Fei Fu Port is located overseas, and Hong Chengchou is unable to take care of it for the time being, but Macao is under the jurisdiction of Guangdong, and he can still reach it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to the customs order issued by the emperor, the current port is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the local customs, but the Guangzhou port wharf is scattered, not as concentrated as Tianjin, not as new as the Shanghai port, there is no intricate relationship in it, easy to manage.

Here, Hong Chengchou is really unable to move an inch, and those officials who manage the wharf Haikou say that it is light to be yang and yin, and basically there is no stop to say hello. They are all children of the local gentry, and it is normal not to be a bird.

And because he only had a few weak scholars under his command, and there were no capable and capable personnel to vote, he couldn't attack for a while, so he could only bear it. However, in this predicament, he finally found the key to breaking the game.

Macau!

Although Hong Chengchou is a scholar, he is also familiar with the military books and war books, and his strategy is naturally good, and his courage is also outstanding. And the best way to establish prestige is to kill people to see blood, and if you want to kill, you need soldiers.

He easily straightened out the relationship, so with his guide and a few subordinates, he came to Macau, ready to borrow troops to kill people.

The people in the port have long been infiltrated and controlled by those smugglers, he can't find reliable manpower, and this kind of mutiny must not be leaked, once the slightest rumor leaks, what awaits him is likely to be unexpected.

Don't say it's impossible, there are many pirates in Guangdong, as long as you do it cleanly and put the blame on the pirates, then everything will be fine, and the government will have the ability to catch the pirates.

Therefore, cautiously, Hong Chengchou came to Macao with people. Not only the borrowing of troops, but also the matter of customs duties, he had to discuss it with the other party.

Macau, located in the east of Zhujiang City, Guangdong, and Hong Kong across the sea, between the two, there is a Pearl River estuary, the peninsula enclosed by the mouth, is the famous Lingding Ocean.

After a hard encounter, there are few stars around.

The mountains and rivers are broken and the wind is fluttering, and the life experience is ups and downs.

The panicked beachhead said panic, and the zero ding sighed in the ocean.

Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat!

This famous poem over Lingdingyang was written by the famous poet Wen Tianxiang when he was escorted and passed through Lingdingyang by boat, which is really popular and well-known.

Riding the famous local boat, Hong Chengchou walked the road of Wen Tianxiang, and with a completely different mood, set foot on the land of Macao.

Macao is divided into two parts, the peninsula and the outlying islands, the peninsula and the mainland are connected, and the outlying islands live alone in the sea. At first, the Portuguese only lived on the outlying islands, but later it was inconvenient, so they bribed the officials of Guangdong and gradually invaded the peninsula.

Macao belongs to the management of the Xiangshan County Government, but Hong Chengchou did not intend to alarm the other party, but quietly came to the Macao Peninsula by sea, and met the first Governor of Macao, Ma Shijia Luye, in the governor's residence on the top of Persimmon Mountain.

The Governor of Macau was appointed by the Viceroy of India, but he did not have much power, he was only in charge of defense, commonly known as the head of the army, and his power was not great, but it was just right for Hong Chengchou.

Masgarlu also just arrived in Macao, he came even later than Hong Chengchou, but he took office with the army, so naturally he was better off than Hong Chengchou, but the good ones were limited, and the council of Macau and the Society of Jesus did not want to see him.

According to the original history, he should have only taken office as the governor of Macao next year, but because of the shocking changes of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of true and false news were circulating, and for the sake of the safety of Macao, the Portuguese and Indian governors directly sent Ma Shijialu, who had a conflict with him, to Macao, so that he could not see or be troubled.

In the defense residence of the peak fort of Persimmon Mountain, Hong Chengchou met the newly appointed governor. Mascolus was probably not more than forty years old, his hair was neatly combed, he had a large hooked nose, he looked shrewd and capable, and he was dressed in a straight military uniform, very steady and mature.

"Hello, Dear Mr. Daming." As soon as Mascolus also spoke, Hong Chengchou was shocked, he didn't expect the other party to speak Chinese. However, he immediately found out that the other party would only have this sentence, and the rest was for the translator to translate.

"How are you, sir." Hong Chengchou considered it and used a more Westernized name.

After being polite to each other, the two sat down, and then introduced each other, after hearing that Hong Chengchou was an official sent by Daming to form the customs, Ma Shijialu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to ask.

"My lord, I don't know what the rules of this customs are."

"Customs, naturally, is used to collect tariffs, and the goods exported and imported goods must be taxed." Hong Chengchou explained slowly, his speed of speech was relatively slow, which was convenient for translation.

"Due to the initial establishment of the customs, there are only three ports opened, and these ports are currently under the jurisdiction of our customs......."

Speaking of this, Mascolus also suddenly spoke, and said in a hurried tone, and the quick words made the interpreter a little unable to react, and after being stunned for a while, under the urging of the counter, the interpreter began to translate.

