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On the flagship of the fleet, Li Hongyu, dressed in civilian clothes, stood on the deck of the bow of the ship, chatting and laughing while looking at the people standing at the pier waiting to greet them.

Among the crowds greeted on the pier, there were not only Portuguese people living here, but also people from the local government and yamen, beating gongs and drums, a lively and festive scene.

"Macau!"

Looking at the town behind the pier with many European-style buildings, Li Hongyu couldn't help but secretly say to himself, he didn't expect that he would come to this "Oriental Casino" in later generations many years later.

In fact, during the Ming Dynasty, Macao was called the "Trench Mirror" and belonged to Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, a group of Portuguese merchant ships asked to go to Haojing, which was later known as Macao, to dry the tributes wet by the sea under the pretext of encountering wind and waves at sea.

The Portuguese were thus able to go ashore in Macao, and then live in Macao, which was regarded as a stronghold of the Far East.

Since the Portuguese landed near the A-Ma Temple in Macau, the two sides had difficulty communicating with each other due to the language barrier, so when they asked the locals for the name of the place where they had arrived, the locals thought they were asking about the A-Ma Temple, so they replied with "A-Ma".

In this way, Macau becomes "macao" in Portuguese.

The Portuguese already had colonies in Nanyang at this time, and the reason why they adopted such a cautious attitude was closely related to the Battle of Tuen Mun that year.

In the sixth year of Zhengde, the Portuguese, as the "pioneer" of European colonialism, sent a fleet to land in Tuen Mun, Dongguan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to open trade with the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming court refused, and the only way to trade with the Ming smugglers on the sea.

Because they did not understand the national strength of the Ming Dynasty, the commander of the Portuguese fleet thought that the Ming Dynasty was as easy to deal with as the natives of the South Seas they had conquered, so they decided to occupy a port by force as a base for trade with the Ming Dynasty, and then chose Tuen Mun, erected a stone monument with the Portuguese national emblem on it to show the occupation, and built fortifications and so on.

According to historical records, because Emperor Zhengde had a favorable impression of the Franco, that is, the Portuguese, he did not allow the court officials to expel the Portuguese in Tuen Mun.

It was not until ten years later in the sixteenth year of Zhengde that Emperor Jiajing listened to the opinions of the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, and issued an edict to expel the Portuguese, so there was the Battle of Tuen Mun.

Although the Portuguese were ultimately defeated, the Ming also saw the sharpness of their firearms and had left the Ming firearms behind.

After the Battle of Tuen Mun, the Ming court demanded that the ships of the coastal guard ship destroy the Portuguese-flagged ship when they saw it. The Battle of Qiancao Bay took place in Qiancao Bay, Xinhui County, and the Portuguese were also defeated, and turned north to harass the southeast coast, but were also attacked by the Ming army, and finally had to evacuate the sea of Fujian and Zhejiang.

It was precisely because of the previous military defeat that the Portuguese began to face up to the strength of the Ming Dynasty, after all, this huge eastern empire had a population of hundreds of millions, and the whole of Portugal was only a million people.

It is worth mentioning that although the Portuguese were able to enter Macao, trade and build houses in Macao, they only had the right of residence in Macao, and Macao was not a Portuguese colony.

It was not until after the Opium War, when the Qing court was powerless to stop the Western powers that were eyeing each other, that Macao became a Portuguese colony.

In the 11th year of Wan, the Portuguese residing in Macao set up the Macao Council on their own without the consent of the Ming Court to carry out the self-governance of the Portuguese community.

However, the Portuguese community was subject to the jurisdiction of the local county government of Xiangshan County, and had to pay the government a rent of 500 taels per year for living in Macao, and pay taxes to the government.

According to historical records, officials of the Ming Dynasty had: "Those who live in Australia, even if they are in the Celestial Empire, should obey the laws of the Celestial Empire", otherwise "the crimes of Er and others will be punished heavily, and they cannot be forgiven." ”

And the Portuguese who were reprimanded respectfully said that "the world is bathed in sainthood, and the oath of observance is unswerving", indicating compliance.

Of course, even if such a thing were to happen in history, the Portuguese would never have said that they would "bathe in the world as saints and stick to their vows", and it is clear that the local officials handled it "appropriately" when they went to the court.

Due to the Portuguese settlement and piracy in Macao, the Governor of Xiangshan strengthened the governance of Macao with the "Ten Rules for the Regulation of Macao" in the 36th century.

At this moment, among the people lined up at the dock to welcome them, those wearing official uniforms were the officials of Xiangshan County, although they were not subordinate to the Customs Department, and even belonged to the yamen of the two systems of the imperial court, but because of Li Hongyu's existence, they were very jealous of this.

After the fleet docked, Li Hongyu followed the officials of the Customs Department and the sailor division to get off the ship, and Yang Li'er, who was disguised as a man, followed him quietly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you've worked hard all the way." Wang Yi, the magistrate of Xiangshan, led the officials in the yamen and the Portuguese to greet him with a smile and arched his hand.

