Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1437, Sao Tome Island

On Sao Tome Island in the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, Nanjiro toured the island very leisurely on a horse.

Nanjiro, who was born in the Shimadzu family in Kyushu, Japan, is the younger brother of the family governor. He has been mainly responsible for the overseas trade and colony development of the Shimadzu family.

Sao Tome Island was seized from the Portuguese under the planning of Nanjiro.

Nanjiro likes the Sao Tome Island in front of him very much. Every day, he rides a horse to walk around and take a look around the island.

São Tomé is a volcanic island, and the highlands above 500 meters above sea level account for two-fifths of the island's area.

There are many mountains and hills here, and there are 12 peaks over a kilometer, the highest peak is 2024 meters above sea level, and there are a lot of virgin forests in the center of the mountains.

The south side is only 5 kilometers away from the equator, and the climate is humid and rainy. The annual rainfall on the south slope can reach 7000 mm, making it one of the rainiest regions in Africa.

There is neither hot summer nor cold winter on the island, and the mountains and plains are full of lush trees. No matter in the morning or evening or at noon, the mountains are always shrouded in clouds and mist. Looking from afar, they look like veils hanging on the treetops.

When the clouds and fog meet the trees, they will condense into crystal water drops on the leaves, roll down on the ground, and gather into flowing springs and waterfalls.

Therefore, the gurgling water of the mountain streams continues all year round, converging into hundreds of meandering rivers of all sizes, like jade belts on this beautiful island.

There are no traces of artificial carvings, no noise and pollution, and some are natural beauty and intoxicating poetic, especially the southern tip of Sao Tome Island. The forest is swaying in the sea breeze, showing a tropical coastal scenery.

When he landed on the island for the first time, Nanjiro was deeply amazed and attracted by the scenery on the island. He has traveled to many places in the world, and he has seen too many beautiful scenery.

But the scenery here is what he likes the most, so under his plan, the Shimadzu family joined forces with the Japanese king of the country and some famous names who supported the king of the Japanese family, and defeated Portugal on the island not far away. , brought this beautiful island under the rule of the Wa Kingdom.

"After I really beat the Portuguese, I must think of a good name for this place."

Nanjiro was riding a horse, admiring the beautiful scenery on the island, looking at the sea where the water and the sky meet, and then looking back at the thousand-meter peak on the island, the whole person was very relaxed and happy, very comfortable.

"Yundu?"

"Fog?"

"None of them are very good, and none of them can describe the beauty here very well. The beauty of clouds and mists is only a part of this place."

Nanjiro shook his head slightly while thinking about the name.

The reason why the name here has not been changed is mainly because he has never thought of a good name, a name worthy of this beautiful island.

In addition, the Portuguese, they have never given up, they will not let it go, and hand over Sao Tome Island to the Japanese.

"Clap~Clap~"

Soon, Nanjiro came to a gentle beach here on his horse. There were waves of whipping sounds, and Nanjiro followed the sound and looked over.

I saw some Japanese supervisors waving whips in their hands and constantly urging the large number of Kunlun slaves to speed up the construction of forts, ports, bunkers, city walls and the like.

There are a large number of these Kunlun slaves, all of whom are dark-skinned and strong. They are constantly stirring mortar, using cement and steel bars to build strong fortresses to defend against enemy attacks.

With the existence of cement and steel bars, the speed of construction is very fast. Forts stand one after another, and the cannons of the cannons reveal their hideous barrels. The port can berth large ships.

"Ok?"

Looking at everything in front of him, Nanjiro couldn't help frowning slightly.

The progress is much slower than I imagined. According to the plan, the port, docks, forts, bunkers, and city walls should be completed in sevens and eighties, but now only about half of them are completed.

Once the Portuguese attack aggressively, it will be difficult for more than a thousand people close to the island to resist.

"Why is it being built so slowly?"

Nanjiro asked Hirata Ichiro who was in charge of the construction.

Hirata Ichiro is just an ordinary samurai and has not yet acquired a Chinese surname.

"My lord, we don't have enough cement and steel bars, so the speed of construction has slowed down. In addition, these Kunlun slaves are very lazy. As long as there is no supervision, they will be lazy and slippery."

"There is also a lot of rainfall here, which has also had a huge impact on our construction schedule."

Hirata Ichiro hurriedly replied.

"I don't care about these, you must build these fortifications as soon as possible, otherwise once Portugal attacks, what will we use to resist?"

Nanjiro reprimanded sharply.

