The Baiminghe only stopped in Ceylon for a day, and never even went overnight. He accepted the three leaders of Ceylon and presented gifts, beauties, etc. He set off overnight, leaving behind several transport ships of 1,500 materials. Their mission was to return to Siam Siang and send Baiminghe's memorial book back.
When he went out to sea again, the white-known crane went straight into the captain's room.
"Transmission, Queen Olivialai, full speed. Target, Island of Miracle!"
With the command of the White-Ming Crane, the entire fleet immediately filled its sails. The Island of Miracle had only one name on their map, and the place was about 3,000 square kilometers. According to the standard given by the White-Ming Crane, it was an island of five or six million acres, which was not a small island, but the island did not have a natural port, which was a pity.
But even if not, the white-known crane is still occupying it. Because this is one of the important supply points for the Ming Fleet to travel far in the future.
Sitting in the captain's room, Bai Minghe signaled to invite Archbishop Ora to come.
The revelation obtained from Master Xuanbei was that Archbishop Ora was wearing a linen cloth and his hair was a crown made of tree strips. He believed that this was the true belief in the Lord.
"Biography of Ora, I am ready to start the war. Including time, it is at most five thousand miles away. There is an island, which I named Miracle Island. I heard that you also have records of the name Banhe Island. One thousand four hundred and one year ago, a man named Saint Thomas converted the inhabitants of the island to the Lord."
"Amen!" Archbishop Ora looked serious, Saint Thomas, one of the twelve disciples.
Archbishop Ora even knew that the venerable was named Thomas, and the word "holy" was added to the title. However, the white-name crane called Saint Thomas, and he could not say that the white-name crane was wrong. At least the white-name crane told himself a very useful news that he had also seen this island in ancient Greek classics.
This place was called a magical island by the ancient Egyptians.
"But now they are ruled by the Arabs and are forcing them to convert..." Before Bai Minghe finished speaking, Archbishop Ora knelt down again, and Bai Minghe didn't understand a word about what he was reading.
The Baiminghe didn't need to talk anymore, and directly ordered: "Send the order and hang the Byzantine King's Banner. Recover the Island of Miracle. Repay the confidence of the residents of the island, and remove all those who dare to be enemies there...!" The Baiminghe used the word "clear", and soon, the Baiminghe's order was sent in the form of a telegram.
After catching up with the large fleet, just send them a telegram.
Five days later, Bai Minghe's fleet caught up with the main fleet led by Lan Hai, and Lan Hai also received a telegram from Bai Minghe's flagship at this time.
As soon as he saw the telegram, Lan Hai did not respond. The flagship of the Zuowei Lao Lei immediately responded: "The Zuowei applied for a sudden outbreak, clear all enemies and completely eliminated." Then, the forward fleet Liu Mingxuan cursed back: "Lao Lei, do you know that this general is a forward? Do you still think that this general is a forward?"
Lan Hai sighed long: "During the Ming Dynasty, the white-famous crane was considered peaceful. These generals still knew what etiquette is and what majesty is the great power, and what is the sea."
"The wine I stolen is more fragrant!" The deputy general added next to him.
"Well. Ask Baiminghe. What is the strategic value of that island? Flagships at all levels are not allowed to ask questions. Only the general ships of each squadron are allowed to ask questions, and each person is limited to two questions."
On the sea, no one will stop the boat, so it is not easy to stop and accelerate.
Moreover, such a huge fleet would not dare to stop casually, as a result of miscommands, there would be chaos.
Bai Minghe signaled to ask Archbishop Ola to go back first. Anyway, he borrowed a name. This battle was fought by the Byzantine Empire and had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty.
Then he began to answer Lan Hai's question: "I called back and asked them how the largest ambergris they offered to the palace?"
Soon, various responses came. They praised them but did not ask questions, because there were only two questions. If you asked one, would it be unprofitable to waste a chance to ask questions on this island?
Bai Minghe thought of forcibly occupying himself, because there were not many people on the island, and there were very few natives, most of them were immigrants from the Bay Area. Even so, the total population was only more than 3,000.
Baiminghe called back: "When you go to the island, you will definitely throw away that piece, because you will only get better. There is the top ambergris here, but it is better, and there is no best. There is also a ** that is more expensive than gold. This is the hometown of the Dragon Blood Tree, and it was called Qilin Blood in the Ming Dynasty!"
Bai Minghe's telegram was sent out, waiting for these guys to call back.
But when he waited, the telegraph did not react at all. In the end, it was the abnormality that Chen Ada discovered. He walked out to observe and went back to Bai Minghe and said, "Sir, the overall fleet accelerated, and the speed increased by about six miles than before."
The six miles mentioned by Chen Ada means that six miles are added to each hour, which is about one and a half knots.
