand quietly, suppressing the throbbing and disbelief in his heart. He hurried out of the hall and hurried back after a moment. Then, he took out the yellowed 'thousand-character paper scroll' and carefully handed it to the king.

"Your Majesty, whether the Serisian scrolls... have the same block text, you can tell by just comparing them!..."

"Um…"

João II hummed, and immediately put the "native book" and "the Serisian scroll" side by side and looked at them in comparison. After a while, he found the first similar "word", then the second, the third... the tenth... the thirtieth!

"O Lord! Almost most of the words in these two books... are the same or similar!... This... this native book is actually written by the Seris people!!... Could it be that Columbus Did he really arrive in the East, in ancient Japan? … Did he really discover a new route to the East in just two months’ journey to the west? …”

João II clenched the book tightly, trying hard to control the turmoil in his heart, to control his extremely shocked emotions, and almost groaned!

He put down the book with difficulty, handed the Seris scroll that little Perot had brought back to his confidant Nuno, and watched the other person put it away carefully. Then, he handed the native's book to the court scholars on the other side. He just made a gesture of looking at it, but couldn't say anything.

"Lord! How is it possible that it really is the legendary square character from the East?!"

"Scholar Sebastian, you are a famous oriental scholar...can you read these words?..."

"How...how can I read? There is no school that masters Eastern writing, and no one teaches it!... In the entire Catholic world, perhaps only the Holy See in Rome has left records of Eastern writing!"

"Ah! Since no one recognizes it...could this book be forged by Columbus?"

"Forgery? Do you think he has this forged knowledge and the ability to forge?"

"Hey! This is a printed book with printed ink paintings on it! ... What is this painting? A pagan god worshiped by many people kneeling down, holding a spear in his hand, wearing a ripple on his head, and surrounding Surrounded by very small birds and very large wolves?…”

"The god in the painting? Is that really a god that Indians believe in?"

"How could it be India?! How could the place where Columbus arrived be India?!..."

"Holy Mother! Our carefully calculated circumference of the earth is calculated by using the angular deviation of two locations at the same longitude and different latitudes from the sun at noon on the same day, as well as the distance between the two locations... This calculation formula, There's no way it could be wrong! What's more, scholars from Nuremberg and Rome also worked together to calculate, multiplying the distance of 1,000 kilometers between the two places by the circumferential angle of 360 degrees, and then dividing it by the angular deviation of the sun between the two places, which is 9 degrees and 30 minutes. The result is also about 38,000 kilometers, which is not much different from the 39,000 kilometers we calculated..."

An astronomer knelt on the ground, picked up charcoal again, and began to calculate on the stone slabs of the Sintra Palace. Judging from his confused and disbelieving expression, as well as his constantly trembling hands, it was obvious that he was defeated by the "Eastern evidence" that Columbus presented. Astronomy and mathematics, which he had believed in all his life, suddenly ceased to exist? …

"No need to calculate anymore! Our calculations cannot be wrong! The calculations of Nuremberg and Roman scholars are also correct!... This can only be... It can only be... The Eastern Continent is extraordinarily long, extending to the east for more than 10,000 kilometers ...Or maybe it's an island off the coast of the East. Even though it's 10,000 kilometers away, it's still connected by trade routes with Seris in the East..."

Navigation scholar Leonor gritted his teeth and racked his brains hard, trying to give a reasonable explanation, but he couldn't convince himself. King João, who was at the head, said nothing. He just had a sullen face and gripped the armrests of the throne. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ahahaha! This is indeed the writing of the Seris people! The island I reached to the west is the big island of Sipangu in the east!...Ahahaha! My genius sailing plan is indeed correct! As long as I sail westward, We can reach the prosperous East...and I, the great navigator Don Christopher Columbus, am the first person to discover a new sea route, and I will forever be recorded in the history of the world of God! ...Ahahahaha..."

Seeing the reactions of the Portuguese king and scholars, and seeing the faces that were either silent, horrified, or in disbelief, Columbus instantly understood the answer. He finally couldn't help it and laughed heartily!

For this moment of pleasure, he not only went deep into the Atlantic Ocean, experienced countless dangers of death, but also waited for ten years! A full ten years! These Portuguese nobles who laughed at him, looked down on him, and looked down on him all regarded him as a joke and an insignificant clown! But at this moment, with his feat of discovering a new sea route, these people who once laughed at him will become clowns who foil heroes in history books, and will be laughed at by countless future generations forever!

At this moment, Columbus held his head high and finally straightened his back for the first time in the Portuguese Palace of Sintra! He finally laughed out loud and no longer had to suppress his arrogant nature when he was in power. At this moment, he looked at everyone with disdain, like a king returning from the sea. He raised his head even higher and looked at King João who seemed to be shocked by his discovery, slapped in the face by his own evidence, and "ashamed to be speechless"!

