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- "What do you mean" Ba Mengde asked hurriedly.
"That Ming Dynasty's son Zhao killed my governor and thousands of Spanish warriors, and invaded the Philippines, which is named after your majesty!" The deputy king said with a gloomy face: "No matter how magnanimous your majesty is, you will never forgive me. Their!"
"But what the church means is" Bamonde reminded in a low voice.
"The church is the church, and your majesty is your majesty." The vice king said calmly: "For the sake of the cardinal, I will give you this opportunity to redeem your merits. Go to Veracruz, lead a squadron, and seize them in Havana. Those Ming people¡¯s ships, then send them all to Mexico City!¡±
As he spoke, he sighed and said: "No matter what His Majesty decides in the end, it is always right to have more chips in your hand."
"I understand, Your Highness." Bamonde responded, then slapped his head as if remembering something and said: "Oh, I forgot. The Cardinal ordered me to accompany Bishop Hierro to the Vatican to report Bishop Franco's righteous deeds. Let¡¯s set off tomorrow!¡±
"Is that so?" Vice-King Velasquez glanced at him coldly, thinking that a bastard is indeed a bastard, nothing like the iron-blooded Duke of Alva.
"It's true, Your Highness." Bamonde looked confused: "Otherwise, I will explain the situation to the Cardinal and ask him to find someone else to escort the Bishop."
"You are a witness, and no one else has witnessed Father Franco's righteous deeds with their own eyes" The deputy king shook his head slightly and said, "I will arrange for other generals to go to Havana."
"That's such a pity." Bamende wiped his sweat and said, "Being able to avenge the fallen warriors is what I dream of!"
"There will be a chance." The deputy king forced out a smile and asked: "By the way, what is your evaluation of the combat effectiveness of the people of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Very" Bamende's sweatdrops came out again.
He originally wanted to follow Colonel Okande¡¯s wishes and give a good talk about the progress of the Ming Dynasty¡¯s navy. And a will conveyed to the Vice Colonel - 'Don't go to war with the Ming people again until the navy is completely reformed. We must learn from the Ming Dynasty and reform the navy"
But as the words came to his lips, he remembered that he had managed to escape from this matter through the Cardinal. If he got into trouble again and fell into trouble again, he would be in trouble.
After two defeats on the Luzon Sea, he had completely thought through the six months of rough seas. Why do you have to spend your whole life trying to clear your name like Don Juan of Austria?
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Thinking of this, he couldn't help but slowly shook his head and changed his words: "I'm sorry, Your Highness, I have never fought with them. The main force of the Philippine fleet was defeated by Colonel Okonde in one battle. As a polished commander, I can only withdraw to Cebu first."
"Is there no one in Cebu who has fought with them?" the deputy king said, unable to suppress his anger.
"Those who fought with them were either dead or captured." Major General Bamonde hurriedly said nonsense: "But the typhoon in the Philippines helped them a lot, so it is difficult to say what their level is."
"You go ahead." Vice King Velasquez has seen too many refined and self-interested nobles. These people only say and do things that are beneficial to themselves. Not willing to take risks that are detrimental to oneself at all,
Seeing that he couldn¡¯t get the truth out, he didn¡¯t want to waste any more time on Bamonde.
"Bring the latest report from Governor Sander." After Bamonde resigned, the deputy king ordered his secretary in a deep voice.
The secretary came back soon, and what he brought was the original copy of the "Sander Report" that Zhao Hao had seen. After receiving it, Deputy Velasquez had not yet submitted it to the royal family.
He has a very good memory and can recall the contents of the report after just flipping through a few pages.
Thinking that his old subordinate was fine when he wrote this report, but now he has gone to see God and has to bear all the dishonor, Vice King Velasquez felt depressed.
But he also knows that this is what everyone alive wants to see, so he can only acquiesce to this result.
"I can only capture the fleet that surrendered to the trap first, and cut off half of the heads of the Ming people to express my apology to you." The deputy king looked at the bronze Pegasus and murmured to himself:
"As for the other half, it will be used in exchange for your captured subordinates"
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Havana, Cuba, the black pearl of the Caribbean, guards the door from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean and has an extremely important strategic position.
This is one of the earliest footholds of the Spanish colonization of America, so it was built even older than Mexico City. In fact, before moving the capital, this was the center of Spanish colonization in the Americas.
Although later the capitalI'm gone, but it doesn't affect the prosperity here. Havana remained a trading center for the entire Americas, stopping here for treasure fleets carrying gold and silver cargo from Mexico and Peru to Europe. Load up popular products such as tobacco, cocoa, and cane sugar produced in Central America and Caribbean islands, and transport them back to Europe.
Merchants from various European countries and colonies also sold or purchased the goods they needed here. There are also those adventurers who have failed in Europe and want to try their luck in the colonies. This is often the first stop.
