Vol 4 Chapter 195: Thiego's visit

The seaside in November is very cold. Even if some places have been eroded by the sea all the year round, large pieces of ice still form. From afar, the edge of the deep blue sea is dotted with countless white crystals.
The waves in the distance are surging, and even looking at the shore can't help but make people feel agitated and robbed.
The sky was gloomy, and the lead-gray clouds were very low, as if something was about to fall from the clouds.
The roaring waves can be heard from a distance, which gives the illusion that a large wave that seems to be set up will swept ashore at any time, washing everything away.
The sea is always mysterious and terrifying, because no one knows what the world under the sea looks like, and no one knows when the sea was still calm like a sleeping beauty, when will it suddenly wake up, and then become a crazy devil .
But the sea is full of charm, and countless people have stood on the shore and looked into the distance, trying to find the world under the sea level.
A businessman-like man walked along a rugged path towards the big house on the top of the mountain against a sea breeze.
Like other houses built by the sea, this big house is made of stone and solid wood. Except for the doors, windows and roof, the house looks very strong, but in such a high place that is eroded by the sea wind all the year round, You can still see traces of decay in some parts of the house.
Walking into the garden surrounded by a low wall, you can see the flowers and plants planted in the yard, but most of these flowers and plants have withered under the cold wind blowing, and because of the erosion of the sea and sea wind all the year round, the land here is not good, so Even the flowers and plants that are still alive seem to be emaciated, and they are not angry.
Pulling the beast-knock knocker hung on the door hard and knocked, after a while the heavy door opened and a servant appeared at the door.
Seeing the businessman, the servant did n’t be surprised by the guests because of such a cold day, but asked with a slightly indifferent look although respectful: "Who are you looking for?"
"Please inform your master and say that a Balearic businessman named Matthews Thiago came to visit him."
The servant looked at this person for a moment, nodded and turned away after introducing him into the living room. Although this person seemed to be very well-dressed, this did not attract much attention from the servant. After all, there are too many people visiting the master every year. And many of them are big men with high weights.
Tiego sat down comfortably, and the blazing fire in the fireplace that lit a corner of the house made him feel warmer. After a while, the coldness that almost came out of his bones gradually disappeared.
Balearic was much warmer than this ghost place, and Thieg complained secretly.
Indeed, the Mediterranean coast is really more comfortable than the place on the edge of the ocean, and even when sailing at sea, it will not feel too uncomfortable.
And those terrible waves also shocked the merchants secretly. As long as they thought that this was only seen on the shore, Tiego could n’t help but think about it. I do n’t know what else there is in the depths of the ocean that no one has visited. Such terrible things are waiting for those who explore the secrets of the sea.
A sound of footsteps came from the wooden staircase, and Tiego immediately calmed his mind. He knew the importance of his trip. Although he did not know what he planned for the count, he remembered it very well. He left Pisa and returned. Before Balearic, Alexander had cautiously ordered several of his most important things. One of them was to visit the family.
The sound of footsteps was a little heavy and slow, and accompanied by a "dada" sound of crutches on the ground, which made Tiego realize that the visitor should already be an old man.
Sure enough, an old man whose hair had all turned gray appeared at the stairwell. As he walked down the stairs, Tiego was surprised to find that although this man was a little old, he was very tall, even if it was Bending slightly, it still gives Tiegos the feeling of looking up slightly with him.
"A guest," the old man looked at Thiego, who was about to open his mouth, and raised his hand to stop it. "Let me guess. Seeing your manner is not like a nobleman, then it should be a businessman. I can even smell me far away. The smell of money to you people. "
The old man finished a little unreasonably, waved his hand and motioned to Tiego to sit down.
"I'm old, so I don't have to worry about whether it will be annoying, but it allows me to see more things. Young people, I think you should not visit me."
Thieg was a little overwhelmed, or he didn't know how to answer.
A bunch of wordings prepared before suddenly became completely useless in front of this old man. He even had the illusion that he seemed to stand naked in front of the other person, revealing all the secrets from the inside out. This is plain.
"I was commissioned by my employer to visit you," Tiego tried to make his voice sound calmer, and the tone specifically emphasized that he came to visit the old man. "My employer hopes to send you Show enough respect. "
What is enough respect, the old man soon saw it in a letter brought by Thiego.
Seeing the strange look on the face of the old man who seemed to care little about the old man, Thiego couldn't help being secretly happy.
