After solving the problem of getting out of the sulfonium pit, Malin took the fleet to the Penghu Islands, intending to build a water village there. As a result, the fleet arrived there and found a group of pirates entrenched there.

It turned out that because the Ming Dynasty court did not care about the Penghu Islands, it became a homeless land. Some fishermen fled to the Penghu Islands because they could not pay taxes and settled, making a living by fishing. In addition, because the government did not care about the place, some pirates also chose the Penghu Islands as their nests. After all, there were no official troops here to wipe them out.

When Malin's warship approached the main island of the Penghu Islands, it discovered a simple pirate water village. Without saying that, Malin directly led Kahn and others to attack the water village, and broke through the small water village with only 36 pirates in one fell swoop, and seized two small pirate ships.

Then, Magong Port, located in the center of the later island in the southwest of Penghu Island, became the location of the new Penghu Water Village on the Penghu Islands.

Malin simply named the local area Magongzhai. After all, his surname was Ma. In fact, Magong was originally called Magong in history, which means Mazu's palace. However, if it is called Magong, it sounds not very impressive. In addition, his previous life and the Chinese surnames in this life were all named Magong, so Malin simply named this place as Magong in later generations.

On Penghu Island, in addition to the 36 pirate water village, there is also a small fishing village with more than 300 people. These fishermen cannot pay taxes in their local area, or borrow usury to pay back, and then fled to the Penghu Islands. Then, they gathered on the island to form a fishing village. After the pirates came here, they were forced to hand over some of the fishing catches to the pirates as "taxes". However, because pirates often go to land to loot and bring food and various daily necessities, these fishermen are willing to be ruled by pirates. After all, the Penghu Islands are not suitable for growing food, and they can only eat fish, fish, and fish...

Marin led his men to wipe out the group of pirates, but these fishermen were not happy. After all, the group of pirates also provided them with food and various daily necessities that were not produced on the Penghu Islands. But Marin announced that he would send people to station here and provide them with various daily necessities, all of these fishermen were willing to be loyal to Marin...

As for the 36 unlucky pirates captured alive, Malin sent all of them to Fuzhou and allowed the Ming court to deal with them. It can be considered that Malin handed over a letter of fame.

While sending the pirates, Ma Lin also asked the Ming court whether the two sides will jointly build Penghu Water Village...

The reason why Malin chose to join the Ming court was because he had no confidence in guarding the Penghu Islands. After all, Kong Tai had too few people and had to control the huge Taiwan Island. If he put too much energy on guarding the Penghu Islands, he would be too disadvantageous.

The Ming Dynasty court is different. They have a strong foundation and can send troops to support Penghu at any time. In history, after 900 Dutch colonists occupied Penghu Water Village, the Ming Dynasty Governor Hu Jian Nan Juyi directly sent tens of thousands of troops to the island to siege the city, which scared the Dutch people.

No matter how poor the combat effectiveness of the Ming Navy was, the number advantage was absolute. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Ming Navy was not bad. The Ming army on the southeast coast was inferior to the army, and the combat effectiveness of the navy was okay. With the help of the Ming Navy, Malin was more confident in defending the Penghu Islands.

Moreover, Marin occupied the Penghu Islands with the intention of avoiding the Portuguese seizing them. The Penghu Islands themselves are actually not worth much. Therefore, bringing the Ming Dynasty to guard them together can reduce their burdens.

Therefore, Malin directly asked the Ming court to send a navy to station in Penghu. The reason was that if the court ignored it, it would easily become a pirate's nest... and this would most impress the Ming court...

...

After returning to Keelung, Marin began to prepare for his return. At this time, Columbus suddenly led 8 armed merchant ships of 250 from Guangzhou to Keelung and join Marin.

In fact, Columbus, who took the African route, should have arrived in the Ming Dynasty last winter. But the problem is that Columbus was seriously ill when docked in a small port in India, which delayed for a long time. In desperation, the fleet had to stay there for a long time.

So, it was not until Marin was about to return that Little Columbus' fleet came to meet with Marin...

"Is your health okay?" Marin asked with concern.

Little Columbus is one year younger than Marin, but thinner than Marin. After all, Marin is a knight. Although he is not strong among the knights, he is much stronger than ordinary people. Although the old Columbus is a scumbag, he has done a lot of things for Marin. Therefore, Marin still needs to care about Little Columbus.

"Mr. Xie Dapeng cares, my health is fine. When I was docking in Guangzhou, I found a doctor in Huaxia with the help of Lord Sconda and prescribed me tonics. Now it is fine." Diego Columbus said.

"Can you return now?"

"no problem!"

"That's good."

...

