Peru is the Inca Kingdom conquered by Pizarro. When the Inca king was captured by Pizarro, he promised to give the Spaniards a room full of gold in exchange for his freedom.

And he actually did it... You can imagine how rich the precious metal deposits here are.

Naturally, it was even more impossible for the Spanish to let him go. After destroying the Inca Empire, Spain turned Peru into a colony and began to frantically search for minerals there, using the "Mida System" to enslave the Indians to mine for them.

The Mida system sounds nice, it means rotational military service, but in fact it was a cruel enslavement of the Indians.

The Indians who were forcibly conscripted were driven down the mines every Monday and had to work in the worst conditions until Saturday before they were allowed to see the light of day again. Under this inhumane and cruel slavery, the death rate of Indian miners was as high as 80% a year!

The Spaniards also lamented that the vitality of these Indians was so fragile. They could not compare with the hardy black slaves.

Such inhumane slavery naturally aroused fierce resistance from the Indians. But the more they did so, the more determined the colonists were to implement the "Mida System". Otherwise, how could the Inca Empire's population of 8 million be consumed?

The cruel means of the colonists did achieve their goals. In another time and space, Spain colonized America for three hundred years and seized more than 2.5 billion pesos in silver from Peru alone.

They didn't have to pay any price, but the mines were filled with the bones of 8.9 million Incas...

This makes people doubt that God may not exist, or even if he does exist, he is an evil God.

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In order to prevent the Indians who persisted in resisting from robbing the gold and silver that the Indians had worked so hard to mine, Spain also had a strange rule that gold and silver could not be kept overnight in warehouses on the ground after purification, but had to be transported to the seaside port for loading as soon as possible. Once a ship was full, it would be shipped to Panama, where it would be transported overland to the Caribbean Sea and returned to America.

This method was not wrong. Peru's precious metals were all in the Andes Mountains. Transporting them out of the mountains would lead to the Pacific Ocean, which was much more convenient than transporting them overland to the East Coast. Moreover, the sea had been peaceful for a long time, and there was no threat at all. The Spanish had been transporting them for decades, and nothing had happened.

The result is a big accident...

The privateering fleet went northward and found that the situation along the coast of South America was just as the Portuguese in Brazil said. Because there were no other European colonists competing with the Pacific coast, no pirates could cross the ocean, and the Indians never went to sea, the Spanish were poorly armed at sea, and all their forces were concentrated on land... They were mainly used in mines and escorting transport teams.

The Spanish are almost defenseless on the sea, just like the alpaca, a local specialty, making people feel they would be sorry for not bullying it.

When Lin Feng led the fleet to easily capture the port of Matarani in southern Peru and captured all the Spanish ships on the dock, she and her friends were stunned.

In order not to reveal their identities and to make the action more sudden, all the warships took down the sun and moon flags and painted big red crosses on the sails, but were the Spaniards too unprepared?

Is there such an easy business in the world? There is a coastal defense that is even worse than that of the Ming Dynasty? And it was the same as before the Japanese pirates.

Several crew members who were once pirates could not help but recall the good old days. At that time, they only encountered weak government troops, which made them think that being a pirate was the most promising career...

Even more surprises are yet to come. Although the Spanish coastal defenses are poor, the cargo on the ship is more than adequate!

"We've made a fortune!" After a rough inventory, Ma Yishan reported to Lin Feng with saliva gushing out: "There's half a ton of gold and fifty tons of silver on one ship! There's two hundred tons of pure copper on one ship! There's also a ship full of Alpaca hair and skin!"

"Alpaca is so ugly, call it alpaca!" Lin Feng scolded, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva and said, "Alpaca, it's so fat?"

"That's normal. The output of precious metals in the Viceroyalty of Peru is just astonishing. The output of the silver city of Potosí alone accounts for nearly half of the world's total. I heard that the population there is over 150,000, and there are 4,000 silver refining furnaces. Besides, it's been a year since your last robbery. They must have accumulated a fortune and are preparing to ship it to Panama, right?"

Zhang Xiaojing teased the newly captured alpaca with vegetable leaves and said with a teasing smile:

"Now here comes the problem. Do you want to learn from a blind bear to pick corn, or do you want to eat it all and then move on to the next place? Isn't this the lesser of two evils?"

It would take many days to transfer so much cargo, but if there was any delay, the cities in the north would get the news and the ships in the port would flee, making it difficult to catch them.

"This is a case of weighing the pros and cons and choosing the more important one!" Lin Feng raised her eyebrows and said, "Usually at times like this..."

As she spoke, she clenched her fist and said, "Of course I want them all!"

She ordered the three captured ships to be tied to the back of Liu Daxia like a string of candied haws, escorted by Wenzhou. The remaining three ships immediately headed north to the next Spanish port!

This move really worked. When the first three ships arrived at the port of Makona, 700 miles away, the port was filled with singing and dancing, and a peaceful scene.

Another successful robbery...

