Later, Salvador in the northeastern region of Brazil. Of course, Brazil at this time was not called Brazil. The Portuguese Pedro Cabrabu first discovered this land and named it the "True Cross Land" and declared it
The land belongs to the Portuguese Crown.
In the beginning, Portugal relied on mining a kind of mahogany, dyed mahogany, as its main source of economic income in Brazil. The Portuguese word for mahogany is very similar to Brazil, so this land gradually became known as Brazil.
Of course, now that the Ming Dynasty has intervened, the name of this land will be named by the Ming Dynasty people in the future.
El Salvador and San Salvador on the island of Haiti are not the same place.
This place is the colonial stronghold established by the Portuguese when they first arrived here. It is a very small colonial town. Because its history is too short, the entire town is still very small. It is mainly used to facilitate the mahogany trade with the local indigenous people.
However, since they came into contact with the Ming people in America, the Portuguese royal family also attached great importance to the 'True Cross Land' and sent Cabrabu south along the east coast of America to explore the route to the Ming Dynasty and obtain
Trade rights with the Ming Dynasty.
So El Salvador suddenly became lively. A large number of businessmen came to El Salvador and used this as a base to do business with the Ming people in Penglai City in Golden Bay.
Of course, if we can open up a southern route and contact the Ming people, El Salvador may also become an extremely prosperous trading point in the future.
Not long ago, the powerful Ming fleet passed by here, which made the Portuguese extremely excited. By going around the southernmost tip of America, they could indeed find a route to the Ming Dynasty.
In Salvador, João from the Portuguese royal family is counting a ship that has just returned from Penglai City. The ship is filled with goods from the Ming Dynasty. As long as these goods can be shipped back to Portugal, their value will be doubled immediately, allowing the royal family to make a lot of money.
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Ever since the Spaniards came into contact with the Ming Dynasty in the Americas, European traders have flocked to Portugal. As one of the protagonists of the sea in this era, Portugal was naturally not to be outdone.
Originally, Portugal's main colonial direction was eastward. They arrived in India first and now have a monopoly on the spice trade in India.
And now news has come back that in India, they have also met the Ming people and conducted friendly trade.
Things from the Ming Dynasty are very valuable, and they are also the most desired things in Europe.
"We were attacked by pirates in the Caribbean and lost one ship. Only the Maria came back."
Qiao Sang, the captain of the Maria, reported to João very helplessly.
The Portuguese royal family is very supportive of foreign expansion and colonial trade. Almost all the ships that go out have shares of the Portuguese royal family. Two ships went to Penglai City to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but only one came back. This loss was very heavy.
"Do you know who it is?"
Joao frowned deeply. He had lost a ship. The remaining Maria has not yet returned to Portugal. There will definitely be pirates on the way back.
"It's British~"
"They are the most notorious pirates on the sea. Now here in the Caribbean, there are British pirate ships everywhere, as well as Nordic Vikings."
Qiao Sang replied: "They are like sharks that have smelled the smell of blood, ready to devour every passing ship."
"These nasty British pirates~"
Joao couldn't help but clenched his fists. While he was angry, he said: "We will go to the Caribbean to loot other people's ships later. Our losses must be recovered."
After all, the ships traveling on the sea in this era are almost all half-pirates and half-merchants. As long as they can rob them, they will rob them. If they can't rob them, they will think about doing business.
The Portuguese are like this, the Spanish are like this, the British, French, and Dutch are also like this, but the British are more shameless and directly issue privateering licenses to those ships and become official pirates.
"Yes~"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Sang quickly nodded solemnly.
"How about Penglai City of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Is it possible we could loot it?"
Then Joao thought for a while and asked again.
The wealth of Penglai City has already spread among Europeans. There are many people who want to take advantage of Penglai City. Almost everyone wants to loot Penglai City and obtain the huge wealth of Penglai City.
"Penglai City is very wealthy. It is full of Ming Dynasty products and a large amount of gold and silver. We merchants from Europe brought too much and too much wealth in exchange for Ming Dynasty products."
"However, Penglai City is very tightly defended, and the Ming Dynasty's artillery is extremely powerful. With our little strength, it is simply impossible to capture Penglai City."
