"Minchia! Cazzo! Dela Cosa, what on earth have you been doing these past few days? Why did the boat first dock and then go into the sea. Sometimes it goes west, sometimes it goes east, and it keeps spinning in circles?..."
"Merda! What's going on with the sound of cannons? It keeps ringing. Can we still encounter Berber pirates on the western coast of the peninsula?!..."
A dim oil lamp was hung on the bulkhead of the bottom cabin. The light was not bright, but it made the man in the bottom cabin close his eyes. The narrow cabin was in a mess, and a pungent and rich smell made people want to Cover your nose. This "Commander's Single Room" converted from a utility room is really bad! And what's even worse is the pale man with a face as skinny as a donkey, sitting on the dirty ship's plank. He There is only one ear, the clothes that have been worn for three months are stained, and it exudes an even more indescribable smell...
"Diamine! Dracosa, what's your expression? I don't need your pity! What the hell are you doing here? What the hell is going on outside?..."
“…Hey!…Cough!…This smell…Cough!”
De La Cosa let out a long sigh, did not approach Columbus, and kept his hand on the scimitar. The pungent smell made him cry a little, and he couldn't help coughing, and then he said faintly.
"Commander, our ship is too slow. We even ran away for several days without escaping... We are about to be caught up by others... This time, I am afraid that everyone will not be able to survive..."
"What! What do you do for food? A bunch of idiots!...Vaffanculo! I told you so! This damn, shabby, slow, reptilian junk is just a maggot raised by a fly with a big egg! It only They will arch like maggots on the sea, which is nothing compared to Pingsong Chouge’s two clippers!…”
"Cazzo! When I went to Sipangu, I wished that this broken ship ran aground on the rocks and sank, and then switched to two other light ships as flagships! Only a blind donkey would treat the slow maggot ship as a treasure!..."
"Maggot boat? A fly with big eggs, a blind donkey?..."
As the captain of the Santa Maria, when he heard this kind of overt and covert taunting, De La Cosa's face twitched, and his originally pitiful eyes returned to coldness. He pursed his lips, squeezed the handle of the scimitar, and let it go. Columbus cursed a lot until he was questioned again.
"Merda! Dela Cosa, let me ask you! Who is chasing us? The Berber galley pirate ship only has a short burst of speed. It weakens after half a day. How can it be chasing us for several days?"
"Commander, you guessed it right... the ones chasing us are not the ambush and looting Berber dogs... they are the Portuguese navy, the regular navy..."
At this point, De La Cosa had no need to hide anything. He calmly told the truth, then held the knife and took a step closer to Columbus.
"What?! The Portuguese navy? Why are they chasing us? Could it be that the Queen and King Joao are at war? It shouldn't be... Damn it! De La Cosa, you viper! When we stopped the ship before, were you a dog? How dare you rob a Portuguese village?..."
"...No. The kingdom is not at war with Portugal. How can we seize the Portuguese villages with our small manpower? In fact, I have always been very low-key. I even put away the royal flag and pretended to be an ordinary merchant ship..."
Dracosa shook his head, his eyes showing a little pity and a little guilt. He silently drew the knife and took another step forward.
"Dear Commander Columbus! The news about our exploration of the new route seems to have leaked out... I'm afraid there are more than ten Portuguese clippers pulling nets in the sea off Lisbon to search for us... Tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow at most, we will have to be caught by them
For the sake of not leaking the news about the new route, for the sake of the kingdom and the queen...each of us must shut our mouths tightly, tightly, firmly..."
"What! You put away the royal flag? You didn't start a war, and you didn't do anything. So why are you running away with a guilty conscience?!"
Columbus tried to keep his eyes open and adapted to the light that he rarely saw in captivity. Due to the lack of meat and fruits, his eyesight was very poor. At this moment, he seemed not to be able to see Dracosa's face clearly, nor could he see the other party clearly.
He pulled out half of the scimitar. His fierce and stubborn eyes showed a rare daze. His voice was confused at first, and then turned into confident excitement as he spoke.
"Merda! De La Cosa, are you crazy? Why are you so sneaky and hiding from the Portuguese? Why are you hiding the news about the new route? How can you hide such big news?...
"
"O Lord! I am the Admiral of Castile, whom the Queen herself has consecrated! It is I, I! I, Don Christopher Columbus, the glorious nobleman of Castile, leading you brainless
Idiot, I discovered a new route to the East!…”
"This is a great glory that shakes the entire world of God! It is a great feat that can be canonized since the Son of God came to the world!... Why should I hide, and why should I hide?! This is my merit, my merit! I want to let all
Everyone knows it! It’s mine! No one can take it away, no one can take it away!… Even the noble Queen will be proud of my feat!”
