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Henry VII was the first to arrive in Florence.

Compared with his awkwardness and bewilderment when we first met, the young king has obviously looked much more radiant recently.

"Your Majesty," he didn't have any thoughts about the situation, but immediately came to Heidi and asked her about the treaty: "Have you summoned five countries?"

Portugal, Great Britain, Hungary, Austria...

This is not like the Queen's usual style.

"You seem to be having a good time recently?" She was drinking her morning tea at the moment, and motioned for the British to have a cup of it to taste: "The newly arrived Wuyi black tea tastes quite good."

"I feel irritated when I talk about this," Henry VII muttered and sat down: "The Chinese fleet passed through Spain when it came from your side——"

"The cargo ship was hijacked?"

"Almost," he took the porcelain cup from Dejo, curled his lips and said, "A certain rich and powerful queen sold out almost all the goods, and tried to get them to go back directly without any contact with us." .”

Later, the seafood bought by the UK was all unbelievably cheap—Isabella snatched up all the expensive ones!

Heidi took a sip of tea and observed his expression with a half-smile: "It's normal to like luxury."

"God, where did she get so much money?" Henry VII said with a big head, "You have also heard the news from England - I copied dozens of noble houses, and all the money was put into the treasury Among the expenses, I almost pawned the ring left by my grandmother, not only can she build a navy, but she also has so much spare money, could it be that she demolished the church?"

Also a possibility.

After all, that's how unlucky some heretics are.

Heidi didn't answer right away, but began to think about other things.

She did not expect that the king would be so enthusiastic about buying luxury goods.

When the Chinese cargo ships left the port of Pisa, there was still a large inventory. After all, Italy only purchased the quota of goods previously stipulated by the House of Lords, and did not cause a large trade deficit.

But in Spain...

This also makes sense.

Her power comes from the indulgence of religious forces, and her wealth is also plundered from the people.

Such an autocratic tyrant has actually been playing with fire.

It will take some time for the other diplomats and lords to arrive. Heidi simply summoned several officials from the cabinet to make an advance preparation and explanation with the ally.

This time when Henry VII came over, he specially brought famous professors from Cambridge University and Oxford University. It is said that each of them is a thorough and extremely intelligent scholar.

Sitting in the meeting hall, they watched Niccolo raise the map like a flag and stared at it, and they were all stunned for a moment.

They knew the dark brown and light gray areas—that was Europe and Africa, old acquaintances.

But the question is, why is there a continent next to it?where is that?

"To put it simply, we found America." Niccolo coughed and said, "There is a vast area, and the climate is very suitable for planting and grazing."

Europe is not only narrow in the mountains, but also dozens of countries are crowded together, which is like a 16-person dormitory in a university.

In comparison, America is like a luxurious presidential suite - if it can be tidied up.

"America?!" Henry VII sat up straight suddenly, turned to look at Heidi and said, "A new continent?"

"We can develop many industries there." Heidi said slowly: "And we can also snatch more colonies."

"Wait, since there is such a good thing, why did you call other people?" Henry VII looked at her with complicated eyes: "Can't we take it all alone? Or do you think Britain is not credible enough?"

"What do you think is more important than resources?"

"Resources are already important enough, Your Majesty," he stood up and walked to the map: "As you can see, this land has a lot of lakes and alluvial plains, and we have no shortage of laborers at all. -"

Henry VII paused at this point, vaguely aware of something.

He glanced at her uncertainly, then turned his head to look at the map: "Seriously speaking, resources are gold, and things that are more expensive than gold...?"

"It's order, Mr. Tudor." Heidi said slowly, "If everyone rushes to grab it, there will definitely be a fight."

"Once there is a fight, no matter how much you grab, it may not be yours."

She started thinking about this question a year ago.

It is difficult to get rid of the greed and evil desires of human nature - even in 2500, there will probably be endless crimes.

On the original historical line, the countries that first discovered America would use black slaves to start colonizing and expanding crazily, plundering unpredictable and abundant capital, and thus changing the course of history.

But the many wars that followed have also made them regress continuously.

War and chaos are inevitable, but the Prophet may choose where to direct the war.

When Henry VII heard this, something came to his mind. He took a few steps back to look at the area of ​​the map, and then looked at her again: "Are you sure there are no other empires on this continent?"

"There are only some Indians who know how to use bows and crossbows." Heidi said slowly, "I swear in the name of the Medici."

"And no other army?"

"The Spaniards are already going in that direction," she said with a playful smile, "How long do you think it will take for the French to know?"

Henry VII swallowed, apparently shaken.

"What you want to do is... to divide the area of ​​the colony with several other countries in advance?"

