On the way back, if anything, there was an additional supply depot near the Cape of Good Hope.

The place was occupied by the Dutch, and the man in charge was called Van Ribeek. He was thrown in with a boat, and at first he had to farm the land himself, and after barely settling down, he hurried to the neighborhood to catch the black man to help, and now he is even digging an aqueduct.

Blacks are so stupid that they can only work as low-level free laborers, and if they want to develop into a port city, they need more Asians.

Van Ribek had written to the Governor of Batavia asking him to exile a group of Javanese natives. If nothing else, next year hundreds of Javanese will be sentenced to death for their heinous crimes, and the Governor will be merciful and exiled to Pletton.

Cape Town, right around the corner.

At this time, it was not even a village, just a group of Dutch who looked like exiles, whipped black slaves all day long. Due to the difficulty of supply, the food could not be self-sufficient, and the black slaves did not dare to catch too much, anyway, they were in a tattered seaside village.

Who would have thought that it would end up being the capital of a country?

The Cape of Good Hope is still so terrifying, where warm and cold currents meet, and the hydrological environment in the sea is extremely complex. A strong westerly jet stream blows across the Atlantic Ocean without shelter, and there are constant storms and storms all year round.

Occasionally, there will be murderous waves, which can reach a height of up to 20 meters, and can physically reach the sky with people and boats.

Therefore, in order to avoid the killing waves, the ships that come and go will not choose to cross the Cape of Good Hope in winter. At the Cape of Good Hope in winter, the sea seems to be boiling, and the killing waves and swirling waves are superimposed, and the entire sea surface is surging and rolling wildly.

At the beginning of the Great Voyage, people were not familiar with the Cape of Good Hope, but now they have gradually figured out the situation.

Of course, you have to look at the face.

For example, the famous navigator Dias went to a relatively safe summer, but when he encountered strong winds and waves, he was lucky enough to be pushed to the shore to survive. The time for the return voyage was late winter, in the most dangerous season of the Cape of Good Hope, but he was greeted by a beautiful wind. More than a decade later, Dias finally died at the Cape of Good Hope, and the entire fleet was wiped out by the murderous wave, and he chose the most suitable season.

The Chinese fleet was extremely lucky at this time, and the largest wave in the nearby sea was only four or five meters high, which was very suitable for crossing the Cape of Good Hope.

"Wow!"

John, a country boy from England, and his little friend Thomas, actually grabbed the cable and cheered.

These two guys, perhaps, are of lower birth and do not have the arrogance of the British.

On the contrary, he is industrious and simple, and he works hard.

Once on board, they asked to be sailors. Of course, he was not a serious sailor, and he just helped wash the deck, and the monotonous and tiring work, but the two teenagers were very happy to do it.

Another wave hit, lifting the ship several meters high. A strong westerly wind was blowing, and it was simply unstable on the deck if you didn't grab something.

Water kept falling from the sky, and I couldn't tell if it was rain or seawater.

Drenched all over, John looked up at the cloudy sky and exclaimed, "It's spectacular, if you stay in England, you won't see this kind of scene!" ”

In Thomas's ears, there was only the sound of wind and waves, and he roared and asked, "What did you say?" ”

"Lower the sails, all the auxiliary sails down!"

The leader of the sailors hissed and shouted and gesticulated.

After a toss, it finally passed safely.

Prince Charles is also on deck, and he loves excitement and adventure, as well as learning all kinds of low-level skills. It is estimated that by the time he arrived in China, he was already a qualified sailor.

"Your Majesty!"

Two country boys hurriedly saluted Charles.

This Prince Charles, after his father's execution, was proclaimed king by the Scottish nobility.

Not the King of England, but the King of Scotland!

Charles's excitement was not over, and at the same time he felt palpitations, and said with a smile: "This is the Cape of Good Hope, and people can never conquer it." ”

Thomas immediately patted his ass on the back: "Your Majesty is brave and fearless, and can conquer everything!" ”

Charles smiled and said, "If I can conquer England, I will appoint you as the captain of my guard." ”

Thomas said happily: "Swear allegiance to your majesty!" ”

The situation is very nonsense, two London country boys, both belong to the emerging squire class in Britain. It was these squires who overthrew the rule of the old king and slaughtered the old king.

But after they came into contact with Prince Charles, they immediately chose to deliberately stutter. No matter what the outcome will be in the future, knowing the exiled prince is not a bad thing after all, and you can still be a hero of the dragon if you don't pay attention to it.

Of course, Charles also has his own personality charm, and he can easily impress two country boys.

On the other hand, Cromwell's eldest son, also named Charles (Charlie Cromwell). This thing is a blessed one, and his military and political abilities are extremely mediocre. Historically, he did succeed as Lord Protector and re-delegated power to Parliament in order to gain parliamentary support. With the support of the parliament, it did not survive a year, and the army and the people rebelled, which frightened the parliament and hurriedly restored the monarchy.

Prince Charles, who went through hardships, was later invited back to Britain to restore, and his statecraft can be called an old fritter.

The first thing he did after the coronation was to pardon the rebels at the beginning, and only killed nine guys who personally signed his father's death warrant. The rest of the rebels and nobles will be forgiven!

Then, all the property acquired by the great nobles and gentry during the rebellion was guaranteed.

Then unite the parliament, let the parliament hold the financial power, and mistakenly reform the tax system into a more advanced parliamentary fiscal system.

