Vol 7 Chapter 52: Looking into the future

A very ordinary murder case, which does not attract much attention from Alexander, he is really concerned about the merchant exchange in Seville.
No one would think that in just a few decades, this humble exchange will become the largest colonial commodity exchange in Spain.
For a long time, the performance of the merchant exchanges in Seville has become an important barometer for the Spanish and even European markets.
Until nearly two centuries later, as the Spanish colonial empire gradually became lonely, it gradually lost its glory.
Alexander has heard about this exchange for a long time, and has been paying close attention.
In his memory, this is where the first colony stock was sold, which was obviously a pioneering work in this era.
Compared with the Spaniards who had a strong interest in the colony from the beginning, and also pinned the goal firmly to those new worlds far away from the homeland, the Portuguese were much slower.
Although there are indeed outstanding people with extraordinary visions, such as Prince Enrique and later HNA ’s chief officer Eliot Don Antonio, there are too few such people, and even these people, so far Their goal is just to open up new routes that can bring wealth.
That is to say, the Portuguese are not so interested in the new colony itself. They just want to transport enough gold gems and ivory from there. As for the establishment of a long-term colony, at least not many people have yet to go. Think about these.
This is also true in history. Until more than 50 years later, Portuguese talents began to slowly build the first large grain processing plant in the place they named the Holy Cross. It was also from that time that they began to be serious. Calculating what to do in the vast expanse of the world they occupied, rather than simply plundering various resources from the locality, did nothing.
This is not the case in Spain. They are also plundering, and they are equally greedy, but they obviously know what they are doing. While plundering, they are similarly squeezing every drop of oil that the colony can squeeze, and in order to make this Squeezing is more efficient, and they have invested more or less their due capital in those places.
The prosperity of the Portuguese came quickly, but their over-reliance on new routes made them ignore the vigilance that should be on land. When the French challenged them, they were busy logging redwoods and even a decent city. The Portuguese colonists who were not there were quickly driven out of those colonies.
Then, the Portuguese faced threats from the Dutch. Although after decades of colonial wars they finally managed to hold on to their territory, the next thing was the arrival of the British era.
Alexander was well aware of these problems of the Portuguese, and it was because he knew these fatal weaknesses that he understood what he should do next.
"James, you should be a respectable navy general. It would be too bad to be a pirate," Alexander said with a smile while looking at the second floor of the Merchant Exchange. "Imagine that you lead a What kind of scene is a powerful navy galloping on the Atlantic Ocean, I believe this will make your parents proud of you. "
"They are already proud of Krestov."
James Columbus said indifferently, which made Alexander smile.
In the Columbus diary that James sold to Alexandria, in addition to detailed records about the voyage log, there are also some records of Columbus's personal life. Although these records from my own are inevitably suspected of self bragging, they can also be The relationship between the Columbus family can be seen in some minor things.
Among them, there was something that Alexander was very impressed with that made him quite interested.
As the eldest son of the family, Columbus has two younger brothers. In addition to James, who has not had a good relationship with him, the other is Giovanni Columbus, who is quite harmonious with him.
Columbus's father is a typical person with a high eye and a low hand. He has been dreaming of making a fortune all his life, but he has lost everything every time.
When Columbus was 16, his father was once again caught in debt due to business failure, and that was a huge sum of money that would allow their entire family to go bankrupt.
It was this debt that completely changed the fate of Christopher Columbus. He had to drop out of school where he was studying and go home to help his father solve the debt trouble. He even came out alone to seek explanations from those creditors. It is to allow a slight change in the method of debt repayment in order to overcome the difficulties.
It's hard to imagine how a 16-year-old boy negotiated hard with those creditors. What is surprising is that he really achieved his goal. Those creditors not only agreed to his request, but some of them were very enthusiastic. Inviting Christopher to be a guest in his home and also said that if he would do business in the future, he would be willing to provide him with funds.
Apparently this 16-year-old boy gained their trust.
Christopher Columbus's performance made his father hopelessly for the eldest son. He simply announced that his son would inherit his family business, and at the same time, he told his son that he must become a great businessman in the future. Those who laughed at him have a look, there are also big businesses in the family of Columbus.
Christopher Columbus remembered his father's advice. Although he passed the debt crisis, he did not return to school, but left his hometown of Genoa.
Many years later, he fulfilled his father's wish as he wished, and had a big business with a couple in Iberia. This business sold a new world.
Now listening to James's vague complaint, Alexander can feel James' deep resentment against Columbus. It is very summer. As the second son of the family, James is not valued, and the tension with his brother is even more He was unwilling to live under the grace and shadow of Columbus like another brother Giovanni.
"I will let Tiego come here," Alexander said to James. "He brought money, and every door here can be opened with money, and you, James, you have to use your cannon to let these businessmen Knowing that they only have the opportunity to make money if they cooperate with us, otherwise they can only get successive failures and final bankruptcy. Believe me, any wish can be realized within the range of the cannon. If it cannot be realized, It only shows that the cannon's range is not far enough, or the caliber is not big enough. "
Alexander looked at the house, his eyes gradually looked up, fell to the window on the second floor, and then saw the snow-white cross on the roof, and then the blue sky above him.
This building will experience countless changes in the future in many years. Here will also be a proof that the Spanish colonial empire rose from prosperity to prosperity, and then gradually declined, even after many years, the precious preserved in this building The massive literature of the colonial period will become the precious materials of the era of research that is now full of romantic passion and full of madness and rational collision.
