The distant American continent, Puerto Vallarta.

This is a Mexican colony under the rule of the Spanish colonizers, since the 15th century, due to the Spanish expeditions, the first colonization activities in the Americas, most of the American land fell into the hands of the Spaniards, especially in Central America, the Caribbean Gulf coast became Spanish territory.

Puerto Vallarta is the port that the Spanish built on the west coast of Mexico.

On this day, the port of Vallarta welcomed a group of special guests, a fleet from the east of the world, the Ming Empire - Yanhuang Company's ocean-going fleet.

This time, the Marquis of Xiongwu Wu Xing personally led the team, leading dozens of large and small ships to explore the Americas in the far east, which is a new continent, but also a cornucopia in the mouth of foreigners, from the beginning of the year, until the end of the year, the fleet drifted in the Pacific Ocean for nearly a year, before arriving on the American continent, when the port was seen from afar, the people on the merchant ships roared wildly.

This nearly a year of time, it is too hard, if Wu Xing is given a second chance to choose, I am afraid of killing Wu Xing, I will never go on this experience, I am too guilty, almost all of a year is drifting in the Pacific Ocean, I don't know how many thrills I have experienced, wind, waves, dangerous shoals, reefs, and even two treks, how many times I escaped from death, the most terrible thing is this lonely environment, it is even more unbearable, sailing on the sea every day, looking around, there is an endless sea everywhere, Except for the sea, not even a bird can be seen!

In a year, the death toll of the entire fleet, whether it was merchants, sailors, or soldiers, had exceeded 400 people, and the direct loss of two-fifths of the crew, and some were already bedridden, because of the lack of food and fresh water, people were yellow and thin, Wu Xing, as a big fat man weighing more than 200 catties, has now lost only 120 or 30 catties, completely out of shape!

"Haha, fuck, we finally found the American continent, haha, this is the American continent that the emperor has repeatedly mentioned! Oh my God, we've finally made it to the American continent alive!"

Wu Xing was extremely excited, looking up to the sky and roaring!

"That's it, Master Hou, our is ten times more difficult than Tang Sanzang's ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties, it's not a human life......"

Guo Liangcai, the captain of the merchant ship on the side, cried with joy.

"Well, the hard days are over! When you get to the dock, you will have enough wine and meat! Anyway, we have silver! Someone, the order, the fleet enters the port dock, ready to dock! ”

Wu Xing shouted, today's merchant fleet, is no longer the same as when it set off at the beginning of the year, when starting from Songjiang Mansion, there are five merchant ships of 1,000 materials, and there are 10 merchant ships of 600 materials, in addition, there are two main warships that have retired from the Fujian Naval Division, and more than a dozen small ships of two or three hundred materials; Up to now, there are only three small ships left, three large ships of 1,000 materials, seven merchant ships of 600 materials left, only five small ships left, and two warships have been retained, but because of the invasion of strong winds and waves all the way, the two old warships have been seriously damaged.

However, after all, they still arrived in Mexico, and as long as they docked, they could replenish food and fresh water, and they could repair their ships, and everyone became excited.

The fleet slowly approached the dock, and the people on the harbor had already discovered the fleet from a distance.

An official-like figure stood on the dock waving his arms and shouting at the people on board.

"Benjamin, what are those guys on the shore talking about?"

Wu Xing frowned and asked Benjamin, an ocean advisor beside him.

Benjamin opened his mouth and said with a wry smile: "Master Hou, the person opposite is a Spaniard, probably asking us who we are and where we come from, I am a Roman, and I don't know much about the language of the Spaniards......"

Wu Xing shouted: "Come on, go and bring me a few Spanish sailors!" ”

After a short time, several Spanish sailors came to the front of deck.

"Master Hou, they are asking us where the ships came from, which country they belong to, unknown ships are not allowed to approach the dock, if they are advancing, they will organize an armed attack......

Spanish sailor Garcia said urgently.

"You can hear them all this distance?"

Wu Xing was stunned.

Garcia hurriedly replied: "Master Hou, look at the flag next to them, constantly waving, it is the same language of the Western navigation fleet, specially used for communication at sea, we can't move on, we need to communicate with them before we can move forward!" ”

Wu Xing's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Then raise the flag and tell them that we are from the Ming Empire in the east of the world, and we are the Yanhuang Trading Company under the command of the Emperor of the Ming Empire, and we have come here to do business, and there is no hostility, please allow us to dock to replenish freshwater food and conduct commercial trade!" ”

Garcia smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, now the Ming Empire is hostile to our Spanish Kingdom, not long after driving the Spanish fleet out of the South Seas, you said that you are the fleet of the Ming Empire, what if they attack us?" How about we say we're Dongying's caravan? ”

Wu Xing snorted coldly and replied: "They don't dare, now that the Ming Empire is in full swing, if they dare to mess around, Lao Tzu will let them not eat and walk around!" Pretending to be a businessman? Master Ben can't afford to lose that person! ”

Garcia had no choice but to wave the flag and wave the flag, while the entire fleet slowed down and slowly continued to approach the dock.

"Damn bastards! It turned out to be a person from the Ming Empire, could it be that the Ming Empire also went to the Americas to grab territory with us? ”

On the wharf, the Spaniards shouted in a hurry, although the Spaniards have the largest territory in the Americas, but because of the declining national strength, the colonies are constantly being encroached upon by England, the Netherlands and the French, and now the Ming Empire is also going to insert a lever in, and the Spaniards are naturally unhappy.

This Spaniard is the captain and staff officer of the garrison of the port of Vallarta, although he is far away in Mexico, but the communication between the Americas and Europe is much more convenient than the communication between the Americas and the Ming Empire, after all, the distance between the Americas and Europe is closer, from Spain to Mexico, it is only thousands of miles away, caravans come and go, and all kinds of news from the West are sent to the Americas in time.

The news that the Ming Empire defeated Portugal, Spain and the Dutch in the South Seas has already reached Mexico, the Westerners are angry and helpless, there is no way, the Ming Empire is too powerful, and far away from the West, no matter who it is, if you want to attack the Ming Empire, you have to pay a huge price, and the benefits and losses are enough for everyone to weigh for a long time.

(End of chapter)