Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1444, God's Hand Pirates
Hoosaima, Morocco, on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.

It was summer right now, and the entire Mediterranean region was very hot, and Huceima was no exception. The sea breeze from the Mediterranean made people drowsy, so that Raul, the lookout on the lighthouse in Huceima port, couldn't help yawning.

Raul picked up a handful of clear water and flushed his face, and the whole person suddenly became more sober.

Overlooking the Huceima Port below, there are many ships in the port and it is extremely busy.

Black slaves plundered from West Africa are constantly loading and unloading goods for ships in the port, including ivory, diamonds, gemstones and other valuable goods from West Africa. These things are the favorite of the Ming people on the West Island, and of course they can also directly Sell ​​it to Egypt.

There are a large number of Ming merchants in Egypt. It is said that the Egyptian canal is about to be dug through, and ships can go directly to the rich east through the Egyptian canal.

In addition to these valuable goods from West Africa, you can also see that the port is full of slave ships, and a large number of slaves are lined up to board the ships, ready to be transported to the West Island.

Ming people like white slaves, so the price of white slaves is higher than that of black slaves, especially the price of female white slaves, which can often make slave traders make a lot of money.

This time, several slave ships arrived at the port of Huceima, preparing to transport the female white slaves obtained by Spain through various shady means in North Africa to West Sea Island and sell them to the Ming people.

Raul seemed to be able to see the scene when those slave traders got a box of Ming silver coins, and that was indeed an intoxicating thing.

Huceima is very close to the Spanish mainland, less than four hundred miles away.

Originally belonged to the land of the Ottoman Empire, but the declining Ottoman Empire was obviously unable to take into account the distant North African region, allowing the powerful Spaniards to occupy it, and it became a Spanish colony and an important colonial stronghold for plundering Morocco in North Africa and neighboring Algeria.

A large number of merchant ships transporting goods and slaves from West Africa will berth here for post-mortem and rest, and Spanish ships returning from West Island or Egypt will also berth here.

Therefore, there are not only a large number of ships full of cargo going to West Island or Egypt in the port of Huceima, but also a large number of merchant ships returning from Egypt and West Island, full of goods from Ming Dynasty or gold and silver treasures.

The superior geographical location has enabled the rapid development of Huceima Port. In just a few years, it has become the most important Spanish colonial stronghold in North Africa, and it can bring huge wealth of tens of millions of taels of silver to Spain every year. .

"Maybe I should consider changing jobs~"

"Although the job of watchman is easy, it can't make a fortune."

Raul looked at the busy port and thought about whether to change jobs. After all, Spain became more and more prosperous and powerful during this period, and there were many opportunities to make money.

The income of being a seaman and sailor is quite considerable.

Habitually pick up the binoculars and look out at the sea area. Between the water and the sky, accompanied by the scorching sun, the sea surface seems to be transpired, and the masts of ships can be seen in the mist, and then soon Can clearly see the pattern on the sailboat's huge canvas.

The huge black skull is unusually eye-catching, and under the skull are two tightly clenched fists in a cross shape.

"pirate!"

Laughing suddenly couldn't help taking a deep breath, and instantly felt that the surrounding air had cooled down.

"Clang~Clang~Clang~"

He desperately pulled up the rope connected to the alarm bell, and suddenly bursts of alarm sounded, and at the same time he shouted loudly to the port below: "Pirates, pirates~ there are pirates!"

After shouting, he looked overseas again, and he could clearly see the pirate ship that was approaching Huceima port aggressively.

The number is huge, there are more than [-] large ships.

"impossible!"

"How could there be such a powerful pirate with more than [-] large ships?"

Soon, Raul couldn't help frowning.

The band of pirates heading towards the Huceima port in front of them is really unusual.

First of all, he has never seen this pirate flag before, and it is different from all known pirate flags.

The second is the size of this pirate group, which is really too big.

There are more than [-] large ships, which can form a powerful fleet, but they are pirates?

Generally speaking, pirate groups often only have a few ships, one or two big ships, five or six small boats, and there are a few powerful pirate groups.

For example, the red-bearded pirates of the Ottoman Empire active in the Aegean Sea are powerful, and there may be five or six large ships and a dozen small ships.

But this is the first time I have seen a pirate group with more than [-] large ships, and I have never even heard of it before.

After Raul issued the alarm, the entire Huceima port was in chaos. Some ships hurriedly wanted to go out to sea to escape from this place, some people desperately fled into it, and some people swarmed around like headless chickens.