And Havana¡¯s natural environment is much better than Mexico City on the plateau. It has an excellent harbor and white sand beaches surrounded by mountains and waters. The sea is blue, dotted with coconut groves, and the climate is mild and pleasant all year round.
And most importantly, the young girls here all have slender legs, towering breasts and round buttocks. In the eyes of the hungry colonists, soldiers and traders who came from long distances, even their cocoa-colored skin exuded the alluring charm of Venus.
So the prosperity here is far better than Mexico City on the plateau. The straight and narrow streets are bustling with people, the Spanish-style taverns are bustling with people, and the brothels are under fire.
There is no way around it, the seaport city is always associated with drunken sailors and heavily made-up prostitutes.
Among the many clients, prostitutes are more popular than the poor and rude sailors and soldiers, the generous businessmen, or the eloquent bards.
But in the past month or so, this situation has changed. A large sailing ship, larger than the L¨¹beck Eagle and as gorgeous as a palace, led a scarred fleet to the port of Havana.
"People have never seen these people whose appearance is obviously different from Europeans and Americans.
Through the Portuguese translator on board the ship, people learned that they came from distant China, the country that Europeans dream of. The land of gold that generations of adventurers have been searching for!
They are sailing around the world and making friendly visits to countries around the world. From Asia all the way through Africa to Europe, when crossing the Atlantic to the Americas, they encountered a storm and the ship was seriously damaged, so they had to go to port for repairs. It also allowed the exhausted crew members to have a good rest.
These Chinese people immediately received the warmest welcome. There was an Oriental fever throughout Havana.
The governor and Spanish senior officials warmly invited them to the castle as guests, and ordered the shipyard to prioritize ship repairs for the Eastern guests.
Those declining nobles and businessmen are vying to get acquainted with an Eastern friend, hoping to learn from them anything about the dream country.
Even the prostitutes are proud to have received an Oriental customer. If Europeans want to sleep with them again, their prostitution fees will have to be doubled!
This exaggerated admiration for Mingzhong is largely due to those who played Zhongbiao. The number one hit among them is Marco Polo.
After the publication of "The Travels of Marco Polo" four hundred years ago, it became the most popular reading book in Europe and was known as "one of the great wonders of the world". Its influence was so huge that it was completely beyond imagination.
Although it contains the usual exaggerated words of the author, it still opened the horizons of Europeans in the Middle Ages, showed them the rich, civilized, and great Eastern civilization, and aroused Europeans' hatred of the darkness and ignorance of the Middle Ages. Become one of the driving forces of the Renaissance.
Europeans¡¯ yearning for the Eastern world directly opened a chapter in the Age of Discovery!
Generations of sailors set sail, even circumnavigating the entire earth, to find the ideal country in their hearts precisely because of their yearning for the Eastern world
The gorgeous silks, exquisite porcelain, and various beautiful Chinese goods brought back by Arab merchants and Portuguese merchants from the East further prove the greatness of the Eastern world!
In fact, Europeans have projected all their dissatisfaction and fantasies about reality onto China. Even when the ministers admonished the king, they always insisted on what they said in China
In short, under the strong filter, Europeans see everything in China as good! Better than them all!
¡°And the arrival of these Chinese did not break Europeans¡¯ illusions about the East.
They have delicate faces, soft features, fair skin, are taller on average than Europeans, and have a well-proportioned figure.
The most important thing is that they don¡¯t have that much hair on their bodies, they don¡¯t have such high hooked noses, and they don¡¯t have such strong body odor!
At that time, they were exhausted after a long voyage and were very dirty when they got off the ship. But the first thing is to find water to take a bath, put on clean and elegant clothes, and then go about the city.
They are polite to everyone, but if anyone dares to provoke them, they will definitely receive the most decisive counterattack. They never make loud noises when eating and drinking in restaurants. Although they cannot understand their language, it is so pleasant to hear.
Even when sleeping with prostitutes, they are much more considerate than those red-haired ghosts, and they have no smell at all, which makes prostitutes love them
They don¡¯t defecate anywhere, and they actually wash their hands before eating and after defecating!
From appearance to living habits, as well as manners and conversation, Europeans in Havana are ashamed of themselves.
Although they can only speak some simple Portuguese words, people have lost their minds. They feel that the blunt Chinese Portuguese sounds better than the aristocrats born in Lisbon, and they are imitating them one after another.
¡®amigo,jigajiga.amigabonita! ¡¯ (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)??They were shouting loudly, although I couldn't understand their language, but it sounded so nice.
Even when sleeping with prostitutes, they are much more considerate than those red-haired ghosts, and they have no smell at all, which makes prostitutes love them
They don¡¯t defecate anywhere, and they actually wash their hands before eating and after defecating!
From appearance to living habits, as well as manners and conversation, Europeans in Havana are ashamed of themselves.
Although they can only speak some simple Portuguese words, people have lost their minds. They feel that the blunt Chinese Portuguese sounds better than the aristocrats born in Lisbon, and they are imitating them one after another.
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