The three characters "Ma Jiadao" have a very Chinese taste, but in fact, like Tang Ruowang and Long Huamin, they are all Europa people with pure blood. Even he wasn't Portuguese.

However, Ma Ka Dao's influence in the whole of Macao is very huge, is he a bishop?

"Your Excellency, I am very surprised to see you at this time." Fanosini looked at Ma Jiadao, who he had already seen during the day, and said.

"Dear Fanosini, may God bless you." Ma Jiadao took off his black cloak and smiled easily, "Of course I could have stopped here and just asked someone to pass this letter to you, but I finally decided to go and hand it over to you myself." Because I need to tell you some necessary news. ”

"Your compatriot, the honorable Longhua Min's sheepherd, has become a guest of His Excellency the regent of the Manchu regime, who occupies Yanjing, the capital of northern China. Were you pleasantly surprised? ”

"The regent is the uncle of the Manchu emperor, the little emperor is only six years old this year, and the power of the entire Manchu Qing is in the hands of His Excellency the regent."

Ma Jiadao smiled happily, like an old fox, looking at Fanosini with a shocked face.

"What do you want to say?" Shocked, Fanosini didn't even have 'you' anymore. He was now negotiating with Zheng Zhilong's group, and Zheng Zhilong's relationship with the Manchus was, according to the information they had obtained, an absolute mortal enemy. Because Zheng Zhilong was loyal to the Ming Empire in China, while the Manchus were barbarians in the north of the Ming Empire, they frequently invaded the Ming Empire, and they were barbaric Tatars.

"Don't be so surprised, my child. The Tatars are Zheng Zhilong's enemies, enemies of the Chinese, but not ours, aren't they? Don't forget what you came to the East for. ”

Seventeenth-century Europe had not yet amassed enough power to dominate the world, and the Ottoman Empire on its doorstep alone had not been able to do it completely. As far as the East, these people were able to conquer only backward countries like primitive tribal alliances, or small countries with few people.

Even small countries such as Burma, Siam, and Annam were not conquered, and several attempts at China failed miserably, and Westerners in this period still pursued money first in the East.

Whether it was Spain, Portugal, or the Netherlands, they had long since lost the idea of conquering China in their minds during this period, and pursued more lucrative benefits from trade with China.

"I was struck by the bishop's audacity. This is an area controlled by the Chinese government, and if this is discovered by the Chinese, we, including Macau, will be in great trouble. "With Zheng Zhilong's strength, he can easily crush Macau to the city.

Ma Jiadao disagreed, "Then why don't you open the envelope and take a look at the contents?" Perhaps, this is not the slightest problem for Batavia and Macau. ”

Although the East India Company in Batavia has a strong combat force, they are still a company after all, and they can easily find enough foreign employees. Ma Jiadao felt that Long Huamin had given a very appropriate suggestion, whether it was Batavia or Macau, he could easily stay out of the matter afterwards, and he could also cheat others.

Fanosini opened the letter, the text inside was not Italian, nor Latin, but French, and he quickly found the person who made the payment, Long Huamin.

A shepherd from a Sicilian aristocratic family, a pious shepherd who has been in the East for more than forty years. Even though his flock was pitifully small, he remained faithful to the bloom of God's glory.

Then examining the information inside, Fanosini's heart slowly fell back to its original place, and he gradually regained his composure.

As Ma Jiadao said, this is not the slightest trouble for Batavia and Macau, because Long Huamin came up with a good idea for him.

"A great suggestion, isn't it?" Fanosini's brow furrowed, and in an instant he thought of a perfect scapegoat—the Englishman. The damned Anglo-Saxons, who had rudely intruded into the Dutch sphere of influence, had been kicked out of East Asia by the company ten years earlier, but after the Dutch seized the city of Malacca, they replaced the declining Portuguese as the Dutch's greatest rival in the Eastern world.

"But I would like to know, my lordship, what role you play in this?" Fanosini did not believe that Ma Jiadao was only acting as an 'intermediary' in this matter.

"Me? Just a pious shepherd. I only hope that the friendship between Father Long Huamin and His Excellency the Lord Regent of the North will make the glory of God shine more brightly in the far East. ”

After all, the expansion of God's faith in China is the desire of their hearts (missionaries).

"Then why don't you stand on Zheng Yiguan's side? As far as I know, he was baptized? Fanosini was more concerned with money and profit, and for the spread of the faith, the latter was just a means for the Dutch East India Company to better control the colonies. And not the missionaries who spread the glory of God first.

