The wind was swallowed up by the rising sun, and at six o'clock the next morning they saw that the sky was cloudless and the air was fresh.

Looking to the right, you can see the undulating mountains and mountains, which are exceptionally clear!

After counting, there were many leaks on the ship, but fortunately the storm was not long, there was not much water in the ship, some masts and sails were broken, but the overall situation was not damaged, and the good news was that there were no casualties, as far as Joseph was concerned, it was like a miracle!

"I really want to believe in your Mazu!" He said with emotion.

"You have to naturalize the Southeast Mansion to become Chinese first, believing in Mazu is effective, and her old man blesses the Chinese people!" Hong Xuguan shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Oh!" Joseph didn't want to be Chinese yet, so he had to forget it.

Under his guidance, the two cruisers sailed through a series of small islands off the southwest coast of South America, and then marched north, straight to Mexico!

Thanks to the Hongmaofan of the Age of Discovery, they established a dotted base on the west coast of South America, which not only determined the location, but also allowed the passing ships to be resupplied, which was of great help to the passing ships.

The Chinese passed through Santiago, Antofagas (Chile), Lima (Peru), Cape Parinas (the westernmost cape in South America), Cape Mariato (Panama), San José (Costa Rica), etc.

They stopped halfway, only for supplies, restrained the sailors from leaving the ship, and did not cause trouble, and when they docked, they flashed their cannons, and went ashore with their muskets on their backs, so the journey was safe!

Speaking in only one caliber, a ban order was issued to the navigator, and the measures were appropriate and received good results.

As soon as the heroes of all walks of life saw their ships and the equipment of their personnel, they knew that they were warships and armies, but they were hard stubble, and they did not know why, so they raised their hands and let them pass.

After a long journey, the Chinese arrived in Alpulco, Mexico, the American terminus of the famous Spanish galleon trade between South America and Asia!

From 1579 onwards, the King of Spain allowed his merchants in Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, and other places to engage in trade across the Pacific. They sailed west from Acapulco, Mexico, on a Spanish galleon, with Luzon as their stop. In this way, Spain-Mexico-Luzon-China formed a new trade route. This is the so-called "galleon trade".

Every spring, two Spanish galleons cross the Pacific Ocean from Mexico with silver to Manila, sailing directly with the currents to Manila in just three months. In about the same season, 30 to 40 Chinese sailing ships would sail from China to Manila laden with silk, cotton, porcelain, gunpowder, sulphur, steel, iron, mercury, copper, flour, chestnuts, walnuts, biscuits, seaweed, textiles, desks, and other curiosities to trade with Spanish merchants.

One hand to hand over the silver to the Chinese, the other hand to the goods to the Spaniards.

Loaded with silk, porcelain, lacquerware, cotton, ivory, carpets, tea and other commodities from China, India, Persia, Japan and other countries, the Manila galleon sets sail from Manila in June every year by the southwest monsoon, and travels eastward along the "Kuroshio" in the North Pacific Ocean to the port of Acapulco, a journey of more than 10,000 nautical miles and lasts about six months.

Through Manila galleons and trade routes opened up by Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries, silver flowed from Latin America to China, either directly or in a hurry. If Latin America is the "cradle of silver", China is the "destination of silver".

It is not an exaggeration to say that China was the center of the world economy at that time. China can produce almost anything, while the Europeans have almost nothing to offer China, and there are no valuable goods to balance trade.

Fortunately, Cerro Rico (meaning Rich Mountain, in present-day Bolivia) is located deep in the interior of South America. This seemingly desolate and barren mountain is the richest silver vein ever discovered. The Spaniards were overjoyed at the discovery of the treasure that the Incas were trying to hide, and immediately used countless Indian coolies to mine the silver mines. Tens of thousands of people flocked here and built the city of Portosi.

In 1565, with the help of God, a rich mercury mine was discovered in Huancavelica, Peru, and the Spaniards began to use mercury to extract pure silver from the mineral sands. The leap in technology has brought the accumulation of wealth to its peak.

In this way, Hongmao Fan had the funds to purchase goods from the East, and almost half or even more of the silver went to China.

This is also the reason why Yan Dashao, the southeastern governor, was able to rise, he controlled the seas of eastern Asia, all the sea ships had to pay taxes to him, and he himself worked hard to provide goods, and the profits were huge.

Hong Xuguan and others strolled through Alpulco City and found that the market was full of countless Chinese goods, and they also saw many Chinese!

When they saw Hung Hee-guan, they recognized it as their own army, immediately bowed to him, and invited them to the Hokkien Hall as guests!

Xiangyin, there is no such thing as meeting fellow villagers everywhere, but you can also see Chinese people thousands of miles away from the country.

Hong Xiguan happily agreed, and when he arrived at the Fujian Hall, everything was familiar, and he first offered incense to Mazu Niangniang in the hall!

The smoke curled up, and the Chinese were very happy to see his pious attitude.

It's your own people!

Please be seated and serve tea.

Hong Xiguan talked with them, and it turned out that in addition to Chinese goods and cultural carriers such as books, calligraphy and paintings, the Chinese boom in Latin America during this period also included the participation of real Chinese. Many overseas Chinese from the Philippines and other places came to Spanish America with Spanish merchant ships and settled here, engaged in craftsmen, doctors and other professions.

Chinese pills and bitter medicine soups are much more reliable than the bloodletting of Hongmaofan and the mummification of Arab doctors, and even Hongmaofan is inseparable from Chinese medicine.

Mr. Hong asked them with concern how their business was doing.

Very good, not bad!

The Chinese are intelligent and hardworking, and are second-class citizens in Alpulco, second only to the red-haired fan, and above the rest of the races.

Hongmaofan is inseparable from the Chinese, such as the shipping of the ocean-going Manila galleon, the Chinese often do middle-level management positions, and those Filipino monkeys are called as slaves, they are very jealous of the status of the Chinese, but their qualifications are too poor, all the galleons are packed by the Chinese, they will use every inch of space to pack the goods neatly, and there is no waste at all.

How far can the Chinese go?

The Spanish customs at the port of Alpulco said that there was too much imported silk, and the silver was taken away by you Chinese, and that your ship could only carry so many boxes of silk.

Can this stump the Chinese?!

The Chinese invented a special compressor to pack a large amount of silk into a box, and they stuffed a box so firmly that a box with a volume of 1 cubic had to be moved by six strong men!

To the point of being Chinese, it is already invincible in the world!

But Hong Xuguan keenly felt that their life was not easy, and the Chinese had a good face, and they would not spit bitterness in their faces unless they had to.

Therefore, Hong Xuan ordered to leave three soldiers in the port of Alpulco, one officer, one non-commissioned officer and one soldier, and set up a consulate in South America of the southeast province, which was responsible for ensuring trade and protecting the interests of the local Chinese.

At first, there was no plan, only to set up envoys in the five red-haired countries, and this place was the sixth embassy.

He explained to the Spaniards face to face: When the Chinese arrive here, they naturally have to abide by the local laws, and we do not oppose the rule of your country, on the contrary, we support the rule of your country.

However, the Chinese are the subjects of the Southeast Province, and the Consulate of the Southeast Province must be notified of their disposition.

When interrogating Chinese, our consulate has the right to observe and ask a lawyer to defend them!

Now the faces of the Spaniards were all down, and the smiles on their faces completely disappeared, and they only felt that this handsome Chinese officer was hateful enough.

But I had to start again, because there was a huge battleship formation in the southeast!