Cebu Island, Fort San Petro, is a paradise for Spaniards.

In the sixteenth year of Zhengde, Magellan came to Cebu to preach Catholic teachings, and the Spanish priests baptized the first Filipino Catholics, the indigenous patriarch Humabang, his wife Empress Joanna, and 400 other indigenous people.

As a baptismal gift, Magellan gave a black-skinned image of the Holy Child to Empress Joanna. To commemorate this grand religious ceremony, Magellan erected the first cross in Asia in Cebu.

It was from that time that the Spanish soon built this well-defended fortress on the island of Cebu, which became the first base for Spanish adventurers to enter the South Seas.

It's October, and the weather is a little cooler, especially when the night falls.

In a house somewhere in Fort San Petro, under the light of a wall lamp, adventurers are holding a party in the hall and enjoying the joy of their adventurers.

Although they will suffer a lot on the sea, once they get here, it is a paradise. They have the spices they dream of, fresh food, and the charming Southeast Asian women and slaves.

At this moment, some Visayan women in maid's clothes walked through it with food plates, but they were inevitably teased by adventurers, and even pulled directly into their arms to gnaw on them, which seemed so free and debauched.

Shoddy water wine, grilled meat, oily tabletops, and debauched laughter.

Spaniards enjoy this kind of life and tell each other all kinds of interesting things. Although many of them have been to Nanyang many times, there are still many unknowns and strange legends about this place.

But there is no shortage of people who love to be in the limelight, and they don't even blink their eyes when they talk nonsense, and all kinds of magical water monsters come with their mouths open.

"José and Luis are two fools, their boats are already full of spices. If they follow our route back to Madrid, they will make a lot of money, and even get a reward from His Majesty the King, but they still go north to continue their search for the Spice Island, and they are swallowed by the sea monster, quack! ”

A middle-aged man with a full beard holding a wooden wine glass, a little spilled of wine, stepped on a chair with one foot and proudly told his companion about this interesting story that seemed to be seen with his own eyes.

It has to be said that in their adventure journey, although there are extremely rich gains, they can suffer accidents. As for the ship that suddenly disappeared, it is inevitable to leave behind all kinds of legends, and the sea monster is undoubtedly the biggest legend.

In the hearts of some timid Spaniards, there has always lived an incomparably huge sea monster, and if God had not blessed them, I am afraid that they and the ship would have been swallowed by the sea monster long ago.

The bearded man looked at a novice who was frightened by him, and was about to continue making up the story, but found that the same face appeared strange. He turned his head suspiciously, and a look of horror immediately flashed on his face, as if he had really seen a sea monster.

Bang!

A tall man appeared here very suddenly, but he stretched out a big hand and pulled the bearded man's hair like waves, and a fierce look appeared on his face.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but swallow and spit secretly, and at the same time looked at this person in horror.

Bang!

In full view of everyone, the man slammed the bearded man's head against the oily table, appearing full of strength, and the wine and food on the table were immediately spilled on the floor.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

When the bearded man was caught off guard, the man pulled the bearded man's hair fiercely and hit the table continuously.

The hall of Nuoda was immediately silent, and everyone looked here, but their faces showed solemnity.

Yes......

The bearded man fell to the ground with the table, also free from the devil's torture, but he had a scream. Because an iron fork pierced his eye, it had already pierced the eyeball, and it was bleeding black blood.

"I don't know what to live or die!"

It was the tall Jose who appeared here, with a ruffian on his face, facing this person who dared to arrange him, looking at the miserable state of the bearded man, but without the slightest pity.

"José, what do you mean by that?" A leader stood up from his position and looked at him hostilely and asked.

For a moment, there was an atmosphere of tension here. The men and horses on both sides looked at each other vigilantly, their hands touching their weapons, and they were ready to fight at any time.

Faced with this question, Jose replied domineeringly: "Ram, discipline your subordinates well, otherwise next time Lao Tzu will destroy you together!" ”

The word "extinguish" is not only a threat, but a real thing.

"You bastard......" Ram clenched his fists, as if he really wanted to do it. It's just that his right-hand man is blinded, how aggressive this person is, how can he endure it.

But at this moment, a Spaniard sitting at the table suddenly said lightly: "Ram, you go down!" ”

"Yes, Captain Regasby!" Ram silently endured the anger in his heart and saluted respectfully to the person next to him.

He Han walked straight to this side and greeted Regasby, "Captain Regasby, don't come unharmed?" ”

Regasbi was markedly different from the other Spaniards, he was dressed in black plate armor with dark yellow piping on the edges of each part of the plate, high white socks on his small feet, a handcuff and a sword at his waist, and a beautiful helmet placed on the table.

Using a silver wine glass, Regasby asked faintly, "Jose, what are you looking for me?" ”

"I want to deal with the biological man with you!" José sat down across from him and looked at him to explain what he meant.

Regasby took a sip of his wine glass, and said with a very firm attitude: "Da Ming is Portuguese!" ”

Spain and Portugal fought for the "New World", which produced fierce contradictions and conflicts, and finally with the intervention of Pope Alexander VI of Rome, the two sides formulated the Papal Meridian. Subsequently, Spain and Portugal signed the Treaty of Todesillas.

The South Seas originally belonged to Portugal, but when Magellan's fleet sailed to Cebu Island, the two countries quarreled over it.

In the eighth year of Jiajing, the two countries signed the Treaty of Zaragoza, drawing another line 17 degrees east of the Moluccas, as the dividing line between the two countries in the eastern hemisphere, with the west and east of the line being the spheres of influence of Portugal and Spain respectively.

Although Spain has always been too powerful to take Portugal as a small country into its eyes, it is now that both countries are busy swallowing their own territory, and there is indeed no unnecessary conflict.