At the same time, the Spanish army stationed at the port was also awakened, and quickly dispatched to the fort to prepare for the arrival of the pirates.

"There are pirates who dare to attack the colonial stronghold of our great Spanish Empire. I am really impatient!"

Gangzares was very annoyed. He was taking a nap just now, enjoying the rare refreshing time in the hot summer, but he didn't expect that pirates would attack Huceima Port.

As the Spanish governor stationed here, he decided to teach these eyeless pirates a lesson.

He hurriedly came to the fort of the port, picked up the binoculars and looked overseas, and saw ships flying the pirate flag on the sea and killing them aggressively towards Huceima port.

There are more than twenty large ships, and the gun holes on each of the warships have pushed out the cannons, which is hideous and terrifying.

At the same time, two large ships and one small ship had been put down, and the ship was full of pirates, who were constantly rowing the small boats towards the port with their teeth and claws.

"#￥&%*"

Gonzales couldn't help cursing.

"Is this the pirate group?"

"More than twenty large ships?"

"how can that be!"

"Is it the navy of that country?"

Gangzares was really dumbfounded. He thought it was just a few pirate ships. With the defensive force of more than [-] people under his command, plus other Spaniards in the port, it was enough to easily defeat these pirates.

But all of a sudden more than [-] big ships came, and there are so many small boats on the sea, there are probably thousands of pirates all at once, how can they fight?
The Spaniards in the port were dumbfounded by the powerful pirate group.

The pirates on the sea who were coming towards the Huceima port didn't mean to be muddy at all. They rowed their oars desperately, or filled up the sails, and quickly rushed towards the Huceima port.

"Hum~"

"Traitor of Europe~"

"Iberia's headless horned cow~"

"Oriental lackeys and attendants~"

"The destroyer of order~"

"It's time for you to taste the loss of order!"

On one of the pirate ships, Colt from Portugal looked at the chaotic Huceima port in front of him, and couldn't help laughing.

The pirate group in front of me is the "Hand of God" pirate group jointly formed by Portugal, England, France, Denmark, and the Netherlands. It is a pirate group that specializes in plundering and plundering overseas.

In order to retaliate against Spain and Japan, and more importantly, to plunder wealth from overseas, Portugal united several countries and decided to jointly support pirate groups to rob merchant ships, colonial strongholds, colonies, etc.

The Huceima Port in front of them is their first battle to make their name.

"Full speed ahead, rush in for me!"

"Snatch everything you see~"

Colt drew out the pirate scimitar in his hand, roared at the people around him, and looked like a pirate leader.

The many sailors around immediately cheered even more excitedly, waved their weapons, and rushed to Huceima Port desperately.

Soon, fighting broke out.

The cannons between the two sides first expressed their greetings to each other, and water columns rose from the sea, but this did not stop the pirates, but made them rush faster and more excitedly.

Soon, when the pirate ships rushed into the Huceima Port, the pirates who had already lurked in the fort also attacked, and quickly took away the fort. Under the cooperation of the inside and the outside, the Huceima Port, which did not have any numerical advantage, turned in a blink of an eye. The time was captured by this pirate group.

"Haha~ Get rich, get rich!"

In the port of Huceima.

Colt looked at the big Ming silver coins carried out from one box after another, and he couldn't help but want to go up and kiss them, and then he looked at the boats of white slaves, the huge ivory, and a bunch of white slaves. The ship shipped goods from the Ming Empire, and he smiled even more happily.

"Haha, I really got rich this time."

"Just these few boats of white slaves, as long as they are transported to West Seaport or Egypt to sell to Ming people, they can sell for at least [-] Ming silver coins."

"There are also these two shipments of Daming goods. According to preliminary estimates, their value can reach [-] Daming silver coins."

"This shipment of ivory is the most valuable cargo. A piece of ivory sold to a Ming merchant can fetch at least a hundred Ming silver coins at a high price. This shipment of ivory is estimated to be worth hundreds of thousands of Ming silver coins."

"Combined with other miscellaneous goods, commodities, etc., the goods and treasures we robbed this time alone exceeded one million Ming silver coins."

"Besides, these ships in the port are all intact. All of a sudden, we have dozens more seagoing ships. It is definitely a big profit!"

Beside Colt, Benjamin from France shouted excitedly while calculating the harvest this time, the money is really fast from the no-cost business, the key is that this feeling is really cool.

(End of this chapter)