Chapter 312: Sailing to the Mediterranean
"Now that things are on track here, I'm going to leave for a while. I'll leave the rest to you, so be careful. ”
Soon, another three days passed.
After the little fat man Ed and Viscount Meghan heard about it, they all came to the dock to say goodbye to Zhao Hongyu.
Pedro and Rano had already gotten the news the day before and quietly came and contacted Zhao Hongyu.
So, they did not show up on this day.
After all, what the two of them have to do, the less people know about it, the better.
Now Zhao Hongyu is confessing to a left-behind genetic person, who stayed in Lisbon with 500 genetic soldiers.
What they have to do is very simple, which is to speed up the construction of the concession and manage the quality of construction there. At the same time, it supervises the product promotion of Ed the Little Fat Man, as well as the sales of goods.
At the same time, they will help Pedro and Rano in their propaganda activities in the Portuguese countryside and provide them with the necessary support.
And the funds that Pedro and Rano need in the future will be handed over to them through the hands of this genetic man, from the little fat Ed.
It can be said that this genetic person is completely equivalent to Zhao Hongyu's consular officer who stayed in the Lisbon Concession and handled everything on behalf of the Song Empire.
"Your Highness, don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with me here. I will follow your plan and implement it step by step. ”
The consular officer of the genetic man assured Zhao Hongyu.
Zhao Hongyu nodded: "Then everything is please." ”
Weigh! Raise the sails!
On the deck of the Sea King, the Gene Man sailors are constantly busy.
The big sails on the poles were raised, and the sailors below shouted trumpets to pull the ropes or turn the winch, and everything was so orderly.
France, I'm coming!
According to his own plan, Zhao Hongyu gave up going to Madrid.
Because of the appearance of Pedro and Rano. He must now go to France, with which he has always come to an agreement.
Because it is about Pedro and Rano and their uprising, and it is also about whether they can succeed in taking out the Spanish Empire in the future.
If the French are involved, then Zhao Hongyu expects that Pedro and Rano will have a great success rate when they return to China.
Maybe after the Spanish Empire is eliminated in the future, Portugal's territory will expand a bit.
Thinking about it, Spain had to deal with the military threat in the Netherlands, and at the same time had to withstand the attacks of the French and the resistance of the Portuguese, so to speak, he had to deal with both the eastern and western fronts.
This is definitely not something that the Spaniards can bear.
Spain seems to be strong now. In fact, he is just a strong outsider.
Zhao Hongyu, a small butterfly, appeared, and the speed of the collapse of the Spanish Empire could only be accelerated, not slowed down.
Besides, Zhao Hongyu is eyeing the interests of the Spaniards in Central America.
As long as the Spanish Empire ceased to exist, then after the interests of Central America Zhao Hongyu were occupied, it would legally belong to the Song Empire, wouldn't it?
As for the Dutch colonies in Central America, take your time.
There is always a way to deal with them, if Zhao Hongyu doesn't even have this way, he is really in vain.
The British territories of Virginia and Pennsylvania were also to be taken. Zhao Hongyu didn't want a colony belonging to Europeans to appear on the American continent.
In the concepts of Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan, as well as Zhang Tie and Song Hu, the entire American continent, including South America, belonged to the Song Empire, and the Europeans let them die.
They are going to be on the whole American continent. Build a mega-empire and then rule the East and West remotely.
It's a crazy idea, but it's not impossible in this day and age.
Everything depends on Zhao Hongyu's development. And the means.
The Sea King slowly left the docks in Lisbon and sailed out into the depths of the sea.
The Port of Lisbon is now filled with more and more ships, so there are plenty of ships waiting to enter the port outside the port.
Everyone sees the massive hull structure of the Sea King. And behind the muzzles of the 108 guns, they were all stunned.
I have to say that the 'hideous' of the Sea King is still very deterrent.
'Swaggering' into the deep sea, the sailors turned the sails around the bow and sailed in the direction of the Mediterranean.
Lisbon is located at the mouth of the Mediterranean, so you only need to sail a distance to see the Mediterranean.
And because Lisbon is very close to the back coastline of the African continent, the Sea King can often see the unique single-pole dhows in Africa after sailing for half a day.
These vessels are not far-reaching, but make daily short-voyages between the ports of Ceuta in Africa and the ports of Serbia and Lisbon at the southern tip of Portugal.
