In the world in 1505, the level of development was too low. Except for the Ming Empire in the East, Japan, India, Turkey, Persia and European countries, most parts of the world were not developed much.

At this time, only Mexico and the Andes had a large population and developed a certain civilization. As for the rich eastern North America, as well as most of Brazil and Argentina, they were still under the control of the Indian indigenous peoples of the Stone Age.

In the eastern plains of North America, there are dense primeval forests everywhere. Towering ancient trees are everywhere, and hundreds of years old oak trees rare in Europe can be seen everywhere in the eastern part of the North American continent. The backward North American Indians lived in slash-and-burn farming and hunting activities in this dense jungle.

The Indian bows and arrows did not have metal arrows at this time, and most of them were stone arrows. The Indians liked to make knives and arrows with hard obsidian. Before the Europeans came to trade, except for a few high-level Indian civilization countries such as the Inca Empire, other Indians were in the Stone Age.

Arrows made of this kind of stone have poor armor-breaking ability. They have no effect when facing European armor. Even when hunting thick-skinned North American bison, the Indians need to replace them with spears and javelins.

Of course, after Britain and France involved in trade with the Indians, the Indians' weapons were immediately upgraded. They had a clamp gun, and then, a flintlock gun.

However, British and French merchants sold muskets to Indians, but they did not have any good intentions. They gave friendly Indian tribes muskets to facilitate them to hunt more animals and obtain more fur. In addition, they were to cheat the Spanish.

In addition to the weapon factor, the biggest factor restricting colonization is the dense primeval forest. The Spanish's general policy is useless in jungle warfare. Because the Indians will hide in the primeval forest and will not fight the Spanish head-on battle at all. If you chase into the forest, cold arrows and traps are waiting for you.

Of course, it would not be scary to let a group of experienced jungle hunters be pioneers according to Marin's idea and hide in the forest. Those old hunters can judge the hidden places of prey hidden deep based on the footprints and feces on the ground and ambush them. Every old hunter in the forest is a master of tracking.

In addition, Marin not only recruits experienced Black Forest hunters, but also breeds Alsace wolfdogs on a large scale, which is the ancestor of German shepherds.

As long as they are trained, these Alsace wolfdogs will learn to track down the Indians in the jungle according to the smell. The specific method is to discover clues of the enemy by experienced hunters. Then, let the Alsace wolfdog come forward and smell the smell, and follow the smell to track down the Indians.

The old hunter and the wolfdog are difficult to escape even the cunning criminals of later generations, let alone those little knowledgeable Indians. They will simply disguise and hide themselves according to the jungle environment. Faced with the combination of the old hunter and the dog, they will definitely not be able to escape.

Of course, every old hunter is a treasure. It is impossible to let them face the Indian soldiers head-on. They are only responsible for tracking, and the specific battles are still done by those swords, shield soldiers and ordinary musketeers. The old hunters and wolf dogs are only responsible for tracking the enemy and discovering the enemy's traps. The combat matters should be left to others. After all, this kind of professional talent is rare and not easy to cultivate. Unlike those cannon fodder soldiers, they can recruit them after they die...

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Seeing that the fleet of Americo was back, the sailing team led by Captain Aben, who went to explore the South American coast, also set off. Next, it was naturally Columbus' turn to set off...

According to the original plan, Americo obtained the naming rights of America, and discovered that the contributions of India and the Ming Dynasty were all attributed to Columbus.

However, when looking for the route of the Ming Dynasty, Malin planned to walk on two legs. What are two legs? It is to look for two routes to the Ming Dynasty.

The first time Columbus went to the Ming Dynasty, arrived at Karikat along the Indian route, went south to the Strait of Malacca, passed through the Strait of Malacca, and headed north to the coast of Fujian and Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty.

This route is open and left to the Portuguese. What Marin wants is just to allow Columbus to obtain the right to discover. After all, the Portuguese have always been dissatisfied with India's right to discover and insisted that Dagama was the first discoverer of India.

And this time, Columbus went to the Ming Dynasty alone, so the Portuguese had no idea what to say.

In fact, Marin did not like this route, but instead liked the route on the Pacific Ocean, which route was in the Manila sailing trade in later generations.

Why? Because that route is east-west, it can sail in a wind belt and sail with a long-term downwind, and the ship can speed very quickly.

For example, when you go from the Americas to the Philippines, you will walk the east wind belt near the equator, and you will follow the warm current of the North equator. It is so smooth that you will naturally have a very fast speed. It only takes about three months to get from Panama to the Philippines (using the Spanish Garen ship); and from Manila to the Americas, you need to follow the Kuroshima in the Western Pacific first. In June every year, you will go north along the southwest monsoon and reach the waters near Japan, and then arrive at the westerly wind belt, follow the westerly wind and the tributary of the Kuroshima in the North Pacific. It takes about 6 months to arrive in the Americas.

But if you take the African coastal route, according to the Dutch records, it will take about 10 months to travel from Europe to Taiwan, which is slower than taking the Pacific route.

This is because if you take the African coastal route, you often change the wind belt. This time it is a good wind, and it may take a good wind after a while and you cannot make full use of the wind. This is very unfavorable for sailing. Therefore, taking this route is not efficient.

Moreover, there is another big problem with this route, that is, the pirate problem...

The waters in Southeast Asia have always been uneasy. Although the Ming Dynasty banned the sea, there were many pirates in the South China Sea. For example, in the early Ming Dynasty, the pirate Chen Zuyi appeared, who occupied Malacca for more than ten years, with tens of thousands of pirates and hundreds of warships.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! With such strength, most countries in the world cannot beat him. If Zheng He's fleet had not wiped him out, he might have been able to establish a country in Southeast Asia and become king.

Now, although there are no big pirates like Chen Zuyi, there are definitely pirates in prime locations like the Strait of Malacca. Because this is an important route for trade between the Ming Dynasty and the Arab and India. Although the Ming Dynasty did not open up normal trade, tribute trade is still very prosperous. Moreover, there are also smuggling. Therefore, the Strait of Malacca is still very prosperous.

In fact, some Green Merchant countries in Southeast Asia were established by Arab merchants who came to trade in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the Sulu Kingdom. It was mainly because the indigenous people on the islands of Southeast Asia had no country at all. Some ambitious Arab merchants saw it - Hey, it's a good opportunity, let's stop doing business, and take up an island to be the chief... In this way, Green Merchants spread in Southeast Asia...

This time Marin sent Columbus to take this route, which was actually very worried. So Marin sent four ships to Columbus - a 500-ton warship and two 250-class armed merchant ships. Moreover, it was equipped with enough artillery and soldiers.

Such force is specifically used to deal with pirates in the Strait of Malacca. After all, if you use a small boat configuration to explore the Americas, you may die miserably. After all, there are Chinese pirates there. Those people are not stupid Indian natives. They have warships and kung fu. If you use an ordinary team without force, Columbus might be killed.
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