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- "Admiral, this is a warning bombardment. If we move forward, they will fire."
"There's no need to move forward, we're going to fire now." Fang Xian escorted several ladies into the warehouse first. Those Europeans were really arrogant and pampered, and he wanted them to have a taste of continuous fire.
Yu Yan symbolically reminded Fang Xian: "Uncle Xian, but the enemy is not within our range."
"Am I not sure what I'm looking at?"
"No, it's a three-pole sailing ship in the North Sea now, and we are not equipped with continuous firing guns. We need an ironclad ship or a Chinese sailing ship to achieve bombardment at this distance."
"" Fang Xian frowned and looked at the place, hesitating again and again, but still didn't have the urge to start a fight.
Since we have overwhelming strength, there is no need to fight the enemy to the death with a single mediocre team.
"The flag bearer changes the flag to indicate his intention."
"It's the admiral." After the flag-bearer nodded seriously, he was stunned for a long time and asked, "What is our purpose?"
¡°¡ Just say we¡¯re passing by, we¡¯re going to the Mediterranean.¡±
¡°The fleet flag was really a magical thing at that time, like a mute language that could explain almost any meaning.
Not long after, the flag bearer came back with bad news: "Admiral, they are allowed to pass, but they have to pay the port supply fee."
"Huh?" Fang Xian smiled instead of being angry, "I gave way to Malacca for free, but a Bird Chamber of Commerce occupied Mozambique and thought he was a grandfather?"
Yu Yan advised: "Uncle Xian, don't worry. There is no guarantee of victory in starting a war like this. We might as well retreat and wait for several other fleets to arrive and annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop."
"Yeah. By the way, I helped the Dutch again. We need to contact the Dutch quickly to do business. If their national strength can be stronger, they can also help when dealing with the British and Spanish in the future."
Therefore, Fang Xian ordered the fleet to retreat temporarily.
The Espinoza fleet did not pursue it and returned to its own waters.
In the next few days, bad news came one after another.
The recovery speed of Japan¡¯s economy and military division is astonishing. After Meiji came to power, something like the Meiji Restoration occurred. The entire Japanese country has become an industrial production machine like Europe. The Fang Family Navy's Third Fleet and Li Huamei's sailing fleet can no longer suppress that sea area.
The thing about Japan. He is always a scourge to be around, his surrender is always temporary, and militarism is certain to appear.
Fang Xian cannot tolerate such an enemy appearing in his backyard. After the news came, Zhang Dashun's Second Armored Fleet, which had not yet arrived, and Azisha's temporary First Armored Fleet, which was on temporary duty, had to return home urgently. This time, they would deal a devastating blow to Japan no less than an atomic bomb.
In desperation, he could only ask the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce to come to Africa for help.
Kuhn also knows that if Africa is captured again, the Netherlands will officially enter the first group. Naturally, it will spare no effort to march from Southeast Asia, and the two fleets will quickly support Africa.
¡°Unfortunatelythe Indian Ocean is no longer the Indian Ocean.
This place is already full of Azisha¡¯s sons! !
After Azisha left, her sons became pirates and lived by bullying and getting fat all day long. I saw a new caravan coming. How can you be soft-hearted?
It can be said that the combat power of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce is acceptable, but after all, it is already a merchant-dominated configuration, and its armament only meets the minimum standard. Even with two fleets, it can only be on par with professional pirates.
In short. For one reason or another, the helpers were unable to come as scheduled.
Fang Xian once again faced a choice - return to East Asia, personally stifle the rise of Japan, then arm an armored fleet and make a comeback; or rely on this large North Sea three-pole sailing fleet to solve the problem in Africa.
From Africa to East Asia, the distance seems a bit long
As for Fang Xian, he has become accustomed to the humanized luxury on European ships. The ironclad ship is just a piece of cake and does not satisfy the protagonist¡¯s own cool and elegant setting.
After weighing it again and again, Fang Xian made a new decision.
Since we are tired of the ironclads and the guys on hand are not enough to suppress the enemy, it is better to go directly to Europe to create a large battle fleet!
