Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1446, Golden Island

Fernando Island, formerly Sao Tome Island.

In the castle built by the Japanese, Duke Colster's expression was very ugly at this time.

"pirate?"

"This is absolutely impossible to be a pirate. How could a pirate own more than a dozen large ships, and they acted so quickly and decisively, knowing exactly when we were transporting treasure in Accra, and looting our valuables worth more than five million taels of silver?" Treasure."

Korster looked at the map of West Africa. When he just received the news, he couldn't believe that his fleet was stationed on Fernando Island, which could radiate the entire Gold Coast.

However, there were pirates who looted Accra under their noses, and the wealth plundered by several Spanish colonial points in a quarter was robbed in one fell swoop.

"The port of Huceima was looted, and Accra was looted by pirates~"

"They all have the same style of work. A dozen or twenty large ships and a large number of pirates acted quickly and decisively. At the same time, they also cooperated with each other internally and externally. They accurately grasped the day of our treasure transportation."

"This is absolutely impossible to be a pirate!"

Duke Colster said firmly.

"My lord, my lord~"

"Something happened again~"

While the Duke of Colster was studying the pirates carefully, the adjutant Real hurried in.

"What happened?"

Duke Colster asked quickly.

"Just now we received news that Alkin was attacked by pirates and suffered heavy losses. The entire colonial stronghold was almost completely looted, and more than two million taels of silver were stolen."

"Also, the St. Mary, which transported treasures from Emera to Spain, was robbed by pirates at sea, and the treasures and goods worth more than three million taels of silver were looted."

Real said hurriedly, and at the same time marked the location and route on the map.

"Alkin, Emily?"

When the Duke of Colster heard it, he quickly looked over. These two places are also in West Africa, but they are closer to Spain, not in the Gulf of Guinea. The surrounding area has always been rich in gold and is also an important source of slaves. , and also a colonial stronghold ceded by Spain from the Portuguese.

"At about the same time as Accra, I was attacked by a pirate group~"

"Where are there so many pirates?"

"Huceima on this side of the Mediterranean Sea was attacked by pirates, and Arkin, Almira, and Accra were also attacked by pirates. The time intervals between them were about the same. It is impossible to say that they were done by the same group of pirates."

"But this is not done by the same group of pirates. Why are the styles so similar, and it can even be said to be exactly the same. There are also these pirates. There are many ships, all of which are large sea ships. Where did such a powerful pirate group emerge?"

"Ottoman pirates?"

"But the ships used are in the style of ships built by Western European countries, and the pirates are also different from those of the Ottoman Empire."

"The pirates of the Ottoman Empire were mainly active in the Mediterranean Sea and never came to West Africa."

Duke Colster frowned, analyzing and researching carefully.

"My lord, my lord~"

At this time, another person hurriedly said: "I just received news that the Wa people's Sunset City was attacked by a group of powerful pirates, and suffered heavy losses. The Sunset City was almost razed to the ground, with heavy casualties."

"Sunset City?"

When Koster and Real heard this, they quickly looked at the map, then looked at each other and said, "It's right beside us!"

"Order~"

"All the warships will go to sea immediately, and patrol the surrounding seas in a team of five. If you find any suspicious ships and fleets, report them immediately!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Duke Colster quickly ordered.

For pirates, the Spaniards gritted their teeth with hatred.

In the past, Spain was robbed by English pirates, Viking pirates, Ottoman pirates, and Middle Eastern pirates. In the era when pirates were rampant.

The pirates of the Ottoman Empire, North Africa, and the Middle East even landed directly on the towns and ports of mainland Spain to plunder.

Looting the wealth of Spanish people, burning down towns, plundering people as slaves and selling them to the nobles in the Middle East.

Such pirate looting once caused huge losses to Spain.

Later, Spain's maritime power became stronger and stronger, and it gradually gained the power to protect the mainland.

However, overseas colonies and merchant ships were still threatened by pirates. The Vikings, England, and the French focused on Spanish treasure ships and merchant ships to plunder.

Let the Spaniards live a life worse than death.

After working hard and finally plundering some wealth from overseas colonies, he was cut off on the way.

For this reason, Spain expressed protest and anger to England, but the King of England simply ignored it, and even openly supported it, issued privateering licenses, and participated in the pirates' spoils.

This greatly angered the Spaniards, and for this reason, they accumulated a deep hatred with the English. This is also the reason why Spain had to fight against England in the two wars.

