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Body 897 [Hawaii]

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    "Dangdangdang~~~"

    The bells of the church are ringing. This is 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 will be 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, and each of them will be able to 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 ocean 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.

    In this port, there were so many fish that it exploded. When Li Quan left, fresh and salted fish filled the cabin.

    There is no need to sail southwest, just go west, this place is already located in the North Pacific 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 North Pacific 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.

    When 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 are things 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 takes the bait, the deck is full of jubilation, just 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 wanted to hurry over and step on it.

    !  "Advance 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: "Thiseat.  "

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

    When selling goods in the port of Manzanillo, the Spaniards there did not have enough money, so they bartered a lot of tobacco leaves and rum.

    Ouyang Chun had already been allowed to approach by the great chief. He opened the rum and took a sip before handing the wine jar to the other party.

    Ali Kamiya drank it curiously, and immediately exclaimed: "Good wine!" The aboriginals on the island also make wine themselves. They brew it with pepper roots, which is called kava wine. The tip of the tongue feels numb after drinking. How can rum be as comfortable?

    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 too hard and 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 learned it by himself 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 men from outside, 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 North Pacific warm current, all the way to the west in a straight line, just hitting the Hawaiian Islands!

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