"Dangdang~~~"

The church bell rang, and it was not to do a service, but to bid farewell to the Chinese fleet.

I learned this from the port of Acapulco, and whenever a galleon arrived, the whole city boiled over. People poured into the streets singing, dancing, church bells ranging, and solemn thanksgiving ceremonies were held to thank the Lord for the abundance of Asian goods.

Immediately after the unloading of the galleon, a grand trade ceremony was held. Spanish merchants with a license to buy goods for transit to Central and South America, or to transport them overland to Mexico City, the east coast of the Americas, and the Caribbean.

Today, the residents of Banderas Port see hope that the smuggling trade will thrive in the future.

When the time comes, there will be a lot of goods and business travel, and each of them will be able to make a fortune and live a life where they can buy whatever they want.

"Thank you, Lord, that your will has brought Chinese merchants!"

"Guys, come and have a toast to our Chinese friends!"

“.....”

The town has become bustling with activity, and the only tavern is already full. Some people even bought rum and ran to the dock to watch the Chinese fleet leave, raising a glass to the departing fleet.

Li Quan didn't go far with the fleet before he felt the trade winds blowing in the southwest, and the currents were also in the southwest direction.

Ahead of the port of Manzanillo, the officials and residents are equally welcoming. They emptied themselves of the silver and food, ate all the goods they had left, and planned to sell them inland to make money.

In the past, you could only buy expensive goods from second-tier dealers, but now you can smuggle them without a license, and you can imagine how much profit there is in it.

In this port, there were so many fish that they exploded, and when Li Quan left, the cabin was filled with fresh and salted fish.

You don't have to sail southwest, just west, which is already located in the North Pacific Warm Current. Li Quan led the fleet to go fast, he had already inquired clearly, a thousand miles to the south, there was a fleet stationed, and merchant ships often came here to buy fish.

Although, like the Spanish galleons, they sail along the warm Pacific currents of the North Ocean. However, the starting point of the Spaniards is in the middle of the warm current zone, and Li Quan's departure point is in the north of the warm current zone.

It took more than five months to get here, but it only took three months to get back, and the journey was smooth and stormy.

After sailing more than 1,000 miles to the west, I came across an archipelago.

Li Quan was very excited, and because he was afraid of hitting the reef, the big ship did not dare to get too close, and only cruised around the islands. He sent a small boat to land and investigate, and found that there were no ghosts on the island, and several islands in a row were deserted, and it was completely a paradise for animals.

This is the Revia Hihedo archipelago, which was discovered by navigators a hundred years ago.

Li Quan thought that he was the first to discover, although the archipelago is temporarily uninhabited, but so many islands are still exciting. He said to the crew: "On this voyage, thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, our casualties are very small. The largest island in this archipelago is named 'Tianzi Island'. The second largest island, named 'Queen's Island'. The third largest island, named 'Prince Island'! ”

The crew cheered in unison, mainly in a good mood, and the journey back was too comfortable.

After the joy, there is boredom.

The journey was long and stormy, but there was something to do. There was nothing to do on the way home, and many sailors and soldiers lay on the deck all day in the sun.

There are also people who take pleasure in their misery, hang the fresh fish that has been rotted and throw it down on an iron hook, and fish it with a long rope.

Whenever a big fish is hooked, there is a lot of jubilation on the deck, purely to expend excess energy there.

After sailing like this, the lookout was yawning boredly, when suddenly he saw a shadow in the northwest. Rubbing his eyes, there were dark shadows, and he hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror to observe.

"Island!"

"What a big island!"

Li Quan's ship suddenly became a sensation, and the crew stood on the deck to watch. The other four ships also discovered the islands one after another, and people danced in the direction of the islands.

For more than a month, except for the previous archipelago, they only saw the sea in their eyes, and now they finally saw the land, and they couldn't wait to hurry over and step on two feet.

！ "Towards the island

The fleet was getting closer and closer to the island, and suddenly the lookout shouted: "There are ships, there are small sailing ships, the barbarians here can build ships!" ”

Li Quan hurriedly picked up the clairvoyant mirror, and sure enough, he saw a sailboat in the distance. These boats were slender and long, with spinnakers, and could seat thirty or forty people in large boats and one or twenty in small boats.

Li Quan said: "This island is barbarian, can build ships, can weave, and is more civilized than the Native Americans. ”

Indeed, when the fleet approached, the indigenous ships were assembled.

These natives, presumably, are preparing for war. But when the Chinese fleet approached, they found that the hull was too big, and they were so frightened that they kept retreating around the island.

"Send a hundred people to land first!" Li Quan ordered.

A hundred soldiers, armed with guns and ammunition, landed on the beach in small boats. The beach was so beautiful that the natives of the island were not happy and looked very angry. Because it was an area where only chiefs, mages, chanters, dancers, genealogists, and doctors were allowed to set foot in it, and others who stepped on the beautiful sands were to be put to death.

The name of the Great Chief was very long, with more than twenty syllables, and he was simply Ali Kamiya.

"Ali" means leader.

The Great Chief gathered his forces and restrained the wrath of the people, knowing that an enemy with such a large ship would be difficult to deal with.

"Waving the flag, the enemy wants to negotiate."

