Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 593 Lima
At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, on the coastline of South America, there are three large blessing boats riding the wind and waves and continuing to sail south.

On the deck of the flagship, there was a person looking towards the coastline with a sad expression.

Needless to say, the lucky boat that was able to arrive here was the fleet sent by Emperor Chongzhen last year. In fact, it was also the fleet of the Zheng family. The leader was Zheng Zhilong's fifth younger brother Zheng Zhibao.

Although he had already made sufficient preparations before departure, the three accompanying ships were all large lucky ships suitable for long-distance voyages, and the sailors on board were very experienced, and even the routes along the way were from today's Get detailed information from the emperor, including warm currents in the ocean, islands along the route, places where you can stop for supplies, and so on.

However, his itinerary was still a few months later than originally planned.This is still luck, and there is no hurricane.

There is not much food and water on board, although there are some exchanges with the natives along the way.But the voyage was so long behind schedule that it consumed too much on the way.

According to the information provided by the current emperor, not far ahead should be the colonial capital of the Spaniards, a place called Lima.

The original plan, because the relationship between Daming and Spain is not good, so here is to see if you can do business, if you can, you will stop for business; if you can’t, you will continue to sail south until you reach Brazil where the Portuguese are located. there.

However, there is a problem with doing so.

Brazil is on the other side of South America, on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean. It needs to go around, and the journey is a bit far.Another point is that at this time, Portugal and the Netherlands are competing for Brazil.

In fact, Brazil at this time was actually occupied by the Netherlands, and the Portuguese were counterattacking.The local manor owners, mostly Portuguese, were also cooperating in rebelling against the Dutch.It would be many years before it was recaptured by the Portuguese.

As for the relationship with Daming, the relationship between the Dutchman and Daming is the worst.

Of course, the relationship between Daming and these three countries is mainly reflected in Southeast Asia and the coastal areas of Daming; as for the South American side, it is actually hard to say, after all, it is too far away, and the transportation and communication are inconvenient. It is hard to say what it is like!

I have to say that this trip to South America was indeed full of difficulties.

Now, due to the delay of the voyage, Zheng Zhibao's fleet must dock in Lima for supplies and repairs.

When Zheng Zhibao was thinking about it, suddenly, the lookout post on the bucket shouted in surprise: "Fifth Lord, I seem to have seen that Lima!"

Zheng Zhibao was pleasantly surprised when he heard the sound, and quickly picked up the binoculars to look.

Sure enough, in the extreme distance of sight, faintly, on the other side of the coastline, there seemed to be buildings.

All the way along the coastline, basically no boats or buildings can be seen. Now that I see buildings in the place that is scheduled to be Lima, it should be Lima without a doubt.

After confirming this, the news that the emperor gave him before immediately appeared in Zheng Zhibao's mind.

About a hundred years ago, the Spaniards conquered here.This process made him feel a little unbelievable.

The team led by the Spaniard Pizarro, with only [-] infantry and [-] cavalry, captured the king of the Inca kingdom here.

The key issue is that this Inca Kingdom is not a small country, but a country with a population of more than four million.Even when Pizarro arrived, it happened that two brothers were vying for the throne and fighting each other miserably, but the population base was there!

In the final analysis, Zheng Zhibao can only say that the winning Inca king Atahualpa has shit in his head.

For the arrival of the Spaniards, there is no vigilance at all, even though the Spaniards have come once, burned, killed and looted, they are still not vigilant.He took only [-] people with him, took off his weapons, and went to meet the Spaniards, only to be captured.

To be honest, Zheng Zhibao looked down on these indigenous Incas.

For more than a hundred years, this place has been firmly controlled by a small group of Spaniards. The locals live a life that is not as good as pigs and dogs. Isn't there a figure like the great ancestor who climbed up and expelled the Tartars?
According to the information provided by the emperor, Zheng Zhibao naturally knew the situation here better than any other Ming people.

The Spaniards set up a governor here to rule, and enslaved the local aborigines for mining, planting, etc.; their ruling method was to implement the Mita system.

This kind of Mita system is actually a special corvee system for the local aborigines, that is, the Indians.It is stipulated that the Indians provide 4 to 14% of the total adult male residents to the colonial authorities every year for forced labor.

Mainly engaged in mining, but also building roads, bridges or working on plantations.The labor intensity is extremely high, with working hours reaching 18-22 hours a day, and the death rate among laborers is as high as [-]/[-].

Basically, it can be said that as long as you are selected, it is synonymous with death, and you will never see your loved ones again.

