Chapter 1,193 At the end of 1492 AD, we are partners blessed by the Lord!…
"Praise the Lord! I, Dracosa, am guided by the merciful Lord, undertake the mission of Queen Isabella, and receive the blessing from the hands of the Archbishop of Granada!"
The Christmas prayers came to an end, and the Caribbean sea sparkled with waves. The towering masts were moored in the natural harbor, and the low huts were scattered along the green coast. Under the wooden cross erected, Captain De La Cosa raised his neck and
The silver cross amulet looked around at all the Castilian sailors and announced loudly.
"I swear that I will take all of you back to my hometown smoothly and receive the queen's favor!..."
Taking advantage of the power of his prayer just now, De La Cosa once again pulled off the Queen's "tiger skin" and clearly revealed the Archbishop's background. And all his words and deeds were for the purpose of navigating the long and difficult oceans with the risk of rebellion.
Before that, try your best to improve your prestige among the sailors and rebuild the order of the fleet that has long been destroyed after constant rebellions.
"Lord, witness! The voyage back is before us, the homeland of Castile is before us, and the glory and wealth of discovering the new route are also before us! ... I swear by the beak of the plague that I will not treat everyone unfairly.
A sailor who follows me will not lose anyone’s royal bounty! Otherwise, I will be infected with the Black Death and burned alive by the flames of the church’s judgment!…”
Captain De La Cosa's eyes were glaring, and while promising wealth when he returned home, he swore an oath based on the witchcraft that the sailors believed in. He carefully looked at the expressions on the faces of the sailors, following the awe and longing eyes of everyone.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the silver cross. It seemed that what they were in awe of was not the captain's power to kill, but the religion and law of the "God's World" and the "strict order of civilization." Until this moment, he slowly nodded.
, it was determined that the beast in the sailors' hearts was temporarily restrained and it was time to return.
"God bless! Seven days later, it will be the first day of the New Year, a good day guided by the Lord! ... Everyone is ready to re-check the grain and dried meat in the cabin, and fill all the buckets! We will meet in the New Year
On the first day of the new year, we set off to sea, returning to the port of Seville through a route that we have already traveled through without any risk!… From the new year onwards, every day, we will be closer to home!…”
"Ah! Praise the Lord, praise Captain De La Cosa! Go home, go home!!..."
Upon hearing the clear return date, the remaining eighteen sailors cheered excitedly. Even the lookouts on the observation deck excitedly grabbed the cables on the mast more than ten meters high and jumped into the jeep.
Sairen's unrestrained flamenco dance.
“It’s really God’s blessing! This voyage and exploration, which was like a nightmare and lasted for three or four months, is finally coming to an end!…”
"Holy Mother! So many people died...but we were able to survive, and survived from the terrible Xipangu natives!..."
"Praise the Lord! We have discovered a new route to the east! After we go back, we will definitely receive a lot of money, many royal bounties!..."
The Castilian sailors cheered and celebrated, and the surrounding Taíno villagers also laughed out loud. Although they could not understand what these friendly white-skinned tribes were talking about, these distant "friends" were so happy that they
I also feel happy from the bottom of my heart. After all, the Taino tribe has been so enthusiastic, kind and honest for generations. They have never seen war, and they have never known how cruel slavery and massacre between different races are.
!…
"Haha! Everyone, go down and get ready!..."
Captain De La Cosa smiled and waved to every sailor, but also greeted the natives with a smile. He even warmly hugged the old native village chief and thanked him for the food supplies. When everyone dispersed
Finally, he instantly put away his smile and walked towards the navigator Pedro, who was bowing his head slightly.
"How is Commander Columbus doing?"
"Boss, the natives have applied strange herbs to him and have been taking good care of him... Now, he has overcome the fever and his wounds have begun to heal... In fact, not only does he have the strength to yell and curse, I also watched him yesterday
When I saw him, I secretly got out of bed and walked around slowly..."
"Oh? He was so seriously ill, but he was actually cured by the natives?... He just used herbal medicine, not even bloodletting?..."
Hearing this, Captain Dracosa narrowed his eyes and subconsciously held the rapier at his waist. After a moment, he suddenly smiled and nodded to the navigator Pedro.
"Let's go! Let's go visit the kingdom's outstanding admiral..."
The bright tropical sunshine fell on the village chief's wooden house, making the flying dust clearly visible. The pilot Pedro smiled and led the old native village chief to smoke leaves together in the distance. The simple and open house
Inside, there were only two people lying and standing, looking at each other in silence.
"Vaffanculo! Dracosa, you finally couldn't bear it anymore, are you going to kill me before leaving?!..."
After looking at each other for a moment, Columbus gritted his teeth, looked at De La Cosa fiercely, and couldn't help but curse first.
