Lin Jun led the American Fleet, sailed on the sea again for a month and a half, and finally arrived at Fort Pioneer, Peru, the speed of these warships is okay, mainly because the speed of the Fu ship is relatively slow, but the most stable sailing is also the Fu ship, and the living conditions of the soldiers on the ship are more comfortable.

Cao Li and the others, with 700 soldiers, had already established their rule around Fort Vanguard, and the Spaniards allowed them to rule over the Indians around Fort Vanguard, but agreed that they could not touch other areas.

Cao Li's management of these Indians was rather rough, after all, the education committee in the army was only good at ideological education, not at administrative management.

The main purpose of these Indians was to provide enough food for Fort Vanguard, and although the management was crude, there was not much oppression.

It was boring in Fort Vanguard, except for reconnaissance, there was only waiting left, and finally in mid-April, Cao Li waited for the arrival of the fleet.

Cao Li couldn't help but be excited, and what surprised him even more was that the American Fleet had two more warships, bringing the number of warships to three, and there were also two troop carriers.

"Sir, this is a letter from your lordship." Lin Jun took out a letter and handed it to Cao Li.

Cao Li took the letter and read it carefully. The letter was long, and there was a map in the envelope. After reading it, Cao Li spread out the map and said: "My lord asked us to go north and occupy this part of North America, my lord said that this area called California is full of gold on the surface of the strata, and at the same time, this semi-desert area on the side also has a large number of gold and silver mines. ”

"All the fleet has to do in the next year is send the administrators and marines to California, and then have them capture the Indians, open farms and shipyards in California, and mine the surface of the ground for gold. There is a large basin in the eastern part of California, where there are a lot of gold and silver minerals, but the road is more difficult, after the Marine Corps arrives in California, they can explore the east according to the situation, but the adults recommend to us that the conservative way is to explore the east for a distance year by year, set up supply points along the way, and find a road to the large basin in a few years. Cao Li pointed to the map and said, the Great Basin is naturally Nevada and Utah, which are the world's third largest gold producers, second only to South Africa and Australia, and also have a large number of silver mines, but the geographical conditions are relatively harsh, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains are difficult to cross in this era, where there are deserts, snowstorms and other harsh terrain and climate.

"In the next year, the fleet will unite with the Francois to sweep the east coast of the Americas, attacking the colonies of the British and the Westerners, and the British colonies are in the southern part of North America, that is, the northern part of the Francos. The colony of the Hongyi people is in the more department. Our mission is to loot the ships, and preferably capture some white slaves and bring them back to Denlai. ”

"Will the Furlans join forces with us?" Lin Jun asked worriedly.

"Don't worry about this, one of them believes in Roman Catholicism, the other believes in Protestantism, and I heard Franciscans say that they are still fighting in Europa! The Holy Roman Empire, which is a religion that suppresses technological development, so we should help the Franciscans and suppress the Protestant forces so that their Catholicism continues to flourish. Cao Li had already heard about the situation in the Americas and Europe, "We just want to use this strait (the Strait of Magellan) that they are heavily guarded to go around to the east coast, if they don't cooperate, we can take the strait below (Drake Passage), I went around the east coast by boat three months ago, that strait is just relatively high wind and waves, and there is no danger in being careful with a large-tonnage sailing ship like ours." ”

"Alright! So when do we leave? Yang Yichuan asked.

"Let's rest for two days first, and then set off in two days." Cao Li decided.

…… Two days later, Cao Li left 300 men to defend Fort Vanguard, and sailed to California with 3,400 Marines and more than 800 other members.

They sailed for more than half a month and finally arrived in California. They landed in San Francisco, which was named Jinshan by Zhao Yan.

It was still an area where no colonists had arrived, and California was home to a large number of Native American people, and the Native American civilization was much higher than that of Hawaii.

As soon as they landed in San Francisco, they immediately conquered the local Indians. The Marines began to hunt Indians as slaves, and that day they routed an Indian tribe and managed to capture more than 5,000 Indians.

The conquest of the Indians is obviously much bloodier, the rise of a nation must be based on the flesh and blood of other peoples, these Indians were massacred by the Yankees in history, and it is difficult to form any guilt in Zhao Yan's heart in the bloody conquest of the Indians.

The Marines were apparently much milder than the Yankees' massacres, and they did not kill the natives indiscriminately, but continued to capture as many captives as they could.

After Liu Yuan, the governor of California, led people to survey the terrain of Jinshan, he began to command these Indian slaves to build fortresses, and according to the practice set by Zhao Yan, he began to build stone monuments to declare territorial sovereignty.

Then a large number of personnel were dispatched to explore the surrounding terrain and minerals. Liu Yuan is most concerned about iron ore, and only by finding iron ore can he produce enough labor tools to supply the needs of the Hawaiian Islands.

