Of course, He Wenxi didn't know that the so-called Cape Town should be the settlement established here three years later, that is, in 1652, when the Dutch East India Company established a settlement here, and then the Fort of Good Hope was established, and then it was called Cape Town. At least in this era, there was no name Cape Town.

However, He Wenxi vaguely remembered that Li Mingxun said that on the southern African coast, the most suitable port is Cape Town, which is the bay north of the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula, at the foot of Table Mountain.

"The Oriental is definitely not repaired. No shipyard can repair the Oriental from the Caribbean Sea to Goa, a coastline that lasts tens of thousands of miles long. The Oriental cannot support the return to the mainland or Europe, so it can only give up." The Minister of Navigation seriously announced the death penalty for the Oriental.

"If that's the case, we'll lose 900,000 taels this time, plus the Oriental ship, a million taels of loss, which means...even if we return from Europe, the profit will be reduced by one third."

"It is definitely not possible to abandon the Oriental. Neither myself nor everyone can bear this responsibility. I ask to stay and guard the Oriental. Given that it was my own work mistake, I am willing to stay!" Zhou Zeyu, the captain of the Oriental, said solemnly.

He Wenxi coughed lightly and said, "Of course, it's the one who stays behind, but the question is how to stay behind, and how many people are sent to stay behind."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Zeyu asked.

He Wenxi said: "It's very simple. Captain Zhou, if I just want to protect the cargo on the ship, I'll give you eighty to one hundred people, but have you not found that the bay is very calm?"

Zhou Zeyu's eyes widened: "You mean, are we building a colony here?"

He Wenxi nodded: "There are rivers and fertile land here, and the Dongfang has uncarryable cloth, tools and weapons. Whether in terms of geographical environment or materials, they have enough resources to build a colony. Representative Chen said just now. If we abandon the Dongfang, it will lose millions. But if people are left to expand the colony, it is equivalent to investing millions of dollars to build here. Why not do it?"

"So what do you mean?" Zhou Zeyu asked.

He Wenxi said: "So not only should we stay behind, but we should also keep as many people as possible. Our fleet has over-equipped sailors and marines. We can recruit a group of volunteers to stay here, with a number of more than 350 people. In this way, South Africa has the manpower, material resources and financial resources required for development. The left-behind people try to send the news to the consular office in Mozambique through merchant ships to the east. After learning about it, they will definitely support local construction."

"Will you blame the country?" asked a captain.

"I don't know whether to blame the blame or not, but I will definitely send someone. Captain Xu, can you sit back and watch a million taels of silver thrown here? If the domestically supported ships arrive, they will see a vibrant settlement, and the goods on the ship have been sold through trade in exchange for local materials and manpower for construction. Will they still retreat at that time?" He Wenxi said with a smile.

Everyone shook their heads. If the left-behind people turned the goods into land, castles and houses, they would not evacuate easily. The evacuation would be a complete loss of money, and continuing to operate would also be able to recover the capital. Moreover, the location and resources of Cape Town are worth the heavy development.

He Wenxi's theory convinced most of the members. After the voting, the nine people chose to agree. He Wenxi announced the official colonization and management of southern Africa. He named the settlement to be established Cape Town. The bay was called Table Bay. After selection, Zhou Zeyu was left to serve as the captain of the pioneer team, while Gao Yingwu, the chef of the Security Bureau, was left as the deputy and supervised everything.

The intercontinental trade fleet left all kinds of supplies for the local area as much as possible, including Indian dyed cloth that cannot be taken away, Chinese porcelain and steel tools, as well as gunpowder, artillery and other weapons. After mobilization and selection, 480 people finally stayed to explore South Africa. Among these people, repairmen, carpenters and blacksmiths were well equipped. Before the trade fleet left, He Wenxi mobilized the crew to build tents for the South African pioneer team, transported the artillery and cargo on the Orient to the shore, constructed a simple turret with sandbags, and left three small boats and a large boat for the South African pioneer team.

