Recruiting sailors is a complicated and troublesome thing.

Whether a person has real skills or is just bragging with his mouth, in addition to asking some basic questions when recruiting, he should also pay attention to whether the recruited person has ulterior motives.

If you recruit a guy with a bad craftsmanship, you may be implicated by this person. After all, a teammate at sea who is not in front of the village and does not have a store behind the village is often more harmful than the enemy.

This requires that the recruiter not only has rich experience, but also has eyes that can identify people. They can tell whether you are lying from your words and deeds and possibly casual words, and even see if the recruited person may panic because of the danger.

As for whether these people have intentions that are not conducive to their own interests, they must also decide based on the observation and judgment of the ship owner and the captain.

This seems a bit unreliable. After all, in this era of news, it is not so easy to find out the background of a person, not to mention that Malaga is an extremely complicated place for all kinds of people to come and go.

So looking at the sailors who were selected like choosing animals based on their personal judgment and some rough recommendations from the crew union, Alexander couldn't help but feel that it was really lucky that Columbus had no big mistakes in his previous voyages.

"No, something happened," Columbus shook his head with emotion after hearing Alexander say this. "We always use a whip to teach them a lesson before we can stop it from getting worse."

Although he knew that this must be the case, Alexander still felt that it was really unreliable to do so. The rebellion that appeared at sea would not be forgiven. The captain or the commander of a fleet had the highest judgment and the final execution. This ultimate right to combine justice and law enforcement allows them to kill the crew members, but even so, the rebellion at sea has never been quelled.

If you are not careful, all kinds of things will happen on a boat. Sometimes it is not a big deal at all. It is simply because of the huge pressure brought by sailing on the boundless sea all year round. There are often irreconcilable contradictions between sailors and sailors, between sailors and officers, and even between officers and officers or officers and captains, which eventually leads to terrible conflicts of bloody events.

However, it is precisely because of this that the Mariners' Guild in Malaga has provided a good place to resolve these conflicts to a large extent.

A riot that rang in another room not far away attracted Alexander's attention. He asked someone to ask for what was going on. The entourage who ran back soon reported to him excitedly that "there was someone fighting alone" in the room.

This aroused Alexander's interest. He wanted to know how the sailors of this era resolved their disputes. After all, after a long and dull long trip, everyone needed to release the flame deposited in their hearts. This was obviously a good place for sailors to cleverly resolve disputes and conflicts through fighting.

"At least if they can work together next time, no one will easily lose their lives as soon as they go out to sea," James explained to Alexander. "Long-term life at sea is terrible. No one can guarantee that they will not go crazy, so venting their previous anger here will be good for everyone."

Alexander listened very seriously. He knew that he knew too little about navigation, especially in today's era, backward means of transportation and communication and still strong reliance on religious beliefs made life very bad in a very difficult business like a sailor.

This is also the main reason why many experienced sailors have received extraordinary attention and are often popular.

People with rich work experience in any era will be respected in their own business. These people are often proud because they have no worries about not having a job, especially in some industries with their own special skills, these people often have a very high status and reputation.

The next door ended quickly. As the two guys dragged a man covered in blood and his head drooped, Alexander fell into deep thoughts.

He remembered the Maritime Office in Lisbon. As the earliest vocational school in the world to cultivate maritime talents, Lisbon Maritime Office provided a large number of marine talents with extraordinary skills for the later era of maritime navigation, some of which became familiar figures in history.

At the same time, Portugal also relied on such a batch of navigators to launch a long-lasting maritime battle with Spain in the economic and military development of the ocean.

It seems that while establishing the Army Academy, a Naval Academy will also be established.

Alexander thought so with trouble.

He is rich, and not ordinary, but the kind of person who can easily compete with any monarch who claims to be rich. At least in the West, probably except the Ottoman Sultans and the rich and scattered Great Vizier, he should not find many people who can compete with Alexander in terms of wealth.

But building a naval academy is really not something that can be solved with money.

Navigation talents are an important wealth for maritime countries, so it is really difficult to find such a large number of talents who are not only experienced but also able to convert these experiences into theory.

In addition, it seems a bit too reckless to think about building a naval academy once when going out to sea. Alexander knew that he did not have so much energy to take into account this matter. Moreover, such a school requires a long time to prepare, but more importantly, such a school can only be built in marine cities such as Portugal or Spain that are lying on the Atlantic Ocean, rather than those in the Mediterranean.

