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"Dangdangdang~~~"

The bells of the church rang. This was not a service, but a farewell to the Chinese fleet.

This is learned from the port of Acapulco. Whenever a galleon arrives, the whole city will boil. People flooded the streets with songs and dances, church bells rang, and grand thanksgiving ceremonies were held to thank the Lord for sending abundant Asian commodities.

Immediately afterwards, after the galleon was unloaded, a grand trade ceremony was held. Spanish merchants with a license buy goods here and transship them to Central America, South America, or land transport to Mexico City, the east coast of the Americas and the Caribbean.

Today, the residents of Banderas Port see hope. As long as the smuggling trade flourishes in the future, this place can also develop and prosper.

At that time, there will be a lot of goods and business travel, so that each of them can make a fortune, and they can live a life of buying whatever they want.

"Thank you Lord, Your will has brought Chinese businessmen!"

"Guys, let's have a toast and see our Chinese friends off!"

"..."

The town became very lively, and the only tavern was already full. Some people even bought rum, ran to the pier to watch the Chinese fleet leave, and drank to the departing fleet.

Li Quan didn't go far with the fleet when he felt that the trade wind was blowing towards the southwest, and the current was also towards the southwest.

Docking at the port of Manzanillo ahead, the officials and residents here are equally enthusiastic. They emptied their silver and food, and ate all the remaining goods, intending to transport them to the inland to sell and make money.

In the past, you could only buy expensive goods from second-hand traffickers, but now you can smuggle them regardless of the license. You can imagine how much profit there is.

There were so many fish in this port that it exploded. When Li Quan left, the cabin was full of fresh and salted fish.

There is no need to sail southwest, just go west, and this place is already located in the northern equatorial warm current belt. Li Quan led the fleet and walked quickly. He had already found out that there was a fleet stationed a thousand miles to the south, and merchant ships often came here to buy fish.

Although it is the same as the Spanish galleon, it sails along the northern equatorial warm current. But the starting point of the Spaniards is in the middle of the warm current zone, while Li Quan's departure point is in the north of the warm current zone.

It took more than five months to come, but it only took three months to go back. The journey was smooth and storms were rare.

After sailing westward for more than a thousand miles, they encountered an archipelago.

Li Quan was very excited. For fear of hitting the rocks, the big ship did not dare to get too close, and only cruised around the archipelago. He sent a small boat to land and investigate, and found that there were no ghosts on the island, and several consecutive islands were deserted, completely a paradise for animals.

This is the Reviahihedo Islands, which were discovered by navigators as early as a hundred years ago.

Li Quan thought he was the first to discover it. Although the archipelago is temporarily uninhabited, so many islands are still exciting. He said to the crew: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, our casualties were minimal. In this archipelago, the largest island is named 'Tianzi Island'. The second largest island is named 'Queen Island'." .The third largest island, named 'Prince Island'!"

The crew cheered in unison, mainly because they were in a good mood, and the journey back was so smooth and comfortable.

After being happy, it is boring.

Although the journey is long and stormy, there is something to do. Nothing happened on the way home. Many sailors and soldiers lay on the deck basking in the sun all day.

There are also people who take pleasure in bitterness, hang the rotten fresh fish on the iron hook and throw it down, and fish with long ropes.

Whenever a big fish is hooked, the deck is filled with jubilation, purely to expend excess energy there.

After sailing like this for more than a month, the watchman was yawning boredly, when suddenly he saw a shadow in the northwest. Rubbing his eyes, there was still a dark shadow, so he quickly picked up the binoculars to observe.

"island!"

"What a big island!"

Li Quan's ship suddenly became a sensation, and the crew stood on the deck to watch. The remaining four ships also discovered the island one after another, and people danced in the direction of the island.

For more than a month, apart from the previous archipelago, they only had the sea in their eyes, and now they finally saw the land, and they wished they could hurry over and step on it.

Li Quan also became excited, drew his sword and shouted: "Go to the island!"

The fleet was getting closer and closer to the island, and suddenly the watchman shouted: "There are boats, there are small sailboats, the barbarians here can build boats!"

Li Quan quickly picked up the binoculars, and sure enough, he saw a sailboat in the distance.

This kind of boat is thin and long, with triangular sails hanging. The big boat can hold thirty or forty people, and the small boat can also hold ten or twenty people.

Li Quan said: "The barbarians on this island can build ships and weave, and they are more civilized than the native Americans."

Indeed, when the fleet approached, the native ships also gathered.

These natives are probably ready to fight. But when the Chinese fleet approached, they found that the hull was too big, and they were frightened and kept retreating around the island.

"Send one hundred people to land first!" Li Quan ordered.

A hundred soldiers armed with ammunition, rowed a small boat and landed on the beach.

The beach was very beautiful, and the natives on the island were not happy, and they seemed extremely angry. Because of that area, only chieftains, mages, singers, dancers, genealogists and doctors can set foot in it, and others will be executed if they step on the beautiful sandy beach.

The chief's name is very long, with more than twenty syllables, so let's call him Ali Kamiya for short.

"Ali" means leader.

Gathering his troops and restraining the anger of the crowd, the great chief knew that an enemy with such a large ship would be difficult to deal with.

"Wave the flag, the enemy wants to negotiate."

Li Quan received the semaphore message and landed in a small boat himself.

