"The general didn't know that there was a Macao merchant ship in Malacca, and he had inquired about everything there, and the ship had returned to Macao first, and the captain immediately reported it to me and the council."

Seeing that Zhao Lie seemed to be a little unconvinced, Alonzo was a little anxious, why did he come here with his burning adventure. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Alonzo actually came here with a careful mind, the Portuguese in Macau monopolized the foreign maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, and they certainly did not want anyone to come and fight.

Moreover, it is fatal to unite like the English and bring a pack of hungry wolves instead of one.

As for why the Portuguese in Goa and Ceylon cooperated with the English, it was because the Portuguese had begun to take care of themselves because the country was controlled by the Spaniards, and the colonies had begun to take care of themselves, and the Macau people had long been jealous of the control of the rich Ming trade routes.

Alonzo knows that Zhao Lie's strength is not what it used to be, and Zhao Lie is extremely protective of the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and besides, Zhao Lie is also the son-in-law of Macau, so he came to Tongbing, in fact, he came to ask for help.

"This is a matter of interest to all Macao people, and the people on this boat dare not lie."

Really, if the Ming Dynasty was opened by these pirates and forced to trade with these forces by sea, what would happen to the people of Macao.

Here is the weakest strength of the Macau people, once the other Xiyi people control the waterway, Macau will be immediately excluded from the trade route, this is the reason why Alonzo came, Macau's situation is now extremely bad.

Zhao Lie didn't say anything, he sat there and thought silently, and no one else bothered him at this time.

Now Alonzo and Francisco are also affected by Zhao Lie's prestige and status, and they dare not easily disturb this young commander.

Zhao Lie thought about it carefully, this matter must not be in history, if there is, it will be a major event, it will definitely be recorded, and there is no need for the Qing Dynasty to cover up anything for the Ming Dynasty in this matter. This is not an internal affair, to cover up for the barbarians, to discredit the Ming Dynasty, this post-generation Manchu Qing has done a lot of things, they have done this with the cooperation of shameless literati, and there is no need to cover up this fleet invasion of the Manchu Dynasty.

So why are they aligned. Is it related to the rise of the Broken Army, and now the Broken Army's sailors are also famous in the Far East, so it is extremely difficult for these forces to deal with the Upper Broken Army's Naval Divisions alone, and the Spaniards and Dutch people know best, which will promote their alliance.

Well, it's very likely, then they came to Daming from as far away as Jakarta and Manila, and the Macau people didn't welcome them, where could they go. Little Ryukyu, the place where the Dutch call Formosa.

Here, these ships that have traveled long distances can be repaired, and personnel can go ashore to rest, and then use troops to destroy the army or navy.

Zhao Lie thought about it carefully, under normal circumstances, the Broken Army Sailor is not afraid of these miscellaneous goods, but if it coincides with the entry of Jiannu. When the Naval Division of the Broken Army rushed to Shidao with a large number of soldiers, it would be a big trouble for these bastards to arrive. If he doesn't get it, it will delay the action of the Broken Army and Naval Division, and cause the reinforcements from North China Jeju to not arrive in Shidao smoothly, so he will be able to realize that everything he has done over the years may be in vain.

This is something that Zhao Lie can never bear, it seems that this is a big trouble.

Zhao Lie is not a wise person, everything he does is planned according to the original historical traces, but now history is out of its trajectory. Zhao Lie lost the magic weapon he relied on the most.

Therefore, at this time, Zhao Lie was most disgusted with things that he couldn't control.

"Well, if the Broken Army sends troops to destroy the foundation of the Dutch people in Xiaoliuqiu, how will Macau reward me?"

Zhao Lie looked at Alonzo with a smile, and the interests should be discussed. How can the Broken Army and the Water Infantry Army be dispatched once without a pulling fee, you must know that Zhao Lie is famous for valuing money.

Alonzo immediately became excited, it seems that Zhao Lie still has ideas about sending troops, and it is good to have ideas.

