Chapter 954: Frustrated Hook

For Baron Shi Fan, who saved the two of them and was in danger, and sent charcoal in the snow, the royal businessmen Hawkins and Drake were naturally grateful. Drake really renamed the 'Pelican' given by Zhang Fan to the 'Golden Deer', and the bow of the ship turned out to be a one-horned golden deer! And Zhang Fan always felt that this one-horned golden deer was very similar to the green-winged mount beast 'Bai Ze'.

Later, he learned that it was indeed the avatar of 'Bai Ze'. This is because Drake expressed his highest respect for the female knight of the Green Wing who saved his life in the mouth of the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean, and took the head of the Green Wing as the bow of his flagship! At that time, Green Wing did not fight to save him from the fire of the Spanish fleet, and he was wounded as a result.

When Drake heard that Zhang Fan's team had a base on the Isthmus of Panama, he set sail again to see the magical isthmus with the sea on both sides. It is also historical, as Drake made his second voyage to discover the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. However, because of Zhang Fan's team, it became a visit.

John. Hawkins took the initiative to open the door to the royal family for Zhang Fan through his own channels, and of course, the fame of Zhang Fan's team also played a great role. In London, the bookraison presented the royal family with a newly drawn part of the Shijie geographical map, marking the islands of the South Pacific, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands, much to the amazement of the British royal family. This is the most authoritative geographical discovery since the Portuguese Magellan.

However, due to the constraints of the scene, it is not possible for the vow-bearer to provide a map of the place in which he has not personally visited the scene. This should be fair enough. Because any modern person can easily draw a simple shijie map. It's too much of a cheat to get honors in this way.

When the Queen of England accepted that Zhang Fan's team had robbed a part of the gold and silver of the Spanish treasure ship, Elizabeth I found that the baron in front of her was even more lovely, and her eyes were full of the tenderness of a young girl. And the fame of Zhang Fan's team in England immediately rose to the level of a worshipped hero.

These were originally honors that belonged to Drake, but they were consumed in advance by Zhang Fan's team, and I don't know if it will have a negative impact on Drake's future development......

The Queen of England really supported Zhang Fan's attack on Spain, and it was a matter of course to make Zhang Fan the governor of the Spanish colony he had captured. Moreover, the British royal family also issued tax exemption certificates and privateer licenses to support Zhang Fan's privateering. Moreover, the taxes of the colonies were all owned by the governor. He also encouraged Zhang Fan to emigrate to England and develop in the colonies of the New World.

This series of policies has made the current Zhang Fan's team promoted to the paramilitary liliang of the British royal family. There are even special offers on the purchase of industrial goods such as hardware and guns, weapons! However, Akon still slandered the queen's stinginess, and he opened up territory for Britain, but he did not add himself to the rank of knight.

In the port of London, Zhang Fan unexpectedly encountered his own merchant fleet, which was being led by Stoker, trading here. The indigenous warrior Sarica brought from Cape Verde, Africa, after more than a year of sailing practice, is now the leader of the escort armed fleet, commanding three three-masted armed sailing ships, and his navigator Captain Stoke is very well matched. Sarica was very happy to see Zhang Fan and the others, and he was still commensurate with his master.

Wool and iron ore from London, as well as small hardware, are very good commodities. The tax exemption certificate that Zhang Fan had just obtained, and Stoker's merchant fleet came in handy, saving a lot of money for this trade. Even if you don't do the controversial business of the slave trade, the trade is very profitable.

Zhang Fan informed Stoke of the newly established base on the Isthmus of Panama, and asked him to purchase a batch of hardware and goods, and to deliver wood, bricks, and other construction materials to Captain Baca's hideout. Then a notice was posted at the port to recruit immigrants, and with Akon there, the advertising slogan naturally blew that the New World was full of gold!

After doing these things, the three of them returned to the Caribbean. On the way, Zhang Fan was placed in Captain Baka's hiding place, while Akon and the Book Demon flew straight to mainland China. Zhang Fan handed over the 'Holy Monkey' to Aken, and along the way purchased a large number of goods unique to Europe and the New World, such as metals, American ginseng, furs, handicrafts, industrial products, and weapons, to be sold in China.

Because the road is really long, these goods can be sold almost as much as there are in mainland China. Akon even Jihua has offices and warehouses in Hangzhou and Guangzhou, where he specializes in sourcing Chinese goods and accepting and selling goods from Europe and the Caribbean. It may be possible to recruit immigrants later.

With the Isthmus of Panama base, it is possible to ship goods from Europe and the Caribbean on a regular basis, and to accept goods from the other side of the Isthmus of Panama for shipment from the other side of the Isthmus. Controlling the Isthmus of Panama is equivalent to controlling a passage to the closest distance between mainland China and Europe! Tens of thousands of miles of sea routes around the Cape of Good Hope or the Strait of Magellan are eliminated.

Akon and the Book Demon also studied whether a transit station like this could be set up in the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to solve the problem of sea detours. And it's closer to Europe over there. But after all, the Isthmus of Panama is terra nullius, and even if Spain colonized it, it did not pay attention to it and could take it as a base. Egypt was currently a province of the Ottoman Empire, and it was impossible to occupy it.

The flowers bloom two and one for each branch, first of all, Zhang Fan spent a few days in the hiding place on the island of Haiti, and it was okay to watch Yoda and a group of goblins build a new type of propeller sail gunship, as well as shotguns and guns. To Zhang Fan's surprise, these little guys were able to process spiral rifling in the barrel of large-caliber artillery imported from Europe. It's a job that ordinary humans can't do, and the little ones get busy in the barrels. As long as Yoda is the goblin king, the goblin's efficiency is very high!

A few days later, Caterina's pirate fleet entered the hiding place, and to Zhang Fan's surprise, Captain Hook's fleet also arrived. Didn't he pester Wang Cuiqiao in Panama? Later, I learned that this guy was disappointed in love this time, and Wang Cuiqiao didn't like this macho pirate, and fell behind in the jealousy with Captain Baka.

Captain Hook was inevitably disheartened, and was brought back by the kind Caterina, saying that she was helping the new base deliver goods, but in fact she asked Captain Hook to come back and relax. Unexpectedly, Captain Hook, who was frustrated in love, sent all his jealousy on the Spanish merchant ships in the Caribbean, and he made a great deal of power along the way, plundering more than a dozen large merchant ships, and really made a lot of money for the alliance. Behind the flotilla was a large string of merchant ships that entered the hideout to write off the accounts.