Qiao Sang couldn't help but shook his head after thinking for a while.
Penglai City is indeed a very tempting cake, and many people want to eat it, but it is definitely a tough nut to crack. Not long ago, some pirates tried to plunder Penglai City, but they were beaten to pieces, and not a single ship could escape.
, all the pirates were killed, and the dead were hanged on the cliff.
"I heard that the Ming Dynasty built many ports on the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire, that is, on the west coast of America, specifically for transporting gold and silver. Do you think it is possible for us to loot these places?"
"The Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire used gold and silver to build pyramids for the Ming Dynasty every year. This is such a huge wealth. If we can also obtain it, we will be rich."
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João nodded slightly, thought for a while and then said.
"I don't know. We don't know the situation on the west coast yet, but I heard that the Ming people had more than 100,000 people on the west coast and established hundreds of strongholds. They discovered thousands of large and small gold mines.
Silver Mine.”
"There should be a lot of gold and silver on the west coast. Maybe we can build a few colonies on the west coast first."
Qiao Sang shook his head slightly again and said.
Many things that the Ming people did in America are now known to Europeans. The Ming people called America the Golden Continent, saying that it was full of gold. The Ming people discovered a large number of gold and silver mines on the west coast of the Golden Continent.
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It also forced the Aztec Kingdom and the Inca Empire to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty with a large amount of wealth every year. This made Europeans jealous and stimulated more Europeans to come to the Americas to search for gold and silver.
"Dang~dang~"
Just as João and Qiao Sang were discussing whether they could loot the Ming Dynasty's stronghold, rapid bells rang in El Salvador.
Hearing the ringing, everyone in El Salvador became nervous and walked out one after another, looking in the direction of the sea.
I saw several large ships cutting through the waves heading towards El Salvador between the water and the sky.
"what happened?"
João immediately asked nervously.
Seaside cities in this era were very dangerous. El Salvador was often visited by pirates. Even seaside cities in Portugal and Spain were sometimes attacked by pirates.
So whenever they see a ship approaching on the sea, they will feel nervous immediately. They need to find out which country the ship comes from, what its purpose is, and whether it is a pirate.
"Spanish~Spanish~"
Soon, someone screamed in terror, and the whole El Salvador began to be in chaos.
Spain and Portugal are old enemies. The two countries have fought many times in history. They once unified and merged into one country, but eventually split up.
When Portugal is strong, it likes to interfere in Spain's affairs, and when Spain is strong, it wants to annex Portugal. In short, there are many grievances between the two countries, and they dislike each other.
Now the Spanish ships are heading towards El Salvador, and their purpose is obviously impure. They may be coming to plunder El Salvador.
"Spanish?"
When João heard this, he was no longer in the mood to count the goods, and immediately began to direct everyone to prepare for the next battle.
Soon, when the ship was getting closer to El Salvador, they could clearly see the cross and the Spanish flag hanging on the ship. At the same time, there were two ships next to it with the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty hanging on it.
"Is Spain going to officially declare war with Portugal?"
"They didn't even bother to change the flag?"
João looked at the waving Spanish flag and couldn't help but frown deeply.
Generally speaking, to do such a shameful thing, you have to change your country's flag and replace it with a skull pirate flag, so as not to lose your last face.
But now, these Spaniards haven't even changed their flags. Are they going to go to war with the Portuguese?
"There is actually a Ming Dynasty ship. When did the Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards get involved?"
Soon, he noticed the two Ming ships next to them. Their huge size and flying dragon flags were very eye-catching and could be seen at a glance.
"Ask them what it means?"
João thought for a while and ordered.
Soon, a small boat rowed towards each other desperately, going to ask these Spaniards and Ming people what they wanted to do?
The boat goes out quickly and comes back quickly.
"They said that a pirate ship finally arrived here, hoping to enter El Salvador to apprehend the pirates?"
His men came back in a hurry and said.
"Search for pirates?"
"The Ming Dynasty and the Spaniards hunted the pirates together?"
João was slightly dumbfounded, and then said angrily: "They deliberately found an excuse to attack us in El Salvador. Let everyone prepare for war. I will give them a lesson later and let them know that we in Portugal