"The meaning of the Macau Council is to give **** 100,000 taels of silver, and also send five warships to participate in the battle, general, you see...

Alonzo looked at Zhao Lie wistfully.

"Your Excellency, you are very unrealistic," Zhao Lie shook his head with a smile, "Our army dispatched dozens of warships to the main force, and there were also infantry troops to attack Formosa, mainly to keep Macau's maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty, such a rich trade route is only worth 100,000 taels of silver, tsk." ”

Zhao Lie looked very dissatisfied.

Alonzo's old face turned red, it seemed that 100,000 taels was less, he knew that the sea trade of the Ming Dynasty was a million taels of silver in and out a year, and Macao made a profit of 40% in it.

But there is too much **** silver, Macau people may not be able to agree, they will be extremely dissatisfied with him, this is human nature, income is divided by others, there will definitely be many people scolding the mother.

"Two hundred thousand taels, I, the speaker, can also be the lord of these." Alonzo's forehead was sweating a little, and he looked at Zhao Lie fixedly.

"Two hundred thousand taels, plus a hundred Andalusian horses." Zhao Lie looked at Alonzo.

Alonzo gritted his teeth, "Deal." "Peat, another loss of more than 20,000 taels of silver, but it's still worth it.

"Don't feel distressed, speaker, haha, you Macao people have kept their trade routes, and 200,000 taels of silver is just a decimal number."

Zhao Lie smiled slightly and stabbed Scrooge Alonzo.

Alonzo also understands that this price is really nothing compared to holding Macau's sea trade.

It can even be said that it is extremely cost-effective, and he should be snickering.

But he really couldn't laugh, because the people of Macao have now become the fat of other forces, everyone wants to take a bite, Macao has lost the initiative, and can only rely on the strong to survive, even if this strong man is the son-in-law of Macao, he is a son-in-law after all, not a son, isn't it.

Both of them shook hands with a smile, and it was considered an agreement.

Seeing that the two had reached an agreement, several other people were also smiling, and the atmosphere in the room became warm.

"Speaker, there are only a small number of European books that I will ask you to collect in Macao, so far, there are only a few of them, is it that the people of Macao are too careless."

Zhao Lie also knocked Alonzo at this time, a rare opportunity.

"Rest assured, the general has brought more than a thousand books with the merchant ship, as well as fifty Andalusian horses."

Alonzo was proud in his heart, fortunately I was prepared, this Zhao Lie really asked about it.

Oh, Zhao Lie smiled, "Speaker didn't fool me with those Catholic books. ”

"How dare you. How dare you, these are all calendars, instruments, music and other books required by the general, as well as some musical instruments and instruments, which have always been of interest to adults. ”

Alonzo was extremely confident in these books and objects, and he thought that Zhao Lie would be very satisfied.

Zhao Lie's heart is very good, this is something that makes him happier than the 200,000 taels of silver. "Take these books off and I'll have a good look at what they are."

The dinner was held in the Zhao Mansion, and all the members of the Zhao family attended even a few small points, which was also a sign of intimacy to the people from Macao.

Alonzo saw Alessandra hurriedly kissing his hand respectfully, and Zhao Haiming and Zhao Meng and his wife who were watching twitched their faces, and they couldn't be calm, this is a little bit in Daming, cough cough.

Alonzo was also extremely respectful to Zhao Haiming and his wife, and even complimented Zhao Lie through an interpreter. There is nothing wrong with giving parents the face to praise their children.

Of course, this made Zhao Haiming and his wife extremely useful, especially Alonzo's comparison of Zhao Lie to the king, which made Zhao Haiming and his wife surprised and delighted, but according to Alonzo's explanation that his motherland is not as vast as Beihua is also a kingdom, it seems that it is not unacceptable.

