The White Crane stopped in Ceylon for only one day, and did not spend the night, and accepted the gifts from the three leaders of Ceylon, and the beauties, etc., and set off overnight, leaving behind a few transport ships of 1,500 materials, and their task was to return to the West Port of Siam and send back the White Crane recital. ＝＝＝＝

Going to sea again, Shirana Crane went directly into the captain's room.

"Herald, Empress Oliviale, all. Target, Island of Miracles! ”

As soon as the white crane gave the order, the entire fleet was immediately full, the miracle island was on their map, there was only one name, and the place was about more than three thousand square kilometers, according to the standard that the white crane gave to the fleet, it was an island of five or six million acres, and it was not a small island, but this island did not have a natural harbor, which was a pity.

But even if it doesn't, the white crane is still occupying. Because this is one of the important supply points for the Ming fleet to travel far away in the future.

Sitting in the captain's room, Shira-naitsu motioned for Archbishop Aura to come over.

Inspired by Master Xuanbei, Archbishop Aura was dressed in sackcloth with a crown made of tree strips, and he believed that this was the true faith in the Lord.

"Bishop Aura, I'm ready to go to war. Counting the time, it is a distance of five thousand miles at most, and there is an island, which I have named the Island of Miracles, and I have heard that you also have a record of the island called Banhe, and one thousand four hundred and one years ago, a man named St. Thomas converted the inhabitants of the island to the Lord. ”

"Amen!" Archbishop Aura looked stern, St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles.

Archbishop Aura even knew that this Venerable was named Thomas, and adding a holy word was an honorific title. However, the white crane called St. Thomas, and he could not say that the white crane was wrong, at least the white crane told himself a very useful piece of news, and he also saw this island in the ancient Greek texts.

It was called the Magical Island by the ancient Egyptians.

"But. Now that they are ruled by the Arabs, they are being forced to convert......" Before Bai Minghe could finish speaking, Archbishop Aura knelt down again, and Bai Minghe did not understand a word of what he was reading.

The white crane didn't need to say any more, and directly ordered: "Pass the order and hang the flag of the Byzantine king." Reclaim the Island of Miracles. Return the self-confidence of the inhabitants of the island to the faith, and remove all the ...... who dare to be enemies there! The word "clear" was used, and soon, the order was issued in the form of a telegram.

When you catch up with the Grand Fleet, just telegraph them again.

Five days later, Shirana's fleet caught up with the main fleet led by Blue Ocean, who also received a telegram from Shirana's flagship at this time.

As soon as I saw the telegram, the blue ocean had not yet reacted. Lao Lei, the flagship of the left guard, immediately responded: "The left guard applies to break forward, clear all the enemies, and completely clear them." Immediately afterwards, Liu Mingxuan of the forward fleet scolded back: "Lao Lei, do you know that General Ben is the striker?" Do you still think that General Ben is a striker? ”

Lan Hai let out a long sigh: "In the Ming Dynasty, the white crane was also peaceful. These generals also know what etiquette is, what is the prestige of a great power, and this is out of the sea. ”

"The wine you snatched is more fragrant!" The lieutenant added a sentence next to him.

"That's fine. Ask the white crane. What is the strategic value of that island, flagships at all levels are not allowed to take the initiative to ask. Only the general warships of each detachment are allowed to ask, and each person is limited to two questions. ”

On the sea, no one will stop the ship if there is nothing to do, and it is not easy to stop and add more.

Moreover, such a huge fleet does not dare to stop casually, and once the command fails, there will be chaos.

The white crane motioned to ask Archbishop Ola to go back first. Anyway, he borrowed a name, and this battle was fought by the Byzantine Empire, and it had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.

Only then did he begin to answer Lan Hai's question: "Call back, just ask them how about the largest piece of ambergris that the official gave to the palace?" ”

Soon, various responses came. They praised one after another, but they didn't ask, because the questions could only be two. If you ask, is there so much ambergris on this island that it would not be worth wasting an opportunity to ask a question?

Bai Minghe has some forcible thoughts in his heart, because there are not many people on the island itself, there are very few indigenous people, most of them are immigrants from the Gulf region, and even so, the total population is only more than 3,000 people.

Bai Minghe called back: "When you go to the island, you will definitely throw away that piece, because you will only take the better one." There's the best ambergris here, it's just better, not the best. There is also a ** that is more valuable than gold, this is the hometown of the dragon's blood tree, which is called unicorn blood in Daming! ”

The telegram from the white crane went out, waiting for these guys to call back.

But left and right, the telegraph did not react at all, and in the end, it was Chen A's abnormality, and after going out to observe, he went back and said to Bai Minghe: "My lord, the overall increase in the fleet has increased by almost six miles compared to the original. ”

The six miles that Chen Adaa said means that each hour increases by six miles, that is, almost one and a half degrees.

The whole fleet, such a neat addition, represents the elite of the Ming sailors, but also represents the proficiency of the Ming fleet operators, you must know that the large fleet to add, first consider the ship with the lowest ship, but also consider the formation of the entire fleet. The most important thing for the Daming Sailor is the formation.

