The battle at sea did not affect the Santa Caterina off the coast of Mogadishu, and the four-masted black ship did not raise its massive sails and sail south until the smoky Lina fled from the sea, with no intention of avenging the Silverfish.

"Mogadishu is not safe, so the sailors on the shore were called on board and we sailed west to Malindi."

The aristocratic captain named Gao, who had a surname that he could not remember dating back to Roman rule, accompanied by his order, the nimble young man quickly climbed the top mast watchtower, blew the trumpet and waved the flag belonging to the captain.

The red cross is painted on the flag of the white quadrangle, and their captain belongs to the Portuguese Order of Avis, but not from the monks and knights who resemble the Jesuits.

Despite the long family name, the aristocratic origins of the captain of this massive battleship were not as pure as his name, and his family did not belong to the traditional Iberian nobility, tracing back to tradition that hundreds of years ago his ancestors were a hired Norman warrior.

Impure origins meant that ancestors were rarely reused, and that descendants were more self-reliant with names that had been worn longer than other nobles, which made it possible to have both risks and opportunities during the golden age of seafaring.

Canada's father and uncle once colonized Brazil with da Gama's fleet, and successively started a Brazilwood and cane sugar business there, bringing back wealth for the king so that Canada's generation could be reused, in fact, it was not reused, navigation was far more dangerous than land warfare, land warfare was a purposeful attrition, and navigation did not know when a few ships would be destroyed.

Just as the real power of the Ming Empire was Zhang Juzheng and not Chen Mu, who was powerful all over the world, the nobles who were really used in the Kingdom of Portugal were also those nobles who controlled the overall situation at home, but in any case, he thought that the king was born as a knight and served as the captain of the Santa Caterina, which was enough to make him unparalleled respect.

After inquiring about the battle of the Lina, the sailors of the seashore ran across the long stretch of beach with wooden boxes to board the ship, and finally some of the cargo and sailors were simply left in the city of Mogadishu, and the two warships, one large and one small, headed southwest along the coastline.

In the captain's room, decorated with traditional Brazilian and Portuguese ornaments, he pouted on his pipe and put on a complete set of laminated plate armor under the service of his servant, and the helmet with a corniced light helmet was covered with a layer of black velvet, which was made in Milan and sent to Lisbon for a second decoration, before reaching the hands of Canada and Australia in Brazil, where he is now wearing it across the continent of Africa.

His servant was of mixed Portuguese and North African descent, with a padded tunic with a chain mail shawl, a high helmet commonly used for Portuguese junior officers, a heavy musket imported from Spain by the table, a leather-sheathed heavy sword on his leg and a dagger at his waist.

Mulattoescent people of Portuguese descent who are not of Iberian origin, especially Africans, have played an increasingly important role in Portugal's military expansion, and their clothing and equipment are the same as those of their European counterparts from the Iberian Peninsula's aristocracy.

In the expansion strategy of the two countries in the Iberian Peninsula, the assimilation of blood to rule the colonies was their top priority for a hundred or even hundreds of years, and under such a decision, some Portuguese of North African descent even became senior commanders in the army, occupying an increasingly important position in East Africa and Brazil.

Putting on his armor, he looked at the black coat tattooed with the coat of arms of the Order in the closet, which was supposed to be draped over the armor, but the heat forced him to abandon the idea.

Then, his hairy hands covered the table with a copy of the situation in Asia reported to the king by the Jesuits and the Viceroyalty of Goa, and a book that was personally revised by the letters obtained by Canada and Australia from various sources, covering most of the information from the Battle of Tuen Mun to Chen Mu's voyage to the South Seas.

"The book prepared by the adults can be used this time." The Portuguese-African Hu Congsamen stood with a sword, and with a reserved smile on his face, he didn't seem to take the naval battle that had cost them a frigate to heart, and said, "The Ming people are here. ”

The thin Norman blood on Jiaao's body gave him a thick beard, and when he heard this, he laughed, shook his head solemnly, and said: "I didn't want to meet the Ming people in this way, I never thought that I would meet the army of the Ming monarch in Mogadishu." ”

"Army, the silverfish and the Lina seem to have met just a shipload of Oriental pirates? If it's the Santa Caterina, they can be easily repulsed. ”

Jia Ao sighed and pointed out to his subordinates: "In the letter written by the Governor of Macau, Carnello, to the Governor of Goa last year, it was mentioned that if you encounter Ming pirates, don't doubt that there must be more Ming ** teams behind him. Their pirates must be attached to General Chen in order to survive, and the pirates have already arrived here, which means that the Ming ** team is not far away. ”

"From Manila to Malacca, they have been expanding at an accelerated pace, but the domestic aristocracy thinks that they only need to monopolize the oriental spice market to avoid conflict with the Ming Kingdom."

"The Ming pirates will infest the trading posts in Africa, and when the Ming warships sail in the Indian Ocean in the east, their merchants will be able to trade in this area, and when their merchants come, we will slowly withdraw all trade in this area, even if the spices will still be sold to Lisbon, the high cost of trade will make it unprofitable."

The ship's swift voyage on the sea swayed the cabin slightly, and Samon knew little about it, but nodded in agreement: "It doesn't seem a bad thing that the sugar mill in Brazil will become more and more important to His Royal Highness." ”

"You don't understand, it all looks like this at the beginning, but it will end in war."

Without further ado, he walked out of the captain's room with his heavy sword on his shoulder, and heard the young man under the sail shouting: "Captain, there is a ship following us, blue, not easy to find!" ”

Blue boats!

"Ignore him, keep going, and we'll be safe when we reach Malindi!"

Having said that, he walked to the aft cloister with firm and unhurried steps, and looked behind him, and faintly saw a blue shadow in the distance that seemed to be connected with the sea and sky.

According to the captain of the Lina, the Blue Ming was very fast, and although it was very similar in length to the Santa Caterina, it was much narrower, unlike the Clarke, which was almost circular with its keel as its axis.

The battle-hardened knight had a guess about the purpose of the Blue Boat, and the other party was following, apparently waiting for help, which meant that his judgment was accurate, and they did have other ships nearby.

"Pick yourself up, it's going to be a tiring journey, let the Lina go first, and get Malindy's defenders ready for battle!" 2k reading web