Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1436, the Spanish plan
Goree Island in the East Atlantic Ocean, Goree Island is very close to the West African continent, and has always been a very important stronghold for European colonization. As early as one or two hundred years ago, Europeans established a colony here on Goree Island , designed to facilitate travel between West Africa and Europe.

The first people to arrive here were the Portuguese. They used some goods shipped from Europe to use the chiefs of the Kunlun slave tribe in East Africa to trade for slaves and gold in their hands.

Relying on this transaction, the Portuguese once had a good time and made a lot of profits, which greatly stimulated the development of Portugal's navigation and laid the foundation for the later development of eastern routes.

Later, with the prevalence of the slave trade in the Mediterranean and the desire for gold, the Spaniards, Inglans, French, and Dutch also came to East Africa one after another.

However, among them, Spain is the most powerful competitor. There are many colonial strongholds in East Africa, while the English and French exist more in the form of pirates, specializing in plundering Portuguese and Spanish merchant ships.

These reversed the contradictions between Portugal and Spain. In order to compete for colonies, markets and plunder wealth, the two countries waged a long-term war, and the contradictions became increasingly acute.

Later, the Pope pressured Alexander VI to intervene and came up with a Pope's meridian, which temporarily eased the conflict between them.

But later, with the strong rise of the Ming Empire, relying on powerful force to monopolize the Golden Continent, Spain was unable to expand to the west, and the Pope's meridian naturally lost its meaning.

At the same time, due to the problem of pirates, the contradictions between Spain and England, France, and Portugal became deeper and deeper, and two wars broke out in succession.

The two wars between Spain and the Three Kingdoms were finally won under the intervention of the Ming Empire.

Therefore, Spain acquired a large number of colonies and colonies that originally belonged to Portugal in West Africa from Portugal, including this Goree Island.

The area of ​​Goree Island is not large, even small, but because it has been in business for a long time, the infrastructure on it is relatively complete, including forts, forts, port piers, churches, etc., and there are also prisoners specially used to detain Kunlun slaves. At this time, the slave room has become the most important Spanish colonial stronghold and transit point in West Africa.

At this moment, there are dozens of warships moored at the not-so-large port of Goree Island, and the small port and docks are fully parked.

A large number of sailors who have just been dispatched from Spain are drinking and playing in the taverns on the island, enjoying the chicness before the war.

On the battleship 'San Salvador', the legendary Spanish general Duke Colster is carefully studying the situation in West Africa, frowning, thinking about how to attack Sao Tome Island.

The Duke of Colster, one of the earliest Spanish overseas colonists, once carried out colonial activities on the Golden Continent. After the Golden Continent was occupied by the Ming people, he specialized in trade with the Ming people.

Relying on reselling silk, porcelain, spices and other commodities from the East, he became one of the richest people in Spain in just a few years.

Later, two wars broke out between Spain and England, France, and Portugal. The Duke of Colster led the Spanish naval fleet while the Ming Empire fleet swept the maritime forces of the three countries. He made great military exploits and was finally named a Duke.

Back and forth, he participated in more than a dozen sea battles with Portugal, France, and England. Later, he also accompanied the Ming Dynasty to attack the Ottoman Empire and bombarded Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

In the war of the century between the European Allied Forces and the Ottoman Empire in Vienna that ended last year, the Duke of Colster and the Duke of Almeida jointly led the powerful Spanish army to participate in this brutal war and finally won.

It can be said that the Duke of Colster's experience is absolutely in line with the word legend, and it is also absolutely in line with the Western world's perception of nobility.

Born noble, this is called noble birth.

Dare to go overseas to fight hard, this is called having the pioneering spirit of a knight, and also gained a huge wealth. The real aristocrats are those who have money, and the aristocrats who have no money are called poor aristocrats.

When the country was in trouble, he was a real knight, took up the sword in his hand to defend the interests of the great Spanish kingdom, and finally commanded the army to defend the Christian world and the faith.

This kind of life experience is exactly what everyone in Europe dreams of.

Dare to take risks, pursue wealth, be full of chivalry, be loyal to the country, and defend the faith!

Therefore, the Duke of Colster not only has extremely high popularity and prestige in Spain, but even in Western European countries, he is a household name.

However, at this moment, he was moved and worried about the next action.

