Sun Tianhao and his entourage returned to Qiongzhou. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info sugar factory has now begun to produce sugar, and the quality is okay. Huang Yuansheng picked out some high-quality products and gave them to the prefect Wu Tingyun, and as a result, the prefect's mansion was very fond of this kind of white candy, which was much better than the black sugar before. With the approval of the prefect, Yulinwan Sugar Mill soon opened a market in Qiongzhou Mansion.

Sun Tianhao sat behind a huge desk in the sugar factory's office, opposite Zhang Hai and others.

"You said you were going to Macau?" Zhang Hai shook his head like a drum, "No, no." Too dangerous. We just beat Liu Xiang up, you go to Macau now, what if Liu Xiang is a black hand? ”

"That's why I'm going to Macau." Sun Tianhao said, "This is not only my personal opinion, but also the opinion of the committee and the military commission. ”

"Director Sun, can you make it clear?" Qian Shansu asked, "Why do you want to go to Macau if you know the danger?" ”

"Here's the way." Sun Tianhao felt that he should explain it well, "The two committees have analyzed the current situation, Portugal and Spain are now one country, and they are both obeying the orders of the Philipian dynasty, but the two sides look like they are separated. And now the Netherlands is rising, and the power of Portugal and Spain in Southeast Asia is being swallowed up by the Dutch little by little. In 1622 and 1627, the Dutch attacked Macao twice, and although both were defeated, the Dutch repeatedly robbed Portuguese ships at sea, causing Portugal heavy losses. Twelve years later, around 1642, the Netherlands snatched the Taiwanese chicken coop from Spain. Our next step may be to go south, so the committee believes that the more chaotic this part of Southeast Asia, the better, and that we cannot let the Netherlands dominate alone, and only if there is chaos will we have a chance. ”

"To the south? Who decided this, why went to the south and didn't fight the Manchus? Wei Yang asked.

"This issue is just an assumption now, and there is no final decision." Sun Tianhao said, "However, it doesn't hurt to be more prepared." ”

"But what does this have to do with Liu Xiang?" Tao Shouqing still didn't understand what Sun Tianhao meant.

"That's right." Sun Tianhao replied, "In the original history, Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong fought until 1635, five years later, before they were completely defeated. But now that we have given Liu Xiang such a lesson, it is not clear whether history will change because of this. The problem is that don't look at Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch fighting back and forth now, after Liu Xiang is finished, Zheng Zhilong will wear a pair of pants with the Dutch, and this guy finally descended to the Manchu Dynasty. What the committee means is that we had better replace Liu Xiang and drag Zheng Zhilong down. Even if it doesn't work, make good relations with the Portuguese, and if possible, aid Portugal against the Dutch. ”

"Replace Liu Xiang? How to replace? Zhang Hai was a little unconvinced, "Our current 2 ships can't move at all, they can't even drive out of Yulin Bay, and now they have a 30-gunboat, how can they fight Liu Xiang?" ”

"The Navy told me about this situation." Sun Tianhao explained to Zhang Hai, "The new two 30 gunboats will be launched in the near future, and Qiu Peng and John have designed an improved version of the 30 gunboats, which is 500 tons and can be equipped with 24 cannons." As for when you will be able to enter the water, this one is not yet known. But even if there are only 3 gunboats, you can't fight a big battle, so it's okay to make a mess and make some noise. ”

"One more point." Sun Tianhao continued, "Zheng Zhilong's rapid development, in addition to his own reasons, another reason is that he was recruited by the Ming Dynasty government, and he can pull the tiger skin as a banner. And although we are developing rapidly in Yulin Bay now, after all, we are not right, our words are not good, and no one knows about us when we leave Qiongzhou Mansion. What the committee means is that we should not only connect with Macao, but preferably with Guangzhou. Now there is an opportunity, Wang Zunde, the governor of Liangguang, will hang up this year, and Wang Yehao will be the governor next year, but Wang Yehao will work for a year, and the year after tomorrow, he will be replaced by Xiong Wencan, who recruited Zheng Zhilong. Lu Lao said that this Xiong Wencan was addicted to recruiting An, not only recruited Zheng Zhilong, but also appeased Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng, Luo Rucai, Zuo Geli and others when he fought with the peasant army, and all twelve peasant rebel armies except Li Zicheng were surrendered by him. However, success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, this guy finally died on Zhao'an, because Zhang Xianzhong surrendered and rebelled. ”

