Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 979, Go to Spain for the New Year
On the west coast of Africa, in the vast Atlantic Ocean, a huge fleet is heading towards Europe from south to north. The scale of this fleet is very large, consisting of more than [-] huge warships.

Such a large fleet is extremely rare in the whole of Europe. Except for Spain and Portugal, the two major seafaring countries, few countries can build such a large fleet.

But this fleet is neither the Spanish fleet nor the Portuguese fleet. The Ming dragon flag flying on each battleship tells everyone that this is the Ming Empire fleet from the far east.

"These Atlantic pirates are really cunning. They are all monkey spirits. It is really too difficult to destroy these pirates."

Tian Erniu stood on the deck with a telescope in his hand, looking for the pirates everywhere.

Ever since he was dispatched by Liu Jin to the Golden Isle, he has been with him on the Golden Isle and never returned to Daming. Settling down is also to manage the industry and trade on the Golden Island for Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., Ltd.

The signing of the "Penglai Agreement" between Daming and Spain was also led by Tian Erniu. At the same time, Tian Erniu led the army to conquer the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire. With a huge income of tens of millions of taels of silver.

In addition, Daming's rule over the Golden Continent has always been relatively rough, and the appointment of officials to manage it only started this year, so Tian Erniu has always been one of the main leaders of Daming on the Golden Continent.

Because of the "Penglai Agreement" signed with Spain, Spain recognized all of Ming's sovereignty over Golden Continent, while Ming authorized Spain the exclusive right to trade. The two parties also jointly attacked the colonies of European countries on the east coast of Golden Continent.

This series of actions also seriously damaged the interests of European countries and completely angered European countries. Britain, France and Portugal even joined forces to attack Spain.

At the same time, the wealth of the Golden Continent and its trade with Europe also attracted a large number of pirates. In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi alone, the large and small colonial strongholds on the east coast of the Golden Continent were attacked by pirates hundreds of times. It didn't cause too much loss, but Er Niu was still very annoyed when he returned the field.

Coupled with the fact that Spain has become precarious under the attack of the three countries, the imperial court also quickly formed a fleet to go to Europe to support Spain.

Tian Erniu naturally became the commander of this fleet, responsible for leading the fleet to eliminate pirates and support Spain.

Tian Erniu is not in a hurry to support Spain.

After these two years of contact, Tian Erniu is also very aware of the strength of Spain. Spain is now considered to be the most powerful country in Europe, especially at sea. Spain is still quite powerful.

Even if it is attacked by three countries at the same time, there is no need to worry too much. Spain can persist for a long time, and there is no need to rush to support.

What's more, in the past two years, Spain has earned a lot of money by relying on the trade with Daming. Simply put, the purchase price of a catty of white sugar in Daming is only a few hundred yuan, but when it comes to Europe, it can be bought at any time. You can sell it for a few taels of silver casually, and the profit is amazing.

There are also spices. The spices in Ming Dynasty are very cheap. When it comes to Europe, the price is comparable to gold, so that the Spaniards are also earning a lot of money, and their strength has greatly increased.

What Tian Erniu really paid attention to was the pirates entrenched in various routes in the Atlantic Ocean. These pirates seriously threatened the safety of each stronghold in Daming Golden Continent, and also threatened the exchanges between Daming and Europe.

Now the colonies of Ming Dynasty have been developed to the southernmost tip of Africa, and they are still the colonies of his boss Liu Jin, the British Duke and others. If these colonies want to develop, trade with Europe is very important, but the existence of these pirates is serious. It hinders exchanges with Europe and makes free trade extremely dangerous.

Liu Jin also sent a letter to Tian Erniu, asking him to clear up and attack these pirates first. There is no rush to support Spain. It doesn't matter if Spain really can't stand it.

Anyway, now Daming has gained a firm foothold on the Golden Continent.

In the [-]th year of Hongzhi, more than one million people came to the Golden Isle from all over the Ming Dynasty to search for gold. Last year, they were mainly concentrated on the west coast of the Golden Isle. Going to Golden Continent also opened up three routes.

In addition to building a large number of new colonial strongholds and immigrating a large number of people, Daming's power on the east coast of Golden Island is also unprecedentedly strong. There are as many as hundreds of ships that can be used for combat alone, which is enough to ensure that Ming Benefits on the Golden Continent.

