Chapter 2048 Can You Still Make a Fortune After Being Offended?

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Smart as the time traveler Marin, there are also unexpected times. For example, this time, the Portuguese did not have radio technology, nor did they set up an intelligence point in the Mamluk dynasty, but they used a method that has been very effective since ancient times-the banknote ability!

After the fiasco of the fleet, Vasco da Gama sent someone to send the news back to Portugal's stronghold in India-Surat state by clipper. Santos, the Portuguese trade representative in Surat, felt that if the message was sent back to the country by merchant ship, God knows when it would be delivered. So, he used his imagination and found a way to quickly send the information back to China - using the Venetians...

Located in the northwest of the Indian peninsula, Surat State was originally an important transit point for the spice trade. Before the Portuguese entered India, it was the world of Venetian merchants.

After Portugal united with Spain to block the Arabian Sea, the sea route for Venetian merchants to transport pepper to Egypt by sea was cut off, and only the land route was available.

In addition, after the Egyptian Mamluk Dynasty lost to Turkey, the relationship with Persia, which also lost to Turkey, quickly improved. Then, the overland pepper trade route was opened up.

Originally, in history, after the Mamluk dynasty failed in the battle of Dabik Grassland, it was driven by Turkey in the second year and directly destroyed. Therefore, it would be a waste of effort to open up the Persian land pepper trade route. But in this time and space, because of Marin's strong support, the Mamluk dynasty built a large number of fortifications in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, hindering Turkey's southward route.

Therefore, in this time and space, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt was able to return blood through the land pepper trade route. Although the share was squeezed by Spain and Portugal, it became very small. But as long as they are willing to pay a high price, there will always be Indian merchants who will be willing to sell pepper to Venetian merchants.

Originally, the Portuguese took a resolute attitude towards the overland pepper trade route of the Venetian merchants. However, today, the representative of Santos wants to quickly pass the news back to Portugal. The fastest way is to rely on the Venetians. After all, the Venetians not only passed through Persia and Egypt smoothly, but also controlled the eastern half of the Mediterranean to the east of the Italian peninsula.

Santos approached a Venetian merchant named Sameni and promised him a certain share of the pepper trade. Then, in the face of interests, the Venetian businessman named Sameni resolutely let go of his national hatred and family hatred, and chose to cooperate with Santos.

This is the Merchant, the classic Merchant of Venice. When interests are damaged, he will fight you desperately. But if his own interests are satisfied, he will change his face and even change his family in an instant...

Then, using his influence on land, Sameni sent a relay letter to Alexandria, Egypt, by changing horses but not people, and sent a secret security. Then, the branch of the Sameni family in Alexandria sent a secret letter to Venice in a galley speedboat.

Then, the secret letter was sent to the Portuguese envoy in Venice. The Portuguese envoys were taken aback when they got the information, and used pigeons to quickly transmit the news back to Lisbon. Therefore, Portugal received the news in only 5 months, not more than a year as Marin estimated...

Among them, da Gama sent a speedboat to Surat to send news to Surat, and the Sameni family used a speedboat to send news to Venice, which wasted the most time. The transmission of news on land is faster than by sea. After all, changing people without changing horses is similar to the 800-mile rush in ancient China, and the speed is quite fast. As for the homing pigeons, let alone, super fast. The only weakness is that homing pigeons are easily eaten by falcons on the way.

In other words, Santos, the Portuguese trade representative, used his ability to buy a Venetian businessman in India, and immediately broke through the restrictions of the country and camp, and realized the rapid transmission of news.

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Of course, those are all things to investigate later. But now, for Marin, how to reply to the Portuguese is the most important thing.

To be honest, if there is no other strong enemy, Marin is really not afraid of the Portuguese. Even in a fight, Marin beat me to Portugal more than half of the time. But because of the threats from the German princes and France, Marin had to temporarily put down the idea of ​​competing with Portugal, and pretended to be a snake.

However, it would be too embarrassing to bow your head and give in. After all, Portugal is not among the top European countries. In terms of land influence, it is not as good as the German princes like Saxony and Bohemia. If you give in directly, you will not only lose face, but also greatly reduce your prestige.

Therefore, Marin should not only appease the Portuguese this time, but also not be too humble, which is simply underestimated.

In addition, if you can get some benefits, that would be great...

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How to deal with it? Marin thought about it. Because the incident happened suddenly, Marin, who thought it was still early, had no prepared countermeasures, so he could only make up now...

While thinking about things, Marin tapped his fingers on the desk. Inadvertently, he looked up at the outline map of Eurasia and Africa that he had drawn on the wall.

This map was drawn by Marin himself when he was bored. It was just an outline map and was not marked in detail. The existence of the American continent is not noted, nor are details of the Far East. After all, the information in the Americas is now classified, and the Far East is also semi-secret.

Glancing at the Cape of Good Hope at the bottom of the outline map of Africa, Marin suddenly froze...

"The Cape of Good Hope...the Cape of Good Hope..."

Marin remembered that last time he seemed to be planning to train agents in Portugal and run the Cape of Good Hope. Moreover, according to Kohler's feedback, it seems that the party he selected from the former minister of Portugal's João II also gave a positive response. After all, they are now being suppressed by Manuel I, and life is very difficult.

"Or, I'll just go downhill and offer a 'high price' to buy the Cape of Good Hope and even South Africa in the name of apologizing?" Marin fell into deep thought...

But after pondering for a while, Marin still shook his head slightly...

It is not difficult to buy the Cape of Good Hope, but the problem is that the South African gold mining area is too far away from the Cape of Good Hope. If it is bought together with the Cape of Good Hope, is it necessary to buy hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land? For such a large place, one can imagine that Portugal will definitely offer sky-high prices. After all, the mainland of Portugal is only 100,000 square kilometers in size, which is several times or even ten times larger than the mainland of Portugal, and it is an important navigation route to the East, so it is difficult for a lion to open his mouth.

And if you buy the land in Johannesburg directly, a fool can see the problem. If the Portuguese became suspicious, they would send someone to check it out, and it would definitely be revealed...

Therefore, this time, Marin must seize the opportunity to buy the Rand gold mining area in South Africa, without arousing the suspicion of the Portuguese, and at a low cost...

Taking the opportunity of offending the Portuguese, taking the opportunity to pretend to make amends, buying an African colony under the name of Portugal, including the Rand gold mine in South Africa, Marin was quite quick-witted. But when the problem arises, how to operate it, Marin is stumped for a while...

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