In early November of the fifth year of Dongxing, northern South America entered the dry season.

Trinidad, Port Riga.

Port Riga is the Spanish port of later generations. However, at this time, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, and Britain were in a group, and Trinidad and Tobago changed hands several times. There was only one reason. Pirates in the Caribbean Sea were too rampant. The pirates here did not care where you were. When you encountered an island or coastal stronghold on the mainland, if you were not protected by a deep wall, you would definitely flock to it.

Therefore, several major powers have failed to build strongholds here, but are now occupied by a group of people from Latvia.

Latvia is now all the territory of the Swedes. After Russia rose, Sweden, Russia, Poland and Lithuania repeatedly strangled between the kingdoms of Sweden, Russia, Poland and Lithuania, and Latvia is not a paradise. Therefore, many people took advantage of the east wind of the voyage to go out to try their luck. There are about 300 Latvian households here, all of which are farmers from a large manor in the parish of Riga.

The lord is named Ogunis, who is forty-five years old this year.

The Latvians are one of the few tribes in Europe that mastered the smelting of iron and nitro leather for a long time. Pirates will not be easily harmed by such people. Now the Williams pirates entrenched in Jamaica have let them go at the cost of helping them make weapons and refining gunpowder. The pirates are also very good. They know that this Latvian group does not pose a threat to them at all. If there is no threat, they can make transactions.

However, how could the Daxia Kingdom let go of the world's largest asphalt lake, as the only country in the world that can use it on the road and extract rough glue from it?

So, on this day, Augustus saw a large number of ships in the Port of Riga near the Bay of Paria (the bay between Trinidad and the mainland).

"Daxia people..."

Ogunis sighed heavily and then stopped his men from preparing to gather people to resist.

"Forget it, half a year ago, the Daxia people and the Portuguese won a complete victory in the battle in Natal and are said to have formed an alliance with them. In the past, they supported Romania, Minsk, and Ukraine in Europe, but did not cause much trouble. Now European countries are very afraid. Such a powerful force is not something that pirates can compete with us."

"City Lord, then..."

"What are you talking about? The Daxia people came to Europe a few years ago and the military discipline was strict. Needless to mention the Mongols in the past, they were far better than the Swedes, Russians, and even better than the German countries. I think it's worse. I originally wanted to use the conflicts between the countries to dominate this island. It seems that it's not possible. Since God is so willing, I'd just accept them."

What Augustus saw was the new fleet built by the Great Xia Kingdom in the New Jinzhou Harbour using California redwood. The type of huge fleet consisting of two modified "Golden Eagle", eight "People" as its main battleship, six "Albatross" and six "Swifts", a total of twenty-three ships, led by Sun Xiutao, the commander of the American Fleet, and came to Natal along the harbor chain built by Nikan on the South American coast not long ago.

It should be noted here that the Battle of Natal has almost half a year since it ended. At the critical moment, the Brazilian Governor made a quick decision to raise the white flag to avoid the danger of his Brazilian fleet being destroyed.

After that, it became simple. Nekan and Louis had already regarded the other party as possible ally in their hearts.

At present, the Great Xia Kingdom has become the target of public criticism in Europe, and the small Portugal is a clown in the Catholic world and is unwelcome to everyone. If he wants to rise again, he has to wait until after the death of Cromwell in the UK, after the king takes office, the two families will once again marry deeply (ceding Sri Lanka and Mumbai, called as dowry).

The current Portuguese king has been used to the cold world since his independence. After learning that his side was defeated in Brazil and the Daxia Kingdom also had the idea of ​​forming an alliance, he simply agreed.

Finally, the two sides reached an agreement in Natal, with the specific contents as follows:

First, the Kingdom of Daxia and the Kingdom of Portugal formed a strategic alliance;

Second, Portugal ceded the Port of Ceuta, which is very close to northern Morocco, to the Great Xia Kingdom (at this time, the Saad dynasty of Morocco had split, and the Port of Tangier and the Port of Ceuta belonged to Portugal. It will not be taken away by Spain after more than ten years, while the Port of Mellilla belonged to Spain).

Compared with Tangier Port, Ceuta Port is smaller and is located on the inside of the Mediterranean. It is suffering from the rampage of the North African pirate group Barbary pirates that actually occupy Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. The Barbary pirates, also known as the Barbary Kingdom, are nominally subject to the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire.

The Barbary pirates will rage the European countries until the 19th century. Before the appearance of a sailboat, there is no way to completely annihilate it.

Of course, Nikan is not completely unplanned.

In the northeast of Morocco, near the later port of Oran in Algeria controlled by Spain, there is rich coal resources. It is currently occupied by the Moorian nomadic tribes and pirate groups, and the number is not large.

As long as it occupies Wujida and its adjacent ports, the Kingdom of Daxia can traverse the Mediterranean with a powerful motorized steamship. If the Crimean jurisdiction where Luo Jizhi was the governor of the Crimean Khanate in the near future, the Kingdom of Daxia will be able to face Europe from the east and west, and the Ottoman Empire will attack.

