As for the reason why he was named American Father, haha, that’s what it means!
Next, Emperor Chongzhen summoned all the remaining vassal kings in the country to the capital, preparing to send them all to America, Australia, and New Zealand.
At this time, Australia and New Zealand were really barren lands, even more miserable than the American continent. But who told them that their consciousness was not high and they had to wait until the end before joining the feudal clan.
In the following days, Emperor Chongzhen began to worry about this matter. Of course, people's livelihood issues were inevitable.
No matter how great the Ming Dynasty is, hurricanes, floods, and droughts will always happen every year. But if there is no man-made disaster, there will never be serious consequences.
The Ming Dynasty is now prosperous, and various yamen supervise and restrain each other. With the historical lessons from the early years of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the ministers that Emperor Chongzhen has been using now are actually doing their best.
But that doesn't mean he won't take care of it. Spot checks are inevitable. If a problem is found, it should be dealt with.
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While Emperor Chongzhen was busy with these things, over in Europe, all the pirates in America from various countries fled back to Europe. As a result, the news that the entire America was captured by the Ming Dynasty slowly became known to other countries except Spain.
This is really big news for Europe as a whole.
When Spain was powerful in the past, it could not clean up the pirates in the Americas. But now, after the Ming Dynasty captured the Americas, it actually drove the pirates back to Europe. This shows how powerful the Ming Dynasty’s navy was!
At this time, in England, Cromwell's title was Lord Protector and he ruled England, Scotland and Ireland. And he dissolved Parliament again, further strengthening his rule as less king than king.
At this time, he was very ambitious. If it weren't for the fear that his senior officers would be dissatisfied, he would have had the chance to become king directly. For this reason, he always wanted to do something to further enhance his prestige and consolidate his rule.
At this moment, he learned the news from America.
"What?" Cromwell suddenly stood up, looked at Robert in front of him in shock, and confirmed loudly, "Do you mean that there are iron-clad, smoking warships in the Chinese fleet, running rampant and invincible?"
"Yes!" Robert, who had already escaped, recalled the three rampaging "monster battleships" and couldn't help but be afraid, and quickly replied to Cromwell, "That iron-clad battleship is really beyond the power of any sailing battleship! "
"Yes, yes!" William on the side also hurriedly agreed, "Even if its mast is broken, it is still faster than a sailing battleship. If we hadn't seen the opportunity and escaped quickly, we wouldn't have been able to come back. Got it!"
The two of them, under Cromwell's instructions, went to the American continent to become pirates, originally planning to rob Spanish treasure ships. Unexpectedly, he hit the iron plate of the Ming Dynasty fleet and escaped back in despair.
Cromwell was a little unimaginable when he heard this. How can an iron-clad battleship be made faster than a wooden one?
His intuition told him that the smoking thing was probably the key. If it wasn’t useful, it would be too abnormal!
However, no matter how much he thought about it, he still couldn't figure out why the hull of the ship could run faster than the sailing battleship after the smoke emitted from the hull?
Confused, he immediately ordered the chief shipbuilder under him to come see him. At the same time, he repeatedly confirmed the number of armored and smoking warships.
Then, he said with some confusion: "After that battle, you haven't seen each other again? And there were only three ships in total, and you just escaped?"
One disadvantage of steam ironclad battleships is that they require coal as fuel. In the past, it was impossible to store coal in major ports for replenishment. Therefore, the steam ironclad warship has been docked on the Pacific side. After repairing the mast, it usually still relies on wind power to sail. Steam power would not be used again until coal reserves were available in ports on the east and west of the American continent.
Of course, another reason is that the steam engine has been used for a long time and its parts have worn out and must be replaced and maintained. At present, there are no steam engine factories in America. All parts and spare steam engines must be shipped from Daming.
Therefore, steam ironclad battleships basically sailed by wind power. As a result, the normal speed is not as good as that of a real sail warship. The task of patrolling and cleaning up pirates is no longer carried out by armored warships.
At this time, after hearing Cromwell's question, Robert and William looked at each other, and then Robert replied: "The Ming army has too many warships, and they also know the islands along the coast. They are sweeping back and forth, and we have no choice." There is a place to hide. If you have no choice but to come back."
Another reason is that without the Spanish treasure ships, they also lost the motivation to exist in the Americas.
After hearing this, Cromwell asked in surprise: "Are there really that many Ming warships?"
