Chapter 987 Steam engine
Green Wing and Enrikis took action at the same time to silence Aken. But Catalina couldn't stand such a blow anymore. She knelt down and sobbed. After 20 years of hard work, she has been unable to support such an ending for a long time. Zhang Fan wanted to help her, but he was pulled by the book demon and shook his head to stop her.
Captain Hooker came forward in despair, also knelt in front of Catalina, put his arms around her shoulder, and softly comforted the poor woman, "Oh, dear Lena, you still have me, and our little Katrina, she is our angel. Think about our daughter. For her, we need to cheer up... Everything will be fine... Oh, poor Lena..."
Aken wanted to say something more. He was pressed by two cross swords and had no choice but to spread his hands and shut up. Then everyone left quietly, allowing Caterina and Captain Hook to hug and cry there. I only heard Caterina finally cry behind her. Although everyone felt very sad, there were all people who had gone through the vicissitudes of life. After knowing that she cried like this, Caterina would be fine.
Walking to the seaside, Zhang Fan took a look at Enrikis and said to him, "Maybe we should kill you, so that the Caribbean will have one less opponent. But I still have some friendship with the head of your St. John's Knights. Well, he is a respectable person. I will let you go today. Maybe next time, you won't be so lucky..."
Enikis stared at Zhang Fan and said puzzled, "I know you are the Duke of the Caribbean of England, but at the same time you are also the Earl of San Juan of Spain. Why do you want to go against us?"
"Maybe I will eventually be the king of America!" Zhang Fan left a word and took his partner away without looking back.
Enrikis was stunned and suddenly remembered something and asked loudly in the air, "When did you know our regimental commander? Which commander is it?"
"It's been a long time... I remember his name is Rogge. De. Mo Lin..." Zhang Fan's voice floated down mysteriously.
"I don't remember it... Oh, how can it be?! Rogge. De. The Great Knight of Morin! The commander of the Crusades! He has been dead for 400 years! You must be lying to me! You are blasphemy!" Although Enrikis shouted and scolded the infidels in front of him, he vaguely felt that perhaps the count did not lie to himself...
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Resolved Catalina's revenge mission, Zhang Fan remembered one thing, that is, the 'North Sea Troll' now frequently appears in the Caribbean. In view of the appearance of the Dongying giant turtle, it is a certain arrangement of the scene. Then it must be a task to see the 'North Sea Giant Demon' again. This matter must be clarified, otherwise it will be too late to regret something in the future.
Therefore, when I first entered the scene, I'm afraid that the giant whale had to go to 'Atlantis'. The fleet left the sea near Port Royal and came to the base of Captain Baca and Wang Cuiqia, where they replenished and rested. The book demon and Aken also visited the weapons factory by the way. It was found that under the heavy recruitment of Captain Baca and Wang Cuijiao, several top European scientists were pulled in and improved the technology of firing guns, and fixed bullets also became more inclined to modern bullet technology.
When the book demon promoted this shotgun technology, he deliberately only promoted the relatively backward early shotgun technology, so that in case the European powers follow up, he still has technical reserves and can improve the technology. Unexpectedly, we can't underestimate the technical improvement ability of historical figures. As long as the relevant technical barriers are opened, everything may change! The history of gun development will also be advanced. Since the invention of the firing gun, it has taken less than 300 years to improve into a modern assault rifle!
In order to ensure safety, if you encounter a hostile fleet, you will not be outnumbered. Aken brought the two best fast gunboats to the base. They are all 300-ton propeller sailboats. The hull is wrapped in gold teak with part of the iron sheet, which is very strong! High-quality long-range artillery purchased from the Chinese colonial arsenal is installed on the deck!
Now, in the continuous migration and development of the whole American continent in recent years, the population has exceeded two million! And there are several well-founded colonies that have developed a relatively complete early industrial system. With these major colonies as the center, five major American provinces were built.
North America is centered on San Francisco and New Dragon City, which is also the official history of New York, supplemented by the Port of Tampa, Port of St. Augustine and New Orleans, forming a U.S. province. Central America is centered on the port of Cancun, the port of Sisa, the port of Campeche, the port of Villacuz and the 'Phoenix' on the Pacific side, forming a Mayan province.
Central and South America is centered on the Panamanian colony, supplemented by Porto Santo Port, Gibraltar Port and Inca Port, forming an Inca province. There is also the southern province of the Amazon centered on several colonies of Amazon Harbor, Fire Island and Magellan Strait. Vancouver Port, centered on the Port of Toronto, is a Canadian province.
