More than a hundred years ago, Queen Margaret was born.
At that time, Margaret was a Danish princess, married to a Norwegian prince and the grandson of the King of Sweden. Her husband later served as the King of Sweden and Norway. When she was twenty-two years old, the old King of Denmark passed away. Margaret held her young son in her arms and beat her sisters.
Before, he returned to Copenhagen and bribed the nobles to put his son Olaf on the throne.
Then her husband died, and his son Olaf also became King of Norway.
After her son Olaf died, Margaret officially became the Queen of Denmark and Norway. As the Queen of Sweden, she led the troops to defeat the new Swedish king who usurped the throne, and thus became the Queen of Sweden again.
Margaret, who was also the Queen of the Three Kingdoms of Northern Europe, single-handedly founded the "Kalma League", successfully freed Northern Europe from the clutches of the Shinra, and established her sister's grandson as the King of the Three Kingdoms. She retired from behind the scenes and served as regent until her death (the Black Death).
Since then, Danish princesses have often been named Margaret, including the princess in front of Wang Ji.
The princess is sixteen years old and is very tall, at least 1.75 meters tall. She asked without fear: "You want to send me to Copenhagen?"
Hearing the words of the interpreter, Wang Ji smiled and said: "I said that if I take you out of Europe, I will take you out of Europe."
Princess Margaret said: "Your Excellency fought so bravely, why not rescue my father too, and I will leave Europe with my father."
Margaret's father, the King of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, has been in a state of confinement. The nobles of the three countries do not want him to die, so as to restrict the current king, but they do not want to release him. It is best to imprison him.
lifetime.
King Charles V of Spain is also very interesting. The former king of Denmark, who is still alive, insists on supporting his princess as the queen as his uncle.
It's very simple, it's easier for little girls to control.
Princess Margaret is at the center of the political whirlpool of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Spain. She also has inheritance rights in Saxony, Bavaria and other regions.
"Why should I save your father? Do you have enough gold coins?" Wang Ji asked.
Princess Margaret frowned and said, "Do you only care about money?"
Wang Ji smiled and asked: "Besides money, what kind of friendship do we have?"
Princess Margaret was silent.
"Come on, come back to the boat with me, and I will take you out of this poor place." Wang Ji turned around and left.
In fact, Wang Ji was moved, and he was afraid that if he continued talking, he would lose his mind.
This Princess Margaret is more beautiful than Wang Ji's first love, Catherine, and has an independent temperament. This temperament may be related to her childhood experience, and she doesn't care much about money and power in the world.
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"Princess, do you really want to follow him?" Knight Christine asked.
Princess Margaret said: "Leaving Europe may be the best principle. As long as I am alive, the king will not dare to kill my father. After I leave Europe, whether I am alive or dead, the king will have trouble sleeping and eating."
Christine said: "But the pseudo-king also wants you to leave Europe. He is afraid that Charles V will support you as the Queen of Denmark."
Princess Margaret said: "I don't want to be a queen. Even if I become a queen, I will only be my uncle's puppet, and my father will definitely be executed!"
Christine suddenly realized that, yes, the princess became the queen, and the queen's father would definitely die. No one would allow an old king to exist.
Christine is the old king's confidant knight. He risked his life to escape with the princess, but now he has married a wife and has children in Rendsburg.
After figuring it out, Christian immediately took his wife and children and left with the princess. The meaning of his life was to protect the princess.
Back at the port of Copenhagen, Wang Ji sent someone to ask the king for money.
The King of Denmark was a poor man and only paid 500 gold coins. The remaining 500 gold coins were not given to him alive or dead, saying that they would be deducted from the spoils Wang Ji had robbed of the church.
Wang Ji didn't waste any time and sailed directly to Helsingborg next door.
He couldn't take down the castle, but he could easily capture the port, and robbed a fortune from the port tax collector. Then he went to Aarhus, looted the port tax collector again, made the merchants on the dock look stupid, and gave the king
Ji gave a very high evaluation: Chinese pirates really have professional qualities, and they only robbed officials and not businessmen.