Now regardless of whether the European countries admit it or not, the Golden Continent has already been occupied by Da Ming, and it is only the east coast of the Golden Continent.

There are hundreds of colonial strongholds, large and small, from the northernmost part of later Canada and the east coast of the United States to the southernmost part of later Argentina.

Immigrants from the Ming Dynasty planted wheat on the Golden Continent, felled precious mahogany on the later Brazil, and grazed cattle and sheep in the later Argentina.

The presence of Ming people is everywhere in the entire Golden Continent, and colonial strongholds are blooming everywhere. The West Golden Continent mainly focuses on mining gold and silver, while the East Golden Continent focuses on the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. The traces left by the countries are covered.

So there is no need to be afraid of European countries anymore, it doesn’t matter whether they admit it or not, it’s already the land of Ming Dynasty.

Spain's acknowledgment has become irrelevant. If Spain loses, it will be a good thing for Ming.

Because of the exclusive trade zone, Daming's goods can only be sold to the Spaniards, which makes the prices of Daming's goods inflated, which is not conducive to the sale of goods.

If Spain is defeated, Daming can resume trade with European countries. With competition, the selling price of Daming will naturally be higher, and in the European market, the price will be lower, which will help stimulate market demand. .

In short, the current Spain is not important to Daming, but Daming still needs to send troops to help. After all, it is an ally that signed the agreement, so the reputation of Daming is still very important.

"Although these Atlantic pirates seem to be pirates, they actually have official backgrounds. Among them, the British did the most blatantly. They even directly issued privateer licenses to these pirates."

"So don't look at them as pirates, but no matter in that respect, they are extremely professional."

Beside Tian Erniu, Jiang Liang smiled and said.

He can now be regarded as a European expert. He was the first person from Ming Dynasty to arrive in Europe, and he has been traveling in Europe for almost two years.

He has seen the twin kings of Spain, been to the dirty Paris of France, to the small rural town of London, to the Holy Roman Empire, even to Hungary in Eastern Europe, and to the barbaric Slavs.

In two years, he traveled to almost every country in Europe and every famous big city. Wherever he went, he was very popular. The kings of each country received him in person, and the ladies in Europe were crazy about it, and they were almost tired. Broken waist.

"Now everyone knows that we are clearing up pirates in the Atlantic Ocean. I guess these pirates have already fled back to their respective countries. How dare they compete with our Ming warships."

Jiang Liang is quite confident about this.

Tian Erniu didn't wander around in the Atlantic Ocean. He had already wiped out many pirates. There were hundreds of pirate ships sunk alone, which was a heavy blow to the pirates in the Atlantic Ocean.

"In that case, don't we have nothing to do?"

Tian Erniu curled his lips helplessly and said.

Suppressing pirates is my main task now. Although the more than [-] warships under my command are not the warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy, their combat power is quite powerful. Among them, the warships from the Daming Ocean Trading Company are not much worse than the warships of the Ming Dynasty Navy. .

With such a powerful fleet, it is depressing enough to have nothing to do now.

"It's almost New Year's Eve here in Daming, right?"

Jiang Liang didn't answer Tian Erniu's words, but asked after thinking about it.

"Today is December [-], the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, and there are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year. It will be the sixteenth year of Hongzhi~"

Tian Erniu calculated the time and nodded slightly.

"Do you want to celebrate the New Year at sea?"

"Our lads can't wait to get to Spain."

Jiang Liang asked with a smile.

"Haha, yes, everyone has been impatient for a long time. I guess the order from the imperial court will reach us soon. Spain is about to be unable to support it. It is almost time for us to help, otherwise no one will be here in the future." You won’t trust our Daming any more.”

When Tian Erniu heard this, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

This Jiang Liang has been in Europe for two years, and the way of saying this is already somewhat European.

But what he said makes sense. These fifty warships and tens of thousands of people have been at sea for several months, and everyone is already tired of it. What's more, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Well, some people have been clamoring for a long time to go back to Huangjinzhou to celebrate the new year.

"Pass my order and set off for Spain in Europe~"

"We celebrate the New Year here in Spain!"

Soon, Tian Erniu ordered loudly.

"Oh~~"

"Haha~"

"Okay~"

Hearing Tian Erniu's order, the people on board couldn't help cheering immediately. Many of them have been to Europe and experienced the hotness of European girls.

(End of this chapter)