Chapter 759, the situation on the east coast of America
In the Penglai City of Huanghuangzhou, in the palace of the city lord, Tian Erniu was entertaining Guo Ye, who had come from afar.
At the beginning of the year, Guo Ye led a huge fleet from Tianjin, passing through Songhu, Ryukyu, and Nanyang. After arriving in Australia, he then headed eastward and crossed the long Pacific Ocean. In July of the 14th year of Hongzhi, he finally
Arrived at South Golden Continent.
After that, they sent a fleet all the way north along the west coast of Huangjin Continent, and soon the contact with Hetian Erniu was established. However, Guo Ye did not stay on the west coast for too long, but started from the southernmost end of Huangjin Continent.
Bypassing the later Drake Passage.
Of course, this strait has also been named Storm Strait by Guo Ye and others.
The Pacific Ocean is generally very calm, with almost no waves, but the Atlantic Ocean is different, with very strong winds and waves.
In the strait between the Pacific and the Atlantic, storms are very powerful, so Guo Ye and others also named this strait the Storm Strait.
After bypassing the Storm Strait, Guo Ye led the fleet all the way north along the east coast of Golden Continent. While exploring the situation on the east coast, he also built colonial strongholds along the way, and more importantly, supported the east coast.
side.
Because the Europeans and the Ming people met on the Golden Continent, after the news spread in Europe, more and more people came to the Golden Continent. Many European countries also opened colonies on the east coast of the Golden Continent.
This posed a huge threat to Ming Dynasty's Golden Continent strategy.
But on the east coast, the Ming Dynasty did not have powerful ships, and it was unable to do anything to these Europeans for the time being. Therefore, although Tian Erniu was very impatient, he endured it.
After learning that Guo Ye had arrived in Golden Continent from the southern hemisphere, he immediately sent an order to Guo Ye, asking him to lead his fleet around the southernmost point to the east coast to maintain the Ming Dynasty's power and presence on the east coast of Golden Continent.
The most important thing is that Tian Erniu decided to teach these Europeans some lessons to let them know how powerful the Ming Dynasty was, otherwise they would not pay attention to the Ming Dynasty's claims on Golden Continent at all.
From the day he came into contact with the Europeans, Tian Erniu followed Liu Jin's instructions and declared to the outside world that the entire Golden Continent belonged to the Ming Dynasty. The indigenous people here were a branch of the Ming people, and Europeans were not allowed to touch the Golden Continent.
At first, the Spanish recognized this and recognized Ming's ownership of the Golden Continent.
However, with more and more contacts and exchanges with each other, the Spaniards gradually understood the situation in Ming Dynasty.
This Golden Continent does not belong to the Ming Dynasty at all, and they only arrived in the Golden Continent a few years ago. Although the natives of this Golden Continent look very similar to the Ming Dynasty people, they are not the Ming Dynasty people at all.
Therefore, the Spaniards gradually did not recognize this matter.
The most important thing is that they also know that the Ming Dynasty's main power on the Golden Continent is concentrated on the west coast. On the east coast, there is only one Penglai city, and there are only a few ships, let alone powerful warships.
So the Spaniards began to reveal their bandit nature.
They ignored Tian Erniu's warning and began to build colonies on the west coast to seize more colonies. They even went so far as to demand that the Aztec Kingdom also build buildings made of gold and silver for them.
of pyramid.
This greatly offended the interests of Ming Dynasty and the interests of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.
In addition to Spain, because of the contact with the Ming Dynasty people in Golden Continent, we can obtain Ming Dynasty porcelain, silk, mirrors, sugar, spices and other commodities that Europeans need very much.
Therefore, the Portuguese, French, Dutch, and British also came one after another, building colonies on the east coast of Golden Continent and seizing colonies.
Compared to the Spaniards, these people were even more aggressive. The Vikings even tried to sack Penglai City, but they were bombarded by Penglai City. After being beaten badly, they realized how powerful the Ming artillery was.
Generally speaking, the situation on the east coast of the Golden Continent is not optimistic. The influx of Europeans in large numbers has posed a serious threat to the Ming Dynasty's plan to monopolize the Golden Continent.
Therefore, Tian Erniu must strengthen the Ming Dynasty's power on the east coast of the Golden Continent. At the same time, he must give these Europeans a severe lesson to let them know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is, and also emphasize the Ming Dynasty's interests in the Golden Continent.
The truth is only within the range of cannons. Europeans only believe this. If you don't hurt them, they won't know how powerful it is. They won't offend you at all and will go their own way.
Even after everyone knew that the Ming Dynasty conquered the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire, these Europeans also tried to get their hands on these two gold treasures.
