Chapter 1,452 Ahahaha! I, Columbus, am back again!
Destiny is always connected in layers, mysterious and unpredictable. From countries to individuals, from nobles to civilians, who is the cobweb and who is the fire? Who is the moth and who is struggling?
All ultimate questions of fate can only be answered by time. But right now, just two kilometers away from the meeting between the two nobles Bruno and Nuno, underground in the Lisbon prison, in a dark cell full of cobwebs and insects, two civilians
Moth, who was born and struggled desperately, also became clear and dark, and began to intersect again...
"Columbus, dinner is ready!"
"Dear Sir!...This is?...This can't be?..."
When he saw a plate of barbecue, a plate of soft white bread, a can of milk, and a bottle of red wine brought by the jailer... Columbus, who was in ragged clothes, with a sallow complexion and a dull look on his face, suddenly trembled all over, and his face appeared again.
Deep fear!
During the first half year of being imprisoned by the Portuguese, he was very tough-talking, swearing at every turn, and was beaten with various lessons. By the second half-year, his whole body had softened, and even his toughest words could no longer be used.
He couldn't curse out loud, he just muttered "Queen, save me" and "I am the great navigator who discovered a new route". But now, in the third and a half years, even if a jailer stood in front of him, he said nothing.
Said... He was so nervous that he was shaking all over and nodded respectfully!
This kind of long imprisonment can wear away a person's backbone. If there is no true spiritual belief, all the edges and corners can only be smoothed away. It is obvious that Columbus has changed from the toughest duck to a scary person.
A courageous mouse. But can his stubborn edges and corners really be smoothed away?…
"Lord! No! I won't eat! I am a nobleman of Castile and a great navigator trusted by the queen! You can't kill me, you can't kill me!..."
"..."
The jailer opened his eyes speechlessly, watching the frightened Columbus perform for a moment, and then said with a sneer.
"Columbus, this is not your last meal before you die! This is an extra meal that a big businessman took care of you and specially asked us to prepare for you!..."
"If you don't want to eat it, then I will eat it! Later you can continue to eat the moldy bread and drink the rancid water!..."
"Holy Mother! Wait! What did you say? Someone gave me extra food?..."
Columbus was stunned, and suddenly he took a step forward and grabbed the plate of barbecue into his arms. Then, without caring about eating, he also grabbed the plate of white bread into his arms and held it tightly.
Then, he nervously raised his head again, looked at the jailer's mocking expression, and asked.
"These...are these really given to me by noble people? If you eat these, won't you hang me tomorrow?..."
"It was given by a noble man. I won't hang you!"
"You won't hang me the day after tomorrow?..."
"Won't!..."
"You won't hang me the day after tomorrow?..."
"..."
The jailer was speechless again. He looked with disdain on his face and glanced at this Castilian nobleman who was afraid of death. He really wanted to take a few sips, kick over his rice bowl and wine cans, and turn around and leave!
However, orders have been passed down from above to lift Columbus' isolation. In just one week, this annoying guy will be released. And now, since there are big businessmen looking after the prison and outside, he has also received a large gift.
There is no need to do things absolutely.
What's more, if this embarrassed guy gets out of prison, he will change his identity and become the "noble of Castile", the "admiral", and the "most important thing to the queen" that he keeps nagging about all day long.
"The great navigator". Even if it is a lie like a joke, after hearing this guy repeat it dozens of times a day, over the past year and a half, he has begun to believe it but not believe it...
"Columbus, these are all yours, you eat slowly, no one cares about you! If you eat it today, there will be more tomorrow, we won't hang you!..."
"Again, this is an extra meal for you by a big businessman! He also asked me to pass on a message for you... that is, the debt you owe him will be up to 2,000 gold coins when we last met. There will be no more
Rolling profits! Next time we meet, he will not ask you for debt again. Later, when you make a fortune from sailing, you can pay it back slowly..."
"Ah? Debt? 2,000 gold coins? You mean... that Jew who deserves to go to hell... Eleazar?..."