This time, he was ordered to lead an army of [-] warships and [-] people to West Africa to consolidate and develop Spain's interests and colonies in West Africa.

Relying on the previous two victories against the Three Kingdoms War, Spain has gained huge benefits.

Not only did they receive a large amount of land and war reparations, but even all of Portugal's colonies in West Africa fell into the hands of Spain, and there were a large number of colonial strongholds in West Africa.

A large amount of gold, silver, and ivory can be obtained from here every year. Gold and silver are things that can be directly converted into wealth. As for ivory, it is the favorite of the Ming people. A piece of ivory can be exchanged for a large number of goods from the Ming Empire. .

Therefore, Europeans call the long coastline of West Africa the Ivory Coast and the Gold Coast!
In addition, the slaves here are very popular in the Mediterranean slave market. A slave can be sold for more than a dozen Ming silver coins, and the cost may only need a bag of grain or a piece of rough cloth.

At the same time, in the past few years, with the closer trade with the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire's overseas colonization methods have also had a profound impact on Spain, Portugal and other countries.

The Spaniards are no longer satisfied with obtaining gold, silver, ivory and slaves here through trade. The Spaniards are also interested in the vast and fertile land in West Africa.

In West Africa, after going south from the Sahara Desert, the land is fertile and deep, with sufficient rainfall and sunshine, which is very suitable for sugarcane cultivation.

And sugarcane can be used to boil sucrose, which is very expensive in Europe, because it can only be imported from the Ming Empire, and it can be enjoyed by the real nobles and wealthy people.

The Spaniards took a fancy to this, so they began to directly occupy land in West Africa. Like the Ming people, they began to build plantations, using local Kunlun slaves to grow sugar cane, boil sugar, and then sell it back to Europe.

This model quickly made the Spaniards huge profits and huge returns, so they increased the development and expansion of the West African colonies in order to establish more plantations.

"The Portuguese, the English, the French, the Dutch, the Danes, and even the Italians come to this side of West Africa to join in the fun."

"They still want to unite and snatch the colonies from our Spain. They are really not afraid of death. They have been beaten once and again, but they have not been scared yet."

The Duke of Colster looked at the map of West Africa, which was densely marked with a large number of colonial strongholds, a large part of which belonged to Spain, but the colonial strongholds of other countries bloomed in West Africa like mushrooms after rain.

In some key places, people from countries such as England, France, Denmark, and the Netherlands began to play old tricks again, pretending to be pirates again, and wantonly plundering Spanish colonial points and merchant ships.

And it gave the Spaniards a feeling that they seemed to intend to unite to specifically target Spain, and they just stared at Spanish colonial points and colonial merchant ships but plundered them.

This made Spain feel extremely angry, and the King of Spain sent Carster to lead a huge fleet to West Africa to clean up the pirates in these countries.

"Hum~"

"A group of short-sighted people, now they only want to target us in Spain, and don't look at the south side. The colonists from the East are about to carve up this place."

"At that time, I really want to see how you compete with the Orientals."

"Ming people are not easy to mess with. There are also Koreans, Japanese, and Persians."

Korst looked towards the Gulf of Guinea. In the area to the south, there are a large number of colonial strongholds densely packed, but all of them were established by colonists from the east.

There are colonial strongholds established by vassal kings and colonial firms of the Ming Empire, as well as colonial strongholds established by Koreans, Japanese, and Persians.

"I heard that the Portuguese are robbing the island of Sao Tome with the Japanese."

"Sao Tome is one of the few large islands in the Gulf of Guinea. If we can control it in our Spanish hands, it will be very helpful for us to seize the colonies in the Gulf of Guinea."

"I am worrying that I have no excuse to capture Sao Tome Island. Since you Portuguese are unruly first, don't blame us Spaniards for being immoral."

"I'll be a praying mantis, catching cicadas and orioles. As soon as you capture Sao Tome Island, I'll lead my men to take it down again. That way, if the Wa people want to take it back, we won't snatch it from you. , but snatched from the Portuguese."

Thinking of this, Korst couldn't help laughing.

The geographical location of Sao Tome Island is really good. It is in the Gulf of Guinea and controlling Sao Tome Island is very helpful for colonizing the vast area near the Gulf of Guinea.

Spain has been coveting this island for a long time, but it can't find the opportunity and excuse to start, and now it finally has the opportunity.

(End of this chapter)