(Historical conflicts between England and Spain also arose because of this. It was not until the Spanish Armada was defeated by the English that Spain’s maritime supremacy fell into the hands of the English. At first, the poor clang It is by such mean and shameless means that the English amass their fortunes.)
After all, the navy of the Ming Empire pursued and suppressed pirates in various sea areas, so the pirates stopped for a while.

Now it suddenly started to erupt again, and it seemed to be even more rampant than before.

Directly looting Spain's important overseas colonial strongholds cost Spain a huge wealth of several million taels of silver at one time.

Korster could already imagine the angry expression of the Spanish king in the palace, and he probably didn't know how many exquisite porcelains from the Ming Empire would be dropped.

And the order to urge him to exterminate the pirates is probably already on the way.

Soon, Spanish warships, like mad dogs, quickly attacked in all directions to look for those nasty pirates.

At the same time, Huang Chong, the founder of the Saber Colonial Firm, was also worried at the same time on Jin Island, another big island in the Gulf of Guinea.

Golden Island, formerly known as Bioko Island, was first discovered and named by Portuguese navigators, but because nothing of value was found on the island, the Portuguese never set up a colonial base here.

Until the year before last, Huang Chong, who retired from the army, formed an overseas expedition with a group of veterans, came to West Africa, and discovered a gold mine on this island.

So Huang Chong simply set up the Saber Colonial Firm with his expedition members, officially announced the possession of the island, and renamed the island Golden Island, and began to establish a colonial stronghold on the island to mine gold.

The members and shareholders of the Saber Colonial Firm are all retired soldiers, but none of them are descendants of big families. They come from ordinary families with very limited funds and contacts.

Although everyone moved their family members to Jindao, there were only less than a thousand people on the entire Jindao.

It can be regarded as the earliest and the poorest colonial trading house in Ming Dynasty's many overseas colonies. There are only three poor ships for external transportation and communication, and two of them are small ships.

Without enough funds, the people of the Saber Colonial Firm even had to reclaim land on the island and grow rice to make ends meet.

The strength is weak, but a gold mine was discovered on the island, which is tantamount to guarding the gold ingots, so that there are many people who covet the Golden Island.

But fortunately, they are composed of retired soldiers with strong combat effectiveness. Relying on their strong combat effectiveness, they repelled several groups of colonial firms that wanted to rob the Golden Island and gold mines, and they gritted their teeth to keep their own Gold Island and gold mines.

"Pirates are rampant in West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea~"

"Even the Wa people's Sunset City has been attacked~"

"The Spaniards' Accra and Altyn have also been looted so well~"

"And the Spaniards sent troops to rob the Persians of San Antonio Island not long ago, just south of our Golden Island. Who knows if they will come to rob our Golden Island."

Huang Chong called together many shareholders of the Saber Colonial Firm, and said to a map with a worried face.

It has to be worrying.

The Golden Island is a gold ingot, but the ones that occupy here are small firms like the Saber Colonial Firm. They have no background and no strength. With less than a thousand people on the island, how can they protect their own Golden Island and gold?

"I'm afraid they'll have a hammer~"

"If they dare to come and snatch our Golden Island, we will fight them to the end, even if they are playing, we will play them to death."

Beside Huang Chong, Li Meng said fiercely.

"That's right, I'm afraid of a hammer~"

"If we dare to snatch our Golden Island, we will fight them desperately. If we can't fight head-on, we will play sneak attacks and travel notes with them. Anyway, we have already figured out the situation on the island. When the time comes, we will hide our wife and children on the mountain. Let's play with them slowly."

"Yes, yes, the Golden Island that we first discovered and occupied must not be lost. I plan to pass it on to our descendants from generation to generation."

When the others heard it, they also started shouting.

Those who dare to travel and explore overseas are naturally not easy to provoke, let alone retired soldiers from the army, everyone has learned a good skill in the army.

"Everyone, don't get excited, and don't worry too much~"

"We are Daming people. If they want to move us, they should think twice before acting."

"But we still have to be prepared to come. If these pirates really dare to come, we will let them come and go!"

Huang Chong waved his hand, everyone fell silent, and said after thinking for a while.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of sirens outside.

"No, there are pirates!"

　Cough cough, hundreds of people occupy an island, and then pass it on, this seems to be very good~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)