The Japanese people have been handed over to Li Zhaoxian to take over, and with the cooperation of Ma Ang, the governor of the East China Sea, Xie Hong feels that he doesn't need to continue to pay attention, in fact, he doesn't have time to pay attention. 【】

Just because Zhengde was going to open a store, he stayed in the Qianqing Palace for a day, and even ate lunch in the palace, and he didn't have to be idle to eat, he had to listen to Zhengde's various imaginations, and he had to put forward reasonable suggestions from time to time. Busy like this, how can he still have time to pay attention to the side?

"Alas, it's really moving your mouth from above, and breaking your legs from below!" When he came, the morning light had not dispersed, but when he went home, it was already sunset, Xie Hong sighed in his heart, when will my brother be able to enjoy the happy and [***] life of the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking of the new topic of refining monosodium glutamate, and then thinking about the sudden change that may occur in the situation in a few years, he only felt that the future of Daming was bright, but his future was dark, "I really can't live this day, I should not have returned to the capital if I knew it, and I would have stayed in Liaodong to be more comfortable......

"Brother Xie, wait, you wait for me......" Not far away, Xie Hong suddenly heard someone calling behind him, and when he looked back, it was a fat man who greeted him, and he was followed by a thin man in a flying fish suit, saying that it was not appropriate to say that it was a thin man, but it was just a result of comparison.

"Brother Gu, Brother Qian, you two are ......" Xie Hong was a little puzzled, although he was not there all the time, but when he and Zhengde discussed the opening of the store, Gu Fatzi was also present, as for Qian Ning, this guy has always been elusive, and he can catch frogs in the spring, and his ability to hide will not be bad.

"Huhu, Brother Xie, your journey is really fast, you have walked so far in a while, it's good to be young." The fat man panted and chased after him, looked at Xie Hong with envious eyes, and praised him sincerely.

"I'm not an outsider anymore, Brother Gu, if you have something, just say it, why are you doing all this?" Glancing at the fat man's belly like a baby in October, Xie Hong pursed his lips, which brother walks fast, obviously you have too much burden, right? Do you see why Admiral Qian doesn't blush and panth?

"Hehe, brother, I also say this from the heart......" The fat man defended two sentences, and then said the real purpose, "Brother Xie, tell me, what is strange about those two foreign monks?" If it ......" he stopped talking, and although Qian Ning didn't speak, his expression became focused.

"Oh? Oh, you said those two Portuguese, of course those two guys are weird. Strictly speaking, those two people are spies sent by Western countries, in addition to preaching, they also have to investigate the local customs, provide intelligence to the follow-up troops, and even win over local officials to infiltrate or something. ”

"Huh? So wicked! The fat man's eyes widened, and Qian Ning's hand unconsciously pressed on the handle of the knife, his hand was very close, and his palms were full of cold sweat.

The fat man wiped a cold sweat and complained with palpitations: "Our family treated them as good people earlier, and actually gave them the opportunity to walk in front of the emperor, this, this is really too dangerous, Brother Xie, since you know, why didn't you remind them earlier?" ”

Qian Ning nodded in agreement, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, he was a big dereliction of duty. But if Xie Hong didn't say it, who would have thought that those two people who looked funny and seemed harmless to humans and animals would still have such ghostly thoughts?

"They are just members of the expedition, not pioneers, and the two countries have not yet had contact with the real surname, why are you worried so much?" Xie Hong spread his hands and said with a smile. As early as the opening of Zhenbaozhai in the first year of Zhengde, he knew about the existence of Western missionaries, if there was danger, how could he let those two guys go?

"The identities of those people are also constantly changing, before the actual surname, they are harmless missionaries, if you are lucky, you can get some advanced technology or something from them, for example, this time, I just want to ask them about the news of chili peppers......"

"Chili?" Qian Ning did not participate in the meeting, but listened to Gu Dayong's relay, and Gu Dayong didn't know what a chili pepper was, so he ignored it.

Xie Hong casually explained: "It's just a spice, well, the kind that's delicious, I saw it in books before, that thing is in the Americas, and the Portuguese may have been to the Americas." ”

"......" The two fat men glanced at each other, their hearts were itching, what kind of book did Brother Xie read, how did he know these unheard of things? It's just that these things still have a fatal attraction to the emperor, this person, he still needs to read more books, study more, and he may not use them at any time.

"That'...... The two of them left suddenly, what is the reason for this? The fat man had forgotten his original intention when he came, but thought along Xie Hong's train of thought, and Qian Ning also frowned and fell into deep thought.

"I should have known about the changes in Daming's overseas strategy, and felt that it was necessary to inform their compatriots in order to make strategic adjustments." Xie Hong's answer was a bit vague, but it was generally not bad.

