New Ming Empire mixed in America

The fleet sailed at sea for six full days and encountered many fleets during these days, most of which were merchant ships flying the federal stars and stripes.

This made Li Mingqi feel something was wrong. Now that the west coast was occupied by the Xinming Empire, it was impossible for these Northern Federation merchant ships to bypass the entire South America and return to the east.

And since when did the United States have such a big influence in the Pacific?

Liu Erhe wore a fisherman's hat of the same style as Li Mingqi, and sat next to Li Mingqi playing with his fishing rod.

Fishing while a battleship is traveling at high speed is obviously just for fun.

Although Liu Erhe was a little dissatisfied with Li Mingqi's hobby, he could only fish with him honestly.

At this time, the correspondent's voice came from the walkie-talkie, so Liu Erhe quickly put down the fishing rod that he was repeatedly retracting and releasing, and stood up to report:

"Long live my lord, two British merchant ships appeared ahead. Lord Cheng just asked for instructions whether to sink them."

Li Mingqi changed the position of the fishing rod, looked up at the sea, and said: "There is no need to embarrass these merchant ships, just capture them and ask about the situation and let them go."

After receiving Li Mingqi's instructions, several gunboats were separated from the fleet and directly stopped in front of the fleet that slowed down after seeing the Pacific Fleet.

"We are the Pacific Fleet of the Xinming Empire. Merchant ships from other countries can leave. Merchant ships flying the Union Jack flag stay..."

The gunboats moved among the fleet with loudspeakers mounted, and would stay for a while when passing by merchant ships flying the Union Jack flag.

After seeing the slowing down of the Pacific Fleet, this fleet composed of various merchant ships automatically lowered its sails and stopped on the sea.

Now that they heard the Chinese language coming from the gunboat, some merchant ship owners froze on the spot and didn't know what to do.

In the past, as long as you knew English, you could travel all over the world when you went to sea. Now, you suddenly heard the languages ​​​​of other countries on the Pacific Ocean, and you didn't react for a while.

But the shouting on the gunboat continued, and Li Mingqi would not spoil these guys.

It didn't matter that he didn't set foot on the Pacific Ocean before, but now that he has reached out towards the Pacific Ocean, these guys have to learn another language.

"Captain, what are those Easterners shouting in Ula Ula? Are they trying to steal money?"

There was a conversation on a merchant ship flying the Prussian flag.

"This is the language of the Orientals. They say that the British merchant ships flying the Union Jack flag should stay, and other merchant ships can leave. Okay, this has nothing to do with us, let's all move, raise the sails and set sail!"

After the captain finished speaking, he looked at the British merchant ships in the center of the fleet, and the corners of his mouth curved.

They took this route from Hawaii to South America, and every time they felt it was unfair, because British merchant ships did not have to pay taxes in any country, and the price of purchasing goods was much cheaper than others.

Now seeing a country named to cause trouble for British merchant ships, the ship owner was very relieved.

"Looking at this fleet, I have a hunch that we will all have to learn a new language in the future."

The two sailors who were turning the winch vigorously chatted incessantly.

"Fake, after I went to sea, I first learned English, and later learned a little Spanish. Now I have to learn the language of the Orientals. It's really ironic."

A Prussian sailor cursed a few times, but there was nothing he could do.

Nowadays, Prussia's speech in the sea is not as loud as farts, so he can only study hard.

Merchant ships with people on board who could understand Chinese gradually left, and some merchant ships from other countries who did not understand Chinese but left with the crowd also escaped smoothly.

In the end, there were only three British merchant ships left. The gunboats pointed their guns at them and slowly headed towards the fleet.

Soon, the three rowing boats were put on the sea by the British merchant ship, and the main personnel of the three merchant ships took the rowing boats and came to Cheng Yuanliang's flagship.

They are not qualified to set foot on the battleship and can only accept inquiries with simple communication devices.

This kind of suggested intercom is a backup method that connects two receivers with a telephone line and is powered by the generator on the ship, so that people on the ship and off the ship can talk.

It is also very suitable for talking to these English-speaking ship owners now.

Ten minutes later, Li Mingqi received the report from Cheng Yuanliang.

The British warships are still docked in Hawaii and have not left. It is estimated that they will not leave until the cathedral in Hawaii is completely built.