"Why!…"
Seeing Commander Columbus, who seemed to be unaware even when death was imminent, and daydreaming, he sighed again, with complicated eyes. He drew out the last section of his scimitar and praised in a low voice.
"Commander, I really admire you, your always optimistic, always confident and high-spirited spirit! You will always be the commander in my heart... Commander, if you are allowed to sail back and encounter the Portuguese navy, you will know nothing about it."
Be afraid and fight them bravely to the end?..."
"I will sail the ship? Fight?...Dela Cosa, are you crazy? What are you talking about? We only have one ship and a dozen people. How can we be on the coast of Portugal and fight Portugal, which is more powerful than the kingdom's navy?
Navy going to war?…”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Merda! Why do you always think about starting a war with the Portuguese? The Queen did not declare war on King Joao... Yes! I do want to 'start a war', but
Not on some bullshit sea, but in the palace of Sintra, fighting against those palace scholars and navigation scholars who don’t understand shit and have their heads stuffed in their butts!…”
"What does it mean that I made a miscalculation? What does it mean that I am a crazy ass and a navigator who dreams of sailing?... I am the greatest navigator Columbus! Now, I want to personally bring the news of the new route and the east.
The natives and goods appeared in front of that group of idiots!..."
"Haha! I want to slap them in the face and make them all kneel down in front of the new route I discovered! I want to loudly promote the wealth of the East, so that those bullshit scholars who look down on me and Joao who rejects me
King, look! He missed me, missed what a great discovery, missed what an amazing new route! ...Only the queen, only the queen can discover my talent and appoint me as the commander of the navy! And I will only make changes
The new route of the world is dedicated to the great Queen Isabella!…”
“…”
Faced with Columbus's excited shouting, De La Cosa was silent for a moment, and began to wonder if the other person had been locked up for too long and had gone crazy. Or perhaps, the other person was pretending to be crazy and trying to survive? He carefully held the knife and held the knife at a distance.
Columbus had only one last step left and carefully watched the opponent's movements. Before taking this last step, he paused and said with emotion.
"Dear Commander Columbus! Your loyalty and love for the queen really makes me ashamed!... As a Castilian, I am not as good as you... But, the struggle and fighting between nobles is not what you imagined.
Faced with such amazing interests, if we fall into the hands of the Portuguese... the new route we discovered will most likely be controlled by the Portuguese and will not be spread to Castile! The Queen may never know
, her loyal Commander Columbus, went west and discovered a new route to the East, and came back alive..."
"So, for the benefit of the kingdom, and for the secret of the new route... I can only... I'm sorry, Commander..."
"Dela Cosa! Are you stupid?! Are you afraid that the Portuguese will detain us and seize the secrets of the new route?..."
After listening for a long time, Columbus finally seemed to understand what Dela Cosa was worried about, and loudly interrupted the other party's last words. He laughed wildly, raised his head, and stared at Dela Cosa who was close at hand, as if looking at a fool.
Xhosa.
"The Lord is a witness! The Portuguese knew about the new route to the west, so what? More than ten years ago, the Queen signed the "Peace of Alcazovas" with King João, which stipulated that all areas west of the Atlantic Ocean were
The territory of the Kingdom of Castile! This is a sacred treaty witnessed by the Pope!…”
"According to the treaty, the Atlantic Ocean belongs to the Kingdom of Castile and the Queen! Naturally, the new sea route to the west can only belong to the Queen! Even if the Portuguese know that they can reach the East by going west, they cannot enter the Queen's territory stipulated in the treaty.
, the Eastern territory granted to me by the Queen!…”
"...The Peace of Alcazovas?"
Dracosa was startled. He had never thought about this. But soon, he smiled helplessly. This stupid citizen of a commercial city-state did not understand the gameplay of aristocratic politics at all, and always regarded the contracts of the nobles as
Something that is supreme and inviolable. Just like the stupid contract signed by the other party and the queen, monopolizing all the discoveries and harvests, offending everyone, do you still want to keep the overwhelming wealth with just a piece of paper?…
"Dear Commander Columbus, you have a good idea... But if we fall into the hands of the Portuguese and are captured by the Portuguese... I am afraid that the Queen will not even know about the existence of the new route, let alone the peace treaty..."
"Dracosa, what are you talking about? How come the Queen doesn't know about the existence of the new route?..."
Columbus curled his lips in disdain, with a confident look, like a king in the cabin. He looked at De La Cosa with a sneer, as if he were looking at a stupid donkey, no, a stupid donkey with the head of a poisonous snake.
