Luis I is the current emperor of Portugal, and because Pedro V has no children, he can succeed to the throne as a younger brother. His brother was a good emperor and was widely expected by the people, but unfortunately there was an epidemic of yellow fever in Lisbon, and Pedro V, who cared about the people, took the queen to visit the sick with him, but unfortunately contracted the disease and died at the age of 24.

After Luis I succeeded to the throne, he inherited his brother's legacy, worked hard, became known as a popular man in Portugal, received a good education, and promoted a policy of complete abolition of slavery during his tenure, while also abolishing the death penalty for civil crimes and improving the lives of ordinary people. Diplomatically, efforts were made to expand the space for Portuguese maneuvering abroad, seeking and developing colonies in Africa and Asia.

By the time the north-eastern warning reached Lisbon, it was already early June, and Luis I was on official business at the Pena Palace, near Cintra.

The Pena Palace is the summer residence of the Portuguese royal family, which was just completed the year before last, with a dazzling and fantastical appearance, and has a variety of architectural styles such as Gothic, Renaissance, Moorish, and Manueline. The trail is winding with trees and ferns. Looking out from the majestic hilltop castle, the rolling hills are shrouded in clouds and mist, giving the illusion of being in a fairy tale.

Recently, Louis I's health has not been very good, so he came to the Pena Palace in advance to spend the summer and recuperate, and it is easy to be in good spirits today, and he began to deal with the backlog of official duties during this time. However, when he saw a letter from the Prime Minister's Office, his originally slightly happy expression suddenly changed, and he was a little angry.

"Hmph, the Northeast Autonomous Region wants to prevent us from gaining sovereignty over Macau! It's too long! ”

Louis I had dealt with the Northeast two years earlier, and the two sides exchanged colonies in Africa. The reason for agreeing to this exchange was also to first get a large area of land at the mouth of the Congo River, and then to help the local Portuguese immigrants in Mozambique to continue to stir up trouble, under the pretext of sending troops to retake it. If it weren't for this thought, even if the Congo estuary was closer to the Portuguese mainland and easier to develop, but Mozambique had been in business for many years, and the Portuguese government would not have agreed to this exchange.

It's just that the Northeast has an inevitable attitude towards Mozambique, and once it was occupied, there were two divisions, and then troops were sent to emigrate one after another, and now there are more than one million people in the Northeast in Mozambique. Although the Portuguese descendants did rebel in Mozambique, they were put down very quickly. It was so fast that Portugal didn't even have time to react, only verbally warning the Northeast.

Speaking of which, Louis I was also very envious of the Northeast Autonomous Region, which often immigrated a population of one million, which Portugal could not afford, after all, they had a small area and a small population, and the number could not exceed 10 million. If there is really such a good condition as the northeast backed by the Qing Dynasty, Brazil will not lose it.

Louis I did not give much thought to the issue of Macao, and although the Northeast has developed well in recent years, it does not make him have any scruples. It was simply a reply to the Prime Minister's Office, and he tried his best to draw up a suitable person to send an envoy to Beijing to sign the relevant agreement on Macau. Later, Thomas Rocha, as the plenipotentiary representative of his side, has not yet decided the specific time of his trip to Beijing.

About two weeks later, Wang Yi, who was still enjoying the beach in Da Nang while inspecting the construction of the naval and air bases, finally received a reply from Portugal about the protests in the northeast. Their attitude was not unexpected, and they rejected the protests of the Northeast, and at the same time criticized the Northeast's interference in Macau. Wang Yi is not angry, the two sides have different concepts and cognitions, and naturally have different attitudes towards Macao. Even in later generations, more than 20 years after the return of Macao to the motherland at the time when Wang Yi lived, many people in Portugal still thought that the government's return of Macau was a cowardly move, and that Macau had been bought back by their ancestors through business.

Because the protest in the northeast was not sent by Wang Yi, but by the diplomatic department in charge of Zhao Liewen. Of course, Wang Yi was the mastermind behind this protest, but in the current situation, there was a confrontation with the Russian Empire in the north, a rebellion against the Dragon King Sect in the south, and the situation in the African colonies was also a bit mysterious, so most of the people in the Political Council advocated only protesting at the moment, and not really taking too drastic confrontational measures against Portugal.

Think about it, too, the Northeast can not be the enemy of the world now, although Portugal is no longer a strong country, but it will affect the whole body, at least on the issue of Macau, Britain is likely to stand with the Portuguese, after all, they still occupy Hong Kong. And the other world powers also want a piece of the pie, as is the case with Germany and the United States. If it really falls out with Portugal over the issue of Macao, it is very likely that such a thing as the Eight-Nation Coalition will be staged in the northeast ahead of schedule. It may not matter if they have a strong defense system on their own, but what if the great powers target the five provinces of Southeast Asia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe in Africa? Then the Northeast will not only lose its dignity, but it is even likely that the entire Celestial Empire will lose the opportunity to stand on top of the world in advance.

In the face of interests, Wang Yi had to make a trade-off. In fact, at the beginning, Wang Yi knew that the possibility of a war with Portugal for Macao was very small, but the attitude of the Northeast must be clear, and the problem of Macao was now no longer solved in the Northeast, but the matter could be delayed. Just like the strategy against the Dragon King Sect in the five provinces of Southeast Asia, it is easy to destroy the Dragon King Sect, but keeping it will leave more benefits for the Celestial Empire.

"In the future, we will send troops to Siam and gain access to the Indian Ocean, and we need the excuse of the Dragon King Sect. To launch an attack on the islands of the South Seas, we also need the excuse of Portugal. is the so-called famous teacher, this is the truth. This was Wang Yi's reply, and most of the 21 members of the Political Council understood his intentions.

During this time, the army sent out by Wang Yi had already begun to fight with the Dragon King Sect, and the north was only contained, and the two sides exchanged fire sporadically, which was not fierce. However, the east and south roads are inseparable and very stalemate. The main reason for this is also because it is not the two northeastern local divisions that are responsible for the main attack, but the two Southeast Asian divisions that have just been trained. Their combat power still needs to be improved, and the south road is considered to be neither losing nor winning. However, the eastern road was fought very hard, and two battalions of the newly formed division were scattered, and if it were not for the timely follow-up of the local division in the northeast, the final situation was likely to be a rout.

"I didn't expect the Dragon King Sect to produce a woman like the Dragon Girl who can fight well, in this era, it's really different." Wang Yi, who got the front-line intelligence, sighed.