? "Ah--" The vicious sailor screamed. He was frightened by the knife and panicked, wishing to pick up all the words just now and swallow them...

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"Green Wings have found out. Net "Akan said to Zhang Fan excitedly: "Xuanyuan Xing is really lucky. We are now at the end of September 1567, and we have a full twenty years to investigate Ying Long's whereabouts! Hahaha! Xuanyuan Xing has become a second-level guardian, and the preferential treatment in the scene is different!"

Zhang Fan also breathed a lot of relief, "Twenty years! It's really affluent enough. We have time to sail around the earth. So where do we start?"

Aken thought for a while, "I am only familiar with the history of war, because I used to memorize the entire world war history with my memory. I know the 'Battle of the English-Spanish Sea', but there seems to be no important war in the time period now. So I don't know what historical events will happen. Let's ask the book demon first and see what historical events will happen. Maybe the scene is intended to bring Plymouth, which is still in this era."

"Well, the Book Demon has left the tavern. He wants to go around nearby to see if there are any information books for sale in Plymouth stores." Zhang Fan contacted the Book Demon, "But if it is Europe of this era, it is still a historical event that I want to do with the 'Battle of the English and Western Sea', I know a little bit..." Zhang Fan spent all day in the library, not sleeping there.

"Oh? Then tell me..." Aken became interested.

"Drake, you should be familiar with it, right?" Zhang Fan asked.

Aken nodded, "Of course, this guy is a famous British pirate leader, privateer captain, and has an irreconcilable hatred with the Spanish fleet! Most of the reason why Britain was able to win in the 'British-Spanish Naval Battle' was his! This guy is an excellent pirate and a talented naval battle commander! It is because he pioneered a new naval battle idea that replaced the boarding battle with fast and flexible long-range shelling. This naval battle idea has always influenced the modern day! However, in this era, this guy should still be an unknown person, and maybe he was still robbing in that Caribbean port... What do you mean?..."

Zhang Fan patted Akan on the shoulder, "Drake is indeed unknown now, but he has a very famous cousin, John Hawkins is a very famous smuggling merchant..."

"John Hawkins?" Arkan asked suspiciously, "I know this smuggling merchant, who is also one of the commanders of the British side of the 'British Battle of the United Kingdom. He was the British naval supply officer at the time and made great contributions to the British fleet's victory over Spain's 'Invincible Fleet'! It was he who helped Britain save a large amount of naval expenses and built a batch of new fast warships, thus laying the foundation for Britain to defeat the Spanish 'Invincible Fleet'..."

Zhang Fan nodded with satisfaction, "Next month, October 2, 1567, John Hawkins will take his dear cousin Drake to the Caribbean voyage..."

"Caribbean?!" A ray of light shone in Aken's heart.

Zhang Fan continued: "Yes, this time they will first go to Cape Verde in Africa to catch black slaves, then go to Margarita Island in South America, and sell goods all the way to the islands along the Caribbean. Then they will encounter storms and enter the Gulf of Mexico..."

Aken clapped his hands and said, "Ah! I know what's going on below. When these two guys' broken ships entered the Spanish colony, the port of Veracruz, to repair, they encountered more than a dozen Spanish anti-smuggling armed fleets! The smuggling merchant ship encountered anti-smuggling warships, and the result can be imagined. This was a small battle between British privateers and Spanish fleets. The British were massacred more than 300 people! Only Hawkins and Drake ran away. Drake hated Spain because of this! Maybe his old affair or gay friend was killed by the Spanish. I also took a brief look at this small battle..."

Love Akan is only concerned about the history of war and doesn't read anything else.

After listening to him patiently, Zhang Fan said, "I don't care about the victory or loss of their battle. What I am interested in is that their voyage has passed through Cape Verde, South America, the Caribbean, Mexico... so many places. Could it be that the book demon once speculated that Yinglong flew from southern China to the Pacific Ocean, passed the American continent, and finally came to Europe's reverse path? The Gulf of Mexico and South America are the birthplaces of the legendary Aztec civilization and Mayan civilization. They are also the feathered snake god, the weebobs, etc. It may be the area where the dragon beasts appeared, and it is the route we should go to visit!"

Aken's eyes shone, "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and visit John Hawkins, follow his fleet, and have an Internet cafe! Oh—Caribbean beauty, Aken is here!"

Unlike Akan's impatient attitude, Zhang Fan is more calm. He trusts the book demon more. "We should wait for the book demon to meet and discuss it carefully. John Hawkins can't escape anyway."

