Chapter 688: The Chinese's waist is hardened

The gusty wind was eventually swallowed by the rising sun. At six o'clock the next morning, they saw that the sky was cloudless and the air was as clean as washing.

Looking to the right, you can see the ups and downs of the mountains and the ridges, which are especially clear!

After checking, there were many water leaks on the ship, but luckily the storm did not last long and there was not much water in the ship. Some of the sails were broken, but the overall situation was not damaged. Fortunately, there was no loss of personnel. From Joseph's point of view, it was simply Like a miracle!

"I really want to believe in your Mazu!" He said with emotion.

"You must first naturalize and become a Chinese in Southeast Mansion. Believe in Mazu is effective. It is the Chinese people that her elders are blessing!" Hong Xiguan shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh!" Joseph didn't want to be a Chinese, so he had to forget it.

Under his guidance, the two cruisers passed through a series of finely divided islands on the southwest coast of South America, and then marched forward bravely, heading north and heading straight for Mexico!

Thanks to the Hong Maofan in the great nautical era, they established dotted strongholds on the west coast of South America, which not only determined the location, but also allowed the passing ships to get supplies, which was of great help to the passing ships.

The Chinese passed Santiago, Antofagas (Chile), Lima (Peru), Cape Parinhas (the westernmost cape in South America), Pointe Mariato (Panama), San Jose (Costa Rica), etc.

They docked midway, only for supplies, restraining the sailors not to leave the ship, and not to cause trouble. When they docked at the dock, they showed off their artillery and carried their guns ashore, so they had a safe journey!

Speaking with only one caliber, the navigator was issued a banned code, the measures were appropriate, and good results were obtained.

As soon as they looked at the equipment of their ships and personnel, the heroes knew that they were warships and troops, but they were stubborn, and they didn't know why, so they raised their hands and let them pass.

After a long journey, the Chinese arrived in Alpuelco, Mexico. This place is the American terminal of the famous Spanish galleon trade between South America and Asia!

Since 1579, the King of Spain allowed his merchants in Mexico, Peru, Guatemala and other places to engage in trade across the Pacific. They sailed west from Acapulco, Mexico on a Spanish galleon, with Luzon as their base. In this way, Spain-Mexico-Luzon-China will form a new trade route. This is the so-called "galleon trade".

Every spring, there are two Spanish galleons from Mexico carrying silver across the Pacific Ocean to Manila, sailing directly along the ocean current, and it only takes 3 months to reach Manila. In almost the same season, there will be 30-40 Chinese sailing ships full of silk, cotton, porcelain, gunpowder, sulfur, steel, iron, mercury, copper, flour, chestnuts, walnuts, biscuits, seaweed, textiles, desks and other rare items. China sailed to Manila to trade with Spanish merchants.

Pay the money to the Chinese in one hand and the goods to the Spanish in the other.

The Manila galleon, full of silk, porcelain, lacquerware, cotton, ivory, carpets, tea and other commodities from China, India, Persia, Japan and other countries, sets sail from Manila to the north every June in the southwest monsoon and follows the "black" on the North Pacific. The "Tide" traveled east and arrived at the port of Acapulco. The journey took about 10,000 nautical miles and lasted about 6 months.

Through the Manila galleon and the trade routes opened by Portugal, the Netherlands and other countries, silver flows from Latin America to China continuously or directly or tossingly. If Latin America is the "cradle of silver", China is the "home of silver."

It is not an exaggeration that China in the Ming Dynasty was the center of the world economy at that time. China can produce almost anything, and Europeans can provide almost nothing to China, let alone valuable commodities that can balance trade.

Fortunately, Hong Maofan is lucky, the Rico Peak (cerro, meaning Mount Fuyu, in present-day Bolivia) deep in the interior of South America. This seemingly desolate and barren mountain peak is the richest silver ore vein discovered in human history. The Spaniards were ecstatic after discovering the treasure that the Incas were trying to cover up, and immediately used countless Indian coolies to mine silver mines. Tens of thousands of people flocked here and built Potosi City.

