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"Spanish Treasure Fleet", "Golden Fleet", "Spanish Treasure Ship", no matter how many names it has, they cannot describe the fact that it is probably the most famous and coveted fleet in history. [Full text reading] Watermark advertising test Watermark advertising test
Spain had been scouring the New World for various treasures and hoarding them, waiting to be shipped back to the European continent. This practice continued for centuries. Although the situation improved after LeBlanc became governor-general, he alone was unable to reverse the entire trend.
In real history, at the end of the 17th century, the Spanish royal family's finances were exhausted. King Carlos II ordered that all the gold and silver treasures looted from the New World be transported to Havana, and then assembled a huge fleet and transported directly to Seville, Spain.
But in the end, this "gold fleet" carrying tens of billions of pesos of wealth was blocked by the British and Dutch joint fleets in the Gulf of Vigo in the Atlantic Ocean, with a total of 150 warships. After a month of continuous siege, the commander-in-chief of the fleet ordered all treasure-carrying ships to be burned and about 4,000 to 5,000 carriages of gold to be sunk to the bottom of the sea forever!
This wealth is so amazing that unless it is a maritime power that is directly hostile to Spain, no one will dare to take advantage of this fleet. It would be like kicking the King of Spain in the testicles, he would absolutely, absolutely go crazy.
But now there is another kind of creature called the Contractor in the world. They have no future, and running away as soon as they feel comfortable is their code of conduct. Therefore, the team of unscrupulous contractors will definitely get involved.
But Lu Yuan was different. He lacked the indifference that a contractor should have. Although he himself will leave in a month at the latest, the "Opera House" will continue to exist for a long time. There are his friends and his lovers in the "Opera House". He couldn't just let them go, and even let them take the blame.
So even though he needs gold, he can't do it in his own name, not even remotely.
He made a plan for this...
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October 4th. clear.
A large fleet consisting of ten heavy Galenic galleons, four Galenic frigates, and eleven Galenic merchant ships. A majestic sailing on the waters of the Southern Caribbean.
Fleet Commander Ferdinando drank black coffee and chewed a biscuit casually. But his mind was not on breakfast at all.
He looked at the chart on the table carefully, and around the route that the fleet was going to pass, he confirmed the locations that might be intercepted one by one, and marked the current positions of the fleets of each country.
On the chart. Marked with two large red "x" patterns, that was the location where he predicted the Treasure Fleet would be intercepted - a location at the junction of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, which happened to be the location where the interception actually occurred in history. The advantage of intercepting here is that the north and south treasure fleets have already converged and can reap the greatest results. The second "x" is located on the route from Belize to Havana. This will be an ambush specifically targeting the southern treasure fleet, if the voyage is calculated. This time it will happen a day later.
Historically, the Inca Empire was mainly located in Central and South America, so the Spanish colonies in the south plundered more gold, and the gold collected by the southern treasure fleet. accounting for three-quarters of the total. The northern route takes the Gulf Coast, and they are all poor American farmers in the future. They can only get some special products. Although there is a lot of gold and silver, it cannot compare with the southern route fleet.
This makes the Southern Treasure Fleet highly valuable to be robbed. It has always been at the top of the list of "the fleet you most want to rob" in every tavern in the Caribbean! The reason is, "It's worth dying to own so much gold."
But what surprised him was that the second-ranked ship was not the Northern Treasure Fleet, but a ship called the "Elona".
"The flagship of the 'Opera House', the richest and most successful pirate group in history, with the highest bounty in history, the bones of losers they buried could cut off the Yucatan Strait!"
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However, Ferdinando still underestimated the difficulty of this big move. Because the accumulation of Spanish colonies in the entire Caribbean over hundreds of years is beyond imagination.
He originally planned to transport his wealth back to Spain at once, but what he didn't expect was that gold, silver and gems alone would fill the cabins of more than a dozen large ships, including ivory, tortoise shells, Indian relics, coins and precious wood spices, etc. etc., they can only continue to be stored in the warehouse at the port. This resulted in him having to adjust the entire plan to multiple transports.
Because the further back, the greater the risk of transportation, so he loaded the most valuable goods for the first time, for which he took a huge political risk.
Queen Maria Anne, the most powerful woman in Spain, was crazy about Indian antiques and culture. When the treasure fleet was formed this time, this woman strongly requested that her beloved Indian cultural relics be returned on the first batch of ships!
"This is an immeasurable wealth in the history of human civilization!", she said.
Ferdinando sneered at this, but the problem was, the king didn't.
But in the end, Ferdinando made up his mind and adjusted the order of cargo transportation despite the pressure. He loaded all the real money and silver on the ship. As for those stupid Indian cultural relics, they continued to be thrown into the warehouse to gather dust.
