A leisurely city for solo travelers

Chapter 319 Sofala

"Admiral, this is a warning bombardment. If we move forward, they will fire."

"There's no need to move forward, we're going to fire now." Fang Xian escorted several ladies into the warehouse first. Those Europeans were really arrogant and spoiled, and he wanted them to have a taste of continuous fire.

Yuyan symbolically reminded Fang Xian: "Uncle Xian, but the enemy is not within our range."

"...Could it be that my visual inspection is not accurate?"

"No, there are three sailboats in the North Sea now, and we are not equipped with continuous-firing guns. Ironclad ships or Chinese sailboats are needed to achieve bombardment at this distance."

"..." Fang Xian frowned and looked at the place, hesitating again and again, but he still didn't have the urge to start a fight.

Since there is overwhelming strength, there is no need to use a single mediocre team to fight the enemy to the death.

"The flag bearer changes the banner to show his intention."

"It's the admiral." After nodding seriously, the bannerman asked after a long pause, "What is our purpose here?"

"...Just passing by, we are going to the Mediterranean Sea."

To say that the fleet flag was really a magical thing at that time, it could explain almost all meanings like a dumb language.

Not long after, another bad news came from the flag bearer: "Admiral, they allow the passage, but they have to pay the port supply fee."

"Huh?" Fang Xian smiled instead of anger, "I guarded Malacca and gave way for free. A bird merchant association takes Mozambique and thinks he is a grandfather?"

Yu Yan persuaded: "Uncle Xian, don't worry, there is no certainty of victory in such a battle, we might as well retreat and wait for the other fleets to come over and wipe out the enemy in one fell swoop."

"Well, by the way, I helped the Dutch again. I have to contact the Dutch to run a business. If their national strength can be strengthened, they will be able to help when dealing with the British and Spaniards in the future."

Therefore, Fang Xian ordered the fleet to retreat temporarily.

The Espinosa fleet did not pursue it either, and returned to its own waters.

In the next few days, bad news came one after another.

The recovery speed of the Japanese economy and military division is appalling.After the Meiji came to power, something that seemed to be the Meiji Restoration happened. The entire Wa country became an industrial production machine like Europe. The third fleet of the Fang family navy and Li Huamei's sailing fleet could hardly hold back that sea area.

The Japanese kingdom is always a scourge around him, his surrender is always temporary, and the evil will definitely appear.

Fang Xian couldn't tolerate such an enemy appearing in the backyard. After the news came, he could only order Zhang Dashun's Second Ironclad Fleet and Azhisha's temporary replacement of the First Ironclad Fleet to return urgently. As devastating as an atomic bomb.

In desperation, he could only ask the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce to come to Africa to help.

Kuhn also knows that if Africa is captured again, the strength of the Netherlands will officially enter the first group. Naturally, it will spare no effort to march from Southeast Asia, and the two fleets will quickly support Africa.

Unfortunately...the Indian Ocean is no longer that Indian Ocean.

The place is already full of Azitha's sons! !
After Azhisha left, the sons became independent pirates and lived by bullying and fattening them all day long.Seeing a new caravan coming, how can you be soft?
The combat power of the Kuhn Chamber of Commerce is not bad, but after all, it is already configured mainly by merchants, and its armaments only meet the minimum standard. Even if it is two fleets, it can only be evenly matched with professional pirates.

In short, for one reason or another, the helpers could not come as promised.

Fang Xian once again faced a choice—whether to return to East Asia, personally stifle the rise of the Japanese nation, and then arm an armored fleet to make a comeback; or rely on this large North Sea three-barrel fleet to solve the African affairs.

From Africa to East Asia, this distance seems to be a bit long...

As for Fang Xian, he is used to the humanized luxury enjoyment on European ships, and the ironclad ship is just a lump of iron, which does not satisfy the cool and elegant setting of the protagonist himself.

After weighing again and again, Fang Xian made a new decision.

Now that the armored ships are tired and the guys at hand are not enough to suppress the enemy, why not... go directly to Europe to create a large battle fleet!
He came up with this idea a long time ago. When playing this game, battleships are almost everyone's ultimate goal, but usually it takes a long time to fight for the consumption of tens of millions.

