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The Portuguese were able to gain a foothold in Macao, both in terms of the complexity of history and in the original desire of the Ming Empire to maintain a kind of trade and cultural ties with Europe. Since the Wanli period, the merchants of Guangzhou of the Ming Dynasty who hold "Macao tickets" can freely enter and exit Macao, which is still under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, which allows the Ming Empire to have the convenience of communicating with Europe without leaving home.

Even with the 1614 Prohibition of the Sea Route, issued by Yu Anxing, the Ming Empire's deputy envoy to the Guangdong Maritime Route, the Portuguese Council in Macau still managed to sneak up on various concepts and gradually advance their colonization process in Macao.

Since the beginning of the Longqing period, Portuguese missionaries from Macao began to infiltrate the areas of Guangdong and Fujian, and the number of local people in the Ming Empire who joined the Church was slowly increasing, from the initial peddlers and pawns, gradually developed to wealthy businessmen, and even many celebrities later. Christianity, like a wild vine that grows secretly, also made a small ring around the huge shelves of the Ming Empire.

After the end of the long-term and century-old sea ban, in the decades after the "Longqing Switch", in the face of the boom of maritime trade, behind every maritime merchant, there may be a Ming gentry who has read poetry and books, and they participate in the interpretation of the last happy time when this world belongs to the Ming Empire with a complex position of curiosity, arrogance and greed.

The cultural exchanges and games between the ancient empires of the East and Europe are beginning to rotate for hundreds of years with Macao as the transmission component.

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In the monastery of St. Paul, in the Portuguese quarter, Mattos was staring at a silver ingot in a wooden box in front of him.

Although he soon received the news of the restaurant sent by the spies, the silver worth 1,300 Spanish silver dollars sent by Yan Xiaosong entrusted by Yan Xiaosong still stunned Ma Dus.

"Ars, go to the council, President Kaon, and say that he is invited to the dinner tonight, and that there is something important to discuss."

On the table was the final labor transportation cooperation document signed and confirmed by Yan Xiaosong yesterday, and a smile appeared on the corner of Ma Dos's mouth as he touched the pieces of delicate snow-white oriental silver ingots. The bell was shaken, and a servant was summoned.

Looking out the window at the forest-like sail masts of the harbor, Mattos felt a lot more relaxed. Originally, I was worried that the Americans would take the opportunity to cooperate privately with the Ming Dynasty officials, so as to get rid of the Portuguese to grab the cake of the Far East, but the current situation shows that the other side did not completely reject Portugal's intentions, but also gave the greatest trust to the Macau Council.

However, in order to prevent this from happening, Mattos planned to find out more about what the Americans were doing in the Far East, and then send a letter to Lisbon informing the Duke of Bragança, who controlled the entire overseas territory of the Kingdom of Portugal, of what he had.

In addition, he had to contact the Li Dan family and the Yan Siqi family, who had long maintained relations with the Portuguese Council of Macau, to resolve the long-standing dispute between them. More importantly, other trade agreements had to be reached with the American legislators, and the Kingdom of Portugal would have to have the lion's share of future trade in the Far East of American goods.

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From late November to late December, for nearly a month, Yan Xiaosong carried Katarina, dressed in Hanfu, to frequently go in and out of the courtyards of various Macao maritime merchants, and launched a huge display of strength. On the other hand, the silver gifts from time to time also dispelled the vigilance of the local Ming Dynasty officials, and they turned a blind eye and let Yan Xiaosong move around in Macau.

Although the Portuguese were respectfully cooperating on one side, many maritime merchants still maintained a minimum of vigilance against this bold returnee who had the audacity to establish a country overseas, after all, the Ming court had not yet shown a formal attitude, and if they got too close, they were afraid that they would be in trouble that would be difficult to get rid of.

In particular, the Yan Siqi forces, which had almost withdrawn from the maritime business in the Fujian and Guangdong areas, re-established the banner of the court in Macao with the help of the special envoys of the "Huamei Fanguo" with the help of the Franco-Chances and the "Huamei Fanguo" envoys, which also made many maritime businessmen who had close ties with Li Dan's forces adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

In order to prevent competitors from taking advantage, several maritime merchants still used their own way, instructing several small maritime merchants to keep in touch with Yan Xiaosong, and ran diligently every day, for fear that each other would be eaten alone by their opponents.