Sun Tianhao found that he was a little off-topic, so he quickly pulled the topic back: "The committee means that we hope that we can make some moves here in Qiongzhou Mansion, and in the future, whether it is Zhao'an or something else, we can also pull a tiger skin as a banner, which is good for our development." ”

Sun Tianhao spoke at length, felt a little thirsty, got up and poured a glass of water: "You all think about it, if there is any problem, there are a few of us in Qiongzhou now, and everyone has to make up their minds." ”

Several people pondered for a while, Tao Shouqing said: "Since it is a decision made by the committee, I don't have any opinion, it is better to go out or go out, and it is not a way to always nest on Hainan Island now." ”

"If everyone has no opinion, then this matter is settled." Sun Tianhao stared at Zhang Hai, "Zhang Hai, you and I will go to Macau." ”

"Why me again? Why is it always me? Zhang Hai glared and protested.

"Who told you to do that what dragon descending eighteen legs, now who in Qiongzhou Mansion doesn't know that you are He Wenhuan's master, who will go if you don't go." Wei Yang said with a smile.

Before Zhang Hai could protest again, Sun Tianhao spoke: "Wei Yang is right, this time it's not the two of us who will go, pull Huang Yuansheng and He Wenhuan." ”

"Why?" Not only Zhang Hai, but everyone was a little strange about Sun Tianhao's decision.

"Still can't figure this out?" Sun Tianhao nodded at the four people opposite, "No wonder the committee asked me to be this director, it's really far-sighted." ”

"you." Zhang Hai scolded, "Hurry up and say why." ”

"Our goal is to replace Liu Xiang against the Dutch." Sun Tianhao explained seriously, "But this goal is too far away, and now you have no brains to go to Macau, people don't know who you are at all, maybe they will send you away as an autumn breeze." So we have to set a more reliable goal first, sell white sugar to the Portuguese, this is one. Second, it is best to let Ho Wenhuan or Huang Yuansheng set up a point in Macao to keep abreast of Macao's movements. So these 2 people have to go too. ”

Qian Shansu asked another question: "Do they let them arrange manpower at this point, can people who don't have us rest assured?" ”

"There's no way, we don't have manpower, so we can only do this first." Sun Tianhao looked at Qian Shansu with a smile, "Why don't you go?" ”

"Spare me." Qian Shansu raised his hand in surrender, "I'd better stay here honestly." ”

After everyone finished discussing, they dispersed, and Zhang Hai rubbed it to the end.

"Brother Sun." Seeing that there was no one in the house, Zhang Hai asked in a low voice, "Is it really the committee's decision to go to Macau?" ”

"Yes." Sun Tianhao waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Hai to sit down again, "I have discussed this issue with Lu Lao and Xu Lang. What we mean is that no matter who is making small moves now, no matter whether the contradictions will be made public in the future, at least Yulin Bay is still monolithic on the surface, and the development of Yulin Bay is the most important, so as long as it is beneficial to the development of Yulin Bay, it must be done. ”

Sun Tianhao and the other four people took a boat to Macau. Since the Dutch attack on Macao was repulsed three years ago, it turned to Taiwan for development, and Macao entered a period of rapid development. Today, Macau has a population of 30,000 and is extremely prosperous in all kinds of commerce. Sun Tianhao remembered that Lu Tianxiang said that the total value of goods shipped from Macao to Manila by Chongzhen in three years was equivalent to 1 million taels of silver.

After the four people settled down, Huang Yuansheng hired an interpreter named Sun Xu and took Sun Tianhao and others to wander the streets of Macao. At noon, a few people found a wine shop, ordered a few side dishes, and drank wine.

