Yet, just an hour earlier, Andrew de Mensata Pimont, Governor of the Timorese of the Kingdom of Portugal, nay, strictly speaking, the Exiled Governor of the Timorese Positivity, was sitting in his little apartment and writing angrily.

The letter was addressed to the commander of the Portuguese Eastern Fleet in Goa, India, who angrily protested against the fleet's order to assign the Princess Casa and the Archangel, who had just arrived in Macao, to the Diu fleet.

“…… As for the aggressiveness of the British in India, you and your fleet should turn to His Majesty the King, and not to me, the Viceroy of Timor, who is fighting alone in the Far East for the glory and interests of the restored kingdom! Because...... So...... In short, this behavior of yours is intolerable! ”

In a letter, Governor Pimont reminded the Commander:

“…… Besides, these two ships belong to Timor, they are the property of the Timor Governor's Palace, and you have no right to transfer them, not to mention that I, the Governor of Timor, raised funds in many ways to repair the Casa Princess, as for the Archangel, the crew did not want to go to India at all, their familiar home was on the island of Timor, including their property, land, their families, women and children......

So I beg your pardon for my bluntness...... You should not send someone to receive these two ships, let alone force them to sail to India, for in such a mood I will not be able to cooperate with the receiving officer you have sent, there can be no doubt about that...... If you don't want to provoke a mutiny among the sailors......"

The tone and style of the letter were obviously at odds with Pimont's usual politeness and elegance to his colleagues and superiors, and yes, Pimont had been in a bad mood lately, mainly because of the various obstacles he had encountered since his return to Macau, and he now lacked everything, especially the funds for a comeback.

After miraculously being rescued from Xiangzhang Bay on Timor Island and narrowly escaping death, he finally returned to Macao after more than a month of turbulent seas.

In the past few months, he has visited dozens of Macau celebrities, including the Governor of Macao, Bucano, representatives of the East India Company, businessmen from various countries, and even wealthy Chinese businessmen, and he has talked freely with the members of the city council about his plans and his existing conditions, and he has even used an idiom familiar to the rich Chinese businessmen----Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and it is clear that this east wind is silver."

However, while the celebrities praised Pimont's legendary story and the Viceroy's courageous actions and strong faith, in the end, Pimont was saddened to find that the members of the Macau City Council and the celebrities, including the Governor Bugano himself, did not care at all about Timor, which was thousands of miles away, well, it seems that they did not have the energy to care.

Because the problems and threats facing Macao itself are not small, Pimont even smelled of conspiracy between the words, and Governor Bucano seemed to be more concerned about the force and sailors on the two Galen military sailing ships, while the parliamentarians emphasized that the recovery of Timor by existing force seemed to be no different from gambling, right? It is better to accumulate more strength.

Therefore, the Macao side basically did not sympathize with his urgency to go to sea to reclaim Timor, and Pimont finally realized that it was in their best interest to keep him, the exiled governor, and the sea forces of these three ships in Macao.

It is no wonder that Governor Bucano readily agreed to supply the food and the daily expenses of the crew of the Dawn, Princess Casa, and Archangel, but once Pimont proposed a list of supplies to be prepared for going to sea, the Governor always delayed and dragged us out, and together we were kept in captivity as their watchdogs!

A few days ago, the Governor of Macau, Lord Bucano, finally put forward a list of aid to Pimont, in addition to some ** and cannonballs, the largest aid was 35 musketeers, the Governor emphasized that this is the largest force that Macao can lend to Timor, just kidding! Thirty-five musketeers? Are you begging for food?!

Of course, Pimont accepted the aid with great gratitude, and expressed his heartfelt gratitude, but in his heart, millions of grass and mud horses had already been told---- if he had the word "grass and mud horses" in his vocabulary.

In the past few months, Pimont has recruited only more than 200 "volunteers", including all kinds of people, including the officers and soldiers of the Daming Water Division Battalion, the pirates who have lost power, and the Japanese ronin and black slaves from India.

These blacks were trafficked from the African continent to the East by the Arabs, unlike the Europeans, the Arabs usually had to be castrated before selling the black men to the buyers, but in order to avoid the fate of castration, many blacks were trying to escape when they were first caught, and they even secretly jumped ship to escape after the slave ship sailed into the offshore sea, and then swam ashore.

Therefore, if he is not drowned or eaten by sharks, as long as he is lucky enough to get ashore, he becomes a free man, so there are always some lucky blacks who also get on the ocean-going ships of Europeans and Chinese to do chores.

It is of course a good thing for the shipowner to have the opportunity to pick up such labor, because these blacks are usually cheap, and after being selected by the traffickers, they are usually stronger, and most importantly: they are paid very little, and even have a bite to eat in the early days of the ship.

Historically, there have always been blacks in the Pearl River Delta, some of whom are fugitive slaves, and people don't care whether these people are castrated or not, and generally call these people "Kunlun slaves".

Nowadays, the mainland is at war, and many Kunlun slaves have also become mercenaries of the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty or other forces, among which there are many such people in Pimont's "Volunteer Army".

Of course, at present, these so-called volunteers are basically a group of unorganized and undisciplined rabble, according to Pimont's military standards, they are completely a group of rookies, fortunately, this kind of people are willing to accept the conditions given by the mercenary, their basic requirements are not high, and even cheap to death, with the current conditions, Pimont can only pinch his nose and use these people.

However, it is precisely because Pimont's so-called army is such a group of people that the Macau city councilors, including the citizens, have no confidence in whether Pimont can defeat the rebels on the island of Timor, which has led to a significant reduction in the support of the exiled governor of Macau.

Despite this, Pimont himself was confident in his own abilities and the great cause of recovering the island of Timor, and one of the more fundamental reasons was the adventures he and his companions had in Camphor Tree Bay, the Australians.

Yes, the appearance of Australians is a miracle for the desperate Pimont, and it is a tangible proof that God is caring for him! Even the Australians themselves are a testament to the reality that God came to help the Portuguese!

Rumors about Australians can no longer be considered rumors in the city of Macau, because all kinds of magical things about Australians are not Pimont's alone.

On these days, if you pick up a crew member on the streets of Macau who has just come off the Dawn or the Casa Princess for a drink, and want to confirm all the incredible and magical rumors about the Australians, they will not hesitate to tell you that these rumors are true.

You don't believe it?! That's you stupid!

The Chinese have a saying that summer worms should not talk to ice, and it is you who are talking about it!

Nonsense! Lao Tzu has experienced it and seen it with his own eyes!

That's right! They have a drug for tuberculosis, a terminal illness that is just a minor ailment like a cold in the eyes of Australians!

How do I know? Because I got tuberculosis! I was knocked overboard by an Australian cannon, and then I was rescued, and then I probably got typhoid fever, yes, I drank a magic potion and I was alive!

Do you know what kind of delicious sausage made with five or six spices and salt is?

The flour they ate was unbelievably white, and I had only eaten it once when I was a soldier in the Guards in France! Yes, when the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, the King rewards each of us with a small piece of Queen's bread, but that kind of bread is actually not as white as the Australian steamed buns!

But it's this kind of white noodles, I ate it for three days in a row in Camphor Tree Bay!

They say it's a daily food for Australians!

The salt they use is also snow-white, whiter than Lilia's arms in Harry's bar!

Incidentally, Lilia is the eldest daughter of Harry's bar owner and the barmaid at the counter......