On the rough ocean, a fleet is sailing. They encountered a storm, and although the process was thrilling, their ship was large enough to survive the storm.

Zhang Ning was the commander of this fleet and had the rank of major. This time, he was ordered to explore the west coast of the Americas, and a total of three warships and twenty transport ships were dispatched for this expedition. In order to ensure the safety of this exploration, the ships dispatched are all 2,000 tons.

When the storm cleared, the fleet, which had been sailing above the ocean for more than a month, suddenly found land ahead. With the shouts of the lookouts, the soldiers of the entire fleet were in high spirits.

This time, they were on European soft-sailing boats, and there was no comfortable building on board, so they could only live in cabins with dark light and turbid air, and the living conditions were very harsh, and they were in dire need of land.

Zhang Ning hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked at the land in the distance, the land in the distance was some islands, not a huge continent.

Zhang Ning then flipped through the chart, and there was an archipelago marked 'Honolulu'.

"Here, it should be here." Zhang Ning was overjoyed, there was indeed an archipelago here, this was a chart sent by the superiors, and this archipelago was the first target they explored.

He was told by his superiors that there might be a group of more backward natives on the island. The fleet began to slowly approach the archipelago, and soon the fleet came to an island not far away.

"Come on, send two small boats to investigate at once." Zhang Ning immediately ordered.

"Yes, sir."

Immediately the two small boats were lowered, and the exploration of the archipelago in front of them began. As the exploration unfolds. They found a natural harbor. At the same time, the indigenous people of the island were also discovered.

When the fleet sailed into port. Zhang Ning ordered the cannon to be fired.

The roaring sound of artillery frightened the natives of the island.

The archipelago in front of you is the Hawaiian Islands of later generations. The indigenous people of the islands have not seen anyone from the outside world since they lived on this archipelago.

At this time, I suddenly saw a fleet of tall ships coming to the port, everyone wearing white naval uniforms, and they would let out a thunder-god-like roar, and suddenly thought that the gods had descended, and a group of natives were so frightened that they knelt on the shore. Constantly praying to the fleet, and also jumping, as if performing some kind of ritual.

Zhang Ning and they were confused, and this is down?

A group of natives in grass skirts thought that the Ming army was a god at this time, and they also saved a lot of trouble and bloodshed. The Ming troops on the fleet then landed on the island and were reverently welcomed by the natives.

Zhang Ning immediately announced to the natives that this archipelago had been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and from then on this place was a royal paradise, and the inhabitants of the island could all be called the subjects of the Ming Empire.

But because of the language barrier. It's like a chicken talking to a duck.

Zhang Ning thought about it and simply invited the indigenous leader to visit the ship. Feasts are also held with ingredients served by the natives. The indigenous leader and a few indigenous 'nobles' on the left and right were dazzled when they got on the warship.

On board there are fine porcelain, gorgeous brocades, silks, tea, sugar, honey, and all kinds of fine gold, silver, and bronze ware.

At the same time, the chef of the fleet made a sumptuous meal, which these natives had never enjoyed, and they had also eaten delicious food, but it was all natural fruits. I have never eaten such a delicacy at all, I almost swallowed my tongue, and it doesn't look very good.

After some hospitality, Zhang Ning began to show off his strength, showing off various weapons to the natives.

Under the astonished gaze of the natives, the sharp sword slashed through the trees. A captured seal was then dragged up and killed with a musket.

The final highlight is, of course, the shelling.

The warship drove to a remote place, and after setting up the target, the heavy artillery on the warship fired in unison, and the shells went out one after another, and the huge force smashed the target into pieces.

The group of natives turned pale with fright, and their expressions became more respectful.

After some courtesy and deterrence, Zhang Ning directly asked people to draft an agreement, the content of which was that the Honolulu natives were willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, and from now on, the Honolulu Islands were included in the Ming Dynasty, and the original leaders of Honolulu were named Honolulu Tusi, and a number of gold, silver, bronze, brocade, silk, and porcelain were rewarded to guard Honolulu for the Ming Dynasty.

A bunch of bounties were placed in front of the native chiefs, along with a draft conformity agreement. After some comparison, the native chieftain could not resist the temptation of these rewards, and did not quite know what the agreement was, so he pressed his handprint on the submission agreement according to the arrangement, and then happily took the reward and got off the warship, and went back to show off to his people the reward he had received from the 'gods'.

In this way, the Hawaiian natives sold the entire Hawaiian Islands, but the agreement of submission in black and white has been signed, and then the natives will not recognize it, and it will be bigger than anyone's fist! When the time comes, the Ming Dynasty is also the party representing justice.

The natives don't even have iron weapons, and the difference in productivity between the two sides is so different that they can beat these heavily armed Ming troops, and they can sweep and be invincible if they throw a hundred soldiers to the island.

Therefore, it is already a sure thing that the Hawaiian Islands will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no variables. When Westerners discovered the Hawaiian Islands in history, it was 150 years later.

Although they were prepared for the worst, the rest went relatively well, and these natives were very obedient and did not have the slightest intention of disobedience.

After continuous communication, the language gradually became smoother.

Zhang Ning left 300 soldiers on the island, and the natives on the Honolulu Islands at this time were not unified, and the indigenous leader he recruited was equivalent to the Tusi used to manage the natives in the next unified archipelago. With the combat effectiveness of these three hundred soldiers, it is enough to sweep the entire Honolulu Islands, which is no problem and suspense.

Zhang Ning understood the significance of this archipelago to the Ming Dynasty, and if it was really as marked on the chart, on this vast sea, only a few islands were located in the middle, and it would definitely become an important supply point. And this archipelago is very beautiful, the climate is very comfortable and pleasant, there are no mosquitoes, no flies, no cockroaches, no fleas, and no snakes and reptiles, it is like a paradise, such a good place, you must take it.

Zhang Ning then led the resupply fleet and began to sail to the west coast of the Americas, where he went to find the 'Jinshan Port' marked on the chart, which was later San Francisco. This chart was actually drawn by Zhu Youxiao himself, what Hawaii, directly wrote a Honolulu to go up, which is the name given by the Chinese in later generations. What San Francisco, directly named 'Golden Mountain Harbor'.

Zhang Ning didn't know who drew this chart, but when he was in Honolulu before, he was surprised to find that there were really sandalwood trees on the mountain. When heading towards Jinshan Port, Zhang Ning was thinking in his heart, is there really a Jinshan there? (To be continued.) )