【Continue Asking for Tickets】

"You said that if Hong Kong had followed Macau's example when it returned to the motherland, how could there have been those bad things later."

Breathing in the slightly salty fresh sea breeze, looking at the plaques with the big characters of 'Weiwei' and 'Huaide' on the tall tree fences where the streets of Macao are located, and the two cross-shaped door numbers compiled by each family in accordance with the regulations of Daming Li, Fu Xiaofei sighed to Gu Ziming.

The two 'tribute ships' responsible for the northward mission this time also have a name called 'Liaoning', and Fu Xiaofei is touching the scene at this moment, remembering the situation when the Liaoning aircraft carrier visited Hong Kong for the first time as seen from the documentary.

In 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region returned to China, but China's strength was not strong enough at that time, so after the return to the motherland, not only has it not been able to pass Article 23 of the "Basic Law" against "Hong Kong independence", but even the British dug a lot of traps for the Chinese government before withdrawing from Hong Kong, such as foreign judges and a large number of municipal budgets across the handover, etc., until 2025, after China's reunification of Taiwan, the situation in Hong Kong will gradually improve, but Fu Xiaofei thinks in his heart that if it is like Macau in front of him now, Where has the back of the Hong Kong people's hearts been tossed for so long?

And now looking at the situation of Macao is completely different from the imaginary Portuguese overseas colonies, compared to the Hong Kong of later generations, it is more like a special administrative region under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and it is still a more obedient kind, today's Macao at least on the surface even the economic power is completely under the control of Guangdong, the merchant ships to and from Macao can not be traded without the permission of the officials stationed in Macao, if there is any misconduct of the Portuguese in Macao, Xiangshan County can directly interrogate and torture, without trial.

Since Wanli, the Ming Dynasty Guangdong government has been very strict in the control of Macao, from Guangdong Haidao to Xiangshan County, officials at all levels are staring here, only between Xiangshan and Macao Yongmo camp has a thousand garrisons, divided into dozens of forts guarded around Macao in various sea and land passes, at noon from there to look at a simple look, Fu Xiaofei felt that the Yongmo general's reinforcement camp is probably at least eighty percent more, and only when he crossed the gate did he hear that now because of the relationship between last year's Nanjing teaching plan, The opening time of the gate will be changed from one on the fifth day to two times a month, and the merchants along the way are complaining.

Although there are still some small moves by the Macau authorities in private, it does not mean that the Portuguese can dominate everything here.

Like the wall that stretches across the northern side of the peninsula, the Macau Peninsula is divided into north and south, but it is only that the court does not compare with the Portuguese.

It is generally thought that the lotus stem is the Macao Peninsula, but the peninsula is not all foreigners, there is still a small village in the north of the city wall against the mountain and the sea, because the village people are mostly from Xiamen, Fujian Province, so it gets the name of Xia. The village has the most relatives of the He clan, the Hongwu years have been scattered here, the villagers originally also did sea trade smuggling, but Macao also has some wasteland that can be cultivated, ordinary farming but there are many contradictions with the Portuguese in Macao, whether religious beliefs or actual interests are often conflicted, the previous armed fights in Xiangshan County are occupied by the Han people in the village, and the famous Sino-US "Wangxia Treaty" (also known as the "Sino-US Five-Port Trade Charter") was also signed here.

Originally, there was no city wall in Macao, until the third year of Longqing (1569 AD), the Portuguese built a rammed earth wall in the north of the Macao Peninsula, but after the 32nd year of Wanli (1604 AD), it was required by the Ming court to demolish it one after another. After Wangxia Village in the north is the main gate of the tall city wall, Deng Quanmei was mysterious, and revealed to Gu Ziming that the new arrival in Xiangshan Zhixian did not know, but Luo Guanguan of Haidao was sure that he had received Langyi's silver, and the two generals in Macao had the same share as the officials, otherwise there would be no reason to pretend to be invisible in front of such a long city wall. This wall is not made of bricks and stones, but is made of local materials with sediment, fine stones, straw and then mixed with oyster shell powder layer by layer to press, although the shape is not clear, but the height of the city is also up and down three meters by sight, the main gate opened in the middle of this section of the city wall in the north is called the Samba Gate by the locals, there is an attic on the door, and the door hole downstairs is rolled open with bricks and stones.