Third, Portugal recognized the occupation of the Great Xia Kingdom of Natal City and its radius of 100 miles. As for the areas east of the Uruguay River and south of Sao Paulo, both sides rely on their abilities.

Fourth, Portugal ceded the tropical rainforest areas in northern Brazil, where the Dutch, French and pirates were ravaged by the Dutch, French and pirates to the Daxia Kingdom, which is the general range of the later Amapa and Pala State. It belongs to the Amazon River Basin and is hot and rainy. The Portuguese only have two small strongholds at the mouth of the river and are often attacked by the above forces. After ceding them to the Daxia Kingdom, they blocked them in the middle, which is now a bit weak, and it will kill two birds with one stone.

Fifth, the Great Xia Kingdom will ensure that Portugal's territorial integrity in Europe and will not be violated by hostile forces.

The above-mentioned new fleet set out from the newly occupied Port of Beren, because before that, Nikan got a piece of news.

Now the Caribbean Sea is the strongest, and the big pirate William brothers entrenched in Jamaica are attacking the Spaniards in Maracaibo and Caracas in Venezuela!

For Spain, Venezuela was not as important as Mexico or Peru at this time, because both places had silver ingots and copper nails that the kingdom needed, as well as cotton, tobacco and other substances. Venezuela, which was completely in the tropical region, was in the final sequence in the decision-making order of the governor of Peru, like the Central American places.

What's more, from June to November here every year, it is the peak season for Caribbean hurricanes. The heat, hurricanes and pirates rage, and the coveting of the Dutch make the Spaniards miserable.

So Nikan decided to take Venezuela. Of course, although this place is far inferior to Mexico and Peru, the Spaniards would not give up easily.

At this time, the Macapa and Beren that Nikan obtained from the Portuguese could come in handy.

Not long ago, Mexican Governor Mendoza came to Brazil with the new fleet of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Just in Beren City, Sun Xiutao signed a land exchange agreement with Mendoza.

The core is that the Spaniards gave up Venezuela in exchange for Macapa and Beren, which the Great Xia Kingdom received from the Portuguese.

Nikan, behind the scenes, agreed without hesitation.

What a joke, in the whole of South America, except Brazil, there is no better place than Venezuela.

Brazil in later generations was known as the major iron ore power. Among them, in addition to Minas Gerais close to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, there is also a shallow and high-grade iron ore area near the city of Bolivar in Venezuela. The type is almost the same as that of the Paranormal, and the distance from the sea is only more than 600 miles away, but the iron ore in Paranormal is more than 2,000 miles away from the sea.

In addition, the iron ore near Bolivar can enter the sea along the Orinoco River, but not in the Paradise. Later generations can only be transported by railway.

In order to avoid relying entirely on Australia and Brazil's iron ore in later generations, China also purchased mostly in Venezuela. A 20,000-ton sea ship can be driven to the middle reaches of the Orinoco River. Although the waterway of this river is not superior and there are often stranding situations, for the ships in Daxia Kingdom at most about a thousand stops at this time, there is no risk of stranding at all.

In addition, the basin on the northwest shore of the Malacaibo Gulf in Venezuela is one of the largest coal fields in South America, only a few dozen miles away from the Malacaibo Gulf. Even if there is no exchange between Macapa and Beren, Nikan will still have to seize it by force, because after leaving Natal, it will require coal supply to sail for four or five thousand kilometers, and Venezuela is the only place with coal.

Furthermore, the rich oil of Malacabo and the asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago have made Nikan salivate. In addition, valleys such as Caracas are the most suitable places for living and farming in the entire northern part of South America near the Caribbean, because although it is tropical, it has an altitude of about kilometers and is very pleasant in the climate.

Such a place can become a powerful country completely alone.

Nikan still did not show up, but asked the fleet commander Sun Xiutao to sign an agreement with Mendoza on his behalf. When Mendoza had some doubts, Sun Xiutao pointed to Wang Wenhui and said, "This person is the chief supervisor of our country's emperor, enough to represent the emperor."

When Mendoza saw the golden seal representing the emperor's identity, he felt relieved of his doubts, because this seal was exactly the same as the seal they had signed an agreement in La Paz before.

The reason why Nican used two places to exchange for Venezuela is that although the Spaniards did not rank this place in an important position, they still formed settlements such as Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia, Bakisimeto, and Coro.

Of course, there are two prerequisites for the implementation of this agreement.

First, the islands in northern Venezuela were in the hands of the Dutch, which surrounded Venezuela. In addition, due to the large number of residential areas, this place is also the most coveted place for the pirates of the Caribbean, and now it is the biggest crisis she has encountered!

Brother William, who almost unify the Pirates of the Caribbean, made a big attack!

The William brothers stood in the UK, and perhaps the British were eyeing each other, and all this needed to be resolved by the Great Xia Kingdom itself, otherwise, the mutual agreement would be a piece of waste paper.
Chapter completed!