He didn't know why his Earl Lord had such a generous investment at first, but now he seems a bit indifferent from the old man, but in fact it's more of an arrogant attitude.
Obviously, there should have been a lot of guests before, so for a businessman who does not know the origin and who is the supporter behind him, it is already very polite for the old man to see him personally.
But now from the look on his face, the count's letter should have moved him.
"Please wait," the old man's eyes turned away from the letter paper, and he looked at Tiego. "I read the contents. I have to admit that your employer is the most generous person I have ever seen. Now let me Think about the purpose of this Earl of Montina. "
The old man looked at Tiego despite his turbid eyes, and after a while he opened his mouth slightly as if to say something, but then silently closed again.
The old man stood up with the letter and walked to the fire. He watched carefully with the light of the fire. The fire shone on his side, reflecting the slight traces of light on his wrinkled cheeks.
Tiego thinks that this has been waiting for a long time, but he still sat there patiently. He knows that the longer the time, the more important the old man is, which is a good thing for him.
Portugal's relationship with Castile is not very good, or it has never been better.
So a Balearic businessman in Castile is not so popular here.
This is Portugal away from Castile.
Compared with Portugal's long-term vision of conquering the sea and opening up sea routes many years ago, Castilla's qualifications are much shallower.
Even in the more than a decade ago, Castile's gaze focused only on how to expel the Moors to regain lost ground.
But it was during these more than ten years that Queen Castilla Isabella with extraordinary ability suddenly developed an unusual interest in the sea.
Especially in recent years, navigators funded by the Queen have been exploring the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. Some of them have really discovered many things that have never been discovered before.
However, the Portuguese did not stop. They explored the course of the sea more actively. For this they continued to have frictions and even conflicts with the Castile and Aragon kingdoms. As a result, this contradiction was finally placed before the new Pope How long in front of Alexander VI.
That is why a famous pope meridian dividing the whole world into two halves was born.
The old man has been looking at the letter repeatedly, as if studying the content of the letter.
Tiego waited patiently, his eyes glanced at the row of various sailboat models placed on the long table beside the wall of the living room. Some of the boats he had traveled, but some were only seen.
Especially those galleons and caravels, which are much larger than the paddle sailings on the ordinary Mediterranean Sea, can't help but be fascinated by Tiego.
"The person who wrote this letter is very courageous." The old man suddenly opened his mouth. He folded the letter very carefully and put it in the pocket of a thick coat, then walked back to the chair with a cane and sat down.
Thieg looked at the old man a little puzzled, of course he knew that the count was very courageous, or sometimes the courage was a bit too big.
But this is the first time he has heard someone comment on a letter-writer.
The old man seemed to be aware of Tiego's doubts. He raised his hand as if to make the letter difficult to get out of his pocket, and then stopped again.
"He promised me a lot of things, and some of them even made me feel hard to believe."
"My employer is very credible."
Tiego said sincerely that in this regard he felt that he could be used as a living proof, at least for more than a year, then the brothers and sisters did realize what they had promised him, if carefully calculated You will find that he got much more than promised.
"If that's the case, I should be more cautious," the old man didn't mean to be impressed. "We all know that any generous promises must be paid for at a sufficient price. I don't know if I can bear the cost. "
"My employer has great respect for you, so I will never put forward conditions that would embarrass you."
Tiego smiled.
The other party was willing to bargain instead of refusing to refuse, which made Thiego feel that this time it should not be in vain.
"Conditions that embarrass me," the old man poked the crutches in front of him with both hands. "I'm just wondering why your employer is so generous, or so confident that your investment will not fail," said the old man's eyes. Looking at the turbulent sea in the distance, he said quietly, "No one knows what will happen at sea, sometimes the entire fleet may capsize in a blink of an eye, no matter how big the sea boat is in the sea, it looks like A grain of sand, and those pagans, they may suddenly appear in front of you at any time, and then cut your throat and burn the ship. These are common things at sea. When you leave the land in a boat , Only God can bless you back to shore. "
The old man's words made Tiego a little distracted. From the old man's eyes, he could see the memories of the past, and perhaps the thrilling experiences of the past.
"So I'm curious, why does your employer spend so much money on an old man like me, to know that he may lose money."
"I'm also very strange about this," Thiego said a little helplessly. He really didn't understand why the Alexander Conference believed that investing in this person would pay off. After all, as the old man said, the huge risk at sea is to It ’s unpredictable.
