At this time, the balding governor of Portugal and Macao next to him glanced at Wen Han. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wen Han noticed it, so he stepped forward and said, "Holy King, there is another matter, but it is about you and Portugal. Speak to the Holy King, Mr. Gemales! ”

I saw the bald Governor of Macao come forward and salute, and said politely: "Your Royal Highness, I, the Portuguese Governor in Macao, Gemales, now Macao is actually under the control of our Portuguese country, but due to the non-cooperation of the Manchu government, all the Chinese merchants in Macao will be withdrawn, causing Macao's economic depression, in order to restore Macao's economic activity, therefore, I hereby propose to the Holy King to re-sign the Macao trade treaty and re-encourage Chinese merchants to come to Macao to do business." ”

"Mr. Kimarons, what you said, this king deeply agrees!" Feng Yunshan replied, seeing that the bald governor was overjoyed, he changed the topic again.

However, this king remembers that Macao has been the land of the Chinese since ancient times, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has always set up the Xiangshan County Cheng Yamen in Wang-Ha Village in Macao to administer Macao. Now, this king has taken over all the affairs of the Manchu Qing in Liangguang, and is naturally the master of Macau! Therefore, the king, as the master, informs you that the land rent of your country in Macao has not been paid since six years ago, but it needs to be paid to the king. Then we will discuss other matters. ”

Feng Yunshan is very aware of the affairs of Macao. Historically, Portugal wanted to occupy the land of Macao since the former governor of Macao, Amaliu, took office. First, he expelled the Manchu garrison officials stationed in Macao, and refused to pay the Qing government land rent. As a result, a governor of Macau named Amal was stabbed to death, but he did not expect Portugal to intensify and use this as an excuse to destroy the Chengyamen of Xiangshan County, and directly occupy and block the entire Macao.

Therefore, Feng Yunshan first insisted on the ownership of Macao, and then demanded that the other party pay the land rent.

Feng Yunshan knew that Portugal did not have many troops in the Far East, and it relied on Britain and France, but in fact, it mainly relied on France to support it. Therefore, Feng Yunshan didn't pay much attention to the force of this small country at all. This year is already the year of the outbreak of the Crimean War, and it will not be long before a war that lasts for three years on the battlefield will break out, and Britain and France simply do not have the energy to interfere in the affairs of the Far East. As in history, it was only after nearly six or seven years that the military was redeployed against China.

"This ..... Saint King, you see, Macao is also a big place, and it is on the sea peninsula, there are not a few acres of arable land, and it is of little value. If you can sell it to your home country in one lump sum, I will propose to the parliament that the previous rent be paid as well. Gemales said with a smile.

"Oh, how much silver are you going to give up?"

"How about a hundred thousand silver dollars?" Gemaron bit his lip.

"This king paid 200,000 silver dollars, and you sold this king a Macao Peninsula, how about it?" Feng Yunshan said with a smile.

"Holy King, you!?" Ghimarian was speechless, but he was in a difficult position!

I thought that basically all Macao had been occupied, all the weak Manchu officials had been expelled, and the office yamen had been smashed. Macau is Portugal's territory. Unexpectedly, the Chinese who were doing serious business in Zao's country withdrew one after another, while a group of ruffians and hooligans stayed, causing a miasma in Macao.

In addition, the new tax system imposed by the former governor before the law was determined that Macao belonged to Portugal caused turmoil in Macau, and even the Portuguese born and raised in Macau began to have the idea of leaving Macau and living elsewhere.

Wouldn't the whole of Macau become a dead land? As a result, not long ago, a directive came from the domestic parliament, asking him to find a way to determine the ownership of Macao, from just the actual control of Macao, to the control of Macao from the legal and moral sense!

So, he followed Wen Han and proposed to Feng Yunshan, who currently legally controls Macau, to sign a contract. I thought that for such an inconspicuous place as Macao, a rebel leader like Feng Yunshan should not be as arrogant as the Manchu Emperor, and refused to negotiate with Portugal for the sake of face, but took a benefit and gave 100,000 silver dollars, which was enough to make the leader of the self-proclaimed Holy King happy.

Unexpectedly, the rebel leader didn't buy it, and directly declared that Macao was his territory. It's hard to do!

I heard a while ago that even the British Hong Kong Island Fleet was defeated by him, and I didn't expect that even the British, who had always been arrogant, had taken a big heel on him, and although he might get it back in the future, at least for now, it was a fiasco.

What to do? People who can't even do it to the British. It seems that it is better to take a step back first!

The decision was made by Gemales, with a smile on his face, and said, "As long as the Holy King agrees to sign a trade treaty with us, we are willing to pay the full amount of the rent." ”

"Excellent! I am glad that you have chosen to be the King's friend for your country! Feng Yunshan laughed and said a little proudly: "In the near future, this king will send an army of 2,000 people to Macao to take over the defense of Macao. However, in order to reward your contribution to the development of the Macao Peninsula, the King has allowed you to designate an area of 0.5 equivalents of kilometres on the island, in addition to the military defense area, as your concession. ”

Seeing that Kimalians and Wen Han looked at him in astonishment, Feng Yunshan explained, "For all the rest of the Macao Peninsula, this king will take back all the Holy King's Palace. But rest assured, for Macau, this king will still retain the status quo, no, it cannot be said to preserve the status quo, but it is a better place than the present, and more conducive to the business and trade of your merchants and merchants of other European countries. ”

"The king will also assign the adjacent island of Taipa to Macau, and together with the Macao Peninsula, it will be used as a free trade area for the Holy King's Palace. Here, merchants from all countries can freely trade goods in Macao. The customs duties paid, except for the goods such as opium, which are still levied according to the normal tariff, most of the rest are only half of the other places, and even some goods can be completely exempted from customs duties. ”

"Really? Holy King, you won't lie to us, will you? Duty-free, what's the point of asking for Macau? U.S. Commissioner Marshali confessed and asked directly.

"Well said! This king is not for his own taxes, but for the development of Macau! The real development of Macau! Feng Yunshan said firmly.

"Holy King, it's just that this Macao Peninsula has always been occupied by our Portuguese country, and the Holy King will take it back as soon as he says it, it's too unreasonable!" Ghimarios said dissatisfiedly: "What's more, there are many Portuguese people living in Macao now, so at least we need to ask their opinions?" (To be continued.) )