After going back this time, God knows how that bitch in China will go crazy? She actually asked him to transport Indian antiques first... Doesn't she understand that no one likes those damn things except her? ! Whatever is popular or best-selling is all an illusion! If that woman died, no one would pick up the Indian things if they were left on the street. The reason why these Indian antiques are so popular is that no matter how expensive they are, they can always be resold to her in the end! Or give it to her in exchange for greater political benefits. This is why the royal family has no money! He almost spilled his coffee on the drawing in excitement thinking about it.
Ferdinando patted his cheek. But gold is different, it is the most beautiful thing in the world. Ferdinando still remembered the scene when he walked into an Indian treasure house. The ground, houses, statues, and the high chair were all inlaid with gold! That's crazy wealth.
At this time, the "beep" whistle and the sound of cannons rang again. He frowned and put down the chart, turning his attention to the direction of the door.
"Report!" Sure enough. In less than ten seconds, the guard shouted from outside.
"Come in! Stop saluting, stand there and say it!" Ferdinando pointed at the guard impatiently and said.
"There was a pirate ship firing at us. It was very fast. It just rushed close and ran away again! It was as slippery as a fish." the soldier reported.
"Let Erwin handle it, you go and give the order. Damn pirates!" Ferdinando waved his hands in disgust, not wanting to pay attention to it anymore. A small pirate ship is going to report to me as a first mate?
Pirates, pirates, pirates. It must have been that bitch who spread the news! These pirates were scurrying around like rats. Even though he knew there was a piece of cake here that could choke him to death, he still ran over greedily and sniffed it. No pirate can defeat a fleet of twenty-five ships. This is just what that bitch did to disgust me! Ferdinando cursed and began studying the map again.
To be honest, Maria Anne could best display her power within the Spanish royal family, but Ferdinando would still blame her for all his problems.
"Report!" It had only been five minutes before the guard came back to disturb him again.
"What happened?!" Ferdinando threw the pen back into the pen holder and asked.
"Then...that pirate ship is back again." The guard said tremblingly.
"Go to Erwin! Erwin! Damn it. Get out of here! Let me be quiet for a while!" Ferdinando roared like a dragon and drove the guards out without even thinking about what would happen if Erwin really If you have a way, why bother reporting it at the risk of making him unhappy?
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"Ah! It was so dangerous just now! That shell almost hit the shed." August said, wiping his sweat.
He now wears a pirate captain's three-cornered hat. Standing on the high "stern tower", holding a temporary rudder in his hand and pretending to "drive" the "Elona", oh, it should be suspected of being the Barbados now. If the cannonball that just passed by hit the shelf, everything would be exposed.
The person who is really responsible for driving the ship is Li Huamei in the shed under his feet. Due to the existence of the false stern, Li Huamei's field of vision now only has two narrow directions, front and rear. Therefore, in addition to pretending to be the driver, August also played a role as a lookout, constantly standing on the high scaffolding and shouting.
For example, - "Ah, a two-star Galen frigate is rushing over from less than 220 meters west of the right at a speed of about twelve knots! I really think I should turn right immediately and give him Come on!"
"Now coming into range, expect me to full left rudder and then fire... I say full left rudder!"
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Then the current Pirate Anonymous began to make random turns, fired one or two shots, and then began to escape. The order they received was to repeat this process and continue to attract the attention of the Spanish Treasure Fleet until Lu Yuan asked them to stop.
As for, where is Lu Yuan? He's probably in the captain's cabin, about...
Lu Yuan was lurking under the sea at this time. Like an invisible fish, he avoided the bottom of one large ship after another and moved forward nimbly. A powerful invisibility spell can make him invisible for fifteen minutes, and a powerful item locating spell can tell which ships are full of gold - as for other property... he really can't care about it. The money has become numb.
After crossing the frigate's warning circle, Lu Yuan approached the tail of a target. After the "Fake Barbados" attracted the Treasure Fleet's attention, Lu Yuan jumped out of the water, pressed his hands on the hull of a Galen ship, and crawled upwards quickly. Now many sailors were standing on the other side watching the excitement. No one noticed that something climbed up from the water. Although Lu Yuan's body was invisible, some water stains were left on the boat.
However, the sailors were discussing enthusiastically how long the pirate ship could last, and even started gambling on a large scale. Every time the pirate ship comes back, some people who have won money will cheer loudly.
No one would believe that one pirate ship could rob the entire treasure fleet! That pirate ship was just like a clown, bringing them fun. Maybe he was a pirate who was crazy about money and whose IQ was not even as good as a fish.
Every time the ship came close, before it could even straighten its hull, it was hit by a volley of shots and fled. Then there was a roar of laughter from the entire crew, who gathered on the deck like a festival to watch the pirate ship joke.
"Do you think that ship looks like the British 'Barbados'?" someone said. Most of the sailors on board were from mainland Spain. Even if he mentioned the name of the ship, no one would listen to him. The sailor could only shrug and give up the effort.
The pirate ships were still coming and going, and more and more sailors stood on the side of the ship to watch the excitement. The gambling game even spread to half of the fleet. Those officers who wanted to attack Adjutant Erwin were still stirring up trouble in private.