Of course, Francisco and his sister and nephew and niece have more joys and sorrows, of course he is happy to see his sister living well, and Zhao Cunren and Zhao Yan are full of curiosity about this uncle, because they see a blonde and blue-eyed person again. This is the only one other than my mother, and it's also my uncle. He always heard about this person, but he hadn't seen it.

Several people went through the process from strange to familiar on the side, of course, Francisco was immediately furious when he found out about Li Lin's existence, if it wasn't for Alexandra's obstruction, he would have to find Zhao Lie to duel again.

Of course, he hasn't given Zhao Lie a good face since that day. Even if Zhao Lie sees his stinky face, he has to be careful, there is no way, who makes him ashamed.

The next day, in the treasury of the official office, Zhao Lie saw the European books brought by Alonzo, and accompanied by an interpreter, he roughly understood the classification of these books.

Most of these books were published in the Dutch region. And then there is the one published in Paris.

At this time, the printing of books in these two places in Europe was extremely extensive, including paper production, engraving printing, iron armor making, iron smelting, textiles, and astronomical history.

In fact, the technology of iron smelting and textile here is not better than that of the Ming Dynasty, but they can provide another way of thinking and broaden the horizon of the Ming people, provided that the government does not suppress it, or even support it.

The production of iron armor and fire guns has been much ahead of the Ming Dynasty, which can greatly improve the production level of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the most precious thing here is Copernicus's <Copernicus' book on the orbits of celestial bodies>

Zhao Lie found that this book based on the theory of the center of the sun is really a treasure, although this book also has many loopholes, but it is true that the earth orbits the sun, and you can use a simple celestial telescope to observe and confirm this.

And it just so happened that the people of Macao really gathered two newly developed celestial telescopes for him, although this is not comparable with the tall and sophisticated celestial observation equipment of later generations, but it is more than enough to use it to confirm Copernicus's theory.

In this way, the book dealt a fatal blow to the legends of the Catholic Church and the conservative land of China that were trying to enter the Ming Dynasty, and since their foundations were wrong, the geocentric doctrine and the doctrine of heaven and hell preached by the Catholic Church were flawed, and other doctrines would be doubted.

And all the camouflage armor compiled by Confucianism for the emperor's **** dictatorship also leaked flaws, from which people can begin to doubt and want to prove its justice and rationality, what China is located in the center of the earth, etc.

Of course, it is still the same sentence, if this process of exploration is not strongly suppressed and persecuted by the government and Shilin, Zhao Lie can definitely do this.

Again, what he wants to establish in the end is an English-style constitutional monarchy, not an absolute **** dictatorship, of course, the process can be repeated, but the goal will not change.

Otherwise, there may not be problems in his generation, but when the surging capitalist tide in the West comes a hundred years later, the imperial court he established will be crushed and destroyed like the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, and the children of the imperial family will also fall into a very miserable end.

Because it was absolutely necessary to introduce the capitalist currents of thought that had begun to sprout in Europe, it would certainly cause a great shock to let them into the Ming Dynasty, or cause a great backlash and attack from Confucianism, but he could not make a big mess during his reign, and he just laid the foundation.

Zhao Lie immediately decided to hand over the matter to Tang Xianwen, and spent a lot of money to recruit translators to translate these works, while removing some of the inevitable remnants of Catholic doctrine.

Zhao Lie gave Tang Xianwen a period of five years, and he had to translate it in five years, and began to establish a library in Shidao to display and publicize it.

Of course, Tang Xianwen bowed down and promised, but he didn't expect that he would have a lifetime to do this work, and it would not be completely completed until he died.

Without him, more and more European books came later, because Europe began to gradually awaken under the dark curtain of religion, and in order to fight against the local stubborn Confucian scholars and further prove the correctness of the first batch of books, he had to continue to introduce books, so Tang Xianwen could only work hard all his life.

Of course, at this time, poor Tang Xianwen didn't know that the monstrous waves brought by these small books were completely unaware of the huge waves, and he was very confident to take over Zhao Lie's military order, but it was just a supervision and translation, not a big deal. (To be continued.) )

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