And now this is obviously a bit of a luxury for him.

However, this matter was already in his heart. He felt that this future naval academy could be presided over by James. The mixture of Drake and Heiding, who was under his command, worked brilliantly along the coast of the archipelago in the new colony and along the new route to the east. Many people were frightened by the group of pirates he led, but because they didn't know where these people came from, they could only grit their teeth but could not seek revenge on him.

Alexander even believed that someone had probably suffered his losses in this sailor guild, but none of them would have thought that the group of pirate leaders who were rampant on the sea would have the courage to stand here and recruit their subordinates in a big way.

"Tell me James," Alexander whispered to James with a curiosity, "What should you do if you look for sailors here, but they don't want to be pirates? You must know that if you let them go, you may reveal your identity."

James's face showed a look of patience as if he had eaten something bad. Seeing his mouth moving without making any sound, Alexander turned his head to the side and patted his shoulder lightly.

"The ocean is very big," James replied, "and it's very dangerous. No one can guarantee that he can come back safely after going to sea, so..."

Looking at Alexander elsewhere, he knew that James had done a lot of things, and Alexander didn't want to delve into the details.

The era of great voyage is romantic, adventurous, and also full of blood, cruelty, and even sin.

The sea is full of uncertainty, and besides the terrifying power of nature, the rest is the threat from hostile competitors.

While guarding against pirates at any time, those seemingly regular businessmen themselves may become pirates who plunder others at any time. The role exchange between hunters and prey is so easy that almost no sailor dares to pat his chest and say that he has never done those dirty things.

Alexander asked Columbus to prepare for his other voyage as soon as possible. He did not know whether this would be the last voyage in Columbus's life as history did. However, he had arranged a route for Columbus that was completely different from the last voyage in history.

This route will allow the Columbus brothers to go further than Americo Vespsi, who had already gone to sea earlier, and it is also a route full of efficiency.

They will explore further south and northerly than ever before. When they discover that the coastlines that originally thought were just connected by archipelagos, turned into a long way that seemed to never be explored, they naturally knew what they were facing.

The time and cost of such a long voyage was amazing, and it was precisely because of this that Alexander decided to let the two brothers work together to accomplish this feat.

According to the plan, their fleets would be divided into two fleets after arriving in San Salvador, the new colony, heading towards the north and south ends. According to Alexander's instructions, no matter where they go, they must start to return at the beginning of 1502, and then meet in San Salvador and return to Spain together.

By doing so, this huge expedition may not return to Spain in the second half of 1502. This expedition, which will last for more than a year according to the plan, will be the prelude to truly unveil the veil of a new world.

An exciting, yet uneasy era is coming.

They are already standing in front of the gate of this new era, and the faint dawn is waving to them.

It is obvious that this time is the most suitable. Valianidot's court is probably already in a mess at this time. Philip's infection is actually just the beginning of exposing the chaos in advance. Isabella's suspicion about Ferdinand gradually revealed, Ferdinand's irrepressible ambitions exposed by Philip's sudden illness, and Don Bavi's attempt to fish in the water. All of this will swell like fermented bread during this period.

At this time, Isabella was actually very lonely. She had to deal with her ambition Rilong's husband and competed with her suddenly restless son-in-law on the other side of the Pyrenees, and on the other side of the Pyrenees, the threat that the French might attack at any time was also stimulating her keen nerves.

All these troubles will be placed in front of Isabella in a very short time, which makes her completely useless and energy to reconsider the activation of Columbus. It is precisely because of this that Columbus was dismissed or even imprisoned when she returned to Spain last time, because Isabella no longer has the energy to restrain this equally ambitious explorer.

So it's better to just send him to prison directly, so that at least let the Queen calm down before she takes time to pay attention to him again.

But Alexander obviously did not intend to give Isabella a chance to breathe. Since everything was ready, let himself plan this last and most brilliant adventure for Columbus on behalf of Isabella.

The last social interaction between Isabella and Columbus in history ends with his last adventure.

Although Isabella, who was already in poor health, did not see the unification feat of the United Kingdom she had always longed to establish, she did not really see the true appearance of the new world she fully supported in the exploration of the Atlantic Ocean.

But even though Isabella is still obsessed with the new routes and colonies, she has no time or energy to consider this.

And she will never have such a chance again in the future. Castilla Queen Isabella will pass away in more than two years!

This is a "secret" that only Alexander knows.

