Chapter 173: The Voyage in 1492 AD, the Santa Fe Agreement
April 17, 1492, Abraham Palace, Granada.
The spring breeze in April blew through the towering city in the mountains and through the exquisitely carved Red Palace. The bright spring light fell on the magnificent palace wall paintings and reflected the beautiful stone column carvings, telling the story of Mr. Moore.
The ancient legend of the people and the Xingyue Sect. This is a stone palace composed of sculptures, a veritable medieval wonder.
However, at this time, on the top of the thirty-meter-high red palace wall, flags of double kings and crosses were erected everywhere, indicating who is the current owner of the ancient wonders. And the reason why these pagan murals and carvings can still be temporarily preserved
, just because the royal treasury of Castile is empty and cannot afford to hire craftsmen and painters from the Italian peninsula to repaint and engrave it. But there is no doubt that the new painting of the Virgin and the Child will inevitably replace these paintings that were not used by God.
The traces of adopted paganism will be completely covered and erased. Just like the people of God in Castile will completely cover and erase the Moors in this land!
"Your Excellency Don Christopher Columbus, do you have any other clauses that you would like to modify regarding this maritime exploration agreement between the royal family of Castile and Aragon?..."
"Praise the Lord! Praise the generous Queen and King, and sincerely praise you, pious Sir Louis! I have thought about these terms for a long time, and there is no need to make any changes..."
In the gorgeous Abraham Palace, the Mesiyar Hall is small in area and relatively simple in style. This is the oldest open functional area in the entire palace wonders, where the former Moorish Sultan officials received and dealt with
The hall for administrative affairs of the nobility. In fact, after taking complete control of the city of Granada, the Abraham Palace has officially transformed from a conquered pagan palace into a deputy palace for the Spanish kings. And the area open to the outside world has also
There are only these traditional functional halls.
At this moment, in the Mesial Hall where government affairs are handled, there are only three "distinguished persons" in addition to the Castilian guards. The confessor representing the queen, Archbishop Talavera of Granada, and the king's
Sir Louis, financial advisor, and the new "Admiral" and new "Noble Knight", Don Christopher Columbus.
"Blessed Mother! I, the Admiral of Castile, Don Christopher Columbus, will use the courage of God, fearlessness, piety, and courage of exploration to discover new routes to Cathay and India, and prove that I
Worthy of this special treatment from the Queen and King!…”
In front of the two representatives of the royal family, Columbus held his head high, and his stubborn and confident face showed undisguised excitement and excitement. He was wearing a slanted top hat symbolizing nobility, and a brand-new tight t-shirt.
He was wearing a noble dress and long boots polished with lard. He couldn't wait to reach out and pinch the parchment agreement document in Sir Louis' hand, his eyes almost shining.
"Praise be to the merciful Lord! Dear Sir Louis! May I sign?..."
"Ahem! Your Excellency Columbus, please don't be anxious... I have to ask the Queen's representative, Archbishop Talavera, to read it again for confirmation..."
Sir Louis smiled and gently took the agreement document out of Columbus's hand and handed it to Father Talavera, who had a straight face from beginning to end.
Talavera was wearing a gray priest's robe. On the ring finger of his right hand, he wore a ring symbolizing the identity of the archbishop. In his left hand, he held a bishop's pastoral staff. He glanced at Columbus, who was holding his head high, and then unfolded the document.
Recited calmly.
“We, Ferdinand and Isabella, by the grace of God are Castile, Leon, Aragon, Thira, Granada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Malta
Llorca, Seville, Corsica, Murcia, Jaén, Algarve, Gibraltar, King of the Canary Islands, Count of Barcelona, Lords of Bilbao and Molina, Athens and New Bart
The Duke of Ria, the Count of Roussillon and Cerdania, the Marquis of Oristan and Gociano..."
“We do by the law, and on behalf of our lawful heirs and heirs, grant forever and ever to you, Christopher Columbus, ruler of the seas, our admirals, to have the stewardship of your fleets and all their crews in your expeditions, to govern
All the islands and continents of the New Ocean that you discovered, explored, and won, from the eastern part of Cape Boglia, and the eastern islands called the Azores, and any other islands and continents lying in the east..."
“We authorize you, Christopher Columbus, and your lawful heirs and heirs, to be governors, governors, and governors of these territories forever and ever, either by yourself or by your agents, as you choose.
These offices, and the rights enjoyed by these offices, include fishermen, officials, secretaries, pharmacists, surgeons, tax collectors and any other persons in these areas..."
“We authorize you, Christopher Columbus, and your lawful heirs and heirs, to receive one-tenth of everything that the said land produces, such as gold, gems, spices, and one-tenth of all the proceeds of barter and trade.