"Hi~"

Hirata Ichiro hurriedly replied respectfully.

There is a lot of helplessness in my heart.

Without cement, it is not easy to build these fortifications quickly.

It is far away from Daming, so it is difficult to obtain cement. The current cement is purchased from Penglai City at a high price, but it will be used up soon.

Look at these lazy Kunlun slaves again. Although they are all strong and strong, they are lazier than anything else in their work. If they can be lazy, they will never work hard.

Even Ichiro Hirata thought of a lot of ways, those who were rewarded and stimulated, and promised to give freedom, but it was useless. For these Kunlun slaves, they just don’t like to work, they like to lazily bask in the sun, and finally found that , the most effective is the whip.

Only under the lash of the leather whip, these Kunlun slaves will work more diligently.

"Go ahead, hurry up, we must at least hold out until the arrival of the next batch of ships."

"As soon as the next ships arrive, this beautiful island will be ours forever."

Nanjiro didn't criticize Hirata Ichiro too much, because he also knew the current situation.

Here is far away from Daming, far away from Japan, everything is in short supply, all kinds of materials are very scarce, let alone things like cement.

Without cement, it is definitely not easy to complete the fortification quickly.

"Clang~Clang~Clang~"

As soon as his words fell, there was a rush of bells from the tall lighthouse on the port side.

"Portuguese~Portuguese~"

Soon, the voice of the watchman came from above the lighthouse.

As soon as Nanjiro heard this, he hurriedly rode to a fort, picked up the binoculars and looked out at the sea.

I saw the blue sky and clear water, between the sea and the sky, I could faintly see a large ship heading towards Sao Tome Island, with the Portuguese flag flying on the ship, and the eye-catching cross mark on the sail.

"Prepare for battle!"

Nanjiro immediately roared and gave an order.

The clanging sirens began to sound continuously, and the extremely busy construction site suddenly became chaotic. The people under Nanjiro quickly drove the busy Kunlun slaves back to the prison room like cattle. , to prevent them from escaping.

Then from various places, a large number of Japanese warriors quickly assembled and began to enter important places such as forts, forts, and bunkers to defend, preparing to meet the Portuguese attack.

"Thirty-two large ships and hundreds of small ships~"

Nanjiro carefully looked at the sea surface with a telescope, roughly counted the Portuguese ships on the sea, and his face suddenly became extremely serious.

More than [-] large ships, the Portuguese are obviously aggressive, and they are bound to take Sao Tome Island. More than [-] large ships are enough to carry an army of tens of thousands.

He also carried hundreds of small boats, and obviously planned to use these small boats to land separately, which made Nanjiro's defense very difficult at once.

Sao Tome Island has a large area, more than 800 square kilometers, and the overall shape is oval. Except for the unavoidable twists and turns of the coastline, rugged cliffs, and difficulty in landing, other directions are difficult to defend and easy to attack.

Without any advantage in manpower, it is definitely not easy, or even impossible, to defend Sao Tome Island with more than [-] people in close proximity to him.

But even if it can't be done, he has to do it, because he has no choice but to die if he falls into the hands of the Portuguese.

Although the Wa Kingdom is a vassal state of the Ming Empire, it is not a member of the Ming Empire after all.

Although according to the vassal state agreement of the Ming Empire, the relationship between the Ming Empire and the vassal state is very close, and there are even allies in it, but this is only limited to the mainland of the Wa Kingdom, let alone the people of the Wa Kingdom .

Even the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, those vassal states established overseas by the princes of the Ming Dynasty, when they had conflicts with others and competed for interests, the Ming Empire would not take care of them.

There is no way to manage it, because most of the time it is often the vassal state and the colony themselves are competing and robbing each other, and it is not okay to favor one side, let alone, if you go overseas, you must have such awareness.

There is only one situation where the Ming Empire will take care of it, and that is to deliberately kill the Ming people, such as fighting for a colony. The Ming people can’t fight and surrender. If you kill the Ming people again, the Ming Empire will come forward , start the corresponding retaliation program.

There is also the robbing of colonies with Ming's vassal states and colonial firms. You can't hurt those ordinary Ming people, otherwise the Ming Empire will also initiate revenge procedures.

About these things, it has basically been spread all over the world, and everyone knows it, but the Wa people and the Ming people are different, after all, they are the people of the vassal state, not the Ming people.

They surrendered, and the Portuguese will not let you go easily, especially because the two sides have accumulated a lot of hatred because of Sao Tome Island.

(End of this chapter)