"King Joao, I hid the native book in the compartment of my captain's box... Please let me go to the ship to get it..."
"No need. Those things on the ship are in the palace right now... Well, they count as collateral for crashing the trestle... Guard! Go get Captain Columbus's box!"
"yes!"
Soon, two guards carried a pried open wooden box into the palace hall. Seeing the open mouth of the box, Columbus trembled and quickly rushed forward to check. As expected, those things he had hidden inside were
Yes, the bag of placer gold that was finally obtained from the natives by killing, robbing and defrauding them has disappeared.
"Holy Mother! My gold! My gold! My money!!..."
Columbus howled miserably, even more painfully than when he was searching outside the palace before. João II raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the two guards who were taking the things. The two men immediately stood in awe and explained in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, when it was delivered from the port, this box was opened... the navy of the kingdom... the soldiers who boarded the ship to arrest... and the security officer of the port..."
"Um…"
Joao II nodded and said nothing. Whether it was the navy boarding the ship, the security guard at the port, or the palace guards, this kind of thing was always inevitable. As the king who controls people's hearts, he
You must learn to turn a blind eye, some things cannot be too clear... So, he waited patiently for a while, until Columbus calmed down a little, and then he spoke calmly.
"Columbus, where is the evidence that you discovered the East?... Could it be that it has also been lost?..."
"Ah! My proof! That Oriental book!..."
Columbus was in a hurry, looking through the box hurriedly, and found a small crack on the edge of the bottom layer. Then he somehow pulled out a book, a yellowed paper book. And this book
On the cover of the book, there are three square characters written in it that no one knows, "Ali Sutra"!
"The book is still there! This is it!"
"Bring it up!"
When he saw the cover of the book, Joao II's expression changed, and there was urgency in his voice. Columbus still wanted to bargain, but two guards rushed over to him, squeezed his wrist, and took the book away. Joao II concluded.
He took the book and just flipped through it. Rows of neat square characters suddenly came into his eyes. His steady breathing suddenly became heavy, and the pupils in his eyes shrank instantly. He was obviously shocked to the extreme!
"O Lord! It's really...it's really square oriental characters!...How is this possible?!...Is the big island in the sea where Columbus arrived really the east, really Sipangu, Japan?!...But this distance
,this latitude and location...how is it possible?!!"
Joao II trembled slightly, and his face was extremely solemn. He looked through it twice more, finally took a deep breath, and gave serious and low instructions to Nuno, the palace confidant beside him.
"Nuno, go and get the letter from little Perrault and the Serisian's 'A Thousand Letters'..."
"Yes! Your Majesty..."
Nuno lowered his head and clenched his right hand quietly, suppressing the throbbing and disbelief in his heart. He hurried out of the hall, and hurried back after a moment. Then, he took out the yellowed 'thousand-character paper scroll',
Carefully hand it over to the king.
"Your Majesty, whether the Serisian scrolls... have the same block text, you can tell by just comparing them!..."
"Um…"
João II hummed, and immediately put the "native books" and "Serris people's scrolls" side by side, and looked at them in comparison. After a while, he found the first similar "
"Word", then the second, the third...the tenth...the thirtieth!
"O Lord! Almost most of the words in these two books... are the same or similar!... This... this native book is actually written by the Seris people!!... Could it be that Columbus
Did he really reach the East, really reach the ancient Japan of Sipan?!... Could it be that he really discovered a new route to the East in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean after just two months of traveling west?!!..."
João II clenched the book tightly, trying hard to control the turmoil in his heart, to control his extremely shocked emotions, and almost groaned!
He put down the book with difficulty, handed the Seris scroll that little Perrault brought back to his confidant Nuno, and watched the other person put it away carefully. Then, he handed the native book to the court scholar on the other side.
They just made a gesture of looking, but couldn't say anything.
"Lord! How is it possible that it really is the legendary oriental square character?!"
"Scholar Sebastian, you are a famous orientalist...can you read these words?..."
"How...how can I read? There is no school that masters Eastern writing, and no one teaches it!... In the entire Catholic world, perhaps only the Holy See in Rome has left records of Eastern writing!"