"I swear on my honor, there are definitely a lot of them." After hearing this, Robert immediately swore, "At least more than a thousand ships!"
Although William did not speak, he nodded in agreement from the side.
After hearing this, Cromwell frowned and said doubtfully: "Is this too much?"
Hearing this, Robert hesitated, and finally said: "Actually, the Ming Dynasty is a big country, with more than a thousand ships. It is not surprising for them to have so many warships!"
"No, the Ming Dynasty's warships are still in the Indian Ocean!" After hearing this, Cromwell explained to them, "The Ming Dynasty fleet has been in a stalemate with us and the Dutch combined fleet, and it is much more numerous than us. But I haven’t heard of any armored and smoking warships over there!”
Is this a two-front war? After hearing this, Robert murmured in his heart, and then asked: "Anyway, there shouldn't be more than a thousand ships in the Indian Ocean, right?"
"Not at all!" Cromwell shook his head and replied, "There must be at least three hundred ships!"
Having said this, he paused and then said: "There was a letter from Max, saying that for the benefit of Persia, he asked me to send more fleets there. I wonder what the situation is now?"
After a pause, he thought of something, and then added a little worriedly: "Recently I heard that the Ming army has captured Persia and is still at war with the Ottomans. If this is the case, our work in Persia will be in vain!"
Hearing this, Robert was about to speak when suddenly, there were rapid footsteps outside the palace. Then, a palace guard appeared there, approaching quickly with a panicked expression, and shouted loudly: "It's not good, Indian Ocean." The entire fleet has been wiped out!"
As soon as we talked about the Indian Ocean Fleet, bad news came.
This surprised Cromwell, who quickly confirmed: "What, the entire army was wiped out?"
In a war at sea, it is not that easy to annihilate the entire army.
On the American side, the Spanish fleet was eventually annihilated because it was flanked by two huge fleets from the Ming Dynasty, and the iron-clad warships disrupted the situation, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the Spanish governor. However, the pirates at that time fled, which did not allow them to escape.
"Yes, the whole army was wiped out! Just two sailors escaped and were coming over." When the palace guard answered, he saw several more palace guards supporting two ragged people behind him. Come in.
Seeing this, Cromwell didn't care about Robert and others at all, and immediately rushed over, confirming with a stern face: "How could the entire army be wiped out? Where is Max? Also, how is the Dutch fleet... "
He asked several questions in one breath. It was obvious that he was a little flustered at this time.
Among the two sailors who escaped, one of them was in better spirits and younger. He answered Cromwell: "Not only our British fleet, but also the Dutch fleet was wiped out along with it. The fleet of the Ming Dynasty was like They are like locusts, densely packed, all over the sea..."
"..." After hearing this, Robert and William, who were following, couldn't help but look at each other, speechless.
Isn't the Ming Dynasty too big? Even if the country is big, how can it get so many warships and sailors?
"... At that time, our combined fleet was just blocked inside. There were at least two to three thousand ships in that dense fleet, and there was no way to fight against it!" When the younger sailor said this, a look of terror suddenly appeared on his face. Se said, "There is also a smoking iron-clad battleship, like a shark breaking into a school of fish, it is very ferocious, and we are unable to fight back..."
Hearing this, Cromwell couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Robert and William, his expression extremely serious. The armored and smoking warship not only appeared in the Americas, but also appeared in the Persian Gulf. It can be seen that it is likely to appear in Europe in the future!
And more importantly, if you think about it with your toes, you will know that as time goes by, there will definitely be more and more iron-clad and smoking battleships. In this way, no matter which European country's fleet can be an enemy?
They didn't know what the weakness of this kind of warship was, which only added to the fear in their hearts.
"...The entire fleet was wiped out. When I saw the flagship, it was hit and broken by the monster. If I were not captured, I would be fed to the fish." The young sailor continued to say, "The two of us escaped overland and went through countless hardships. It was so painful that I finally came back alive after encountering a British ship in the Mediterranean."
When I said this, I couldn't suppress the look of fear on my face as I recalled the hardships along the way.
Cromwell ignored him, but was thinking about what to do next?
Even in his previous military career, he had always fought for the common people. But now when facing the behemoth of the Ming Kingdom, especially the Ming Kingdom with so many fleets and more advanced warships, this made him feel chilled from the bottom of his heart.
He asked himself, if the Ming Dynasty fleet attacked in the future, could he withstand it?