When the third port was captured, the Danish warships finally caught up.
More than a dozen offshore galleys, facing an ocean-going armed merchant ship owned by Wang Ji, did not dare to immediately order an attack.
A small boat was sent over and the remaining payment of 500 gold coins was offered. The naval officer said: "Your Excellency the great navigator Wang Ji, the king is willing to pay the full amount of gold coins. Please do not loot our country's ports again."
"No problem, I always keep my promises." Wang Ji said with a smile.
Almost "escorted" away by the Danish fleet, Wang Ji soon arrived in the Netherlands. At this time, the Netherlands was a province of the Netherlands, and the entire Netherlands was under the rule of Charles V.
Officially do business.
The Brazilian mahogany on the ship, as well as various Ming dynasty gadgets, were sold to Dutch businessmen. As for why they were not traded in Copenhagen? Because the Danes were poor and could not afford high prices!
With the money robbed and the money obtained from the King of Denmark, I finally had money to pay wages to the crew.
Not only are full salaries paid, but bonuses are also provided.
Several hundred crew members were rewarded with ranging from five to twenty gold coins each depending on their position. Wang Ji also promised that after returning to the Ming Dynasty, each crew member would be rewarded fifty taels of silver, and the crew members instantly became energetic.
Wang Yuan did not dare to stay longer because there was a princess on his ship and he was afraid that the princess's uncle, Charles V, would come and rob her.
He quickly crossed the English Channel, and after briefly replenishing supplies in eastern France, he immediately moved forward at full speed, but in the end he ran into the Spanish patrol fleet.
More than a dozen medium-sized warships surrounded Wang Ji.
Wang Ji sent someone to drive a small boat over: "This is the ship of His Excellency Wang Ji, the great navigator, circumnavigator, and son of the Chinese Prime Minister. Please let it go immediately!"
The commander of the Spanish fleet was a nobleman. Hearing that the son of the Chinese Prime Minister was on board, he immediately extended a warm invitation and hoped to take Wang Ji to Spain as a guest.
Wang Ji sent someone over again: "His Excellency Wang Ji said that two-thirds of his circumnavigation has been completed and he can't wait to complete the remaining one-third. He will come back again and will definitely visit Spain when the time comes."
It's ridiculous. The commander of the Spanish fleet actually boarded Wang Ji's ship in a small boat.
The commander said: "Did you really go from China to the New World, then from the New World to Europe, and finally return to China to complete your circumnavigation?"
Wang Ji smiled and said: "Of course."
"A great feat, I wish you success." The commander praised.
Wang Ji nodded: "Thank you for the blessing."
The commander asked again: "Don't you have any Chinese goods on your ship? Porcelain, tea, silk, etc."
Well, this guy wants to make money and sell Chinese luxury goods.
Wang Ji regretted: "I'm very sorry. My goal is to sail around the world. The things on the ship are clothes, food and drinking water. I don't bring any luxury goods, but I can give you a silk dress. That was what I wore two years ago.
I passed it, I hope you won’t find it objectionable.”
The commander was overjoyed: "Of course, thank you for the gift."
Chinese silk clothes, and silk clothes worn by the son of the Chinese Prime Minister, must be able to be taken back and sold at a high price.
Almost like escaping, Wang Ji finally relaxed after leaving the Spanish waters and arriving at the coast of Portugal.
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The Portuguese country belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Coming here is like going home.
Unfortunately, the King of Portugal was not in the mood to receive Wang Yuan. Two of his sons died within a year, and now he was drinking heavily all day long.
Historically, all of the king's eleven children died earlier than him, triggering a succession crisis.
The queen, prince and princess warmly received Wang Ji.
There were two princesses, both of whom were ogling Wang Ji. Our prince was young and relatively innocent for the time being. He still cared about his first love, Catherine, and was attracted to Margaret on the ship, so he actually turned a blind eye to the Portuguese princess.
Grandfather Europe also has to grow up slowly. Let’s wait until the next time we come to Europe.