After a month of organization gathering, on April 10th, outside the historic city of Zamboanga in Mindanao, named after Zheng He, the eunuch of the Three Treasures, all the people on the shore and boats on the sea in Morro Bay were mobilized by a team of The huge fleet was shocked.
In the era of sailing ships, the so-called sea caravans usually consisted of three or four ships traveling together. But today, there are actually 35 clipper ships of various types gathered together, forming a formation layer upon layer in the bay. The bows of the ship all rushed towards the east.
The Roma, the frigate captured from Ryukyu, was walking through the fleet like a general reviewing the army. Every time the Roma passed by a merchant ship, it would be met with bursts of earth-shattering roars.
The 10,000 Taiping Army has been assembled, and all food and fresh water supplies have been shipped. Xiao Letian even sent a telegram to Prussia, reporting all the details of the Taiping Army to Yi Wang Shi Dakai.
There has been no reply to the telegram yet, but Xiao Letian knew that if King Yi knew that there were still a group of veterans working so hard, he would be so excited that he would burst into tears.
In the telegram, Xiao Letian asked King Yi to use the money in the foundation to purchase some top-notch individual soldier equipment in Prussia. The Germans' industrial quality is absolutely excellent, and then secretly transport it from Berlin to South America. These ten thousand people will eventually Be armed to the teeth.
Either don't do it, or if you want to do it, become the strongest military in South America.
During the military parade at sea, Xiao Letian didn't say a word. He just stood on the deck in military uniform so that all the veterans could see him.
The two big flags behind Xiao Letian are his instructions and instructions to the veterans.
"Although the Kingdom of Heaven is dead, the dream of peace remains unbroken."
"Forty thousand miles away from the mountains, this is China."
Everyone chewed up these two sentences, swallowed them in their stomachs, and then turned them into their own blood. Yes, the Kingdom of Heaven has died, and there will never be a possibility of restoration, but the dream of establishing a peaceful and prosperous age is still there, and there are still people who will come later. Will work hard.
Maybe the paradise in South America will not be like the Jinling Mountains, but it will definitely be more beautiful than before, because the dream of a peaceful and prosperous age in everyone's heart has not been shattered.
Forty thousand miles away from the mountains, China is already far away, but don’t be afraid when you go abroad. No matter where you stand, you are China. You are China. What you show to the world will be what the world thinks China is like, man. Strengthen yourself.
Xiao Letian waved his hand, and the Roma fired a salute. The 35 merchant ships were in jubilation, their white sails were raised, and the sea breeze brought huge kinetic energy. The fleet rushed towards distant South America.
Tietoutuo and Tang Lei were on the two largest merchant ships respectively. When they passed by Xiao Letian, the Prime Minister of the East China Sea stood at attention and saluted them to see them off. These two great men were really worthless. Such a clean sea breeze could not Sand was blown in.
"Work hard...As expected, I will send you a big gift package this year...just wait to receive it in South America." Xiao Letian shouted.
"Prime Minister, don't worry... you will fulfill your mission..." The voice got farther and farther away, but Xiao Letian never let go of his saluting hand.
The safety of this expedition is still very high, because the Pacific Ocean is not an important strategic goal of any great power. The United States is currently in the difficult recovery period of the civil war, and its basic national policy is completely isolationism. In the words of the Chinese, it is to endure hardships and endure hardships. Accumulate industrial strength.
The current focus of interests of the British and French is still in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Australia in the Pacific is just a place where mortals are exiled, and its important economic value has not yet been highlighted.
Of course we cannot forget the Russian war bear, but now the polar bears are also in the stage of being suppressed by the British Navy. Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867 for only $7.2 million.
In the middle of the 10th century, the U.S. dollar was still a real U.S. dollar, completely locked to the price of gold. The exchange ratio of one tael of silver to the U.S. dollar was about 2.5, which means that this transaction actually only used 2.88 million taels of silver.
This is really a perfect deal, with a price of three million taels of silver. To be honest, the giant businessmen in Jiangnan can get it together, but it's a pity that they won't sell it to individuals.
But Xiao Letian is an exception. As an important Asian partner with close relations with the United States, it is no problem for him to prepare hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to purchase some permanent land property rights.
I briefly recalled the location of the best forests and mining areas in Alaska. Xiao Letian’s mission signed numerous permanent land property rights transaction agreements with the US government. We do not want the sovereignty to remain with the US, but the permanent use rights of these lands are ours. .
No time limit, absolutely no time limit agreement. You have to ask why the sale went so smoothly, because in real history, the U.S. purchase of Alaska was almost driven by Secretary of State Seward.
At that time, the United States was in desperate need of development and money was needed everywhere. However, all the mineral deposits in Alaska had not been discovered at that time, and because it was located in the cold zone, it was difficult to transport wood. In addition to salvaging some good seafood, the land provided some It has little to offer beyond the trade in precious furs.
At that time, people called Seward a fool and Alaska was Seward's refrigerator. This kind of ridicule joke spread all over the United States. Everyone thought that the United States had suffered a big loss. Now Xiao Letian wants to share Seward's loss. What a stupid idea, how could anyone in the country stop it?
So even though Seward was a little worried, he was unable to stop Xiao Letian from swallowing up pieces of excellent port land, forests, and mountains.
In the end, no one knew how much land Xiao Letian consumed. However, of the 1.52 million square kilometers of land, it was easy for Xiao Letian to consume two to three hundred thousand square kilometers.
The main reason why the Russians abandoned Alaska, in addition to using the barren land for cash, was because they were afraid of a British attack from the Pacific. During the Crimean War that year, the British almost swept through all Russian ports in the Far East.
Alaska is simply too far away for the Russians to hold, and selling it to the United States is the only option.
The Russian Navy is now huddled in Vladivostok, with only six or seven warships in total. They are enslaving Chinese hard workers to carefully build permanent fortresses. Without more than ten years of time, their Far East Navy is basically ineffective.
Sometimes Xiao Letian can feel God's favor on him. The timing of his time travel is really perfect. The decades between the two industrial revolutions are really the last chance for backward nations to exert their strength. I jumped on the last train if I could. I wanted to wait for another chance to get on the bus, but I really had to wait until after World War II.
After excluding the Western powers, the biggest threat to the expeditionary force, the only remaining ones are natural and man-made disasters. Regardless of man-made disasters, they are all veterans who have been through hard times. If they have a chance to be human, they will definitely cherish it. Internal and external strife are both will not have.
As for natural disasters, don't worry too much, because the route Xiao Letian chose for the fleet should be the safest plan to cross the Pacific in the age of sailing.
Note: This is the fourth update. I’m so awesome. It looks like I’m going to stop at the fourth update today.
