Under ordinary circumstances, sailing from Madeira or Las Palmas toward the New World with the ocean currents and monsoon winds, even with favorable winds and calm seas, took at least five to eight weeks. Slow cargo ships packed with goods often needed three months or more to arrive.
But that was under ordinary circumstances.
Little Annie and the large, fast clipper-style battleships with iron keels under her command were clearly not within the bounds of "ordinary."
So, just three weeks after setting out from Madeira, they successfully reached the New World and docked at Saint John's Harbor, where Li Huamei and the others had landed.
However, unlike the reception Li Huamei and her people had received back then...
The New World had already received all kinds of news from the Mediterranean. They knew of the Second Fleet's remarkable achievements, and they knew what had happened to the Spanish Empire and its Invincible Armada. So Annie and her people received a warm welcome here. Once he got the news, the nominal governor of Cuba—a Spanish pirate chief who ruled the Caribbean Sea and was yet another "ally" of the Li family trading house—hurried from Havana aboard a fast ship and arrived at Saint John's Harbor within three days. He requested an audience with the Li fleet's Devil Admiral.
"What did you say?"
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"Those idiots, Li Huamei and the others, aren't in the New World anymore?"
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"They refitted their ships, loaded them with a ton of supplies, and went around Pernambuco two months ago. They're planning to roam the Pacific and sail straight back to Great Ming from there?!"
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Annie had never imagined that, after making it all the way to the New World—the last stop in the Americas—she would once again arrive too late. She was instantly thrown