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Chapter 1568 Ma Island

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    With this departure, the fleet can be said to be reloaded and fully prepared for the upcoming voyage.

    Not only did they carry out maximum supplies, but all six ships, including the captured Spanish galleon, were also brand new.

    In addition to the bottom hull being replaced with non-perishable teak, all decks, boards and barrels that are easy to replace the boat have also been replaced with Brazilian mahogany.

    This extravagant move simply shocked the Portuguese.  Because Brazilian rosewood is extremely valuable, the extracted red dye is ten times more expensive than gold.  People in the Ming Dynasty used them as ship materials. This is like using gold bricks to build walls!

    ?????? plus more than thirteen million taels of silver.  This is not even a ship. These are simply six mobile treasure houses!

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? If their ships were not strong, and their guns were very vigilant, these Portuguese businessmen, who were former pirates, would have long been unable to bear the trouble of taking advantage of them

    But the black and thick cannons were pointed at Rio's Government House and Council Building. The Portuguese could only bid farewell to the distinguished guests from the East and welcome them to come and take care of business.

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    Liu Daxia, who finally recovered his normal functions, slowly sailed out of Rio Bay.

    Lin Feng stood on the deck, hands stretched out, looking down at the harbor city gradually fading away with a solemn expression, and asked Zhang Xiaojing on the side: "Xiaojing, what do you think of this posture?"

    "Not so good, what are you going to do?" Zhang Xiaojing looked at her strangely, holding a little capybara she rescued from Lin Feng.

    "In a few years, I want to build a statue for Master in Rio. It's not a bronze statue like Fatty Tang's in Xingang, but one that's more than ten feet high!" Lin Feng pointed to the abrupt hill behind the city of Rio.  : "I have chosen the place, and that mountain is the most suitable!"

    Looking at the 700-800-meter-high hill, imagine how solemn and majestic it would be to have a 30-40-meter-high statue of Zhao Hao erected there, facing the bay dotted with mountains and opening his arms to embrace the city at his feet.  ah?

    "That's so handsome" Xiao Zhuzi couldn't help but be fascinated.

    "Tch" Lin Feng rolled his eyes, flicked the big parrot that fell on his shoulder and said, "In the same posture, your husband is really handsome, but I am not so good."

    "The suitable posture for each person is different." Zhang Xiaojing covered her mouth and said with a smile: "For example, it is suitable for you to hold a whip, hold a parrot on your head, and step on a box full of gold coins under your feet."

    "Hahaha, that's true." Lin Feng nodded in agreement and smiled: "Then it's settled. When you get back, help me draw the drawings to see the effect. It's best to make a budget or something to see if I have enough money.  .¡±

    "You have to ask the Portuguese first if they agree." Zhang Xiaojing said with a bitter smile.

    "At that time, they will no longer be in charge here." Lin Feng licked her lips and said disdainfully:

    "How dare they occupy such a large territory? Aren't they just kids holding gold in the busy market? If we don't take it, others will take it!"

    "That's true." Zhang Xiaojing is not a kind person, and she actually thinks it is true: "The biggest feeling when I come to America this time is that the Spanish and Portuguese are so lucky. They can occupy such a fertile and vast land."

    As she spoke, she sighed softly and said, "It's a pity that it's just too far."

    "Don't be afraid, the Spaniards can go to Luzon to colonize, why can't we fight back and come to America?" Lin Feng said nonchalantly.

    "That's true, the bandits can come, and I can go. It's rude to come and not go back." Zhang Xiaojing smiled and nodded: "This trip to America is really full of goods."

    "Unfortunately, only half of the ballast stones were replaced with silver." Lin Feng sighed.

    "Just be satisfied. The ballast stones of the six ships weigh nearly a thousand tons in total." Zhang Xiaojing rolled her eyes at her and said, "If they were all exchanged for silver, it would cost nearly thirty million taels!"

    "Then we have to keep working hard." Lin Feng said enthusiastically: "When we get to the west coast, we have to work hard!"

    "Ah, you're still here?" Zhang Xiaojing helplessly put her hand on her forehead. She thought she would be able to go home for the New Year at the end of last year, but she didn't expect that it was already the New Year and she was still in Brazil.

    She has already returned home.

    But there is nothing they can do about it. Who will let them offend the powerful Spaniards?  I had to waste a lot of time avoiding the pursuit of Admiral Leon.

    According to the intelligence obtained in Rio, Admiral Leon, leading his fleet, is still guarding the Strait of Magellan, waiting hard for their arrival.

    ¡°And this section of the voyage to the east coast of South America is really bad, it is simply a kind of destruction to the crew.

    So when they were in Rio, the crew members all said in unison that they were going to follow the westerly wind and go eastward, bypassing the Cape of Good Hope and passing through Africa.??Plank, ready for the next step through the roaring westerlies.

    The westerly belt is a low-pressure area surrounding the earth, between 40 and 60 degrees south latitude.  Because there is less land and less friction, the vast sea surface allows the west wind to completely let itself go, with strong winds raging all year round and huge waves rolling into the sky.  Windy weather with level 7 or above can last for more than 7 to 10 days every month throughout the year, so it is called the "roaring westerly belt".

    Whether you want to go around America or Africa, you have to pass through this westerly belt. This is why the Cape of Good Hope is called the Cape of Storms.

    It is precisely because he experienced its power at the Cape of Good Hope that Lin Feng carefully chooses the time to sail into the westerly belt. It is now the midsummer season in the southern hemisphere, which is theoretically the time of the year with the smallest winds.

    We must be cautious. There is no refuge like Cape Town this time. There are only angry Spaniards waiting on the Strait of Magellan, vowing to bury them in the roaring west wind.

    After ten days of rest on the Falklands, the fleet set sail towards the Strait of Magellan, staring at the roaring west wind!

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