Off the coast of Macao, Zhao Lie wandered for two days, just in a big circle, the actual controller here is the pirate, even the sailors of the Ming army can also rob and rob, there is no ambiguity, here the soldiers and bandits are not clear, Zhao Lie is also just in case. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At noon the next day, Alexandra met a Cangshan boat of the Guangdong Navy, at this time, the Daming Sailor had no habit of being afraid of foreigners, and the Cangshan Ship was very arrogant and interrogated, making it clear that Zhao Lie and others were treated as fat sheep, and he opened two hundred taels to buy road money.

Zhao Lie didn't let Princess Alexandra go, anyway, he was idle, Zhao Da came forward to bargain with his peers in the South China Sea, they were all sailors, and their ability to make extra money was the same.

Zhao Da and the bow of the opposite boat chopped back and forth, and said that two hundred taels were forty-five taels of silver, thirty taels for the big boat, and fifteen taels for the small boat.

The two cut off their friendship, and Zhao Da even went to the other party's boat.

"My lord, the Guangdong Navy Division was not lightly harmed by the Fujian pirates, more than half of the sailors' fortune ships were destroyed, and the Liangguang Capital Division has not made up for the war damage, and even the pensions of the fallen soldiers are in arrears to Thailand, alas, the sailors are really raised by the mothers, and they are forced to come out to exploit them, and now it is the sailors under the adults that can live a good life." Zhao Da was quite embarrassed after returning to the ship.

"When did China really pay attention to the water master for thousands of years, the Chinese dynasties and dynasties were fighting for the acres of land, whenever the population increased greatly and the acres were not enough, it would be a great chaos in the world, losing nearly half of the population, and reducing the number of acres by itself. A change of dynasty. A cycle of hundreds of years. It must be so. Zhao Lie thinks about China's reincarnation, it is really very regular, "But I don't know that overseas has its own acres of land, its own gold and silver, and the countless people and horses who died in the battle will go to sea to expand their territory, I'm afraid that overseas is full of China." ”

"What the adults said is very true, and only adults can use the sailors to use the magic and go to the sea to expand the territory. He made great achievements, but unfortunately he was not known to the imperial court. Zhao Da didn't compliment, he also knew that Zhao Lie didn't like to welcome, this was what he thought in his heart.

"It's not that I use the water division with God, but I make my own decisions, I can avoid the enemy and attack the weak, and the generals and soldiers in charge of the court are all nerds full of poetry and literature, stubborn, inflexible, and vainly say half of the treatise to rule the world. I can't say it, it's stupid. Zhao Lie pouted. The sorrow of China for thousands of years.

"If I wait for the expansion of territory overseas, once the imperial court knows about it, we will be a thief with a heart of self-reliance, and everyone will be punished. If one day we are defeated by the Japanese invaders, the court will be full of people who applaud the Japanese invaders, and the national thieves will ambush and punish them without using swords. This is the sorrow of the increasingly closed and conservative Confucian governance.

After thousands of years of perverted perfection by countless literati, the Ming Dynasty controlled by Confucianism at this time was really a cage, imprisoning China invisibly.

In the middle of the day, the Munitis sailed out of Macao, carrying Alexandra's family, Alonzo, Felipe and others to meet the Alexandra in the open sea.

Zhao Lie greeted everyone on the deck, and Asongsang was a tall middle-aged man with a fair face, deep-set eyes, and a large black beard.

Asunsan's eldest son, 20-year-old Pedro, is also tall and thin, with a beautiful face, but there is no goodness in his eyes.

Alexandra's brother served as the first mate of the battleship and escorted the merchant ship to Manila, not here.

Behind Alexandra and Marta is Speaker Alonzo, who looks around after getting on the boat and looks at Zhao Lie, but since Zhao Lie is meeting Asunsan's family accompanied by Alexandra, Alonzo can only wait behind.

Zhao Lie also smiled and gestured to a few people, and greeted Alexandra, but Asunsang knew Chinese and spoke it well.

"This time, I came to Macau to ask for your consent and blessing for my wedding with Alexandra." Zhao Lie said respectfully.

"Supposedly, I don't want Alexandra to marry a heretic, after all, this is an incredible thing in Portugal, and it is a life-threatening thing, but this is Macau, which is thousands of miles away from Portugal, this is not the first time that such a marriage is true, the most important thing is that Alexandra loves you very much," Assunsan shrugged his shoulders, very helpless, "As her uncle, I can only bless you." The expression was very regretful.

"Mr. Assunsão rest assured, I will treat Alexandra with all sincerity, and I will never be separated from her for the rest of my life." Zhao Lie just expressed his heart, but because of what he did in Macau two years ago, he couldn't believe it.

Pedro looked at Zhao Lie with unkind eyes, and said a lot in an excited tone.

Zhao Lie asked Alexandra, Alexandra hesitated, and Marta looked at Zhao Lie with blazing eyes and said, "Alexandra's cousin said that you Ming people are all three wives and four concubines, and he said that he can't believe you." ”

Damn, I recruited you to provoke you and ruin my image, Zhao Lie couldn't cry or laugh for a while, but this sentence said to everyone's hearts, and I saw that everyone was staring at Zhao Lie, wanting to know Zhao Lie's answer, including Alonzo on the side.