"Ah! Since no one recognizes it...could this book be forged by Columbus?"
"Forgery? Do you think he has this forged knowledge and the ability to forge?"
"Hey! This is a printed book with printed ink paintings on it! ... What is this painting? A pagan god worshiped by many people kneeling down, holding a spear in his hand, wearing a ripple on his head, and surrounding
Surrounded by tiny birds and huge wolves?…”
"The god in the painting? Is that really a god that Indians believe in?"
"How could it be India?! How could the place where Columbus arrived be India?!..."
"Holy Mother! Our carefully calculated circumference of the earth is calculated by using the angular deviation of two locations at the same longitude and different latitudes from the sun at noon on the same day, as well as the distance between the two locations... This calculation formula,
There’s no way it could be wrong! What’s more, scholars from Nuremberg and Rome have also collaborated on calculations. The distance between the two places is 1,000 kilometers, multiplied by the circumferential angle of 360 degrees, and then divided by the deviation of the sun’s angle between the two places, which is 9 degrees and 30 minutes.
The result is also about 38,000 kilometers, which is not much different from the 39,000 kilometers we calculated..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! An astronomer knelt on the ground, picked up the charcoal again, and started calculations on the stone slabs of the Sintra Palace. Look at his confusion,
The expression of disbelief, as well as the trembling hands, were obviously defeated by the "Eastern Evidence" presented by Columbus. The astronomy and mathematics he believed in all his life, actually disappeared like this?…
"No need to calculate anymore! Our calculations cannot be wrong! The calculations of Nuremberg and Roman scholars are also correct!... This can only be... It can only be... The Eastern Continent is extraordinarily long, extending to the east for more than 10,000 kilometers
...Or maybe it is an island off the coast of the East. Even though it is 10,000 kilometers away, it is still connected by trade routes with Seris in the East!..."
Navigation scholar Leonor gritted his teeth and racked his brains hard, trying to give a reasonable explanation, but he couldn't convince himself. King João, who was at the head, didn't say a word, just kept a calm face and held the throne tightly.
I don't know what I'm thinking about.
"Ahahaha! This is indeed the writing of the Seris people! The island I reached to the west is the big island of Sipangu in the east!...Ahahaha! My genius sailing plan is indeed correct! As long as I sail westward,
We can reach the rich East...and I, the great navigator Don Christopher Columbus, am the first person to discover a new sea route, and I will forever be recorded in the history of the world of God!...Ahahahaha!..."
Seeing the reactions of the Portuguese king and scholars, seeing the faces that were either silent, horrified or in disbelief, Columbus understood the answer instantly. He finally couldn't help but laughed heartily!
For this moment of pleasure, he not only went deep into the Atlantic Ocean and experienced countless dangers of death, but he also waited for ten years! A full ten years! These Portuguese nobles who laughed at him, looked down on him, and looked down on him all looked down upon him.
He treated him as a joke, as an insignificant clown! But at this moment, with his feat of discovering a new sea route, these people who once laughed at him will become clowns who foil heroes in history books, and will be laughed at by countless future generations forever!
At this moment, Columbus held his head high, and for the first time, he straightened his back in the Portuguese palace of Sintra! He finally laughed out loud, and no longer had to suppress his arrogant nature when he was in power. This
For a moment, he looked at everyone with a stern look, like a king returning from the sea. He raised his head even more and looked at João who seemed to be shocked by his discovery, slapped in the face by his own evidence, and was "ashamed and speechless"
king!
"Ah ha ha ha! Dear Majesty João! The four generations of kings of the Kingdom of Portugal have spent nearly a century going to the endless southern continent to find some new route to the East, but they have still not succeeded... And I, the wise genius
, the brave and fearless navigator Columbus only sailed westward once, and successfully arrived in the East in just two months!…”
"Ahahaha! King Joao, if you had believed in me earlier and adopted my sailing plan ten years ago... Then ten years ago, the Portuguese fleet would have arrived in the east, and the Kingdom of Castile would not have had the chance to do so.
