The summer in Jeju is still very beautiful, the green fields are dotted with wild flowers, the blue sky and the blue sea are contrasting, it is not a bad place for a future vacation, Zhao Lie is entering Jeju Port with guests from the north of Macau at this time. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Anxious to know if Zhao Lie's situation was true, Alexandra's uncle and Alonzo came to Jeju on two Galen ships, one of them wanted to see with their own eyes whether Zhao Lie had the strength to protect Alexandra and give Alexandra a happy life, and the other wanted to see if Zhao Lie had the ability to help Macau maintain the Japanese route.

Approaching Jeju, they had already encountered the Jeju shear sentry ship, and in the open sea they encountered two patrolling Galen warships, the Feng Yi and Geng Yi, and when they entered the harbor, they saw the piers and shipyards that covered the bay, and the huge fort with a distinctly Portuguese style, which stood on the shore and looked at the port of Jeju, which was within their range.

Landing on the coast of Jeju, both of them settled down, one was a niece or found a good son-in-law, and the other was really to establish their own power.

On the dock, Huang Han, Ma Tao and other military and political personnel dozens of people came to greet them, this time it was not the past, Zhao Lie sent the Flying Fox in advance to notify the people of Jeju to come to greet them, after all, this is to leave a deep impression on his prospective father-in-law and cooperative partners.

Surrounded by everyone, Zhao Lie and his entourage went to Jeju City.

The next day, Zhao Lie personally accompanied the two to visit the shipyard, and saw the huge keels of the ten Tang-class battleships still on the slipway, as well as the busy scene of more than 10,000 shipyard craftsmen, which really shocked the two, after all, the big scene here is not comparable to small Macao.

Three days later, the fleet of dozens of seagoing ships that returned to the sea deeply shocked the two of them, especially the two towering Taishan and Huashan, each ship continued to swallow out huge pine, fir, camphor and other logs, so that the dock was full of piles of wood.

Alonzo visited the Portuguese everywhere. I got the answer that the reward was distributed as usual, which was two or three times that of Macau, but it was a little lonely, surrounded by Ming people, and I missed Macau very much.

At this point, there is no problem with either the wedding or the cooperation, and it has entered the specific discussion stage.

As a result of the discussions, Assun-sang returned to Macao to prepare for the wedding. The wedding will be held in Jeju next summer.

Zhao Lie's negotiation with Alonzo was much more difficult.

Zhao Lie's condition is that Zhao Lie will charge 30% of the revenue for the route from Macao to Japan, and at the same time, when Macao encounters an attack by the Dutch, Zhao Lie can send troops to help, but there is a fee, and if the route to Manila encounters harassment from the Dutch, he can also provide assistance, and charge an additional fee.

At the same time, the people of Macao will collect scientific and political books for Zhao Lie in Western Europe, and craftsmen, especially glass and iron smelting. Shipbuilders and craftsmen who also help to find out the movements of the Dutch and English.

There is no objection in the general direction, but in terms of income distribution and escort fees, the two sides are concerned. Alonzo believes that Jeju is not proportional to what he gives and what he gets, and that the benefits are too much.

Cho Lie-fang believes that only Jeju can now risk an all-out war with the Dutch to form an alliance with Macao, which is too risky compared to the harvest. Disproportionately, if it weren't for Zhao Lie's insistence. There was no need to sign this treaty, so the two sides tug-of-war.

Macau is the home of the Portuguese in Macau, and the hometown thousands of miles away was involved in the war by Spain, and the end is far away, and the whole of Portugal is overwhelmed by Spain.

In contrast, Macau is already a paradise, and many Portuguese people come to Macau every year to make a living. Alonzo is proud of it, and of course it is also disposed of as his own family business, which is naturally calculated.

In fact, Zhao Yeol didn't care much about this benefit, he was setting the standard for Jeju to conclude a treaty with the Europeans, and unreasonable terms could not be agreed. Reasonable terms should be tried to obtain strong terms.

In the end, Zhao Lie personally negotiated with Alonzo,

"Mr. Alonzo, this is Macau's last hope, the Dutch people have been coveting the huge market of the Ming Dynasty for decades, and the armed attack did not allow them to get the permission of the Ming people, they only have the last way, which is to destroy the trading port of Macao, expel the Portuguese forces, so that the Ming can only rely on them for sea trade, even if it is just smuggling trade, the profit is enough for the East India Company to laugh, and I am the only one who can save Macau at the moment."

Alonzo finally gave in and kept 30% of the revenue of the northern route to Jeju, and the two sides agreed to escort the Japanese route three to four times a year, and each time the Macao maritime merchants concentrated on handling goods and going to sea in a centralized manner, unified escort, in addition, the safety of the Manila route was temporarily guarded by the Macau Navy.

Finally, Alonzo and Ma Tao negotiated everything, and the two sides jointly signed the Jeju Treaty, known as the Jeju Commercial Treaty, which laid the foundation for joint cooperation between the two sides, and also consolidated Macao's position as the center of commercial exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and Europe.

In the end, the two discussed the return of the Portuguese personnel due next year, Zhao Lie meant to keep the Portuguese craftsmen in Shidao to serve for a few more years, and Alonzo meant to obey his own wishes, many Portuguese people missed their hometown very much.

"Monsieur Alonzo, you know, can you imagine a large number of ships equipped with Tiago cannons once wrought iron smelting and the method of making Tiago cannons have entered the Netherlands?" Zhao Lie reminded the speaker, but Alonzo still didn't understand Macau's current predicament.