"Merda! You vicious snake, haven't you long wanted to kill me, monopolize the glory of discovering the new route, and take away my position as commander? Come on, do it! Why are you hesitating?!..."
"clang!"
De La Cosa had no expression on his face. He pulled out his rapier and stared at Columbus's neck with cold eyes. When he met the other's eyes, Columbus trembled all over and huddled up on the straw bed, shouting with a stern look on his face.
"You...you dare to come here?! I am an admiral and fleet commander personally appointed by the queen!...If you kill me here, you will never end well when you return to the kingdom!...No! Don't come here..."
"hehe!…"
De La Cosa raised the corner of his mouth contemptuously and stared coldly at the half-crouched Columbus, but did not move closer, let alone feel triumphant. He just had a sullen face and glanced at Columbus' half-charged left hand with a scrutinizing gaze.
Legs, and the right hand secretly hidden in the thatch, he said coldly.
"Okay! Stop pretending!...Columbus, you are a kicking donkey and a wild dog that can't keep its mouth shut. But you have never been a plotting snake, and you can't pretend to be successful in front of me!...Put your
Take out your right hand! Want to kill me in a surprise attack? You don’t have that ability yet!…”
"...Diamine! You damn snake, good at sneak attacks!..."
Seeing Dracosa, who was motionless at his feet and slowly raised his rapier, Columbus cursed angrily and desperately. As the rapier approached, he helplessly sat up from the straw bed, revealing the stone dagger he was holding.
's right hand.
"Dracosa, you!..."
"Dear Admiral, please throw over the native dagger in your hand... This is to protect you, lest you make any violent moves when you are excited... I can't help but hurt you or cut you off.
Your only other ear!"
"Vaffanculo! How dare you threaten..."
"Throw it away!!..."
"boom…"
"Okay! That's good!..."
Dracosa lowered his sword, and the coldness on his face disappeared, turning into a friendly and warm smile. He then took a step closer, looked down at Columbus, who was sitting slumped on the straw bed, unarmed and recovering from a serious illness, and murmured with a smile.
"Commander, I've said it a long time ago...your biggest shortcoming is that you are too impatient!...Hey! Why don't you believe me? I said I won't harm you, and I will keep you even in the worst case.
A life...but you still don't believe it, and instead want to harm me!..."
"Tsk tsk! Look at your face, it's red with anger, and you're sweating so much in a hurry... You're just a little bit old, but you can't even hold the knife firmly, so you're in a hurry to do it!...But! Commander,
You are a merchant's child, not a knight... You have never learned to stab a sword or a scimitar!... If you really want to use your hands, you can't beat me by yourself!"
"Hey! If Alana were here, he had received training as a knight's squire. Although he is stupid, he is very agile, and he is really a difficult threat... What a pity! You abandoned him!...Tsk tsk! In order to escape for your life,
Not even my loyal brother-in-law who is a master of sailors!…”
"Minchia! Dracosa, what the hell do you want to say?!..."
Upon hearing Alana's name, Columbus's eyes instantly turned red, his only ear trembled, and even his face became ferocious.
Such a violent reaction did not mean that the friendship between him and his brother-in-law was truly life-or-death. It was that Alana's accidental fall into the water was the biggest turning point for him to be overturned by Dracosa! All of a sudden, he decided from the boat
The commander of life and death has become a prisoner in the hands of the other party who can be slaughtered at will...
"Huh? What do I want to say?...Well...Actually, I just want to come and see you and see the miraculous healing effects of the natives!..."
De La Cosa blinked his eyes, still smiling, but the rapier in his hand was ready to go, pointing vaguely at Columbus's vitals.
"God bless you! Now I see it! You are indeed recovering well...you can rest in the cabin!..."
"Diamine! Dracosa, you want to imprison me in the cabin again?!..."
"Imprisonment? No, no, no! Commander, please don't misunderstand...How dare I imprison you?..."
De La Cosa smiled and shook his head, explaining with sincerity, just like appeasing a Spanish bullfighting breeder.
"How could it be?... I just think that a quiet cabin with the door locked and no sunlight is more suitable for you to calm down, settle down and recuperate, and be prepared to meet with the Queen and write back the documents... After all, you have been cheated.
The wound from a poisonous arrow may relapse at any time before it fully heals... If you suddenly fell ill and died, how sad the sailors would be! I would also really feel sorry for you..."
"You bastard of a sheep..."
"I think you also want to go back alive, proudly report back to the great and holy Queen, gain the glory of discovering a new sea route, and crush all the navigation scholars and royal nobles who once looked down on you, right?!..."