Probably the only painful thing right now. It was the unlucky adjutant Erwin. He was in dire straits now, but there was nothing he could do about the "Elona". Damn he didn't even have a fast ship. What should he use to catch that mouse? !
Just now, he proposed that the entire fleet advance in a battle line, but it was stillborn before he could report it. He was laughed at completely by the officers. In the eyes of the Spaniards, a line of battle was laid out in front of such a small ship. Wouldn't that mean we were treated as equally matched opponents? What a complete failure...
At this moment when the entire fleet was reveling, no one noticed that someone had entered the cabin of Galen's merchant ship.
Lu Yuan crawled hard in the warehouse with a pair of night eyes possessed by the "Book of Sea Monsters". The cargo decks below the entire Galen merchant ship, which had a carrying capacity of nearly two hundred tons, were packed to the brim. And because gold, silver and those beautiful stones are actually very heavy things, they were uncharacteristically placed in the bottom bin.
Instead, worthless supplies such as food and water were now displayed openly on the upper deck. The goods here are extremely densely stacked. There is no way to the bottom warehouse. When Lu Yuan used the "Bone Shrinking Technique" and the tentacle transport, using all his strength, he finally touched the wooden door on the bottom warehouse and discovered... The deck of the bottom warehouse was nailed! Fuck your sister!
Lu Yuanyun used Shaolin's hard skills and hit left and right, and was born in the packed warehouse. Squeeze out half a person's space. Ignore the broken barrels and the rum flowing out. He took out the extremely sharp Hungarian saber 'Madonna' and inserted it forcefully along the gap in the ship's plank. The saber infused with zhenqi cut through the twenty-centimetre-thick wooden board effortlessly. Lu Yuan cut a hole half a man's size into the ship's plank, then shook the saber and chopped the cut wooden cover into pieces.
More than a hundred tons of gold were melted into gold nuggets of different sizes and finally displayed in front of Lu Yuan.
In the darkness, Lu Yuan's eyes shone with joy. He reached out to pick up a gold brick weighing more than ten kilograms and tried to put it into the attached space of the bronze book. Sure enough, without any hindrance, the gold instantly disappeared from his hand and then appeared in the attached space.
"Hahaha..." He chuckled twice, and when he was about to free up space and collect all the gold bricks piled in the bottom warehouse, a "ding" sound came from his ear...
[Congratulations to the contractor for successfully infiltrating the Spanish treasure ship. You can take away ten pieces of gold of any size during this operation (subject to the current situation, the remaining gold will be regarded as "mission items and cannot be used". This infiltration and theft behavior, each ship Limited to once per month.】
"Your sister!" Lu Yuan was stunned. He had forgotten that there was such a restriction. Ever since he encountered the restriction of "only ten pieces of each kind of goods" when he sneaked into LeBron's manor, he had never encountered similar restrictions again, which made him ignore this when making plans.
Lu Yuan could only throw away the gold in his hand without interest. It didn't matter to him now whether there was one more piece or one less piece. He stared blankly at the pile of bricks slowly filling the warehouse at his feet, thinking quietly. Elizabeth encountered no such restrictions when acquiring and transferring the immense wealth of "the gold of the Incas." And Lu Yuan encountered him twice when he sneaked into theft.
It seems that this restriction should mainly target the behavior of sneaking and stealing. After all, contractors have many abilities, and sneaking is often the easiest way.
If there is any difference between stealth and treasure hunting, it should focus on the ownership of the items. The ownership of the gold in front of him has not been transferred. It still belongs to the Spanish official, so he cannot steal it all. The "gold of the Incas" is ownerless, or it is the toll paid by the soul of the Inca to Elizabeth, so she can do as she pleases.
Wanting to understand this, Lu Yuan could only sigh, hide the traces of his infiltration, and leave quietly.
He had never thought of drilling through the bottom of the ship, and then trying to see who would own the gold that fell into the sea. But the gold was stuffed into every corner of the bottom warehouse. He could not dig out a passage directly to the bottom of the ship, so he could only let it go.
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There was a sound of water.
August turned around and saw Lu Yuan jumping onto the boat with water all over him and coming to his side.
Seeing August turning around, he made a direct gesture and said, "The mission failed. I'm telling everyone to retreat immediately!"
"Mission failed!" August yelled, turning the fake rudder in his hand hard. "I need to turn the rudder right now, then raise the sails to leave the battlefield!" Li Huamei in the shed followed the instructions without saying a word. After a whole day of operation, the two of them now have some tacit understanding.
Lu Yuan took off his wet clothes and changed clothes on the rack on the poop.
"Then what should we do next?" August looked at the Spanish Treasure Fleet with some regret. You know, the British fleet is waiting just a day's sail away, and today may be their last chance.
"Of course we will continue!" Lu Yuan said decisively, "We will implement plan_b!"
"Do we still have plan_b?"
"Of course, we always have plan_b."