He came up with this idea a long time ago. When playing this game, battleships are almost everyone¡¯s ultimate goal, but they usually have to struggle for a long time to spend tens of millions of dollars.
The Fang family navy did not consider battleships before, mainly because they were too far away It was an unfamiliar place and there were many dangers in such a lap. But now we are in Africa, only one step away from Europe, and the journey to the North Sea is even much closer than back to East Asia.
So, the fleet wandered on the sea?After a long time, Fang Xian finally made the decision to pay the toll and cross Africa.
This is an era when Europeans colonized the world, so this is the Age of Discovery.
The strength and quantity of the fleet determine the scope of the colony.
Due to the deliberate design of the game world, the territorial scope of the original "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" was greatly weakened, which also meant the expansion of the territorial scope of Portugal, Spain and other countries that followed.
When Europeans claimed to be civilized and emphasized human rights, they seemed to have forgotten history. They conquered almost all of Europe, Africa and Asia with artillery fire, and of course, massacred the indigenous people in the New World. At that time, they never talked about civilization and human rights. When third world countries turned around, they used these things to ridicule their opponents. In fact, it was a very despicable behavior.
Looking back at our Greater China, from Xuanzang¡¯s journey to the West to visiting hundreds of countries to Zhang Qian¡¯s pioneering of the Silk Road, every time we did not carry Greater China¡¯s most precious gifts to its friends, expressing friendship and respect.
Until Zheng He¡¯s Seven Voyages to the West, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s fleet was not necessarily weaker than the Europeans at that time, but it was also full of rare treasures from the great Eastern countries, telling every country the heart of that ancient country.
This is the true style of a great country, which does not rely on strength or bully the weak.
It is precisely in this way that we can welcome the coming of all nations and become an ancient civilization respected by people all over the world. This is an honor that Europeans can never win with guns and guns. It is the integrity of a great country that creates true sincerity.
"Compared with such high moral integrity, Europeans instantly exposed their barbaric and greedy nature when they saw land and property. Take history as a mirror and distinguish between superior and inferior.
Mozambique? Port of Sofala.
Almost the entire East Africa is a Portuguese colony. This small country on the Libyan Peninsula is fortunate to have caught up with the Age of Discovery. Of course, it can only be arrogant in the past few decades.
Sofala is the largest port in East Africa. The Fang family navy has been floating on the sea for too long and needs to rest here for a few days. Then go all the way south across the Cape of Good Hope and sail to West Africa.
There are obviously more Europeans here, and the popularity is much stronger than in Southeast Asia. It's like a paradise in a far away country.
Fang Xian did not want to cause conflicts in Africa prematurely, so he only led a few wives and lieutenants to have a few drinks at the bar and taste the local delicacies and seafood.
certainly. The appearance of a group of Orientals will inevitably attract attention, especially Oriental women.
Most of the people in the bar are Europeans, and there are only a few black brothers. They spend all their belongings to drink.
The black brothers have more direct gazes and often stare blankly at the girls for a long time, while the Europeans try to hide their feelings and always glance at them from time to time, but they can't hide the restlessness in their hearts.
Several Europeans came over and offered to treat Fang Xian to a drink, but he declined them one by one.
These bastards said they wanted to invite Fang Xian and drink, but they were looking at Ling'er Yue Ruyuyan.
After being rejected numerous times. Fang Xian finally changed his mind and asked his adjutant to call a large number of sailors to come to the bar to guard him.
The sailing fleet was equipped with a total of just over 200 sailors, and more than half of them came in an instant. The admiral paid the bill and drank as much as he wanted, directly using the human wave tactic to occupy the bar. And they began to open gambling games in small groups. The sailors in my big brothel can show their style wherever they go - eating, drinking, gambling, and being proficient in everything!
These strange shouts disrupted the atmosphere of the bar, and the Europeans could only shake their heads and leave.
The black brothers got together with the brothel sailors!
The sailor from the brothel invited them to drink and taught them things like "making gold flowers" and "fighting landlords". The black brothers had no brains. Just came to play.
The result, of course, is to be squeezed dry by the brothel sailors.