The owners of these boats were black men or Arabs with strips of cloth on their heads and long robes, known in Europe as Moors.
At the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea, there are many ships coming and going.
Large boats and small fishing boats can often be encountered, which shows that the Mediterranean Sea is the busiest sea area in the world.
Even in practice.
Those passing ships, looking at the Sea King flying the five-star red flag, were all stunned as if they had seen a sea monster, revealing a stupid look.
Because they had never seen such a large ship before, you must know that the ships of the European countries of this era were usually only one-third the size of the King of the Sea.
Of course, some captains disdainful of Zhao Hongyu's Sea King, thinking that it was just a show.
After all, if such a large hull were to be hit, if it were to fight, the probability of it being hit by artillery would be very high, wouldn't it?
The reason is simple, the goal is big.
It's just that these dismissive captains don't know that the huge hull of the Sea King is not wrong to make the target big, but its shipboard guns also have a long range.
Therefore, if you really fight, you can effectively deal with its enemies and destroy them outside the range of their artillery.
In the seventeenth century, the range of naval guns was only a few hundred yards, but the naval guns of the Sea King reached two nautical miles.
What kind of concept is this, even idiots know it.
Besides, the Sea King's hull is also very resistant to blows, and it has strong defense.
Because the wood used in the hull of the ship is a special kind of wood on the American continent.
In addition, the outside of the hull is also inlaid with small pieces of iron, which has improved the defense strength a lot.
None of this is what the ships that are now popular in Europe have.
Of course, the data of the Sea King was completely secret in the Song Empire. It's not uncommon for Europeans to be ignorant of the road, and if they want to get all the data on the Sea King, it will take a few years.
In a few years, God knows what Zhao Hongyu will develop into.
To know Lu Dao, the letter sent by Zhang Tie said that now even the iron fishing boats and the disposable shoulder-mounted bazookas in Lake Ontario have been made.
It doesn't take a few years to get an aircraft carrier, but it should be possible to get a fishery administration and law enforcement ship in the offshore waters.
That kind of ship can be compared to the iron battleships of the late Qing Dynasty, and it is an absolute master in this world.
Sitting in the aft attic, blowing the warm sea breeze, watching the ships of various countries that appear from time to time around the Sea King, Zhao Hongyu comfortably enjoyed the fragrant milk tea.
The milk was fresh from a dairy farmer when I left Lisbon.
Zhao Hongyu didn't dare to buy it from the space-time trader, after all, the quality of Huaxia commodities is not guaranteed, and melamine is too scary.
The long, comfortable sofa was placed in a circle on the top, and Zhao Hongyu completely regarded this place as an open-air resting place.
Every day, he would come and sit on it and bask in the sun.
In the four corners of the surrounding area, there are also four small wooden poles, and Wang Shan ordered people to build a white awning. That way, you don't have to worry too much about the vicious sun.
You must know that the sun on the sea is very vicious.
Sara, dressed in a men's white shirt and trousers and leather boots, sat beside Zhao Hongyu with her long blond hair erected behind her head. She squinted her eyes and sat there quietly, also enjoying this peaceful and comfortable time at sea.
Emma also wore a white men's shirt, brown linen trousers, and small brown leather boots, but she was not as quiet as Sarah, who was constantly observing the passing ships with a monocular, muttering to herself.
The little girl now sees everything that is very new and cannot be seen on the American continent.
An Arabian triangular sail clipper slowly sailed up from the rear.
Because the King of the Sea has not yet started, it has slowed down in speed.
The Arabian clipper ship soon came to the side of the hull of the Sea King, parallel to it.
On this double-decked Arabian clipper, a bearded man dressed in Arabian clothes, with a ruby and a harrier feather embedded in the middle of the white cloth bun, kept shouting at Emma.
"What is this guy going to do? I don't know him, so why is he shouting at me? ”
Emma didn't understand the bearded man's words, so she walked over to Zhao Hongyu and said to him.
Zhao Hongyu turned his head and leaned over to take a look, because the Sea King was a four-deck, and it was deliberately raised a lot in height, so the hull was much higher than that of the Arab clipper.
"Allah, this ship is so great, noble one, where do you come from?" I am the servant of the Allah, Abdullah, Hesinlehr ......"
Zhao Hongyu has a language plug-in, so it is easy to understand what the other party is shouting.
"This guy was shocked by our ship, and he kept introducing himself, hoping to get to know us." (To be continued.) )