This time when Marin came to the Ming Dynasty, he took the Pacific route. But for Europeans, he said that he took the detour to Africa and was with Little Columbus.

So, Little Columbus is an open cover, and Marlin needs them to cover up.

Suddenly, Marin said as if he had remembered something:

"By the way, Diego, I have an important task to hand over to you this time!"

"Please give me instructions!" Diego Columbus immediately stood up and said.

"It's like this. In our tropical colonies of Grenada and Cuba, ordinary oxen cannot stand it. And I heard that Indian oxen cattle are the most suitable cattle in the tropical region. So, I hope that your fleet will not bring other cargo when returning. Except for the supplies and fresh water required by the crew, the rest will be used to load Indian oxen cattle. As for the money, I will get you some from the fleet..."

Since I knew that Indian knotted cattle were good, Marin naturally would not miss the opportunity. Little Columbus led 8 level 250 armed merchant ships, and hundreds of Indian knotted cattle could still be installed.

At this moment, little Columbus asked:

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "Da Gong, is the tumor-cattle you mentioned? Is there a raised sarcoma at the front of the cow's back, which is similar to a hump?"

"Yes, you've been to India, you should have seen it."

Diego Columbus nodded and said:

"Yes, Grand Duke, I have not only seen this kind of cow in India, but also seen many of them on a large island in southeast Africa..."

"Africa...southeast...big island...are you talking about Madagascar?" Marin said in confusion.

Diego Columbus shook his head and said:

"I don't know what the island is, but it's big. Our fleet has docked there and found that there are also many cattle on the island, which are very similar to Indian cattle. And, there are a lot of..."

"Many? How much?" Marin's eyes lit up. At the same time, a piece of information in his mind jumped out - it seemed that Madagascar was known as a country of a great man in later generations.

How many cattle are there? It is said that there is one cow for every two people on the island. In the later years, Madagascar had a total population of 24 million. So, the number of cattle in Madagascar should be more than 12 million...

However, Marin didn't know in his previous life that the cows in Madagascar were actually tumors...

...

In fact, Madagascar is different from the African continent. Because it is located in the Indian Ocean, Madagascar has contacts with India. Even the Madagascars are also a mixed-race descendant of the Southeast Asian Malays, Indians and Arabs who migrated from the sea. Therefore, later Madagascars looked more like dark-skinned Malays and black Indians, rather than pure black Africans.

As for the cattle on the island, it may be brought by Indian immigrants or Arab immigrants. Arab immigrants mainly moved in around the 9th century, and it is estimated that the cattle were also brought in by that era. Now hundreds of years have passed, and it is estimated that there should be many cattle in Madagascar. Even if you don’t want to have a terrifying scale of more than 12 million heads in later generations, there are definitely many.

Moreover, Marin estimated that these cattle should be mainly distributed in the northern part of the island. Because Arab immigrants landed on the island from the northern coast.

...

With this in mind, Marin ordered Diego Columbus to say:

"In this case, when you go back, in addition to going to India to purchase a large number of tumor cattle, when you pass by Madagascar, you will send someone to stay on the island and ask how to obtain the cattle on the island. Next time I will send a boat to Madagascar to purchase a large number of local cattle."

Little Columbus received his order and returned to the voyage. After purchasing a large number of finished tung oil and raw paint and other shipbuilding materials, he also followed the Black Tide and began to return...

It was already early June in the Gregorian calendar. It happened that the monsoon near Taiwan changed from northerly wind to southwest wind, and coupled with the black tide, it was just right for going north.

Historically, the famous Manila sailboat also sailed eastward in June every year on the southwest monsoon, arrived in the waters near Japan.

Marin actually didn't have to wait until June to go north. After all, he had the upper edge inclined sail and could use all sides to wind. But he handled various things on Dongfan Island and took down the Penghu Islands, wasting too much time. So, it was delayed until early June.

Moreover, he didn't dare to delay any more. Because, starting from June, the typhoon season began around Taiwan. Fortunately in June, the typhoons appeared more frequently as the later it went. Therefore, Malin's return was basically like running away.

But as long as you reach the waters near Japan, there will be fewer typhoons. Because typhoons mainly pass through Tai Island and reach the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang at most, there are few typhoons that rage Japan. However, Tai Island may be hit by a typhoon, otherwise it would not be called a typhoon.

Marin led the fleet to the north along the Ryukyu Islands with fear. The reason for following the Ryukyu Islands was that he was afraid that the fleet would encounter an early typhoon. If he really encountered it, the fleet would definitely be unlucky. If he followed the Ryukyu Islands, he would have a chance to escape to the island...
Chapter completed!