At the southwestern tip of Africa, there is a very famous headland called the Cape of Good Hope. For more than 300 years before the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the Cape of Good Hope route became the only sea passage for Europeans to the East.
In the narrow strip of land at the northern end of the Cape of Good Hope, there is a city - Cape Town. It was founded in 1652 and was originally the supply station of the Dutch East India Company. It was specially designed to provide fresh water, vegetables and food to fleets from this country and other countries.
Ship maintenance services. It was the first stronghold established by Western European colonists in southern Africa, so it is known as the "Mother of South African Cities".
Although the game is set in the 16th century, the city of Cape Town already exists. Of course, this is just a small town and not prosperous. But Lao Bai knew that in a few years, when the number of ocean voyages in the game gradually increased, the city of Cape Town already existed.
Cape Town will become more and more important, because this city is a hurdle that no ship traveling between Europe and Asia can bypass. If you want to make a long voyage, this is the most convenient place.
Even if the Suez Canal is opened later in the game, Cape Town is still an indispensable and important passage between Europe and Asia. Because the traffic volume of the Suez Canal in the game is very limited, it is far from meeting the trade needs of many players around the world. You can pass through the canal in the later stage
Players engaged in trade are destined to be only a small number of tall, handsome and wealthy people. The caravans composed of most players, even if they want to pay more tolls, still cannot squeeze into the busy canal and must take a detour from the Cape of Good Hope.
In addition, Cape Town in the game is the most important trading point in South Africa. South Africa is famous for its gold and diamond production, although these major mining production areas are concentrated in inland areas in the north such as the Northern Cape Province.
, but the main place for transactions between production NPCs is still in Cape Town.
A few years later, various special products from South Africa will be traded on the exchange here, and then loaded into players' merchant ships and shipped to all parts of the world. Most of the goods from all over the world will enter the residents of South Africa from here.
In hand, the city of Cape Town is South Africa's largest trading market.
After Lao Bai occupied this city, he undoubtedly controlled a large amount of gold and diamond trading resources. Lao Bai's sister is a precious metal merchant, and his wife Hui Yu is a jeweler, both of which are professions where it is difficult to purchase goods. But after Lao Bai occupied this city
, they no longer have to worry about the supply of goods. For the trade of precious goods such as gold and diamonds that do not require a large number of ships, controlling the supply of goods is tantamount to seizing the source of wealth.
Lao Bai's Spinnaker sailed all the way south on the Atlantic Ocean, crossed the equator, entered the Southern Hemisphere, and finally reached the southernmost tip of the African continent. In the game, the east of South Africa, including South Africa, belongs to the sphere of influence of the East African overlord Espinoza.
, Cape Town is the westernmost city he holds. If Lao Bai captures the city of Cape Town, Espinoza's holding will naturally disappear, which can be considered a small blow to him.
After entering the waters around South Africa, Lao Bai began to be cautious. He only has one small boat now, and his strength is too far behind Espinoza, so he does not want to conflict with Espinoza. But here is Espinoza.
In Spinoza's territory, whenever you encounter them, you can't even think of a conflict.
However, after entering the coastal area of South Africa, Lao Bai went relatively smoothly and never encountered Espinoza's fleet. But just when Lao Bai thought it was safe to enter the port, a fleet sailed out of the Cape Town port.
It is Espinoza's third fleet.
Espinoza's third fleet is not too powerful. It only has two large warships carrying hundreds of sailors, a dozen medium-sized warships, and more than twenty medium-sized merchant ships. But such a fleet is not as powerful as
A comparison of Lao Bai's spinnaker. It is undoubtedly a group of geckos watching a small mosquito.
Don't be gentle with small mosquitoes. So when the admiral of the fleet saw Lao Bai's Triangle, he fired a cannon to greet him unceremoniously. The roar of dozens of cannons on the large battleship was deafening, and splashes of water were thrown on the sea.
, Lao Bai’s boat instantly turned into leaves in the wind.
Of course Lao Bai would not start a war with them. Whether it was ships or people, he was too different from the enemy. Even if the enemy sailors did not fight back and lined up in a line with their necks stretched out for Lao Bai to kill, Lao Bai would still chop them down.
Only by being soft can he kill them all. What's more, the enemy's artillery is fierce and it is difficult for him to get close to the enemy. So he can only run away.
Lao Bai escaped. Of course, the admiral of the Third Fleet would not let it go. He began to command the fleet to pursue the Spinnaker. The two sides struggled back and forth for a while, but although their military strength was strong, it was not enough to capture Lao Bai. In the end, it was not enough to capture Lao Bai.
Lao Bai led them in circles on the sea for half an hour, and finally got rid of all their fleets.
After getting rid of the third fleet, Lao Bai did not dare to move forward any further. He kept the ship drifting in the Atlantic Ocean until night, and then took advantage of the darkness to dock in Cape Town Harbor.
Cecilia yelled as soon as she got off the boat. Along the way, they passed by many black ports. Cecilia was curious about the appearance of black people, and she is still a little excited: "Oh! There's another one.
So much black... black..."