"And establish the rules of the game." Heidi said indifferently: "If someone uses unscrupulous means, they will automatically give up all rights and be out of the game by default."

The man took a deep breath for a moment, and obviously had a new understanding of this matter: "You are indeed quite smart."

Through this incident, they can completely avoid the war in advance, and various countries settle in this continent in batches, and each go to enclose the territory they want.

Then you can wait for the rule breakers to appear - once someone tries to exploit a loophole or plot something he shouldn't get, it is tantamount to putting himself in the target of public criticism.

And at that time, the pretext for war was hotly released.

"The worst thing is...you didn't let the Spaniards and the French know about this." He stared at the Medici and said, "At the beginning of the game, two players were exiled."

The five-nation alliance will pre-establish the rules and then make a concerted effort to exclude them.

And Spain is unaware of this.

"After all, that queen also likes to drink tea." Heidi laughed: "Let her enjoy it at home."

As time went by, all the heads of state of the five countries arrived.

In fact, this is indeed the credit of Henry VII.

Everyone has seen how popular Britain is after establishing diplomatic relations with Italy.

Almost every month, fleets sailed from Genoa to London, not only loaded with cheap and high-quality cloth and dairy products, but also driving the economy of the ports on both sides of the strait.

Not only that, they heard that Italy is giving economic support to British technology and other aspects——

There was a craze for learning Italian in England, and more and more girls were marrying wealthy and amorous Italian businessmen.

Their navy is equipped with similar powerful guns, and even the formulation and implementation of policies seem to be much clearer and more decisive.

Who wouldn't want all the same benefits?

As soon as the heads of state of the five countries gathered, Florence started a new round of float parades and drama carnivals. The enthusiastic citizens spared no effort to show them the advancement and prosperity of the city. The novelty and prominence of food and wine also made people Didn't want to go back at all.

After all the guests had eaten and drank enough, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Navy walked to the conference hall together and shared a bigger cake with them——America.

As soon as this news came out, it was tantamount to giving all the monarchs a shot in the arm.

Their ancestors have stayed on this ancient continent for nearly a thousand years, but they have never heard of another rich and vast land!

"One of the prerequisites is that we want to establish a black slave employment system." Niccolo clasped his hands together, his tone quite calm.

Compared with the boy a few years ago, he is now a young man with firm eyes and steady steps.

"It's an essential condition."

"Wait, why?" Henry VII frowned: "You know, we may only need to give those chiefs a sum of gold, and they will be willing to sell all their relatives and friends to us like livestock."

"And we want to pay the slaves salaries? And give the necessary protection treaties?" Another leader next to him frowned and said: "Maybe Italy is rich enough-but we may not be able to bear the price."

"Order and rules are more important than wealth." Niccolo once again imagined that the teacher who ran to Rome could come out to help him save the game, but his gesture did not reveal any hesitation: "At first we may all trade with the chief, and later we may It’s just looting and scrambling.”

"Don't you adults think that we can make more profits when we start to loot and fight?"

He paused, looked at the queen with quiet eyes, felt a sense of security in his heart, and raised his voice slightly: "Once the employers of a certain country gather to revolt in the future, the colonies of nearby countries may also respond. It’s like wildfire out of control.”

"I think this is a result that none of us want to see."

It took a total of four months for the five-nation alliance to be signed.

Like guests sharing a pie, they divided the Americas into six plates and signed treaties on mutual defense and mutual business.

Although no one said or mentioned it, they all knew what would happen to Spain and France, which were excluded.

After the overseas joint cooperation was confirmed, many cooperation projects in Europe also began to be negotiated and adjusted.

They all need to open each other's markets and find more business opportunities.

Heidi maintained a humble and cautious attitude from the beginning to the end, without much competition or intervention, and minimized the sense of presence.

She knows what she wants and where the bottom line is.

After yet another meeting, Dejo walked in with a note.

"This is a telegram from Rome." She whispered. "The radio station has been set up."

The queen was startled for a moment, and the face of her brunette lover immediately appeared in her mind.

She hummed and unfolded the code.

../.-../---/...-/./-.--/---/..-

In da Vinci code, this code means from Rome.

Translated in Morse code, it says...

"I love you."

Thousands of miles away, spanning five centuries.

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【Triangle Trade Popular Science】

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia

The "Black Triangle Trade" that started in the 16th century was the slave trade. European slave traders loaded salt, cloth, rum, etc. from their own countries, and exchanged them for slaves in Africa along the so-called "central route" through the Atlantic Ocean, and exchanged them for sugar in the Americas. Plantation products such as , tobacco and rice, as well as gold, silver and industrial raw materials returned.Between western Europe, the vicinity of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa, and the West Indies in the Americas, the route roughly forms a triangle shape. Because the trafficked people are black people, it is also called the "black triangle trade".It lasted 300 years.

