In August 1622, in Havana, the capital of Cuba, a Spanish colony in the Caribbean, a Spanish armed fleet of 29 ships set out. Loaded with gold and silver looted from all over Mexico and South America, they slowly drove towards the European mainland.

Yan zhòng was overloaded, and five treasure ships were engulfed by a hurricane while sailing to the waters between the island of Cuba and the Florida Peninsula. The Lady Atoka and her sister ship, the St. Margaret's, sank in this shipwreck, becoming one of the most famous shipwrecks in history.

The depth of the wreck was only ten meters, but in those days, it had become an inaccessible place for manpower, and they could only lie quietly in the sea, waiting for the visit of future generations.

"Qiao Xi, Qiao Xi! Look! There are here, too! Lots of locked! ”

Not far from the Ming Dynasty immigration camp on the outskirts of Port Recife, Yu Shan, who was lying on the edge of a small river and was about to catch fish, suddenly exclaimed, and Qiao Yan, who was washing clothes not far away, raised his head.

A group of black African slaves carrying freshly cut sugar cane, under the escort of the Portuguese, walked by the creek in a procession, frightening the nearby Ming Dynasty male and female immigrants who were washing and cooking.

When Sofala and Benguela were resting in Africa, in fact, these Ming immigrants had already seen black Africans, but the number was not as large as it was now, and unlike most of the blacks in those two places, many of the blacks seen here were in long shackles.

"This is Taixi Kunlun Nu is also, since the Tang Dynasty, the wealthy families of the Middle Earth are also useful, or light and healthy, or strong as a mountain, and the guard is quite applicable."

Chang Kun, the pacification envoy of the immigrants who took his family to rest by the river, dressed in a long shirt with countless patches sewn, walked over with square steps, and said what he saw in the book with a smug mouth.

Shortly after arriving in Port Recife, Chang Kun's concubine finally gave birth. Gave birth to a son. Chang Kun, who had a son for the first time, even felt that God had deliberately arranged it in the dark, why didn't he give birth to a son in Daming?

"Mr. Chang is still knowledgeable!" Qiao Yan walked over and saluted Chang Kun very politely. Then he grabbed Yu Shan, who was still stunned, "Look, people said, these are people." It's Kunlun Nu, not a ghost. ”

"Yu Shan?"

Seeing that his companion was still distracted, Qiao Yan couldn't help but walk over and pat the other party's shoulder.

Yu Shan slowly raised his hand, pointed to the distant coast, and looked in the direction. I saw that between the sea and the sky, a tall ship and a forest of sails looked even larger than the fleet it had ridden at the beginning.

On August 19, 1621, after a month's voyage, the Spanish Caribbean Fleet sailed into the port of Recife, Brazil, with a fleet of more than 40 ships, including a galleon with a peculiar five-star flag in the center of the ring, white and blue.

However, compared to the Spanish fleet, which was mostly more than 500 tons of warships, the sail Galen ship from the Chinese American Republic was about 300 tons.

This is the Spanish fleet brought by Su Zining to transport immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. Accompanied. It is an Indian infantry platoon led by Lieutenant Cheng Peng. and a medical team temporarily organized by the Capital National Hospital, led by Lao Zhao, a former acquaintance.

Not long after, Su Zining and Yuan Xinyi landed in the port of Recife, and then, led by local officials, hurried towards the Ming Dynasty rest camp.

In the camp, Yan Xiaosong, who was inspecting the lives of the migrants, also received information about the arrival of the Spanish fleet.

Far away. Several young men stopped at the same time, looking at each other with smiles.

"Su Zining. You're just right! And Cheng Peng, who is already a lieutenant?! Yan Xiaosong glanced sideways at Katarina. Seeing that the other party was also happy, so he reverted to the optimistic smile that he hadn't seen for a long time. …,

"It's still a little darker, and I think there are blacks mixed in with immigrants." Su Zining also smiled.

"Brother Yan! Katerina! Yuan Xinyi was wearing a simple Western-style Victorian dress at this time, while Caterina opposite her was wearing a palace Hanfu with a somewhat torn skirt.

The young people came together and embraced. The soldiers of the Indian infantry platoon brought by Cheng Peng spread out to maintain safety. Listening to the wind from afar, some of the Ming Dynasty immigrants who followed behind opened their mouths in surprise, especially Chang Kun, who was shocked by the two big men hugging each other!

"They're the ones from China and America, aren't they? Yu Shan, look, how majestic ......" Qiao Yan stared at the young man in the distance in a straight Tessie military uniform, and kept muttering.

Cheng Peng, the army lieutenant who saw the "fellow countryman" for the first time, was also very excited, and after a little greeting to a few European non-commissioned officers, he walked alone towards the Ming Dynasty immigrants who were crowded together in the distance to watch the lively Ming Dynasty immigrants, intending to see the Ming Dynasty people in the "legend" up close.