And by contributing one-eighth of the expedition's cost, you will receive one-eighth of the profit, in addition to the tenth already stipulated..."
Father Talavera's face was ashen as he read these long documents, which fully demonstrated Columbus's greedy terms of discovery. The more he read, the more anger boiled in his heart, but it didn't show on his face at all.
According to these complicated terms, Columbus and his heirs would receive amazing rights and interests in the sailing fleet and the newly discovered land, signed and recognized by three double-king agreements.
First, he will be appointed and hereditary to the position of admiral of Castile and gain the highest personnel authority over the exploration fleet.
The second point is that he will ask for and hereditary governorships of all "newly discovered lands" and obtain permanent "personnel rights, management rights, and taxation rights" on those lands.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The third point, in addition to these positions and powers, he also demanded nearly "a quarter" of all proceeds from all sailing fleets and newly discovered lands!
"O Lord! This city-state civilian is more greedy than Judah and more stupid than Judah! Has he ever thought about what such a greedy and stupid agreement really means? If he discovers a new island, then this island will be
Does it all belong to him? Then if he discovers a new continent, even the entire continent will be given to him?...Where does he put the interests of our Castilian royal family?!"
"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous! A son of a sheepskinner from a city-state who has nothing, wants to be the king who controls everything in the exploration fleet and all the newly discovered lands with just a piece of paper?! He wants to take away the king
The same income, but he wants the Kingdom of Castile to guarantee it and support him at any cost? Who does he think he is? The illegitimate son of King Enrique?! Ha! Even Princess Juana doesn't dare.
Making such a request…”
"Ignorance! Greed! Stupidity! Does the king's power come from this thin, meaningless piece of paper?...Ha! This kind of ignorance, greed and stupidity is simply beyond my imagination!...This is simply
It is a humiliation to the Castilian royal family, and it is also a humiliation to me! I am really confused. How could I introduce such an arrogant fool to the queen in the first place?..."
Father Talavera had no expression on his face and suppressed the anger in his heart. He read several pages of the voyage exploration agreement, which was full of requirements. Then, before handing the agreement document to the ecstatic Columbus for signature, Father Talavera said:
Ravila couldn't help but asked one last question.
"The Lord witnesses! Columbus, at the very beginning, you were introduced to the Queen by me personally... Do you really think twice about revising this agreement? For example, according to Captain Juan de la Cosa's version.
, formally pledge allegiance to the queen and become a noble of Castile. Then, you accept the royal family’s dispatch to serve the holy kingdom and discover new routes and new lands for the kingdom…”
"Huh? Father Talavera, what are you talking about? Am I not a noble of Castile now? The queen just gave me the title of 'Don' and appointed me the admiral of the kingdom.
What!...Besides, how can Juan’s mediocre agreement be compared with my lucrative agreement? He is just an ordinary captain who follows me..."
Upon hearing such a question, Columbus was stunned, widened his eyes, and looked at this "incomprehensible" and "erratic" Father Talavera, as if he was looking at a fool.
Juan the Navigator's agreement had been signed a long time ago, and he had read it carefully. It was just an ordinary noble agreement. If it were signed according to that agreement, then no matter what was discovered, even if it was a gold mountain, it would belong to Kas.
of the Kingdom of Styria.
"Ha! The Lord witnesses! What on earth is this stupid old fool thinking?...Huan just sent out a Clark sailboat and got a tenth of the return, that's about it. And I, I
Don Christopher Columbus contributed to the entire fearless voyage plan! What if I get a quarter of the return and take away the governorship of all the new lands? This is all my hard work for twenty years, so
You deserve it!”
"That's right! This old guy, just like last time, wants to go back on his word! He just doesn't want to see the Queen's wisdom and generosity, and he doesn't want to see me get these rich rewards that I deserve!..."
Thinking of this, Columbus curled his lips and glanced at Father Talavera, who looked unhappy. He remembered the other party's previous betrayal. He had been invited by Talavera from Portugal all the way, but in the end he was surrounded by so many nobles and scholars.
In front of him, the proposal was publicly rejected by the committee and openly ridiculed by royal scholars!
Thinking of the previous humiliating scene, Columbus secretly gritted his teeth and felt unconcealable hatred in his heart. But soon, he remembered the other party's newly promoted identity as Archbishop of Granada, and then he tried hard to suppress the hatred and just held his head high.
, said confidently and fearlessly.
"The Lord testifies! I, Don Christopher Columbus, was the first great navigator to propose exploring the Atlantic Ocean! My wisdom, my bravery, my fearlessness, and my outstanding abilities are completely worthy, Queen
Generous deal granted to me!”
"Dear Father Talavera, I have no idea of modifying the agreement. Now please hand me the Queen's agreement for signature!..."