Previously, the Fang family navy did not consider battleships, mainly because they were too far away... Running around in an unfamiliar place was full of dangers.But now people are already in Africa, only one step away from Europe, and the journey to Beihai is even much closer than returning to East Asia.

So, after the fleet lingered at sea for a long time, Fang Xian finally made the decision to pay the toll to cross Africa.

This is an era when Europeans colonized the world, so this is the age of great exploration.

The strength and quantity of the fleet determine the scope of colonization.

Due to the deliberate design of the game world, the territory of the original "Empire on which the sun never sets" has been greatly weakened, which means the expansion of the territories of Portugal, Spain and other countries that followed.

When Europeans claimed to be civilized and emphasized human rights, they seemed to have forgotten history. They almost conquered the whole of Europe, Africa and Asia with gunfire, and of course, massacred indigenous people in the New World.At that time, they never talked about civilization and human rights.When the third world countries turned around, they brought out these things to satirize their opponents, which is actually a very inferior behavior.

Looking back on my Greater China, from Xuanzang's westward visit to hundreds of countries, to Zhang Qian's pioneering of the Silk Road, which time was it not that the carrier gave the most precious gift of Greater China to friendly countries, expressing friendship and respect.

Until Zheng He's seven voyages to the West, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty was not necessarily weaker than that of the Europeans at that time, but it was also full of rare treasures from the great eastern countries, telling every country the heart of that ancient country.

This is the true spirit of a great country, neither bullying the strong nor the weak.

It is precisely in this way that we can usher in all nations and become an ancient civilization admired by people all over the world. This is an honor that Europeans will never be able to win with guns, and it is the integrity of a great country that creates true heartfelt convincing.

Compared with such high integrity, Europeans instantly exposed their barbaric and greedy nature when they saw land and property, taking history as a mirror and distinguishing between superior and inferior.

Port of Sofala, Mozambique.

Almost all of East Africa is a colony of Portugal. This small country on the Libyan peninsula is fortunate to have caught up with the age of great exploration. Of course, it can only be arrogant in the past few decades.

Sofala is the largest port in East Africa. The Fang family sailors have been floating on the sea for too long. They need to rest here for a few days, and then go all the way south across the Cape of Good Hope and sail to West Africa.

There are obviously more Europeans here, and the popularity is much stronger than in Southeast Asia. It is like a paradise far away.

Fang Xian didn't want to cause conflicts in Africa prematurely, so he only led a few ladies and adjutants to have a few drinks at the bar, and tasted local delicacies and seafood.

Of course, the appearance of a group of oriental people will inevitably attract attention, especially the oriental women.

Most of the bars are Europeans, and there are only a few black brothers. They all use all their belongings to drink.

The eyes of the black brothers are more straightforward, and they often stare blankly at several girls for a long time, while the Europeans try to hide their ambiguity, and always glance at them from time to time, but they can't hide the restlessness in their hearts.

Several Europeans came over one after another and offered to buy Fang Xian a drink, but he declined all of them.

These bastards said they wanted to invite Fang Xian and wine, but their eyes were looking at Linger Yueruyuyan.

After rejecting countless times, Fang Xian finally turned over and asked the adjutant to call a large number of sailors to guard the bar.

The sailing fleet was only equipped with more than 200 sailors, and more than half of them came in an instant. The admiral paid the bill and drank casually. He directly used the crowd tactics to occupy the bar, and began to set up gambling games in groups. You can show your style - eat, drink, gamble, and be proficient in everything!
These strange shouts disrupted the atmosphere of the bar, and the Europeans could only shake their heads and leave.

The black brothers... got along with the kiln sailors!
The Yaozi sailors invited them to drink and taught them things like "Zhajinhua" and "Fighting the Landlord". The black brothers didn't have brains, so they came to play.

The result, of course, was to be squeezed dry by kiln sailors.

Linger excitedly pointed at the black brother: "Brother Xian, it's another little black boy!"