"I…"
"Not to mention, the generous reward that the Queen will give you after discovering a new route to the East! Nobles from all over the world will flock to praise you for your discovery that shocked the world of God, and then beg you to take them sailing! Especially
The Portuguese sailing nobles who have rejected you many times and laughed at you, and King João II who has never accepted your suggestions or taken you seriously for more than ten years!...Think about that scene! That should
How wonderful it is!…”
"..."
Hearing these direct words, Columbus's face twitched and his expression changed. He didn't speak for half a quarter of an hour, and his eyebrows gradually twisted into a ball. And when he spoke again, for the first time, he didn't
curse.
"...Dracosa, are you really not going to kill me? You want me to return to Castile alive and see the queen alive?..."
"Of course! The Lord testifies! This was my plan from the beginning and this is what I did... Otherwise, as long as I didn't save you or hand you over to the natives... you would have died on the ship!..."
"Merda!...Only a fool would believe a poisonous snake!..."
Columbus gritted his teeth and cursed himself before glaring at De La Cosa and asking.
"Dracosa, aren't you afraid that I will accuse you of rebellion in front of the Queen?..."
"Oh? Responsibility for rebellion?..."
Dracosa smiled nonchalantly and asked.
"So, how many people are responsible for the rebellion? The three Pinson brothers who were beheaded by the natives? The royal steward and notary who were captured? Or the entire exploration fleet, all the crew members, dead or alive?..."
"Damn it! The idiot Hiramatsu family has been dead for a long time! The royal butler and the notary can't come back either!...Now, I only need to accuse you!..."
"Oh? Only accuse me?..."
De La Cosa smiled, looked at Columbus who was gradually regaining his senses, and asked.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "But Commander, accusing me, accusing the only surviving deputy captain, will it do you any good?..."
"Dracosa, you rebelled against me! You must be punished!..."
"What about you? Where is your guilt?..."
Dracosa chuckled, shook his head, and asked meaningfully.
"Witness the Lord! After you went to sea once and was betrayed by everyone, do you still have the qualifications to serve as the navigation commander again? Will the queen feel relieved and hand over the kingdom's navigation fleet to you again? And once I truthfully tell the truth about the voyage
Everything that happened, the responsibility for losing the royal steward and the notary, the responsibility for rashly starting a war with the ancient kingdom of Sipan, the responsibility for losing the Queen’s Credentials... How are you going to carry it?..."
"Holy Mother!... Betrayed by everyone... Lost the Queen's trust... Is it all my fault?..."
Hearing this, Columbus opened his mouth, recalling the ups and downs of this ocean exploration, and his expression was somewhat enlightened. At this moment, he stared blankly at the native wooden house and the lonely and blasphemous idol wood carving.
, as if he vaguely saw his own future, a heretic who returned from the glory of the East but was not accepted by the upper class...
"Ah! I...I'm not guilty! How could I be guilty?! I discovered the East, I found India, I didn't do anything wrong! ...Obviously it's all you! It was you who betrayed me one after another! You don't listen to me
Just like the idiot Hiramatsu who started a war with the natives without authorization, like the royal representative who left the flagship without authorization..."
"Yes! Commander, you have indeed done nothing wrong! Your firm belief has indeed guided the fleet and discovered the brand-new East... It's just that you were born with original sin, an original sin that is difficult to be accepted by the kingdom! ...
"
"My original sin?..."
"Why!…"
De La Cosa sighed softly, as if he really felt sorry for Columbus. At this moment, he sincerely looked into Columbus's eyes and whispered softly.
"Commander, you are an outstanding navigator... But unfortunately, you are not Castilian! You are not of noble blood!... With such a limited background, no matter how talented you are, how can you command the ships of the kingdom?
Team, let all the Castilian captains be obedient?..."
"Your contribution is difficult to turn into the prestige of commanding the fleet... But once you are guilty and make a mistake, everyone will remember it!... Because everyone has never regarded you as one of the kingdom's own.
!…”
"Even if the Queen appreciates you again! Even if the Queen believes in you again! But even Elijah, the prophet of God, will be shaken when facing the evil of Jezebel... And just once! Just once if you fail, you will fall off the high ground.
There is no chance of climbing up the high cliff..."
"So, dear Commander Columbus! You are alone and really need helpers and allies from Castile! ... And we have experienced this difficult voyage of exploration together, and experienced the cruel and terrible cruelty of the natives.
Fighting together, and finally surviving together, we are truly partners witnessed and blessed by the Lord!…”
"In this current voyage, all important people have died, and only our two captains have survived... And as long as we work together to properly 'organize' the process and findings of the voyage, we can give the Queen and the royal family a solution that cannot be faulted.
Report back!...Then we will all receive the queen's reward, share the honor of the new route, and gain the leadership of the next voyage together!..."