Ling'er pointed at the black brother excitedly: "Brother Xian, it's the little black boy again!"
"It's not easy for black brothers. They are bullied everywhere in this era, so don't bully them." Fang Xian deeply believed that Ling'er's affection for black brothers was based on the rational IQ of both parties. If Dalba Maybe there will be more common languages ??in the future.
Thinking of Dalba, Fang Xian felt envious and jealous.
Ever since Azisha and Dalba were together, she was like a delicate flower that had not received the care of nectar for a long time. It became more abundant day by day. Even her temper and language became more exciting, not to mention the beauty that was ready to come out. chest and buttocks.
"Fuckdrink!" Fang Xian naturally couldn't express his feelings, so he picked up the wine glass and bumped into it with the adjutant.
The adjutant was the only man present who knew Fang Xian, so he could naturally sense the meaning in the wine.
When a man goes to sea, he has ambitions in all directions, and of course - to work in all directions.
Where are the people traveling across the ocean with their families? Every time a group of sailors arrives at a port, they are a bunch of hungry and thirsty wolves who want to have a good time.
Looking at our admiral, he is accompanied by three ladies all day long, but rarely sees them doing anything. Every time he arrives at a port, the admiral can only stare, watching the sailors embracing the coquettish bar girls into the bedroom, the woods and even the beach.
Dingli, Dingli, the adjutant thought, and drank a glass of wine with the admiral.
??While drinking bitter wine, the door of the bar was kicked open, and a short white fat man led a group of people in.
The bar owner immediately came over and said, "Admiral, welcome."
This fat white man was wearing orange clothes and an orange hat, and his eyes were very unkind. After he glanced at everyone, he showed a look of disdain.
The boss quickly persuaded: "Admiral, these are the people from the Eastern Fleet that have arrived in port recently."
"Huh." Fatty Bai said disdainfully, "He's just a businessman who wants to pay us tolls, but he arrogantly occupied our bar?"
Fang Xian didn't want to cause trouble, so he took a step back and asked the sailors of the brothel to make way for the fat man to sit down.
"You are indeed an Oriental, you know your own weight." Fatty Bai raised his head and smiled, his mood improved, and he asked his subordinates to sit down.
Unfortunately, he glanced at Fang Xian, trying to get a clear look at the cowardly admiral who was passing by.
It doesn¡¯t matter if you glance at Fang Xian, the key is that you caught a glimpse of the three ladies.
Europeans came here and conquered everything. The shackles of law and morality no longer exist, and lust swells like wild beasts, which of course includes lust.
Fang Xian frowned, clearly feeling the disgusting look in Fatty Bai's eyes.
Those Europeans who came to invite people to drink at least still maintained their due restraint and moral principles, and knew how to come and leave politely.
And this fat white man only looked at him. You know he is the kind of guy who has no bottom line at all.
Fang Xian felt that letting such a person glance at her was a blasphemy, so he stopped in front of the ladies.
"Where did the fat man come from!" Yueru, however, was ahead of Fang Xian, completely intolerable to such a disgusting look.
Don¡¯t wait for Fang to talk. Yuyan quickly persuaded Yueru to sit back and not cause trouble.
Fang Xian also stopped in front of the ladies and said to Bai Pang, neither humble nor arrogant: "I am the naval admiral of the Fang family, may I ask who you are?"
The fat man was still savoring the beauty of several oriental women. He was very dissatisfied with the big square head that suddenly popped up in front of him. He ignored him and smiled at several deputies: "This country bumpkin, he asked me who I am?!"
"Hahahaha!" several sailors laughed at the same time.
The tavern owner hurriedly came to smooth things over: "This is the admiral of Espinoza's fleet, Lord Espinoza, a great Portuguese navigator and businessman who has brought endless honor and wealth to our country."
"You don't need to tell him so much." Espinoza grinned, "He is just a passing slave. Everything he does is to bring enjoyment to our people."
In Espinoza¡¯s eyes. Fang Xian is obviously an Eastern businessman who transports rare treasures from the far East to Europe for dumping. In his opinion, this is a very cowardly and inefficient way to make money, and there is no sense of honor at all. There is no such refreshing feeling as being free and easy in the colony.
