Chapter 176: The Way Home (1)
Not to mention how those Spaniards went back after the defeat to discuss how to return to the country, how to retaliate against Li Shaoxian and Yidao, or how Li Shaoxian and Yidao developed and grew here, these were all later things, and it was here that Li Shaoxian opened up a new world.
Besides, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong sailed north along the coastline, and along the way, they went to loot towns when they encountered them, and robbed them when they saw slightly larger merchant ships, until they filled their fleet with treasures, gold and silver, but when they sailed to Panama City, they found that they were too petty and robbed any small broken town, and Panama City in front of them was the place worth robbing.
Founded by the Spanish in 1519, the city was the starting point and base of the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire in what is now Peru, and was one of the important trading centers of Europeans in the New World of America. In 1519, the Spanish dynasty sent Davila to serve as governor, and when he arrived, he began to build a large number of fishing villages, expanding the fishing village into a town, palaces, prisons, parks, shops, and hospitals, and Panama City was officially born. In the years that followed, Panama City became the base of the Spanish colonists to enslave the American Indians and the center of religious activities, and it was also the distribution center of the Spanish colonists to loot wealth and trade black slaves in the Americas. In 1671, the English pirate Morgan invaded Panama City by force, sacked it and set fire to the entire city.
Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong naturally didn't know what would happen more than forty years later, but now they came here by mistake. After the outpost reconnaissance ship reported the information about Panama City to them, there was only one thought in their minds, this was the place where Zhu Youxiao told them to produce silver, or where did they get so much gold, silver and jewelry.
If you want to rob the city, you can't naturally use the banner of the Ming caravan, which will damage the image of the Ming Dynasty, and the same as the original practice, all of them were replaced with pirate flags, more than 100 warships and merchant ships broke into this prosperous Panama City, and the ships in the port were all sunk, so as not to escape, and the mortars lined up in position, and the city was bombarded indiscriminately, and then the marines quickly rushed to the coast.
The people on the streets were completely disorganized, and they did suffer from pirate attacks, after all, there were so many gold, silver and jewelry here that it was impossible not to attract the attention of the pirates, but most of the time, the Spanish soldiers were able to repel the robbing pirates, as long as they hid their belongings, and the pirates' targets were usually government warehouses.
But today's situation is somewhat unexpected, and it is scary that the pirate ship is not coming down from Europe, but pirates who look like the local indigenous people. European pirates were accustomed to saving their lives if they didn't resist, while the indigenous Indian pirates not only robbed things, but also killed people, even slaughtered everyone they saw, scraped the ground, robbed everything, and then set fire to the city.
This wave of pirates did the same, the Ming marines, after rushing into Panama City, the first target was the warehouse of the Spanish colonial government, and the gold and silver treasures that had not yet had time to be transported were quickly loaded onto merchant ships, and then began to rob all the merchants in Panama City, and all the merchants who could not take out the gold and silver were basically executed, and those who took out their property to redeem their lives were released, and ordered them to get out as soon as possible. It's not quite like your average pirate.
After all, unlike real pirates, the marines of the Ming army were not as vicious as pirates and would not kill innocents indiscriminately, but robbing their property was certain. The gold and silver treasures in the government warehouse belong to the state, and the things of the merchants belong to the soldiers themselves, which is the meaning of Niu Jinxing, and Yu Hualong also knows that this is the best way to improve the morale of the soldiers, otherwise who wants to follow you to drift on the sea.
Panama City, which was looted, was naked and empty, and in order to destroy the traces of the robbery, Niu Jinxing ordered the city to be burned. Drive out all the residents, set up countless dry firewood, no matter what the building, Niu Venus ordered all to be burned, leaving a blank field, that is, the Spaniards want to rebuild the city in the future, but also consider whether the feng shui here is still suitable, after all, cleaning up construction waste is a considerable project. The Ming fleet, fully loaded, soon left the destroyed Panama City, leaving a desolate place.
Because of Niu Venus's robbery and destruction along the way, the Spaniards lost almost all their large ships on the west coast of South America, and also left enough time for Li Shaoxian and their construction, after all, the Spaniards had to pass through the southernmost Strait of Magellan if they wanted to make a comeback, which required too much time and supplies.
The rich booty made the Ming soldiers smile from ear to ear, and more than a dozen ships were loaded with silver alone, which was handed over to Zhu Youxiao when he went back, after all, this voyage to the imperial court also cost a lot of money. As for the soldiers' belongings, they are all scattered and loaded on other ships, Niu Jinxing and Yu Hualong are not willing to treat any soldiers badly, in addition to the soldiers who went to the land to rob, the soldiers who stayed on the ship also received the same value of gold, silver and jewelry, this is called division of labor and cooperation, this is a good habit, otherwise they will go to rob in the future, and the back road will be copied by others, that is a tragedy, and it is not that I have not seen black and black things on the way.
Niu Jinxing, Yu Hualong, they are no longer continuing to rob, the ship has been filled with goods, because there must be enough space to load fresh water food, in this aspect can not be insatiable, because no one knows how far the return journey is, must ensure that there is enough supplies on the way back, in case you can't find a supply point at sea, there is a boatload of gold and silver treasures, and finally starve yourself to death, that is the greatest sorrow, the soldiers can't think of it, as a leader, you must have such an awareness.
Sailing north along the coastline, looking at the geographical location marked on the chart, calculating the data of the voyage, when they were about to reach the position of the 20th parallel north latitude, Niu Venus and Yu Hualong made a maximum replenishment on a shore port, which will be the last replenishment in the Americas, so it was very sufficient, because next they will have to cross the vast Pacific Ocean, just a long sea journey, how long it will take no one can predict, so only as much fresh water and food as possible, Thought to prevent unforeseen circumstances on the road.
Because it should be said that they are still relatively lucky, after all, their ship is equipped with more advanced navigation settings, as well as the charts handed over to them by Zhu Youxiao, and there is also the sea state information obtained from the Spanish robbery, so they are basically smooth on this long sea journey, except for a few small boats that were sunk when they encountered the sea breeze, and the rest of the big ships arrived in Honolulu smoothly.
Now Honolulu has not been discovered by explorers who have explored the ocean, and it is still a small fishing village occupied by Polynesians, but the natural harbor is still good, Yu Hualong commanded the fleet to slowly dock, and then gestured to talk to the Bosnians on the island, telling them that their fleet needed some supplies.
The poor Bosnians were just adrift on the sea in canoes, and they shivered a little when they saw such a large fleet there, and Yu Hualong took a lot of effort to dispel their fears, so that they finally understood that this fleet was not pirates, but only needed to be supplied with fresh water and food. Fresh water is not a big problem, when it comes to food, it is troublesome, this poor small fishing village is full of less than a few hundred people, even if they give all the food to the Ming fleet, they can't eat for a few days, but in the end they are still afraid, they look for their comrades everywhere on the nearby island to find food, as long as they can make a living are brought to the Ming fleet, although the supplies are not complete, but finally get some food, thrifty can cope with it for a while, in order not to let these Bosnians have nightmares at night, Niu Jinxing ordered them to give them some iron daily necessities and tools as a reward for their enthusiasm, in fact, Niu Jinxing They didn't think at all how important this place would be in the future life, but it doesn't matter if they don't think about it now, the importance of this place will only show up after many years, and Zhu Youxiao will remind them.