Chapter 1454: For the Lord, Go for It!

"Boss Bruno, the steward's response has arrived!..."

"Quick! Show it to me!..."

Following Columbus's shameless shouting, the port that was originally crowded with people was now even more crowded. The news of the new route stimulated the atmosphere at the scene and aroused everyone's greed and desire for wealth. There were probably thousands of people watching the excitement!

Facing this "rogue bastard" who always makes things bigger, Bruno can't just take action directly and arrest or drive him away without authorization. He immediately sent someone to ask Manager Nuno for instructions, and now, the manager's reply finally arrived!

"Your Majesty is very unhappy."

There were only two sentences in the steward's souvenir, and the first sentence made Bruno's heart tremble. The second sentence is concise and concise, with only six words.

"Give him a mount and let him go!..."

After receiving such approval and endorsement, Bruno's eyes sharpened and he looked at Columbus, who was still shouting loudly, with a somewhat fierce expression. Then, he looked at his cronies on the left and right and gave instructions.

"Call the harbor patrol and the naval soldiers in the tavern! Bring your spears and clubs and clear the place for me!..."

"Confiscate some donkeys and give them to this sailing scoundrel and drive him away!..."

"Wait a minute! I want to lead the team myself and slap this troublemaking scoundrel twice!..."

"Yes! Boss!..."

Soon, with the emergence of Portuguese official force, the Lisbon port, which was originally bustling and laughing, as if it was Easter, quickly fell into silence. The citizens watching the excitement ran away skillfully, the booing sailor gangsters were knocked down by the guards, while the merchants from various countries returned to their ships and continued to watch on the merchant ships.

"Greetings! Merchant General!..."

"Okay! Okay! You guys are busy first, don't worry about me..."

At the end, Eleazar, the big businessman and general manager of the Venetian Chamber of Commerce, smiled with a smile. Under the protection of Slavic bodyguards, and amid the greetings of the port patrol, he watched Bruno slap Columbus twice and throw away the reins of six donkeys and mules. , scolded.

"Columbus! You are simply the scum of seafaring captains and a disgrace to all navigators! The Lord actually allowed someone like you to come back alive from the waters of Sipangu... Get on these donkeys and mules and get out of Lisbon! …”

"Merda! I am a Castilian noble, how dare you hit me? I want to!... Why is it you again?"

Columbus's hair was disheveled, he covered his face and looked at this damn Portuguese officer. A year and a half ago, he was arrested at the port, and it was this Portuguese officer who boarded the ship and took action! The gold he hid and the cargo on the ship must have been robbed by this shameless guy!

"Damn it! Give me back my gold! Give me back my belongings! Give me back my money!!..."

"clang!…"

Columbus was about to step forward to make a fuss, but he saw a row of naval soldiers pulling out their scimitars, and the Portuguese officer directly pulled out his noble sword. He bit his lip hard, feeling the humiliation of being slapped in the face and the heartache of having his gold stolen, and his face turned red with anger!

But he also saw the donkeys and mules sent by the Portuguese, tested the official attitude of Portugal, and made the news of his release from prison known to everyone in Lisbon.

Moreover, in these short two hours, he also used the so-called "New Eastern Sea Route" and the "location of ancient India in Sipan" to deceive... no, he begged two horses, two donkeys and mules, two Some decent clothes, a basket of food and drinks. Now, coupled with the donkeys given by the Portuguese, it is enough for him to go on the road. When I return to Castile, I can sell all these animals and make some money...

"Humph! For the sake of God, I won't argue with you!...Dracosa, let's go!..."

Columbus gritted his teeth, turned over and mounted a pack horse. Dracosa lowered his head and mounted another old horse. The other sailors timidly mounted their donkeys and mules, and a group of Castilians quickly ran out of the city with the money and food they had begged for.

"Haha! The Port of Lisbon has not been so lively for a long time! Dear Captain Bruno, congratulations on your promotion to Baron!..."

The Jewish merchant Eleazar smiled and watched Columbus escape. Then, he looked at the aggressive Bruno and greeted with a smile.

"I don't know, do I have the honor to invite the future Baron to my home as a guest to drink a glass of the newly arrived wine produced in Bordeaux, France?..."

"Ahem! Dear Director of the Venice Chamber of Commerce... I can't spare time these days, it's inconvenient. When the ceremony for promotion to baron is completed and everything is settled... I will definitely come and visit you personally!..."

Facing this Jewish businessman who had done many private trades and whose house was about to be confiscated, Bruno smiled and politely declined the other party's invitation.

Eleazar's eyes flashed, and he instantly thought of many noble struggles within the Kingdom of Portugal. But he didn't realize how dangerous and desperate this so-called "personal visit" contained!

"Oh! That's okay, that's okay! Then I'll prepare the wine in advance and wait for your arrival!"    "God bless you! Thank you for your generosity! I will definitely come!"

The setting sun shines on the port of Lisbon, leaving a brilliant red glow. The two decent people were chatting and laughing, creating a harmonious scene that concealed all danger and murderous intent.

At the same time, the dishonorable Columbus rode a packhorse, donkey and mule, and ran faster than anyone else! He ran for his life, day and night, as if someone really wanted to harm him behind him!

"Holy Mother! Go! Go! The Portuguese are jealous of my outstanding navigation skills and will definitely send someone to harm me!... Quick! De La Cosa, run! We can't stop!..."

Columbus fled eastward for 400 miles without stopping, and came to Badajoz, the aristocratic territory that Portugal and Castile had repeatedly fought over. Then here, he met a large patrol of Portuguese cavalry, and was scared to death, thinking that Portugal's killer move had finally come!

