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Chapter 1563 Guantš¢namo

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    "Guantanamo, the famous holy land of love, death and adoration in later generations, is located on the Cuban side of the Windward Strait. It is an excellent gourd-shaped harbor.

    In 1494 AD, on his second voyage to America, Columbus stopped at Guantanamo Bay to rest.  It was named ¡®Daliang Port¡¯ because of its superior harbor conditions.

    Not only is Guantanamo an excellent haven, it also serves as an excellent barrier - the outlet of the bay is a winding and narrow waterway, and is blocked by mountains, making it a very hidden location.

    That night, after dispatching a rescue ship, the experienced Lieutenant Colonel Aguero personally served as the pilot and led the fleet into Guantš¢namo Bay under the moonlight.  It's the equivalent of entering a safe house.  Everyone's anxious hearts returned to their stomachs.

    Except that the harbor itself is very secluded, and sailing boats can only buy one-way tickets in the Windward Strait.  If you miss the entrance to the harbor and want to enter again, you can only go around Haiti Island and enter the Windward Channel from the north. By then, the Atlantic Fleet has already heard the news and arrived.

    So no matter from any angle, they are safe, and the colonel can finally relax his tired mind and have a drink to catch up on his sleep.

    The lieutenant colonel also felt that there was no problem, and ordered everyone to disembark, set up a slipway, and drag the scarred galley to the beach to repair the leaks.

    The four large sailing ships are still intact.  The captain was worried that the tall mast would be exposed, so he deliberately anchored deep in the bay

    As time went by, the tense nerves of the crew finally relaxed, and they began to jump into the seawater to swim, sit on the edge of the boat and fish, and some carried muskets to hunt in nearby mountains to improve the poor food.  It's like going on vacation.

    After a good sleep and refreshed, Colonel Thiago also ordered his adjutant to set up a long table with parasols, prepared sumptuous food, and invited a group of bureaucrats on board the ship and several captains of the galleon to have a romantic dinner on the white sandy beach of Guantš¢namo.  Have lunch together.

    The Spaniards, who are optimistic by nature, quickly got into the mood. After a few glasses of wine, they started singing songs to the beat, and the laughter filled the beach.

    The colonel was not just looking for fun. He also used the banquet to negotiate with the king's eyes and ears and several treasure captains on how to disguise this out-and-out defeat as a heroic colonel Tiago who was not afraid of danger and used his wisdom to save his life.  The king's treasure ship.

    Of course, none of this is free.  But as long as you can keep your reputation and official position, you will make your money back soon.

    Colonel Thiago comforted himself, and was about to pick up the wine glass to thank the next few generous adults.

    However, he saw the tax collector, inspector and notary sitting on his left, all of whom were stunned, as if they had seen a ghost.

    "What's wrong? It can't be those Eastern pirates who are chasing us, right?" Thiago thought he was humorous, and at the same time turned his head to look at them.

    Then, at the mouth of the bay where white light flashed, a black skull pirate flag fluttered in the wind.

    This crow¡¯s mouth is open

    The crew also discovered the pirate flag, and there was chaos in the harbor.

    After yesterday¡¯s naval battle, everyone had a deep memory of the skull wearing a straw hat, and immediately recognized that it was the pirates from the Ming Dynasty who were chasing him!

    "No way?! How is it possible? I don't believe it!" Colonel Thiago rubbed his eyes repeatedly, unable to accept the facts in front of him, and he didn't notice the red wine spilled on his fake penis.

    "Ghost ships!" the tax official suddenly screamed: "They are ghost ships!"

    ¡°¡­¡± Everyone was horrified and speechless for a moment.

    They have all heard of this legend that is widely circulated in the Caribbean. It is said that the ghost ship is associated with the devil and can ignore the wind direction and ocean currents and maintain the same speed as it flies.

    Encountering a ghost ship is considered by sailors to be a sign of destruction, because no one who has seen it at sea has survived!

    Fortunately, they are on land now

    Although it is not clear why the ghost ship is a sailing ship from the East, this can explain why they hide it so well and find it at the first time.

    And judging from the time, these pirate ships must have come against the current and the wind, which is completely consistent with the legend of the ghost ship!

    The colonel and others remembered that these Eastern pirate ships also suddenly appeared from the thick fog yesterday.

    Ordinarily, in the vast sea, a heavy fog is enough to make the trackers return without success.  This ability to fight out of the fog is no longer possessed by humans.

    The captain of the Santa Barbara also stammered: "That night in Onda Bay, they suddenly appeared next to our ship"

    "That's right, that's it. The ghost ship formed by the resentment of the Indians" The inspector's teeth rattled and his feet ticked.

    Everyone is likesp; It was after her husband was born that the Ming Dynasty finally had customs revenue.  Although my father always complained that the tax rate was too low, it is estimated that Taicang will fill in the bottomless hole in the past and achieve a historic surplus last year.  My father must have been so happy that he howled in the middle of the nightoh no, howled.

    "How much is it?" Lin Feng didn't say much, she just wanted to know what she had gained.

    "Commander, you should read it yourself." Ma Jishan handed Lin Feng a copy of the general ledger with trembling hands.

    I saw it written clearly above:

    ¡®6 million silver pesos; 500,000 gold pesos;

    Diamonds weigh one thousand catties; rubies two thousand catties; emeralds three thousand catties;

    Fifty thousand bolts of silk; one hundred tons of spices; three hundred tons of sucrose;

    Two hundred tons of tobacco, fifty tons of alpaca hair, two hundred thousand pieces of porcelain

    As well as various gold products, it is temporarily impossible to accurately weigh them, and it is roughly estimated to be about one ton.  ¡¯

    "Holy shit, how much is this?!" Lin Feng was stunned and couldn't help but curse.

    "It's probably worth twelve million taels of silver." Zhang Xiaojing casually reported a number.

    "So Niu Boyi?" Lin Feng was so shocked that his jaw dropped to the ground.

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