News of Lynn's agricultural and industrial spending spree quickly spread throughout the Caribbean.
Asians, Africans, Europeans, even Indians, anyone can do it, but the price is different.
Lin En offered a higher price and a better reputation. Many slave ships, companies, and even slave owners came to visit.
In order to facilitate transportation, he chose a place on the seaside to build a port and named it Miami.
Many people don't understand the meaning of this name, but that doesn't matter.
A large number of slaves were placed on farms, and vast areas of land were reclaimed.
Linn did not grow more profitable cash crops such as sugar cane and tobacco.
He chose to plant a large amount of corn, wheat, vegetables and other food products.
Florida has a tropical climate and abundant water resources, so crops grow extremely well.
In less than a year, the number of people on the plantation has exceeded 30,000. More than 10,000 of them are Chinese.
Because Lin En offered a higher price to the Chinese, and all Chinese would be exempted from their slave status as long as they arrived here.
Many Chinese in the Caribbean and Europe came voluntarily after hearing the news.
But others don't have this treatment.
The fleet he sent to Singapore also returned, along with many of Sao Feng's ships. On this trip, they brought back more than 3,000 Chinese.
All of them are Han Chinese speaking Chinese and wearing Hanfu.
Lin En was very happy and received them personally. His Chinese face largely eliminated the uneasiness in these people's hearts.
Moreover, when these people discovered that Lin En not only had a Chinese face, but could also speak authentic Chinese, it felt like a stone fell to the ground.
They were taken to the farm, given free accommodation and provided with food. They were even explicitly told that the farm had no boundaries.
As long as they can reclaim it, their rent will be waived for five years, and they will have priority to renew the lease after five years.
The Chinese, who have always regarded land as their lifeblood, were overjoyed. They couldn't wait to write letters to their families to tell them about the situation here.
Lin En's fleet will take these letters and go back with Sao Feng's fleet. They will definitely be able to bring back more people the next time they come back.
They will load up the goods here before returning, and bring back a large amount of profit. The profits generated from this trip are enough to make Xiaofeng even more active.
A month later, Tai Huang, the leader of the Sao Feng fleet, came to say goodbye to Lin En.
Tai Huang is the second in command of the Sao Feng Pirates. His face is covered with stab wounds and burns, one eye is dull, and his beard is long and disheveled. He always wears a straw hat and a leather cloak.
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"Master Lin En, I will bring your blessings back to Master Sao Feng. If there are no other instructions, we will leave tomorrow."
"Very good. Please tell Xiao Feng that friendship is mutual. Please be kind to the Han people on board. Gold coins are never a problem."
Tai Huang is a pure pirate. He has no national concepts, but he also has his own principles.
"As long as there is no problem with gold coins, there will be no problem with friendship!"
"Then I take my leave!"
When Tai Huang left, the fleet accompanying Lin En changed a batch, and the number changed from the original seven to thirty. Ten of them were brand-new battleships, five of which were main-level third-tier battleships.
The displacement of these third-level battleships reaches 2,000 tons, which is not only twice the size of the fourth-level battleships, but also has the firepower to surpass the 54 18-pound guns of the fourth-level battleships. It is equipped with 80 24-pound guns.
These boats were secretly customized by Lynn from the shipyard during this year.
In order to keep it secret, he even asked these ships to return to port in batches, load them with new recruits, and immediately secretly take them to sea for training.
Letting them go together this time is not only to protect the fleet, but also to familiarize themselves with the route and train troops.
In order to customize one of the third-tier battleships, he personally went to Port Royal and established a good cooperative relationship with Governor Swann there.
Governor Swann represented British conquest interests in the Caribbean. They welcomed a major client like Lyne, especially one who had shown hostility to Spain.
Lynn was also invited to attend a banquet hosted by Governor Swan and met the apple of his eye, Miss Elizabeth Swann.
how to say……
The little loli has freckles on her face, which is not very pretty!
He was very interested in Captain James Norrington who was attending the banquet.
This is a standard British naval elite.
The uniform is gorgeous. It consists of white breeches, black buckled shoes, a white linen shirt, a white scarf, a black three-cornered hat with gold rim, and a blue woolen velvet jacket.
Always stand upright and rarely show any expression on his face.
He is also the son of British Royal Navy Admiral Lawrence Norrington. He received an elite aristocratic education from a young lady and has a strong sense of justice and chivalry.
He also inherited his father's deep hatred of pirates and showed an extremely determined attitude towards combating them.
How could such a follow-by-the-book person fall in love with Yin Lisabai, who is still a little lolita?
Lolicon?
Lynn had a long exchange with Norrington, and he even invited Norrington to train naval soldiers for him. Although Norrington refused, he recommended several outstanding instructors to Lynn.
As for those instructors, Linn gave them a reward they couldn't refuse, and they returned to Miami with Linn's customized battleship.
Now he is training soldiers for Linn.
The more Lin En showed an attitude of causing trouble for the Spaniards, the greater the support from Britain.
Not only did they provide him with instructors, they also provided him with a batch of firearms.
But Lin En was not short of money, so he just waved his hand and purchased a batch of firearms production equipment from the UK, which was secretly shipped back.
Under the secret recommendation of the British, their East India Company joined the process of Han immigration. They were very familiar with the routes and had more powerful shipping capacity.
Lin En's requirements for them were the same as Sao Feng's. Lin En didn't care about spending more pounds, but he must ensure people's safety during the voyage.
Lynn spilled a lot of gold.
In the fifth year, Lynn's so-called plantation population had reached 800,000 people. They had quietly spread to many places in Florida.
Among them, there are about 300,000 Han people, mostly young and middle-aged people, both men and women.
Most of the remaining slaves were black slaves, only men.
Europe has the smallest number of Caucasians.
The Spaniards no longer cared, but at this time they realized something was wrong.
Although Linn asked for more and more rent every year, the greed of Montiano, the governor of the Kingdom of New Spain, broke out here.
He ordered that all the land on Lynn Plantation be recovered and all slaves returned to the New Spanish government.
This is obviously to swallow everything about Linn in one gulp.
Lynn didn't express any attitude towards this.
Being able to get such a big deal for free made Montiano laugh in his dreams.
The Spanish officials who went to seize the goods set out with two thousand Spanish soldiers. They suddenly lost contact three days after leaving the city of St. Augustine.
Seven days later, a huge fleet consisting of thirty main battleships, forty fourth-tier battleships and a larger number of frigates suddenly blocked the waters off the city of St. Augustine.
At the same time, a well-equipped army with thirty thousand people appeared outside the city.
Montiano seemed to have fallen into a dark nightmare. He could not figure out how this huge navy and army suddenly appeared under his nose.
But what he can understand is that no one can save his life!
