Matteo Ricci's honesty taught Qu Rukui a lot of things that he didn't know before, and as a scholar who was very interested in Western culture and science, Qu Rukui was not short-sighted.

"There's also this relationship in there......"

Qu Rukui looked at Matteo Ricci, and then said with an unkind expression: "Mr. Li, the old man doesn't say anything else, it's best not to have an accident on Luzon Island, once something happens, if Xiao Zhennan knows, as long as a letter is folded, the imperial court will allow Xiao Zhennan to attack Luzon to punish Franco."

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty's martial arts have flourished, and even the battles have been victorious, especially Xiao Zhennan, whose ability to use troops has not been encountered for 50 years, is a strong general trained by the nine sides, and has the military exploits of Ningxia, Korea and Burma, so he has not lost the battle, so the imperial court is relieved to hand over the southern Xinjiang to him a military future to guard. ”

After so many years of dealing, Matteo Ricci also knows that Chinese literati like to speak in twists and turns, so that the listener can understand by himself, so that it can appear more profound, at first he did not understand, but now that he has been with the Chinese for a long time, he also understands, Qu Rukui's meaning is very clear.

You did bribe the eunuch, but this is not the end, the emperor's opinion is important, but if Xiao Ruxun has a legitimate excuse and reason, it is really hard to say that the court does not allow it, you have to satisfy Xiao Ruxun's opinion, otherwise Xiao Ruxun wants to do things, he has many ways to do things.

And the most important thing is that the Chinese community in the Philippines itself is an extremely unstable factor, and now everyone on the island is very nervous, in case a bad gun makes a big mistake, it will be over, and this matter is definitely not something that can be solved in private.

Matteo Ricci already knew what he had to do.

On the way back to Macao, Matteo Ricci happened to see a team of officials from Xiangshan County pressing a few unlucky Portuguese people in the direction of the Xiangshan County Ya, needless to say, they must have gone to play the board.

I don't know what happened to these unlucky guys, one by one they looked dejected, Matteo Ricci saw it, and hurriedly lowered his head and passed quickly, not bothering him.

Not to mention whether he can speak or not, now that Qu Rukui is not around, he has no amulet, he provoked these people, and said that he would hit the board.

Civilized Chinese, knowledgeable Chinese elite officials, actually have such a rough side.

Arriving at the port of Macao, under the arrangement of the Portuguese, Matteo Ricci took a boat to the Philippines, and when he returned to the Philippines, it was already three days later, and there was still a long way from the port to Manila, but before he could reach Manila, the Governor had already run to meet him.

Ricci, of course, knew that it was not because of God, but because he had the decisive factor in determining the safety of the Philippines.

"How?"

"The Chinese emperor's side has been resolved, he will never order to attack us, and the rumor that there are mountains of gold and silver has been determined to be false."

Hearing Matteo Ricci say this, the Governor breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and looked like he was the rest of his life.

"Great! It's really great! There are no merchant ships to do business these days, and we don't have a lot of food in reserve, and if we continue, we will all starve to death here, Mr. Leach, I will not forget your contribution to the Philippine and Spanish governments, and I will show you your credit to His Majesty the Great King and His Royal Highness the Honourable Pope. ”

Now that the matter has been done, it is to be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and the Governor has always been bold in this kind of thing.

Matteo Ricci hurriedly said: "This is not in a hurry, Mr. Governor, there is one more thing I want to explain, and you must also understand." ”

The Governor was stunned.

"What's the matter?"

"My friend said that although the Chinese emperor will not pay attention to this matter anymore, but in this sea area, including the surrounding areas, the most powerful person is General Xiao, General Xiao in Burma, the Chinese emperor is in the north, he can't control here, General Xiao is here, and the most difficult is General Xiao.

He doesn't have to send troops, he just needs to say a word, tell the businessmen of the surrounding countries not to come here to do business, otherwise he will sanction those people, what can you do? General Xiao's power is very large, it's not something we should provoke, you can't offend General Xiao! ”

The Governor looked embarrassed.

"Mr. Leach, of course I understand this kind of thing, but those Chinese are very important labor for us, and the damned Filipino natives only know to ask us for money, and if it doesn't meet their wishes, they will rise up and make trouble, and it will cost us a lot of money and materials every time.

You may not know, but I and the former governor know very well why we would rather use Chinese than go to those damned natives, who are lazy and greedy, we let them do things, they can be lazy, if they are beaten, they immediately flee back to their tribes to fight us, and we have big and small rebellions every year.

But the Chinese laborers are different, they are very hardworking, they are very law-abiding, they will definitely complete the work we are given, and they will contribute a lot of taxes to us, if it is not for the Chinese businessmen to contribute taxes, if it is not for the Chinese laborers to work, our rule will be very problematic. ”

"But they are Chinese."

Matteo Ricci exclaimed: "If they are willing to return to their homeland, but you stop them, then General Xiao will be very angry, and the consequence of his anger will be that we and you will lose all wealth and status in the Philippines, and such an outcome is unacceptable to us and you!" ”

Matteo Ricci, as a monk of the Holy See, spoke to the Governor from the perspective of the Holy See, although the Governor was much higher than Matteo Ricci in status, but he could not ignore his opinion, after all, he represented the Catholic Church, and now there is a cardinal living in the Philippines.

The Governor was silent for a long time, and only gave Matteo Ricci a reply of "go back and talk later".

It's not that he doesn't know the drawbacks of doing this, but he really can't think of who will let the basic production on the Philippine island do after letting these Chinese go, and let those stupid and greedy natives do it? Then they will starve to death!

He does not have too strong talents and ambitions, he is more timid and conservative than his predecessor, and the death of his predecessor at the hands of the Chinese has given him a great stimulus, and he is more wary of the Chinese than most people here, and he understands the danger of the Chinese better.

China to the north, and Burma to the northwest, put him under great mental pressure, and he gradually felt that he was not suitable to serve as an overseas governor.

He began to retreat.