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"Greenwing has inquired." Akon said excitedly to Zhang Fan: "Xuanyuan Xing, this guy is really blessed, we are now at the end of September 1567, and we actually have a full twenty years to investigate Ying Long's whereabouts!" Haha! Xuanyuan Star has become a second-level guardian, and the preferential treatment of the scene is different! ”

Zhang Fan also breathed a sigh of relief, "Twenty years!" Plenty of time to circumnavigate the Earth. So where do we start? ”

Akon thought for a moment, "I'm only familiar with the history of the war, because I used to memorize the entire history of the Shijie war by rote. I know about the Anglo-Spanish Naval Battle, but it seems that there is no important war in the time period I am in. So I don't quite know what historical events are going to happen. Let's ask the book demon first and see what historical events are happening. Perhaps the scene puts us still in Plymouth in this era, and there is some purpose. ”

"Well, the bookraison has left the tavern, and he wants to go around the neighborhood and see if the shops in Plymouth have any books from this era for sale." Zhang Fan contacted the book demon, "But if it is Europe in this era, or the historical event that wants to do with the 'Anglo-Western Sea War', I also know a little bit about it......" Zhang Fan soaked in the library all day, not sleeping there.

"Oh? Then tell me ...... "Akon is interested."

"Drake, you're no stranger, right?" Zhang Fan asked.

Akon nodded, "Of course, this guy is a famous British pirate leader, privateer captain, and has a bitter hatred for the Spanish fleet!" Most of the credit for Britain's victory in the 'Anglo-Spanish Sea Battle' is his! This guy is an excellent pirate and an extremely talented naval commander! It was he who pioneered the idea of naval warfare, which replaced broadside warfare with fast and flexible long-range artillery strikes, and this idea of naval warfare has influenced modern times! But in this era, this guy should still be an unknown person, maybe still looting in that Caribbean port...... What do you mean? ……”

Zhang Fan patted Akon on the shoulder, "Drake is indeed unknown now, but he has a very famous cousin, John Hawkins is a very famous smuggler......"

"John Hawkins?" Akon asked suspiciously, "I know this smuggler, he was also one of the commanders of the British side of the 'Anglo-Spanish Naval Battle', and was the British naval supply officer at the time, and made a great contribution to the British fleet's victory over the Spanish 'Invincible Armada'!" It was he who helped Britain save a lot of money on naval expenditures and built a number of new fast warships, thus laying the foundation for Britain's victory over the Spanish 'Armada'......"

Zhang Fan nodded with satisfaction, "Next month, that is, on October 2, 1567, John Hawkins will take his dear cousin Drake on a voyage to the Caribbean......"

"Caribbean?!" A glimmer of light lit up in Akon's heart.

Zhang Fan continued: "Yes, on this voyage, they will first go to Cape Verde in Africa to catch black slaves, and then go to Margarita Island in South America, all the way to the Caribbean islands along the way to sell goods. Then they will have a storm and go into the Gulf of Mexico ......"

Akon clapped his hands and said, "Ah! I know the following things. When these two guys' broken ships entered the Spanish colony of Veracruz for repairs, they encountered more than a dozen Spanish anti-smuggling armies! The smuggling merchant ship ran into the anti-smuggling warship, and the result can be imagined. It was a small battle between the British privateers and the Spanish fleet, and the British were slaughtered by more than three hundred people! Only Hawkins and Drake ran away. Drake hated Spain because of this! Perhaps one of those privateers had his old friend, or friend, killed by the Spaniards. I've also skimmed this little battle......"

Feelings: Akon, this guy only cares about the history of the war, and doesn't look at anything else.

Zhang Fan listened to him patiently before saying: "I don't care if they win or lose this battle, what I'm interested in is that their voyage passed through Cape Verde in Africa, South America, the Caribbean, and Mexico...... So many places. Could it be that the book demon once speculated that Ying Long flew from southern China to the Pacific Ocean, passed through the American continent, and Zuihou came to Europe backwards? The Gulf of Mexico, South America, is the birthplace of the legendary Aztec and Mayan civilizations. It is also the Quetzalcoatl God, Ouroboros, etc., which may be the area where the dragon beasts have appeared, and it is the route we should visit! ”

Akon's eyes lit up when he listened, "So what are we waiting for?" Meet John Hawkins, join his fleet, and sail together! Oh - Caribbean beauty, Akon is here! ”

Different from Akon's anxious son, Zhang Fan is more calm, he trusts the book demon more, "Let's wait for the book demon to converge, and then discuss it carefully." John Hawkins couldn't run anyway. ”

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Plymouth Harbour is located in Plymouth Bay in the English Channel, which is a natural quality harbour. Perhaps the weather at sea is bad today, and hundreds of various ships in the harbor have dropped anchor. The taverns in the harbor were also crowded with sailors. As a result, the price of whiskey and rum has also risen a bit, and even with a lot of water, the various liquors are still in short supply.