This day, December 21, 1621, is the ninth day of the lunar winter month, the winter solstice. Yan Siqi, who had traveled all the way from Japan, finally entered the port of Macao, and after arrogantly greeting the minor officials of the Ming Dynasty and the local Portuguese council in Hebo, he took a large group of people to live in the guest house.

In the aftermath, there has been speculation about what happened in the first tripartite meeting between Yan Xiaosong, Yan Siqi and the president of the local Portuguese church, Mattos. There are at least ten or more versions of the content, but without exception, after this meeting, Yan Siqi privately stated that he would no longer pursue the betrayal of his cousin Yan Sihai by his fellow baggage Dan's family.

Yan Siqi, the "king of the opening stage" in history, was only 32 years old at this time, but he already had the heroic courage to break through the sea for more than ten years.

Unlike Li Dan's long-term attachment to the Ming Imperial Court and the "official" path of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, Yan Siqi expressed a pure Ming grassroots nationalist complex, maintaining a kind of vigilance and hostility towards Southeast Asian Europeans, including the Portuguese in Macao. In particular, in the face of the aggressive Dutch East India Company and the Spaniards, who were dominating the Philippines, armed confrontations often broke out.

The Spanish officials in Manila, who had a long-term "cooperation and friendship" with the Ming court in the crusade against pirates, had always been eager to exterminate this "pirate leader" who once made the Spanish fleet in Manila dare not leave the port, and contacted the Ming government through diplomatic envoys several times.

Li Dan used his influence in black and white to squeeze around in the past two years, causing the young and vigorous Yan Siqi to suffer a series of blows, so that the latter had to give up many of the sea areas that he used to control zhì and move to Nagasaki and Hirado in Japan to keep a low profile.

However, this time Yan Siqi's comeback, as if due to some influence, everyone actually appeared very calm, even Li Dan's family, there was no movement.

This, of course, is inseparable from the semi-public support of the Portuguese, as well as the attitude of the local Ming Dynasty officials to turn a blind eye. But more importantly, Yan Siqi's revelation about the Li Dan family's betrayal of their peers by some unseemly means made many half-merchants and half-thieves who were originally closely attached to the Li family extremely vigilant.

The idea that eggs can't be put in one basket has made the big and small forces on the sea, including the Portuguese, adopt the current attitude, and as for how much China and the United States played a role in the middle, not many people really cared.

After the talks, Yan Siqi wanted to serve as the host to pick up the dust for Yan Xiaosong, who had arrived in Macao for almost two months.

Except for Yan Xiaosong, almost all of the people who participated in the banquet were figures with heads and faces from top to bottom of the Yan family.

"Haha, although Mr. Yan was born overseas, he seems to know a lot about the customs of Daming! Let's toast to Mr. Yan from what beauty and what country he came from! I would like to thank Mr. Yan for his great kindness to my Yan family! ”

Yan Siqi, who had a bearded face, held the wine glass very solemnly and bowed slightly to Yan Xiaosong.

"It is the duty of every American citizen in China to rescue the injustice suffered by overseas compatriots." Yan Xiaosong also stood up happily and saluted slightly to the half-businessmen and half-pirates present, "In the future, if there are still places that need your help, I will do it first." ”

The atmosphere became even more enthusiastic, and after a while, a servant sneaked in, whispered a few words in Yan Siqi's ear, and then handed over a poster, only to see Yan Siqi's face change slightly.

"Can Mr. Yan have dealings with the Liu family in Shandong?" Yan Siqi pretended to be slightly drunk, slowly put down the wine glass, and suddenly said something, and everyone present was silent, and everyone stared at Yan Xiaosong.

Well? Yan Xiaosong was also stunned, although there would be a lot of Ming businessmen a few days ago, but after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't remember that there was such a family.

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be deliberately concealing, Yan Siqi smiled this time and raised the name card in his hand: "Unexpectedly, the Liu family, which is widely distributed in the south of the Yangtze River, Fujian and Zhejiang, has also noticed the identity of Mr.!" ”

"What's the difference?" Yan Xiaosong was also a little curious.

