Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 539 The Vanishing Colony

Carolina was once called the Lost Colony.

As for why this place is called a lost colony, it is probably because the history of this colony is blank during the 15 years from around 30 years of Wanli in Ming Dynasty to the Qi Dynasty of Ming Dynasty.

However, later, in the first year of Ming Chongzhen, King Charles I of England began to entrust the lords here.

In other words, what disappeared was not the colony, but the records about the pioneering period of the colony.

You must know that the area of ​​the Carolina colony has reached more than 20 square kilometers. Naturally, such a large colony cannot disappear suddenly, nor can it pop up suddenly.

In other words, the colonists have been developing colonies here for more than 30 years, otherwise it would not be possible to suddenly have an extra colony of more than 20 square kilometers.

So, why did the colonists say nothing about the pioneering period of this colony?

Rumor has it they did more than Thanksgiving here.

It is rumored that they preyed on their own kind here!

In short, they had done disgraceful things in the colony, things they were ashamed to tell about.

Therefore, they didn't record a single word of the glorious thing of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and the colony of more than 20 square kilometers seemed to pop up overnight!
In fact, at this time, there are already eight great lords in this colony, and their territories are all [-] to [-] square kilometers.

As for what the lord means, we have to start with the enclosure movement.

The land enclosure movement means that the emerging nobles and capitalists drive farmers away from the land through violence, deprive farmers of their land ownership and use rights, and enclose these lands and turn them into their private property.

These emerging nobles and capitalists are the so-called lords.

The enclosure movement arose from the UK, and these so-called lords also controlled the British government and formulated a large number of laws and regulations to openly support the enclosure.

In other words, land enclosure is legal. As long as you have enough force, you can seize the land that others depend on for survival.

The British were so shameless during the colonial period, they made many ridiculous laws and regulations.

During this period, not only is it legal to seize other people's land, but it is also legal to rob other people's things!
Queen Elizabeth I publicly issued privateer licenses to British pirates, encouraging them to rob Spanish merchant ships!
The British colonists in this period burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of crimes.

They can no longer be described as lawless, they are enacting laws to make their burning, killing and looting legal!

These colonists or lords were not so cruel, they even killed their own kings!

At this time, the British king was sent to the guillotine by these emerging nobles and capitalists, and fell off with a click!
This is their law of the jungle. When their king is not as strong as them, they even kill their own king!

One can imagine what the Indians in North America are to them.

In short, at this moment they have seized hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land from the Apache tribe, and built eight strong fortresses on this land.

Charleston is a fort in the south of the Carolina colony, and at the same time, it is also the largest port of the Carolina colony.

It is said that the name of the fort was taken from the name of Charles I.

These colonists are so shameless that it is hard to understand.

How could they spend Thanksgiving and kill their benefactors, and they could even name Charleston in memory of the king they killed!

On the flagship of the Daming Navy, Taichang turned his binoculars to scan the fort built by the British, with a hint of disdain on his face.

This fortress is much worse than the bastion built by the Dutch in Batavia. Not to mention the 36-pound guns on it, there are not even a few 24-pound guns.

As for the ships of the British, they cannot be compared with those of the Dutch.

He glanced around for a while, and then said lightly: "Order, twenty Aegis ships come forward and sink all the ships in the port first."

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard this.

It seems that all the ships parked in the port are merchant ships, right?
Didn't you say last time that the cargo in the merchant ship is ours, and if it sinks, it will be our loss!
He was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, is the merchant ship going to be sunk too?"

Taichang nodded slightly, and then solemnly said: "Jiandou, you have to remember that these British people are the most shameless and unreasonable among the European barbarians. When you meet them, don't be polite or benevolent. , hit directly!"

Well, if you say hit it, hit it.

Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, what if they surrender?"

Taichang said without hesitation: "Even if they surrender, don't be polite to them, and arrest them all for mining. Remember, even if they are arrested for mining, they must be strictly guarded."

Uh, why does it feel like the emperor wants to destroy the British!
Although Lu Xiangsheng didn't understand why Taichang was so cruel to the British, he didn't ask any more questions.

Because Taichang has already made it very clear, we will go straight to work when we meet, and if we surrender, we will catch them and go to mine!

As for why, there is no need to know.

He is the governor of the army, not the chief minister of the cabinet.

At this time, the British in Charleston were frightened.

They didn't know that the canal that the Ming Empire had built had come from the west coast of North America to the east coast of North America. They didn't even know that it was a warship of the Ming Navy.

All they know is that these battleships are beyond their capabilities.

If you can't beat it, then you have to pretend to be a good person!
Ever since, the pirate ships disguised as merchant ships began to display friendly flags, as if to welcome their arrival.

Taichang naturally saw the semaphore of these pirates, but he just snorted coldly and did not order to stop the attack.

These shameless people have nothing to say to them, just one word, do it!

Soon, more than [-] Aegis ships came out, came to the front of the fleet, opened the gun door on the left, and fired a salvo at the sailboats in the port.

"Boom boom boom", there was a violent roar of artillery, and thousands of shells roared and smashed towards several sailboats with about a thousand materials.

The entire Port of Charleston suddenly shot up into the sky, and sawdust flew across.

The British sailboats were not big, and each sailboat was hit by at least dozens of shells.

The result can be imagined.

Before the pirates knew what was going on, their ship began to sink.

Seeing this, the defenders in the fort immediately clamored to start loading ammunition, ready to fire.

Taichang glanced around for a while, and then ordered: "Order, order the Aegis ship to continue firing and bombard the fort next to the port."

There was a burst of flag waving, "boom boom boom", and another burst of violent artillery roar sounded, and the British fortress was smashed into pieces of debris.

It wasn't that they couldn't fight back after being beaten. Soon, there was a burst of artillery roaring inside the fortress.

It's a pity that they only have dozens of artillery pieces in total, and there are less than ten 24-pound guns.

A few scattered 24-pound shells fell, and some Aegis ships might have been shot. However, an attack of this intensity was no different from tickling, and the twenty Aegis ships could not see any damage.

"Boom boom boom", another burst of violent artillery roar sounded, and the British fortress was once again smashed and smashed.

Taichang didn't give any more orders, he just watched the Aegis ship keep pouring shells at the British fortress coldly, without any intention of stopping.

(End of this chapter)