"Sir, what will we become in the future?" James suddenly asked, seeing Alexander looking over, he thought about it and said, "I mean what will people say about us in the future?"
"What will we say," Alexander nodded. "They would say that we are pioneers of unknown exploration, heroes, colonists, predatory robbers, or greedy usurpers."
Saw James's cheeks shake when he heard the last words. Alexander smiled. He knew it was time for James to know something.
"But we are making history now, maybe you do n’t think so now, but soon you will know what I said is correct, believe that my new colony is far more incredible than any of you think, there is more than one It ’s a new land beyond anyone ’s expectations. It ’s not just a piece of land. It ’s a whole new world, so no matter what the price is, it ’s worth it, because we are destined to be the ones who make history.

James looked at Alexander stunnedly. At this time, he still did not completely believe these words of Alexander. Although his experience in the new colony for 2 years made him vaguely realize that Christopher seemed to have made a big mistake, the film was regarded by him. There should be more inspiring secrets for the places along the Indian archipelago, but he did not know whether he should be sure of such a conjecture that makes him sleepy every time he thinks about it.
Now Alexander ’s words made James ’s mind-stricken thoughts that disturbed him always calm again, and looking at Alexander, James suddenly whispered: "So lord, if everything is really what you said, What are you going to do? "
"If you had a chance to make you your father's most beloved son, what would you do?" Alexander asked James in amazement, watching him seem to be in a state of contemplation. Alexander raised his hand and patted Jim. Si's shoulder "Trust me, when that day comes, we all know what we should do."
Said that Alexander looked away from the slightly higher palace: "Fernando Caroline is waiting for me there. I think he must have a headache now."
Caroline was indeed having a headache, and the inexplicable disappearance of Duke Don Bavey made him feel in crisis. Although he didn't know what Don Bavie was going to do, he realized that this nobleman who had always been regarded by Isabella as a heartache should be planning What.
But the person he sent to Buhalanse found nothing, even the nun who was said to have been inspired by God had no whereabouts, although he knew that the nun should be in a nun deep in a swamp. When his men arrived there, they were told that the nun named Alft was "dead."
This news was enough to make Caroline almost crazy. The bad news was that another person sent by him sent him more worry. The appearance of the Duke of Rome, the Vatican, made Caroline realize that there might be more trouble. Things waiting for him.
The subtle relationship between the Queen and the Vatican makes Caroly worried about the troubles that the Duke of Roma Tesia will bring, and if this is related to Don Bavi again, then things may become complicated.
In this case, he had to report what happened in Andalusia to the queen, although doing so would make Isabella feel incompetent, but it was nothing compared to the queen's commission.
Carole is a very conscientious person. He does not want to delay the tasks assigned by the queen because of his face. The vigilance of Don Bavey let him know that he must never be taken lightly.
Just wait a long time for Valladolid's reply, and what will Don Bavey do during this period?
Caroline had to summon his generals. Although Isabella never told anyone about her thoughts, but as a queen's close friend, Caroline knew the queen well.
The powerful aristocracy became a stumbling block to the unification of the future kingdom. Whether Castilla or Aragon, these people secretly opposed the merger of the two countries for various reasons. As the age of the two kings grew, this resistance It is also getting bigger.
Caroley knew that the Queen obviously wanted to solve this problem in her lifetime, because if she could not overcome this difficulty, no matter whether she or Ferdinand left the world, the future kingdom might face disintegration or even civil war.
Carole and many other queens like him were born in the old nobility, but they were the new nobles of the new powerful kingdom in the future, which made them destined to follow Isabella all the way.
All for the queen, this is the goal of these new nobles and their only direction in the future.
So anyone can betray Isabella, but Caroline and his followers will not.
An entourage walked into the room and saw the sight of Caroline immediately. The entourage shook his head instinctively, seeing the disappointment of the consul, and nodded inexplicably.
"Found Don Bavi?" Caroline circumvented the table with agility that was completely inconsistent with his slightly obese body ~ EbookFREE.me ~ while staring at his followers with great eyes.
"There was a Duke of Rome Tecsia asking for advice," the attendant said, seeing Caroline's mouth suddenly open, his face showing an unexpected look, and the entourage nodded vigorously to increase his tone. "
Caroline paused a little. He calmed himself down first, and then said to the attendant: "Okay, I will go to see the Duke here, but I want you to pay attention to his followers. I mean to pay attention to the inside. It ’s not possible to have Don Bavey. "
"Adult, do you think that the people of Don Bavi might mix into Seville?" The entourage asked worriedly.
"I don't know, but this Duke was the last person to see Don Bavi, so we have to be careful, wait a minute," Carol said as he walked back and forth, and then he ordered "to command the guards of Philip Castle , God knows what will happen, do n’t forget it is Don Bavey. "
With a series of orders, the ruling mansion in Andalusia immediately became lively, and Caroline finally felt relieved.
He made him put on a gorgeous cover and a gold ornament representing the identity of the consul, and after tightening a scepter almost the same height as him, the Andalusian consul walked out of the door.
Despite all the preparations, he was surprised by Alexander ’s first sentence after the meeting.
"Consultant, I brought the message from Duke Don Bavi," Alexander said to the stunned Caroline. "He hopes to see you."
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