Not long after the Samba Gate is the famous Ruins of St. Paul's in later generations, that is, St. Paul's Cathedral in Macau, known locally as Samba Temple, the so-called archway is the front wall of the church, the wall is divided into five layers, decorated with Bible stories and Chinese scriptures, but behind it is a large construction site. St. Paul's Cathedral was originally built in the eighth year of Wanli (1580), after the twenty-third year of Wanli (1595) and the twenty-ninth year of Wanli (1601), the church was completely burned down, until the following year the Italian Jesuit Father Pinola rebuilt again, the church was re-laid in the thirtieth year of Wanli (1602), and now the fifteen years of repair and stop are only half completed, Ye Yiwei heard that the completion of the Taixi temple must cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue. This money is enough to repair a few Guiyang cities, and the wealth of sea trade is indeed extraordinarily comparable.

The Macao guard of the sea road is now leading the Franc Jiyi and the head of the soldiers and the members of the council of Macao to wait in the Senate, which is just a small courtyard in the south of the Macao Peninsula, and there is no wall to cover the houses and corridors facing the gate, so it is called the pavilion, and the pink wall cornices are no different from the buildings in the mainland, and it is the place where the officials of Xiangshan County and Guangdong County receive the officials and the Portuguese when they inspect Macao. There are two other rooms in the west of the courtyard for the purpose of receiving officials, and some trees may be planted in the middle of the courtyard, which are now yellow.

At this moment, Na Yimu knelt down to say goodbye, and then served tea to Zeng Dong and Luo Zhiding, looking sincerely afraid.

However, the etiquette of the court has nothing to do with Fu Xiaofei and others, since he does not do his own business, and it is difficult to get Macao in this life, he immediately pulled Ye Yiwei with Gu Ziming, and found a local general in Macao to go north together.

"Proprietor Fu is not here to look for the glassmaker." Wang Ge said with a smile as he walked, with what he knew from Ye Yiwei, these Song people's attainments in glassware categorically did not look down on the craftsmanship here.

Wang Ge was surprised by one person, "The customs here are no different from foreign countries." ”

This person's surname is Liu Mingrust, twenty-five or six years old, is a broken scholar in Qujiang County, Shaozhou Prefecture, has failed to pass the examination several times, and gradually has no livelihood and went to Foshan Town to learn a skill of iron smelting, although he is studious but not good at hands, is not allowed in the iron factory in Foshan, this time there is no livelihood to meet Wang Ge, I heard that they are going to come to Macao to find a fire-making craftsman and forced to follow.

He was looking at the two black slaves carrying a hard sedan chair with a horizontal bar, which was by no means similar to the sedan chair in the Daming market, more like a long hanging basket hanging on the wooden bar, a Lang Yi who seemed to have some identity was lying in the basket and closed his eyes to recuperate, and another person was holding a cool umbrella beside him, followed by two or three followers passing by the street.

Gu Ziming has seen this scene, there are many such sedan chairs in Nanyang, and Japan is similar but there is an additional box-like device, and there are also such sedan chairs on the streets of Macau, according to the general story, they are all female dependents.

"What's the matter." Gu Ziming called He Yi who was leading the way in front, that He Yi was less than twenty years old, dressed in Ming clothes, only a hat with a Tessie triangular eaves style, looking quite funny, but this person looked extremely handsome, Gu Ziming saw that he was listening when he turned around, so he asked again, "Are you from Wangxia Village?" ”

"The villain is indeed from Wangxia Village." Then He Yi saw Gu Ziming looking at his face, and smiled: "But my father is a Francophile." ”

Gu Ziming was stunned for a moment and then reacted, it turned out that he was born of mixed race, on the way he had heard Deng Quanmei say that the Han people near Xiangshanao had promised their daughters to the Francophiles, but he didn't expect to find one so quickly.

Then He Yi seemed to be used to being asked, and he was not ashamed, so he just took the opportunity to say: "It was inconvenient in front of you officials before, but now it doesn't matter, I don't know if the proprietors want to buy or sell goods?" ”

"What's the difference?" Fu Xiaofei felt that this person had something to say.