"Hey! Do you smoke? ”

Cheng Peng, who didn't smoke, smiled and took out a pack of Double Happiness from his pocket, took out a few, and shook it around the group of men, women and children in front of him.

Unfortunately, with the exception of most of the feet that stepped back slightly, almost no one dared to step forward. Even Chang Kun remained silent.

"This military master, are we going to get on the boat again?" Qiao Yan swallowed nervously and was the first to speak.

The accent is very southern and obscure, and Cheng Peng, who is a northerner, didn't understand a few words, so he could only point to his ears: "I'm sorry, I don't understand the southern dialect." ”

"It's probably a dialect in Liaodong, isn't it that the scholars under Meng Yuan also went to sea?" Chang Kun, who was a little knowledgeable, nodded slightly, so he separated the crowd, walked in front of Cheng Peng, and raised his hand, "In Xiahejian Mansion Chang Kun, the ancestor of the military is a Youzhou clan?" The little brother is asking if he will go to sea again. ”

Suppressed and frustrated, speaking slowly, Cheng Peng finally understood the meaning. Think about your hometown in the Northeast, it should also be regarded as Youzhou, right?

"Well, I'm here to pick you up! Food, clothing, and shelter are all prepared for you in the country! Cheng Peng seemed to be very excited to chat with the ancients of the Ming Dynasty for the first time, "My surname is Cheng, Cheng Peng!" ”

After figuring out the accent, the immigrants present all breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Mr. Yan really didn't lie. Look, people even have food, shelter and clothing, just waiting for us to enjoy the happiness!.

A few hours later, a large amount of clothing and food unloaded from the Eden was transported to the Ming Dynasty immigration camp.

Thousands of ready-to-wear garments from the Azores garment factory of Yang Wenwen's living art company make it strange for men, women and children to receive them.

This can't be blamed on Yang Wenwen, after all, even she is not quite sure what style the real Ming Dynasty Hanfu is. Relying only on the research of later generations is not a reliable thing. She could only mass-produce several good-looking improved hanfu according to the several good-looking improved hanfu that she remembered when she mixed Hanfu bars before, and the cost of each set was controlled within 2 US dollars.

In her opinion, clothes that are less than $2 are simply out of fashion. So you can only make zuò from "cheap" European linen or chintz flowing water.

The style can be roughly regarded as the Middle Earth style of the Song and Ming dynasties, but there are many details that are different. However, the cloth is thick, and the size and style also fit, which makes a group of poor immigrants of the Ming Dynasty who are unlikely to pull a few feet of new cloth to make clothes all year round. If they had known that such a beautiful suit of clothing would be worth more than a tael of silver. I don't think anyone is willing to put it on right away.

The more than 30 tons of wheat flour brought in were enough for 4,000 people to eat for more than a week, and it set off a warm response in the migrant camp, and even the Portuguese soldiers who maintained order in the camp were a little red-eyed.

The immigrants, who had eaten wheat cereal and rice porridge for months, were a little nervous about the piles of freshly steamed white flour steamed buns. Holding hot steamed buns. Some of the older people couldn't hold back their tears. …,

On the other hand, the 10-member medical team of the Capital National Hospital has also started work, and a temporary health quarantine area has been set up, and in addition to more than 200 patients who have been infected on the way to receive simple medical treatment, medical staff will be working non-stop to carry out preliminary health quarantine for more than 4,000 people in the camp in the next half month.

According to the plan, the entire Spanish transport fleet will transport all Ming immigrants in two groups. to alleviate the burden of admission in the city of Double Bay, Bermuda.

In the captain's cabin of the Eden. Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong sat facing each other, each spreading out a diary in front of them.

“…… The basic situation is like this, after thinking about it, I still chose Yan Siqi, as for the Liu family in Shandong, it is also an indispensable heavy reliance on our layout. It can save us a lot of trouble, and the relationship needs to be deepened. ”

Yan Xiaosong greedily smoked the red double happiness that Su Zining had lost. "Revenge" for months of smoke-off.

"You are dashing and Ming swam once, I will take the blame for you." Su Zining smiled bitterly and picked up the authentic Daming green tea. "Millions of dollars, you really use me like a money printing machine, and if I were Portuguese, I would do a lot of. But yes, any problem that can be solved with money is not a problem. ”

"Yan Siqi's people also came here this time, specially to escort arms and goods, and the Portuguese also need a batch, otherwise they will be squeezed to death by the Dutch in the Far East." Yan Xiaosong stroked the diary with a pen, which can be regarded as completing the final narration.

