Chapter 984: The Rise of China
Zhang Fan continued to explain: "If we take this 'Evidence of the Four Seas' now, then Drake's fate will be the same as that of Caterina and the 'King of the Pure Sea' Wang Zhi, who will become mediocre or give his life. That sea demon king Francis. Drake, will cease to exist! If that's the case, we'll have a big drop in the official scene 'Battle of the Anglo-Spanish Sea'! may also rewrite the outcome of the battle that Britain must win. Wouldn't we lose more than we gained? ”
"Could it be that we can't take this 'Evidence of the Four Seas' in the trial scene? So how to complete the task of finding 'Ying Long'? Greenwing asked.
"Not really." Zhang Fan said with a smile, "In fact, as long as Drake is allowed to step into his life trajectory, we can obtain this 'Evidence of the Four Seas'." Because at that time, there was the trajectory of history to assist him. Even if he loses this 'evidence of the four seas', he will complete his historical mission. ”
"Oh." "When is the right time?" ”
The book demon answered at this time, he pushed his monocle, and said lightly: "I have calculated that at the end of April 1581, Queen Elizabeth I of England will personally board the 'Golden Deer' and give Drake the title of Royal Sir Drake, and we can take this 'Evidence of the Four Seas'." Since then, Drake has officially become the vanguard of the British against the Spaniards, and is a hero who has accomplished the feat of circumnavigating the world, and his reputation is unparalleled. In the future, the fate will no longer be blessed with this 'evidence of the four seas'. ”
"And this 'evidence of the four seas', after pushing its master's career to a peak, will affect its heart because it contains the anger of 'Ying Long', resulting in a bad death. Therefore, at the most appropriate time, it is beneficial for the original owner to obtain this 'certificate of the four seas'. ”
Akon sat down in his chair with a decadent ass, scratched a few empty bottles on the table, and finally found him another half bottle of rum, he took a few gulps, wiped his mouth, and said, "You should have told me earlier......"
Zhang Fan looked at each other and smiled, Zhang Fan patted him on the shoulder, "Actually, we're not sure either." If it weren't for you drinking with Drake, getting him drunk, and exposing him, we wouldn't have been able to strip him. Or let Ao Ling seduce him? ”
"Get out! Let your dark cherry blossom seduce him! Akon blurted out, but he didn't want a cold wind to blow in the shadows behind him. He jerked his neck, and a shadow knife shaved off a few strands of his hair.
Frightened, Akon hurriedly begged for mercy: "It's so dark Sakura, I was wrong." Don't be so stingy! ”
Zhang Fan tilted his head a little embarrassed, and Green Wing snorted, turned around and walked out of the hatch......
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With the whereabouts of Zuihou's 'Evidence of the Four Seas', Zhang Fan's team also fell to the ground. When he went to mainland China, he met with Hu Zongxian, a powerful minister, met with Emperor Jiajing, paid tribute to a number of rare treasures, and was also rewarded by Emperor Jiajing. He also relied on his fame to acquire a number of high-quality supply props in China, such as dark gold drugs from the Tai Hospital Pharmacy, dark gold armor and weapons from the Weapons Bureau, and dark gold dishes cooked by Yangzhou chefs and a large number of food supplies. Rewarding!
Leaving China, with a fleet of immigrants, they went to the other side of the Pacific Ocean together. After several years of immigration and colonization, a mechanism has long been formed in the coastal areas of mainland China. Trade and migration with the New World of America is becoming a fashion, greatly promoting the economic development and population flow of China's coastal areas.
This is a very good phenomenon, and local officials are happy to see it happen because of the steady increase in tax revenue. Now that the imperial court has tasted the sweetness of trade with the New World of America, it is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to restart the sea ban. Because the gold and silver shipped from the Americas, as well as the income from trade taxes, greatly enriched the pockets of the imperial court and officials and merchants, and whoever wanted to block everyone's financial route would definitely die without a place to bury! Now who is the shijie robber, it is already uncertain.
The healthy development of maritime trade has greatly improved the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and stimulated the expansion of armaments, which has greatly improved the national defense of the Ming Dynasty! This was the path of the development of early capitalism in China. Whether the growth of the bourgeoisie in the future will threaten the rule of the Chinese feudal dynasty is not something that Zhang Fan's team should worry about. History has its own context of development.
Watching the countless merchant ships of their own country in the coastal areas of China, they brought back the goods from all over Shijie, and brought the goods from mainland China to all parts of Shijie. All the members of Zhang Fan's team have a very domineering sense of pride, and they feel that their country seems to be standing on the top of Shijie! Maybe after hundreds of years in this scene, the only shijie superpower is China!
Even if the Chinese feudal dynasty may be decaying and weak in the future, if the Western powers still want to bully the weak China in the future, the first hurdle they have to pass is the blockade of the powerful overseas Chinese colonies! The rebirth of the decaying China must rely on the awakening and resistance of its own people, and only China's own people. Only then do they have the right to decide the fate of their own country!