Hearing this, Columbus's eyes widened in astonishment. He even forgot to chew the barbecue and white bread that he stuffed into his mouth. He slapped his face in disbelief. It hurt. Didn't he dream? At this moment, even if
With his bone marrow self-confidence, he still thought he was hallucinating when he heard such outrageous words as "Jewish creditors treating him as guests".
"What?! That Jew who breaks a copper in half and squeezes out every last drop of water from the sponge... can run a prison and treat me to such a feast?!... Are you sure it's him? Not the Queen
The messenger was sent to bring extra meals for me?…”
"...The envoy of the Queen of Castile is giving you extra meals in the prison in Lisbon? Haha! Ah haha! It really made me laugh to death!..."
Hearing this kind of hellish joke that only Columbus could come up with, the jailer laughed so hard that he could hardly stand upright. After a while, he stopped smiling, looked at the prisoner's head with pity, and acted like a fool.
gesture, turned and left.
"Hey! Don't go! Wait! Speak clearly!..."
Columbus scratched the rusty iron fence and shouted a few more words, but there was no response. After struggling for a long time, he sat blankly on the smelly straw bed, smelling the aroma of wine and milk, like a statue.
It was the same rusty sculpture, but his cloudy eyes kept flashing, and even started to shine little by little.
"Holy Mother! Is it really Eleazar, that cunning and greedy guy who gave me extra food?... It seems that the jailer has no reason to lie to me, and he doesn't even bother to lie to me!..."
"Lord! He does have this pervasive ability...but why would he do this? He would never give out a copper plate, unless this copper plate can bring him back a silver coin?...Yes! He gave it to me
These foods are meant to make me pay back his bullshit 2,000 gold coin debt, 2,000 gold coin debt!..."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Wait, wait! I was imprisoned by the King of Portugal and had no contact with the outside world for a year and a half... In this case, how can I pay him back? I
The bag of gold obtained from Sipangu and the ball of cotton thread obtained from the natives were all snatched away by the Portuguese along with the boat!... Unless..."
"My Queen! Unless...this cunning Jewish businessman knows that I am about to be released! What does he know!...No, just to be released, he will never be so friendly, and he will never stop rolling profits.
Next, please treat me to food and drink...unless...the queen sends an envoy to take me out of the Portuguese prison! The queen is waiting for me, I will become the queen's guest, and I will become the queen's fleet commander again! Yes, it must be
so!…"
"Haha! I understand! My clever Columbus finally figured it out!... After being imprisoned by the cruel and ruthless Portuguese for a year and a half... A year and a half after I shouted out the news of the new sea route, it spread throughout the Lisbon port
…The queen finally overpowered the Portuguese king, rode on the man, and forced the damn Portuguese to let him go!…”
At this moment, in the dark and dirty cell, Columbus suddenly raised his head, his long and messy gray-brown hair was spread out, and only one intact ear was exposed. His blue eyes once again emitted a green light of fanaticism and confidence.
At this moment, the forty-four-year-old Columbus was shouting manically, like a four-year-old child. And the maniacal laughter and familiar curses, accompanied by hysterical shouts, sounded like crows again, getting louder and louder.
, echoed repeatedly in the cell!
"Aha! Vaffanculo! Merda! Minchia! Diamine!…"
"Ahaha! I, Don Christopher Columbus, the glorious nobleman of Castile, discovered a new route to the East, and am the greatest navigator!..."
"Ahahaha! I am finally leaving, I am finally free! I will leave this stinking prison, come to my beloved queen, and tell her my bravery and wisdom, my fearlessness and unyielding, I
of piety and loyalty!”
"Ah ha ha ha ha! The Lord is witness! I, the great Commander Columbus, blessed by the Lord, will once again lead the navy of the Kingdom of Castile, lead a real naval fleet, return full of gold and jewels,
Sipangu is full of wealth and glory! For the queen, I will conquer the barbaric ancient kingdom of Sipangu, bring back a steady stream of gold wealth, and then become the supreme governor of the wealthy Sipangu!…”
