Chapter 31 Macao III

Sosa can climb to this position, which can be regarded as a proper ability, and it does not depend on family background alone. He was also very responsive, saying: "I am not familiar with Chinese, so I probably used the wrong words. I am the Macau Yimu Sosa. Meet the General. ”

If it is uplifted for decades, the Sosa family has not declined. Sosa would probably fight for the honor of the Kingdom of Portugal, and now that the Portuguese crown is in the hands of Spain, he, a former nobleman, is in the Far East for money.

Is there anything you can't do for the sake of money.

In other words, as long as he gives money and treats Zhang Xuan as a dog, he also said that there is no problem.

Zhang Xuan knew that what Sosa said was false, but he also smiled slightly and said, "In this way, you are a courtier of Great Xia." ”

Sosa said: "All the people of Macau are loyal subjects of His Majesty Great Xia. ”

Zhang Xuan's face suddenly turned cold, and he said, "Then please lead the army to arrest the imperial court criminals?" ”

Sosa didn't understand a little, I don't know if I didn't understand Zhang Xuan's words, or I didn't understand who the so-called imperial court prisoner was. Just repeated: "Imperial court prisoners? ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Yes, the imperial court is guilty of Pang Tianqi. ”

Hearing Zhang Xuan say this, Sosa was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered something. Macau is a small place, with a permanent population of only a few tens of thousands, most of whom are Han Chinese, and only one-tenth of the foreigners, or more or less.

Not to mention that Sosa is the Governor of Macau, although under the parliamentary system, the Governor of Macau does not have much power over the internal jurisdiction. But he still knows a little bit about what happened in Macau.

He couldn't remember who this Pang Tianqi was for a while? But I also know that the Pogarao Cannon Foundry has a new big customer, which was introduced by the Jesuits. And it was the Jesuit priest Bi Wanji, and he knew that Bi Wanji had a very good relationship with many ministers and high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Within the Jesuits, the Ming Dynasty was clearly supported.

In this way, it is self-evident where the big customers of the Bogarao Foundry came from.

Zhang Xuan didn't listen to Sosa's thoughts, and waved his hand and said, "Go in and search." ”

Ma Sanbao gave an order, and the team rushed over. He rushed into the streets of Macau.

For a moment, Sosa was taken aback and immediately said, "General, by all means. Could it be that the general wants to be the enemy of Macao? ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Why do you come to be the enemy, you are my official in Great Xia, and it is within your duty to catch the traitor for Great Xia." Don't worry, I'm just here to catch thieves, and I won't disturb the people. ”

Sosa had already seen someone hurrying into the emplacement above the fort.

Macao does not have a city wall, but Macao has a fort, whether it is a cannon against the sea

, or anti-land artillery. The power is quite good, and the Hongyi cannon used in the nine sides is actually authentic here in Macau. If the Xia army continues like this, I am afraid that the Macau escort will have to fight back.

In these years, those who dare to travel thousands of miles overseas to make a living are not good stubble.

It's really urgent, what don't you dare to fight.

Sosa said: "General, since I am for Macau. I'm going to arrest the prisoners, and I'll let the army stop for a moment. As he spoke, he waved his hand, and several boxes of silver were brought up, and there were 100,000 taels of silver inside.

Zhang Xuan looked at it and said secretly in his heart: "Macau's oil and water are still sufficient?" He said, "In that case, you can go." Then he waved his hand downward, and immediately someone waved the order flag to stop Ma Sanbao from advancing.

In fact, as far as Zhang Xuan himself is concerned, he doesn't want to fall out with the Macau side. But I know that these foreigners bully the soft and fear the hard. didn't give a color to see, they thought Zhang Xuan was weak and bullied. It is true that he arrested Pang Tianqi this time, and this Pang Tianqi is Pang Tianshou's younger brother. He was ordered to come to Macao to sell artillery and firearms, and even wanted to borrow troops from Macao.

In fact, it was not the first time that the Ming Dynasty had recruited troops in Macao, Sun Yuanhua had recruited a group of gunners from Macao and trained some batches of manpower, but they all became Manchu artillerymen.

