In addition to the two thousand "lost contact" soldiers, there is also a guard of 500 people, plus five fourth-level battleships docked in the port.
That's all he has!
Florida is an enclave to Spain, and there is no gold or silver. In addition, it is often harassed by Britain and France, so the Kingdom of Spain has never paid attention to it.
He, as the governor, has never had any sense of presence. Would Spain go to war with such a powerful military force outside just because of this place?
He himself didn’t dare to hope so much!
The army can't get here,
How many battleships of level three or above are there in New Spain plus mainland Spain? Are there a hundred?
How sure are you that you can defeat the fleet outside? Can you survive until that day?
The more Montiano thought about it, the more he felt that his death was imminent. Perhaps only God could save him.
What I really didn’t expect was that God didn’t come to save me, but Lin En sent me a life-saving letter.
He wanted to buy Florida from New Spain for ten thousand pounds.
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Lin En's approach is completely based on what the Americans learned from later generations: immigrate first, then buy, and fight if you don't give.
When the news spread, the entire Caribbean exploded!
No one cares about the army in this era, but there are thirty third-level battleships and forty fourth-level battleships. Such a fleet can definitely be described as huge! It is second only to New Spain in the entire Caribbean.
The key is that such a fleet actually appeared suddenly? Everyone knows that is absolutely impossible!
The only explanation is that this fleet has been in pieces, secretly mixed among caravans, pirates, and even British or French fleets.
Maybe Britain and France were involved behind this incident.
really,
The British and French enemies quickly expressed their concern about the Florida incident and supported Lynn's purchase proposal.
There are only a few thousand Hispanics in Florida, but there are hundreds of thousands of Orientals, and the demand for political independence is entirely reasonable.
It is hoped that the Kingdom of New Spain can respect the wishes of the local people and agree to local independence.
They also advised the Kingdom of New Spain to show its magnanimity and not even accept these ten thousand pounds!
This is obviously just a matter of watching the fun and not taking it too seriously, and I can't wait for the two sides to start fighting immediately.
Spain indeed rejected Lynn's proposal.
New Spain did not border Florida, and the only way to regain it was to rely on their more powerful fleet.
During the Armada period, Spain had more than 150 capital ships, spanning the seven oceans.
But after the defeat, the scale was no longer what it used to be.
Home defense, route maintenance, and colonial suppression also require a large number of warships.
Spain is not the only colony in Central America. They also have larger colonies in South America that need to be maintained.
New Spain only has about fifty capital ships in the Caribbean, most of which are old ships that have been in the water for many years, and there are even antiques from sixty or seventy years ago that are still in service.
Even if they could win against Lin En's all-new warships, they would probably lose miserably.
New Spain hopes to gather a larger fleet to reduce losses with overwhelming force, and at the same time once again prove to the world Spanish hegemony at sea.
So they were full of confidence and submitted a request for a decisive battle to the European mainland, but they were ruthlessly rejected!
Because the other colonies did not agree to do this.
Their reasons sound very reasonable. Is it worth it for an enclave with nothing?
If they send their entire fleet here for a decisive battle, and the front is involved by Lynn's fleet, will Britain and France behind them watch helplessly?
Spain can never afford to lose another decisive battle!
They dare not fight this battle.
A country that is in decline and has experienced a disastrous defeat is not bloody enough.
After a stalemate for half a year, it was the third year before the plot began.
Witnessed by representatives from Britain and France, Linn signed an agreement with Montiano, the governor of New Spain in Florida, in the city of St. Augustine.
Montiano recognized Florida's independence on behalf of the Kingdom of Spain.
Then, together with all the Spaniards in the city, they left on a British merchant ship.
The army waiting outside the city and the navy watching the Spanish leave on the deck cheered!
After going through many hardships, they finally established a Chinese country in a distant foreign land.
Although there is only a small area, it doesn't matter. Let's lay the foundation first. There are large tracts of land waiting for them here.
Senior officials in the immigration and military circles quickly gathered around Linn and discussed with him many matters related to the founding of the country.
Most of them are Chinese and have the loudest voices. Some people think that the country's name should be "Ming". Lin En directly vetoes it. Ming Dynasty is dead, and it is meaningless to dig it out again.
Some Chinese also suggested that it should be called Lin Hanguo. This would indicate Lin En's orthodox status and also show that this is a country of the Han people.
But Linn immediately rejected the name. His reason was that it didn't sound good!
At this time, a European who was trying to learn Chinese slurred and said, "Rohan! Does it sound good?"
Linn's head twitched, good! It's settled!
The name has a strong fighting spirit and a spirit of hard work.
The new country, the Kingdom of Rohan, was officially named.
The next step is to establish political power at all levels, divide administrative regions, and formulate laws and policies.
We also need to speed up the construction of the army and regularize and standardize the army at all levels.
Build your own shipyard, save shipbuilding costs, and increase investment in shipbuilding. The army should also expand its scale.
Beyond the current border, there is still wide land on the northern continent waiting for them to occupy.
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Lin En is busy preparing various matters for the official founding of the country.
The old British side showed some cleverness again, and Governor Montiano, who was supposed to be sent to the European continent, was forcibly sent to Mexico.
Now the Kingdom of New Spain couldn't bear this tone.
Originally, I could just let this matter go quietly, but it wasn't such a slap in the face.
They immediately executed the governor and decided to take revenge.
All ports in the Caribbean prohibited the Lynn fleet from docking, and sent fleets to sneak attack his merchant ships at sea.
They thought that most of the Caribbean area was their port, so they would be able to deal a severe blow to the newly established "Kingdom of Rohan".
Linn immediately launched a counterattack. He divided the fleet into small groups and fought with Spanish warships everywhere. He raided their ports and robbed their merchant ships.
This time,
The Caribbean is totally bustling!
There were already a lot of pirates here, but now it's even harder to distinguish between officials and bandits. All people and countries are quietly leaving and participating in this robbery feast.
New Spain's losses began to mount.
Most of the Caribbean belongs to New Spain. They also have the largest number of merchant ships.
Faced with Lin En's robbery in the name of war and the many pirates who took advantage of the situation, everyone was at a loss.
They have too many ports and they are too scattered.