At sea, there can be battle formations as well.

At 14 knots, it would take eight and a half days to travel from the port of Colombo to the island of Socotra, which was later called Socotra. The actual arrival time of Shira-naya Crane was only seven days and eight hours, and by the time Shira-na's flagship approached the island, the battle on the island was over.

"My lord, one hundred and twenty enemies were killed, one thousand and sixteen prisoners of war, and there were about two thousand aborigines, and only thirty percent still believed in Byzantium." Chen Ah handed over the battle report, and Bai Minghe said in his heart, these guys are so fast, it is estimated that they didn't even talk about it, and they went to war directly.

With the elite of the soldiers of the Daming Water Division, they were brave against these stragglers, and they were besieged by more than 10,000 people.

The white crane did not get off the boat, but called Archbishop Ola to go, saying that he would continue to spread the glory of the Lord, and that he would give him hundreds of horses of white linen and some white rice. The rest, according to world practice, just become slaves. Of course, if their king is willing to talk, if he is willing to hand over something really good, they can give it back.

Is it a robber?

The civil officials on the ships of the various detachments did not have time to think, a seven-pound piece of pure white ambergris was revealed, and then a ** pearl weighing thirty stones appeared in the warehouse of the Arabs, and then there were nearly 100 stones of various precious medicinal materials of the Ming Dynasty, and this was not the end, after an eighteen pounds of superb ambergris was revealed, the civil officials as a whole shut up.

The medical officer on the ship, the locals don't know here, for the Ming Dynasty, there are hundreds of very precious medicinal materials.

Blue Ocean came to the flagship of the white crane, and after getting on the boat, he only said one sentence: "Blocking people's money is like killing parents!" ”

"Hahaha!" Bai Minghe smiled heartily, he knew that the blue sea had acquiesced, the huge wealth here was not comparable to Little Luzon, but it was only better than Da Nang, although the output here was not high, but it was only something very precious, this was only on the island, not counting the water.

Shirakawaru opened the map and reached out to the north.

"Here, this is the territory of the Ottoman Empire, but these are the territories they have conquered, not their original territories, let's not go north, this island is enough as a long-term supply port in the future, don't move the trees on this island, transport them from other places."

The white crane explained to the blue sea.

Lan Hai pointed on the map: "There, there are enough materials to go there." ”

"It's not a lot of forest, just find a place where there is no one to dock, tens of thousands of feet of wood, it's not worth fighting." Bai Minghe said, pulled the blue sea to the window, and pointed to the 6 places that were faintly visible in the distance: "The people here are more backward than the original people in Little Luzon, they will be turned into slaves by the Portuguese, and then sold everywhere in the world, how much treasure is there here?" You can't think of it! ”

"Don't guess, just say it!"

"The most precious wood, gemstones, as well as diamonds that are very rare in our Ming Dynasty, as well as all kinds of rare animals and medicinal materials. I can't count them, I am afraid of the number of gold mines here, and all the gold mines in the Ming Dynasty add up, which is only a fraction of what it is. ”

After Bai Minghe finished speaking, Lan Hai looked helpless: "I feel that I am about to become a bandit." ”

"No, you give enough benefits to the natives to make them rich. Then it's Hu Lao's life, teach these savages to learn etiquette, learn the Four Books and Five Classics, within a hundred years, the people here are our best friends in the Ming Dynasty, believe me, they are friends, we are here to exchange, not to fight, and I don't plan to rob them of a penny! On the contrary, let them go from the life of savages to truly enter the civilized society. ”

Lan Hai reluctantly accepted Bai Minghe's statement, and he had many similarities with Yu Qian.

But he didn't have Yu Qian's firm heart. He was easily persuaded by the white crane.

The white crane is not a robber, and neither are his soldiers. And no one in the Ming Dynasty thinks that the white crane is a robber, and even the locals do not think that the white crane is a robber. The aborigines went from slaves to commoners, and once again had their own property, and they also had people who knew ancient Greek, and they could communicate with Ola in the presence of them.

However, the behavior of the white crane is a robber in modern times.

The white crane got a lot from here, exchanged a lot of supplies, and built a port here.

Of course, this qiē also has to pay a price, but ......, the eighteen-pound piece of ambergris, the other party only exchanged five horses of silk. There are dozens of stone **, as long as five quintals of silk. Because this thing is more valuable than ambergris in their eyes, at least some precious medicinal herbs, in their eyes it is grass.

Add ten times the weight to rice, and the locals can't close their mouths.

Of course, the businessman of Daming didn't have a smile on his face, but he was almost crazy with a smile in his heart. These things are transported back to Daming, not to mention a hundred times more profitable. This piece of ambergris will definitely dare to use weight, fifty times the gold to start the auction, and you can easily turn over a hundred times the gold, ambergris, one of the most precious spices in the Ming Dynasty. (To be continued!)

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