The entire fleet, with such neat acceleration, represents the elite of the Ming Navy and the proficiency of the Ming fleet's ship operators. You must know that if the large fleet wants to accelerate, you must first consider the ship with the lowest speed, and also consider the formation of the entire fleet. The formation that the Ming Navy pays most attention to is formation.
There can also be battle formations on the sea.
At a speed of fourteen knots, it took eight and a half days to go from the Colombo port to the later named Socotra Island, which was normally calculated. The actual arrival time of the White-Ming Crane was only seven days and eight hours. When the White-Ming Crane's flagship approached the island, the battle on the island had ended.
"Sir, kill 120 enemies, 1,66 prisoners of war, and about 2,000 indigenous people, only 30% are still trusting the Byzantine master." General Chen handed over the battle report, Bai Minghe thought to himself, these guys are so quick that they probably didn't even talk, and they started the war.
With the elite soldiers of the Ming Navy, they faced these scattered soldiers and were besieged by more than 10,000 people.
The white-name crane did not get off the ship, but just asked Archbishop Ola to go, saying that he would continue to spread the glory of the Lord and give him hundreds of white linens and some white rice. The rest, according to the world's convention, just become slaves. Of course, if their king is willing to talk and hand over some real good things, people can return it.
Is it a robber?
The civil servants on the ships of each squadron had no time to think. A piece of pure white ambergris weighing seven kilograms was discovered. Then, a thirty stone bead was found in the Arab warehouse, and then there were nearly a hundred stones of precious medicinal materials from the Ming Dynasty. This was not the end. After the discovery of an 18 kilograms of the best ambergris, the civil servants shut up as a whole.
The medical officer on the ship discovered here that the locals didn’t know that for the Ming Dynasty, there were hundreds of very precious medicinal herbs.
Blue Ocean arrived at Baiminghe's flagship, and after getting on board, he only said one sentence: "Blocking people's way of wealth is like killing parents!"
"Hahaha!" Bai Minghe smiled heartily. He knew that the Blue Ocean had already made acquiesce. The huge wealth here was not as good as Little Luzon, but it was only better than Da Nang. Although the output here was not high, it was just a very precious thing. This was only from the island and not considered in the water.
The white-famous crane opened the map and reached out and pointed north.
"This is the territory of the Ottoman Empire, but these are the territory they captured, not their original territory. We should not go north. This island is enough as a long-term supply military port in the future. Don't move the trees on this island and transport them from other places."
The white-known crane explained to the blue sea.
Blue Ocean pointed on the map: "There is enough materials to go there."
"It's not that much forest. Just find a place without people to dock. Tens of thousands of feet of wood is not worth fighting." Bai Minghe said, and pulled the blue sea to the window, pointing to the land that was faintly visible in the distance: "The people here are even behind those of the Little Luzon. They will be turned into slaves by the Portuguese and sold them everywhere in the world. How many treasures are there? You can't imagine!"
"No guess, just say it!"
"The most precious woods, gems, diamonds that are very rare in our Ming Dynasty, as well as various rare animals and medicinal materials. I can't count them. I'm afraid of the number of gold mines here. All the gold mines in the Ming Dynasty are just a fraction of the place."
After Bai Minghe said that, Lan Hai looked helpless: "I feel that I am about to become a bandit."
"No, you give the locals enough benefits to make them rich. Then it's Mr. Hu and his friends' life. Teach these savages to learn etiquette and the Four Books and Five Classics. In less than a hundred years, the people here are our best friends in the Ming Dynasty. Believe me, they are friends, we are here to exchange, not to fight, and I don't plan to force them to steal a penny! Instead, they can truly enter a civilized society from the savage life."
Lan Hai reluctantly accepted the statement of Bai Minghe, and he had many similarities with Yu Qian.
But he was not as firm as Yu Qian. He was easily convinced by Bai Minghe.
The white-name crane is not a robber, and his soldiers are not a robber. Moreover, no one in the Ming Dynasty thinks the white-name crane is a robber, and even the locals don’t think the white-name crane is a robber. The indigenous people have changed from slaves to civilians and once again own their own property. They also have people who know ancient Greek, and they can communicate with Aola.
However, the behavior of the white-famous crane is a robber in modern times.
The white-known crane got a lot from here, exchanged a lot of supplies, and also wanted to build a port here.
Of course, all this also comes at a price, but..., the other party exchanged only five pieces of silk for the 18-pound ambergris. There were dozens of stones of silk, only five pounds of silk. Because this thing is more expensive than ambergris in their eyes, at least some precious medicinal materials are grass in their eyes.
Adding ten times the weight to rice makes the locals so happy that they can't hold their mouths.
Chapter completed!