Lao Bai joked from the side: "What's black?"
Cecilia chuckled and said, "He is just a very dark and strange person."
Hui Yu, Sera and others also got off the boat together. Esfania was the third to last one and walked off the deck. Finally, it was Denia who supported Bianca. When Cecilia saw her mother also getting off the boat, she jumped up immediately.
He jumped over and took her hand, then dragged her to Lao Bai's side.
Esfania looked at the not-busy pier and sighed: "This is the Cape of Good Hope. Cecilia, your father has told me about this place before. He said this is the end of the sky and the corner of the sea. He also
He said that when he becomes a great adventurer in the future, he will also bring me here to take a look. We didn’t have you at that time. But now that I’m here, your father doesn’t know where he is..."
Cecilia saw her mother's sad face and immediately comforted her: "Mom, don't worry about dad. The master promised that he will help us find dad."
When Esfania heard this, her tears fell again. She said: "Cecilia, your father's whereabouts are unknown. There has been no news for more than a year. Portugal is looking for him, and Spain is also looking for him.
I think he is in danger."
When Cecilia saw Esfania crying, she immediately frowned and said: "Mom, don't be sad, really don't be sad, dad will be fine. Don't you think we are fine now? Master is right
We are so good, and Sister Sierra and the others are also very good. Even without dad, we are still very happy. We can still have sex with the master every day. Mom, the master has had sex with you a lot recently..."
However, Esfania seemed not to have heard Cecilia's words and just sobbed in a low voice: "Theobald, where are you? Do you know that I miss you every day?..."
Seeing her mother crying so sadly, Cecilia couldn't help but sob: "Mom, don't cry, you really don't cry. When you cry, Cecilia will be sad too..."
The mother and daughter soon hugged each other and began to cry. When other people saw their mother and daughter's appearance, they also had expressions of sympathy on their faces.
Lao Bai scratched his head, and as expected, he received another reminder that the morale of the team was declining. He and Hui Yu looked at each other, and it seemed that a vicious incident had been triggered again. This low loyalty was really a headache.
Bianca's incurable disease can only affect herself, but Esfania's attribute of "belonging to the heart" makes her extremely loyal. Whenever a bad incident occurs, it will affect the entire team. This problem must be solved as soon as possible.
It needs to be solved, otherwise Esfania will be a cancer for the team.
Lao Bai patted Esfaniya's back to express comfort.
Esfania felt someone pat her and turned back in horror: "Master?"
Lao Bai said: "Stop crying outside and making people laugh. Let's go to the hotel."
Esfania lowered her head and said, "Yes, Master. But I love Theo Baird, and I can't stop myself from thinking about Theo Baird. Please forgive me, Master!"
Lao Bai sighed. It was quite a joy to arrive in Cape Town, but everyone was depressed after being messed with by Esfania.
The group of people arrived at the Cape Town Hotel and booked a room. Lao Bai trained everyone and waited for the City Hall to open the next day.
Esfania's identity is a mage specializing in fire, and she was level 1 before being adopted as a pet. According to her, she spent half a year in the Mage Academy in Lisbon when she was young, so she knew some magic skills, but
It has never been used since then. After being adopted as a pet, her mage level was naturally reclassified to level 0. However, it was still very easy to upgrade from level 0 to level 1. Along the way, Lao Bai led her to fight some monsters, and she returned to level 0.
Level 1.
The next day, Lao Bai left Esfania and Bianca in the hotel and took the others to the city hall. Although Esfania was a level 1 mage, she could help a little, but Lao Bai
Bai still didn't take her out. Because she was just a bastard now, and there was no telling when a vicious incident would break out, which would lower morale more than she could help.
Outside the city hall, Lao Bai and Hui Yu completed several small tasks, and finally got the opportunity to meet the mayor. So a group of eight people entered the city hall again. It was still the same old routine, they summoned two monsters, and everyone worked together,
After taking care of the mayor and guards, Lao Bai took out the city capture order and successfully captured the city of Cape Town.
A familiar system prompt sounded in his ears again, and Lao Bai said: "Let's change this city's name to Abby City. Elena and Esfania both have the word "A" in their names, and "B" means "B" from Bianca.
.”
"Great!" Cecilia cheered again when she heard that Lao Bai named the city Abbey City. "Mom will be happy, and Bianca will be happy too."
Lao Bai smiled slightly, touched Cecilia's head, and then took another look at the city attributes.
Abbey City
City Lord: Lao Bai
City nature: individual main city (non-stock company)
Armament:739
Business degree:245
Science and Technology Degree:320
Population: 2362
Buildings: Level 1 City Lord's Mansion (the only building), Level 1 Pier (the only building), Level 1 Exchange (the only building), Level 1 Hotel (Quantity 1), Level 1 Leather Factory (Quantity 1), Level 1 Ordinary Houses
Abby is very small, not nearly as good as Ceuta, but slightly stronger than Suez. Lao Bai believes that it will develop very quickly after the ocean voyage begins.
The next step is to go back to Silk Stockings to learn skills. His Majesty the King should still be in China. I wonder how he is doing now?