"My lord, the construction of customs in the port, does it mean that Daming allows foreign ships to do business in the past, I don't know how many such ports there are, Guangzhou Port, I don't know what things are allowed to be bought and sold in the port."

Several questions came, which made Hong Chengchou a little confused.

"Sir, these are not the main things, the purpose of my coming today is to borrow troops from Sir." Hong Chengchou decided not to dwell on the issue of customs functions, and went straight to the topic, he found that he couldn't be too polite with these Western barbarians, they couldn't understand it, and even took this kind of politeness as the theme.

"Like my husband, I'm a newcomer, but I don't have any soldiers with me, and the port officials don't cooperate with me because of their collusion with local smugglers, so I'd like to borrow some musketeers from my lordship." Hong Chengchou said the things in this carefully.

And this kind of discourse mixed with political flavor obviously very interesting to the first governor of Macao, whether at home or abroad, as long as it is mixed with such things, it contains huge benefits. Whether it's a business interest, or a political one.

In the original history, Mascolu would also secretly connect to the trade routes with Manila and make a lot of profits, and it is clear that this is a man who chases money, no, or rather, this is how Caucasian people around the world are chasing money.

And in Hong Chengchou's words, he smelled the smell of gold coins. Think about it, a huge port, a port where goods can be bought and sold freely, and this port is still located in a country like Daming, which keeps milk and honey.

Thinking about the huge amount of porcelain, silk, and tea produced by the Ming Dynasty, thinking about the huge population of the Ming Dynasty, and the market behind it, Mascolus almost trembled with excitement.

And now, the manager of this port is currently discussing with me about borrowing some soldiers and horses, so that he can carry out his work and complete the formation of such a port, and take this opportunity to intervene in this port, even if he cannot obtain a certain management authority, but as long as he is familiar with the rules here one step ahead of others, then he will return to Portugal with a large amount of gold coins.

"My lord, no problem, no problem at all, with our friendship, there is no problem with as many soldiers and horses as you want, as long as I have what I have, you can take it." After figuring out the joints, Mascolu's smiling eyes were almost gone, and his originally cold expression had a kind of enthusiastic warmth.

"Well, okay, let's ......" on the contrary, Hong Chengchou, who had never dealt with foreigners before, couldn't stand the other party's sensual words at all, we just knew whether it was good or not, where did the friendship come from. Moreover, the other party's happy words made him a little unable to react for a while, did he agree so directly.

However, no matter what the other party's idea is, he will bring the soldiers and horses back first, as long as he masters the port of Guangzhou, then his task will be completed.

"Yes, we, I like the word "us." Hong Chengchou's words touched the base point of Mascoluye again, making him inexplicably excited, "Come, Lord Hong, let me have a toast for the sake of Guangzhou Port, for the customs, and for our friendship." ”

He casually picked up the red wine next to him, opened it, poured two glasses, and gave Hong Chengchou a glass, and took the lead in taking a sip, which was very bold.

Looking at the red wine in the transparent glass in front of him, Hong Chengchou was a little stunned, this can't be blood, these foreigners are still in the era of Ru Mao drinking blood?

Fortunately, he was also a learned man, and it quickly occurred to him that this might be the wine of the legend, and immediately a poem came to his mind.

"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink pipa, urge immediately." After groaning, he also raised his head and took a sip, however, there was some sour taste, which made Hong Chengchou, who drank this wine for the first time, a little uncomfortable, and his face was difficult to look at.

"Haha......" Mascolus also laughed at his expression, obviously not the first time he had seen someone who had made a fool of himself when he first drank wine.

Bang Bang Bang!

However, after the sound of Qingyue's bronze bell ringing, his laughter stopped abruptly, like a duck with its neck cut off, and his face was shocked and ugly.

It is a huge bronze bell located next to the Fort, and when the bell rings, it signals an enemy invasion.

"Damn, it's not going to be those Dutchmen! This bunch of stray dogs peeing everywhere! Mascolus cursed in a low voice, stood up, and hurried out.

"Lord Hong, you can come and have a look." However, before leaving, he didn't forget to greet Hong Chengchou, probably under the pretext of letting the other party see his soldiers and horses.

"Okay." Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at the lookout, the two of them held binoculars and looked at the groups of gunboats on the sea in the distance, but their reactions were different.

"Oh, buy karma!" Mascolus also groaned, his voice full of disbelief, how could there be such a large fleet in this realm.

"Damn, it's not the Dutch, it's not the Spaniards, the strange Sun and Moon flag, which country's fleet is this." The angry tone showed his mood at the moment.

Then, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar flag, Hong Chengchou was surprised and filled with indescribable joy that the Imperial Navy fleet had come to Macao at this time!

God help me!