Is this guy scared stupid or hungry and losing his mind? Angel looked at Mairodin with pity, it was already the eighteenth century, and the Qing Dynasty could sweep Europe with 20,000 people? He immediately retorted: "I don't know how many people died on the route from Manila to the port of Acapulco, but I know that if we don't give it away, the tens of thousands of soldiers and merchants we have captured by the Qing Dynasty will be slaughtered." ”

Carlos then said: "Your Excellency the Governor, I don't think you know that France has always had dealings with the Qing Kingdom, and the fourteenth prince has a very thorough understanding of Europe, and he will not be arrogant that he can sweep Europe with 20,000 horses, this is what he said personally, I think, he is more concerned about seizing the territory of the Americas." ”

was robbed by the two of them, and Mai Ruoting said a little angrily: "America, can New Spain give it away?" ”

"That's not what we're thinking about." Angel said coldly: "Who is more important, the mainland or the overseas territory?" That is something for His Majesty and the ministers to consider, and I think Spain may be in need of a strong ally now. Again, I would like to remind you that neither Europe nor the Americas, we can stop the Qing people from moving forward.

Needless to say, there are a large number of Dutch, British, Portuguese, Swedes who know the route of the port of Acapulco, they seized eight merchant ships from the port of Acapulco, what this means, His Excellency the Governor should be very clear. ”

I've been starved for more than half a year, and it's meaningless? Mai Ruoting poured himself a cup of tea in frustration, slowly digested the information he had just obtained, and re-examined the purpose and significance of the Qing people's troops in Europe.

Glancing at Mai Ruoting, who was frowning and contemplative, Carlos carefully reminded: "Your Excellency the Governor, the Fourteenth Prince is still waiting outside.

Mai Ruoting nodded, and said weakly: "Since it is impossible to stop it, what else can you say?" Do your best to bring the captives home, Spain needs them. ”

Ossuri Shipyard is the largest shipyard in Manila, with a history of more than 140 years, and is the first large shipyard built after the Spanish occupation of Manila.

Yinzhen and his entourage, accompanied by Zheng Qingyuan and the two who did not have much money, visited the shipyard with great interest, the scale of this shipyard is much smaller than the two new shipyards in Shanghai, but there are also six large docks that can start construction of six large ships at the same time, the shipyard is busy, but most of the craftsmen are Han Chinese, and the Spaniards are less than thirty percent.

"This kind of rebuilt sailing ship, which the Spaniards called the Clark galleon, is as large as the domestic 2,000-material sea boat." Zheng Qingyuan followed behind Yinzhen and introduced.

"How long does it take to build one?" Yinzhen asked with interest, with the consolidation of the South Seas and the development of Australia and the opening of routes to Europe and the Americas, the sailing ships that can sail to the ocean are really too popular, and the last time he came to Manila, he neglected the shipyard here, but fortunately, Zheng Qinghai had a little brains and did not let the shipyard stop.

"About half a year." Zheng Qingyuan groaned: "If you rush to work, you will be able to enter the water in five months." ”

"Let them get to work." Yinzhen said without hesitation: "How many shipyards are there in Manila?" ”

"There are two large shipyards." Zheng Qingyuan immediately replied.

Yinzhen nodded and said, "Hurry up with all your might, and now the galleon is very popular." ”

Manila Governor Mai Ruoting, Far East Fleet Commander Angel and Carlos came forward to lobby, and obtained property compensation The eight captains of the port of Acapulco naturally had no objections, and they were full of promises to lead the way, Yinzhen specially summoned several captains after hearing the news, not only comforted them, but also specially rewarded them with some property, and then asked some things about the voyage...,

Since several captains are already willing to lead the way, they naturally do not dare to hide it, and they all answered 1510, Yinzhen only asked the beginning, and then understood that the route from Manila to Acapulco Port turned out to be using the second largest warm current in the world's oceans - the Kuroshio.

The Black Current, which is fast and flowing, enters the East China Sea through the Philippines and the eastern part of Taiwan, then passes through the Ryukyu Islands and turns eastward along the southern part of the Japanese archipelago into the Pacific Ocean.

Thinking of this, Yinzhen was embarrassed for a while, and almost forgot what he had learned before, the Kuroshio Tide was the warm current that had the greatest impact on China, and the so-called warm current of the Yellow Sea was a tributary of the Kuroshio, and the reason why Qinhuangdao was an ice-free port was also affected by this.

The next morning, Yinzhen and his entourage left Manila, Zheng Qingyuan and Qian Buyu bowed on the dock to see Yinzhen's fleet leave, both of them were full of joy, Qian Buguan was promoted to a level, from the thousand total of the sixth grade to the Manila garrison of the fifth grade, which was exactly what he wanted, Zheng Qingyuan was directly awarded the Xuanfu envoy from the fourth grade, and Yinzhen promised him to enter the Nanyang Fleet, he was even more happy.

Because of the hurry, Yinzhen and his entourage did not stop in Guangzhou, and went directly to Shanghai.

