Chapter 980 American Storm
Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayu are excellent admirals, and such a plan to exorcise tigers and swallow wolves naturally fell in their arms. Therefore, countless messengers on the small sam were sent from the Daming Marine Fleet. Although they don't understand the language, they hold a document with the same content, which is the contract of Daming sailors asking them to assist in the war. As long as you sign, you can get the benefits of robbing the Spanish colony. The document is also accompanied by a flag of mutual contact and attack.
Sure enough, these plundering captains were overjoyed and almost all of them signed the contract. This huge fleet screamed and killed the Caribbean Sea!
This attack that swept the Spanish colonies throughout the Caribbean was a terrible disaster for the Spaniards! The first is the Puerto Rico port on San Juan Island! Daming sailors did not go out at all. Those united plundering captains, pirates in the Caribbean, hundreds of armed merchant ships, flooded this important Caribbean port!
The storm quickly swept the whole island of San Juan, Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica. Port-au-Prince, Port Santiago, Port Havana, Santo Domingo Port, Port Royal, Port Cayman and many other important ports have fallen one after another!
The Daming Marine Fleet seldom fired, and got the greatest benefit after the fall of these ports! Many of the most important materials and commodities have enriched the transport ship warehouse of Daming Marine.
This kind of battle is too comfortable! Daming sailors took this large group to Florida, directly destroying all the Spanish colonies in the Americas and sending transport ships to transport some Chinese immigrants from the North American colonies, occupying the most important Spanish colonies Port of St. Augustine and Tampa.
During this period, he also took a photo with the Spanish Caribbean Fleet, but as soon as the fleet saw the overwhelming warships on the opposite side, before they entered the artillery range, they turned around and ran away! He was chased more than 300 nautical miles by a group of Caribbean pirates, and he was extremely embarrassed!
Zhang Fan keeps his word, and all the occupied Caribbean islands and ports are flying the flag of the Queen of England. He occupied these colonies on behalf of England. But this is actually Aken's plan. Because the Spaniards have few important colonies in the New World of America, and most of the major colonies are ports on the Caribbean islands.
Zhang Fan did this, which led the anger of the Spaniards to England. It has exacerbated the contradictions and hatred between the two European countries! There are only a few North American colonies occupied by Daming sailors, but they are not so eye-catching. For the Spanish royal family, this disaster was caused by the arrival of the Chinese colonists. But now is not the time to settle these accounts. It is very important to weigh the pros and cons.
Although the Chinese colonists occupied most of the colonies in the New World, it was difficult for the royal family to manage those places. Moreover, the local governor is not very obedient, and the loss of Spain's national strength has not had much impact. More importantly, there is a lot of gold and silver robbed from the New World, and maybe there is no wealth there now. Although this reason is somewhat self-deceptive, it is indeed foreseeable that the royal family can save a lot of money on overseas fleets. If you offend a powerful force for these colonies that have not been fully controlled, at least in the short term, it is not worth the gains.
The Caribbean colony occupied by the British with the help of the Chinese colonists is very important. You should know that the production on these islands brings a lot of wealth to the royal family and is easy to manage. More importantly, England is not strong. Perhaps the best way to appease the Chinese invincible fleet and deal with the British pirates first is the best way to the current situation.
Therefore, a Spanish mission was sent to Port Tampa, Florida, the current location of the Daming Marine Division. The Spanish ambassador is a respected count. He expressed his most sincere respect and apology to 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 Emperor of the Ming Dynasty for establishing colonies in the New World without permission.
Spain is willing to give each other the most preferential treatment to the power of the Ming Empire in the New World. And implore Daming sailors to also recognize Spain's legal status in the Caribbean. If the Marquis of Shifan is extremely subordinate and is willing to accept the status of hereditary count granted by the King of Spain, it will be an honor for the Spanish Empire, and so on.
After perfunctorily and settling down the Spanish mission, Zhang Fan Aken almost burst his belly with a smile. These Western powers also have today! This era is the era of the beginning of European capitalism, but in fact, the national strength is not very strong. Compared with the closed Ming Empire, it is just a few small countries. However, capitalism is much superior to the promotion of social productive forces than the closed feudal dynasty. Zhang Fan's team led Daming sailors and immigrants abroad, which was only the first step in strengthening China.
Aken and Zhang Fan discussed again and decided to accept the title of King of Spain. In this way, Zhang Fan has reason not to interfere in the war between England and Spain, and can also play a role in counterbalances. Even in the formal scene in the future, such a position is very favorable. Anyway, Spain also admitted that the New World belongs to China, so the big problem is solved. As for how England and Spain want to fight, let them bite the dog.
After a fraudulent peace, the Ming Empire finally obtained the unquestionable colonial rights of the new continent! For historical reasons, the contradictions between Britain and Spain are still irreconcilable. Although under the comfort of Zhang Fan's team, it was temporarily calm. However, the British grabbing ships and the Spanish fleet still often rubbed.
Two years later, several colonial points in the New World are developing and flourishing, leaving behind the necessary defense fleets. Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayu began to sail back with the main fleet of the Daming Marine Division. Because Aken had secretly told the two of them a while ago that he had obtained the overseas immortality prescription that Emperor Jiajing wanted most.
In fact, Aken has long wanted to go back to mainland China to see whether the sea ban there is open and whether the large-scale immigration plan can be implemented. Because the first batch of Chinese immigrants is far from being able to occupy such a vast territory. We must continue to let Chinese immigrants come to the new continent for development before we can finally occupy this vast continent!
To this end, the transport fleet of Daming Marine Division is full of various local specialties harvested from the New World. I hope that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can find the value of this continent and constantly send immigrants here.