Five days later, the exploration team found a small iron mine fifty miles away, and then found a coal mine not far away, and Liu Yuan immediately asked people to take a thousand Indians to mine there, and began to build a blast furnace under the mine.

The Marines began to capture a large number of Indians, which caused great trouble to the food supply, so the Marines stopped the capture and turned to occupy the Indians' cultivated land, and Liu Yuan commanded the Indians to continue farming, so as to solve the problem of food supply.

More food was needed to capture more Indians as slaves, and the sea was undoubtedly the best choice, as the sea had a much greater capacity to provide for than the land.

The construction of the shipyard began, and hundreds of shipwrights came to the Americas this time, and more will arrive in the Americas in the future.

California is much better developed than Hawaii, but it's also a lot more complex.

Shipbuilding, textiles, and mining will be the main industries, shipbuilding will require a lot of logging, the textile industry will need to grow cotton, build water conservancy, and the gold mining industry will also need a lot of manpower.

Food production has become a key presence, and only when there is enough food can enough manpower be invested in these industries. Personal productivity becomes the biggest key.

The more people an indigenous person can support, the more people can invest in other industries.

Extensive management is therefore the best approach, and California has an innumerable amount of land, the size of 411,000 square kilometers, nearly 20 times the size of Hawaii.

It is possible for an indigenous to cultivate hundreds of acres of land, but it requires a large number of livestock, and when the fleet departs, the largest amount of artillery and cannonballs is carried, and there are not many livestock at all.

So Liu Yuan sent the First Fleet to Central America, trade with the Spaniards, and buy livestock from them. At the same time, Liu Yuan began to build a turkey farm.

The Indians mastered the art of raising turkeys, and their decorative feathers were found on turkeys.

A turkey is a very large chicken, and an adult rooster can weigh up to ten kilograms. Liu Yuanjiang tasted the taste of turkey and found that this turkey tasted very delicious.

"You can raise turkeys in large quantities and then make them into smoked chickens and ship them back to Denlai." Liu Yuan thought of a way to broaden his financial resources, and hurriedly took out a pen and recorded it.

After spending ten days in Jinshan Harbor, the First Fleet began to sail to Central and South America with 500 marines, and the three warships were to take 500 marines around the east coast of the Americas to plunder, while the Meng Tian and Qi Jiguang were to trade with the Spaniards on the west coast, transporting horses, mules and other livestock bought from the Spaniards.

The Spaniards have been colonizing the Americas for almost a century, and they certainly have no shortage of livestock.

Cao Li led a fleet loaded with no cargo, and it took only eight days to reach the Isthmus of Panama, and when they sailed into the port of Dios, the governor of New Spain was very surprised, he did not expect the fleet of the Orientals to arrive so quickly, and according to the reports of his men, their ships looked very similar to those taken from the Dutch. The Viceroy of New Spain attached great importance to it and personally went to the port to greet him.

The Governor of New Spain had also been in contact with Cao Li before, and both sides knew some details about each other.

Cao Li held talks with the Spaniards again in Puerto Dios, and the Spaniards readily agreed to the sale of livestock.

The fleet found that the horses of the Spaniards in the port of Dios were very tall and had many heavy horses, far from being comparable to the Mongol horses.

"Horses of this height are very common in our Europe, and we generally use horses to plow the land." Said the Governor of New Spain.

This attracted the attention of Cao Li and others, "We need a large number of stallions, and we want stallions for all kinds of horses, as long as they are transported, we will buy them with a lot of money." ”

The Governor of New Spain agreed, saying that he would transport a batch of stallions from Europe as soon as possible.

Then Cao Li consulted with the Governor of New Spain about the question of the passage, and when the Governor of New Spain heard that they were going to the east coast to sweep away the British and Dutch, he immediately agreed with joy.

Originally, he was worried that the arrival of the fleet of these Orientals on the west coast would pose a threat to the ports on the west coast, but now it seems that these Orientals have no idea of attacking them, and at the same time they can use them against the British and Dutch.

"The British have taken over a large part of our territory in New Spain, and if you want to plunder their ports, I can send a few guides to assist you." The Viceroy of New Spain deliberately instigated the First Fleet to plunder the British.

The Spaniards, though deeply jealous of the British, did not dare to use force rashly, as it would likely lead to a major war, and both sides were using privateering licenses.

The Spaniards, on the other hand, were plagued by privateering licenses, and their merchant ships had been harassed by British pirates, and their revenues had been drastically reduced, which was why they were expanding their revenues in the Far East.

Cao Li and the others were also overjoyed, and it would be more convenient to act after thinking about it.

After five days on the Isthmus of Panama, three ships of the First Fleet headed south, where they were to make a detour from the Strait of Magellan to the east coast, plundering the ports and ships of the Dutch and British, and expanding the fleet as much as possible. The two Fu boats carried 1,000 head of livestock north to Jinshan Port.

(To be continued)