Australian immigration has officially kicked off, Shanghai as a transit station, every day is a lot of sand boats loaded with immigrants busy in and out, the already busy waterway seems to be even more busy, although a group of officials and ship owners in charge of immigration transit in Shanghai have their own division of labor, and the preparation is also very sufficient, but every day will still encounter an endless stream of new situations, so that everyone is tired.

Hearing that the fourteenth master Yinzhen arrived in Shanghai, everyone rushed to Liuchun Garden to visit, Liuchun Garden, Yinzhen washed under Zhang Mengjiao's attendant, and said: "After the navy goes out, I may have to stay in the capital for a long time, do you go back to Beijing with me this time, or wait for next time?" After Holy Birthday, I will go to the South Seas again. ”

Zhang Mengjiao had already prepared for entering Beijing, but she didn't want to be in such a hurry, so she smiled and said, "Master, how about taking Mengjiao to Nanyang to see?" ”

"If you go down to the South Seas again, you will go out for the army, what kind of system will you take to become?" Yinzhen didn't think about it, so he refused, and immediately comforted: After a while, I will go to Australia to inspect the immigration situation, and then I will take you there, can it be done? ”

"This is what the prince himself said." Zhang Mengjiao chuckled.

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." Yinzhen nodded, knowing that she was unwilling to enter Beijing in such a hurry, so she smiled and said: "I have to go back to Beijing early tomorrow morning, the itinerary is in a hurry, why don't you go back to Beijing with me next time." ”

After hurriedly washing up, Yinzhen rushed to the study, and the first person he summoned was Luo Jing, the escort who was responsible for collecting information about Shanghai, listening to his report, and consulting all the information presented.

Lao Siyin and Wu Sidao did not go to Karopa with the envoys, but stayed in Shanghai to gather private secret forces to organize and accompany him to Europe.

Knowing that Shanghai was calm during this time, the fourth child was not in Shanghai, but went to Jiangning City, Yinzhen only relaxed a little, for the fourth child's sticky pole, he was in line with the attitude of sending the plague god, it is best to send it to Europe to harm Europe, and it is impossible for him to use it if he stays in the mainland, and he does not want to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to clean it up.

The expedition to Europe also pointed to the fourth child, these people went to Europe, there was no threat to him, there was no need to be treacherous and ruthless, not only offended the fourth, but also let the thirteenth deviate from Germany, besides, it is really difficult to guarantee that the fourth will take all the forces away at once, provoke them to jump off the wall in a hurry, but it is not beautiful, send them to Europe, not only to fulfill the fourth, but also to harm Europe, why not? It's just that I want to tell Shi Shibiao to take more precautions against them. …,

Luo Jing just went out, but Yinxiang came in a hurry with an excited face, Yinzhen saw him excited, but he couldn't think of anything that could make the old thirteen so happy, and immediately joked: "Brother Thirteen is so happy, could it be that he met a red face in a foreign country?" ”

"I'd like to, but there's really no one in Shanghai." Yinxiang grinned.

"Xiamen can have it." Yinzhen quipped.

"Xiamen's is dark and short, don't taste me." Yinxiang smiled and handed over a small scroll of paper, and said teasingly: "Pigeon letter, Karopa's, arrived three days ago." ”

When he heard that it was Karopa's pigeon letter, Yinzhen couldn't help but be surprised, and said, "Flying directly from Karopa? ”

"What's the matter, it's a turn in Guangzhou." Yinxiang said with a smile.

Yinzhen couldn't help but be surprised: "When did you go to Guangzhou?" ”

"If you have a pigeon letter, why don't you use me to run it myself." Yinxiang said proudly: "Taking over the pigeon letter system, I will let people go directly to Nanyang to try, they have already tried several times, this time to Nanyang everywhere, I am just for them to connect with local officials." ”

"You're keeping it a secret." Yinzhen smiled and nodded, then looked down at the letter, the words of the pigeon letter are very small, even so, there are not many words, but a few crosses, the letter is written very concisely and concisely, it is to report the purchase of rice in Siam, Siamese rice is rich, the price is indeed three coins and one stone, however, the one in Hexian Port is slightly more expensive, to be combined to four coins, in addition to a long list of country names, Burma, Siam, Annam, Quang Nam, Shui Chenla (Cambodia), Lu Chenla (Laos), Cham, Jingdong, Chiang Mai, Lan Na Tai, etc.

Yinzhen looked at it with a burst of joy, there are still so many large and small regimes in Southeast Asia? It was convenient for him to fish in troubled waters, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "The safety of the pigeon letter is not guaranteed, and a set of passwords should be designed." As he spoke, he picked up a book from his desk and flipped through a page and said: "For example, this 'person, word, on the second page, the third line, and the fourth, can be indicated with the code 23ˉ, of course, it is more convenient and concise to use Arabic numerals, so that even if the pigeon letter is lost, it will not cause the news to be leaked, of course, in order to be more secure, each communication channel should use different passwords." ”