The envoy sent by Zheng Zhilong and Turia was a Hongfanyi named Ai Kang, but he had the nationality of Franc Machine, but he was always serving Franc Machine's armed caravan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, this Ai Dang is also a great master, and he can even speak fluent Fengyang Mandarin, and he has lived in the capital for a few years, and he has a good relationship with Matteo Ricci, and he has also met Xu Guangqi.

But this person is not willing to cooperate with the Ming court, and even despises the ancient empire of the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, this twilight empire will be abandoned by the times sooner or later.

Even now when he saw Shang Zhou Zuo, the governor of Liangguang, he was still arrogant, he didn't think that the Ming official in front of him, who was wearing a vermilion official robe and a cloud-patterned black veil, could have much knowledge, so he despised Shang Zhou Zuo a little, not to mention that he also had his own ships outside the city to rely on, so he was even more fearless:

"Your Excellency, you have also seen, now that the warships of my Franc Machine have surrounded this city of Guangzhou, it can be said that as long as we are willing, within a moment, this city of Guangzhou can be turned into a ruin, and as long as you are willing to sign a document that allows us to give us the concession of Macao for a hundred years, and compensate us for the loss of two million silver dollars in this siege of Guangzhou, we will immediately withdraw from the siege of Guangzhou, so as to ensure the safety of the people of the city, what do you think?"

Shang Zhouzuo couldn't help but sneer, although he already felt that this blue-eyed, curly-haired and yellow-haired Westerner was in the sky, but he still didn't show too intense emotions when he had some self-cultivation, and just said: "Can you make the city of Guangzhou into a ruin in a moment, the official doesn't know, but the official can determine how long you can live now." ”

Shang Zhouzuo was naturally also worried that these Westerners would really attack the city of Guangzhou, but they were not allowed to cede the Holy Purpose of Macao, and the news of the imminent arrival of the Nanyang Fleet brought by Jinyiwei prompted Shang Zhouzuo, who was the governor of Liangguang, to decide to continue to strictly implement the will of His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youxiao, so in the face of the aggressiveness of this envoy named Ai Kang, he did not choose to retreat, but coldly ordered after saying a word to the envoy Ai Dang:

"Carry his head to the baron named Turia, and tell them that this is what my Da Ming means, either set foot on my Guangzhou Mansion City, or honestly retreat, and want us to give in, no way! Even if there is no Guangzhou Fucheng, we still have Zhaoqing and Wuzhou, as long as the Ming Dynasty still exists, we will let you taste the lesson! ”

After Shang Zhouzuo finished speaking, the two guards came over and grabbed Ai Kang's left and right arms, but Ai Dang was also very surprised, he didn't expect this Shang Zhouzuo to directly kill himself, and couldn't help but say inwardly: "Your Excellency the Governor, what are you going to do, aren't you afraid that our Western artillery will make you die without a place to bury?" ”

Shang Zhouzuo didn't bother to deal with this Western envoy named Ai Kang, so he just waved his hand.

The two guards dragged Ai Dang out, Ai Dang couldn't help but be anxious, where would he think that he would be beheaded before he could speak, and couldn't help shouting: "Your Excellency, Honorable Governor, if there is anything, we can discuss, I really hope that there will be no war disputes between us, so as long as you have this sincerity, I can help you persuade the Baron again!" ”

Shang Zhouzuo didn't pay attention to it, and still buried himself in sorting out the case.

At this time, Ai Dang had been pulled out of the palace, and his head had been pressed into the stone groove, but Ai Dang was still unwilling, and shouted: "Your Excellency, Great Governor, can you give me another chance to convince you, I can help you persuade our Baron to give up the demand for two million silver dollars in compensation, otherwise you can also reduce the lease period of Macau, change it to fifty years, no less!" ”

"Shut up! It's not your turn to point fingers in my Ming territory", one of the guards couldn't help but roar, and at this time, the other guard raised his knife.

Seeing this, Ai Dang couldn't help but cry and shouted, "Lord, why is this, why did I end my life like this!" ”

Just as Ai dared to shout in confusion, the guard's knife had already been chopped down, and blood was suddenly splattered on the ground.

When the guards of the Governor's Biaoying presented Ai Kang's head, Shang Zhouzuo didn't say much, but in his heart he was also mixed, in just two months, he had killed two people in a row, one was an official of the imperial court, and the other was a Westerner, which was also the most iron-blooded since he served as a local feudal official.

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"Damn!"

At the same time, Turia was one of the chief planners of the siege of Guangzhou, and when he saw that the envoy he sent had only one head returned, he couldn't help but be furious.

Turia felt as if she had been slapped hard by Shang Zhouzuo, and felt a strong humiliation.

And Zheng Zhilong didn't feel good in his heart, as the governor of Liangguang, Shang Zhouzuo made it clear that he was unwilling to compromise, which may also show the willingness of the imperial court, and Zheng Zhilong, who was still naïve, had to admit that the imperial court was not so easily frightened.

"Mr. Zheng, do you think it is necessary for us to besiege Guangzhou City like this all the time and consume food and fresh water all the time, since these Ming dogs are so ignorant, I think we might as well just hit his Guangzhou Mansion! Let them know that they know awesome! Whoever dares to kill Baron Ben, Ben wants to punish them all by God! ”

After Turia gritted his teeth, he didn't wait for Zheng Zhilong to express his position, and decisively ordered all the warships to move forward and adjust their positions to prepare for the attack on the capital city of Guangzhou.

And Zheng Zhilong finally decided: "Go down and follow the orders of Baron Turia, if you can break through the city of Guangzhou, you can let him plunder it for three days!" ”

As soon as Zheng Zhilong's order was issued, one person hurriedly ran in: "The third master is here!" ”

"The third?" Zheng Zhilong couldn't help but be surprised, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Isn't this guy the third guy monitoring the South China Sea Fleet of the imperial court, why did he suddenly come here, where is the South China Sea Fleet now, is there any news?" ”

Just when Zheng Zhilong was puzzled, Zheng Zhibao broke in first, and knelt down directly to Zheng Zhilong on one knee: "Big brother, the third brother is stupid, he actually fell for Gu Sanmazi, so that dozens of ships were destroyed, and there were only more than 300 brothers who escaped back. ”

"You, you're fighting against the South China Sea Fleet?" Zheng Zhilong was a little surprised, and asked again: "Didn't I warn you that you can only monitor and deter, and not act rashly?" ”

Zheng Zhibao also felt aggrieved, and said: "It's not that I want to confront that Gu San Mazi head-on, but that Gu San Mazi is too hateful, he actually took the initiative to shell us, little brother, I was so angry that I didn't want to be beaten passively, so I directly fought with them, but because I was a light enemy for a while." ”