"I was just said to be on my own, there is no national law, and you are making a big profit, so you are not afraid that the Congress will veto your case." Su Zining was happy, leaned forward, and roughly said some things since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

"How? Isn't it disappointing? A group of unqualified politicians play politics, and democracy is more like insisting on one's own opinion than communicating and compromising in our eyes, including you and me. It may take a lifetime of energy for the political appeal to be transformed into the political responsibility, and in this regard, we are all elementary school students. After finishing speaking, Su Zining pretended to drink tea while secretly looking at the "democracy fighter" in front of him.

"Wouldn't it be nice to have rules? Unless, you Su Zining has the idea of an emperor in your bones! Yan Xiaosong instantly kicked the taunt back, "By the way, I'm going to discuss with you about Brazil......

"Well, it's hard to say now, but in the future, it will definitely be a super trade entry, which is not conducive to the internal and external development of the whole country. Su Zining put down the teacup, opened his diary like a prophet, and pointed to a few lines, "You are a good start, we can mobilize those two-knife capitalist nouveau riche to cooperate with the Portuguese in Brazil to establish large-scale mines and plantation industries and expand raw material production capacity." The industry is completely managed by the Portuguese, we eat all the goods, and the profits of the industry can be shared, which may be cheaper than simply importing raw materials. This would also lay the groundwork for us to penetrate and control the Brazilian economy. ”

Hearing his friend's response, Yan Xiaosong was stunned, and nodded stupidly for a long time: "I found that you haven't seen you for more than a year, and you are good at calculating people." ”

"Hehe, do you want to say that you plan to build a monument of friendship to the Portuguese in Brazil?"

Su Zining smiled disdainfully, but quickly lowered his head and was silent, and only after about a minute did he raise his head and quietly look at his friend's eyes: "Yan Xiaosong, you say, did we do the right thing?" ”

Probably knowing what the other party was referring to, Yan Xiaosong slowly stood up and walked back and forth in the captain's room, seemingly difficult to answer this question.

"This historical era may be completely different than we can imagine, national feelings make us unable to part with that blood tie, but the estrangement between each other is a thousand times." Su Zining sighed and lowered his head again, "Our group of people is incompatible with this world, should our descendants continue to be incompatible with this world?" ”…,

"You're suffering from gains and losses again, Su Zining." Yan Xiaosong laughed when he heard this emotion, but relaxed, "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, Chinese culture is already broad and profound, can't we bloom two flowers and one branch each?" ”

Two flowers, one on each branch? What branch do you get...... Seeing his friend's optimistic appearance, Su Zining wanted to say what he wanted to say in his throat, but he couldn't say it.

Friday, August 26, 1621.

The first batch of more than 1,900 Ming immigrants who underwent preliminary sanitary quarantine boarded the Spanish fleet, and 23 Spanish warships or merchant ships were to carry them across the Caribbean Sea to Shuangwan on the island of Bermuda, an overseas territory of the United States of America in a month and a half.

The second consignment, of more than 2,100 men, will be on board in early September, along with a five-ship Portuguese merchant fleet that will be loaded with cargo to the city of Twin Bay, Bermuda.

This newly opened route will greatly facilitate trade between the European colonies of the Caribbean and South America and the United States of America. While this will weaken the Azores' current trade transit position for some time, it will also significantly reduce the time, cost and risk of long-distance trade in the Caribbean and Central and South America and North America.

A series of trade agreements between Swenbo and the Kingdom of Spain finally put the relationship between the two countries on the table. Although it is still only the United States unilaterally opening up the trade of a territorial port, it is believed that it will not be long before this news will make the whole of Europe jealous.

"Pretending to be forced is only temporary, hugging your thighs is the last word." Su Zining said this to Yuan Xinyi.

In order to appease the Portuguese who may feel left out, Su Zining secretly signed a cooperation intention with the Portuguese governor of the Pernambuco region of Brazil, and in the next few years, the American Republic of China will mobilize the business community to make large-scale cooperative investment in several major colonies in Brazil, and the total investment will not be less than 2 million US dollars!

What is the concept of a $2 million investment? Historical records show that in the 10s and 20s of the 17th century, the annual trade imports of the whole of South America to Europe were less than 600,000 Spanish silver dollars.

A full 150 boxes of silver coins totaling $1,800,000 and the equivalent of $200,000 worth of various industrial commodities were used to pay for the transportation of the Far Eastern fleet, and the Portuguese or Spanish captains who received the payment laughed with joy.

At the same time, Ricardo, commander of the Portuguese East Indies Colonial Fleet, was plenipotentiary and agreed to sign a contract for the subsequent transportation of migrants, and after some difficult bargaining, the cost of the transportation was set at $400 for adults over 16 years old and $300 for young children.

Moreover, in order to avoid the large fleet of ships concentrating too much loss in a storm, the subsequent transportation will be carried out in a small-scale and multi-batch manner. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )