The Rise of the European Emperor

In the Atlantic, after several months of voyage, Arben and the ships he commanded, passed the Canary Islands, made a trip to Grenada, and returned.

Of course, it was not the east coast of North America that followed the old route, but the Spanish route, and went directly to Spain to carry out the plan to scare the Spaniards.

The ship docked at the port of Cádiz in southern Spain. Because the Americas had not been greatly developed, the port of Cádiz had not yet prospered at this time. Of course, because it is used as a home port for trade to India, it has also begun to develop greatly.

However, going to India for trade only occurs once every two years. Therefore, the prosperity of the port of Cádiz is currently far behind that of the port of Barcelona on the Mediterranean coast. Because of the frequent exchanges between Barcelona and Sicily, Sardinia and Mallorca, it is also an important foreign trade port for Spain. The volume of ships entering and leaving the two ports is still incomparable.

But in any case, the port of Cadiz, as a new commercial port, is Spain's most important port in the Atlantic Ocean, and has begun to gradually prosper.

Aben's ship, flying the flag of the barbaric count of Spain, belongs to the "own" ship, and can naturally dock at the port of Cadiz at will.

After going ashore, Aben wore a captain's uniform and went to a pub with a lot of people to drink in an unlucky area. After Aben left, a sailor who changed into a sailor's costume and a Spanish ordinary person's clothing and also understood Spanish. Ben sits together.

With his shiny bald head, aged face, and a captain's suit, Abbey looks like a person with a lot of stories. After drinking for a while, sure enough, someone came up to strike up a conversation. Of course, it's not that men approach women, or gay men, it's because of curiosity.

You must know that in this era, the cause of great sailing has just emerged, and Spain is one of the leaders of great sailing. The people of this country are naturally very interested in great sailing. The Port of Cadiz is a seaside port, and a captain who appears in a seaside port tavern is obviously very likely to be a captain who has "seen the world" who has traveled overseas. Therefore, many people talk to these captains, in fact, they want to hear the legends outside, and want to know what the outside world is like.

This is not gossip, but an important source of information. In the port of Cadiz, many brokers like to inquire in the taverns of captains and sailors who have been overseas. If you can inquire about valuable information, it can be used to exchange money with those who need it.

The Spaniard named Torres, who was staring at the bald Aben in front of him, was a broker who liked to hang out in taverns to inquire about news.

"Hey, brother, isn't it lonely to drink alone? Do you mind if I sit down?" After speaking, without waiting for Aben to answer,

Torres sat down casually.

Although Aben is drinking, his heart is a little excited-here, a good show is about to appear...

After all, it was his first time acting, so Aben was still a little nervous. However, Torres was a two-faced man, and he didn't care about Aben's distorted face because of his nervousness, but started to introduce himself.

After a while, Aben finally calmed down his nervousness, and his face returned to normal...

"By the way, brother, look at you, where did you come back from?"

"Wild Continent, Grenada..." Aben replied in a muffled voice.

"Wow, Savage Continent, that's a new world, it must be very interesting, right? Can you tell me something new over there?"

After thinking about it, Aben told Torres the story of the war between the Arawaks and the Caribs on the island of Grenada, and told Torres that the Caribs like to eat people.

"My God, the Caribs can eat people? What a terrible and murderous barbarian!" Torreston was shocked. Although there are many wars and killings on the European continent, cannibalism is extremely rare.

"Yeah, so, the colonization of our Count in Grenada is very difficult!"

"Then, why hasn't our Spanish colony, Hispaniola, heard about cannibalism?" Torres is a well-informed broker, so it's not easy to be fooled. Hispaniola, as the only Spanish colony in the Americas, is in the territory of the relatively friendly Arawak people, and there is really no incident of cannibalism.

"Hmph, that's because the territory occupied by Spain is right in the territory of the friendly Arawaks. If you encounter the territory of the Caribs, it's hard to say."

After finishing speaking, the bald Aben also dipped his fingers in the wine and briefly drew the situation in the Caribbean Sea on the table:

"This side is the Greater Antilles Islands in the north, where the relatively peaceful Arawaks live. The island of Hispaniola, occupied by the royal family, is in this area."

"And Grenada, occupied by our Count, is in the Lesser Antilles to the south. This is where the cannibalistic Caribs and the peaceful Arawaks intersect."

"Grenada was originally a territory of the Arawak, but it was often attacked by the Caribs. This year alone, it was attacked 20 times (Aben deliberately exaggerated, but it was only once, and he was beaten back)."

