However, through Magellan's circumnavigation of the world, the Europeans finally proved that the earth is round, which also means that the tiao meridian alone can no longer achieve the task of dividing the earth, because the territories on both sides are finally connected. And that was exactly what happened: the Spanish and Portuguese fleets, which were halfway around the world, met in the "Spice Islands" as they did on the Iberian Peninsula. The encounter was not romantic, the ocean-going fleets of the two countries were tense, and the conflict inevitably broke out on the distant horizon.

After the Treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza, the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire met at the end of the world, completing the feat of cutting the earth for the first time in human history. As the first global colonial empire in human history, Portugal and Spain cut the earth unprecedentedly!

But there is more interesting, Spain once planned to conquer the Ming Dynasty! In the 16th century, Spain had already created many colonial miracles - the conquest of Mexico with 300 men and the Inca with 100 men. So they think: with 60 excellent soldiers, they can conquer the Ming Dynasty!

For this reason, the Spaniards conducted a detailed investigation of China, and finally came to the conclusion that China was a vast land and rich in products, and like the Native Americans, the people here were cowardly and incompetent, the army was weak, the population was large, and it would be able to create a lot of wealth in the future, and so on.

Two years later, on June 2, 1576, the Spanish governor in the Philippines, Sand, wrote to the king that the undertaking was easy to carry out and inexpensive. The implication is that the government's China project requires a small investment, but the benefits are very large

His plan for the invasion of China was as follows: the expedition required 4,000 to 6,000 men, and the armament must be perfect; With an army of 2,000 to 3,000 men, it is enough to occupy a province; Use the ports and fleets of the occupied territories to form the largest army at sea and conquer other provinces.

Whether they're sane or not, I'm laughing irrationally anyway!

So Liu Pei didn't take the assessment again, he kept wondering, did his English level regress, or was he fooled by Liu Dahai? However, this allowed Liu Dahai to finish the meal peacefully. After eating, Liu Pei reacted. The English spoken by Liu Dahai is modern English, which is quite different from now. And maybe the sailor who taught Liu Dahai still had a local accent in the countryside on the British Isles, which was the real reason why he couldn't understand. If you don't believe me, you can go to the original English version of Shakespeare's Complete Works. You will find that the English of hundreds of years ago is very different from the English of today.

Liu Dahai said respectfully: "Back to the master, the villain has thought about it." I am

Liu Pei said: "It doesn't matter. But why would you do that? ”

Liu Pei felt that what he said was very reasonable, so he said: "Very good! Today you lead the way, you have the final say! I can tell you unequivocally, for every qualified sailor recruited, I will give you five taels of silver! ”

Liu Pei nodded and said, "You can think of this, it seems that you really worked hard last night." I told me that I needed sailors for every job except cooks. Because I was going to build my own big deck ships in the West, I needed these sailors. ”

For example: At that time, a Royal Navy 36-gun sail frigate required 278 men. Note that these 278 people did not work together, but basically worked in shifts. The large warships of the Navy can basically be said to be the only branch of the military that needed to maintain all-weather combat capability at that time, not because of the frequent naval battles, but because the sea climate was unpredictable, and the sea navigation at that time was completely manual, and it required 24 hours of duty to serve the warship safely and effectively.

But what he didn't know was that all Liu Pei needed was an instructor. Therefore, it is enough to recruit one or two people for each position. And Liu Pei didn't say anything, lest Liu Dahai lose his enthusiasm. Anyway, Liu Pei was sure that Liu Dahai would not be able to recruit a ship full of sailors. Because there are not many Western sailors who don't have work in this place.

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