Cao Li set sail back the next day with twelve merchant ships that were seriously overloaded!

It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. Although they have captured the French bastion, they do not have enough strength to defend, and most of the strength must be transferred back to California.

This time, Cao Li's fleet became very large. More than 500 fishing boats were connected to the warships with ropes. Each fishing boat had two captured fishermen driving sails.

The French did not know what their fate would be, but Cao Li promised them that if the French political axe was willing to pay the ransom, they would release them.

The fishermen on the fishing boat did not dare to escape because there were two warships patrolling around, and these fishermen were not able to break the ropes on the fishing boat.

Cao Li ordered the fleet to head straight to the Port of Dios, which was their concentrated trade location with Spain and the Portuguese, and a transit station on the east and west coasts.

The fleet sailed for more than half a month before reaching Cuba at a turtle speed. After Cao Li and his friends replenished tamsui at their Spanish stronghold in Cuba, they sailed into the Caribbean Sea.

This huge fleet made the Caribbean Pirates shocked after seeing it. What they couldn't understand was why there were so many fishing boats in this fleet?

However, facing the escort of the three warships, the pirates rushed away and dared not approach them. They had no power to provoke Cao Li's fleet along the way.

There are only Spanish navys in the Caribbean, and other countries have no navies here at all. All they have are their privateers. However, these privateers are thankful that they are not in trouble by Cao Li, so how dare they run to hijack the warships?

Cao Li was not Ansheng on the road. There were so many spoils, and there were always accidents. Fishing boats were often overturned by big waves. After losing more than 100 fishing boats, they successfully arrived at Port Dios.

The Spanish in the port looked at the trophy of the American fleet in amazement. The Spanish Governor came in person and secretly asked the sent guide: "Where did they grab so many fishing boats?"

"These Far Eastern people robbed the French Potkovan, captured their northern city, and took away all the ships and population." The guide replied in a low voice, "As long as we reveal the news to the French, I believe the French will go to find these Far Eastern people to fight desperately, and then just watch them fight."

"Very good. These Far Eastern people have the same appetite as those of the Dutch. They are such good partners!" The Governor of Panama suddenly laughed: "The French are not too strong, but it is still OK to instigate them. You'd better encourage them to rob St. Johns, and the British will definitely jump."

The Spanish obviously had some vigilance against the rapid expansion of the American fleet, but they would not deal with the American fleet themselves, nor would they be determined to suppress the American fleet. Instead, they wanted the American fleet to fight against the Dutch, British, and French, and both sides were killed and defeated. They were most happy to see that they just sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. It would be unlikely that anyone who died would have a worse result.

After Cao Li arrived at Port Dios, he immediately rented several warehouses and freed up most of the goods on the merchant ship, and finally solved the problem of overload.

If these overloaded cargo ships pass through the Strait of Magellan, they are likely to sink.

In addition to the big two dried cod, Cao Li also vacated the livestock, and it was obviously not a wise choice to keep the livestock on the boat.

The white French slaves who were captured continued to stay in the ship. Leaving them in Central and South America would easily cause them to get infected with infectious diseases and then spread to California.

Then Cao Li sold the unused pieces of goods to the Spaniards and the Portuguese in exchange for about 100,000 taels of silver.

Central and South America has a very high silver and gold, and the prices are naturally the highest. Dried cod fish are not sold because California is now short of food.

Colonial pioneers usually accompanied by hunger, and the California authorities were no exception. With the increase of Indian slaves, the food problem became increasingly urgent.

Cao Li stayed in Port Dios for three days before ordering the fleet to return. Seven military ships, plus twelve merchant ships and more than 400 more sturdy fishing boats, heading towards the Strait of Magellan. The more than 400 fishing boats they brought back would improve the food problem very well.

What they didn't know was that as soon as the front legs left, the Spaniards had sent personnel to the French stronghold and revealed the details of the American fleet to the angry Frenchmen.

The French kings have always dreamed of becoming a monarch who ruled the vast territory, and overseas is a place where they hold great hope.

Although the interests of Newfoundland's cod were not crazy, they were highly valued by France because they were one of their few colonies.

The Spaniards stood on a moral level and took responsibility for the actions of the American fleet, claiming that they would unanimously deal with the Far Eastern people from the Empire of Light.

Of course, the Spanish were just cheap words, and it was almost impossible to make them work. The Spanish still needed to trade with the Ming Dynasty and were extremely eager to expand the trade amount.

France is a Protestant country split from the Holy Roman Empire and has always been hostile to the Spaniards. Even if the European countries are in a state of hostility, they will not cause trouble without entering the stage of declaration of war. No monarch is willing to bear the consequences of decades of war.

The French began to clean up the end of Potcowan indignation. Almost all of the residents of Potcowan were plundered, leaving only some old and weak soldiers. It would take at least a few years to restore it.