This time, three more ships were captured, one ship of gold and silver, and two ships of pure copper, but no skins or furs of the alpaca.

The Fuzhou, Taizhou and Gaoyou Lake waited in Makona for two days and carried out some replenishment.

Two days later, Liu Daxia arrived with three boats. Before he could catch his breath, three more boats were assigned to him. Now, there were six boats behind him.

Although the ships were not big, and although Liu Daxia had eight masts and two rudders, the six boats were tied at the back like a centipede, and he could not move them.

Lin Feng had no choice but to untie the three boats and put forty crew members on each boat, asking them to sail and steer the three schooners, following Liu Daxia.

As for the three brothers of Fuzhou, they had already rushed towards their next target as soon as Liu Daxia arrived, with a strong desire to rob!

Two hundred kilometers away in Paracas, the privateering fleet succeeded in its third robbery. The fleet behind Liu Daxia also increased to ten ships.

The next target is Lima, the capital of the Viceroyalty of Peru!

This is also the Spanish center in South America. The coastal defense and fleet should be much stronger than elsewhere. Out of caution, Lin Feng personally boarded the Fuzhou to take command this time to prevent the three Happy Brothers who had already lost their minds from advancing recklessly and being killed by the Spaniards.

Zhang Xiaojing, who was left behind to command the Liu Daxia and the trophy fleet, knew that she just didn't want to miss the opportunity to rob someone else's capital!

However, with Xiao Zhuzi's emotional intelligence, of course she saw through it but didn't say anything. She just told her to act carefully and if the enemy was too strong, she should quickly retreat and reunite with the Liu Daxia.

Lin Feng readily agreed and led three frigates rapidly northward to Lima.

In fact, Lin Feng did not have much hope for this trip. After all, Paracas was only two hundred miles away from Lima. As long as the Spaniards rode at full speed, they would be able to deliver the news to the capital before Lin Feng arrived.

It's just that being a pirate, it's inevitable that you have the desire to steal chickens. Although Lin Feng has changed a lot over the years, under the premise that there is no danger, she still wants to give it a try, what if she can steal a chicken?

As a result, she really got it wrong. When the three frigates rushed into the port of Lima with the wind, the bay was unexpectedly peaceful and the whole city of Lima was as defenseless as a naked girl.

When the Spanish saw the three large sailing ships flying the Burgundy Cross flag entering the harbor, they ran to the dock, took off their hats and cheered, saluting the Imperial Navy from afar. They didn't mind the difference in the sails at all...

Because they were in the most remote territory of the empire and had not been in contact with their homeland for a long time. Many people had never been to Spain in their lives, so they just thought that the great motherland had released a new magical equipment and came to Peru for trial sailing.

Lin Feng stood on the deck, holding his forehead helplessly, looking at this group of red-haired ghosts who were as unguarded as alpacas.

"Commander, what should we do?" The crew members were a little hesitant.

"Cold dish!" Lin Feng spat, took out the pistol from his waist, and fired a shot into the air.

The Spaniards on the dock were so frightened that they all lowered their bodies and covered their heads!

"Robbery, robbery, robbery!" The crew raised the black skull flag and greeted the conspicuously dressed Spanish soldiers with muskets and swivel cannons.

The red-haired ghost was now in complete panic, screaming and running away with his head in his hands.

"Enemy attack!" The harbor defense troops hurriedly ran towards the fort from all directions, but they stopped halfway.

Because the Yongle cannons roared one after another, destroying the Spanish artillery batteries at close range...

In order to cause more damage and chaos, the Marines also released a hundred 'Oda City Remarriage' into the city.

The crew members, who were already very skilled in their work, quickly took control of the situation at the dock.

After all, this is the capital of Peru. The Spaniards did not disperse like they did in previous times. Instead, they organized several counterattacks, but were forced back by the cross fire from the three frigates.

After leaving behind hundreds of corpses, the Spanish army could no longer hold on and retreated back to the city of Lima in a panic. They quickly closed the city gates and dared not go out again.

In fact, the Ming people had no intention of attacking the city. They were only interested in the ships at the dock.

Lima is different. There are hundreds of ships of all sizes docked here, including eleven cargo ships of more than 300 tons and a luxurious Spanish galleon!

Judging from the flag, it should be the ship of the Vice King of Peru. Judging from its size, it is even bigger than the Tianbao that sank in the Linfeng Strait.

The crew were still upset about the sinking of the Tianbao, and now they were all overjoyed when they saw the upgraded replacement.

Lin Feng was also very happy, but she was also very puzzled. Don't the Spanish keep each other informed? If they had been more attentive, it wouldn't have turned out like this.

"Instead of worrying about them," Ma Yishan reminded her, "it's better to think about ourselves. We have robbed so many ships. How are we going to get them back?"

After this success, the fleet expanded to 27 ships. Although the 1,000 people on the ship could operate the ship and barely manage to drive these ships, they couldn't even take turns, and it was a joke to think that they could cross the Pacific Ocean.

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