In 1565, with the help of God, abundant mercury deposits were discovered in Huancavelica, Peru, and the Spaniards began to use mercury to extract pure silver from the ore. The technological leap has brought the accumulation of wealth to its peak.

In this way, Hong Maofan has the funds to purchase Eastern goods, and almost half of the silver or even more of the silver flows to China.

This is also the reason why Young Master Fuyan in Southeast Asia was able to rise. He controlled the waters of eastern Asia, and all sea ships had to pay taxes to him. He also worked hard to provide goods, and the benefits were huge.

Hong Xiguan and the others wandered in the city of Alpulco and found that the market was full of countless Chinese goods, and they also saw many Chinese!

When they saw official Hong Xi, they recognized that it was their own army, and immediately bowed to him and invited them to the Fujian Guild Hall as a guest!

The local accent, I haven't seen anything happening in my hometown yet, but I can also meet Chinese people thousands of miles away in the country.

Official Hong Xi readily agreed, and when he arrived at the Fujian Guild Hall, everything was familiar. First of all, he offered incense to the Mazu empress in the hall!

The smoke curled up, and the Chinese were very happy to see his pious attitude.

It's one's own!

Please sit down and serve tea to the guests.

Official Hong Xi talked with them. It turned out that in addition to Chinese goods, books, calligraphy and other cultural carriers, the Chinese boom in Latin America during this period also included the participation of real Chinese. Many overseas Chinese from the Philippines and other places followed Spanish merchant ships to Western America and settled here, working as craftsmen and doctors.

The Chinese medicine **** and bitter medicine soup are much more reliable than the bloodletting of Hong Maofan and the mummies of Arab doctors. Even Hong Maofan cannot be separated from Chinese medicine.

Official Hong Xi asked them how their business was doing.

Very good, not bad!

The Chinese are smart and diligent. They are second-class citizens in Alpuerco, second only to the red hair fan and above the rest of the race.

Hong Maofan is inseparable from the Chinese, such as the shipping of the ocean-going Manila galleon. The Chinese often serve in middle management positions, and the Filipino monkeys are called as slaves. They are very jealous of the status of the Chinese~www.wuxiaspot.com~ but Their qualifications are too poor. All the cargo holds of the big sailing ship are packaged by the Chinese. They will use every inch of space to pack the goods neatly without any waste.

To what extent can the Chinese people do?

The Spanish customs at the port of Alpuerco said that the imported silk was too much, and the silver was taken away by the Chinese. Your ship can only carry so many boxes of silk.

Can this stump the Chinese? !

The Chinese invented a special compressor to pack and squeeze a large amount of silk into a box. They packed a box so firmly that it took six strong men to move a box with a volume of 1 cubic meter!

The unique skill to be a Chinese is already invincible in the world!

However, Hong Xiguan keenly felt that their life was not easy, and the Chinese had a good face, and would not spit out bitterness in front of them unless they had to.

Therefore, official Hong Xi ordered to leave three soldiers at the port of Alpuerco, one officer, one non-commissioned officer, and one soldier, and to set up a consulate in South America of the Southeast Prefectural Government to protect the interests of the local Chinese as well as the trade.

At first, there was no plan, only to set up envoys in the five Hongmaoban countries, this place is the sixth embassy.

He and the Spaniards explained in person: The Chinese arrived here, naturally they must abide by the local laws. We are not opposed to your country's rule, on the contrary, we support your country's rule.

However, the Chinese are citizens of the Southeastern Prefecture, and the Southeastern Prefecture consulate must be notified of their disposal.

When interrogating Chinese, our consulate has the right to observe and have the right to ask a lawyer to defend them!

Now the Spaniards' faces all stepped down, and the smiles on their faces completely disappeared. They only felt that this handsome Chinese officer was hateful enough.

But I had to follow it again, because the Southeast Mansion has a huge battleship formation!

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