But my employer is always stubborn. He is unlikely to be persuaded, but fortunately his luck is always good.

"Good luck," the old man nodded. "He really needs luck, because we have nothing left but this."
With that said, the old man took the pen from the table and wrote a line in the blank space below the letter.
Then he folded the letter and handed it to Tiego.
"I do n’t know why your employer is so confident, but I am very interested in the conditions he proposed. If my nephew really found a new sea route to India in this adventure as she guessed, I I promised you that I would suggest that he sell his trading rights with Mediterranean ports to your employer first. "The old man said with a smile in his muddy eyes." After all, he gave me such a generous gift so generously. "
Tiego finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew his mission should be completed.
Although he was just like the old man, he couldn't figure out why the Alexandria Conference was so sure that the Portuguese navigator named Da Gama was going on a long journey, and his unsettled maritime expedition would be successful.
For this, Alexander did, as the old man said, give him a very generous gift, and the weight of this gift is enough to make the people who despise money the most interested.
A share of the Cretan sugarcane plantation will soon be transferred to the name of Marquette da Gama through the procedures of a well-known Portuguese Chamber of Commerce arbitration office.
And such compensation is just to obtain a possible trading right in the future,
This is a bit crazy for many people. After all, Da Gama ’s voyage does not know whether it will succeed. Even if they can return to Portugal safely, can there really be a route from Europe to India in this world? No one can make any guarantee for a new sea route that has never been discovered.
This made Tiago think that Alexander might have become too confident because of the great success he had achieved before, and may even be a little crazy.
For this, he had to write and report these ideas to Ruosha after receiving Alexander's order. He hoped that the calm and wise Earl's message should take into account too much of these risks, and then dissuade Alexander from being near Crazy behavior.
But what Jean Tiego had never imagined was that the countess replied to him in resignation.
"I do n’t know how you have the wrong idea that my brother has lost his mind. I must remind you that this is obviously wrong, and you actually wrote me a letter to ask, do n’t you know that you are waiting for my reply May I have already lost the perfect opportunity? Here I have to solemnly remind you that the only thing you should do is to perform the tasks delivered by the Earl of Montina, not because of you. Speculation questioned the decision my brother made. "
Ruosha was so shocked by Tiergo's reprimand that he felt really in trouble, and he was indeed reckless about questioning the Earl before.
Tiego knew more about what the siblings had done than many people, and it was because of this that he was pleased with the extraordinary abilities that the siblings showed.
And now it is obviously the decision made by the brothers and sisters, which makes Tiego not only immediately withdraw his previous doubts, but also secretly regrets his decision to doubt the count.
Tiego remembers a sentence that Alexander once said to him, and that sentence has always puzzled him, but he did n’t think that he would be excited to jump off the bed and walk back and forth a few laps even in the middle of the night to calm his mind. excitement.
"Tiego, I think maybe one day you will become a Chancellor of the Treasury, but it may also be the most special one in history."
It is probably the dream of all businessmen to become a finance minister of a country from an ordinary businessman ~ EbookFREE.me ~ And he may realize such a dream. Whenever he thinks of this, Tiego feels that he was originally Ruo Sha captive, may be the most lucky chance in this life.
The big house on the top of the mountain was far behind. Although the sea breeze was still so cold, Tiego didn't feel very cold.
After all, he just sent out a certificate of shares worth tens of thousands of florins or hundreds of thousands, and maybe even more plantations. After thinking about it, he felt hot.
He didn't know whether the count was so worth the money, but now Da Gama, the name was deeply imprinted in Tiegeau's mind at this time.
Looking back at the house standing on the top of the mountain and facing the sea in the distance, Tiego took a sip and then was shut by the sea breeze.
"There is one more person."
He whispered to himself, and then took out a soured bread and a piece of dried mutton bite similar to stone. He sandwiched the bread with the dried mutton bite and pulled a small piece, then chewed hard.
From the port city of Sines in Portugal to Valladolid in Castile, there is still a long way to go. Thiago wonders whether he should buy a horse on the road.
At Alexander's command, he got Valladolid to find someone.
"Maybe that person is not there yet, but it doesn't matter, as long as you can find his whereabouts."
Tiego did not forget what Alexander said in his letter.
"You have to be careful with that person, that is a firm-minded, cunning and cruel person, and all you have to do is let him know that I am interested in him."
Tiego recalled the instructions of the next Alexander, meditation on the name of the man in his heart, and began to hurry.
Christopher Columbus.