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Chapter 1614 Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea, one of the most dangerous seas in the colonial era, is active with many pirate ships, a paradise for pirates, many of which are legal privateers authorized by their kings, and their main purpose is Spanish treasures Boat.

The Spanish treasure ship has a lot of gold, silver, tobacco, spices and all kinds of rare treasures. As long as you successfully rob a Spanish treasure ship, you can get rich overnight.

Many retired sailors, exiled soldiers or politicians, and passing businessmen may be pirates, and there is almost no order here.

Five sailing ships appeared in the sea, their hulls were somewhat damaged, and one of the sailing ships had a mast broken by a storm when the fleet crossed the Strait of Magellan.

"Ahead is the dangerous Caribbean Sea. The name of one of the large islands should be Barbados, which is a colony of England. We should be able to get hospitality there. After replenishing supplies in Barbados, we can directly wait for the wind from Barbados to sail to Europe. It is also possible to sail to New England in North America first, and then go to Europe."

"From the perspective of sailing around the world, of course it is to go to New England in North America to see the local conditions."

Zheng Chenggong had beards all over his face, and he looked a bit sloppy because he hadn't cleaned his beard for a long time.

Five galleons bob up and down in the waves.

"Brother Zheng, when can we go to Europe? My father's fleet is already in Europe, right?" A young sailor in a sailor uniform asked him.

When Ling'er was growing her body, she was already taller than before she set off.

The global voyage fleet departed from Tianjin Wei and passed through Yokohama, Bering Strait, San Francisco, Peru, and Brazil. They traveled more than half a circle around the Americas, met many new species and indigenous people, and visited the Portuguese and Spaniards. The colonial governors of these places exchanged goods and gold and silver from China with them for fresh food, fresh water, firewood, and other supplies.

They were now near the equator and were about to reach the West Indies.

"If they sailed according to the expected time, they should have reached Europe by this time. The western route is the traditional Silk Road. The unfamiliar African route also has many colonies as supply stations, while the eastern route has few supply stations. Basically, The colonies of the two kingdoms of Spain and Portugal are even smaller in number, and our sailors have never had the experience of sailing here." Zheng Chenggong held a pair of yellowed maps and pointed out some important strongholds to Linger, " Our last resupply stop was Rio de Janeiro, the city of the Portuguese."

"Rio de Janeiro... can we reach Europe by sailing like this?" Ling'er moved her finger on the navigation map.

"In addition to looking at the wind, we also need to look at the water. The wind is the monsoon and the trade wind. The so-called trade wind is the northeast wind that blows all the year round in the north of the equator, and the southeast wind that blows all the year round in the south of the equator. The monsoon has significant changes with the seasons. The monsoon in each sea area is different. Water is ocean currents. If the wind is smooth, the speed of the ship will be the fastest. On the contrary, sailing will become very difficult.” Zheng Chenggong popularized the most basic principles of sailing to him. Knowledge.

"Let me tell you two, it's time to cut your hair now. If you have long hair, you will get lice easily. It will be better for you then!" A blond-haired female sailor came over with a pair of iron scissors in her hand.

"Sister Hannah, we have crossed the equator. When we reach New England, it will take less than a month to cross the Atlantic Ocean and we will reach Britain. Do you want to go back to Malta to see your brother?" Zheng Chenggong asked.

"Before completing the global voyage, I will obey the captain's orders and will not leave the fleet without authorization." Hannah said, and had already brought a wooden stool to help Zheng Chenggong trim the messy hair that had grown.

"Then after we finish our global voyage, will you leave the Admiralty and return to the island of Malta?" Zheng Chenggong asked again.

"Even if I want to leave, the Navy Lecture Hall will not let me go. They have taught so many things, and they are destined to serve the Ministry of the Navy. It's just that I will apply for transfer to the Fourth Fleet stationed in the West. You can go back to the island of Malta from time to time," Hannah said.

The Ministry of the Navy sent her to the naval lecture hall because she was the younger sister of the Grand Master of the Knights of the Hospital of Malta. After learning advanced naval warfare knowledge, she wanted to leave. There is no such thing as easy.It's like a thief ship, once you get on the ship, you can't get off.

"The Fourth Fleet..." Zheng Chenggong knew that the Fourth Fleet was different from the Zhili, Nanyang, and Beiyang Fleets. The Fourth Fleet was the "Western Fleet" in the true sense, but it had not changed its name and still used the name of the Fourth Fleet.

"Barbados!" Suddenly someone on the deck shouted.

"Don't move." Hannah pressed Zheng Chenggong's shoulders, fearing that he would be accidentally injured by the scissors when he stood up.

"It seems that we have arrived in the Caribbean." Zheng Chenggong said.

"I heard that there are privateers from various European kingdoms here. They rob merchant ships of hostile countries according to their king's will, especially privateers from England, the Netherlands, and France. They will rob Spanish ships." Hannah Said.

Pirates of the Caribbean are not without a bottom line. Their plundering actions are equivalent to a microcosm of the relationship between European countries in the Caribbean Sea. Once they violate the will of their own country, they will have no place to stay.On the contrary, if they can attack the ships of the country's hostile forces, they will be acquiesced by their own kingdom, and they may even turn around and become admirals appointed by the king or colonial governors.

A fleet of five galleons sailing around the world came to the English colony in the West Indies, Barbados.

England established a governor to govern the island, where sugar cane was grown and sugar was refined.The sugar produced here would be shipped across the Atlantic to England, stopping only in the Canary Islands in Northwest Africa.

When the five galleons searched for safe haven, they soon discovered where it was - a large number of ships were concentrated in the port of Barbados!

"They all flew the flag of the United Kingdom."

As the commander of the fleet sailing around the world, Zheng Zhihu closed his left eye and observed a large number of ships appearing in Barbados with his right eye through the binoculars.

At this time, Barbados was only a small colony, and there was no reason for so many ships to appear.Moreover, the number of these ships is more than 40, which is enough to cause devastating damage to the circumnavigation fleet, which makes Zheng Zhihu have to be careful.

(End of this chapter)