Of course, the tribal leaders and their children among the Indians do not need to serve this kind of corvee, and even the Spaniards will give them some benefits, so that they can rule and manage ordinary Indians to work for the Spaniards!
In other words, in this territory, the Spaniards are at the top of the pyramid, and below the Spaniards are the tribal leaders of the Indians, who together enslaved the largest population of ordinary Indians and made them live a life worse than pigs and dogs day.

When he was thinking about these things, the fleet was getting closer and closer to the buildings he saw, and he could already see it with the naked eye. There was indeed a town by the coast, and there were several ships parked at the port.

When they can be seen here, they can obviously be seen on the shore, and they seem to panic and enter a state of martial law.

When Zheng Zhibao saw it, he ordered his subordinates: "Put out the banner and say that we are here for business!"

The Zheng family controls the southeast coast of Daming. Although they have no special contacts with the Luzon Spaniards, they are near their sphere of influence after all, so they have some understanding.

This voyage was prepared in advance, and of course, I will learn more about the Spaniards.

Therefore, Zheng's fleet also understood the semaphore on the Spanish side, so they immediately played a simple semaphore, which meant that the merchant ships came to do business.

At this time, there were actually a lot of pirates in North and South America.Many pirates even targeted Spanish treasure ships for robbery.Of course, these pirates are mainly concentrated on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean, that is, the east of North and South America.

However, this does not mean that there will be no pirates in the Pacific Ocean.Therefore, the Spaniards are still very vigilant.But they were also very strange, because the three ships on the sea in the distance looked so strange, they were different from anything they had ever seen.

In the end, a small boat was sent out to negotiate, and of course to check the situation of these three strange ships.

Several people in Zheng Zhibao's fleet escaped from the massacre in Luzon that year.They knew Spanish, so Zheng Zhibao chose one of them, Jiang Shouxing, who could speak well, to negotiate with them.

Needless to say, the oriental faces and different ship types all indicate that this is not those European pirates.

Therefore, Zheng Zhibao and others were still waiting where they were, while Jiang Shouxing was brought ashore to meet the Spanish Governor Evgeny Cabezas.

At this time, Evgeny was in the coastal defense fortress, and he was a little surprised and curious when he saw a man who looked a bit like an Indian being brought over.

"Dear Governor, the villain belongs to the fleet of the Zheng family on the southeast coast of the Ming Empire. Our master brought three ships of oriental specialties, and came here for no reason to do business with you." Jiang Shouxing said in Spanish in a neutral manner, "Of course, in order to show our sincerity, we have also prepared a gift for His Excellency the Governor."

While speaking, he presented an exquisite gift list with already written content with both hands.

Evgeny never expected that this Oriental could speak Spanish, which made him even more curious.

But he didn't speak, and first looked down at the gift list passed by the attendant.

Seeing the gift list, Evgeny was a little surprised, it's really exquisite!
On the cover, it is definitely not a quill pen. It should be written in Spanish with a legendary oriental brush, which is for him.

Curiously, I opened it, and there was a piece of exquisite rice paper folded inside. Many gifts were also written with a brush, all of which were special products of the East, such as silk, raw silk, tea, porcelain, etc., and there were quite a lot of them.Just this gift, if it can be brought back to Spain and sold, it will be a fortune.

With such a big gift, Evgeny immediately beamed with joy, and immediately asked kindly: "Do you really come from the distant Ming Empire?"

When Jiang Shouxing saw his expression, he knew something was going on.

According to what Wu Ye told him, the term of the Spanish governor is only three years, and he must return to China after five years at most.Therefore, each of these Spanish governors was greedy, and they searched for money as soon as they took office, so that they could live a prosperous life after returning home.

Therefore, a heavy gift has been prepared here to buy the Spanish governor.After seeing it now, the effect looks really good, these Xiyi all have this kind of face!
Thinking of this in his heart, he replied with a respectful attitude on the surface: "Our Zheng family fleet is the largest fleet in the Ming Empire, and our business is all over the world, whether it is Nanyang or Japan. As long as there is business Do it, and there will be our fleet! Although this place is far away, it is no exception!"

After hearing this, Evgeny couldn't help being surprised at the size of the Zheng family's fleet.

In fact, at this time on the American continent, there were already traces of Ming people.

Not to mention other places, there are already many Ming people in the Gulf of Mexico, which is also a Spanish colony.They engaged in handicrafts, including barbers, and even patrols serving the Spanish colonists.

(End of this chapter)