And now there are not only British envoys on the Hawaiian Islands, but also a group of envoys from the Northern Federation.

The last joint action to blockade the port and persecute the Chinese was instigated by these people.

And they drove immigrants from the Xinming Empire to an island shaped like an acute triangle called Kalaupapa Island.

One of the three sides of this island is the highest sea cliff in the world, and the other two sides are surrounded by the sea. There are sharks in the sea. It is also an isolation point for lepers.

More than 6,000 immigrants from the Xinming Empire were driven to that island and all of them starved to death.

The envoys from the Northern Federation went to the Kingdom of Hawaii to discuss selling land to the Northern Federation to start plantations.

This time it happened that Daiying's warship appeared in Hawaii, so he actively participated in Daiying's revenge against the immigrants from the New Ming Empire.

After reading the report, Li Mingqi changed his attention. He ordered Cheng Yuanliang to detain these merchant ships, let them discard all their cargo, and follow the fleet at full speed.

Another three days of sailing followed, and the three British merchant ships had already been towed behind them by the transport ship to ensure that they did not fall behind.

In the evening, the fleet could already see the outermost uninhabited islands of the Hawaiian Islands.

Li Mingqi's fleet also had dozens of merchant ships, all of which were merchant ships encountered in nearby waters.

Although I don’t believe that they can run faster than the fleet and return to the Hawaiian port to report the news one step ahead, but confidence is one thing, and there must be no less precautions.

This is Li Mingqi's character. He would rather be overly cautious than let things happen unexpectedly.

Just now, four merchant ships turned around after seeing the fleet and tried to run towards the Hawaiian port. They were sunk directly after they failed to stop after two warnings.

Damn it, the spoiled Somali pirates of later generations didn’t even mention rolling around in front of the fleet. Do these merchant ships really think that if they fly a British flag, no one will dare to attack them on the sea?

The Xinming Empire and the British battleships were sunk even if they were said to be sunk, let alone these guys who pretended to be powerful.

That is to say, today's era can be so unscrupulous. If it were after World War II, casually sinking a merchant ship of a sovereign country would have to face a lot of diplomatic pressure.

After all, the world had already been divided up and entered the digestion stage at that time.

But when we sing this song now, it still belongs to the barbaric era. Whoever has a big fist can speak well, not whoever dances for joy and has a loud voice can speak well.

Just like the conflict between Wu Xiong and Mao Zi in later generations, if it were this era, Mao Zi's fist would have hit Wu Xiong in the face.

At that time, the black bear was not jumping up and provoking like it is now. Instead, it was huddled in the corner and howling.

"Long live my Lord, Commander Chen Yuanliang said that we will directly cross the Big Island of Hawaii tonight and go straight to Honolulu Island."

Honolulu Island is where Honolulu is located, the capital of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and the most prosperous island in the Hawaiian Islands.

Although the Hawaiian Island in front of the fleet is large, you can probably only see the local natives and volcanoes from up there.

The Kingdom of Hawaii was founded by indigenous leaders who came out of this island.

As for the port of this big island, it can be blocked by just sending a few gunboats. Anyway, even the small sampans in the Kingdom of Hawaii cannot break through the blockade of armored gunboats.

Not to mention the Kingdom of Hawaii, these armored gunboats that can go far into the ocean can still blockade ports even when they reach the Puppet Qing Dynasty.

Of course, if the crew on the gunboat were replaced by foreigners, it would probably be very difficult.

After all, the only people who fear death in China today are the pseudo-Qing government, and those heroes from all walks of life on the sea will not give face to foreigners.

Gunboats can block the port, but if they wander around in a hurry on the sea, they may be beaten by the heroes of the sea for no apparent reason.

It can be said that the most famous thing on the sea in the Far East is not the trade route, but the Chinese pirates.

"Oh? He wants to block all the warships with the British in the port of Honolulu Island."

Li Mingqi raised his eyebrows. He had a new understanding of the Pacific Fleet commander he had chosen.

As for calling Honolulu Island Honolulu Island, this was Li Mingqi's intention. After all, the Xinming Empire's inherent territory would not sound good with such an awkward name.

It will be called Honolulu Island from now on, and the Honolulu Protectorate will be established here in the future, with full power to take charge of all affairs of the Hawaiian Islands.

Even the person in charge here, Li Mingqi, was brought here.