When Alonzo heard this, he trembled, if the Dutch warships were equipped with Tiago guns, then with the numerical superiority of the Dutch warships, Macao's sea ships would not have to go to sea, and Macao would only have a dead end.

As for whether the Dutch people will have to go, as long as the high salary can happen, "It can only be that Lord Zhao is forced to stay, and there is no way for our council to do anything in this matter." ”

Zhao Lie despised Alonzo, he didn't want to be a villain if he wanted to get benefits, forget it, Zhao Lie didn't want to care. It's also relieving to think about Macau's council system.

"In addition, the matter of the alliance between you and me, I hope that Lord Alonzo is still secret, and he only said to the outside world that he hired us to escort him with silver taels." Zhao Lie said.

"Why is that?" Alonzo was inexplicable. Isn't forming an alliance just swearing to be strong, why dodge.

"From Macau it would have been possible to find out the whereabouts of the Spaniards and the English, and from this there would have been a search from the General who wanted to buy the convoy with money." Zhao Lie didn't hesitate.

Alonzo narrowed his eyes, and took a good look at Zhao Lie this time, although Zhao Lie was tall and big, but he was scheming. Like a cunning fox, but an ally is a fox better than a stupid pig, so he nodded approvingly.

A few days later, Zhao Lie boarded the Princess Alexandra and joined Alexandra in the fleet for Beihua, while Alonzo and Assunsang returned to Macao by boat, as they were aboard the Galen battleship. This time, there was no need for Zhao Lie to send a fleet to escort him.

Among them, Alonzo also wanted to take a trip to Beihua, but the long voyage made him finally give up this idea.

Two months later, Jeju would send three Galen warships to Macau to escort the first ships on the Japanese route. The route from Macao to Wa Guo was officially put into operation.

Early this morning, the weather was fine, the breeze was gentle, and the sun was fighting against the clouds, sometimes revealing and sometimes disappearing.

Today, Liu Fugui's 100 team is resting in turn, and Liu Fugui has let the deputy 100 total stay on duty. Because he has something to do.

Liu Fugui walked out of the barracks accompanied by four guards, and saw Zou Huaien, Wu Han, Ji Gang, Gao Bo, Ma Wen, Mei Kaishan and others all gathered at the door, and they were talking and laughing in a low voice.

"Hundred, salute." One of the guards shouted.

Everyone hurriedly saluted.

"Okay, it's all my own brother." Liu Fugui returned the salute.

Liu Fugui looked at the old brothers, Zou Huaien, Wu Han, and Gao Bo are all long, they were all promoted because of merit, and Ma Wen, Mei Kaishan, and Ji Gang's military merits are enough. It's just that there is no position at the moment, so I can only wait.

"Let's go, brothers." Ordinarily. When the old brothers get together, Liu Fugui should get together with the old brothers, but it is not this time, because there are still important things to do.

Unlike a few people talking and laughing, the group walked out of the barracks in a dull manner.

The crowd first went to Jeju Castle. I bought two cooked pig's heads, melons and fruits, grilled chicken, rice wine, incense candles, and paper money.

The crowd left Jeju again and drove straight to the Martyrs' Shrine.

Seeing the main entrance of the tall and majestic Martyrs' Shrine from afar, several people became even more silent, perhaps this is also their residence in the future.

A soldier guarded the main gate, and the chief saluted them. They checked their military badges and let them go.

Yu Fugui led everyone to the main hall with a familiar car, and found the tablets of Lao Liao and Tang Trapjun on the right wall, and Yu Fugui led everyone to light a stick of incense.

Then, on the gentle slope behind the main hall of the group, hundreds of tombstones were displayed in front of them.

A few of them walked lightly to the center, it was not the first time they had come.

In the middle of the gentle slope, they found the graves of Lao Liao and Tang Trapjun side by side.

Although it has been more than a month since they last came, there is no tall grass on it, and the cemetery here is taken care of by special personnel.

Yu Fugui and everyone put the sacrifices on the table, and Yu Fugui first offered a piece of incense, "Lao Liao, Xiao Tang, I came to see you." ”

The rest of the people in turn offered incense and candles to the two of them, and lit paper money.

"I'm rich." "I'm Zou Huai'en." "Wu Han." "Mei Kaishan." "Marven." "Ji Gang." "Gao Bo." To the two brothers.

The people sprinkled the rice wine in the bowl in front of the tomb to pay homage to the two deceased brothers, after all, this is only a tomb for the two of them.

A few people sat on the ground, simply drank a few sips of wine and ate a few bites of food.

"Lao Liao, Xiaotang, you have a good rest here, maybe one day I will come to accompany you, and then we will have a good time." In the end, Yu Fugui's eyes were slightly red and patted the tombstone, after all, the general would inevitably die immediately, and this was the job he did, so he resolutely returned with a few people.

Out of the gate, several people still walked silently, and the atmosphere was dull.

Marven looked at everyone, "Brothers, just now I looked at the brothers guarding the door, and I thought in my heart, tsk, how bad luck did this have in my previous life to come here to guard the door." ”

Snort, Ji Gang and Gao Bo laughed, and the others also showed smiling faces.

The dull and oppressive atmosphere was gone, and several people began to talk and laugh.

You have to go on, don't you. (To be continued.) )