Just when the combined fleet of eight European countries invaded the Far East, Song Tao and the ocean-going exploration fleet also began their legendary journey.

They spent almost three months on the island of Newfoundland, where their main job was repairing ships. The five ships of the fleet were far worse than expected. Several technicians from the maintenance team were amazed and terrified when they learned more about the actual condition of the vessel.

In addition to the hulls of several ships, many other key parts have been damaged in different ways. It's a miracle that this situation was able to cross the Atlantic, and it was able to survive a superstorm and destroy only one ship.

Fortunately, the fleet is equipped with sufficient sails, cables, locks, and sails, and all kinds of tools. Moreover, the shipyard also specially sent two experts and several technicians to serve as the backbone of the fleet maintenance team with the ship, so there were no technical problems with the repair of several ships.

Moreover, the island of Newfoundland at this time was extremely rich in vegetation, although it was all coniferous forest, but the trees were very old, but the wood was too late to deal with it. The fleet returned to the Far East, and was rebuilt at the shipyards.

All members of the fleet, including Song Tao, were engaged in the intense work of repairing the ship. During this period, several problems were encountered, and although they were finally solved by various means, by the time several ships were repaired, it was already more than three months later.

Although Song Tao was anxious, he did not dare to be careless in the restoration of the ship. The superstorm that crossed the Atlantic Ocean still haunts everyone's minds.

After several ships were repaired, Song Tao couldn't wait to set sail and leave Newfoundland. The fleet was running out of coal, so the fleet had to rely on the wind to sail slowly south, and finally chose to find a beach in Portland in the modern world.

Song Tao hopes to find coal mines nearby, but the Indians here are not so friendly. As soon as they landed, they clashed with the local Indians. And it was the Indians who attacked them first.

Fortunately, the fleet established a tight defensive line at the landing site and repelled the attack of the Indians. In a fit of rage, Song Tao sent troops to destroy several nearby Indian tribes and killed a chicken and dog.

But the nearby Indian tribes organized several large-scale attacks one after another, and they were all beaten badly. Although the fight is quite enjoyable. But to look for coal around here, that's not to think about it. After all, they don't know each other well, and only the locals of Tongguò can solve this problem.

In the end, Song Tao had no choice but to lead the fleet out of here and continue to sail south along the coastline. They made their way to the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Area, which became Boston. The colony was founded by royal charter of twenty-five men and headed by Governor John Winthrop.

Most of the European immigrants to North America left their homeland for greater economic opportunities. This motivation is often exacerbated by a yearning for religious freedom and a determination to escape political oppression.

The first is economic. From 162o to 1635, an economic crisis swept through England, and many people could not find work. The best mechanics can only eat. Poor crop harvests. It has deepened the suffering of the people. The developing wool industry needed more wool for weaving, and sheep farmers began to encroach on the cultivated land.

Political reasons also caused many candidates to move to the Americas. In the thirties of the seventeenth century, as a result of the dictatorship of Charles I, the Puritan leaders of England were persecuted by what they considered to be increasing, and the immigration from England to the Americas increased dramatically.

The vast majority of immigrants to America in the seventeenth century were English. Non-England immigrants. Less than a tenth of the population. And half of the immigrants in England were indentured slaves.

This is the case in Boston. Twenty-five men led by John Winthrop and more than 100 white indentured slaves had just established a settlement here when they welcomed the fleet led by Song Tao.

Everyone in Europe has been surrounded by surprise attacks by the British and the Dutch, so of course the English here will not coexist peacefully. They were wiped out by going ashore, so that the construction of the Boston Colony had not yet begun. was cleaned up by Song Tao's fire.

However, they still did not find a coal mine here, so Song Tao had to lead the fleet to continue south. Next, the ocean-going exploration fleet almost wiped out the British and Dutch colonies on the east coast of North America.

Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Manhattan Island, Maryland, Virginia, New Haven, Delaware, Jamestown and other places, Li Xu was swept by Song Tao. These places are still colonial settlements. The largest population is only a few hundred people.

The Far Eastern Exploration Fleet, armed to the teeth, captured these places as if it were a play, and the officers and men of the fleet were blocked by the British in the English Channel and beat them wildly, and they had long held their breath, and they carried out a cruel three-light policy along the way.

The settlements of Britain and the Netherlands on the east coast of North America were reduced to scorched earth. Thousands of white skins were killed, dozens of ships were sunk, and large quantities of grain, furs, arquebuses, and gold and silver coins were seized, but no coal mines were found.

This tossed and turned for more than two months, and finally when they anchored in Pamrick Bay, they traded with a relatively friendly local Indian tribe, and the Indians of the tribe had seen the black stone in Song Tao's hand.

Song Tao was very excited, and immediately formed an exploration team, followed the Indian guide, and found an open-pit coal mine in an inconspicuous place more than ten kilometers inland. When Song Tao saw the coal mine, tears flowed down his eyes.

Paralyzed, are we easy, this is almost all over the East Coast of the United States.

Although the conditions here were very difficult, Song Tao paid a "high price" and hired nearly 1,000 young Indians from nearby Indian tribes to help them dig coal, which was then transported to the vicinity of the bay.

It took almost another month to fill the coal bunkers of several ships. At this point, the ocean exploration fleet has ended its journey to the New World and can finally return home.

But Song Tao also knew that even if they went back now, it would be useless. If these countries want to fight any bad ideas, I am afraid that they have already arrived in Malacca by now.

Thinking of this, Song Tao convened a meeting of the top management of the fleet to study the next action plan. Although he already had a plan in mind, it was a bit risky, so he had to discuss it with everyone, and according to the regulations, this plan must be approved by all the personnel of the fleet before it can be carried out. (To be continued......)

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