Even if Wu Changqing slackened for a few days, the operation of the Dahua Empire remained unaffected.

A mature authority has a stable operation mode, and everyone performs their duties.

The emperor's absence from work for a few days is really not a big deal.

After Wu Changqing made a decision on many things, the rest was up to his staff.

For example, Dahua’s ocean-going fleet, after going out to sea, relied entirely on the fleet commander Bao Shunan to command the people and proceeded with their missions as planned.

After experiencing many dangers at sea and drifting for more than seven months, they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar at the end of February of the third year of Yongxing and went straight to the city of Gibraltar on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

Gibraltar is the traffic throat guarding the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and its strategic position is extremely important.

At the same time, it is also a cargo distribution center in the Mediterranean, similar to the role of Shanghai, and its commerce is extremely prosperous.

This place, because of its excellent location, almost all countries want it.

At present, Gibraltar belongs to Spain temporarily, but later because of the Spanish succession war, the British will take the opportunity to occupy it.

Then, Britain and Spain will be forced by this place for more than three hundred years, until the moment Wu Changqing crosses, the ownership of this place is still unclear.

The actual control is in the hands of Britain.

To put it bluntly, the West and Britain both refused to give up, but Spain did not dare to fight, so they could only yell and declare their sovereignty over this place from time to time.

A fleet of hundreds of large ships of more than 500 tons, which is so eye-catching, was discovered by the Spanish, Portuguese, and Moroccans when they crossed the Strait of Gibraltar.

Then, the Spanish fleet departed from Gibraltar and intercepted Bao Shunan and others.

No country dare to put any such fleet close to its own city.

After all, there will definitely be cannons on today's ocean-going ships.

These hundreds of large ships fired together, and within half an hour, they could blast Gibraltar into a mess.

The Spaniards did not dare to let Bao Shunan approach, led the entire fleet, rushed to the front of the Dahua Fleet, and asked them to stop.

"Look, what is that big chimney-like pillar?"

The Spanish naval soldiers looked at the Majestic Fleet and pointed. At this time, the Majestic Steamship did not use the starter steam engine, but used the sail to propel it.

It's just for saving coal.

When they went to sea, the coal they brought was limited, and along the way, there were very few places to replenish coal, so they had to save a little bit.

Most of the time, those steam engines are decorations.

Of course, at some critical times, these steam engines also played a huge role, such as driving out pirates.

Even though their fleet is extremely large, there are courageous pirates, trying to use the speed and flexibility of the ship to beat the autumn wind.

Ordinary merchant ships suffered a lot when they encountered these pirate ships, but when the steam engine in the Dahua fleet was turned on, coupled with the speed of the sails, the pirates who were not long-eyed were beaten up.

Of the dozen or so pirate ships, two were sunk by the Chinese army, and the pirates on several other ships were also killed and wounded countless.

The scared pirates fled hundreds of nautical miles without looking back.

Since then, those survivors have laid down a rule, seeing the yellow-bottomed and green dragon-flag fleet, must not be approached.

"I don't know, is it a cannon?"

Another soldier guessed.

"Have you ever seen a cannon with its muzzle pointing perpendicular to the sky? This type of cannon fires a shot, and in the end the shell hits your own."

"Maybe the muzzle can be lowered during the fight."

"Have you seen a cannon of such a big caliber?"

"I think it's a chimney, which is used to make cooking easier."

......

The Spanish navy soldiers talked a lot, just like the stuffed buns saw the novel toys, all kinds of puzzles, their guesses are also outrageous.

The two sides made signs to stop, and the Spaniards did not dare to attack rashly.

After all, they haven't figured out who the other party is, and it's really not suitable for hands-on.

Today's Spain is no longer the previous maritime hegemon.

The Spanish fleet captain Fortis sent a small boat to the Majestic Fleet to negotiate.

Under some guidance, they came to the battleship Jiujiang.

On the main ship, naturally there is a translator who is proficient in Spanish.

Without translation, they would not dare to go to sea rashly.

In addition to Spanish translations, their fleet has translations in almost all languages ​​in Western Europe.

Of course, French, English, and Spanish are the main ones, followed by a few people who know Portuguese and German.

In fact, these languages ​​have something in common.

If you compare it, it's similar to Cantonese and Mandarin.

It's definitely not a good thing to want to communicate smoothly with each other, but with a little bit of body language like fingering, Spanish and French communication is actually not a big problem.

"We are the caravan of the Great China Empire in East Asia, coming to your country for business. Why are you stopping us like this?"

Dahua's translator was on the sidelines, translating Bao Shunan's words in real time.

It is too difficult to express the meaning completely and accurately.

For example, the tone, context, and emotions in the utterance are basically untranslatable.

However, the basic meaning is understood by those Spaniards.

It turned out to be here to do business, and this is what they expected. They haven't offended any country recently, and there can be no unprovoked war.

It's just that the size of the merchant fleet is too big, which makes them feel more shocked.

For those who come to do business, Spaniards are naturally welcome.

However, they demanded that when Dahua's merchant ships entered the port, the muzzle of the artillery must be retracted into the cabin and not exposed, lest they suddenly attack and cause panic to people on the shore.

After all, no matter who it is, it is impossible to calm down when the rows of black muzzles are aimed at.

Bao Shunan can accept this request.

However, Bao Shunan could not agree to the next request anyway.

The Spaniards demanded that only merchant ships be allowed to dock.

But Dahua's nine warships can only stay in the Mediterranean and then rely on small boats for supply.

In addition, the muzzle should be retracted into the cabin and subject to real-time monitoring by the Spanish navy.

This actually makes sense.

It is impossible for any country to allow other people's warships to enter its own ports.

What's more, the nine main battleships were stopped at one time.

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