"...It's not easy for black brothers. They are bullied everywhere in this era, so don't bully them." Fang Xian deeply believed that Ling'er's affection for black brothers was based on the rational IQ of both parties. If Dalba There may be more common languages ​​in the future.

Thinking of Darba, Fang Xian felt envious and jealous.

Ever since Azhisha and Darba were together, they were like delicate flowers that hadn't been favored by nectar for a long time. They became more and more plentiful day by day, and even their temper and language became more exciting, not to mention the book that was ready to come out. front and back of the chest.

"Fuck... drink!" Naturally, Fang Xian couldn't reveal his desire, so he picked up the wine glass and bumped into the adjutant.

The adjutant was the only man present who knew Fang Xian well, so he could naturally sense the meaning in the wine.

When a man goes to sea, his ambition is everywhere, and of course - he will work everywhere.

Where is there someone who travels with his family and his mouth?Every time a group of sailors arrives at a port, they are a group of hungry and thirsty wolves who want to spend a lot of time.

Look at our admiral again. He is accompanied by three ladies all day long, but he rarely sees them doing anything. Every time he arrives at a port, the admiral can only stare blankly, watching the sailors embrace the coquettish bar girls into the bedroom, the woods and even the beach.

Concentration, concentration, the adjutant thought so, and drank a glass of wine with the admiral.

While drinking bitter wine, the door of the bar was kicked open, and a short white fat man led a group of people in.

The bar owner greeted him immediately: "Admiral, welcome."

This fat white man was wearing orange clothes and an orange hat. His eyes were very unfriendly. After scanning the crowd, he showed a contemptuous expression.

The boss quickly persuaded: "Admiral, these are the people from the Eastern Fleet that have arrived in port recently."

"Hmph." The fat man said disdainfully, "It's just a businessman who wants to pay us tolls, but he is arrogantly occupying our bar?"

Fang Xian didn't want to make trouble, so he took a step back and asked the sailors to give up an area for Fatty Bai to sit.

"Sure enough, he is from the East. He knows his weight." Fatty Bai raised his head and smiled, his mood improved, and he asked his subordinates to sit down.

Unfortunately, he glanced at Fang Xian, trying to get a clear look at the cowardly admiral who was passing by.

It doesn't matter if you glance at Fang Xian, the key is to catch a glimpse of the three ladies.

Europeans came here to conquer everything, the shackles of law and morality no longer existed, and their desires swelled like wild beasts, including sex, of course.

Fang Xian frowned, and clearly felt the disgusting look in Fatty Bai's eyes.

At least those Europeans who came to treat them before had maintained proper restraint and moral principles, and knew the principle of being polite and polite.

And this chubby, just by looking at him, you can tell that he is the kind of guy who has no bottom line at all.

Fang Xian felt that it would be a kind of profanity to let this kind of person look at him, so he wanted to stop in front of the ladies.

"Where did the fat man come from!" Yue Ru rushed ahead of Fang Xian, completely unable to tolerate such disgusting eyes.

Without waiting for Fang to talk, Yu Yan quickly persuaded Yue Ru to sit back and not make trouble.

Fang Xian also stopped in front of the ladies and said to Bai Pang, neither humble nor arrogant: "I am the naval admiral of the Fang family, may I ask who you are?"

Fatty Bai was still savoring the looks of the oriental women, and was very dissatisfied with the sudden appearance of a big square head in front of him, so he ignored him, and smiled at his assistants: "This bastard, he asked me who I am?!! "

"Hahahaha!" several sailors laughed at the same time.

The tavern owner hurriedly came to smooth things over: "This is the admiral of Espinosa's fleet, Lord Espinosa, a great Portuguese navigator and businessman, who has brought endless honor and wealth to our country."

"You don't need to tell him so much." Espinoza grinned. "It's just a passing slave. Everything he does is to bring enjoyment to our people."

In Espinoza's eyes, Fang Xian is obviously an oriental businessman who transports exotic treasures from the far east to dump in Europe. In his opinion, this is a cowardly and inefficient way to make money. And there is no sense of honor at all, and there is no sense of refreshing in the colony at all.

