Also in the winter of the sixth year of Wanli, in the Caribbean Sea, thousands of miles away, the Ming Dynasty had the first close contact with the Dutch.

Of course, at this time they were not called Dutch, but the Netherlands. Due to the repeated failures of the war against Spanish rule, the slightly thin Dutch merchant ship that Li Dan saw while sailing in the waters near Puerto Rico was flying the Spanish flag.

The three French ships hanging from the White Cross Lily Citi behind him seemed ferocious at this time.

How did Deng Zilong repost the invitation from Spain when Li Dan accepted patrol in the Caribbean? Except for the sailing ships flying Spanish flags on the Caribbean Sea, all other ships were pirates!

There is no doubt that for the Spanish they were pirates, pirates from France, the most overlooked maritime power in the world in the sixteenth century.

Li Dan held a telescope and looked at the chasing ship on the sea from afar. He said to Yuan Zizhang, the general of the Lu Army beside him: "A Western-Japanese merchant ship has no guns on the ship. The ship is very fast and will enter the range at most a moment."

"There are three pirate ships behind him, and the two behind are Carrick sailing ships that were common in the early years of Spain and Portugal. Li probably didn't have many guns on the ship; there was something strange in front of him, a bit like a centipede ship, but it was big, with many oars, and a circle of gun barrels stuck out on the bow... Forget it, you can see for yourself."

Li Dan curled his lips and handed the telescope to the martial arts scholar who was born in the martial arts lecture hall, shook his head and said, "This thing is so ugly."

Yuan Zizhang took the telescope and showed it to him the single-deck sailing warship that the Ming Dynasty had never touched before. In fact, it was a ship-shaped ship with the centipede ship obtained by Chen Mu from the family, both belonging to the Mediterranean Calais warship. The only difference is that this ship is larger and has more firepower.

In the eyes of the martial arts scholar, the various parameters of this ship were found in the eyes. He said slowly in his observation: "The captain is fourteen to sixteen meters, a single-layer artillery deck, with a wooden ceiling on the deck, three-masted sails, four cannons on each side of the deck... There is another circle of artillery in the round forecastle, about eight, and the tail."

As he said that, Yuan Zizhang handed the telescope back to Li Dan and said, "There may be a cannon at the tail. The entire ship of artillery should be between sixteen and twenty-four gates. If they are to be intercepted, they should be ready to take the upper hand now."

Although Yuan Zizhang was not sure what the characteristics of this Calais warship that was rampant in the Mediterranean were, he was very clear about its similar brother Centipede ship. It was a near-shore warship. It was not difficult to predict based on its countless oars, and there were probably more than 200 sailors in the ship.

Such a ship should not appear here. He could even guess that the two fat-bearded Carricks behind the big centipede were mostly filled with fresh water, and now it is very likely that the fresh water they prepared on the boat was almost drunk.

"This ship ran faster than us during combat, and we couldn't catch it. If we wanted it not to run, we had to catch the two big-bellied boats behind it first, which wouldn't run fast."

Li Dan looked at the four ships getting closer and closer, frowned and wondered whether to intercept them. In the end, he had no idea and asked Yuan Zizhang: "Can a Jiazi ship fight with three warships?"

"If you don't connect to the side, you may suffer some damage, but it's not a big deal. Most of their guns are Franchise aircraft, which is not as powerful as General Zhenshuo. It's no problem to hold two fat ships."

The fat ship Yuan Zizhang mentioned is the mighty Carrick sailing ship. In the Guangzhou Martial Arts Hall, Carrick and Spanish-style Garen ship were nicknamed "Europa Second Fat" by students because of their huge size.

"That big centipede, I tried to burn its sail first. It would not be far from the sea without sails. The three lucky ships under Kangguru should be able to take the ship!"

Speaking of Naraconguru, the general Yuan Zizhang was unconsciously smiling. The Japanese soldiers who had struggled in troubled times were extremely brave in local battles, while the Jurchen soldiers were undoubtedly more brave than them.

In a huge contrast with the courage on the battlefield, the warriors of the Kanggulu tribe cried all the way through the journey. Baishan Camp really boarded a ship in Tianjin and left the port. When the warship sailed out of the Bohai Sea, they hugged the mast and cried all the way to Majiagang.

The boundless sea is terrifying. Although the immigrants with them cried even harder, the Beiyang Banner Army, which had been trained for four to six months at sea, showed extremely calmness. This incident still made Naracongulu, one of the second battalion of the Ming Caribbean Combined Fleet, unable to raise his head.

But now it is much better. At least Baishan Camp can jump ship skillfully at sea. In fact, if Fusang Camp is there, the effect of jumping to the gang will be better. Unfortunately, Fusang Camp is resting in the Spanish castle in Puerto Rico. Only two 400-four shark boats and six blessed boats were followed by the Kazi ship.

Just as the two ordered the fleet to set up a formation to seize the upper hand and prepare to fight, the four ships were getting closer and closer. It seemed that the French pirates discovered the Ming fleet in the distance, and slowly put away the sails and slowed down the speed, as if they were going to let their prey go.

Li Dan, who was leaning against the side of the ship, first discovered the pirates' behavior, which made him happily raise his hand and point to the distance and turn to Yuan Zizhang and smiled: "Be sensible! Or let them go."

Yuan Zizhang held a telescope and watched Carrick sailboat lower down the boat, holding the white cross Lily Citi boat slowly drove towards this side. Three large ships were posing assault formations centered on the big centipede ship. He turned his head to Li Dan and said, "I'm afraid the commander will be disappointed, they don't seem to be going to run away."

Sure enough, the Netherlands merchant ship with Spanish flag slowly set sail after passing the Ming fleet, and the French boat was getting closer and closer to the Jiazi ship, and finally stopped not far away. The sailors wearing breastplate on the ship shouted in surprise in different words: "You are the fleet of the Chinese Khan? That's great!"

"Where did you come from? Have cities in the New World?"

When Li Dan heard this, he had no idea why the French pirate under the ship was so happy.

It's quite embarrassing. In the Age of Discovery, all countries' original intention of sailing was to look for China and find a way to China.

Only China does not think so.

The soldiers on the boat laughed and raised their heads and shouted, "If you take me to your city, we will let you go, but your silk clothes must be left behind, and all silk clothes must be left behind."

Li Dan rubbed his face and took a deep breath, turned to Yuan Zizhang and said, "It seems that our porthole has not been opened, and this beggar dares to ask for my clothes."

He sneered, held the side of the boat and asked the French sailor below, "You want my clothes? No problem, what do you want to do in our city?"

"You will send me to your Khan and sign a free trade contract, our ships can be docked in your port, and France will set up a merchant station there, go to your city to buy goods, and your ships are not allowed to go to France."

The Beiyang Flag Army on the ship looked at him like a fool.

Yuan Zizhang laughed angry and asked Li Dan: "General, what are you going to do?"

Li Dan took off his silk robe and threw it under his feet, saying to Yuan Zizhang: "I'm not as good as you in the war, so I can only boost my morale and rely on you later. Remember this person, I'll burn the robe to him later."

"The fleet sent a command to tell Baishan Camp that the first to board the centipede ship would receive one hundred taels of silver, one of the heads would receive ten taels of silver, and one of the armor would take me the ship, and I would receive two hundred taels of silver!"
Chapter completed!