But he didn't give up, Zhang Xuan took this opportunity to give Macau a dismount, so that Macao would know who was the father on the ground in Guangdong.

Sosa returned to the City Hall, where several other Macau councillors were seated, the most prestigious of whom was the Bishop.

There are only six members of the Legislative Council in Macau, and these six members and the Governor of Macau jointly decide on the affairs of Macau.

"What's going on? How could those damn rebels rush into Macau. The bishop exclaimed.

"This Caesar wants us to take a stand." Sosa was not a fool, and said loudly: "The Jesuits and their involvement with the Ming Kingdom was known by this great general, and he came here to force us to choose between the Xia Kingdom and the Ming Kingdom. Either hand over the people of the Ming Kingdom, or wait for them to rush in and arrest them. ”

"With those people, they don't even have a musket? How can you break into Macau? Your Excellency, please order the citizens to evacuate, the war has begun. An officer said. This man is Sosa's rival named Duo Katsu. At the moment, I want to see Sosa's good looks.

"the war?" Sosa exclaimed, "Can war bring us lovely gold coins?" Do we have the money to fight? ”

"It's not a hundred thousand taels." Duosheng said.

Sosa said, "The 100,000 taels have been given to this Caesar." ”

"What? You gave him the money before you got any promises? Duosheng said loudly: "You are betraying the interests of Macau." ”

"Perhaps." Sosa said: "It was because I betrayed Macau's interests, I

We have the opportunity to say this here, otherwise we don't even have a chance to choose? ”

The two of them may have been tired of arguing, and they fell silent for a while. Faced with the situation in front of them, everyone felt that it was difficult and was reluctant to speak first.

"Your Excellency, there is news from the lighthouse, they have found the enemy, a large number of enemies, look at the banners are Lin Cha, Shibi, Ma Xuansheng, Xu Guixiang, Zheng Tingqiu. There were probably hundreds of ships. A man suddenly came to report and said.

Sosa is not unprecedented, if it is a normal day, he is not too afraid of these local pirates in Guangdong, Macau has experienced many winds and waves, and even sometimes Spain and Britain have joined forces to attack, and they have been repulsed.

But at this moment, whether Macao can defeat the combined attack from land and sea, Sosa does not know. He could only say bitterly: "It seems that we have to make a decision early, this Caesar can't wait." Let's vote first. Raise your hand in favor of handing over those who are in favour. ”

Souza raised his hand.

Immediately after that, everyone raised their hands, but the bishop was silent for a while before he raised his hand and said, "Lord, you will forgive me." ”

In fact, most of the support for Pang Tianshou and Yongli is a missionary need, because Pang Tianshou promised them that if Macao is really willing to do its best to help the Ming Dynasty, Yongli is willing to be baptized and become a believer. Between Great Xia and Great Ming, the bishop was actually inclined to the Great Ming.

Are they believers after all? The Lamb of the Lord.

But the cold reality forced him to make such a decision.

Several people agreed, and things were easy to do. Immediately sent someone to arrest Pang Tianqi and his party and send them to Beiguan.

At this time, Zhang Xuan had already replaced more than half of the people above Beiguan. used Zhang Xuan's elite soldiers to replace those wine bags and rice bags. When Sosa saw Beiguan again, he felt a little afraid in his heart.

This Beiguan was originally built by Ming officials in order to prevent the Yiren from causing trouble, and it has been a long time now. Sosa went in and out, just stuffed a little silver, and it was unimpeded, and he never felt that he and Beiguan were a threat to Macau.

But at this moment, the tattered Guancheng has changed a group of people, and it immediately has a different feeling.

Sosa sent Pang Tianqi and his party to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan didn't even take a second look, just glanced at it, and let Zheng Lian deal with it.

This is just a beginning. Zhang Xuan has long since stopped dealing with such a matter personally.

Sosa said cautiously: "General, I have already done this thing, do you want the people below to withdraw?" ”

Zhang Xuan said: "This matter is not urgent. ”

Sosa said, "Yes, yes, yes. ”

Although what he said in his mouth, his heart was already anxious. In this case, why is he not in a hurry?

(//)

。