"Wang Zhixian is too polite." Among Li Hongyu and his entourage, the leader was Zhao Dawei, the secretary of the Guangzhou Customs Department, and Zhang Hao, the secretary of the Guangzhou Customs Department, were both tax officials from a good background, and they returned the salute to Wang Yi with a smile.

Zhao Dawei is a native of Zhejiang, and he is one of the core tax officials under Li Hongyu, otherwise he would not have held such an important position as Siguan Tongzhi.

Because of the Portuguese in Macau, Zhao Dawei has gone to Xiangshan County several times to see Wang Yi, so the two have long been familiar with each other.

Subsequently, Zhao Dawei introduced Wang Yi and the officials of the Xiangshan County Government to Li Hongyu and several military attachés of the Shui Shi, and he knew the people of Xiangshan County well.

Wang Yi noticed Li Hongyu at a glance, Li Hongyu, who was dressed in civilian clothes among the people of the Customs Department and the sailor, was very eye-catching, and secretly guessed in his heart that this person would be able to follow the people from the Customs Department and the sailor to come to meet the Portuguese.

"Lord Zhao, this is a newly sent steward from Portugal, named Mascolu, who just arrived here yesterday."

After Zhao Dawei finished introducing the officials of the county government, Wang Yi pointed to the middle-aged man led by the Portuguese standing on the side and said in a deep voice.

"I've seen you." Seeing Wang Yi pointing at him, Ma Shijialu knew that he was introducing himself to Zhao Dawei, so he stroked his chest with the palm of his right hand, bowed down to Zhao Dawei, and said in stiff Cantonese.

Although the Cantonese spoken by Mascok is extremely non-standard, everyone can still understand the meaning even after guessing, and it is very interesting to see that it calls itself "of".

"Tell Mr. Mascolus that Daming welcomes him and hopes that the friendship between the two countries will last forever." Zhao Dawei looked up at Mashijia Road, and then turned to Li Hongyu, who was standing behind.

"Mr. Mascolu, welcome to you, and I wish the friendship between the two countries to last forever." Under the gaze of some surprise from everyone, Li Hongyu stepped forward and conveyed Zhao Dawei's meaning to Mashigaru in fluent Portuguese.

"You've been in Lisbon?"

Mascolus suddenly showed a look of surprise after listening to Li Hongyu's relay, Li Hongyu's Portuguese actually had a strong accent in the Lisbon area, the capital of the Portuguese Empire, which surprised him very much, as if the Ming Dynasty had not sent anyone to Portugal.

"I learned from a Portuguese businessman in Lisbon." Li Hongyu quietly explained that it was naturally impossible for him to tell the person who taught him Portuguese in Mascolus that he was a Portuguese student in later generations.

Up, the reason why Li Hongyu understands the languages of several Western European countries is inseparable from his preference for football, because he was relatively idle in school, so in order to better watch the football, he learned the language of the country where the stars are located, but he didn't think that it would come in handy now.

In other words, Li Hongyu and Yang Li'er are now translators of the Customs Department, so that Li Hongyu and Yang Li'er can naturally travel with the fleet of overseas trade.

Compared with Li Hongyu, Yang Li'er can only speak Portuguese at a beginner level and can understand simple sentences, but it is already a great advantage compared to others, thanks to her training in the Customs Department Academy.

Seeing this, Wang Yi finally understood what was going on, and after a long time, Li Hongyu turned out to be a translator, although he felt that Li Hongyu was too young but did not take it to heart, after all, now the Portuguese missionaries have come to the Ming Dynasty for many years, and it is not surprising that Li Hongyu learned Portuguese.

Since Wang Yi didn't know Portuguese, he naturally couldn't hear whether Li Hongyu's Portuguese was standard, otherwise he would definitely be shocked.

Wang Yi has already prepared a reception banquet in Xiangshan County, and Zhao Dawei and his party are welcome to wash the dust, and Ma Shijialu, as an overseas Yi person, naturally has no qualifications to attend the banquet.

Therefore, after greeting each other on the wharf for a while, they rushed to the county seat of Xiangshan, while Li Hongyu followed Masgar Road into the town behind the wharf, which was governed by the Portuguese themselves.

Unlike Wang Yi, Li Hongyu was well aware of the identity of Masgarlu, who was not an ordinary principal, but the governor of Macao sent by the Portuguese Empire to be responsible for the defense of Macau.

Of course, the defense of the Portuguese in Macao was not aimed at the Ming Dynasty, and they were no match for the Ming army on land, but to guard against Western colonists such as the Netherlands.

In the same year, the Dutch assembled a fleet of more than a dozen ships to attack Macao, only to be driven out by the Portuguese after a terrible battle and instead invade Penghu.

For the Portuguese, the Western colonizers who followed them were even more harmful, not only robbing them of their interests, but also finding ways to drive them into the market and dominate the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Masgar Road was not the first governor of Macau, a few years earlier the Portuguese Empire had appointed a governor of Macau, but that person did not arrive, so Masgar Road was the second governor. (To be continued...) ）

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