"It only takes more than ten days by horse to get from Lisbon to the Queen's Court in Valladolid! If you hadn't run around on the sea before, sail directly to Lisbon and tell the stupid Portuguese nobles and royal family that we have discovered a new route... I'm afraid this will
By the end of the week, the Queen will be able to get news of the new route and know that we are back!…”
"What is there to fear from the Portuguese? King Joao has rejected me for so many years, and he just locked me up, tortured me, begged me, and gave me the status of naval commander... I will never serve him again! My loyalty
, only belongs to the beautiful, holy and great queen!…”
"So what if I am detained by the Portuguese? As long as the Queen knows that I am back, she will definitely send people, the most important royal envoy, to bring me, the admiral of the kingdom, the discoverer of the new sea route, the Queen's most loyal captain
Navigator, take him back to Castile in glory!"
"Well!…"
Hearing Columbus's wonderful imagination, Dra Cosa was stunned, and even the hand holding the knife shook in shock. This guy is so ugly, how can he think so beautiful? King João begged him, and the Queen
Send someone to pick him up personally? This is just a day job... Wait! Wait!
At this moment, De La Cosa came back to his senses and suddenly captured something keenly, as if he saw a beam of light in the dark cabin. Although the light was weak and shaky, it exuded a sense of life...
"Columbus! No, Commander Columbus!... Say it again! Say it again!... What would you do if you were the one to sail the ship?..."
"Merda! Dracosa, you idiot, did you listen to me just now?!..."
"I'm listening, I'm listening carefully...You just said, what do you do if you know how to sail a boat?..."
"Bah! What should I do? Do you even need to think about it? Dracosa, you are afraid that you have been a poisonous snake and rat in the gutter for a long time, so you don't dare to come out in broad daylight... You also collected the flag, hid from the Portuguese navy, and followed
Just like a criminal pirate. He was so sneaky that he was caught by the Portuguese in the open sea and was quietly killed without anyone knowing! That way of death, he died like a slug, like a maggot in the sewer!…
"
Columbus held his head high, raised one ear, glanced at De La Cosa with disdain, and then shouted confidently.
"If it were me! If you were the commander, I would sail the ship!... I would raise the flag of the Royal Family of Castile, raise my head high, and sail directly to the port of Lisbon! No, I will sail tonight and head to Lisbon immediately overnight.
!…”
"Early the next morning, I will appear in the prosperous Tagus Bay outside Lisbon! I will tell every Portuguese nobleman I meet, every merchant ship from various countries that passes by, the news of the discovery of the new shipping route.
The whole of Lisbon!…”
"I want all the Portuguese scholars who are as stupid as pigs to kneel down in front of me and slap themselves in the face! I want to make King Joao, who rejected me, regret it for the rest of his life and hate himself for being blind!..."
"I will announce loudly to everyone: I! Don Christopher Columbus, the first great navigator to reach the East, the first person to discover a new route! I discovered a new route to the East, right here
West of the Atlantic Ocean!…”
In the narrow cabin, the one-eared Columbus looked up and squinted, sitting on the deck of the ship full of filth, like a king in a cesspit! And beside him, Dracosa looked horrified, being treated by such a king
Shocked by the domineering spirit, he was so trembling that he couldn't hold the handle of the knife. He took two steps back and murmured in his mouth.
"Ah! Yes! Yes!"
"So that's it! That's right! That's it! That's how it should be!..."
"Announce the news of the new route to everyone! Bring everything that is secretly out into the open! This is the only way to survive! Ah! Why have I never thought of it this way?..."
"Commander Columbus is really... he is really... a man who is favored by the goddess of fate and has a tough life! I am really not as good as me, really not as good as me! It is indeed the right thing to keep him! ... And for the next thing, I can only rely on him,
Relying on his previous 'fame' in Portugal..."
After being shocked for a long time, Dracosa finally came to his senses. With a "dang" sound, he dropped the scimitar in his hand and excitedly rushed towards Columbus, who was holding his head high. Then, he held the opponent's hand without hesitation and burst into tears.
With his eyes open, he spoke with a sincere expression of excitement.
"Commander! Dear Commander Columbus!...You will always be my commander!"
"Your injury is finally healed under my care! It's not easy! ...Ah! From tomorrow on, you will be our captain! The captain who led us to Lisbon!..."
In the darkened cabin, Columbus trembled when he saw the "ferocious" de la Cosa charging at him, and his heroic attitude of willing to die was immediately broken.
"Dracosa! You...you are finally going to take action?! You are a cold and poisonous snake. You started drawing knives as soon as you entered the cabin, and you want to murder your respected commander!... Come on! I have already done it.
Get ready, I have been waiting for this day for a long time!...Aha! I am really blind to take you sailing! Even if I become a ghost, I will not let you go...Uh?! Wait! You...what did you say?
?!...Let me...be...the captain again?..."
At this moment, Columbus opened his mouth wide with disbelief and dumbfounded.