"If you buy goods, the spices from Goa and the South Seas are good, and the yard is near the port to the south. If you want to sell goods, you have to talk to the gentlemen in the trading house, but you have to look at the goods of several proprietors, I don't know if it is porcelain or silk? He saw that several people did not have official identities, but whispered again, "These don't need to go through the official, and the villain also has some ways here." ”

Gu Ziming heard him say that his surname was He, and he thought that his mother should be from here, and said: "I see, is there a private boat in Wangxia Village?" ”

"Nature...... There are also. After listening to the question, He Yi looked slightly embarrassed.

"Can you take us to see it?" Gu Ziming saw that there was some hesitation in his words, and said: "He Tongshi has also seen, we have asked the official to come over, and now the old man is talking about things in the council booth, if we don't take advantage of the current situation, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient." ”

Although He Yi hesitated, he did not refuse, and immediately took everyone to walk and look all the way to the north, and along the way, he could see people of all kinds of costumes looking at them, just like a foreign country.

Coming out of the Sanba Gate and walking less than two miles to the northeast, they arrived at the entrance of Wangxia Village, and a few people just stopped in front of a tea shed, and then heard a voice with ridicule, "What devil, who let you fucking come back?" ”

He Yi didn't expect this shout, turned his face and saw a white-faced fat man spitting betel nut juice while making noise, He Yi's face turned red and argued, "I am also a descendant of the He family, why can't I come back." ”

"The He family doesn't have a ghost cub like you."

"You ......"

"What am I, what is your surname, what is your surname? It's a wild seed. ”

After a few words, people had already gathered next to him, all watching the excitement, and the white fat man chewed the betel nut and spit on the ground, "Don't think that you want to enter the village with some people." ”

"My mother...... Still in the village. ”

"You've all joined the foreign religion, and you still know that you have a mother? Don't you all worship your ancestors? The fat man continued to curse.

"Three fat men, why don't you help your father dry fish and come here?" A voice interrupted.

The fat man also shrank his neck when he saw the visitor, "Didn't I see that there were outsiders who wanted to enter the village." ”

"What an outsider, your father is looking for you, why don't you go to the beach to help."

The fat man wanted to say a few words, but seeing that the middle-aged man who taught him a stern tone, he reluctantly went to the beach behind the village.

He Yi saw the man who was helping and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "My nephew has seen my second uncle." ”

"Okay, He Xin didn't mean to target you, you also know that a few months ago, Lang Yi built a wall and damaged a piece of land in his house, and he was holding back and had nowhere to vent."

He Xin's land is under the Guia Mountain in the south, it was originally an ownerless wasteland, the Portuguese just crossed a line when they built the wall, they made silver to the officials, and the land of the He family did not have a land deed, and there were many Tan people in Wangxia Village, although they were still doing business at sea, but after all, the Tan people had no status, so they could not be dragged away. In this way, He Xin couldn't find trouble with the Francophile, so he had to be angry with He Yi, a 'mongrel'.

"I've been used to it for a long time, by the way, my uncle and my mother are okay?"

"Your mother's health is fine, but you also know the situation at home, so it's better to come back and walk around less when you have nothing to do."

It's his sister's own son, He Er's tone is also a lot calmer, he looked at Fu Xiaofei and Gu Ziming behind him, and asked, "Who are these people?" ”

He Yi hurriedly introduced, "They are all merchants I brought, and I want to ask about going to the sea." ”

The middle-aged man looked at Fu Xiaofei and Gu Ziming's dress, but his nondescript appearance looked like a businessman, and said, "Then go to the village and talk about it." ”

At this time, seeing that the other onlookers gradually dispersed, Fu Xiaofei followed a few steps and asked He Yi casually, "That fat man is also your relative?" ”

He Yi didn't hide it, "It's my half-brother." ”

A few people next to him were stunned when they heard this.

[Note 1: Regarding the details of the construction of Macao's city, Zhang Minggang, the governor of Liangguang in the 42nd year of Wanli, asked 'to gather on the main street of Julu, run through the four dimensions, prepare a high gate, and set his name on the left and right with Weiwei and Huaide, and use the four translations of Xianbin by the mastiff Ming Wang Shende, without any far-reaching, and the dedication of the prescription, the two crosses for the servants, and the ten points of the east and west, so that they can maintain each other's ridicule and do not tolerate adultery. Yu Anxing set up a ban on five, and the county restrained Aoyi, and served the governor and governor in detail, and Le Shiyong complied with it. ’】