In the Pacific Ocean, thousands of sails are Chinese merchant ships. There are also countless pioneers of Chinese colonizers who died in the vast sea. But through the experience of natural disasters, the Chinese colonizers moved forward even more tenaciously! More Chinese colonies will take root on the American continent and even on all continents around the world! Because of the population base of European countries and the disparity in strength, the strength of their colonists can no longer be compared with that of the Chinese colonizers. China will truly become an empire on which the sun never sets, far surpassing that of England!
At this time, under the bright morning sun of the Pacific Ocean, Zhang Fan's team received a hint of the ring:
You have completed the biggest hidden quest in this trial scenario, 'The Rise of China'. History will develop automatically, and the successive hidden missions 'Build an Empire on which the Sun Never Sets' will also be completed......
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When Zhang Fan's team arrived in Panama again, the Panama Canal had been successfully opened. The giant tortoise has successfully retired, and it has long since turned into a stone mountain and is stationed on the Pearl Islands. The opening of this canal made it easier for the ships of the Chinese colonists to sail to the east coast of the Americas and open up new colonies. It also greatly facilitated the 'Caribbean Alliance' and the hundreds of merchant fleets on the Chinese mainland to transport goods from both sides of the Atlantic to both sides of the Pacific Ocean.
Zhang Fan's team's ships sailed to the Caribbean base, and along the way, they saw several British pirate ships looting Spanish merchant ships or clashing fiercely with the Spanish fleet. But now Zhang Fan's team and the Chinese colonies led by him have long been out of the way. Whether it is the 'Caribbean Alliance' or the fleet of the Daming Naval Division, they do not care about the leftovers set aside by China for the Caribbean Sea between the two European countries, and they are fighting fiercely.
But in a naval battle near Port Royal, Zhang Fan's team couldn't stay out of it! It was a bloody battle between Catalina and Captain Hook's pirate fleet and the Spanish Caribbean Fleet! It seems that Caterina still can't forget the hatred of her father's assassination, and after her own strength increases, she begins a bloody revenge!
Although Katerina's pirate fleet, all ships and equipment, are from the 'Caribbean Alliance' led by Zhang Fan. But the 'Caribbean Alliance' is neutral and will not clash with the Spaniards. In order to take revenge, Caterina's pirate fleet, with the tacit consent of the Alliance, took on the banner of the Caribbean Duke of England and launched a challenge to the Spanish Caribbean fleet!
The two sides were evenly matched, with Captain Caterina and Captain Hook having fewer ships but more advanced equipment. Dozens of warships on both sides scuffled together, and the sound of artillery rumbled, shaking the sea.
"I owe Caterina a promise...... Zhang Fan announced to his teammates, driving the 'Holy Monkey', waving the flag of the British Caribbean Duke's flagship, and rushing into the center of the battlefield!
But when the 'Holy Monkey' rushed into the battle circle with the divine light, all the warships that saw the ship stopped shelling. Some ships even raised flags in salute. Seeing this, Zhang Fan knew that neither side would fight with him, so he also raised the banner of the Spanish count under his men. In this case, he can only act as a mediator.
"Remember, our task is to stir up contradictions between England and Spain." Akon took a sip of wine and said to Zhang Fan casually, "The happier they fight, the more stable the development of the Chinese colonies will be." ”
Zhang Fan was stunned for a moment, and then thought for a moment, "I understand...... If it weren't for Akon's reminder, as a disciple of the Buddha, Zhang Fan would not have been distracted and provoked.
However, Katerina's flame of revenge cannot be extinguished by Zhang Fan's mediation. Therefore, a duel is inevitable. Because he owes Caterina a favor, Zhang Fan stepped forward to engage in a private duel with the commander of the Spanish Caribbean Fleet, the Grand Knight of the Knights Hospitaller.
But now that Caterina has a husband, and Captain Hook is also a very macho person, and he can let other men do the work for his wife, isn't he too shameless. So he also stood in the forefront.
Caterina did not want others to take revenge on her behalf, and also named herself to fight the commander of the Spanish fleet. It made the great knight Enrikis very helpless. Sir Shi Fan, he can never afford to offend. He is now the American King of the Ming Empire, the Duke of the Caribbean of the United Kingdom, and the Count of San Juan of Spain, with a lot of names, which hurt him, not only the Ming Sailor and the British can't let him go, but even the King of Spain can't explain it, and he is dead no matter what.
Then the guy thought of someone, the gray-robed wizard who was locked up in the bilge of the flagship. It was a horrible fellow who had spent a lot of effort catching him near Port-au-Prince. Legend has it that the plague in Port-au-Prince was created by this wizard, and if it were on the sea, even a fleet would not be an opponent. Enrikis whispered to his assistant to let the wizard out.