Many taverns have a part-time side hustle to recruit sailors. Here, Akon and Greenwing discovered that John Hawkins' fleet was recruiting a large number of sailors. Perhaps it was the Hawkins family's treatment and credibility that sailors flocked to it. Both the bookdemon and Akon saw it as an opportunity to join John Hawkins' fleet, if Zhang's team didn't have a ship.

This time Hawkins and Drake's fleet, rumored to have six large ships. Rumor has it that Queen Elizabeth I also has a ship to join the voyage. Zhang Fan Aken and the book demon naturally knew that this was not a rumor, but a fact.

The Tudor dynasty, led by Elizabeth I, was a very important period in English history. And during this period, the Queen of England also suffered a major financial crisis. It was a big hole of three million pounds.

Thus, she morally condemned John Hawkins' slave trade. But when John Hawkins showed her the profits of the business, she changed her mind and secretly gave money, ships, and people to support the smuggling fleet merchant in human trafficking. Even royal recognition was provided for this shameful trade. Thanks to the Queen's support, the slave trade was legalized, a move that made Elizabeth I highly revered in later generations.

The Hawkins family is well-known in Plymouth Harbour, equivalent to the status of Hong Kong's ship king, Xi or Lap boat king. Even the Queen of England invested in him. So it wasn't hard to find John Hawkins. The hard part was how to meet the legendary slave trader. You know, Hawkins' third adventure was on October 2, 1567, and it was the end of September, and he was already busy.

Barrels of rum and salt, crates of cotton, were shipped overnight onto six galleons. It was a necessity to go to Africa in exchange for black slaves. The convoy carrying these goods was to be transported to Africa along the Canary Snap and the Guinean Stream in exchange for slavery. They were then laden with black slaves and transported along the North Equatorial Current to the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean, where they were sold to local farms and mines as laborers. The money obtained was used to buy gold, silver and timber, ore, sugar, etc., locally, and then the fleet carried these goods back to Europe for sale along the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current.

This is the 'Black Triangle Trade' founded by John Hawkins. Along the way, the fleet followed the foreign trend. The triangular circulation composed of the Canary Current, the Guinea Current, the North Equatorial Current, the Mexican Current, and the North Atlantic Current provided extremely favorable shipping conditions for the 'Black Triangle Trade', allowing the slave traders to have a smooth ride on the outbound, medium, and return journeys. The suitable climatic conditions in the Americas, as well as the relatively rich gold and silver mineral resources, enabled the plantation and mining industry to develop very fast, generating huge profits, which was the main driving force for the entire black triangle trade, and also objectively provided favorable geographical conditions for the 'black triangle trade'.

In such a busy time, John Hawkins has no energy to meet any uninvited guests. Even if the guest was a baron for life. Of course, it would be rude to refuse an official knight canonized by the British king. And John Hawkins himself was a commoner, even though he was already the son-in-law of the treasurer of the English Navy and was still making money for the Queen of England. Under these circumstances, the slave trader had his cousin Francis Drake receive the presumptuous nobleman.

Drake was only one of his cousin's attendants at this time, and on this voyage, he only had a 50-ton boat, the Judy. It was his first voyage, and under the guidance of his cousin, he spent all his savings to buy a large number of cheap glassworks and guns, which the savage and ignorant African chiefs liked most of all. His cargo had been loaded two days earlier. So I'm more free now, and I'm just helping my rich cousin load the ship.

When he was arranged by his cousin to receive a baron, he had already thought of a lot of excuses, these nobles must have coveted the profits of his cousin's every voyage and wanted to invest in a partner at the right time. Such a cheap thing, Drake has already helped his cousin push off several batches. It's really big, so I took out Queen Bixia's handwritten imperial book to block it.

“…… Your Excellency, our fleet is about to set sail, and it will be too late to invest. I promise that your cargo will be arranged for your next voyage. Of course......" Before Drake could see what the person in front of him looked like, he said what he had prepared for a long time.