Chapter 987: Steam Engine

Green Wing and Enrikis strike at the same time to shut up Akon. But Caterina could no longer withstand the blow, and fell to her knees, sobbing. She has worked hard for 20 years, but she got such an ending, and she couldn't support it for a long time. Zhang Fan wanted to step forward to help and comfort her, but was grabbed by the book demon and shook his head to stop her.

Captain Hook stepped forward in despair, also knelt in front of Caterina, put his arm around her shoulders, and softly comforted the poor woman, "Oh, dear Lina, you and me, and our little Caterina, she is our angel. Think of our daughter, for her sake we have to cheer up...... Everything will be fine...... Oh, poor Lina......"

Akon wanted to say something, but was pressed by the two cross swords, and helplessly spread his hands and shut up. Then everyone quietly left, leaving Caterina and Captain Hook to hug and cry. I only heard Caterina finally crying behind her, although everyone also felt very sad, but here are people who have gone through vicissitudes, knowing that after crying like this, Caterina will be fine.

Walking to the beach, Zhang Fan glanced at Enrikis and said to him: "Maybe we should kill you, so that the Caribbean will have one less opponent." But I still have some friendship with the head of your Knights of St. John. Well, he's a man to be respected. I'll let you go today. Maybe next time, you'll not be so lucky......"

Enricis stared at Zhang Fan, a little puzzled: "I know that you are the Duke of England and the Caribbean, but at the same time you are also the Count of San Juan of Spain, why do you want to go against us?" ”

"Maybe I'll still be the king of the Americas in China after all!" Zhang Fan threw down a sentence and walked away with his partner without looking back.

Enrikis was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and asked loudly into the air, "When did you meet our regimental leader?" Which regiment is it? ”

"It's been a long time...... I remember his name was Rogge. Morality. Mo Lin ......" Zhang Fan's voice drifted down, mysterious and unpredictable.

"I don't remember that...... Oh, how is that possible?! Rogge. Morality. Grand Knight of Morin! Grand Master of the Crusades! He's been dead for four hundred years! You must be lying to me! You are blasphemy! Although Enricis yelled at the heretic in front of him, he had a faint feeling in his heart that perhaps the Earl had not deceived himself......

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After solving Caterina's revenge mission, Zhang Fan remembered one thing, that is, the 'North Sea Monster' now frequently appears in the Caribbean. In view of the appearance of the giant tortoise, it is a certain arrangement of the scene. Then seeing the 'North Sea Monster' again, it must also be a task with some scenes, and this matter must be investigated, otherwise if you miss something, it will be too late to regret it in the future.

Therefore, when I first entered the scene, I was afraid that the 'Atlantis' that the giant whale said would have to go there. The fleet left the waters near Port Royal and arrived at the base of Captain Baka and Wang Cuiqiao, where they resupplied and rested, and the Book Demon and Akon also visited the weapons factory. It was found that under the heavy recruitment of Captain Baka and Wang Cuiqiao, several top European scientists were co-opted, and the jishu of the firing gun was more and more perfect, and the fixed ammunition was more inclined to the modern bullet jishu.

When the book demon promoted this firing gun jishu at that time, he deliberately only promoted the relatively backward early firing gun jishu, in order to improve jishu in case the European powers followed up, and his side still had jishu reserves. I can't imagine that you can't underestimate the jishu improvement ability of historical figures, as long as you open the relevant jishu barriers, then everything can change! The history of the development of firearms will also be advanced. It took less than 300 years for mankind to invent the rifle to improve it into a modern assault rifle!

In order to ensure safety, in the face of a hostile fleet, it will not be outnumbered. Akon took with him two of the base's most haode fast gunboats. All are 300-ton propeller sailboats. The hull is partially wrapped in gold teak, which is very strong! High-quality long-range artillery purchased from the Chinese colonial arsenal was installed on the deck!

Now, the population of the entire New World in the Americas has exceeded two million in the past few years of continuous migration and development! And there are several relatively basic Haode colonies, which have developed a relatively complete early industrial system. With these major colonies as the center, the five major provinces of the Americas were constructed.

North America is centered on San Francisco and the 'New Dragon City', which is officially the historical New York, supplemented by the ports of Tampa, St. Augustine, and New Orleans, forming the provinces of the United States. Central America is centered on the ports of Cancun, Cesa, Campeche, and Villacuz, as well as the 'Phoenix' on the Pacific side, forming the Mayan provinces.

Central and South America is centered on the colony of Panama, supplemented by Puerto Santo, Gibraltar, and Inca Port, forming an Inca province. There is also the southern province of the Amazon, centered on several colonies in the port of Amazon, Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan. The Port of Vancouver, centered on the Port of Toronto, forms the province of Canada.