"Do not associate this man with the splendor of God, that is a vile and shameless hypocrite. Whether it is to be baptized or to take a religious name, all this is just a means for Zheng Zhilong to develop his own strength. Ma Jiadao said hatefully.

For people like him, I am afraid that it is people like Zheng Zhilong who are most hated by him.

Fanosini instantly understood, "The Chinese are very cunning, and they are very stubborn about their bad habits. In Batavia, I saw a lot of Chinese who went to church to pray and worship their ancestors. ”

He had no intention of talking at length on this topic, and shrugged his shoulders towards Ma Jiadao, "Now I am curious about the person who handed you the letter. ”

"Do you want to see him?"

"Of course."

"Then wait a minute, he'll be here soon."

Fan San was dressed in a cyan cloth coat and followed behind Ma Jiadao's carriage, and people who didn't know thought that this was Ma Jiadao's entourage.

Although the situation in Macau is overwhelmingly Western, this does not mean that there are no Chinese living here. In fact, at this time, Macao was definitely not a Portuguese colony, have you ever seen a colony where judicial power and tax power are in the hands of the "indigenous government"?

The Portuguese in Macao not only had to pay the Ming court a land lease fee every year, but Xiangshan County in the Ming Dynasty also governed all judicial proceedings in Macao. Moreover, the Ming court was also subject to a tax in kind of 20% for mutual market transactions in Macao, and the servants of Xiangshan County could also directly break into any building in Macao to search and search, and the Portuguese had to report to Xiangshan County if they repaired a private house in Macao, or even renovated and renovated the house.

In this way, even if the Portuguese built forts and stationed warships, where could it be considered a colony?

They also want to try to break free from the shackles of the Chinese.

Even if they don't see hope, they are happy to secretly look for some trouble for the Ming Dynasty. Although on the surface, they were very positive about buying cannons from the Ming Dynasty, and even hiring soldiers as instructors to accompany them.

Fan Sanpao was quietly nailed outside, his head lowered, but his ears were paying attention to every move inside. He believed that Ma Jiadao could convince the other party.

After a detailed understanding of what kind of monster interest group the "Dutch East India Company" was, Fan Sanpao sighed that the Dutch East India Company was awesome, and the merchants of Xiyi were really beyond the reach of the Chinese businessmen; On the one hand, I have more confidence in my task.

In his opinion, such a powerful group, one set in front of the back, one set in front of the back, and one set of skills are all necessary skills. Even if they want to sign a peace agreement with the Zheng family, they are fully capable of secretly using shady means. As long as you don't leave the handle!

The moment he met Fanosini, Fan Sanpao knew that his task had been completed. Otherwise, Fanosini won't see himself at all, will he?

Ma Jiadao directly avoided it.

Because he didn't have a position to be present in the next Fan Fa conversation, let alone have to be present. Now for him, his task has also been accomplished.

How many cannons Fan Sanpao bought from the Dutch and how many artillery instructors he hired from them, Ma Jiadao didn't care, the only thing he cared about was how much this deal would make Long Huamin get in front of the Tatar regent.

Ma Jiadao has also been in the East for some years, and he knows very well that the Eastern world is different from the West. The monarch is the heaven here, and he holds all the power. The so-called emperors and so-called powerful kings in Europe have less power than the kings of the Eastern world.

Especially the emperor of China. They are simply gods standing in the mortal world!

The faith of God must spread in the East, and everything cannot be separated from the support of the king, otherwise, no matter how widely it spreads, a ban on religion, a war like the rebellion of the islands, everything will be wiped out.

Especially in China.

There are already Buddhist beliefs that have been passed down for countless years, and there are also Confucianism that restricts and influences all aspects of people's lives. This is a great obstacle to the spread of the Catholic faith.

Matteo Ricci and others took the initiative to integrate into it, and for this reason, they did not hesitate to modify some laws that violated the doctrine to adapt to the original rules of China, so that the glory of God could bloom in the Eastern world for the first time.

But with the passing of Matteo Ricci's generation, the new missionaries apparently disagreed with some of the rules of the Chinese diocese, and Long Huamin himself opposed the worship of Confucius and ancestors, and also objected to the translation of "God" as "God", because the meaning of God in the original Chinese vocabulary was very different from that of God. They have the support of the Holy See behind them, so they have a lot of say.

However, the result of this repeated process was that a large number of missionaries were expelled from the country by the Ming government.

The glory of God continues to be extinguished in China......

And now that the Tatar Manchu regime had replaced the Ming regime in the north, this was an opportunity that God's shepherds had to seize. It is possible that the glory of God will bloom again in China thanks to these savage and cruel Tatars.