Chapter 33: Landing in Macau
In 1553, the Portuguese obtained the right of residence in Macao, and on December 1, 1887, Portugal and the Qing government signed the "Draft Treaty of the Sino-Portuguese Conference" and the "Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peace and Commerce", formally occupying Macao through diplomatic documents and turning it into a colony. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
As for now, Macau in 1640 is definitely still under the control of Daming Xiangshan County, but it is undeniable that the Portuguese have absolute disposal here.
Wu Zhengdao sat in the conference room, introducing the history and discussing with everyone what to do after going ashore.
After sailing for about ten days, the Perfect finally entered the South China Sea in less than half a day before it entered the primary purpose of the voyage, Macau.
Therefore, at this time, Wang Tiehammer brought people together to discuss countermeasures, which was also the last meeting before going ashore.
"In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, we asked Liang Fa to contact that Yan Sanye, and then he introduced local officials, at this time, there is still an official mansion set up by the Ming Dynasty in Macau, as long as we get on the line and let us land safely."
In fact, Wang Tiehammer's proposal was really a helpless move, and anyone would be frightened if such a big hammer suddenly appeared at someone else's pier like this, but it would be much better if the Western sailing ship seized from the pirates, that is, the sailing ship now named Yangtze River No. 1, appeared at the Macau pier.
After all, most of the people living in Macao are Portuguese, and there are also a small number of Europeans, so it is not surprising to see this kind of Western sailing ship, and they will think that it is from Manila or Batavia, or from Europe.
"I went ashore with Liang Fa, and Billy Zhou was secretly observing, and the safety of my life would be handed over to you, otherwise I wouldn't let you go if I had anything to do." Yang Yuzhou said and smiled and gave Zhou Billy a look.
"No problem, we were born as a detective, and we will keep you safe."
After the meeting, Wang Tiehammer instructed everyone to go to sleep, and the Perfect would dock 15 nautical miles outside the Macao Terminal, and then the Yangtze River No. 1 would take half of the members of the trade team to Macao to officially launch the trade operation.
According to the discussed strategy, Yang Yuzhou and Liang Fa went ashore first to visit that Yan Sanye, and after finally confirming that there was no problem, Wu Zhengdao and others would go ashore with the goods.
The agreed time is 12 hours, once Yang Yuzhou does not return to the Yangtze River No. 1 within 12 hours, then the Yangtze River No. 1 will immediately go to the location where the Perfect docks, and the army soldiers on the Perfect will carry out rescue operations.
It doesn't matter if the trade and immigration are not successful, it is a big deal that the traversal cultivates qualified technicians from the natives, but the loss of a traverser is unacceptable to anyone, and after getting along for a month, the group of more than 500 people already has a special feeling.
Looking at the newborn sun on the sea, Yang Yuzhou, Wu Zhengdao, and Zhang Jie had already boarded the Yangtze River No. 1, and at this time Liang Fa was fawning himself to introduce Macao.
"Three adults, when you get ashore, I will lead you to eat a good meal first, although it is not as delicious as our Australian food, but it is also unique."
Liang Fa found out that they were not so fierce after getting along with everyone in the past few days, and he began to learn to pat on the back.
"This is good, Liang Fa, as long as we help us successfully connect with the Ming officials this time, you are the first meritorious, and I will propose to the judge to reduce your sentence."
Yang Yuzhou, this guy now likes to learn the appearance of the leader the most, just pat the other party's shoulder if he has nothing to do, come to a few sentences, do a good job, I am very optimistic about you, it is not him, the group leader who crossed the crowd does not know where he learned it, and patted his subordinates twice on the shoulder to encourage them if they have something to do.
The red sun rises, as the sun rises higher and higher, the hazy sea can already see the sea ahead, the sails of the Yangtze River No. 1 are also hung up, and the oarsmen also speed up, fifteen nautical miles is not long, but in the end it took an hour to sail to the Macau Pier.
Docked, Wu Zhengdao and Zhang Jie stayed on the boat, and Yang Yuzhou walked towards the city under the leadership of Liang Fa.
During this period, Macao was definitely not prosperous, if it was not as prosperous as Batavia, but it was one of the only foreign exchanges of the Ming Dynasty.
Liang Fa took Yang Yuzhou into a restaurant, which is said to have a history of several decades, and the specialties sold are all famous snacks in Guangdong.
"Xiao Er is here to serve three cage crab roe buns, and he is coming to two bowls of Shahe noodles." These are all famous snacks in Guangdong, and Yang Yuzhou has eaten them before, but I don't know what the difference is from more than 300 years later.
After eating crab roe buns, sand river noodles, and the food on the table was almost finished, Yang Yuzhou asked: "Xiao Liang, what kind of character is this Yan Sanye, he has such great ability." ”
"Speaking of Yan Sanye, maybe you don't know, but if you want to talk about another person, it is estimated that you may have heard it, and Lord Yan Zhenquan must have heard it."
Yang Yuzhou just wanted to say, what the hell is this Yan Zhenquan, but a name suddenly popped up in his mind, Yan Siqi, the king of the opening stage, the word, Zhenquan, could it be said that this guy has something to do with him.
"Third Master Yan is the grandson of Lord Yan Zhenquan, and he can eat both in the official face and in the underworld."
This explanation is clear. Yan Siqi's grandson can naturally obtain some resources left by his ancestors, although Lao Yan has been dead for more than ten years, but he was once the biggest pirate leader and maritime merchant, I am afraid that he still has a family background.
Presumably, after this descendant of the Yan family lost the foundation of Dayuan Island, he ran to Macao and relied on selling stolen goods to the pirates to make a living.
A former biggest pirate leader, coupled with his grandfather and Zheng Zhilong are sworn brothers, as long as he doesn't want to be the overlord of the East China Sea, it is estimated that Zheng Zhilong will turn a blind eye to his behavior.
According to the history I saw in the Iron Blood Hall of Fame, it is said that Comrade Lao Yan had great ambitions and wanted to establish a Riben government controlled by the Chinese, but he later failed, and it was precisely because of the failure that he came to Taiwan.
But at that time, I definitely did not give up this goal, and I went to Taiwan just because of the geographical location here. And it is also an important adviser under him, Chen Xinji, suggested: "I heard that Shuqiu is a desert island on the sea, controlling the southeast, and the land is fertile and domineering. ”
Under such historical conditions, Yang Yuzhou has already thought of how to convince this Yan Sanye. The two sides can come here to exchange interests, and at the same time, they can prepare for Australia to open the Japanese market in the future.