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Plymouth Harbor is located in Plymouth Bay in the English Channel. This bay is a natural and high-quality harbor. Perhaps the weather at sea is not good today, and hundreds of various ships in the port have been anchored. The taverns in the port are also crowded with sailors. Therefore, the prices of whiskey and rum have also increased a little. Even with a lot of water, various wines are still in short supply.

Many taverns have part-time jobs to recruit sailors. Here, Arkan and Green Wings have indeed found out about John.

Hawkins' fleet is recruiting a large number of sailors. Perhaps the Hawkins family's treatment and reputation are very good, and sailors are all flocking to it. Book demon and Akan both think this is also a member of John.

The opportunity for Hawkins fleet, if Zhang Fan’s team does not have a ship.

This time, there were rumored that there were six large ships in Hawkins and Drake's fleet. And it was rumored that Queen Elizabeth I also had ships joining the voyage. Zhang Fan Aken and Shu Yao naturally knew that this was not a rumor, but that it was true.

The Tudor dynasty led by Elizabeth I was a very important period in British history. During this period, the Queen of England also encountered a great financial crisis. It was a big hole of three million pounds.

Therefore, although she morally condemned John.

Hawkins's behavior of selling black slaves. But because of John﹒

Hawkins showed her the profits of the cause. She changed her views and secretly paid, ships, and people to support the smuggling fleet merchant's human trafficking career. She even provided royal recognition for the shameful trade. Due to the support of the queen, the trade of slave trade was legalized, and this move made Elizabeth I highly criticized in later generations.

The Hawkins family is very well-known in Plymouth Harbor, equivalent to the status of Hong Kong ship king Xi or Greece ship king. Even the Queen of England invested in him. Therefore, he found John.

Hawkins was not difficult. The difficulty was how to meet this legendary slave trader. You should know that Hawkins' third adventure was on October 2, 1567, and now it is the end of September, and he is already busy.

Barrels of rum and salt, boxes of cotton, were shipped overnight to six large sailboats. This was a necessity for going to Africa to exchange for slaves. The fleet carrying these goods would be transported to Africa along the Canary Cold Current and Guinea Warm Current to Africa for slaves. Then, full of slaves, along the North Equator Current, to the Spanish colonies of the Caribbean and sold to local farms and mines as laborers. The money obtained was purchased locally by silver and wood, ore, sugar, etc., and then the fleet would transport these goods back to Europe for sale along the Gulf Current and the North Atlantic Current.

This is by this John﹒

The ‘Black Triangle Trade’ founded by Hawkins. Along the way, the fleet traveled along the ocean current. The triangular circulation composed of the Canary cold current, Guinea warm current, the North equator warm current, the Mexican warm current, and the North Atlantic warm current provided extremely favorable shipping conditions for the ‘Black Triangle Trade’, allowing slave traders to smooth sailing during their journey, mid-range and return journey. The suitable climatic conditions in the Americas and the rich gold and silver mineral resources made the plantation and mining industry develop very quickly, generating huge profits, which was the main driving force for the entire Black Triangle trade and objectively provided favorable geographical conditions for the ‘Black Triangle Trade’.

In this busy time, John﹒

Hawkins had no energy to meet any uninvited guests. Even if this guest was a lifelong baron, of course, it was very impolite to refuse a formal jazz enthroned by the King of England. And John﹒

Hawkins himself was still a civilian, although he was already the son-in-law of the English Navy's finance officer and was still making money for the Queen of England. In this case, the slave trader asked his cousin Francis to ﹒﹒

Drake received the presumptuous nobleman.

Drake was just a follower of his cousin at this time. During this long voyage, he only had a 50-ton boat, the "Judy". This was his first long voyage. Under his cousin's guidance, he spent all his savings and purchased a large number of cheap glass and gun industrial products. Those savage and ignorant African chiefs liked these worthless industrial products the most. His cargo was loaded two days ago. Therefore, he is relatively idle now and is helping his wealthy cousin load the ship.

When he was arranged by his cousin to receive a baron, he had already thought of a lot of refusals. These nobles must be jealous of the benefits of their cousin every time they sailed, and wanted to invest and join in a temporary investment. Drake had already helped his cousin turn down several batches of such cheap things. He was really a big deal, so he took out the Queen's handwritten imperial book to block the way.

"...Dear Baron, our fleet is about to be in demand. It is probably too late to invest again. I promise that you will have your cargo arrangements for the next voyage. Of course..." Drake said the words he had prepared before he could see clearly what the person in front of him looked like. He begged to share.

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