Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in hlnovel.com -> Historic -> Xiao Ge Lao

Chapter 1577 Welcome home

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    The Americas are not Europe, especially the West Coast, where productivity is very backward.  Otherwise, we would not have become a pure buyer of the galleon trade.  It is commonly said that all the poor have is money.

    But even if you have gold and silver, almost all supplies have to be transported from thousands of miles away. Due to limited transportation capacity, it will take a long time to be ready again.

    In addition, the lack of craftsmen is also a big trouble - according to New Spain reports, more than a thousand skilled craftsmen died in the fire of Acapulco, and another thousand were kidnapped.

    Today there are less than a thousand craftsmen left in Acapulco.  And most of them are not shipbuilders.  Most of them are nail makers, cannon makers, and cable twisters Because these jobs do not need to be completed near the dock, the location of the workshop is far away from the seaside, allowing these craftsmen to escape.

    And the largest number of shipbuilders, because they were in a hurry, had to live and eat in the shipyard, and they ended up being ruined.

    "On the contrary, it was the black slaves and Indians who worked hard in the dock, because the deputy king was worried that they would cause trouble in the dark.  Every evening after work, the guards would drive them to a slave labor camp far away from the shipyard area to spend the night. As a result, they were all safe.

    But what¡¯s the use of that?

    On the other side of the ocean, according to the latest information brought back by the sailing ship, people from the Ming Dynasty were immigrating to Luzon in large numbers.  By the spring of 1576, the Ming people in Manila were estimated to have exceeded 200,000, and they had established a solid rule there.

    Now that the host and guest have changed positions, and our own side is going on an expedition, if we are not fully prepared, we will definitely die in an ugly way.

    Admiral Leon has been in the navy for most of his life, and he can already roughly judge that the Ming people's raid on Acapulco will be enough to postpone the expedition for three to four years.

    Thinking that he will spend the next few years hugging a cactus taco in Mexico, General Leon will be depressed to death.

    He was so angry that he ordered to go north at full speed to catch that damn ghost ship!

    Yes, it must be a ghost ship!

    I, the Spanish admiral, have unparalleled martial arts skills, how could an ordinary pirate do me such a terrible job, so it must be a ghost ship!

    However, he went all the way north along the coast and did not encounter the damn ghost ship. When he arrived in Veracruz, he learned that the Ming fleet had gone west deep into the ocean.

    He wanted to go deep into the ocean to pursue him, but he was powerless.

    His fleet has been sailing from Santo Domingo for more than a year, and it has not yet been overhauled. The condition of the ship is already in terrible condition.

    Veracruz was looted by the Ming Dynasty again, and it was impossible to carry out long-distance supplies.

    The crew members were extremely tired and were looking forward to going ashore in Mexico to have a good taco. At this time, if he dared to go deep into the Pacific Ocean, they could hang him up the mast.

    The admiral could only look at the ocean side by side with the colonel, sighing that the ghost ship was so powerful.

    The standard ¡®looking at the ocean and sighing¡¯.

    ??~~

    On the tenth day of August in the fourth year of Wanli, Lin Feng's fleet set off from Veracruz, Mexico, and returned.

    Because I was fully prepared, the journey across the Pacific was quite enjoyable.

    Since the galleon trade, the Spaniards have made countless trips to and from both sides of the Pacific, and have long proven that this journey may seem far away, but it is very safe.

    Especially since the return journey is a direct sailing with the current and the trade winds, it only takes three months to reach Luzon.

    ????????????????????? Well, three months of sailing without sight of land is enough to ruin a person.

    Last year, when we crossed the equator from the Caribbean Sea to the mouth of the Amazon River without wind, we did not dock for 72 days, which drove the determined crew to commit suicide.

    This time it took longer

    But this time it¡¯s not a big problem for the domestic crew, because they are going home!

    This is completely different from facing an unknown voyage.

    And he completed the arduous task, made additional great achievements, and returned home with a fortune.

    The excitement and constant secretion of dopamine are enough to make them happy every day.  Drinking wine and bragging about Boyi every day, imagining the happy life after returning home, the days passed easily.

    What Lin Feng is worried about is the thousand pairs of black and white couples on the ten Spanish sailing ships. Under high pressure, they have to endure the disgust, loneliness and fear of each other.  In the blue sky, especially the Spanish craftsmen at the bottom, they will collapse.

    She also wants to take them back and present them to Master. How can she let them break?

    Zhang Xiaojing said what¡¯s so difficult about it? Those problems are all caused by leisure.  They feel lonely when they have nothing to do, so let them study!

    How can a scholar sit alone in his study and make a gun Oh no, he has been alone in a cold window for more than ten years?  Because learning makes them happyAfter waiting for Lin Feng, Zhang Xiaojing and his party, they obviously welcomed the Ming people who were closer in appearance, more civilized in behavior, and more similar in culture and living habits than the short, smelly and rude red-haired ghosts.

    After resting on the island for less than ten days, the fleet made a short supply of supplies and then hurriedly set off on the road again.  It¡¯s almost the end of the year, who doesn¡¯t want to seize the time and go home to celebrate the New Year?

    When I think of home and the New Year, everyone is eager to return home and don¡¯t want to delay for a moment!

    So the sails were full and heading west at full speed. Half a month later, on the seventh day of the winter, the fleet arrived at the entrance to the Luzon Islands - the San Bernardino Strait between Luzon Island and Sanmiao Island.

    This was the name on the chart when we set off. Now on the map of the Nanhai Group, it has been renamed Dongmen Strait.

    It means the east gate of Luzon.

    At the northern end of the Dongmen Strait and the southernmost promontory of Luzon Island, a new watchtower-style lighthouse was built.  Just by looking at the style, you can tell that it is a Ming Dynasty building.

    This is the Luzon Governor's Palace built just this year. Its function is similar to the Eluanbi Lighthouse in Kenting. It is a fortress complex that integrates navigation, meteorological observation, typhoon warning, and defense against pirates.

    After confirming their identities, the lighthouse read "Welcome home"!

    From this moment on, they officially returned to China.

    ps. I have finished writing "Global Voyage" and I am quite satisfied with it.  I just feel so exhausted mentally, so I'm going to take a day off tomorrow.  Also think about the subsequent plot. After all, it has been two years since Mr. Zhao last appeared, so it is a bit fragmented.

    There will be no update tomorrow.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report