The first countries to start triangular trade were Portugal and Spain, followed by Britain and France.

The "Black Triangle Trade" carried out in the North Atlantic from the 16th century to the 19th century, the development of capitalism and the acquiescence of the government, the crazy pursuit of profits by European colonists, and the ignorance of the African people due to the original social structure, are the "Black Triangle Trade". The main historical reason for the smooth progress of the triangular trade.

The triangular-shaped circulation composed of the Canary cold current, the Guinea warm current, the northern equatorial warm current, the Mexican warm current, and the North Atlantic warm current provided extremely favorable shipping conditions for the "Black Triangle Trade", allowing slave traders , The return journey has been smooth, and the speed of the slave trade has therefore accelerated.The favorable climatic conditions and relatively rich gold and silver mineral resources in the Americas enabled the rapid development of the plantation and mining industries, which generated huge profits. This was the main driving force for the entire Black Triangle trade, and also objectively provided the "Black Triangle Trade" with favorable geographical conditions.

Therefore, under the historical trend of capitalist development and under favorable geographical conditions, the "black triangle trade" has been carried out smoothly for hundreds of years with huge profits as the driving force.

At that time, the capitalism of the European colonial countries was developing rapidly, and a large number of products determined that they could exchange blacks.The slave ship arrived in Africa along the ocean current, one was the Canary cold current, which was located on the northwest coast of Africa, from about 45 north latitude to about 15 north latitude; Flowing along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in Africa is also a compensation flow.After slave traders arrived in Africa, they exchanged young and strong blacks with the chiefs of black tribes with low-value commodities.The black tribes and their tribal leaders who are still in a state of barbarism and ignorance, under the instigation, coercion and lure of slave traders, black people are bought by slave traders like commodities.

出程

Depart from Europe, take a boat to Africa, carry guns, sundries, etc. in exchange for black slaves.

medium range

Then, the slave ship full of blacks crossed the Atlantic along the central route and arrived in America. This is called the "middle haul".

Ships carrying black Africans to the Americas are often doubled and overloaded. It is stipulated that a ship with 500 people will be packed with nearly a thousand people.Black people boarded the ship and entered the warehouse, which was tantamount to entering a living coffin.The air in the cabin was filthy, and the food provided was extremely bad, so it was easy for people to contract various diseases, and the blacks who died of illness or contracted various epidemic diseases were thrown into the sea, and the experience was quite miserable.

After reaching their destination, the blacks were sold again to mines or plantations as slaves.Just like the journey, the slave ship traveled along the ocean current, which was the North Equatorial Current, a wind current, which crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the West Indies.The southeastern part of North America belongs to the typical subtropical monsoon and monsoon humid climate. In winter, it is affected by the cold and dry airflow from the continent, and there is not much precipitation; in summer, it is affected by the warm and humid airflow from the ocean, with more precipitation. It is suitable for rice and tea to plant.

Central America and the West Indies have a tropical rainforest climate with high temperature and rain all year round, which is suitable for the growth of sugarcane.Due to the suitable climate and the hard work of black slaves under the oppression of the colonists, the plantations developed rapidly, and the plantation owners obtained a large amount of raw materials such as sugar, tobacco, and tea, and made huge wealth.

While developing plantations, the colonists also plundered a large amount of precious metals such as gold and silver in the Americas. Latin America produced gold, silver and precious stones. In addition to plundering the unique tropical agricultural products from there, the colonists plundered more precious metal minerals. .

The Mexican Plateau and the Andes Mountains are rich in precious metal minerals. Around 1550, Mexico provided one-third of the world's total silver consumption, and Peru's silver production accounted for one-half of the world's silver production.This has become one of the important sources of primitive accumulation of bourgeois capital

return trip

Finally, the ship full of gold, silver and raw materials returns to Europe, which is called "return journey".

On the return trip, the ship was still sailing downstream, and the ocean currents were the Mexican Warm Current and the North Atlantic Current.The Mexican warm current is a compensating current, which compensates for the reduction of sea water in the sea area caused by the North Atlantic warm current from south to north along the Florida Peninsula. The North Atlantic warm current is formed under the westerly wind.The gold, silver and raw materials brought back have greatly promoted the development of capitalism, which is also an important reason why the slave trade can proceed smoothly.

Final Thoughts

Set sail in Europe→Africa (snatch [purchase] black slaves)→America (sell black slaves and make huge profits, so as to get: silver, tobacco and other cash crops)→Back to Europe (development of capitalism)