"Mr. Alonso, it seems that you have made some mistake in your cognition. Please note that the person sitting in front of you now represents His Excellency Cao Chuan; In other words, you are dealing with the Ming State Mansion. ”

"So." Tang Xiaoqiao rubbed his chin while staring playfully at the Portuguese man in front of him, "Pay attention to your words and attitude. ”

Today is Alonso's second visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for negotiations.

The initial negotiations between the two sides can be said to have broken up unhappily. At first glance, when he saw the memo that could be described as "brain-dead", Comrade Alonso, who was extremely shocked, immediately expressed his indignation at this ridiculous document and his inability to understand it, and then he left the scene in anger.

You must know that nominally the Portuguese only occupy the large part of Macao, but in fact the Portuguese are the sitting tigers outside the mouth of the Pearl River. Taking advantage of the ignorance and inaction of the Ming government, they not only monopolized Guangzhou's foreign trade, but also set up a card at the mouth of the Pearl River to pump water, as if it was already an independent kingdom.

And it is normal for the Portuguese, who have always been arrogant, to be unable to accept it for a while when they find that a group of even more arrogant villains have suddenly appeared.

But this is a big man, and no one cares whether the Portuguese will withdraw from the negotiations, so after a few days, Alonso, who finally figured out the situation, could only ask for talks again.

The second meeting was similarly uneventful. Alonso, who had already made up his mind to lower his attitude and speak well, couldn't help but get angry again when he talked about those outrageous terms.

In fact, he was very clear about the semi-official nature of the crossing forces, so Alonso originally planned to take out the same drama against the officials of the Ming Kingdom, with a humble tone and a low posture to solve the problem. Usually those Ming officials ate this very much, and as long as they showed obedience on the surface, the Ming people would give in on practical matters.

However, he was wrong again this time. It was not the Ming officials who ceded the foreign trade port to outsiders, so after Tang Xiaoqiao unceremoniously and sharply dissected the core rights and interests of the Portuguese in Macau, Alonso had to be angry.

Suppressing the impulse, Alonso stared at Tang Xiaoqiao and said slowly, "Tang, you now have an official share. But His Excellency Cao Chuan is just a low-level general in Fujian, and Guangzhou is not part of his defense area, so you can't actually manage there, can you?"

"Haha, you're behind the pack, Alonso." When Tang Xiaoqiao heard this, he leaned back on the back of the chair proudly, and then stretched out a finger, "Let's talk about the first point first, our boss was just promoted not long ago." ”

Cao Chuan, the acting deputy general of the coastal defense staff in Xiamen and other places in the Ming Dynasty, is the newly released official position of Cao Daguan.

Since the coalition forces captured Li Kuiqi in late August and swept Zhangzhou Bay, Xiong Wencan and the expedited military documents of the Fujian Fanxian Yamen went to Beijing together with Li Kuiqi and Zhong Bin's head that had been lime suppressed.

High-level military documents are routinely delivered by express horse. That is to say, except for crossing the river by boat, the rest of the time the herald soldiers galloped on fast horses, and then changed horses every 20 miles of post stations, and the daily journey was about 300 miles.

In the Ming Dynasty in 1628, the postal industry had not been abolished by Chongzhen, and Li Zicheng, the first postal brother throughout the ages, was not unemployed; It takes less than half a month for the expedited army to travel from Fujian to the capital, and it usually takes about 12 or 3 days to arrive.

So before Alonso and Tang Xiaoqiao had their second negotiation in early October, the court's promotion documents had already been sent.

This official position did not surprise everyone, Cao Chuan's official was promoted by one level, from a guerrilla to a general. And unlike Zheng Zhilong in history, there is also an additional title of "acting deputy general" this time.

"Agency" is agency. Cao Chuan's current official position is that of the commander of the Navy of the Xiamen Military Sub-district and the acting deputy commander of the Fujian Military Region. Of course, it can be seen from the word acting that Cao Chuan, the deputy commander, is false, and the coastal defense general who guards Xiamen is his own official.

All in all, the location is satisfying to the traversers. You must know that Chongzhen in history was mean and unkind, and did not leave anything to his subordinates who made mistakes; And now, in order to reward Cao Chuan for his efforts in defeating the Fujian pirates, the imperial court has actually given one more virtual deputy general than Zheng Zhilong in history, which is not easy.

In addition, unlike before, this time the official document of the imperial court clearly pointed out that Cao Chuan's garrison was Xiamen.

Before this, Cao Chuan, the official of the guerrilla general, was an empty commander, to put it bluntly, not only did the imperial court not distribute military salaries, but also did not even assign him the garrison location, and the people who recruited An and Surrender Cheng wanted to mix the system, which was not so easy.

This kind of exclusion is very perverse. Although Cao Chuan and Zheng Zhilong have no shortage of territory and subordinates, they are private guerrilla generals, and if Xiong Wencan had not temporarily transferred the Maweishui battalion, Cao Chuan would theoretically have to go to a certain office in the General Military Mansion in Fuzhou City, which is the territory of Cao's guerrilla in law.

And now it is different, the real power of the Ming Dynasty will be the third grade, and the deputy will be the second grade, and both levels have the qualifications to open the government and build the government. This time, the imperial court finally stopped crowding out Cao who had made great contributions, and directly allocated the already fait accompli of Xiamen Zhongzuo Suocheng to Deputy General Cao, which was equivalent to crossing the Ming Road, and the imperial court recognized that the vicinity of Xiamen was Cao Chuan's territory, just like the Guanning warlord stationed in Shanhaiguan.

The words are divided into two ends.

Tang Xiaoqiao, who was negotiating, naturally would not tell the Portuguese about the mere detours in Cao Chuan's new official position. He simply told Alonso that the Pirate King had been promoted again, and that the Ming Empire had officially enshrined the area around Xiamen as Cao Chuan's territory, an explanation that was to make it easier for Europeans to understand.

After explaining this, Tang Xiaoqiao stretched out a second finger: "Mr. Alonso, since your family is a long-established nobleman, you should be no stranger to the bureaucratic system. ”

After seeing the Portuguese nodded, Tang Xiaoqiao continued, "As far as short-term behavior is concerned, we can now pass through the bureaucracy in Guangzhou, block the lotus stem and close the gates, and starve you for a few days. ”

"As for long-term behavior" Seeing Alonso, whose face was already a little pale, Tang Xiaoqiao sold a pass here, "You just need to know that at the latest this time next year, when you stand on the wall of Macau, you can see the fleet departing from Dayuan, hehe." ”

"Tang, these conditions and threats you put forward are beyond my authority, and I think it's time for me to go back to Macau."

"It's good to go, don't send it."

In the end, Alonso, who was decadent, could only deal with Tang Xiaoqiao by leaving. The chapter content is being restored, so please visit it later.