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After much hardship, Hawkins finally led the entire fleet to the island of Little Spain, Hispaniola, which is commonly known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic among the Caribbean islands in North America.

Of course, the island of Little Spain is not its official name, it was named by the Spaniards - Santo Domingo.

It's just that Hispaniola is bordered by Haiti to the west and the Dominican Republic to the east.

Haiti was originally inhabited by the Arawak tribe, and when Hispaniola was discovered, the island was inhabited by about 1 million Indians, mainly Tyran, and a small number of Sivonet in the northwest of the island.

At that time, there were already five indigenous Indian regimes on the island, who lived in large, densely populated villages, catching birds, fish, rodents, and cultivating the land. The Indians of Hispaniola cultivated with stone axes and shovels, and their main food was cassava and sweet potatoes.

In 1492, during the first voyage of the great navigator Columbus, the Château de Navidad was founded near present-day Cap-Haïtien because its flagship ran aground and could not bring the crews of the other two ships back to Spain.

When Columbus returned in 1493, he found that no one was alive in the fort.

He then established the Isabella colony on the north coast of Hispaniola, and the colonization of the island began.

In 1502, Hispaniola officially became a Spanish colony, and the Indian military resistance on the island was crushed. By the 16th century, the Spaniards had established 15 cities on the island.

In addition, the Spanish officers and soldiers were given land on the island, and the Indians who lived on it were turned into slaves for gold, sugar cane, and cattle.

Due to smallpox, the Aravac people became extinct on the island in 1544, so the western part of Haiti was abandoned by the Spaniards, and it became a stronghold for immigrants and fishermen from other countries, as well as a paradise for pirate smuggling.

The slave trade has always been monopolized by the Spaniards, so the pedestrians of Hawkins are, in a sense, smuggling.

So, he was in the early morning, about five o'clock, and there was a thin mist in the sky, and it was difficult to see clearly.

However, Hawkins still took his three boats and quietly docked on a simple dock, near the berth, there were already several ships docked, but they were all small boats.

Seeing these small boats, Hawkins frowned, although he had sufficient personnel, these ships were also a big trouble.

Then, the fog gradually dissipated, and the entire small pier was clearly presented in front of his eyes.

Five middle-aged men in leather clothes waited anxiously, followed by dozens of guards, who also followed their masters, looking anxious.

After looking carefully, he knew the bald man in the middle, this was the plantation owner he had met last time, and the other four plantation owners were all introduced by him.

His arrival apparently made these plantation owners see it, and their faces were immediately happy.

"Oh! Dear Mr. Hawkins, I've been waiting for you so hard! ”

John. As soon as Hawkins got off the boat, the bald man greeted him and gave him a big hug.

This made Hawkins, who had a subtle personality peculiar to some Englishmen, a little unaccustomed, but had to endure it for the sake of gold.

"Hello, Monsieur François, and gentlemen!" After Hawkins left his embrace, he gave a gentlemanly salute, then pointed to the three ships behind him and said:

"The black slave you want has arrived!"

Immediately, Hawkins clapped his palms, and the sailors who had already prepared on the ship hurriedly escorted down the sleek black slaves one by one.

After walking on the sea for more than a week, these men were confined to a confined space, and their daily diet was nothing more than the remnants of some sailors' and the bread of raw worms.

They were so hungry that their whole bodies were weak, their eyes were blank, and they were a little floating when they walked.

In order to put an end to the contagion, Hawkins listened to Domingo's advice, left the black slaves untouched, and washed them vigorously with the sea water several times, and then he was relieved.

The black slaves were strung with ropes and pulled off the ship by the sailors.

And Hawkins communicated with these plantation owners and chatted about the day.

The guards brought by the plantation owners, like animals, from time to time opened the mouths of the negroes, looked at their teeth, patted their arms and thighs, and looked at their bodies.

Others pinched the breasts of black women, looking serious, as if they were checking the conditions of women's childbirth.

It was the first time for Hawkins to do this kind of black slave business, and when he saw this, he was still a little uncomfortable for a while, and his heart was a little uncomfortable.

After all, treating humans as animals is a bit of a neurological challenge.

After getting used to it for a while, and thinking about the gold coins that were about to arrive, Hawkins felt a lot better.

"Mr. Hawkins, you have a total of one thousand one hundred and sixteen black slaves, and I want two hundred men and a hundred women, and the price of men is five pounds, three pounds for women, and two pounds for children, so here is one thousand and three hundred pounds for you!"

"I want a hundred!" "I want three hundred!" ……

After receiving feedback from their subordinates, the five plantation owners hurriedly made bids and moved boxes of gold coins out.

Thus, at this moment, more than 1,000 black slaves were sold, and Hawkins made a profit of 3,800 pounds, which was his profit for the month.

After agreeing with the planters, Hawkins sailed the boat to Santo Domingo, the center of Little Spain.

Spain had signed a treaty with England allowing English to do business in Spain and the colonies.

Therefore, Hawkins used the money from the slave trade to buy a lot of ginger, sugar, and tobacco, and prepared to take them to England for sale.

In this way, loaded with harvest, Hawkins and others returned to England.

On the way back, the journey was smooth sailing, until they were still more than a hundred miles away from England, when a merchant ship suddenly appeared in front of them, flying the Portuguese flag.

Hawkins hurriedly took a look at the monoculars and saw that the armed merchant ship had a heavy draft and a size of about 150 tons.

"It's such a big fat sheep, I didn't expect that when I got home, I could make a lot of money!"

Hawkins' eyes widened, wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, and muttered quietly.

"Boss, do this vote! This is a great way for us to eat! ”

The first mate on the side walked over, and like him, he looked at the merchant ship in front of him that was gradually accelerating, swallowed his saliva, and kept talking.

"Alright, done!" Hawkins shook his fist and shouted excitedly, and then cheers rang out from the boat.