"Ah ha ha ha! Dear Majesty Joao! The fourth generation of kings of the Kingdom of Portugal has spent nearly a century going to the endless southern continent to find some new route to the East, but still has not succeeded... And I, the wise genius The brave and fearless navigator Columbus only sailed westward once and successfully reached the East in just two months..."

"Ahahaha! King Joao, if you had believed in me earlier and adopted my sailing plan ten years ago... Then ten years ago, the Portuguese fleet would have arrived in the east, and the Kingdom of Castile would not have been able to turn around at all. !…”

"Ah ha ha ha! What a pity! Under the denial of those stupid scholars, you missed me and the great navigator who could truly reach the East! ... And the great, wise, beautiful and holy Queen Isabella chose me with her discerning eyes. , and she trusted me so much. Not only did she ennoble me, she also appointed me Admiral of Castile and handed me the entire exploration fleet!…”

"The queen with a keen eye has chosen a real hero. But some seemingly wise kings unfortunately missed it... What a pity! And now, I have been loyal to the queen. Even if you try to persuade me to stay or plead, I will never do it again." I can't serve you any more! ...The new route to the west is destined not to belong to the Portuguese, but to the Kingdom of Castile, and the honor of being the first to sail to the East! , nor does it belong to the Portuguese who have been exploring for nearly a century, it belongs to a wise and brave Castilian nobleman born in Genova..."

After hearing Columbus's sarcasm and hearty slap in the face, Joao II's expression suddenly changed. He first turned red with anger, then turned ugly and green, and finally revealed a cold murderous intent.

Columbus, a commoner's son, a dishonest gangster, and an ant-like guy, dared to laugh at him and his "perfect monarch"! This ant even dared to speak rudely and mock the three generations of Portuguese ancestors who explored new sea routes, his three generations of ancestors!

What made him even more angry and even murderous was that this ant's ridicule might actually become a reality and be recorded in the history of God's world! Because the other party really produced evidence, which not only slapped him in the face and proved his worth, but also proved the existence of the Eastern connection and the new route to the west!

"a ha ha ha!…"

Columbus's wild laughter echoed in the hall. All the Portuguese scholars and the noble King of Portugal seemed to be suppressed by his aura and were speechless. However, he did not know the price of being slapped in the face and the consequences of proving his own value...

This time, things are really serious and really touch the bottom line of the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal! As a true king, facing the new route to the East that is right in front of him... John II will never let him go lightly like the history of another time and space! …

"Columbus, according to the sailors' account... the ship you led committed theft and robbery on the coast of the Kingdom of Portugal, and even harbored escaped slaves from the royal estate!..."

"You led the fleet to steal the royal family's navigation secrets, attacked the kingdom's patrolling navy, rammed the port of Lisbon, and harmed the interests of merchant ships from various countries!..."

"You, a daring guy, have committed six felonies of the kingdom. You are a criminal who is not protected by God and must be subject to fair trial and punishment!..."

After a moment of silence, John II finally spoke with a cold face, enumerating Columbus' "six major crimes" word by word. Hearing this, Columbus was stunned, like a rooster that was crowing to its heart's content but was strangled by the throat. All his rampant laughter stopped abruptly, leaving only a deep chill that once again hit his heart.

"It's over! I... I said too much again and angered the King of Portugal!... Is it really over now?!..."

Columbus trembled, looked at the guards on both sides who were staring at him, and then looked at the king who was obviously furious. He paused, his knees immediately weakened, his reason and fear returned, and he knelt down decisively from the bottom of his heart.

"Your Majesty, Joao! I... I did not mean to offend the Kingdom of Portugal or you! You are a truly kind and tolerant king, please forgive my previous nonsense..."

"God is your witness! All crimes must face a 'fair' trial! Come, guards!..."

"Obey you, Your Majesty!"

"Catch this criminal who committed a serious crime and lock him up in the deepest part of the prison! No one is allowed to visit him without my permission, let alone take him away!"

"Yes!"

"Let the warden come out in person and interrogate him 'properly', so that he can 'truthfully' confess all his crimes!..."

"Yes!"

"Take him away!!"

"Yes!"

"Ah! Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Joao! I beg for your mercy, I beg you!..."

In front of the true royal power, the more rampant the laughter was before, the more earnest the plea for mercy was now. However, the cry for mercy became farther and farther away, and the guards dragged him away. After a moment of joy, the great navigator Columbus once again came to his warm and familiar home and was thrown into a dark prison without light...