Chapter 980: Storm of the Americas
Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou were originally excellent admirals, and such a plan to drive the tiger and devour the wolf naturally fell into their hands. So in the fleet of the Daming Naval Division, countless messengers who rode small sampans were dispatched. Although they did not speak the same language, they were holding a document with the same content, on which was a contract for the Great Ming Sailor to ask them to assist in the war. As long as you sign, you can get the benefits of robbing the Spanish colonies. The document was accompanied by a flag of mutual contact and attack.
Sure enough, the marauding captains were overjoyed, and almost most of them signed the contract. This huge fleet is screaming and slaughtering the Caribbean!
This attack, which swept across the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean, was a terrible disaster for the Spaniards! First and foremost is the Puerto Rico port on San Juan Island! The Daming Naval Division did not dispatch at all, and those unbridled captains, as well as the pirates in the Caribbean, hundreds of armed merchant ships, submerged this important Caribbean port!
The storm quickly swept across the islands of San Juan, Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica. Port-au-Prince, Port Santiago, Port of Havana, Port Santo Domingo, Port Royal, Port Cayman and many other important ports have fallen one after another!
The fleet of the Great Ming Naval Division rarely even fired a cannon shot, and after the fall of these ports, they shared the greatest benefits! Many of the most important supplies and commodities filled the warehouses of the transport ships of the Daming Naval Division.
Such a battle is too comfortable to fight! With this large group of minions, the Daming sailors sailed to Florida, directly destroyed all the Spanish colonies in the Americas, and sent transport ships to transport some Chinese immigrants from the North American colonies, occupying the most important Spanish colonies of St. Augustine and Tampa.
During this period, I also took a picture with the Spanish Caribbean Fleet, but as soon as this fleet saw the overwhelming warships on the opposite side, it turned around and ran away before it was within the range of the guns! was chased by a group of Caribbean pirates for more than 300 nautical miles, and the embarrassment was overwhelming!
Zhang Fan is a man of his word, and all the occupied Caribbean island ports have flown the flag of the Queen of England. Himself occupied these colonies on behalf of England. But this is actually Akon's ploy. Because the Spaniards had very few important colonies in the New World, most of the main colonies were the ports on the Caribbean islands.
By doing so, Zhang Fan directed the anger of the Spaniards to England. The contradictions and hatred between these two European countries have been further exacerbated! There are only a few colonies in North America occupied by the Ming Mariners, but they are not so eye-catching. For the Spanish royal family, this catastrophe was caused by the arrival of the Chinese colonists. But now is not the time to settle these accounts, and it is important to weigh the pros and cons.
Although the Chinese colonists occupied most of the colonies in the New World, those places were difficult for the royal family to manage. Moreover, the local governor was not very obedient, and the loss of it did not have much impact on Spain's national power. What's more, there was a lot of gold and silver looted from the New World, and perhaps there was little wealth left there. Although this reason is a bit self-defeating, the royal family can save a lot of money on sending fleets overseas, and it is indeed possible. To offend a powerful shili for the sake of these colonies that are not yet fully controlled is, at least in the short term, a bit more than worth the loss.
The Caribbean colony, which was occupied by the British with the help of the Chinese colonizers, was very important. It is important to know that the production of these islands brought a lot of wealth to the royal family and was easy to manage. What's more, England was not strong. Perhaps appeasing the Invincible Armada from China and dealing with those British pirates first would be the most beneficial course of action for the present state of affairs.
As a result, a Spanish delegation was sent to the port of Tampa, Florida, where the division was currently stationed. The Spanish ambassador, a highly respected count, expressed his most sincere respect and apologies to His Excellency King Philip II of Spain. He declared that he recognized the legitimate sovereignty of the Ming Empire in the New World, and extended his most sincere apologies to the Ming Emperor for setting up colonies in the New World without permission.
Spain was willing to give the most preferential treatment to each other as a trading country with the Ming Empire in Shili in the New World. and implored the Great Ming Marines to also recognize Spain's legal status in the Caribbean. If the Marquis of Shifan was extremely subordinate, if he was willing to accept the hereditary count status conferred by the King of Spain, it would be an honor for the Spanish Empire, and so on.
Perfunctory and settled the Spanish envoys, Zhang Fan Akon almost burst his belly with laughter. These Western powers also have today! This era was the era when European capitalism had just been enlightened, and in fact, the national strength was not very strong. Compared to the closed Ming Empire, it was just a few small countries. However, capitalism is much superior to the promotion of social productive forces than the closed feudal dynasties. Zhang Fan's team led the Daming sailors and immigrants out of the country, which was only the first step to complete a strong China.
Akon and Zhang Fan discussed again and again and decided to accept the knighthood of the King of Spain. In this way, Zhang Fan had a reason not to intervene in the war between England and Spain, and he was able to play a role in counterbalancing the two sides. Even in the formal scene in the future, such a position is very advantageous. Anyway, Spain also recognized that the New World belonged to China, so the big problem was solved. As for how England and Spain want to fight, let them go dog-eat-dog.
After a deceitful peace, the Ming Empire finally obtained the undoubted only colonial right in the New World! And for historical reasons, the contradictions between Britain and Spain are still irreconcilable. Although under the appeasement of Zhang Fan's team, it was temporarily calm. But the British plundering ships and the Spanish fleet were still in constant friction.
Another two years passed, and several colonies in the New World were thriving, after leaving behind the necessary defense fleet. Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou took the main fleet of the Daming Naval Division and began to return to the sea. Because Akon had secretly told the two of them a while ago that he had obtained the overseas immortal prescription that Emperor Jiajing most hoped for.
In fact, Akon had already wanted to go back to mainland China to see if the sea ban there was open and whether large-scale immigration could be implemented. Because the first Chinese immigrants were far from being able to occupy such a vast territory. We must continue to insist on allowing Chinese immigrants to develop in the New World in order to finally occupy this vast continent!
To this end, the transport fleet of the Daming Sailor was full of various native products harvested from the New World. It is hoped that the Ming Emperor will discover the value of this continent, so as to continue to send immigrants over.