These colonial provinces widely absorb immigrants, formulate tax-free reclamation policies, and encourage fertility. The scope and scale of several major colonial towns have become larger and larger, and the population almost doubles every year! With the arrival of immigrants from Western countries, many are new thinkers and Puritans oppressed by the church, and some are the church's least favorite astronomers, emerging capitalists, scientists and scientists and scientists.
These people were treated very well in the Chinese colonies under the influence of Zhang Fan's team. They can freely engage in their own research work here, without considering the influence of society and church, carry out free speech, and learn from each other with craftsmen and farmers from mainland China, and all kinds of craftsmen, thus greatly affecting the scientific and technological development and productivity level of the Chinese colonies! Make the scientific and technological level of the New World far ahead of all countries in the world!
What surprised Zhang Fan and the book demon most was that there was a Chinese warlock in the San Francisco colony who was the first to invent a simple steam engine! Although there is still some distance from the real steam engine, this invention can be said to be epoch-making! The steam engine invented by this warlock is very simple, that is, a large stove, a cylindrical sealed iron pot, and a thick copper tube, unexpectedly pushed a wooden mechanical wheel and pulled a stone mill for grinding flour! He originally intended to use this steam engine to push an alchemy device to improve the efficiency of refining sands! Make yourself get gold faster.
For this invention, Zhang Fan Aken and the book demon even flew to the local area in person and rewarded the warlock. He was also awarded a large official title and asked him to continue the upgrading and development of this steam engine with a group of apprentices and Western science and technology workers. Aken and the book demon guided the warlock and his team to consider whether they could lead the steam engine to the propeller sailboat and turn the propeller instead of manpower. For this reason, Aken also gave the warlock two propeller sailboats...
And the 'New Dragon City' has actually implemented a new colonial system, a local colonial official election system! This is the pioneer of the democratic political system. Similarly, Zhang Fan's team also recognized and half-jokingly announced that if necessary, he, the king of the Americas, can also run for the referendum, with virtue and talent.
Zhang Fan's fleet is preparing to cross the Atlantic again, this time to England. Because Drake is about to be canonized, once he canonized, Arken will ask him for the 'Certificate of the Four Seas'.
In the Atlantic Ocean, several dolphins follow the fleet. I don't know how they found Zhang Fan's team. The dolphins of the whole Atlantic Ocean have been taken care of. Once the 'Holy suan ni' appears, it will keep up.
"Became us to 'Atlantis'..." Zhang Fan said to these dolphins, and I don't know if they can really understand. Those dolphins are already leading the way ahead.
However, the direction of the fleet does not seem to be good, because the book demon still reminds Zhang Fan Aken, "There is the mysterious core sea area of the Bermuda Triangle ahead. Do you really want to enter?"
"Bermudian Triangle?!" Even the green wings were surprised. That is the sea known as the Devil's Triangle in later generations. There were as many ships and planes wrecked there!
Human beings are always full of fear of the unknown, not to mention this unpredictable world of ringers. What's more, it's five times more difficult than the ordinary world. In the past, the ships of Zhang Fan's team went around this area. I didn't expect that I had to drive directly into the core area of the Bermuda Triangle this time!
Before you have time to think about it, the sea in front of us has changed dramatically! As if to verify everyone's speculation, the originally calm sea suddenly darkened, and the 100-meter-high huge waves poured into the fleet like a huge wall!
The four ships of Zhang Fan's fleet are the 'boat of the dead (life)' in front of them. In the middle are the flagship command of the 'St.'s and the two wings behind the sides are two iron-clad propeller sail gunships. The three ships protect the 'Saint' flagship with an equilateral triangle, and are also protected by the sacred ability of the flagship to fearless of natural disasters.
Therefore, the sudden terrible waves and storm, as soon as they came into contact with the periphery of the fleet formation, collapsed in front of the sacred light of the 'St. Even so, Zhang Fan immediately launched a flag to make the fleet shrink its formation and get as close as possible to the flagship 'St.
100 meters away from the fleet, there is a tsunami. The sky has been covered by storms and huge waves, and the sea and sky are already the same at this time. The people on the boat even had the illusion that the sea had reached the sky, so there would be a huge storm wave like the sky collapsed! From a distance, it can be clearly seen that in the dark waves, a circular holy light mask protects the fleet like a fragile eggshell.