Later, the Glorious Revolution deepened this fiscal reform and laid the economic foundation for Britain's rise. After the tax reform, the total tax revenue in Britain tripled, but the common people rejoiced because the burden of paying taxes was greatly reduced - before the reform, there were middlemen who made the difference, and the silver went into the pockets of the tax-paying merchants.

Even the royal land and property that were auctioned off by the chaotic party, Charles didn't bother to take it back, which made countless people feel grateful to him.

In the end, under the pretext of rebellion against the Catholics, he completely expelled the Catholics from the parliament, winning the loyal support of the majority of Protestants.

Great aristocrats, gentry, burghers, yeoman farmers, church...... All classes in Britain agree that Charles is a wise monarch!

There are many things that Cromwell could not do in his life, but Charles was able to do it between talking and laughing.

However, Charles's title is still the "Happy King" after all. When the situation stabilized, he became a fool again, appearing tough and resourceful only in foreign wars.

"Come here and help hoist the sails!" A Chinese sailor shouted.

"It's coming!"

Prince Charles hurriedly answered, and ran over happily, and two country boys also rushed to help.

The flotilla rounded the southern tip of the African continent and came to East Africa without any danger.

On the island of Madagascar, a group of Chinese soldiers already nominally owns a territory the size of Taiwan. However, I missed the return fleet, which was moving along the coastline and would not normally dock on the west coast of Madagascar if it were not for shelter from the wind and waves.

Continue your voyage north to meet Saeed of Oman once again.

About a hundred date palm saplings were planted in wooden barrels and all moved to Chinese ships.

This thing is sweet, sweet like diabetes.

But the ancients would not dislike it, sugar is a luxury, and it can be said that the sweeter the better. Moreover, dates can even be used as a staple food. Trunks, branches, leaves, all have economic value.

When he came, Saeed entertained the Chinese envoys with dates.

Zhang Ruifeng and others were very amazed by the dates, and immediately bought many seeds and placed an order to buy 150 date palm saplings.

It is resistant to heat, flooding, drought, and salinity, and can be grown on hillsides, seashores, and deserts. Unfortunately, it is not tolerant to severe cold, and it will freeze to death if it is below minus 10 degrees, otherwise it can be planted in the Hetao Desert.

Seeing the date palm saplings on board, Said pointed to the Portuguese ships accompanying him and said, "Mr. Chinese envoy, how are you with the Portuguese?" ”

Zhang Ruifeng explained: "This is a Portuguese diplomatic ship, and the King of Portugal has sent an envoy to visit His Majesty the Emperor of our country. ”

Said didn't bite any longer, and said, "During the time you left, I captured another Portuguese castle. The Great Plains of the North, I also annexed them all. Now I have the financial resources to order ten warships in China. Of course, order five ships first, and if I am satisfied, I will pay for the rest. ”

"There's no problem with this, as long as there's silver, everything is easy to say." Zhang Ruifeng was very happy, after all, he got a large order for the shipyard.

Said also had no way, although the Arabs could build ships, their naval combat performance was far from enough, and large-caliber artillery was seriously lacking. After subduing the pirates, the cargo took the initiative to go to the coast of India and plunder the Portuguese merchant ships, only to be beaten by the Portuguese fleet.

In desperation, Said had the idea to spend money to ask the Chinese to build warships.

Of course, Zhao Han is willing to accept foreign orders, but the quality cannot be guaranteed. Don't even think about a hundred-year-old giant wood, and it is impossible for wood to be soaked for ten years.

If he didn't ask China to help build the ship, Said would have to save up slowly on his own, and it took decades to finally build a fleet. When the time comes, it will become a small overlord in the Indian Ocean and beat the Portuguese merchant ships around.

At the time of leaving Oman, there were more than 30 Arabs on the fleet of Chinese envoys, and these guys were going to the Chinese shipyard with silver.

The next stop is at Bhatsain Port in India.

This is the territory of the Bijapur state, which ostensibly recognizes the suzerainty of the Mughals, but in private it is constantly making small moves.

It is here that a young Hindu in his 20s is raising an army against the Mughals and Bijapur.

A young master of a small Hindu lord's family, a middle-level officer, but he dared to rebel against two great powers at the same time. And the ranks continued to grow, and in another year, they even attacked four countries at the same time, repeatedly flowing around the borders of the four countries.

A few years later, the results continued to expand. Killed the commander of the Bijapur state, killed the son of the Mughal vice-king, captured the Mughal coastal city of Surat, and forced the Mughal army to withdraw from the Deccan Plateau.

During this period, the young man was once ceded 23 castles and large tracts of land by the Mughal Zhao'an in exchange for recognition of the status of the Mughal dynasty. But the Mughal emperor rebelled and wanted to trap him. The young man managed to escape, and then fought the Mughals for more than 30 years, causing the Mughals to collapse financially and eventually establish their own state.

This young man, named Jat Paraty Sivaji, was hailed hundreds of years later as the "Father of the Indian Navy".

When the Chinese fleet docked, Sivaji was leading his troops to kill.

A group of well-armed Bijapur soldiers, slaughtered by the ragged Hindu rebels, fled to a Portuguese citadel to ask for refuge.

"War, war is going on here!" Prince Charles shouted excitedly.

Lu Tianxiang had lost the interest in fighting, and said: "This country is in turmoil, don't supply for the time being, go to the south to pick a safer port." ”

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