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Chapter 1553 The Great Voyage

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    That sentence means, ¡®Brother, do you want to have fun?  The girl is very beautiful'

    Daming¡¯s crew has been drifting on the sea for too long. They have always relied on their hands for entertainment and occasionally relied on fresh food. They have been holding back for too long.

    In fact, when they arrived in Lisbon, they really wanted to go and have fun, but the red-haired woman really couldn't keep her mouth shut.  It's okay to say that there is a lot of hair, but the key is that the smell is too strong.  Just like a piece of stinky sheep intestines can really make a person become a Buddha instantly.

    When we arrived in Havana, the situation was much better. The girls here were a little dark, but the dishes were beautiful and smooth, and the most valuable thing was that they had no taste.

    Because people love to take baths, although it is mainly because of the climate that they can¡¯t stand it without bathing, but the result is the same.

    The skin is smooth, the mouth is small, and the user experience is excellent.

    Basically, for more than a month, the sailors have been fooling around in Havana whenever they are not on duty.

    Those young men who came with the ship relied on their elegant conversation and aristocratic temperamentwell, mainly because of their generous spending, so they became very popular. Many people did not return to the ship this month.

    Only those scientific research members who are immersed in their own world are immune to the temptation of the world and spend all their time on research projects.

    ??Sleeping with women costs money and energy?  How important is social observation, cartography, and navigational information collection?

    And after all the hard work to get to the Americas, shouldn¡¯t we go all out to check the "Illustrated Book of Key Plants of the Americas" to collect different varieties of rubber, cocoa, cinchona, sunflowers, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkinsetc.  Can the seeds and tubers of precious local plants be brought back to Daming for planting?

    Isn¡¯t this kind of thing more meaningful than the great harmony of life?

    ??~~

    The Bay of Havana is calm and calm, and the pier is lined with masts and ships of various styles.

    However, the huge Chinese-style treasure ship flying the flag of the 'Eternal Sinner Liu Daxia' was not moored at the pier, but anchored in the center of the harbor nearly one kilometer away from the pier.

    According to people from the Ming Dynasty, the ship was too big and the draft was too deep, so it might run aground when it docked.

    But in fact, this is in compliance with coast guard regulations. Combat ships are not allowed to berth in non-owning military ports. They can only adopt this alert posture and anchor far away from the shore.  This way, if someone is up to something bad, they will have enough time to react.

    There are only two frigates that have been repaired to guard it on its left and right.

    Another frigate and a transport ship are still in dry dock. Shipworms and barnacles have just been removed, rotten ship materials have been replaced, and the ships are being repainted.

    No way, as the largest shipping center in the Americas, the shipyards here are busy.  In fact, this is the place with the highest level of shipbuilding in the entire Americas. It has the only dry dock in the Spanish colony that can build and repair large sailing ships.  It is said that the Manila galleons that crossed the Pacific were built and launched here, and sailed along South America to the west coast of Mexico.

    In such a busy shipyard, it is already a huge honor to allow two of their ships to dock at one time.

    Someone may ask, when we set out, weren't there five frigates, five transport ships, and ten ships following the Liu Daxia, the eternal sinner?

    Why are there only four of them?  Because Hu Jianren can¡¯t tell the difference between ten and four!

    Okay, this joke is not funny at all.

    In fact, the reason is very simple, there are only these four left.

    Although some ships sank, not all of them sank

    Mainly because the fleet had a serious disagreement when it visited Mugudushu in North Africa.

    At that time, many young masters could not stand the torture of the long journey, and so did Eunuch Du and the eunuchs.  They made an excuse and said that the Sanbao eunuchs had reached this farthest way back then, and as juniors, they did not dare to go further than their seniors.  Anyway, there are no vassal states ahead, so we might as well return home.

    Even many people in the sailors were homesick.  This is actually understandable, because it had been a full year since they left Pudong.

    In the past, when they went to sea, the longest voyage was no more than a month, and they were always within the waters of the Ming Dynasty.  Now that I have sailed to a foreign land tens of thousands of miles away, I see completely unfamiliar customs and customs.  Their homesickness is almost out of control.

    After executing two ship passengers who tried to burn down the warehouse and force the fleet to return, Lin Feng and Zhang Xiaojing discussed it and decided that they could no longer turn a blind eye to this, otherwise something big would happen after they sailed south to Africa.

    Because we have only completed one-third of the entire voyage, the next voyage will be more difficult.  Rather than having conflicts break out on the ocean, it is better to let go in advance so that you can no longer hold on.Believers dreamed of fighting to spread Catholicism like their neighbor and cousin Philip II.  Of course, what is more important is to open up territory for your own empire, rather than just living like a puppy peeing like a puppy, occupying bits and pieces of strongholds and guarding a shipping route.

    Zhang Xiaojing and Lin Feng also heard that the young king, who was "obtained from God by the Portuguese with tears, parades, prayers and alms," seemed to be a celestial eunuch and therefore had no earthly desires.  Therefore, he has not married yet, and naturally he has no children.

    This has once again plunged Portugal into a state of panic

    And the source of the information is very authoritative, because it was Father Torres of the Jesuits who revealed it after drinking.

    There is no way, during the long voyage, even the silent priest will become gossipy.

    After leaving Lisbon, they planned to enter the Mediterranean to explore, but were expelled by the Spanish Gibraltar fleet.

    And the Spaniards also warned them not to go north to visit Britain, France and other countries.  Because those Protestant countries are more evil places than the pagans.

    If they insist on going north, they will be attacked by the Spanish Bay of Biscay Fleet and will bear the consequences.

    In fact, they were overly worried. Zhao Hao had already warned Xiao Zhuzi and Lin Feng not to have contact with Britain and the Netherlands, so the fleet crossed the Atlantic and arrived in Havana after nearly a month's voyage

    ps. Although it is just a quick glimpse, it is just like opening a new map. There are too many things to check.  No more tonight.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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