However, in the end, Governor Fidel was unable to give the order to attack the Trailblazer.

The reason is very simple, although Sun Juyong got off the ship to visit the colonial governor, but before he got off the ship, he had already informed his deputy, and asked him to take the sailors on the "Pioneer" to wait, and did not stop at the dock of the port of Acapulco, but cruising near the port.

Acapulco is an unexplored territory deep in the Pacific Ocean, and the sea has been a natural barrier to keep nine out of ten enemies on the other side of the sea, and few people but the Spaniards can set foot in it.

Therefore, the Spaniards actually did not have a lot of defense forces in the port of Acapulco, and the Spanish royal family was not too interested in the layout of the armed forces in this colony, at least when Sun Juyong and they arrived at the port of Acapulco, there were only two warships in the port, the largest of which could barely be listed as a second-class battleship, and the other was just an armed merchant ship.

And the "Trailblazer" is easy to wear, just from the hull, it is a real first-class battleship, and in the old experienced Spanish sailors observed from the telescope of the gun position Laicamian, even if this sea ship is not a first-class battleship, but the difference is not very large, enough to compete with its own water power in the port of Acapulco, or even surpass.

The battleships are one level apart, and the combat effectiveness between them has increased geometrically, don't look at the port of Acapulco at this time, in addition to two warships, there are also a lot of small and medium-sized sailing ships, but in front of a first-class battleship, they are not helpful at all.

Coupled with the letter of introduction submitted by Sun Juyong, stamped with Jesuit seals, and the certificate given by the Grape Man, at least Governor Fidel understood that the strange sea ships that appeared in their harbor at this time were not their enemies.

The Ming people have been able to settle and live in Acapulco, so even if the governor of Fidel is lonely and unheard, he should naturally have heard of the Ming Dynasty, as Admiral Li Tianyang, who has the official identity and seal of the Ming Dynasty, of course, he is indispensable to write a Ming Dynasty official disc with his own seal to prove that Sun Juyong is a legitimate businessman.

Several reasons finally came together, and finally dispelled the unfavorable thoughts of the "Trailblazer" that had been born in the heart of Governor Fidel, and instead welcomed Sun Juyong and them politely and warmly.

Once he dispelled the evil thoughts of the "Pioneer", the smile on Fidel's face was also a little more sincere, although he was the governor of the Spanish royal family and the prime minister of the American colony, Fidel was also a businessman.

In the kingdom of Westerners, the imperial power is not as centralized as in the Chinese mainland, and the aristocratic class in their kingdom not only has their own territory and people, but also can make their own laws and stipulate taxes.

As a sovereign in an isolated overseas enclave, Fidel also had the power to set and collect taxes in New Spain and trade freely.

The arrival of the Hongmen "Pioneer" also meant that between the closed American continent and the Asian continent, there was finally another fleet other than the Spaniards who could cross the Pacific Ocean and trade to and from Acapulco.

Aside from his loyalty to the Kingdom of Spain, the opening up of Acapulco to the outside world would only be more beneficial to the governor of Fidel, and there would be no harm to be seen for the time being.

Despite Governor Fidel's goodwill, Sun Juyong, who later returned to the "Trailblazer", remained vigilant enough, except for loading and unloading cargo close to the port, the rest of the time it only anchored and docked off the coast outside the port, and did not give the Spaniards a chance.

As long as they are at sea, their "Trailblazer" is strong enough to confront the sea power in the port of Acapulco.

Sun Juyong opened up the trade route between Dayuan Island and Acapulco, and the materials he transported were prepared by experienced merchants in Manila, and the ships were full of raw silk, porcelain, and silk, and the profits obtained after the long journey to Acapulco were unexpectedly proportional to his huge risks.

With a profit ratio of at least one to four, the goods on the "Pioneer" cost more than 40,000 taels of silver, and earned almost 160,000 taels of silver in Acapulco.

Of course, this has something to do with the abundance of silver in the region, and for the Americans, who are not short of gold and silver, it is not a loss at all to exchange dead objects such as silver and gold for warm, exquisite and gorgeous silk, porcelain and other objects.

It's just that in the matter of purchasing natural rubber, Sun Juyong and they have encountered trouble, natural rubber has never been valued by Westerners before, although because of the Hongmen relationship, Spanish businessmen were entrusted by Portuguese businessmen to start buying natural rubber, but until now it has not formed a scale.

In the end, in order to collect enough rubber as soon as possible, Sun Juyong simply adopted the method of bartering, exchanging a part of silk, raw silk and other finished products with the local indigenous people in the Americas for natural rubber.

For this reason, Sun Juyong and his family had to go south and north along the coastline of the port of Acapulco to visit the surrounding indigenous people, communicate and negotiate with them, and make them send people into the mountains to harvest rubber trees and refine natural rubber.

In the end, they spent more than three months in the port of Acapulco, and Sun Juyong and his team collected more than 100 tons of natural rubber, filled all the warehouses on the "Pathfinder", and then slowly sailed away from Acapulco and returned to the original road.

When they came before, they seemed to have used up their good luck, and when they set foot on their way home, it was already autumn season, and the danger was self-evident for them as navigators.

In the first month on the way home, Sun Juyong and his team unfortunately encountered a huge typhoon, although they were very experienced in bypassing the typhoon's route, but inevitably, they also lost their bearing and coordinates.

After escaping the typhoon, Sun Juyong and the others were already blind, although they had navigational skills such as compass and astrology, but without positioning coordinates, they could only float in the Pacific Ocean by luck.

And this drift is a full four months, the soybeans on the ship ready to supplement vitamins have been exhausted, but Sun Juyong and they have not even seen an island, the only thing they can do is to move towards the west in a daze.

(End of chapter)