On the Atlantic Ocean, after several months of sailing, Aben and his commanded ships passed through the Canary Islands, went to Grenada, and then returned.
Of course, it was not the East Coast of North America that followed the old route, but followed the Spaniards' route and went directly to Spain to carry out the plan to scare the Spaniards.
The ship only docked at the port of Cadiz, a port in southern Spain. Because the Americas had not been developed greatly, the port of Cadiz had not yet flourished at this time. Of course, because it was used as the home port for trade to India, it began to develop greatly.
However, trade to India only once every two years. Therefore, the prosperity of the port of Cadiz is far from keeping up with Barcelona, ​​the port along the Mediterranean coast. Because the exchanges between Barcelona and Sicily, Sardinia and Mallorca are very frequent and are also an important foreign trade port in Spain. The number of ships in and out of the two ports is still incomparable.
But no matter what, as an emerging commercial port, the most important port of Spain on the Atlantic Ocean, has begun to gradually flourish.
Aben's ships, with the flag of the Spanish Wild Earl, were naturally docked in the port of Cadiz at will.
After getting ashore, Aben wore a captain's uniform and looked unlucky to find a tavern with a lot of people to drink. After Aben left, a sailor who changed into a sailor's clothing, changed into a Spanish costume, and also knew Spanish as a "child caregiver", followed Aben's footsteps and entered the tavern, but did not sit with Aben.
Aben's shiny big bald head, aging face, and a captain's uniform, looked like a very story-profile person. After drinking for a while, someone came up to meet him. Of course, it was not a man who asked for a woman or a gay man, but a curiosity.
You should know that in this era, the great sailing industry had just emerged, and Spain was one of the leaders of great sailing, so the people of the country were naturally very interested in great sailing. And the Port of Cadiz is a coastal port, a captain who appeared in a coastal port tavern. It is obviously very likely that a captain who had "see the world" who had traveled across the ocean. Therefore, many people talked to these captains, actually just to hear the legends outside and to know what the outside world is like.
This is not gossip, but an important source of information. In Port Cadiz, many brokers like to ask for information from captains and sailors who have been overseas in taverns. If they can find valuable information, they can be exchanged for money with those in need.
The Spaniard, who is staring at the bald Aben, who is named Torres, is a broker who likes to stay in a tavern to find out about the news.
"Hey, brother, aren't you lonely drinking alone? Don't you mind sitting down?" After saying that, Torres sat down quickly without waiting for Aben to answer.
Although Aben was drinking, he was a little excited inside - here, the good show is about to appear...
After all, it was the first time he acted, and Aben was still a little nervous. However, Torres was a slutty face and didn't care about Aben's face that became a little distorted because of his nervousness. Instead, he began to introduce himself.
After a while, Aben finally calmed down his nervous mood and his face returned to normal...
"By the way, brother, look at you being exhausted, where did you come back?"
"Wild Continent, Grenada..." Aben replied in a muffled voice.
"Wow, the Wild Continent is a new world, it must be very interesting, right? Can you tell me what's new there?"
After thinking about it, Aben told Torres about the war between the Alawaks and the Caribbeans on Grenada, and told Torres about the Caribbeans' love of cannibalism.
"Oh my God, the Caribbeans can eat people? What a terrible and cruel barbarian!" Torres was shocked. Although there were many battles and killings on the European continent, it was still extremely rare to eat people.
"Yes, so it's very difficult for our Lord Earl to colonize in Grenada!"
"Then, why haven't we heard about cannibalism in Hispaniola, our Spanish colony?" Torres is a well-informed broker and naturally it is not easy to fool him. As the only American colony in Spain now, Hispaniola is in the territory of the more kind Alawacs, there is indeed no cannibalism.
"Hmph, that's because the territory occupied by Spain is located in the territory of the kind Alawaks. If you encounter the territory of the Caribbeans, it's hard to say."
After saying that, Bald Aben dipped his finger in wine and simply drew the situation in the Caribbean on the table:
"This is the Great Antilles Islands in the north, mainly living in the more peaceful Alawaks. Hispaniola, occupied by the royal family, is in this area."
"And Grenada, occupied by our Count, is in the Little Antilles Islands to the South. This is a place where the cannibal Caribbeans and the peaceful Alawacs intersect."
"Grenada was originally the territory of the Alawaks, but it was often attacked by the Caribbeans. This year alone, it was attacked by 20 of these attacks (Aben deliberately exaggerated it, but in fact it was only once, and he was beaten back)."
