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Text 769 [Returning to China]

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    On the way back, if there is anything different, there is an extra supply station near the Cape of Good Hope.

    This broken place was occupied by the Dutch, and the person in charge was called Van Riebeck.  He was thrown here with a boat, and at first he had to plant the land himself. After barely settling down, he quickly went to the neighborhood to catch black people to help, and now he is even digging aqueducts.

    ?Black people are so stupid that they can only work as low-level free laborers. If they want to develop into a port city, they need more Asian talents.

    Van Riebeck has already written to the governor of Batavia, asking him to exile a group of Javanese natives.  If nothing else happens, next year hundreds of Javanese will be sentenced to death for their heinous crimes, and the Governor Mercy will instead exile them to Cape Town.

    Cape Town, just around the corner.

    At this time, it wasn't even a village, just a group of exiled Dutchmen who beat the black slaves to work there all day long.  Due to the difficulty of supply, the food cannot be self-sufficient, and the black slaves do not dare to catch too many. Anyway, it is a dilapidated small village by the sea.

    Who would have expected that it would eventually become the capital of a country?

    The Cape of Good Hope is still so terrifying, where warm currents and cold currents meet, and the hydrological environment in the sea is extremely complicated.  The strong westerly jet stream blows across the Atlantic Ocean unobstructed, and there are constant storms and stormy waves all year round.

    Occasionally, there will be murderous waves, the height of which can reach 20 meters, and people and boats can go to the sky physically.

    Therefore, in order to avoid the murderous waves, the ships that come and go will basically not choose to cross the Cape of Good Hope in winter.  In the Cape of Good Hope in winter, the sea water seems to be boiled, the killing waves and the whirling waves are superimposed, and the entire sea surface is crazily surging and rolling.

    At the beginning of the great voyage, people were not familiar with the Cape of Good Hope, but now they have gradually figured out the situation.

    Of course, you have to look at the face.

    For example, the famous navigator Dias went there in a relatively safe summer, but he encountered strong winds and waves. Fortunately, he was pushed to the shore and survived.  The return voyage was at the end of winter, the most dangerous season at the Cape of Good Hope, but what greeted him was sunny and sunny.  More than ten years later, Dias finally died at the Cape of Good Hope, the entire fleet was wiped out by the murderous waves, and he chose the most suitable season.

    The Chinese fleet is very lucky at this time. The biggest wave in the nearby sea is only four or five meters high, which is very suitable for crossing the Cape of Good Hope.

    "Wow!"

    John, a British country boy, and his little friend Thomas, even grabbed the cable and cheered.

    These two guys, perhaps from lower backgrounds, do not have the arrogance of the British.

    On the contrary, industrious and simple, work hard.

    After boarding the ship, they asked to be sailors.  Of course, they are not serious sailors, and they just help wash the deck. The monotonous and tiring work, but the two teenagers are very happy to do it.

    Another wave hit, lifting the boat several meters high.  The strong westerly wind was blowing, and it was impossible to stand on the deck without holding on to something.

    Water kept falling from the sky, and it was unclear whether it was rain or falling sea water.

    John was drenched to the skin, looked up at the cloudy sky, and shouted with emotion: "It's too spectacular. If I stay in the UK, I will definitely not see this kind of scene!"

    In Thomas' ears, there was only the sound of the wind and waves, and he roared and asked, "What did you say?"

    "Lower the sails, all the jibs are lowered!"

    The leader among the sailors hissed and gesticulated.

    After a toss, it finally passed safely.

    Prince Charles is also on deck. This guy likes excitement and adventure, and likes to learn various low-level skills.  It is estimated that when he arrived in China, he was already a qualified sailor.

    "Your Majesty the King!"

    The two country boys hurriedly saluted Charles.

    This Prince Charles, after his father was executed, was once crowned king by the Scottish nobles.

    Not the King of England, but the King of Scotland!

    Charles was still excited, but at the same time felt lingering fear, and said with a smile: "This is the Cape of Good Hope, and people will never be able to conquer it."

    Thomas immediately flattered: "Your Majesty is brave and fearless, and can conquer everything!"

    Charles said with a smile: "If I can conquer England, I will appoint you as my captain of the guard."

    Thomas said happily: "Swear allegiance to His Majesty to the death!"

    The situation is nonsense. The two London country boys belong to the emerging gentry class in England.  It was these squires who overthrew the rule of the old king and slaughtered the old king.

    But after they got in touch with Prince Charles, they immediately chose to curry favor.  No matter what happens in the future, meet the prince in exile, ?Don't even think about it, wood can't be brewed for ten years.

    If you don't ask China to help build the ship, Said will have to save up slowly by himself, and it will take decades to finally build a fleet.  At that time, he will become the overlord of the Indian Ocean and beat the Portuguese merchant ships around.

    ? When leaving Oman, there were more than 30 more Arabs on the Chinese envoy fleet. These guys brought money to the Chinese shipyard.

    The next stop is the port of Bassain, India.

    This is the territory of the Bijapur Kingdom. On the surface, Mughal's suzerainty is recognized, but in private, it is constantly making small moves.

    Just in this country, a Hindu youth in his 20s is fighting against Mughal and Bijapur.

    The young master of a small Hindu lord's family, only a mid-level officer, dared to resist two big powers at the same time.  And the team continued to grow, and in another year, they even attacked four countries at the same time, and repeatedly wandered around the borders of the four countries.

    A few years later, the results continued to expand.  Killed the commander-in-chief of Bijapur, killed the son of the Mughal vice king, captured the Mughal coastal city of Surat, and forced the Mughal army to withdraw from the Deccan Plateau.

    During this period, the young man was once ordered by the Mughals to cede 23 castles and a large area of ??land in exchange for recognition of the status of the Mughals.  But the Mughal emperor backtracked and wanted to trap and kill him.  The young man escaped successfully, and then fought against the Mughals for more than 30 years, causing the Mughals' finances to collapse completely, and finally established their own country.

    This young man, named Jatpharati Sivaji, was known as the "Father of the Indian Navy" hundreds of years later.

    When the Chinese fleet docked, Sivaji was leading troops to attack.

    A group of well-armed Bijapur soldiers were killed by ragged Hindu rebels and fled to a Portuguese castle to seek asylum.

    "War, there is a war here!" Prince Charles shouted excitedly.

    Lu Tianxiang no longer had any interest in fighting, and said: "This country is in war, so we don't need supplies for now, go to the south and pick a safer port. ?
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