Before leaving, He Wenxi told Zhou Zeyu and Gao Yingwu that losing the Oriental was not a sin. After all, Western colonists said that no ship could travel between the East and the West three times, but if Cape Town was not managed well, it would be a sin. He Wenxi told the two that in the history of the United States, no colony had received more than one million initial funds.

After leaving Cape Town, the intercontinental trade fleet took advantage of the southwest wind to sail westward and took a month to arrive at the largest smuggling port in South America, Buenos Aires, which is the terminal for Spanish cargo and passengers on the ship. After all, the intercontinental trade fleet will enter Portugal when it arrives in Europe, and the two countries on the Iberian Peninsula are still in a state of war.

Buenos Aires has a miserable life experience. As a chosen place, it has fertile land, peaceful environment and excellent seaports, which could have become the economic center of South America. Unfortunately, Spain lacks interest in places without gold and silver mines. Buenos Aires was almost abandoned. You should know that this is one of the few colonies in South America sent people to occupy from the Spanish mainland rather than the Governor-General of Peru. The whites and Mestisso people here feel that they are the first higher than other native whites and mixed-race people in South America. Unfortunately, Buenos Aires was almost abandoned.

For a long time, merchants in Buenos Aires had to go to Lima to carry out legal trade, and were illegal with other trades. On the way to Lima, they would always encounter attacks from the Gauchos and Indians. Therefore, smuggling became the only survival rule for local merchants, so that all Spanish officials and troops stationed in the country were bribed and participated.

Therefore, the Spaniards in Buenos Aires never regard themselves as Spaniards, and they have a low sense of belonging to Spain. All locals call themselves La Platas, and this smuggling port only has one Trinity Fort and eighty defenders, and are not the opponent of the intercontinental trade fleet at all. So He Wenxi ordered to enter the port and go directly to the shore. Rather than entering the port for trade, the United States temporarily took over the city.

Before crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the trade fleet carried out its last supply and rest. The entire Buenos Aires had 3,000 people, but more than 4,000 people were placed on the fleet. A large number of silver and gold coins were squandered in the city. The mayor, who had originally had a dark face, became smiling and strongly demanded that when he returned, the fleet should also come to Buenos Aires. The city would not charge any fees, but the mayor vaguely proposed that the next time, it should be the next time that it would be to enter the port and take over the city, so that the mayor would not violate Spanish colonial laws.

The conference room of the municipal building became He Wenxi's lounge, where he opened a bottle of brandy from the Old Continent of Europe and received an old friend, Dutch captain Fitzheimer.

The captain of the Qing Dynasty who smuggled craftsmen and artillery almost provoked a war between the United States and the Netherlands, but also cooperated with the United States to carry out political blackmail against the Dutch East India Company. Therefore, he did not die on the gallows as announced, but survived. This time, the experienced Fitzheimer became a member of the navigatorial team. Today, He Wenxi has other important tasks for him.

"Captain Fitzheimer, do you think the ships in the port are more suitable for ocean sailing?" He Wenxi asked, pouring a glass of wine for Fitzheimer.

Nearly twenty ships are moored in the port. Except for the five from the United States, the rest are smuggling ships, Garen, flute-shaped ships, schooners and Ahat, all types, the small ones are only a hundred tons, and the large ones are only four hundred tons.

"That 'lucky boy', sir." Fitzheimer said carefully after seeing it.

He Wenxi opened a stack of information and found the one about the lucky boy. This is a small Garen ship with a full load displacement of about 380 tons and a abundant internal space. The ship is only five years old and is in its prime. He Wenxi asked with a smile: "Fitzheimer, are you confident of leading another ship?"

"Me? Lucky Boy!" Fitzheimer couldn't believe it.

He Wenxi said: "Yes, it's the lucky boy. Our friends in Cape Town are empty-handed and need to create a foundation from scratch. Buenos Aires is a smuggling paradise. I hope Cape Town can get the food, wine, weapons and farm tools here. Fitzheimer, can you do this job?"