Espinosa licked her lips: "I'm afraid the treats this time are not ordinary."

Fang Xian felt nauseous again, and if he continued, he would face swords.If this is the territory of the Governor 23, he still has the foundation to make trouble, but fighting with the Portuguese in the Portuguese colony is a bit difficult to deal with, unless there are three thousand sailors.

"Let's go." Fang Xianling said.

Although the Yaozi sailors under him are addicted to gambling, they must listen to the admiral after all.

Just leave, this is causing trouble.

It turned out that a black man lost all his money when he gambled with the sailors in the brothel. After this, he...gambled his life...

Of course, the Yaozi sailor continued to win decisively, and in the end he won the life of the black brother.

Even so, the kiln sailor is not at all interested in the black brother, only in the money in his hand.

In this way, a dispute arose.

Espinosa saw the situation clearly and looked at the black man like a beast: "Stupid as a pig."

No matter how much the sailor communicated with the blacks, he couldn't get any gold coins, so he reported to Fang Xian: "Admiral, he just lost himself to me...he has no money, so he can only be my slave...but I don't need a slave, Admiral, do you need it?"

"It's useless." Fang Xian scolded, "How long ago was slavery established? How many times have I told you, civilization, civilization!"

Espinosa heard this and was about to play again.

"Admiral Fang, you can't talk like that." The fat man stood up and stretched out his hands from left to right, "A civilized world is a civilized world; a slave world is a slave world. Superior people want to enslave Stupid people, let them work for themselves, don't you?"

"I beg to differ." Fang Xian didn't want to talk nonsense with the fat man and said to the sailor, "Forget it. I'll repay you as many gold coins as he owes you."

How dare the sailor ask for the gold coins from the admiral, since the admiral ordered so, he will no longer ask for the bet money.

Espinoza laughed and said, "This is meaningless benevolence, I see it this way..."

The fat white man took out 20 gold coins, looked at the sailor and said, "I'll spend 20 gold coins, and if you say this black man sells it to me, it will be good for you and me."

The sailor seemed to be tempted, but he still didn't dare to agree, and only looked at the admiral.

"Ignore him, let's go." Fang Xian suppressed his anger.

Eventually, the black man was free and hurried away.

Espinosa was also not angry, and just laughed loudly: "What a hypocritical Oriental, you are going to Europe on this trip, I am afraid that what you are selling is not ordinary goods?"

As he spoke, he tried to look at the women behind Fang Xian.

"Hmph." Fang Xian didn't want to say a word, hugged a group of people and was about to leave.

"Fang, can we talk." Espinosa suddenly changed his tone, "I think you are a wise person and would like to communicate with you on an equal footing. I apologize for what I said earlier."

Fang Xian was also taken aback, he didn't expect this bastard's attitude to change so much.

"You go back first." Fang Xian entrusted the matter to Yu Yan and the adjutant.

Yu Yan glanced at Fang Xian thoughtfully, and then left.

Although Fang Xian didn't want to talk nonsense with this kind of person, but now it seems that this fat man is not as simple as his appearance. Since he has to say something, it doesn't hurt to listen to it.

This time Espinosa did not prevent the group from leaving.

Fang Xian went to Espinosa's table, his deputy stepped aside and stood guard at the door, letting the two of them talk alone, even the bar owner avoided it.

"Fang, you are a businessman, right?"

"Ah."

"The sole purpose of a businessman is to make money, right?"

"It is the main purpose, not the only purpose."

"Whatever you want to say." Espinosa said, "At least under certain conditions, we have to choose the product with the highest profit, right?"

Fang Xian pondered for a while, and finally nodded.

Espinosa raised his glass: "Cheers, we are all intelligent people and deserve to stand at the top of society."

Fang Xian was at a loss for Espinosa's sudden overture.

"Fang, I have been in business for half my life, and I have traded in all kinds of goods, from wine to cheese, from iron ore to diamonds, from Europe to Africa, I have done almost all businesses." Espinosa laughed, "But now, I only do one kind of business."

(End of this chapter)