The Dongmen Lighthouse has one more task than the Eluanbi Lighthouse, which is to monitor the Spanish fleet and provide early warning for possible attacks at any time.
So when they saw this huge fleet and so many Western-style sailing ships, the officers and soldiers guarding the tower were startled at first. They immediately sounded the alarm, pulled off the gun jackets, and quickly entered a state of alert.
It wasn¡¯t until they saw the sun and moon flag clearly that the officers and soldiers calmed down a little and asked each other¡¯s identities in the language of lanterns.
The other party¡¯s answer made the officers and soldiers guarding the tower unbelievable. They never expected that the fleet that set out to sail around the world more than three years ago would actually come back!
Many people thought something happened to them
Although the 'Welcome home' signal was issued immediately, the police officer guarding the tower carefully checked the flag on the mast and the mottled serial number on the ship before he could believe that this was the ship that had sailed around the world for a thousand days. The eternal sinner Liu Daxia's name!
Unlike the caution of the officers and soldiers guarding the tower, the crew members who had returned from the voyage could no longer contain their excitement. They crowded on the side of the ship and desperately waved and cheered at their colleagues in coast guard uniforms on the dock, whistling again and again.
I don¡¯t know who started it first, but soon the crew members sang loudly together:
¡°The police flag was fluttering on the ship, and my heart was beating in my chest.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Adjust your belt and adjust your military cap, we are back on the long voyage on the waves"
This vernacular song sung in the police academy has long been immersed in the souls of the coast guards. When the officers and soldiers guarding the tower heard this, they completely dropped their guard. They put away the Longqing ceremony in their hands and sang loudly on the lighthouse:
"Seagulls are squawking by the strings, flags and flags are swaying in the wind.
The calm sea lifts up the waves and welcomes you back to the embrace of mother"
There was a chorus on the ship's tower, and the singing echoed over the strait:
"Hello, my dear motherland, hello, mother.
Tears were falling down on my face, and my face was smiling and laughing.
The blue sea is pure and crystal clear, like a blue message dedicated to mother.
Hello dear motherland, hello mother.
Hello, mother, hello"
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Dongmen Lighthouse released homing pigeons as soon as possible, and the good news was conveyed to the Coast Guard Headquarters in Yongxia City that afternoon.
Mr. Zhao is in Luzon at this time, but unfortunately he has just left Luzon Island and went to inspect Mayi Island across the water.
Jin Ke was also very excited after receiving the news, but he knew that Zhao Hao must be even more excited
¡°Normally, it takes up to two years to complete a circumnavigation, so the expedition fleet should have returned last fall.
The young master was okay at first, but he waited and waited. In winter, the boat he was waiting for didn't come, and he panicked. I wonder if the Spaniards captured them?
By the end of the year, Zhao Hao was so panicked that he didn¡¯t even see the fleet come back. He didn¡¯t even return to the mainland for the Spring Festival, so he just had fun with the immigrants in Luzon.
During that time, he stood at the seaside and looked out every day, and it almost became the "Wanglai Stone".
People say that the young master is really the seed of infatuation. Although he has more wives, he seems to have lost his soul if any of them are missing.
This is certainly true. But without the little bamboo, he would be particularly lost. He kept talking to Jin Ke and a few people around him all day long about, "My father-in-law wants me to have a daughter, what should I give him?" ¡¯ ¡®Oh Xiao Jing, I shouldn¡¯t have let you go out. 'such as.
Seeing that the young master¡¯s biggest heartache was finally cured, Jin Ke quickly asked Chang Kaiche to take a speedboat to deliver the great news to Mayi Island.
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Mayi is the island of Mindoro in later generations. However, the latter was a name changed by the Spaniards more than a hundred years later. It is still called ¡®Mayi¡¯, which means ¡®the land of black people¡¯.
Mayi Island covers an area of ??10,000 square kilometers and is the seventh largest island in the Luzon Islands. The west is dominated by gentle hills and the east is arable plains. The land is fertile and the sunshine and precipitation are abundant.
There are eight aboriginal tribes on the island that believe in natural gods, with a total of 20,000 to 30,000 people, and they are naturally close to the Celestial Empire.
Since the Song Dynasty, they had built sailing ships and sailed to Guangzhou, exchanging the local products on the island, such as yellow wax, pearls, betel nuts, etc., for Chinese porcelain and ironware.
And they were very trustworthy in trade and never broke their promises, so people in the Song Dynasty also spoke highly of the Mayi people, thinking that they were 'customary, honest and trustworthy'.
Although after Zheng He, the two sides had no contact for more than a hundred years. However, the Mayi people still never forget the people of the Celestial Dynasty. After learning that the Celestial Empire had regained Luzon, they took the initiative to send people to Yongxia City to contact them and ask for help.p; Zhao Hao boarded the boat at Dolphin Bay in the north of Mayi Island and originally planned to go out to sea directly to meet him. But there are too many islands in Luzon, and I was afraid of missing it. In the end, I suppressed my urgency and waited at Verde Island between Mayit Island and Luzon Island.
Verde Island is located on the Mayi Strait leading to Yongxia City, ten kilometers away from Dolphin Bay and only 5 kilometers away from Batangas at the southern end of Luzon Island. It is the southern gate of Yongxia Bay and its current strategic position is very important.
In addition to setting up lighthouses on the island, the war zone also built bastions and docks to closely monitor all passing ships to prevent the Spanish from attacking.
Mr. Zhao waited for a whole day on Verde Island without sleeping or eating, and finally saw the voyage fleet slowly sailing in front of him in the north wind.
Zhao Hao immediately ordered someone to send out a signal, and at the same time he couldn't wait to get on the speedboat and head towards Liu Daxia, the eternal sinner covered with scars.
On the Liu Daxia, the correspondent immediately read the lighthouse signal and loudly reported: "The Commander-in-Chief requested to board the flagship!"
Lin Feng didn¡¯t expect the master to come so quickly, so she quickly asked the little black girl to put her dress on, and shouted to welcome him.
Zhang Xiaojing, who had always been calm, finally became nervous. She quickly sat in front of the dressing table in her cabin, patted powder on her face, and ordered: "Quick, Qianyi, help me get that red skirt. Red can make me look more beautiful." It¡¯s not that dark!¡±
"Miss, you are not black to begin with" Qianyi muttered, "It's just that you are not as white as before."
ps. I have been thinking about it for a day today and finally figured it out. I have just finished writing a little more than one chapter and continue writing. The next chapter will probably take a while. (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com