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Chapter 1456 Crossing Panama

To give the simplest example, the reason why the United Kingdom deported a large number of prisoners to Australia is also affected by this factor.

Australia used to be a wild land, except for the original development of the aborigines, this place has not been developed. To open up there, the UK must also force some people to migrate, and most of the forced migration can only be some prisoners, and they will be regarded as criminals. Exile has no intention of being the best way.

In the current era, if one can mix with superiors in one's own land, who would go to the backcountry or even extremely low-civilized places to mix with these indigenous people whose development level has not kept up at all? It's a kind of torture, after all, no one wants to live a hard life if they are used to a good life.

Most of the sailors at sea, especially the pirate sailors, are those who have a hard time making a living at home, and only those who are unhappy will come out to run the ship.

The life of more sailors is a state of confusion, and not so many people have great ambitions, and there will not be too many people like Magellan who want to complete the world voyage.

After all, people like Magellan are very few of these people, and the majority are those who want to get rich overnight at sea.

It's like digging a gold mine. A gold mine has been found, but if you want to pan out some gold, you have to keep sifting through the sand, and you may lose it in a year.

The most recognized and even considered the most profitable gold mining industry, the biggest risk does not come from gold mining, but the mutual struggle of human beings.

The biggest threat to gold diggers is not that they cannot find gold, but that they are robbed of gold by others or even lose their lives.

Killing and looting is an almost inevitable problem in the process of social development in human history. As long as you have wealth but no corresponding strength, you will be cast more and more coveted.

That's why Zeng Yunfeng believed that pirates must have their own equivalent strength in order to have a positive conversation with the East India Company of other countries, so as to gain the right to speak on the corresponding routes.

Otherwise, they wouldn't care about the pirates. One of the most important reasons why Mrs. Qing was recognized by the East India Companies in the West, and even she was able to spend her old age peacefully, is that Mrs. Qing has almost completely controlled the maritime trade in the Central Plains sea area. On the other hand, it is also because the Qing government is not particularly fond of official maritime trade, so it is also cheaper for Mrs. Qing.

The Caribbean Sea is completely different. There are a lot of ships and sailors sailing and trading here. Zeng Yunfeng needs to establish a power here, at least he needs to establish a sea power to deter this route so that they can be controlled within under his command.

And there is no doubt that it will be full of blood and gunpowder.

Of course, risks and benefits are almost directly proportional. Of course, Zeng Yunfeng has to bear a lot of risks. He has to face crusades from various countries, even direct confrontation, but on the other hand, the profits are also very considerable.

The triangular trade route alone, as well as the continuous delivery of materials and raw materials from the Americas, can make these organizations earn a lot of money.

You must know that the American region is rich in gold today, and so is the African region, and this route just happens to be stuck at the throat.

The Caribbean Sea, which blocks this route, is definitely a region with unlimited potential.

At present, the Mediterranean cannot pass through the Suez Canal and cross the Red Sea to reach the Indian Ocean, which means that they cannot return directly to the Mediterranean from the east coast of Africa.

Then the fleet must go around Mongkok and return to the Atlantic Ocean, and choose to return to Europe through the mid-Atlantic.

Then it is necessary to pass through the triangular trade area. Even if they sail all the way along the west coast of Africa, Zeng Yunfeng can still affect the trade route in Xi'an, Africa through ocean currents.

That is to say, as long as Zeng Yunfeng controls the Caribbean Sea, he can have a say in the triangular trade area, and even have a considerable right to speak.

Because the Caribbean sea affects at least two trade routes no matter which direction it is from.

Any European country that wants to transport any material from one place to Europe from all over the world will have to be affected, unless they go by land, and now there is no Suez Canal.

Of course, you can also go to the Arctic Ocean, but if you sail in that place according to the current situation of the sailing warship era, the cost of sailing is almost unbearable.

In today's Arctic Ocean region, floating large glaciers and floating sea icebergs undoubtedly make sailors and captains desperate.

Sailing from the Arctic Ocean is definitely one thing no sailor wants to do.

If any guy showed his brains and wanted to sail across the Arctic Ocean and return to Europe, Zeng Yunfeng would definitely agree with it.

Because in the near future they will choose to pay more and return to the traditional route again.

One of the very important reasons why Zeng Yunfeng wants to control Panama is that Zeng Yunfeng knows that there is a way to make Panama satisfy the sailing method, and Zeng Yunfeng is also thinking about this method.

If Zeng Yunfeng can complete the passage of the Neihu Canal and sea transportation in the Panama area, it means that he has opened up a stable route from the Central Plains to the Atlantic Ocean.

Ocean currents can directly allow ships to reach Central America directly. As long as they pass through Panama, it may take only one day to go directly to the Atlantic Ocean, and return directly to Europe along the Atlantic Ocean currents.

This is a route that no businessman can refuse.

Because compared to bypassing Cape Horn in South America, or the Strait of Magellan, passing through Panama is almost the most convenient passage.

Instead of spending months round Cape Horn in South America, it takes only a short time to cross Panama, and the supplies and risks are much, much smaller.

At the same time, if the Panama route can be opened, it means that the west coast of North America and South America does not need to go around Cape Horn, or even cross the continent, and directly transport supplies to Panama, and then return through the Panama route. To the Caribbean Sea, this is undoubtedly a huge temptation for the colonies of Spain and Portugal.

Undoubtedly, this will also be an irresistible treasure pot, but also just as Zeng Yunfeng thought at the beginning, if the Panama route is really opened, he must have very strong means to control this area and prevent any People get their hands on it.

Controlling here is simply controlling a key point of the trade route.

And another huge cornucopia is not other places but the Suez Canal in the Red Sea, but the Suez route has not yet been developed. Similarly, if you really want to develop the Suez Canal, it will take countless manpower to open its long channel. And material resources, but also often dredging, because there are a large number of desert areas on both sides of it, and a large amount of sand invades this canal river every year.

If dredging is not carried out every year, it will lead to a route that is almost twice as long as the Panama route.

Once the Panama route is in control, it means that there is a cornucopia of daily wealth, and this cornucopia is almost open all year round, and once the Panama route is opened, it will not take a lot of time every year like the Suez Canal and energy for dredging.

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