"I only love Alexandra in my life, and I only marry her, and I can see it every day." Zhao Lie Khan, so far he can only refer to the oath of heaven.

Of course, this is also what he thinks in his heart, he doesn't want his children and grandchildren to kill each other for power and money, if he marries more wives and concubines, this is the inevitable result, and the harmony of the harem is just a legend, not a fact.

"No, no, no, you should swear to God and Mary." Asunsang said solemnly.

"No, no, no, I don't believe in God, and I won't swear to him." Zhao Lie Zhengrong said, this is not a small problem.

If there is a compromise on this issue, then if Alexandra's relatives preach Catholicism in Zhao Lie's territory, this is something that Zhao Lie will never allow and cannot retreat.

Assunsan's face was immediately filled with anger, as were Marta and Pedro.

Unmoved, Zhao Lie insisted that he would not believe in Catholicism.

Alexandra was in tears, and Alonzo was even more anxious on the side.

As a veteran politician, Alonzo was not a devout believer, he was an authentic pragmatist, a devout believer in front of devout believers, and he would not hesitate to abandon religious issues when it stood in his way.

Now God can't solve the problem of Macau, Zhao Lie can indeed solve it, and the treacherous and cunning Alonzo has found out through the somewhat tenacious Marta that Zhao Lie already has nearly 10,000 infantry troops, more than 40 Galen ships, and also occupies Jeju.

What a huge force in East Asia, enough to compete with the Dutch East India Company, enough to ensure a trade route to Japan, and to be able to keep his position, Alonzo was hot when he got the news, but at this time, it was because of religious matters that he was so embarrassed, Alonzo was so tired.

"One of the two is Alexandra's uncle, and the other is Alexandra's sweetheart, so antagonistic, how painful it is for Alexandra," Alonzo, as a senior politician, is not allowed to destroy the overall situation of Macau because of this matter. There are still solutions.

Zhao Lie and Asunsang saw Alexandra crying in tears, and their hearts were soft.

"Asunsan, you are not Alexandra's parents, so you can't force Mr. Zhao Lie," Alonzo nodded Assunsan, you are not qualified to force your niece and son-in-law to become religious.

Asunçan glared at Alonzo dissatisfied, but there was no argument, what Alonzo said made sense, after all, Alexandra was not his daughter but his niece.

"Mr. Zhao Lie, you're not going to stop Alexandra from becoming religious, are you?" Alonzo turned to Zhao Lie.

"Of course not, Alexandra has absolute freedom of belief." Zhao Lie said categorically.

"Do you then agree with the priest officiating at your wedding?" Alonzo said.

"Agreed, however, we will also have a Ming-style wedding." Zhao Lie replied.

"Okay, I think that's the only way to do it, we can't break up two people who love each other, can we?" Alonzo said compassionately.

Assunsan and Marta were speechless, and now they don't agree to the wedding, I'm afraid it will make Alexandra heartbroken, and it is unknown whether they will run away from home, so they can only give in.

Zhao Lie nodded gratefully to Alonzo, yes, the old man has two brushes, this is a lot of favor owed to the old boy, of course he will not think that a politician has a lot of feelings, Alonzo must have something to ask for, Zhao Lie also plans to form an alliance with Macao, each taking what he needs.

The tense situation came to an end, Zhao Da and Yu Dabao on the side also breathed a sigh of relief, as a member of the mother-in-law's family, Zhao Da didn't know anything about their persistence, and couldn't interject at all, Yu Dabao was even more confused and anxious, but fortunately, the tense atmosphere melted, Zhao Da hurriedly let a few people into the cabin and let the guards serve tea.

"Lord Zhao, I've never seen this ship, you built it new?" Alonzo probed from the side.

"Of course, this is a clipper ship built by my Jeju Island shipyard under the supervision of a Macau shipwright, and it can reach about 12 knots when the side is downwind." Zhao Lie replied with a smile.

Hey, Alonzo knew it was fast as soon as he saw the ship, but Alexandra, who hadn't reached a few hundred tons first, could reach such speeds.

"However, this ship is narrow, so it doesn't carry too much cargo." Alonzo asked.

Zhao Lie gave a thumbs up, not to be a maritime trade expert, in a word, "This ship is built to quickly transport urgently needed people and things to distant places, and sometimes time is money." ”

"Time is money, good words." Alonzo also gave a thumbs up, but he also knew the subtlety of this sentence.

Zhao Lie laughed for a while, these words, this gesture really made Zhao Lie have a sense of disobedience through time and space, didn't he return to Dalian Company to talk with franchisees.

Zhao Lie shook his head slightly, getting rid of this sense of disobedience.

"I also invited Mr. Alonzo to Jeju Island for the wedding this time, and I wonder if Mr. Alonzo will be able to go." Zhao Lie invited.

"Of course, I will definitely go to congratulate Lord Zhao's wedding. What's more, Lord Zhao is married to us Portuguese, in the words of the Ming people, we are a family. Alonzo smiled in agreement. He was very happy in his heart, this move was the right move back then, otherwise Macao's predicament today would really be unsolvable. (To be continued.) )