Li Quan received the flag message and personally landed in a small boat.

In his eyes, the indigenous chiefs had a peculiar shape. He carried a spear of nearly three meters in his hand, wore a hat that resembled a cockscomb, and a robe like a cloak on his upper body. On both sides behind him, there are also people holding umbrellas, a bit like the Luo umbrella when the emperor travels.

Li Quan pointed to the nearby coconut trees and instructed a chief: "Ten of you, aim at the coconuts and shoot." ”

Ali Kamiya stood more than twenty meters away, looking curiously at the outsiders, raising a short stick and pointing at the coconut.

This move once again aroused the anger of the natives.

Because the coconut is a doppelganger of a certain god, only men can eat it, women are not allowed to eat it, and eating coconut can absorb the aura of the god.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a burst of gunfire, two coconuts fell, and one hung on the tree, and the coconuts kept flowing down.

Ali Kamiya was so frightened that she took two steps back, this kind of stick that breathes smoke and spits fire is terrifying.

"Ouyang, you go to negotiate, bring an iron axe and a mirror." Li Quan said.

Since successfully communicating with the Indians, Ouyang Chun has been appointed as a "diplomat". With a small glass mirror in one hand and an axe in the other, he broke away from the army and walked alone.

Ali Kamiya seemed to feel kindness and sent someone forward. Ouyang Chun handed over the axe first, and the native took the axe and slashed it at the barrel of his gun, immediately cutting off a piece of wooden surface. Immediately, the man took the mirror and looked at his face with ecstasy.

The native ran back to the chief and said, "The axe is hard and sharp, this ...... There are reflections. ”

Ali Kamiya instantly fell in love with the mirror, and he looked left and right at the glass, feeling more and more majestic and handsome.

After thinking about it carefully, Ali Kamiya instructed his subordinates to bring many beautiful handicrafts.

Ouyang Chun shook his head, indicating that he didn't need it. Then he opened and closed his mouth and made a chewing motion, meaning that he wanted to exchange it for some food.

Ali Kamiya was smart enough to understand it very quickly.

A group of indigenous soldiers brought in food one after another, including live chickens, ginger, kava (some kind of pepper rhizome), potatoes, breadfruit, and cane sugar. There were ten chickens, several baskets of potatoes and breadfruit, and five cans of cane sugar

When replenishing in the Americas, a lot of potatoes were purchased, and the crew was almost vomiting.

Ouyang Chun pointed to the potatoes and waved his hand, meaning that he didn't want it. Then don't want sugar, live chicken is okay, fresh meat is better than salted fish.

Ouyang Chun pointed to the coconut tree again, and the crew wanted to drink coconut water. Ali Kamiya shook her head and said that the coconut was not for sale. The coconuts, bananas, turtles and pigs here are all doppelgangers of a certain deity, which contains "hemp pin".

"Ma" is a kind of aura that all living beings have. Chiefs and mages can obtain spiritual energy from distant ancestors and gods, so as to prolong life, be free from illness and disaster, and have power. In addition to sacrifices, eating certain things can also obtain aura, such as coconuts, bananas, turtles, and pork.

Women are filthy and do not have access to Reiki and therefore cannot eat these foods. In addition to slaves, ordinary men can also eat it, but they don't get as much aura as chiefs.

Ouyang Chun continued to shake his head, still pointing to the coconut tree.

At this moment, Li Quan let more soldiers land, and there were already more than 200 people on the beach.

Ali Kamiya loves mirrors and fears smoking sticks in the hands of Chinese. He turned around and asked the master, "It only stipulates that women can't eat coconuts, and there is no rule that foreign men can't eat coconuts, right?" ”

The mage pondered carefully, nodded and said, "There is indeed no such statement, foreign men can eat it." ”

Li Quan saw that the natives were collecting coconuts, and smiled and asked people to bring cigars and rum.

When selling goods in the port of Manzanillo, the Spaniards there did not have enough money, so they bartered a lot of tobacco and rum.

Ouyang Chun had already been allowed to approach by the Great Chief, he first opened the rum and took a sip, then handed the jar to the other party.

Ali Kamiya drank it curiously, and immediately exclaimed: "Good wine!" "The natives of the island also make their own wine, which is made from pepper rhizomes, called cava, and it tastes numb on the tip of the tongue, how can it be comfortable with rum?

Immediately, Ouyang Chun lit the cigar again, and after swallowing the clouds and mist, he handed the smoked cigar to the chief.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Ali Kamiya sucked too hard and coughed repeatedly. But he didn't get angry, he carefully inhaled it gently, his brain was slightly stuffy, but he was soon refreshed.

The chief handed the cigar to the mage, who tried several times, but the smoke came out of his nose without knowing it.

The mage said, "This thing should be able to communicate with the gods. ”

"Since coconuts can be given to foreign men, so can bananas and pigs," Ali Kamiya said, "and we will bring some more bananas and pigs and exchange them with outsiders." ”

Fearing to be attacked by the Spanish fleet, Li Quan set sail far north. The route is located on the edge of the North Pacific Current, straight west, just in time to bump into the Hawaiian Islands!

And the starting point of the Spaniards, if they sailed in a straight line with the wind and water, they might not meet Hawaii for hundreds of years.