"Boss Huang." Sun Tianhao asked, "Macau is such a big place, and we have almost walked around this morning, we must have a goal, we can't just be like a headless fly." ”

"Hehe, Sun Gongzi is in a hurry?" Huang Yuansheng smiled, "Don't worry, we have a goal, let's go to church in the afternoon." ”

"Church?" Zhang Hai asked, "What are you doing in church?" Does Boss Huang believe in Jesus? ”

"I don't believe in Jesus, but some do." Huang Yuansheng explained, "We are here mainly to sell sugar this time, and now the priests in the church are the most familiar with these Hongyi merchants, and these Hongyi people will definitely go to the church after they come, so we go to find the priest, it may be helpful." Besides, didn't Sun Gongzi say that it was best to visit the head of Haojing's soldiers this time, that is, the governor you are talking about. This also had to go through the priest, who was more familiar with the soldier. ”

Standing in front of St. Paul's Church, Sun Tianhao couldn't help but sigh: "This is the Ruins of St. Paul's, I didn't expect it to be like this now." ”

"The Ruins of St. Paul's?" Huang Yuansheng didn't understand, "What St. Paul's?" This is St. Paul's Church. But when Sun Gongzi said this, it really looked like an archway. ”

Sun Tianhao smiled and didn't explain, but said, "Go in, I don't know if Bishop Warren is at home." ”

Huang Yuansheng stared at Sun Tianhao with two eyes and arched his hand: "Sun Gongzi is really well-informed, he even knows the name of the bishop here, and he admires it." ”

"Huh." Sun Tianhao laughed dryly, "Boss Huang, although our homeland is tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, as a descendant of China, we still care about the news of our homeland." ”

In fact, when he was in Yulin Bay, Lu Tianxiang introduced the situation in Macao to Sun Tianhao. St. Paul's Church was built in 1602, destroyed by a fire on September 22, 1635, and rebuilt in 1637, making it the largest Catholic church in the East at the time. Located on a small hill near Rua da Bus in Macau, this church has an indissoluble bond with fire, from its initial form to the only remaining archway in front of the wall, it has experienced three fires and has been burned and rebuilt, witnessing the history of Macau. On the evening of January 26, 1835, St. Paul's Church was destroyed by a fire, leaving only the present front wall. Because its shape is similar to the traditional Chinese memorial arch, it is named "St. Paul's Monument".

And Macau's Catholicism can be said to have the longest history in the whole of East Asia. In 1575 (the third year of Wanli), Pope Gregory XIII declared Macao a Catholic bishopric, as the first diocese of the Far East, and served as the bishop of Macao. In 1579 (the seventh year of Wanli), the Sisters of Maria Ziklo began to operate in Macao. In 1581 (the ninth year of Wanli), the Italian Catholic priest Matteo Ricci arrived in Macao to study Chinese. and went into the interior to preach. At this time, the bishop of the diocese of Macau was Warrenta, who had just been succeeded by him.

Sun Tianhao waved his hand and interrupted the question that Huang Yuansheng still wanted to ask: "Boss Huang, I will make it clear to Boss Huang in the future, the purpose of our visit today is to sell sugar." I told Boss Huang on the ship that at present, Haojing goes out more than 1 million taels of goods every year, of which sugar accounts for a very small share, this is our business opportunity, Boss Huang should not forget this. ”

"How can you?" Huang Yuansheng hurriedly said: "Huang will do his best to open up sales channels for our sugar factory." ”

"Also, Boss Huang, I might as well tell you one more thing." Sun Tianhao pretended to be mysterious and said, "According to the information we have received, the Dutch are currently fighting a war with the Portuguese in the Nanyang area, and they will soon win. If the Dutch control the routes, I'm afraid the trade routes of this mirror will not be so smooth, so we will have to hurry up and sell sugar. ”

"Nanyang?" Huang Yuansheng's jaw was about to fall again: "How can you even know about Nanyang?" Could it be that Sun Gongzi, you, you are in contact with your homeland? ”

"Nanyang?" He Wenhuan also interjected, "Where is Nanyang?" ”

Sun Tianhao didn't answer again, but stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Everyone, if you continue to talk about it, it will be a delay, let's go in together." ”