The French, who knew the details of the American fleet, began to plan a revenge. At the end of the year, the Hundred-Man Company decided to concoct a robbery like Portokovan and give it to the abominable Far Eastern people.

The Spanish were very sensible. They were afraid that the American fleet would die too quickly and could not allow them to achieve the goal of weakening the maritime commerce power of the Protestant forces to the greatest extent, so they only leaked the details of the American fleet to the French. The Dutch still didn't know where the Far Eastern people who emerged when they attacked Brazil last time were from.

In the eyes of the Spanish, as long as the news is leaked to the Dutch, the end of the American fleet will be not far away.

The Dutch's maritime strength is the most powerful at present. They have more than 30,000 merchant ships of all sizes and sizes, and have taken over most of the maritime trade share, far from comparable to the French 100-person company with only thousands of merchant ships.

After the American fleet circled the west coast, they immediately rested in Panama City opposite the Port of Dios, and then shipped the more than a thousand livestock that had already arrived from Port of Dios to Panama City, heading towards Kingsoft.

When the American fleet arrived in Kingsoft, it was already November. They brought back more than 2,300 white slaves, more than 1,000 livestock, more than 2 million taels of silver, and more than 300 fishing boats, and more than 100 were dispersed on the road.

However, the remaining fishing boats are all very strong fishing boats, and those that are separated are all simple fishing boats. After all, in Newfoundland fishing boats, they do not need a good boat to return with full load. However, the not very peaceful Newfoundland fishing grounds have also given birth to many larger fishing boats.

Among these more than 300 fishing boats, some even have more than 200 tons, which is the same tonnage as the sailboat used by Drake to plunder the west coast. The big waves on the sea are generally unable to overturn.

California Governor Liu Yuan couldn't help but be overjoyed. Unexpectedly, Cao Li was able to plunder so many people, animals and ships this time, and even grabbed more than two million taels of gold, silver and goods.

At this moment, five people-filled flying scissors departing from Qingdao also arrived in Jinshan. Liu Yuan received news that the brigade of ships was still behind.

What surprised Liu Yuan and Cao Li was that the military headquarters supported 2,000 sailors to California this time, and there were 1,500 Marine soldiers, plus 600 colonial personnel, a total of 4,100. A large number of arms were brought, and the five warships that drove back to Qingdao were also allocated to them.

As long as the subsequent fleet arrives, plus the French [***] ship that just captured, the strength of the American fleet will be expanded to eleven warships.

When they came to America, Zhao Yan told them that Shandong might not draw too much power to the Americas because the main interests are not in America.

However, America has now become one of the main sources of interests, and gold and silver are everywhere. In the development of America, it can be exchanged for a large amount of precious metals from Spain. At the same time, the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean have a large number of sailing ships, and most of the European ships are concentrated here.

"Sir, let us focus on developing trade with Franchisemen, and try to exchange gold and silver from Franchisemen. At the same time, the fleet accelerates the snatch of ships." Liu Yuan said to Cao Li after reading Zhao Yan's letter.

"We have eleven warships now, so there is no problem with robbing ships." Cao Li said.

"Well! In this regard, I will ask the shipyard to speed up the construction of schooners." Liu Yuan nodded, and using warships to rob, obviously it was not a long-term solution.

As trade unfolds, warships must be used for escort.

The reason why Europeans are hostile, they do not send warships to attack the other party's merchant ships is because they have signed an agreement, so both sides only need to send frigates to escort the merchant ships, and there is no need to be guarded against the main warships of the enemy country.

However, the American fleet did not abide by these agreements, which also caused greater risks in trade and could be attacked by the Dutch, British and French naval forces at any time.

Barefoot is not afraid of wearing shoes. This is Zhao Yan's current attitude towards the ocean. Zhao Yan's merchant ships are only forty or fifty, not as many as thousands or tens of thousands as European countries. His merchant ships cannot run around. He stole the European ships, but the Europeans cannot retaliate in the same way.

Therefore, Zhao Yan was so unscrupulous, and the Spaniards in Boxishan were his choice of trade. Through the Spaniards, Zhao Yan could trade with the entire Europe.

There are many benefits to choosing the Spaniard as the direct trade target. First of all, Spain has weak industrial capacity and low productivity, and requires a large amount of imported goods.

The Spanish have many gold and silver mines in Central and South America. As long as their trade with the Spanish reaches a certain level, it is equivalent to mastering those gold and silver mines. The Spanish are just miners, and no matter how powerful the miners are, they are just miners.

Two days later, a flying scissor ship sailed into the isthmus of Panama. The envoy sent by Liu Yuan submitted a letter written by Zhao Yan to the Pope to the Roman Papacy to the Governor of New Spain...

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!