On 18 March, Yinzhen led a fleet of more than 20 warships, large and small, to the sea off Macao, and the leader of the Fujian Naval Division, General Zhang Chunlei, came over to report, "Lord Yu, the fleet has now arrived outside the Lingding Ocean, and further on the Pearl River estuary. ”

Yinzhen pondered for a while before saying: "Don't go to Guangzhou for the time being, go to Macao first." ”

Hearing that he was going to Macao, Zhang Chunlei hesitated a little before saying: "Lord Yu, all foreign ships entering Guangzhou must first go to the Macao Customs to apply for a red card for entering the port, and then they can enter Huangpu Port through the Humen inspection plate and release, now is the peak season for maritime trade, and there are more ships waiting to enter the port, and they are worried about ...... of their duties." ”

"It's fine." Yinzhen waved his hand lightly, he must be going to Macao, not for nostalgia, he mainly wanted to Chapter 121 Western warships to solve the dock in Macao, and secondly, he also wanted to see if he could meet the sail warships of the Western Ocean, most of the merchant ships in this season are armed merchant ships, but there are also many merchant fleets escorted by warships, although there is no concept of territorial waters at this time, it is also impossible for foreign warships to enter the port, and they are generally anchored in the open sea of Macao.

Macao was leased to Portugal in the former Ming Dynasty, and it was still inherited after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, but Macao at this time was not Macao after the Opium War, and the Portuguese only had the right to live in Macao, and they had to accept the management of the local government, and did not enjoy any privileges. For this reason, Portugal handed over to the imperial court 500 taels of land rent every year.

However, the Portuguese who lived in Macao not only set up the Macau Council to govern the Portuguese community, but also sent the Governor of Macau to be responsible for the defense of Macau, and the official residence of the Governor of Macao was also located in the Fortress.

Macao Customs is one of the seven general ports of Guangdong Customs, also known as the Macao Customs Department, with the development of foreign trade, Macao has become the outer port of Guangzhou at this time, because all the offshore trade ships must be licensed and released by the Macao Customs, which has created the abnormal development of Macao, as soon as the sea trade season, the port is special Chapter 121 Western warships are prosperous and crowded.

Sent Zhang Chunlei away, Yinzhen went back to the cabin to rest, less than an hour, he heard a low exclamation on the ship, he hurriedly walked out, as soon as he came out, he saw a large fleet of ships slowly moving in front of them, and the one behind was the Western sail warship he wanted to see the most, although the difference between the Western warship and the armed merchant ship was not very big in appearance, but the dense and tightly closed pane-like gun holes on both sides of the battleship were too conspicuous.

Not to mention, the sail battleship of this era is really beautiful, it looks like a work of art from a distance, although the gun doors are all closed, but it can still be seen that this is a battleship with a two-deck, judging from the huge hull, it should be a battleship of about 1500 materials, and the mast of this battleship hangs a half-red and half-green flag, and Yinzhen doesn't know which country's flag this is.

Aren't all warships moored in the open sea? How could this battleship enter the port, Yinzhen frowned slightly, raised the monoculars and took a closer look, only to find that the battleship seemed to have just experienced a big battle, and there was a faint damage on one side of the side.

After thinking about it for a while, Yinzhen called Zhang Chunlei and asked, "How big is this fleet?" Which country is it? Are there any other warships? ”

Zhang Chunlei replied respectfully, "Returning to the prince, this is the Macao and Portuguese fleet, the scale is not clear, and the battleship seems to be the only one, it seems that it was damaged at sea and entered the port for repair." ”

Inbound for repairs? The corners of Yinzhen's mouth hooked, and he smiled lightly, "Send two clippers to find out, don't disturb them." ”

"Commanded by humility." After Zhang Chunlei snorted, he bowed and retreated.

Macanese and Portuguese? Portuguese? Yinzhen couldn't help but think to himself, all the Portuguese sail warships have sailed to Macao? It is impossible for such a large warship to have only one, and at least it should be equipped with a smaller auxiliary warship, and he covets the idea of a fast armed sailing ship that can be equipped with 30 to 40 guns in the West with about 1,000 materials.

After receiving the order, the two small clippers of the Fujian Navy Division immediately broke away from the fleet and galloped forward quickly.

On the Western sail battleship Montedo, Captain Bourne looked vigilantly at the two clippers flying the flag of the Fujian Navy Division, and asked without looking back; "Didn't you say that as long as you put up your Portuguese flag, you'll be fine? Can you explain the origin of these two clippers? ”

Martial was an official of the Macau City Council, and he made a special trip to the sea to bring the Dutch warship into the port for maintenance, and when he heard Bourne's words, he shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "Dear Captain Bourne, this is just the fleet of the Fujian Navy of the Qing Kingdom, and they should also go to Macao, it's just a coincidence." ”

"Coincidentally?" Byrne glanced back at Martiel, confused, "Are you sure?" The battleship has now entered the pilotage, and in case of misunderstanding, your Governor Jasdo cannot bear the consequences. ”

"Rest assured, my honorable Captain Bourne." Martiel said in a good time: "It's just a little money." ”

The two Fujian sailors did not come up for interrogation, but overtook the Montedo and went all the way.

Byrne couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, in this damn place, there was really going to be a misunderstanding, but the Montedo didn't even have a chance to fight back, it was too close, and the other party was in the rear.

Before the fleet of the Fujian Navy Division docked, it attracted the attention of officials of the Macao Customs Department, and Song Fanjiang, the general stationed in the former cottage, hurriedly rushed to the wharf with a group of subordinate officers and men after hearing the news. The officials of the Portuguese Council of Macau did not dare to slack off, and the governor Jia Shidu hurriedly led a large group of people to the dock to wait.

Seeing that someone was waiting at the dock, Yinzhen instructed Yande, "Order the navy and sailors, without the permission of this king, the Western warship must not leave the port, and ask someone to strengthen the defense of the sea." ”

After Yande was ordered to retreat, Yinzhen began to change his official uniform and ordered someone to play the banner of Qincha.

A group of officials and soldiers on the dock saw that the sailor ship actually played the banner of Qincha, and immediately panicked, their official positions were too low, basically they had not entered the stream, they had no experience in greeting Qincha at all, and they had not even seen it, let alone know where this Qincha came from, and they did not receive any notice, so they couldn't help but look at each other for a while.

When the boat docked, I saw Yinzhen standing at the bow of the boat wearing a five-clawed blue python robe in Jiangya seawater, and he was young, and he was even more startled. The crowd of people only played drums in their hearts.

After Yinzhen went ashore, he stood facing south, but he saw a group of officials and soldiers kowtowing, and even "bow to St. Ann." No one shouted, and immediately understood that these were all petty officials who couldn't get on the stage and had never seen the world, and Zhang Chunlei, the general of the Fujian Navy Division, was busy reminding him, "You don't bow down to Sheng'an, this is the current fourteenth prince of the county." ”

The name of the fourteenth prince, Wang Yinzhen, is now well-known in the government and the opposition, and when he heard that it was him, all the officials in Macao were quite excited, and they said in a mess: "Bow to St. Ann." "Xiaguan, please ask the prince of the county." !!