"Every time we encounter an attack, the Grenadal Governor George, Old, will sound the alarm. All those who work outside the castle must withdraw from the city as soon as possible and rely on the cover of the city walls to resist the attack of the cannibal Caribbeans."
"Fortunately, the Caribbeans are not good at siege. Otherwise, if they are destroyed, hundreds of colonists on the island will be roasted and eaten..."
"Uh... so terrifying?" Torres, the "scene man" who had seen the world, was also frightened by these exaggerated "facts".
"There are even more terrifying..." Aben first looked around, then approached Torres' ear and asked in a mysterious tone:
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Brother, have you heard of Amway... Ah... Syphilis?"
"I heard of it." Torres nodded honestly. This thing has become famous throughout Europe after the "Pope Order". As a well-informed "scene man", Torres naturally heard of it and knew that it was brought back by Columbus' sailors from the wild continent.
"I told Nian that the terrible virus of syphilis is a common disease that many people have in the wilderness..."
"Ah? How is it possible? Will you die of sores and pus in your body after getting syphilis?" Torres had also heard of the tragic situation of those syphilis patients.
"You are right, but that's the case when Europeans have syphilis. In fact, the wild natives seem to be able to tolerate this disease. If we suffer from terminal illnesses, we will die of ulcers and ulcers. On them, the people are covered with red spots and acne, which is not fatal." This was what Marin gave to Aben, half true and half false. It is true that the Indians were very resistant to syphilis, but not only had erythema and acne, but they also had sores and pus. But they were not as terrible and fatal as white people.
"It turns out to be like this?" Torres was shocked, but as a qualified broker, he immediately wrote down this important information.
"So, colonists must not touch the wild native women, it's impossible. Those native women, looking healthy, may get syphilis. As long as they sleep with them, there is a high probability of getting syphilis. Grenada..."
"What's wrong with Grenada?" Torres asked curiously.
Aben looked around quietly and whispered:
"Syphilis erupted among the Grenada colonists, 20 people died... Moreover, the coffins of the 20 dead were on my boat and were to be transported back to East Friesland..." Aben was spraying with alcohol in his mouth, and seemed to be drunk. However, what he said in this state was the most believable.
"What? There are 20 dead bodies on your boat that have been syphilised? How dare you put them on the boat?" Torres jumped up in fear. In the eyes of Europeans, syphilis that makes people die of festering is a very miserable and terrifying disease.
"What are you afraid of? I'm filled with lime in the coffin." Aben said indifferently.
"That's dangerous!" Torres didn't dare to approach Aben, for fear that Aben himself also suffered from syphilis disease...
At this time, the sailor who had been waiting for a long time on the side finally appeared. He touched Torres with his shoulders, giving him a wink. Torres understood and immediately followed him to the side:
"Brother, what's the matter?"
"Brother, look, this matter is so serious. If that guy's ship continues to stay on the dock, it might cause syphilis to spread to people on the shore. Otherwise, we will report to the official and let the official drive away the ship? In this way, we will be safe."
"It makes sense, it makes sense. I'll report to the official now. Maybe there's a bounty..." After saying that, Torres went to check out the bill directly, and then hurried to the city lord's mansion to report...
After hearing about this, Marcus, the lord of Cadiz, was shocked and immediately took action, mobilized the army, rushed to the tavern, drove Aben to the dock, and did not dare to get close to Aben. Then, Aben had to board the ship and return "helplessly"...
Marcus dared not hide the matter and immediately reported to the Spanish Kings. Even Aben told Torres that "most of the natives in the wild continent suffer from syphilis, but they do not die."
Originally, the Spanish Kings might have suspected such news. But coincidentally, shortly after Aben's ship left, the ship that reported the death on Hispaniola Island also arrived.
When the Spanish kings were still half-doubted about the news of "syphilis outbreak" in Grenada, the bad news of the same syphilis outbreak came from Hispaniola. Moreover, 230 people died in Santo Domingo, which was much more terrifying than on Grenada.
Moreover, the fact that the colonists of Santo Domingo had sex with the girl of **** was still infected with syphilis made the Spanish Kings immediately believe the false news that "most people in the wild continent suffer from syphilis."
So, the frightened Spaniards determined that the Wild Continent was a place where syphilis was rampant. I don’t know who started, but the Spaniards began to call the Wild Continent “Syphilis Continent”…
Chapter completed!