A few days after Prince John arrived, Columbus's fleet appeared south of the Canary Islands. They happened to be blocked by two Marin's ships.

"Captain Kidd? Are you waiting for me here?" After the two fleets met, Columbus, who was exhausted, met a 250 formation led by Kidd who was waiting for him.

"Not only that, the Earl also came in person, right in Las Palmas."

"Master Earl?" Columbus was a little confused. When he set off, Marin was still the Baron.

"Oh, I almost forgot that Lord Marin had captured the Kingdom of East Friesland, and is now the Earl of East Friesland."

"Ah?" Columbus was a little surprised. From the baron to the earl, it was not an ordinary breakthrough, but a chasm. Unexpectedly, his magical young master crossed so easily... But this is good. Marin became the earl and could give him a higher title. Unlike the baron before, he gave him a knight at most...

While Columbus's fleet was docking at the port of Las Palmas under the guidance of the 250 formation, Marin was taking his men and Prince John's men to play football on the beach.

Prince John was very interested in the football games played by Marin's subordinates, so he also asked the tailor to make dozens of short-sleeved T-shirts and big shorts, so that his subordinates could also play football on the beach. Not to mention, the Spaniards seemed quite artistic and had a more artistic sense of kicking than the Germans under Marin's subordinates. Although he had just started playing, he looked a little more beautiful.

Prince John was very proud and thought that his subordinates had stronger football skills, so he found Marin and sought a game. Prince John also named his team "Real Toledo". Marin felt a pity, because the Spanish capital is currently Toledo, not Madrid. Otherwise, Real Madrid would have appeared hundreds of years in advance. Seeing Prince John named the team, Marin also named the Earls of Friesland. In fact, Marin also wanted to call his team Real Orich, but unfortunately, he did not have the throne and was not qualified to call the Royal. Therefore, he could only name the Earls...

Although the team name is not as high as Prince John, the team's football performance does not look so beautiful. However, when the game is really played, Prince John was stunned.

It turns out that although Marin's Earls' skill does not look good, Prince John's Toledo's skill is not much better. However, Espanyol strives to be better when handling the ball, so it seems that Espanyol's skill is very good, but it is actually very average. Marin's team has not as good-looking as Espanyol, but they are all simple and practical.

And, the most important point is that Marin knows tactics...

Prince John's Royal Toledo launched an attack like a tide. Except for the goalkeeper, they basically ran to the half of the Earls of Marin. This was caused by Marin's intentional shrinking the defense line first.

When Toledo's request for help ended at the Earls' half, Marin immediately signaled the team's fast horses to launch a counterattack... Then, Real Toledo was fed 4-0. This is because Marin's players' feet were too stinky, and they often played handjobs. If they had the ability of professional players in later generations, they would probably be fed 10-0...

On August 10, Toledo once again challenged the Earls. Marin and Prince John's team played happily on the beach, and suddenly he heard his hands coming down to report that Marin and other fleets have returned...

Marin immediately ignored the game and left directly. Although Prince John wanted to turn the tables, he followed out of curiosity. As for the game, he stopped directly. They are now playing every day, and this game is not bad.

At the residence, Marin saw the dusty Columbus. Of course, Columbus was wearing Zorro's mask, and Marin could not see his face, but he must have been full of fatigue.

After finally getting ashore, Columbus was very happy. If he hadn't been waiting to meet Marlin and report on his work, he would have wanted to pounce on the bed covered with velvet quilts to have a good rest.

"Welcome back, Christopher!" Marin stepped forward and hugged Columbus.

"Thank you for your concern, Baron...oh no, Lord Earl!"

"Haha, Christopher, I am now an earl. According to your contribution this time, I can directly assign you to the Baron!"

"From the Baron?" Columbus was a little confused. Because there was no such title in Europe at this time.

"Oh, it's a new kind of knight. I implemented the third-level baron system in East Friesland. From the baron being a third-level baron, it is also hereditary and has a fief."

"Oh..." Columbus didn't care much. In fact, the Spaniards had previously awarded him a formal baron (I haven't had time to award him a higher title, because the Spanish kings had not seen spices and gold from "India", and the two kings were the masters who did not show off their rabbits and did not show off their eagles). However, the Spaniards turned against each other and were cancelled.

Seeing Columbus's expression that he didn't care much, Marin knew that Columbus was a little inferior. So he said again:

"In addition, your eldest son inherits your title, and your younger son can also be awarded the title of hereditary knight..."

"Heritative Knight?" Columbus had never heard of this title.

"Well, a kind of knight established by East Friesland, the highest among the knights, can be hereditary by men..."

Columbus's eyes moved, obviously very happy. He also knew that it was difficult to obtain the status of a hereditary nobleman for his young son. But now, Marin immediately gave him a hereditary title. Although he was just a knight, he could also become a nobleman. But what made him even happier was still at the back:

"Also, I decided to reward you with 20,000 Ducat gold coins given your outstanding performance during the voyage!"

This is really a big deal. Generally, the king rewarded his ministers, but he never rewarded him with so much money. According to the exchange rate of gold and silver of 1 to 12, it is equivalent to 42.7 grams of silver, equivalent to 1.14 taels of silver. In other words, it is equivalent to 22,800 taels of silver. In ancient China, if the emperor who owns such a huge empire rewarded 10,000 taels of silver, it would be envied to death.

Columbus also had a golden light in his eyes. As a Genetian who advocated business, Columbus was of course very eager for interests. Isn’t the reason why he was voyage for titles and wealth?

Moreover, Columbus himself was also a greedy person. In history, he was arrested and returned to Spain in 1500 because of embezzlement. Moreover, before that, Columbus had proposed to share 10% of the profits of sailing.

Therefore, although Columbus was a great navigator, he was a very greedy person. Therefore, these 20,000 gold coins were more impressed than the title of Baron.

Although Columbus had made an agreement with Spain to make an excessive profit of 10%. However, his two previous voyages had no profit at all. Because what he discovered was only some indigenous islands, what valuable things could be brought back? So, Columbus had to bring some Indian sweet potatoes back to fool the Spanish royal family. Look, this is something that Indians eat, is it rare? Is it rare... Compared with this one-time profit of more than one million gold coins, the future significance of his first two voyages is far greater than reality.

The reward of 20,000 gold coins is definitely more than one percent of the profits of this voyage, or even close to two percent. This is not one percent of tens of thousands of gold coins, but one percent of more than one million gold coins. Anyway, Columbus had only a few thousand gold coins in Spain before, most of which were rewarded by the royal family, and finally confiscated. Moreover, among these thousands of gold coins, the mansion of real estate, occupied a large part. Columbus basically didn't have much cash in his hands...

However, the surprise continues:

"Well, your fiefdom will be arranged to the county of Lair, where the most developed agriculture will be established, and 1,000 Yugram's fertile arable land will be enacted. In addition, the cost of the castle construction of your baron will also be paid by the treasury..."

Marin waved his hand - he saved the cost of building a castle for thousands of gold coins again, and Columbus's eyes shone golden light again...

For a greedy navigator, what can make him happy than saving thousands of gold coins?

"Christopher, you do it well and follow me and you will never treat you badly. I will let you live a wealthy life that ordinary people can't imagine!"
Chapter completed!