"Lao Guo~fuck~"
Tian Erniu raised the wine glass in his hand and said.
"Dry"
Guo Ye finished the wine in his glass in one sip, and then complained: "What kind of wine is this?"
"I bought it from the Europeans. The wine from the Ming Dynasty has been drunk long ago. People who are drifting on the sea will not bring too much wine at all, so just drink it."
Tian Erniu smiled and said.
"This wine is actually not bad, but I'm not used to it."
Guo Ye smiled and looked at the wine in the glass. It had a slightly astringent taste, which was different from the wine in Daming. The wine in Daming was all grain wine and often had a sweet taste.
"From the south to Penglai City, I discovered many European settlements along the way."
As we chatted, we talked about the situation on the east coast of Golden Continent.
"There are many Spanish, Portuguese, French, British, and Dutch. They have built many colonial settlements on the east coast of Golden Continent, but they are all very small. They are mainly for trade with Penglai City."
"See those ships in the harbor?"
"They are all their merchant ships."
Tian Erniu nodded and said, the Europeans have learned about the situation in Ming Dynasty, and Tian Erniu has also learned a lot about the situation in Europe. Jiang Liang, who came back from Europe, brought back a lot of detailed information about Europe, and he is still here in Europe.
Zhao Houhou, who traveled around, would ask someone to bring letters every once in a while.
"European businessmen are crazier than our Ming businessmen. They are like sharks smelling blood, swarming in and eager to buy up everything we have."
"However, these Europeans are not easy to deal with. When they can't beat you, they are businessmen. When they can beat you, they are robbers."
"You have to be extremely careful when dealing with them. If you are not careful, they will even swallow your bones and chew them to pieces."
"What's so terrible about it?"
Guo Ye thought for a while and said.
"It's not that they are scary, but that's their nature, the nature of robbers."
Tian Erniu smiled and said: "I am so anxious to transfer you from the west coast to the east coast. The purpose is naturally to deal with these Europeans."
"Young Master Liu said that our Ming Dynasty wants to monopolize the entire Golden Continent. Naturally, we need to take advantage of these Europeans to get rid of them when they are as unstable here as us, and force them to recognize our Ming Dynasty's ownership of the Golden Continent."
"These Europeans are all bandits. They are bandits. They only obey with fists. If we don't beat them, how can they be afraid of us?"
"Not long ago, there were bandits who wanted to loot Penglai City."
"That's it~"
After hearing this, Guo Ye nodded solemnly.
Then he thought about it and said: "This time I brought fifty large ships and five thousand people, which must be enough to deal with them. The European strongholds I encountered along the way were very small, even a small town.
Even worse, dealing with them won’t be a problem.”
"You only need to bombard it with artillery first, and then a thousand people will land, and it will be enough to easily capture a small stronghold."
Guo Ye was very confident about this. When he came along the way, he encountered several Portuguese and French colonies on the coast of later Brazil. They were all small, not big, the size of a small town.
, only a few hundred people, thousands of people.
"Now the largest European colony in Golden Continent is located on San Salvador Island. It is a Spanish colony. Originally, there were only less than 3,000 people. After contact with our Ming Dynasty, there were many merchants.
, the arrival of bandits and the like, it is estimated that there are almost tens of thousands of people on this island now."
"As for the other colonial sites, they are not big. They are small in scale, but they are relatively large in number."
"Here in the north, the British and French established several colonial settlements. They were small and easy to capture."
"Here in Golden Bay, the Dutch and the French built a colonial point respectively. To the south, the Portuguese had six colonial points."
"In addition, there are many Spanish colonies in various places. Our biggest opponents here in Golden Continent are these Spaniards."
Tian Erniu took out a map and started talking to the points marked on the map.
When we met the Ming people in America, merchants all over Europe went crazy. A large number of people came here to do business with the Ming people. This Golden Continent was far away from Europe, and it was not easy to get back and forth.
Therefore, these Europeans also chose to establish colonies here in Golden Continent to facilitate their trade. At the same time, the news that the Ming Dynasty obtained massive amounts of gold and silver in Golden Continent also stimulated these Europeans to open up colonies in Golden Continent and search for
Gold and silver.
Some people even imitated Tian Erniu and others, trying to conquer the local natives in Golden Continent and let them mine gold and silver for themselves, thus gaining huge wealth.
All these accelerated the Europeans' expansion of colonies and the establishment of colonial points on the Golden Continent, and affected the Ming Dynasty's plan to monopolize the Golden Continent.
"Then who should we attack first?"
Guo Ye looked at the map, thought about it and asked.
"Unite the Spanish and attack the British first. The British are the most notorious bandits and specialize in looting ships traveling to and from other European countries. The Spanish hate them."