!…”
"Ah ha ha ha! What a pity! Under the denial of those stupid scholars, you missed me, the great navigator who can truly reach the East! ... And the great, wise, beautiful and holy Queen Isabella chose me with her discerning eyes.
, and she trusted me so much. Not only did she ennoble me as a noble, she also appointed me Admiral of Castile, and gave me the entire exploration fleet!…”
"The queen with discerning eyes has chosen the real heroes. But some seemingly wise kings unfortunately missed out... What a pity! And now, I have pledged my allegiance to the queen. Even if you try to persuade or plead with me, I will never do it again.
I can’t serve you any more!…The new route from the west to the east is destined not to belong to the Portuguese, but only to the Kingdom of Castile and to the great Queen Isabella! And the honor of being the first to sail to the east
, nor does it belong to the Portuguese who have been exploring for nearly a century, it belongs to a wise and brave Castilian nobleman born in Genova!…”
Upon hearing Columbus's sarcasm and hearty slap in the face, João II's face suddenly changed. He first turned red with anger, then turned ugly and blue, and finally revealed a cold murderous intent.
Columbus, the son of a commoner, this rogue with bad morals, this ant-like guy, dared to laugh at him and ridicule him as the "perfect monarch"! Even, this ant dared to speak rudely and mock the three generations of Portuguese ancestors who explored new sea routes.
His three generations of ancestors!
What made him even more angry and even murderous was that the ant's ridicule might actually become a reality and be recorded in the history of God's world! Because the other party really produced evidence and not only beat him severely
His face proved his own worth, the existence of the Eastern connection, and the new route to the west!
"a ha ha ha!…"
Columbus's wild laughter echoed in the hall. All the Portuguese scholars and the noble King of Portugal seemed to be suppressed by his momentum and were speechless. However, he did not know the price of a slap in the face.
, and the consequences of proving one’s worth…
Now, the matter is really serious, and it has really touched the bottom line of the Kingdom of Portugal! As a true king, facing the new route to the East that is just around the corner... Joao II will never be able to,
Just like the history of another time and space, let him go lightly!…
"Columbus, according to the sailor's account...the big ship you led committed theft and robbery on the coast of the Kingdom of Portugal, and even sheltered escaped slaves from the royal estate!..."
"You led the fleet to steal the royal family's navigation secrets, attack the kingdom's patrol navy, ram the port of Lisbon, and harm the interests of merchant ships from various countries!..."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "You, a daring fellow, have committed six serious crimes in the Kingdom. You are a criminal who is not protected by the Lord and must accept a fair trial and punishment!..."
After a moment of silence, John II finally spoke with a cold face and listed Columbus's "six deadly sins" word by word. Hearing these words, Columbus was stunned, as if he was screaming to his heart's content, but was strangled.
The cock in his throat. All his wild laughter suddenly stopped in an instant, leaving only a bone-chilling chill that hit his heart again.
"It's over! I...I said too much again and offended the King of Portugal!...Is it really over now?!..."
Columbus shook, looked at the guards on both sides who were watching eagerly, and then at the king who was clearly furious. He paused, his knees immediately weakened, reason and fear returned, and he knelt down decisively from the bottom of his heart.
"Dear Your Majesty Joao! I...I did not mean to offend the Kingdom of Portugal or you! You are a truly kind and tolerant king. Please forgive me for my previous nonsense..."
"The Lord testifies! All crimes must face 'just' judgment! Come, guards!..."
"I obey you, Your Majesty!"
"Catch this criminal who has committed a serious crime and put him in the deepest part of the prison! No one is allowed to visit him without my permission, let alone take him away!"
"yes!"
"Let the warden come forward in person, interrogate him 'properly', and let him confess all his crimes 'truthfully'!..."
"yes!"
"Take it down!!"
"yes!"
"Ah! Your Majesty! Dear Majesty Joao! I beg you for mercy, I beg you!..."
In front of the real royal power, as wild as the laughter before was, so sincere was the begging for mercy now. However, the cry for mercy was getting farther and farther away, and the guards were dragging him away. After a moment of enjoyment,
The great navigator Columbus once again visited his warm and familiar home and fell into a dark prison...