Zhao Lie returned to the dock, and Li Hu sent someone to report that the three Galen ships were in good condition, but the hygiene inside the ships was extremely poor, and it would take at least three days to clean them all.

Zhao Lie grinned, three days, what I lack most is time, three days to take care of the ship, and the sailors will get on the ship again to get familiar, ah, I won't wait.

Zhang Gusheng reported that the five Galen newly launched ships in the shipyard had been controlled, and there were three lucky ships, but it would take more than ten days to complete the interior and set sail.

Qi Wei reported that the foundry had more than 40 iron cannons and copper cannons in stock, as well as four copper cannons, and six iron cannons were completed in seven days.

Zhao Lie's head was about to explode, and he had expected to leave in five days earlier, but now it is absolutely impossible to pat his head and decide.

Zhao Lie immediately found Zhao Da and asked the wharf boat to arrange Portuguese personnel, our personnel mixed patrol, our personnel are only monitoring, where there are arriving sea boats, they are allowed to enter but not leave, and they are imprisoned until the brigade leaves Macao, to prevent news leakage, and continue to help the homeless beggars, and be sure not to freeze and starve to death.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Lie rushed to the fort and saw the speaker Alonzo, who had not seen him for more than two hours.

"Mr. Alonzo, I have come to express my kindness." Zhao Lie said straight to the point.

Alonzo's eyes glared angrily,

"Are you laughing at me?" Nima, you are now a good will, a big lie, are you using your knife and gun to show kindness. Alonzo's brain was congested, he led the Portuguese in Macau to defeat the greedy Dutch, but he was carelessly attacked and captured by the Ming natives, not to mention the grievances in his heart.

"Lord Alonzo, mind you, you are the head of a city, not a farmer in the Pyrenees." Zhao Lie responded unceremoniously.

Alonzo was shocked, you even know the Pyrenees, and his face was straight.

"Your Excellency, if I had bought your shipbuilding and cannon casting technology with silver, would you agree? I hope you answer honestly. Zhao Lie asked

"Of course not, otherwise there would be no need for Macau to exist." Alonzo immediately replied that the question was very simple, if these crafts were handed over to the Ming people casually, what would Macao do to gain a foothold in the Far East.

"So, that's all I can do. I hope you understand. Zhao Lie shrugged his shoulders and spread out his hands to express helplessness. It is best to understand it, and you have to understand it if you can't understand it.

Alonzo understood why, but he was so depressed that he vomited blood.

"What the hell are you trying to say?" He asked, staring at bloodshot eyes.

"We originally had a common enemy, the Dutch attacked Macau a few years ago, and they harassed Fujian for another two years, well, the enemy of the enemy, should we be friends." Zhao Lie said with a smile.

"Perhaps, now your choice is indeed against us." Alonzo shrugged.

"If the English and the Dutch attack Macau together, do you think you can hold it? I hope you answer honestly. Zhao Lie asked solemnly.

Alonzo was furious, God, this man dared to doubt him, the speaker of the Macau parliament.

"I'm always honest."

"Yes, I want to believe you, but unfortunately you are a politician, and if you are always honest, you cannot control a city." Zhao Lie looked at Alonzo with a smile, how many politicians in later generations said that they were more justified than you before the videos and photos were exposed, and when the matter was revealed later, then hehe.

Alonzo lucked his luck and endured.

"We can't resist, we did everything we could last time." Alonzo chose honesty.

"Can your great kingdom sustain you?" Zhao Lie didn't let him breathe, and the questions were one after another.

"No," if it was to fool some people in Macau, Alonzo would always be 'honest', but for the evil Ming man in front of him, it would be better to avoid it. At present, both Spain and Portugal are deeply involved in the war, desperately trying to recover overseas territories, and it will get worse and worse in the future, and the war is still a bottomless pit, like there is no end. The kingdom is no longer looking overseas.

"So, I think we can form an alliance, you have no threat to the Ming Dynasty, but the Dutch and the English are indeed the mortal enemies of the Ming, will we have a basis for cooperation?" Zhao Lie tempted him.