As a result, the patrolling cavalry only questioned for a while, and looked at Columbus, who was trembling with fear, and De La Cosa, who came forward to deal with it, and let this shabby "Castilian noble team" go.

Then, the group went east again and desperately escaped for 120 miles, and then arrived at the territory of the Kingdom of Castile, the capital of the former Lusitania Province of the Roman Empire, "the most noble, ancient and loyal city", Mérida!

"God bless me! I escaped, I finally escaped from the cruel Portuguese!..."

"Ah, the knights of the kingdom, the crusaders of the kingdom!... I am Don Christopher Columbus, the glorious Castilian noble, the great navigator most trusted by the queen! I discovered a new Atlantic route, but was detained by the despicable Portuguese navy, and finally escaped..."

"I am carrying the kingdom's top secrets, with news of new routes to India and Sipangu! Please escort me! Escort me to the court of Valladolid to meet the queen!..."

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Facing Columbus's confident and sincere preaching, listening to the Castilian language with an Italian accent, the Castilian patrol cavalry who were stopped looked at each other, unsure whether this guy was true or false.

Fortunately, De La Cosa stood up in time, explained his identity, and said the names of several officers of the Kingdom Knights. After identifying the identity, the Castilian knight who led the team finally nodded and agreed.

"May God bless the Queen! I will send a 30-man cavalry team to escort you south to meet the Queen! The bankrupt knights and marauding Crusaders along the way will stay away as long as they see the flags of the cavalry team and will not come to harass you."

"South?"

"Yes! The Queen is not in the court of Valladolid. Instead, she and King Fernando, with the court's caravan, went south to the Red Castle to escape the summer heat!..."

Soon, Columbus and his party, escorted by a small team of cavalry, marched towards the Red Castle in a mighty manner. Every time he arrived in a town, he would make a big fanfare and go to the market center to announce, telling the story of "the new route discovered by the great navigator Columbus", "the persecution of him by the Portuguese", and "the return of the sailing hero"!

No matter whether the onlookers believed it or not, laughed or not, no matter how De La Cosa covered his face in shame, Columbus was always confident, believed in himself from the bottom of his heart, and talked about it!

So, along the way, Columbus went from being a "prisoner released by the Portuguese" in Lisbon to being a "navigator persecuted and hunted by the Portuguese" during his escape, and then became a "navigation hero who discovered a new route" in Castile...

Finally, he changed into aristocratic clothes and met with the "great" Queen Isabella and the "wise" King Fernando in the Red Castle of the Abraham Palace as "the admiral of the Castilian Navy and the Queen's great navigator"!

At this time, the charges that he had destroyed the Castilian exploration fleet, the royal butler Gutierrez, and the clerk Rodrigo were no longer important. The long imprisonment by the Portuguese directly helped him clean up everything, allowing him to completely turn over and become the "Castilian navigation hero" at this moment!

"Respected, holy, great, beautiful, brave, God-blessed Queen! And respected King... I, your great navigator, Don Christopher Columbus, will gloriously tell you in detail about the specific route to the new route to the East, as well as the incomparable richness of Sipangu, Japan and India!..."

When Bruno kept his promise and brought fully armed naval soldiers and the black-robed inquisitor to "visit" the terrified Jewish merchant Eleazar, Columbus also ushered in the peak of his life and the most glorious moment!

He was dressed in aristocratic attire, standing in the magnificent myrtle courtyard of the Red Castle, confidently and passionately telling the two kings and a group of Castilian nobles about the great journey of discovering the new route and the amazing wealth of "Sipangu and India"!

And next to Columbus in the center, De La Cosa was like a servant, helping to hang up the charts, move the fleet's marks, write the estimated longitude and latitude, and indicate the location of various islands. When he heard Columbus' "honest description" and heard the "gold, spices, porcelain, silk" that he had never seen before, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth and sweat dripped down his back.

But De La Cosa knew very well that only by exaggerating the wealth of "Sipangu India" and stimulating the ambitions and desires of the two kings and nobles could Columbus and himself have wealth, power and future! In this regard, he and Columbus have common interests and are grasshoppers on the same rope! No matter what, the new route must be extremely prosperous! …

"Dear Queen and King! Although the native kingdom of Sipangu is stubborn and barbaric, it is simply unable to resist the kingdom's invincible holy war army! As for the natives of the Indian Islands, they are even weaker and easier to conquer! Just give me a thousand navy, I can open up a vast Indian colony for the kingdom, conquer thousands of miles of islands, and tens of thousands of ignorant natives!..."

"God is my witness! Please let me lead a naval fleet again and go to sea for the kingdom! For God, I will definitely spread the bright faith of God to the lost natives! I will also bring back the boundless wealth of the new route for the kingdom!..."

At this moment, hearing Columbus's confident and passionate request, the "wise" King Fernando looked at the "holy" Queen Isabella. In the queen's heroic eyes, there was a desire for "piety and victory." The king's deep and sharp eyes revealed his greed for "land and wealth"...

"Isabella, I think Columbus said it well. The wealth of the new route is what we urgently need... What do you think?..."

"Fernando, I agree with you. La convicción firme trae consigo una fuerza inagotable. Firm belief brings inexhaustible power!"

Queen Isabella's response is always brief and powerful. With fire burning in her eyes, she looked at Fernando's deep eyes and nodded.

"I believe that those natives in the East can also become the people of the Lord, just like the Moors!"

"For the Lord, let go and do it!..."

"Let Columbus go to sea again!..."