"This Liu family is a big family in Shandong, not only the business name is widely spread in the north and south, but also the family is a large number of officials in the court, not to mention the far away, the former prince and young master, Liu Dianxu, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry, and Liu Dianshen, the waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, are all members of the center of my Ming court. Shandong supervised the imperial history Jiang Fu, who was also his son-in-law, and there were several people in the clan who served in the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Guozijian, and the Dali Temple...... The rest of the clansmen have been in business for many years, and they have a lot of connections in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, so I have to ask for a bite of food from Liu's family from time to time! ”

As he spoke, Yan Siqi lowered his voice with a mysterious smile: "This is the one who handed over the door sticker, but Liu Diancheng, the only son of Liu Diancheng, the big shopkeeper of the Liu family, Liu Yaoyu." Because of the nine lines in the Yao character generation in the clan, we rough people call him Brother Yu Jiu. ”

It turned out to be a child of a big family who smelled fishy and was a big family of officials and businessmen. After hearing this, Yan Xiaosong was secretly happy in his heart, in addition to his stunned face.

Not long after, a white-faced scholar who looked like a handsome boy walked into the banquet hall with a fan, and at a glance he saw Yan Xiaosong, who was dressed in particularly eye-catching clothes.

As soon as he sat down, he bowed his hand slightly, and said in an official voice: "Brother Yan has just come back from the Japanese land, and he has made a big show here. I don't know if it disturbed everyone's Yaxing? ”

"Hehe, Brother Yu Jiu is really out of sight, I haven't come to visit Master Liu yet, you will arrive first! It's really disrespectful, Yan punished himself with three cups! Yan Siqi is also a delicate person, and he banged three cups on the spot.

"Brother Yan is bold, and the little brother also accepts this cup of wine!" also had a drink, and then Liu Yaoyu turned his head to Yan Xiaosong and arched his hand slightly, "If the guess is true, this is the 'American' Mr. Yan?" In the lower Shandong Liu Yaoyu, the word is easy to flat. I don't know how Mr. Yan's words are? ”

"Hehe, living overseas for a long time, the etiquette and folk customs are different from those of the Ming Dynasty, and my citizens only have names, no words...... Brother Yi Ping fell in love by mistake. ”

In the face of this typical literati scholar of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Xiaosong could only harden his head and be humble.

"It's simple, I don't know what kind of etiquette your state has used to teach people so far?" Liu Yaoyu stared at the young man opposite with his eyes and asked again.

"I still respect the sages of our ancestors, but the people are republican, and science is respected." Yan Xiaosong also hung up the book bag.

"What is science?" Liu Yaoyu was stunned for a moment, and became even more energetic.

"The theorem of nature, the nature of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, and the study of seeking truth from facts." After Yan Xiaosong finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the other party, picked up the wine glass and drank it by himself.

"What a truth! So scientific...... Following the rule of the Eastern Zhou Republic, it should be the ancient style of the monarch and the people. also felt that his question was too sharp, Liu Yaoyu arched his hand embarrassedly, "I am deeply honored to come here today uninvited and meet people of different nationalities." ”

In the next banquet, because there were more readers, the pirate style was swept away, but Yan Xiaosong was very tired of eating, but Liu Yaoyu kept asking questions at the banquet. And Yan Xiaosong's answer made everyone, including Yan Siqi, dumbfounded.

Soon, the banquet was over, Yan Siqi and the others withdrew with interest, Yan Xiaosong was about to return to his room drunk, and he didn't notice that Liu Yaoyu was still with him.

"Brother Yan, please stay!" Suddenly, Liu Yaoyu walked to his side in a few steps and grabbed Yan Xiaosong's arm.

"There is a ship without sails, not a stone of gold...... Your state is quite different from the Natesi barbarians! Speaking of Xingtou, the young Liu Yaoyu couldn't help but show an excited expression, completely with the demeanor of a curious baby, "When I read "Mirror Flowers" when I was young, I already felt the surprise and mystery of the foreign land, although it was just a wild anecdote, but after Brother Yan's description, I felt that the world is really wonderful!" If you can see it with your own eyes in your lifetime, it will be a great joy in life! ”

"I met by chance today, and I hate to see each other late! If Brother Yan doesn't give up, can the younger brother give more advice during his stay?! ”

The young man of the official N generation and the rich N generation is already a little unable to extricate himself, and he actually plans to live in a distant guest house!

Hehe, it doesn't seem to be a dead book reader. Yan Xiaosong smiled slightly and did not answer.

Yan Xiaosong's trip to the Ming Dynasty, at least for now, has achieved unexpected diffusion effects, but Yan Xiaosong knows that it will take a lot of energy to start immigration, and the young man with a strong background in front of him is obviously a good brick that can knock on all kinds of obstacles.

The only thing that is more surprising is that the Li Dan family, which is now the most powerful, has not reacted for a long time, perhaps wait-and-see, or disappropriate, or even more because of Yan Zhan's vigilance.

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