On an ordinary afternoon, the Hantang Group's ocean-going fleet with the red Ssangyong flag sailed into the port of Macao, which attracted the attention of Macao businessmen.

The head of the Macao army, Waski, and the speaker of the Macau parliament, De Allon, were observing this ocean-going fleet from the high ground of the Macao Fortress at this time.

Two people with a monocular, looking very seriously in the shade of a large tree.

Waski, the head of the Macau soldiers, looked at it for a long time and said, "Dear Mr. Speaker, their total weight is not too great - not to make our businessmen nervous. ”

Macau's Parliament Speaker De Allon said: "Do you see any difference compared to the past? ”

"They have at least three ship shapes, two are the Ming merchant ships that we are familiar with, and the other is the new ship of the Han Tang Group, right?" The boat was beautiful, and the sails were weird, but judging by the way they landed, they were very nimble.

Judging by the number of gun windows, they only had six guns, which were just ordinary armed merchant ships - they called themselves Hai Security warships, and their guns were fierce. ”

The speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, said: "Do you see the bows of the two armed merchant ships?" ”

Waski, the head of the Macao soldiers, looked at it again and said: "See, Taiwan tarpaulin, I have seen it with my own eyes, it can't even penetrate the rain, and the goods used to cover the open air are very suitable, but the price is more expensive, but I have seen that it can be worn in the rain, and the rain can't penetrate it."

"Alright, Mr. Waski, I mean, what's up underneath?"

"It's a cargo, don't you see that they have a deep draft? Maybe it can't fit in the cabin, and you know that their cabins are segregated and don't load like we do. ”

Macau Speaker De Aron thought for a moment and felt that it made sense.

"It's really unexpected, they've only been here for two years, and there is so much sugar from Taiwan that we can't buy it, and fortunately they prefer to barter."

"Yes, Mr. Speaker, they prefer Indian cotton and wheat, Bengali cotton cloth, and even Indian cattle and sheep to the golden Escudo, but unfortunately the arrogant Spaniards have more means of exchanging rice than we do."

"How much sugar do you suppose they have in that fleet, and that colorless, varied dye?"

"It must be a lot. There are also all kinds of soft and odorless leather goods, such as armor linings, which are said to be more popular in Japan than deerskin, and our warriors also like them. Their guns are also very good, but they can only use their bullets, and their own lead bullets are ineffective. ”

The speaker of the Macau parliament, de Aron, lamented: "They still do business with the Dutch, don't they know that the Dutch are evil filthy Protestants?!" By the way, how are our preparations for the recapture of Malacca arranged? ”

Waski, the head of the Macau soldiers, said lightly: "God forbid, all of them are very smooth." ”

On 24 August 1511, Malacca was conquered by Portugal after defeating India at Alfonsod-Albuquerque and became a strategic base for Portuguese expansion in the East Indies.

Mahmud, the last sultan of Malacca, took refuge in the interior and attacked the Portuguese on land and sea, causing them to suffer.

Finally, in 1526, a powerful Portuguese fleet, led by Pedro Mascarenhaas, destroyed the base of the Sultan, who and his family crossed the Strait of Malacca to Kampar, Sumatra, where they died two years later.

But in 1641, the Dutch, with the help of the Johorerites, captured the city of Malacca.

When the Dutch ruled Malacca in 1641, they were not interested in developing it into a regional trading center, and the importance of Malacca as a center of governance was gradually replaced by Batavia, Indonesia.

The reason here is very simple.

The Dutch and the Portuguese before them knew that this was an important place, but even if they took possession of it, they were not able to control the entire Strait of Malacca, not to mention whether there was a geopolitical concept during this period, and even if they really thought of it, they were not capable of doing it, and the ability of technical equipment limited a qiē idea.

At the same time, the Malacca region was constantly harassed by the natives, and judging from the forts built by the Dutch later, the muzzles on them turned out to be inland.

After the Dutch took Malacca from the Portuguese, they had hired a small number of soldiers, but when they fought to the death of the Han and Tang groups, they also transferred some to leave, and now the remaining troops are only 100 people.

In Batavia, the Dutch are now completely confined to the city, except for business.

This, of course, led the Portuguese to produce all sorts of reveries.

It was still after Taiwan's Han Tang Group had just annihilated the Dutch East India Company's counterattack, and the speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, asked the first batch of Portuguese merchants who traded with Taiwan to bring a letter and hand it over to the Indian governor during the trade in India.

He did not believe that the Viceroy of India, Alfonso, could not see the whole situation changing.

But Governor Alfonso did not let the messenger bring back the reply, but brought back a sentence saying that he believed that the speaker de Aron and the head of the army would make the right choice.

This is a hint that the speaker of parliament, de Aron, understands very well.

From Macau to India to Europe, Portuguese merchants needed Malacca as a relief station to protect their trade.

Everyone quietly discussed it, felt feasible, and prepared accordingly.

Previously, after hearing about this fleet, everyone had a new idea, why don't we use this fleet to go to Malacca together?

In this way, the Portuguese merchants arranged for two merchant ships to follow the caravan, claiming to pay for the escort as well.

The Hantang Group agreed at that time.