"Every time there is an attack, the governor of Grenada, Old George, will sound the alarm. All those who work outside the castle must retreat to the city as soon as possible, relying on the cover of the city wall to resist the attack of the cannibalistic Caribs."

"Fortunately, the Caribs are not good at sieging cities. Otherwise, if they are broken, hundreds of colonists on the island will be roasted and eaten..."

"Uh... so terrifying?" Torres, a "scene person" who had seen the world, was also frightened by these exaggerated "facts".

"What's more terrifying..." Aben first looked around, then leaned into Torres' ear and asked in a mysterious tone:

"Brother, have you heard of Amway... Abu... syphilis?"

"I've heard of it." Torres nodded honestly. This thing, after the "Papal Decree", has become famous all over Europe. As a well-informed "scene man", Torres had naturally heard of it, and knew that it was brought back from the wild continent by the sailors of Columbus.

"I told Nian that syphilis, a terrible virus, is a common disease that many people suffer from in the wild continent..."

"Ah? How is that possible? Didn't the syphilis suffer from sores and pus all over the body, and festered to death?" Torres had also heard of the misery of those syphilis patients.

"You're right, but that's what the Europeans were like when they got syphilis. In fact, the savage natives seem to be able to tolerate the disease quite well. We have a terminal disease that will fester and die. In them The people over there are just covered with erythema and acne, and they are not fatal." This was what Marin told Aben, and it was half-truth. It is true that Indians are very resistant to syphilis, but not only with red spots and acne, but also with sores and pus, but not as terrible and deadly as white people.

"It turned out to be like this?" Torres was shocked, but as a qualified broker, he immediately wrote down this important information.

"So, the colonists must not touch the wild indigenous women, not even a single shot. Those indigenous women, looking healthy, may have contracted syphilis. As long as they sleep with them, there is a high probability of contracting syphilis. Grenada... …”

"What happened to Grenada?" Torres asked curiously.

Aben quietly looked around and whispered:

"Syphilis broke out among the Grenada colonists, and 20 people died...and the coffins of those 20 dead are on my ship and are going to be transported back to East Frisland..." Aben breathed from his mouth. , seems to be drunk. However, the words said in this state are the most believable.

"What? You have 20 dead bodies of syphilis on your boat? How dare you put them on the boat?" Torres jumped up in fright. In the eyes of Europeans, syphilis, which festers and dies all over the body, is a very tragic and terrifying disease.

"What are you afraid of? I filled the coffin with lime." Aben said indifferently.

"That's dangerous too!" Torres didn't dare to approach Ah Ben, for fear that Ah himself would also suffer from syphilis...

At this time, the dragon set sailor who had been waiting on the side for a long time finally appeared. He touched Torres on the shoulder and gave him a wink. Torres understood, and immediately walked aside:

"Brother, what's the matter?"

"Brother, look, this is such a serious matter. If the guy's boat continues to stay on the dock, it might spread the syphilis to the people on the shore. How about we go to the police and let the officials drive the boat away? In this way, we are also safe."

"It makes sense, it makes sense, I'm going to report to the official now, maybe there is still a bounty..." After that, Torres went straight to the checkout, and then hurriedly went to the City Lord's Mansion to report...

When Marcus, the city lord of Cadiz, heard about this, he was taken aback and acted immediately, mobilized the army, rushed to the tavern, drove Aben to the pier, and did not dare to approach Aben. Then, Aben had to "reluctantly" boarded the ship and returned...

Marcus did not dare to conceal this matter, and immediately reported to the Spanish kings. Even the exaggerated news that Aben told Torres that "most of the natives of the wild continent suffer from syphilis, but it is not fatal" was also reported.

Originally, the Spanish double kings may doubt such news. But coincidentally, shortly after Aben's ship left, the mourning ship on Hispaniola also arrived.

When the twin kings of Spain were still dubious about the news of the "outbreak of syphilis" in Grenada, the bad news of the same outbreak of syphilis came from the island of Hispaniola. Moreover, the 500 colonists of Santo Domingo directly killed 230 people, which is much more terrifying than Grenada.

Moreover, the fact that the colonists of Santo Domingo had a relationship with the **** girl, still contracted syphilis, made the Spanish kings immediately believe the false news that "most people in the wild continent suffer from syphilis".

So, the terrified Spaniards decided that the wild continent was a place where syphilis was rampant. I don't know who started, the Spaniards began to call the wild continent "syphilis continent"...

Even Isabella I began to doubt whether the colonization of Hispaniola was the right decision...