In his eyes, the aborigine chief has a peculiar shape. He was leaning on a nearly three-meter spear in his hand, wearing a hat that resembled a cockscomb, and half of his upper body was covered with a cape-like robe. On both sides of the back, there are people holding umbrellas, a bit like the umbrellas used by the emperor when he travels.

Li Quan pointed to the nearby coconut trees, and ordered one of the commanders to say, "Ten of you, aim at the coconuts and shoot."

Standing more than 20 meters away, Ali Kamia looked at these outsiders curiously, and pointed at the coconut with a short stick.

This move once again aroused the anger of the natives.

Because the coconut is the avatar of a certain god, only men can eat it, and women are not allowed to eat it. Eating coconuts can absorb the aura of the god.

"Bang bang bang!"

After a burst of gunfire, two coconuts fell, and one was hung on the tree, and the coconut juice continued to flow down.

Ali Kamiya took two steps back in fright. This kind of stick that can breathe smoke and fire is so scary.

"Ouyang, you go to negotiate, bring an iron ax and a mirror." Li Quan said.

Ouyang Chun has been appointed as a "diplomat" since he successfully communicated with the Indians. Holding a small glass mirror in one hand and an ax in the other, he broke away from the troops and walked over alone.

Ali Kamiya seemed to feel goodwill, and sent someone forward.

Ouyang Chun handed over the ax first, and the native took the ax and slashed at the barrel of his own gun, immediately chopping off a piece of wooden surface. Immediately, the man took the mirror again and saw his own face, ecstatic.

The native ran back and said to the chief: "The ax is very hard and sharp, this... has a reflection."

Ali Kamiya instantly fell in love with the mirror. He looked left and right in front of the glass mirror, and felt more majestic and handsome.

After thinking about it carefully, Ali Kamiya ordered his subordinates to bring many exquisite handicrafts.

Ouyang Chun shook his head, expressing that he didn't need it. Then he opened and closed his mouth again, pretending to be chewing, which meant that he wanted to exchange for some food.

Ali Kamiya was so smart that he understood it quickly.

A group of indigenous soldiers brought food one after another, including live chickens, ginger, kava (a kind of pepper root), potatoes, breadfruit and cane sugar. There are ten chickens, several baskets of potatoes and breadfruit, and five jars of cane sugar.

When resupplying in the Americas, a lot of potatoes were purchased, and the crew almost vomited.

Ouyang Chun pointed at the potatoes and waved his hand, meaning he didn't want them. Then there is no need for sugar, live chicken is fine, and fresh meat is better than salted fish.

Ouyang Chun pointed to the coconut tree again, the crew wanted to drink coconut juice.

Ali Kamiya shook his head, saying that coconuts are not for sale.

The coconuts, bananas, sea turtles and pigs here are all avatars of a certain god, and they contain "Ma Na".

"Ma Na" is a kind of spiritual energy that all living things have. Chiefs and mages can obtain spiritual energy from distant ancestors and gods, so as to prolong life, be free from disease and disaster, and possess power. In addition to sacrifices, eating certain things can also get aura, such as coconuts, bananas, turtles and pork.

Women are filthy and have no access to Reiki and therefore cannot eat these foods. In addition to slaves, ordinary men can also eat it, but the aura they get is not as much as that of chiefs.

Ouyang Chun continued to shake his head, still pointing at the coconut tree.

At this moment, Li Quan let more soldiers land, and there were already more than two hundred people on the beach.

Ali Kamiya couldn't put it down to the mirror, and was afraid of the smoking sticks in the hands of the Chinese. He turned around and asked the mage, "It's only stipulated that women can't eat coconuts, but it doesn't stipulate that foreign men can't eat coconuts, right?"

The mage thought carefully, nodded and said, "There is really no such saying. Foreign men can eat it."

Seeing that the natives were collecting coconuts, Li Quan smiled and asked for cigars and rum.

When selling goods in the port of Manzanillo, the Spaniards there were short of money, so they bartered a lot of tobacco leaves and rum.

Ouyang Chun had already been allowed to approach by the chief, he opened the rum and took a sip, then handed the wine jar to the other party.

Ali Kamia drank it curiously, and immediately exclaimed: "Good wine!"

The aborigines on the island also make their own wine, which is brewed from pepper roots, called kava, and the tip of the tongue feels numb when you drink it. How can it be as comfortable as rum?

Immediately afterwards, Ouyang Chun lit the cigar again, and after puffing, he handed the smoked cigar to the chief.

"Cough cough cough!"

Ali Kamiya sucked so hard that he coughed repeatedly. But he wasn't angry either, he took a breath carefully, his mind was a little stuffy, but he felt refreshed soon.

The chief handed the cigar to the mage, and the mage tried a few times, but he was self-taught and sprayed the smoke from his nose.

The mage said: "This thing should be able to communicate with the gods."

"Since coconuts can be given to outside men, so can bananas and pigs," Ali Kamiya said. "We will bring some more bananas and pigs and exchange them with outsiders."

Li Quan was afraid of being attacked by the Spanish fleet, so he set sail very far north. The route is located on the edge of the northern equatorial warm current, all the way to the west in a straight line, just hitting the Hawaiian Islands!

However, if the Spaniards sailed in a straight line with the wind and the water, they might not meet Hawaii for hundreds of years.