Fitzheimer asked: "Can you issue me a formal letter of attorney? I mean a formal letter of attorney or a legally beneficial letter of attorney from the United States or Ocean Shipping. I promise that I will never let the second person see it, but I need it very much."

A light flashed in He Wenxi's deep eyes and he asked, "You...you want to be the second Captain Taylor!"

Fitzheimer did not deny: "Yes, if I can, I want to be a member of the United States, of course, I know that it is not possible now because of the East India Company, but it does not mean that it is not possible in the future. United States is a great country with endless opportunities. I will not encounter the rising ceiling because of my bloodline and skin color..."

He Wenxi said: "Of course, the United States welcomes you."

After dealing with Fitzheimer's affairs, He Wenxi wrote down the collected information about Buenos Aires or La Plata in his work log, and defined it as the chosen place for the United States to colonize America.

There are many advantages in the La Plata region. Buenos Aires' city defense and military strength are not worth mentioning. The vast La Plata River is surrounded by fertile grasslands, which can be planted and grazed cattle and sheep. The climate here is suitable, just like in northern China. Moreover, He Wenxi found that the local outbreak rate of tropical diseases such as malaria is very low, suitable for large-scale immigration. The local residents have a low sense of belonging to the suzerain country Spain, and Spain is not very concerned about La Plata.

He Wenxi didn't know that he was not the first person to suggest the development of America. In fact, the work of developing America has been carried out at the same time, not planning, but implementation.

At the end of June of the same year, Hokkien Port was held.

Two Manila sailboats disappeared into the vast ocean east of Kushiro Port. After the development of the Hokkien land, Kushiro Port was built and became a huge fishing port. Nearby is the intersection of warm and cold currents. The famous Hokkaido fishing ground in later generations is here. Because the Hokkien land is a leased land for the United States and a demilitarized zone agreed with the Japanese shogunate, Manila sailboats will use Kushiro Port as the last stop for the east supply, and then go deep into the ocean and arrive in the Americas.

After the Manila sailboat left, a ship of the same size sailed into Kushiro Port, which was the Blue Whale. At Kushiro Port, Ahai convened all the leaders of the China Sea plan and five officers to judge the council.

The highest commander Zhao Junsu, the captain Liu Qingyong, the navigation and foreign commander Ma Qing, the pioneer captain Shen Yichi and the civil affairs commander Wu Changding.

Most of the five-member officers' members were old-fashioned. Not long after Ma Qing entered the United States, Ma Qing was already forty-five years old. He was a Chaoshan native. When he was young, he went to Luzon. By chance, he took a large sailboat in Manila and went to Mexico City in the Governor of New Spain. There was a miniature Chinatown. Ma Qing gained a foothold in Mexico City with his barber skills. Unfortunately, the local Spanish barber went bankrupt because of Ma Qing's superb craftsmanship and low prices and sued the city hall. Ma Qing was unemployed and returned to the East by boat. Because he was one of the few Chinese who had been to the Americas, he was quickly recruited into the China Sea Plan.

The core of the China Sea Plan is to open up a colony belonging to the United States in North America and serve as the support point for the United States to operate America. The reason why it is called the China Sea Plan is because of the Spanish.

Since the colonial era, Spain has occupied the western coast of North and South America. Except for a few pirates and privateers, no one has challenged the Spanish. Therefore, the Spanish called the Pacific the Sea of ​​Spain, and the United States is committed to breaking this situation and operating the Pacific into the Sea of ​​China.

It is much easier to explore North America than to explore South America and Africa. For a long time, Spain's colonies in the Americas were limited to Central America and were unable to expand to North America, especially to expand to the west coast of North America. Except for a few expedition ships, there was almost a virgin land in the New World. Until two centuries later, the Russians occupied Alaska. In order to avoid its southward, Spain went north to occupy the vast area of ​​the west coast and central North America.
Chapter completed!