Espinoza licked her lips: "I'm afraid the treat this time is not ordinary."
Fang Xian felt nauseous again, and if he continued talking, he would be facing each other with weapons. If this was Governor Twenty-three's territory, he would still have the foundation to cause trouble, but fighting with the Portuguese in a Portuguese colony would be a bit difficult to deal with. Unless all three thousand brothel sailors are here.
"Let's go." Fang Xian ordered.
Although the brothel sailors under him are addicted to gambling, they must listen to the admiral after all.
Just leave, there will be trouble.
It turns out that a black man lost everything while gambling with the sailors in the brothel. After this, he gambled his life
Of course, the brothel sailor decisively continued to win, and in the end, he lost the life of the black brother.
Even so, the brothel sailor is not interested in the black brother at all, only interested in the money in his hand.
In this way, a dispute arose.
Espinoza saw the situation clearly and looked at the black man like an animal: "Stupid like a pig."
The sailor couldn't get any gold coins from the black man no matter how much he communicated with him, so he reported to Fang Xian: "Admiral, he just lost himself to me He has no money, so he can only be a slave to me But I don't need a slave. Admiral, do you need it?"
"It's worthless." Fang Xian scolded, "How long ago was slavery a system? How many times have I told you, civilization, civilization!"
When Espinoza heard this, she was about to act again.
"Admiral Fang, you can't say that." The fat white man stood up and stretched out his hands on one side. "A civilized world is a civilized world; a slave world is a slave world. Superior people want to enslave Stupid people, let them work for themselves, right?¡±
"I beg to differ." Fang Xian didn't want to talk nonsense with the fat man and said to the sailor, "Forget it. I'll replenish it for you as many gold coins as he owes you."
How dare the sailor ask for the admiral's gold coins? Since the admiral ordered it, he would no longer ask for gambling money.
Espinoza laughed and said: "This is meaningless kindness, I think"
The fat man took out 20 gold coins, looked at the sailor and said, "I'll spend 20 gold coins, and you can sell this black man to me. It will be good for you and me."
The sailor seemed to be tempted, but still did not dare to agree and only looked at the admiral.
"Ignore him and leave." Fang Xian suppressed his anger.
Finally, the black man was free and left in a hurry.
Espinoza did not get angry, she just laughed and said: "What a hypocritical orientalist. When you go to Europe on this trip, I'm afraid you are not selling ordinary goods, right?"
As he spoke, he tried to look at the women behind Fang Xian.
"Huh." Fang Xian didn't want to say more, hugged the group and left.
"Fang, can we talk." Espinoza suddenly changed her tone, "I think you are a wise person and I am willing to communicate with you on an equal footing. I apologize for what I said before."
Fang Xian was also stunned. He didn't expect that this bastard's attitude could change so much.
"You guys go back first." Fang Xian entrusted the matter to Yu Yan and his adjutant.
Yu Yan glanced at Fang Xian thoughtfully, and then left.
Although Fang Xian doesn't want to talk nonsense with this kind of person, it seems now that this fat man is obviously not as simple as he looks. Since he has to say something, it doesn't hurt to listen.
This time Espinoza did not stop the group from leaving.
When Fang Xian arrived at Espinoza's table, his deputy stepped aside and stood guard at the door, allowing the two of them to talk alone. Even the bar owner avoided it.
"Fang, you are a businessman, right?"
"Um."
"The only purpose of a businessman is to make money, right?"
"It is the main purpose, not the only purpose."
"Whatever you say." Espinoza said, "At least under certain conditions, we have to choose the most profitable goods, right?"
Fang Xian thought about it for a while and finally nodded.
Espinoza raised her glass: "Cheers, we are all wise people and deserve to be at the top of society."
Fang Xian was a little at a loss for Espinoza's sudden overture.
"Fang, I have been in business for half my life. I sell all kinds of goods, from wine to cheese, from iron ore to diamonds, from Europe to Africa, I do almost all business." Espinoza smiled, "But now, I only do one kind of business." (To be continued)
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