These colonial provinces absorbed immigrants extensively, instituted tax-free reclamation policies, and encouraged childbearing. As a result, the area and scale of several major colonial towns are getting bigger and bigger, and the population is almost quadrupling every year! With the arrival of immigrants from the West, many were New Thinkers and Puritans oppressed by the Church, while others were astronomers, emerging capitalists, scientists, and technologists, whom the Church disliked the most.

These people were treated very well in the Chinese colonies under the influence of Zhang Fan's team. Here they were free to engage in their own research work, without considering the influence of society and the church, to develop free speech, and to learn from each other with craftsmen and cultivators from the Chinese mainland, all kinds of craftsmen, thus greatly influencing the scientific and technological development and productivity level of the Chinese colonies! The level of science and technology in the New World is far ahead of Shijie countries!

What surprised Zhang Fan and the book demon the most was that in the San Francisco colony, there was a Chinese warlock who was the first to invent a rudimentary steam engine! Although there is still some distance from the real steam engine, this invention can be said to be epoch-making! The steam engine invented by this warlock was very simple, it was a large stove, a cylindrical sealed iron pot, and a thick copper pipe, which actually pushed a wooden mechanical wheel and pulled a stone mill for grinding flour! His original intention was to use this steam engine to propel an alchemy device and improve the efficiency of smelting sands! Enables yourself to get gold faster.

For this invention, Zhang Fan Akon and the book demon even flew to the local area in person and rewarded the warlock. He also gave him a small official title, and let him take a group of apprentices and Western scientific and technological workers to continue the upgrading and research and development of this steam engine. Akon and the bookdemon guided the warlock and his team to consider whether they could lead the steam engine to the propeller sailboat and turn the propeller instead of manpower. For this reason, Akon also presented the warlock with two propeller sailboats, one large and one small......

And the 'New Dragon City' actually implemented a new type of colonial system, the local colonial official election system! This was the forerunner of a democratic political system. Similarly, Zhang Fan's team also gave recognition, and half-jokingly announced that if necessary, he, the king of the Americas, can also run by referendum, and the virtuous and talented will live there.

Zhang Fan's fleet is once again preparing to cross the Atlantic, this time to England. Because Drake's canonization is imminent, once he is canonized, then Akon will ask him for the 'Evidence of the Four Seas'.

In the Atlantic, several dolphins follow the fleet. I don't know how they found Zhang Fan's team. Or the dolphins of the entire Atlantic, they have been cared for. As soon as the 'Holy Monkey' appears, it will follow.

"Take us to Atlantis ......," Zhang Fan said to the dolphins, not knowing if they could really understand. The dolphins are already leading the way.

However, the direction of the fleet didn't seem to be good, because the book demon still reminded Zhang Fan Akon with an unhurried look, "Ahead is the mysterious core sea area of the Bermuda Triangle, do you really want to enter?" ”

"The Bermuda Triangle?!" Even Greenwing was surprised. It was the sea known as the Devil's Triangle in later generations. There are so many wrecked ships and planes there!

Human beings are always afraid of the unknown, let alone the unpredictable precept bearer. Not to mention the precept holder shijie who is five times the difficulty of ordinary shijie. In the past, after passing through this area, the ships of Zhang Fan's team all walked around. I didn't expect to have to drive directly into the core area of the Bermuda Triangle this time!

Before you have time to think about it, the sea in front of you has changed drastically! As if to verify everyone's speculation, the originally calm sea suddenly darkened, and the hundred-meter-high waves poured towards the fleet like a giant wall!

The four ships of Zhang Fan's fleet, the front is the 'Ship of the Dead (Life) to open the way, the middle is the flagship command of the 'Holy Fox', the two wings are two ironclad propeller sailboats pressing the formation, and the three ships are protecting the flagship of the 'Saint Fox' in an equilateral triangle, and they are also blessed by the flagship's divine ability to be fearless of natural disasters.

Therefore, the terrifying waves and storms that came suddenly came into contact with the outer part of the fleet's formation collapsed in front of the divine light of the 'Holy Fox', and the flag died down. Even so, Zhang Fan immediately raised the flag, asked the fleet to shrink its formation, and tried to get as close as possible to the flagship 'Shengxi'.

A hundred meters away from the fleet, there was a tsunami, and the sky was already obscured by storms and huge waves, and the sea and sky were already in color. The people on the boat even had the illusion that the sea had reached the sky, so there would be torrential rain and waves like the sky collapsing! From a distance, it can be clearly seen that in the dark waves, a circular holy light shield protects the fleet like a fragile eggshell.