"Who are you, you're not pirates." Alonzo thought about this sentence for a long time, indeed, if it is a pirate, there is no need to talk to him to form an alliance, rob what should be robbed, take what should be taken, how refreshing, and spend this tongue.

"I can't name our forces, you don't think that I alone can do these things, know all about your European affairs." If you want to deviate, the more biased the better.

"That's right." Look at your kid's age, Alonzo said.

"We are a noble group of the Ming Dynasty, seeing that the Ming Dynasty cannot withstand the invasion of the north, the Ming King is not as good as one, and it is better to rely on us than on him, but we can only hide in the shadows now. Therefore, if we form an alliance, don't count on us in four years, but after four years, we will become very powerful enough to become a foreign aid to Macau. Zhao Lie continued to tempt Alonzo, and he bet that Alonzo was scared, because it was true that Macau was isolated in the East.

"But, I may not be the speaker of the Macau parliament by then." Alonzo shook his head.

"Don't look down on me, don't be arrogant, this may be a blow to your prestige, but you will deal with it, and it will even be your opportunity, the previous council decided to increase the expenditure of the army, expand the size of the army, I think you will encounter a lot of resistance. At the moment, no one should object. ”

Alonzo looked at Zhao Lie fixedly, he guessed all the problems he had encountered in the council before, it is true, as for whether the position is stable, there are four of his own people in the other deliberations, and when they are doing business, they are all taking care of themselves, it is not a problem, at least not a problem in the short term.

"I need your smelting, cannon casting, shipbuilding skills, and craftsmen, and I want you to send naval personnel to teach us how to operate sail ships, tactics, and the construction drawings of the forts, as well as your city management personnel."

"In your Ming words, why wouldn't it be a tiger for trouble." Alonzo is not a farmer in the Iberian Peninsula, and he can be fooled with a few words.

"Today's Europe is at war because of its territory, its resources, and even its ambitions. So, which of the big powers in Europe can win in the end, if you talk about population and financial resources, Spain, France, the Holy Roman Empire, England, that is, these countries, Portugal, it seems that it is now a subject country of Spain. Zhao Lie paused and looked at Alonzo.

Alonzo's face turned red, Nima, now if the servants of the Ming Dynasty in Macau see that Master Franji, who usually yells at five and six times, is also a slave of the dead country, it will be a slap in the face.

"At this time, and in the future, France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Spain will be in constant conflict on the European continent, but only England will be free from continental affairs, and will also benefit from this, and sit back and enjoy the fruits when the continental powers are exhausted. However, when it exclusively enjoys the interests of the European continent, because the European national system is basically established, there is no possibility of colonization, then where will it turn. ”

Zhao Lie turned to Alonzo and asked.

"But there are also the Netherlands, Sweden, Russia." Alonzo asked, struggling.

"The Netherlands is also in the center of the European continent, rest assured, he can't run away from all kinds of conflicts, do Russia and Sweden have strong navies? Do their monarchs, nationals, have the will to develop the navy? "Zhao Lie turned into a god stick and ignited poor Alonzo.

"Nope." Alonzo replied dryly.

"Yes, no, then answer me, what will England do. Especially to see the mountains of gold and silver that Spain moved back from the Americas. ”

"Expand overseas territories." Alonzo replied.

"Half a pair, you can also snatch the territory in his picture." Zhao Lie commented.

Alonzo stared at Zhao Lie with wide eyes, yes, it was very difficult in the early days of development, but robbing other people's territories, this problem does not exist, and the English have already come. They had already arrived in India and set up the East India Company.

"If you enter the Far East, Ceylon and Malacca are the key, it is a choke point, and I will never let it be in the hands of others. But they are in the hands of a small country. Zhao Lie looked at Alonzo with a grin.

Yes, Ceylon and Malacca, as long as they are not blind, know their importance, and if they are lost, the Far East will be taken and taken.

"Whoever wants to control the Far East and control the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty is our enemy. And Daming can't be without friends in Europe. So ......"

Alonzo gave in. The enemy of the enemy is indeed a friend.

There are indeed bases and prospects for cooperation.

However, Zhao Lie did not mention that England's internal strife was coming, and England was going all out to the outside world, which was decades later.

ps In the middle of the night, I beg for a recommendation to collect, thank you greatly.