It was precisely because of his knowledge that Alexander dared to stand up and provide everything he needed for Columbus's re-exploration.

What it takes to build an ocean-going expedition team is long and even if you have huge funds that don’t have to consider spending, money is sometimes not omnipotent.

The "Columbus Brothers Expedition Company" suddenly appeared in Malaga and was established after paying a guarantee of 60 gold pesos to the local town hall of Malaga.

The company's office is located in a room in the aisle downstairs of the Sailors Union.

Even if the business of "Columbus Brothers Expedition Company" opened was quite popular, the first day a large number of sailors squeezed the room out of nowhere. Columbus' prestige of exploring the new colony several times still made people talk about it. Although he had been in a short prison term, many people were still optimistic about him.

This made Columbus regain some confidence, but he also remembered the blow Alexander had on him. In fact, he just needed to calm down and think about it carefully and he knew that Alexander's words were right. Isabella might think he was useful, but his previous greed did anger the decisive and stubborn queen.

This can be seen from her repeated appointments to a large number of new explorers and gradually replaced him, so even if Isabella activated him again, Columbus knew that the idea of ​​sharing the colonies with the king that he had longed for was obviously impossible to achieve.

Then he needs to find a new boss, and now it seems that Alexander is a good choice.

The duke was generous and more importantly, he seemed to have great confidence in discovering a new world that others could not understand. This made Columbus even feel as if he had known everything there long ago, but just needed to prove his discovery by himself.

This idea is a bit ridiculous, but it is precisely because of this confidence and unscathing investment that makes Columbus much more convenient for doing things.

The ships that need to be prepared, the sailors who call, freshwater reserves, food supplies, hull accessories, weapons and artillery, weather records, ocean current charts, and various complex materials that need to be listed as long lists are quickly raised compared to previous funds. This results in a much shorter time than previous preparations and explorations.

But even so, sailing was not a short time, so after paying for all this generous signing, Alexander threw the brothers in Malaga, and he had more important things to do.

However, just during this short stay in Malaga, bad news from Seville continued to follow.

Don Bavi's noble coalition forces fought with Gonzalo again, but the battlefield had been moved to Laconada, not far from Seville. This not only meant that the noble coalition forces were retreating step by step, but even worse, Gonzalo had enough strength to divide his troops and approach the southwest of Seville, and then threatened the connection between Dalville and the downstream with Seville.

So far, the noble coalition has been able to still give stubborn resistance, relying solely on the ability to obtain material support from all over the country through the Dalville River and the harbours on the Atlantic Ocean.

But if the Dalville River channel leading to the Atlantic Ocean is cut off by Gonzalo, then Seville will become an isolated city.

It was at this time that the noble coalition forces truly realized the power of Gonzalo, but it seemed that it was a bit late. Perhaps because they found that they were sure to win, Gonzalo was no longer as active as before to negotiate with the Andalosian nobles. He even asked those envoys sent to his military camp to directly drive out. For Gonzalo, taking advantage of this rebellion to completely destroy the old aristocratic system of Andalosia, it was precisely in the interests of Isabella.

Although it was only a few days, Don Bawei had sent people to deliver letters to Alexander more than once. At this time, the scheming duke could no longer see his calmness and calmness before. From the increasingly intense tone of the letter, you could feel that Don Bawei had begun to lose his footing.

"Duke, I hope you will abide by the agreement with me. I would rather believe that you leave Seville at this time to fulfill our promises, rather than escape at the last minute. So I ask you to give me a reply as soon as possible, because it is not only about me, but about the life and death of the entire Andalusian noble alliance. Of course, I will not forget the sincere help you give, so I decided to accept the conditions you put forward for obtaining the right to operate the Seville Exchange. At the same time, I also hope that even in order not to let this beautiful exchange be damaged by the war, you can complete the agreement between us in a timely manner."

Looking at this letter that was full of threats but could not hide its embarrassment and request for help, Alexander smiled.

Don Bavi’s arrogance and rudeness had paid the price at this time, but this was not the reason why Alexander was funny. What he really found interesting was the thing Don Bavi urged him to do.

"Okay, everything here is left to you," Alexander said to the Columbus brothers. "I look forward to the miracle you will bring to me, and it is also a feat that gives us all the opportunity to leave a footnote in history."

After ordering the Columbus brothers, Alexander took Schell and his Balkan Guard on board again.
Chapter completed!