In fact, although there is a lot of noise in building Guantanamo's "set", there is not much investment. Moreover, this castle does not require all of it to be made of stone - it is too time-consuming and expensive.

Marin planned to build this Guantanamo Castle directly with red bricks and cement. That is, like the folk tile houses built in later generations, they built hollow walls with red bricks. Then, they applied cement on the brick joints and the outside. Finally, they applied gray paint on the exterior walls, making the castle look like a stone castle...

Although this hollow wall cannot withstand artillery attacks, the indigenous people on the island cannot have artillery at all. Therefore, the hollow wall made of red bricks, with cement outside, is enough to fool the priests of the investigation team and several German envoys.

The most important thing is - it's so easy to save time!

After all, it is necessary to build a castle before the investigation team arrives, and the time is tight. Therefore, it is very fast to come. It is still very fast to transport ready-made red bricks and cement from the local area, and then send enough masons to build a simple small castle.

As for the sugarcane fields opened around the castle, it is not a big deal. As long as Tara can send enough labor to cut off all the trees around the castle, then plant sugarcane seedlings, and when the investigation team arrives, they can also fool them. Anyway, in tropical areas, there is no need to plant spring and autumn harvest, and they can be planted at any time.

Then, 1,000 "pseudo-army" pretended to siege the city...

This is easier, just let the 1,000 "pseudo-army soldiers" hold sticks, clamor around the castle, and then put some earth bows and arrows that are not accurate.

The defenders in the castle can also shoot and fight back. However, it is impossible to use real ammunition. Therefore, Marin ordered some rubber to be used there and rubbed it into rubber bullets for this acting-like battle. In addition, when loading gunpowder, it is also deliberately reduced in weight...

In this way, although the defenders fired guns during the battle, the 1,000 "pseudo-army" actors would not have any casualties. However, Marin would ask them to train them, and after hearing the gunshot, some people pretended to be shot and fell to the ground, and then "retreat in a hurry". In short, everything is for the sake of acting...

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Back to the original question, this time Marin wanted to use the eyes of the investigation team and the envoys of the vassal states that initially spread rumors to see that he did not enslave the indigenous people. Therefore, a group of actors were also needed to play the role of "happy farmers".

At that time, Marin will build small houses for some of the indigenous serfs participating in the castle. Then, give them new clothes. The most important thing is that after going out, these people must have a "happy smile" on their faces. If a member of the investigation team asked them questions such as "Are you lucky?"... Well, just pretend to be speechless (actually, it's really speechless), and just keep a silly smile...

In addition, these extras may not understand other words, but they must learn a German sentence: "God bless you, Amen!"

Then, when I saw the people from the investigation team, I greeted him with this sentence. At the same time, I had to hang a simple cross on my body to show the identity of a Christian...

This is very important and is also the best excuse for whitewashing discussed by Marlin and his subordinates - I am trying to develop Christians among the indigenous people!

To this end, Marin even planned to shout the slogan "To develop 100,000 Christians in the Americas" to completely correct and cleanse himself.

You should know that when the Holy See allowed Spain and Portugal to engage in overseas colonization, one of the conditions was to let them preach.

However, these two countries did not take missionary care at all, but were focused on plundering colonial resources. Portugal even started a trade in black slaves. Instead, they developed Congo's king Alfonso I into a Christian, but that was mainly due to the Portuguese church, not the Portuguese official. Because the Portuguese official was only busy trading and selling slaves on the African coast, how could they have the intention to preach? However, the missionaries in Portugal bravely went deep into the Congo rainforest and developed Alfonso I into a Christian.

Of course, the contributions of the Portuguese missionaries were ultimately counted on the Kingdom of Portugal. Therefore, the Portuguese also had the capital to boast that "I made contributions to the Holy See."

If Marin's action this time replaces the concept of "acatching 100,000 serfs" with "developing 100,000 Christians", then the style will be very different immediately!

The arrest of 100,000 serfs is indeed suspected of plundering slaves, which is a full of complaints. However, if Marin changed the concept and said that he was "disseminating the gospel of the Lord to them", it would be completely different.

Although the methods are a bit tough, they can develop 100,000 Christians, and the contribution is really great! The Holy See is definitely happy to see it, and churches from all over the world can only praise it. As for forcibly arresting and other things... Well, sometimes, spreading the gospel of the Lord requires some means, which is harmless...

In other words, as long as you carry the banner of missionary work, Marin's black spot will be washed away.

Of course, at the cost, Marin must seize the time to send people to build a grand church in the center of Santo Domingo Castle and Guantanamo's "set", so that he can see his "piousness" to the Catholic Church. At that time, the investigation team will definitely enter the church. Therefore, Marin cannot be stingy in this regard, and must make a big move.

Marin even planned to recruit a batch of statues of gods and art sculptures in churches in China and send them to the new churches in these two places, allowing people to see his "piousness" towards religion.

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In addition, Malin also discussed with his subordinates how to whitewash the violent act of "acquiring 100,000 indigenous people". After repeated discussions, everyone agreed that the word "accusation" can be replaced by "rescue"...

Why use the word "rescue"? Because Europeans all know that Haiti, once called "Hispaniola Island" by the Spanish, was the source of the syphilis outbreak. The terrible syphilis also scared the Spanish colonists away.

Therefore, Marin can fully justify this - Hispaniola Island has become a "plague land" where syphilis is rampant. Many of the hundreds of thousands of natives on the island have been infected with syphilis and have no help. However, a small number of them are still not infected with syphilis, and there are still some people who are saved.

Therefore, the reason why Marin sent troops to "accus 100,000 indigenous people" this time was not to capture slaves, but to select 100,000 healthy people from the island who were not infected with syphilis and rescue them from that "plagueland"...

With this, Ma Lin immediately transformed from "catching slave traders" to becoming a kind hero who "saves the indigenous people from water and fire", with a whitewashing index of five stars...

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Chapter completed!