Historically, in the contact between Western civilization and the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese were relatively friendly, although there was some friction, but the conflict was not too big, compared to Spain and the Netherlands, which fought with the Ming Dynasty several times, it was almost negligible.

Of course, this is also related to the situation in the West, although the Portuguese were the pioneers of the Great Voyage and were the first country to reach East Asia, their national power was relatively small, and they only scratched the wind for a while in the early days of the Great Voyage, and with the annexation of the country, they soon handed over maritime supremacy to Spain.

Without strength, there is naturally no confidence to provoke, relatively speaking, it is much more gentle, in the late Ming Dynasty in the exchange of technology and culture between the East and the West, the Portuguese also played a very important role.

However, Xie Hong's prophet ended here, and he still knew some of the context of these major events, but he was blind to the specific time of the incident. Not to mention him, even those two Portuguese missionaries may not know whether Spain has annexed Portugal at this time, the distance is too far, and the lag of the news is extremely strong.

Without intelligence, there is no way to make a specific judgment on the situation, and Xie Hong can only make a minimum inference.

"Adjustments? Could it be that those people still have the idea of attacking the Ming Dynasty? Channing lost his voice, and he had a very ridiculous feeling. According to those people themselves, the whole of Europa has a population of only a few million, and Frangi itself is one of the very small countries, and the Ming ...... Isn't this a snake swallowing an elephant? Or maybe a frog swallowing an elephant?

"Maybe there were?" Xie Hong replied ambiguously. He didn't know if the Portuguese of the Ming Dynasty had the idea of annexing the Ming Dynasty, but he knew that the Spaniards had such thoughts.

Although he didn't remember the specific period, Xie Hong remembered very well what a certain Spanish governor of Luzon once said. Give him 20,000 soldiers, and he will be able to turn the Ming Dynasty into a Spanish colony, this is the arrogant words of the governor.

Xie Hong's knowledge of history is too poor, so he doesn't know it, and it's not a matter of arrogance. In order to conquer the Ming Dynasty, the governor named Sander in the Philippines drew up a comprehensive invasion plan, from conquest to occupation, to maintaining colonial order, and even the method of rewarding meritorious deeds, as well as the planning of future routes, he did a lot of work.

The well-planned strategy, which was a fairly accurate number, was also approved by the King of Spain. Spain prepared an expeditionary force of 12,000 men and asked the Viceroyalty of India to provide maximum reinforcements.

In addition, they also co-opted the Wa State, preparing to recruit 5,000 Wa troops to jointly launch a war of aggression against the Ming Dynasty, whether Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ambition grew because of this incident, later generations no longer know, but it is clear that the Wa State and Spain were once quite close.

Of course, there is no such war in history, it only stays on paper. However, the reason for the termination of the project was not that the Spaniards were timid or soft-hearted, but that there was an accident in the nest.

Shortly after the plan was set, a fierce battle broke out between Spain and Great Britain in the English Channel, in which Spain's Armada was wiped out, and the Netherlands lost their maritime supremacy, unable to expand overseas. The latter achieved Zheng Chenggong's reputation in the Taiwan Reconquest.

Therefore, Xie Hong is very sure that although the Westerners in this era were not as domineering as they were during the reign of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they could not be judged to be friendly from this, and it was only due to many factors such as the comparison of strength that they were somewhat restrained.

Even the weakest and friendliest Portuguese have not secretly encircled Macau? If possible, don't they want to sweep the Central Plains?

"After seeing Daming's current strength, the main purpose of those two people should be to send the information back, and make specific decisions, hehe, they may retreat, after all, Nanyang is closer to Daming, and they do not have an advantage in geography at all; It is also possible to speed up the process and try to catch us off guard before Da Ming is fully prepared. Xie Hong groaned.

"Isn't it better to get them back? Save them from leaking secrets. This is the purpose of Gu Fatzi's coming, he listened to some conversations between Xie Hong and Zhengde intermittently, and knew that there was something wrong with these two people, and after Qian Ning's reminder, he wanted to take this opportunity to make a contribution.

"Yes, the embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the anthill, and it is better to be cautious about military and political affairs." Qian Ning rarely dropped his schoolbag, his fanzi is much more efficient than before, even the frog can be caught, and there is no pressure at all to catch two fanzi in the territory of Daming. The stakes are important and easy to grasp, isn't this a free effort?

"It doesn't matter, if they retreat, naturally someone else will come up to replace them, and sooner or later they will also run into each other, and it will be more convenient to solve it in Nanyang." Xie Hong vetoed the proposal of the two.

Joke, Westerners have come from thousands of miles across the ocean, how can they not be entertained? Huaxia, which has no internal problems, is powerful and terrifying, so let these Westerners witness the rise of the Eastern Dragon and become sacrifices.

(To be continued)