On the dock in Macau, when everyone replenished some supplies, the fleet of the Hantang Group slowly left the dock in a good group.

At this time, the head of the Macao soldiers, Waski, and the speaker of the Macao, De Aron, were at the height of the Macao Fortress to observe the departure of this ocean-going fleet.

The speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, said seriously: "Mr. Waski, I hope that the person you arranged is reliable-"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Speaker, there is no way that the people I arranged will know that we arranged it, they are very powerful in the Indian sea!"

Macau Speaker De Aaron lamented: "The sea of India is rough and prone to accidents."

The head of the Macau soldiers, Waski, smiled, and his beard was about to rise, and he said: "Not every fleet can reach India along the way. ”

Hantang Group did not equip Haian 1 and Haian 2 with too much equipment brought from that world this time.

The fleet consisted of six waterproof duplex walkie-talkies, distributed among three boats, operating at a distance of eight kilometres and occasionally up to ten kilometres.

The 12 sextants of various sizes produced by Hantang Group are basically operated and tested by everyone.

Mercury barometer and aneroid barometer, thermometer, anemometer, water flow meter, flashlight, and as for the compass, everyone has it.

The kitchen multi-purpose hot water boiler and the small pot camel machine for sails and booms produced by Hantang Group are only five horsepower, and the start is slow, but it can do the work of ten people.

Not to mention all kinds of charts, as well as blank charts that they keep filling out.

There is only one small wind turbine, installed on Hai'an 1, which can carry a three-kilowatt searchlight.

The other two boats are hand-cranked generators with battery packs produced by Hantang Group, and if you want a dim light at night, please shake it.

The leader of the Hantang Group's fleet is an old sea wolf who likes to smile, a Hokkien native, in his forties, who has been to India more than ten times.

He once proudly said: "Lord Haojiao knows that if there is no wharf where the sailors of southern Fujian have visited, then it must be a nameless place." ”

At that time, Captain Sun Yu knew that this was the way the Ming people spoke, and if it was changed before, Captain Sun Yu would have asked: "Have you Hokkien people been to the Stockholm dock?" ”

The former captain Sun Yu looked down on self-righteous people.

But Captain Sun Yu doesn't know why now, he has been here for a long time, and this mentality has slowly been released.

Yes, because I know less, so I think I have a qiē, so wouldn't it be nice to take my time to get to know more, complaining, raising the bar, is there a fart?

The fleet of the Hantang Group set sail again with the help of the northeast monsoon.

The waves smashed on the bow of the ship and turned into mist, which was then blown away by the sea breeze, and the sea showed its deep flavor.

Captain Sun Yu has specially seen that the atmospheric pressure at this time is between 1012 and 1014 millibars, although the two barometers show two pressures, but this also almost shows that there has been no storm in recent days, almost on the line.

However, the Ming people and maritime merchants did not have this barometer, and they also knew that it was a rare good weather.

Attack the depths of the sea!

The old sea wolf smiled, and he wondered a little in his heart, why did the people of the Hantang Group show excitement in an ordinary sea trip?

Target Sanya Yazhou City!

After leaving the inshore, the water becomes bluer, the waves are higher, and the sea breeze is stronger!

The bow of the boat cleaved the waves, and the waves made the sailboats undulate!

After half a day, the wind direction changed to the northwest monsoon!

The whole sailboat shouted: "Sidesail maneuvering, sidesail manoeuvring!" ”

At this time, the sailboat began to be blown by the crosswind, and it was jolting in the ups and downs!

The old sea wolf smiled as he walked on the deck of the Haian 1, his feet seemed to be sticky, and he walked through the busy sailors with his hands behind his back, not seeing anything that needed help.

He saw that the members of the maritime security team wearing bright red life jackets were pulling the ropes together, and they all seemed to be a little nervous, but there were also some people who looked like they were crossing the sea and were not all panicked.

"Why don't you use the pot camel puller?"

The old sea wolf smiled and thought that the swiftness with which they hoisted the sails made him envious, and several of them hoisted the big sails.

"By the way, that object will be burned for half an hour—"

The old seawolf smiled and thought of the reason.

When he arrived at the stern, he saw Captain Sun Yu. At this time, he was holding the side of the ship in one hand and holding binoculars in the other to observe the sail maneuvering of Haian 2.

The old sea wolf smiled and arched his hand and said, "Captain Sun, I really don't know the route of this fleet. ”

Haian 2 is similar to this side, and it seems that everyone is at the same level.

Captain Sun Yu said, "What don't you understand? ”

"Yazhou, although there are some shops, but there is not much output here, why do you have to stop there? We can sail to Hoi An in one go! Stop the ship for one day, and spend two silver horse tickets. ”

Captain Sun Yu didn't answer him first, but asked, "Are you comfortable wearing these combat boots?" ”

"The villain has never worn shoes that fit so well, and it's uncomfortable not to walk—"

"Why don't you wear a life jacket on deck?"

"It doesn't hurt for the villain to float in the sea for seven days and seven nights."

Well, this guy isn't under his own, he's a temporary worker, I'll clean you up later.

"This is a long march at sea, we are the propaganda team, we are the seeders, we can't grab it everywhere, we can't lose money-"

The old seawolf smiled and said he didn't understand.

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