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In 1581, Spain succeeded in adopting the rules of the European royal succession game and received the crown of King of Portugal. In order to gain the support of the Portuguese aristocracy, Spain had to sign the "Eight Terms of Peace" with the Portuguese nobility. The content of these articles ensured the substantial independence of Portugal's overseas colonies, and also enjoyed the privilege of free trade with the Spanish colonies, which even the Spanish colonies themselves did not qualify.

As a result, Spain's colonies in the Philippines, and their trade with the Ming Empire and Japan, were also forced to be "legally" contracted to Portuguese merchants in Macao. Since the beginning of the 17th century, the monopoly of more than 1.5 million Spanish silver dollars per year has made the Portuguese smile, which is also a strange pattern in history.

Whether the Portuguese really bought it or not naturally came to a conclusion that made Spain regret it again and again. But in any case, at least at the beginning of the 17th century, Spain, a world-class empire, was still painstaking in dealing with the overseas family business of its "own little brother", which also created a high degree of prosperity in Macao, a Portuguese Far East trading stronghold, in the 17th century, with nearly 100 Portuguese merchant ships stationed in Macao for many years.

The loss of a large amount of American silver to the hands of the Portuguese made the Spanish government feel so painful that it even had the idea of abandoning the Philippine colony.

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After receiving the warm hospitality of the members of the Macau Council, Yan Xiaosong and Katerina immediately moved to a large inn run by a local in Macau. A number of big Han bodyguards provided by Yan Sihai secretly guarded inside and outside the inn.

The antique Ming Dynasty decoration made Caterina fussed, and she looked around the room for an hour as if she had been enchanted.

The qiē in front of him is not at all the fake and contrived retro style that he once saw on TV, and the original bed, chair, stool cabinet makes Yan Xiaosong love it.

Now, Caterina, a Spanish lieutenant who has fallen in love with Han costumes, is wearing a gorgeous palace costume, sitting on the edge of the bed with a smile and posing with everyone's beautiful style, motionless, letting Yan Xiaosong sketch for himself on the drawing board.

"Mr. Yan......"

The muffled voice of a bodyguard came from outside the door. Yan Xiaosong, who was about to finish the final part of the sketch, frowned.

"Yan, go ahead, draw next time." Caterina hurriedly walked over, took the sketchpad and looked at it, and pointed to the door, as if she was satisfied with the sketch part at this stage.

"Well, then be careful yourself." After speaking, Yan Xiaosong took out his pistol from his suit jacket and stuffed it into Katarina's hand, "This has taught you, you take it, be careful not to go off." ”

"You defend yourself, I have this!" Caterina turned around and walked a few steps to the bed, lifted the quilt, and when she turned around, she had a sailor knife in her left hand and a flintlock short musket in her right hand, combined with her current outfit, she was simply a 17th-century version of a cute weapon seller.

Yan Xiaosong was stunned for a long time, nodded for a long time, tidied up his clothes, and walked out of the guest room. Outside the door, the bodyguard stepped forward and muttered in Yan Xiaosong's ear for a while.

"Mattos? Abbot of St. Paul's Monastery? Yan Xiaosong touched his chin, recalling the appearance of the crowd at yesterday's dinner, he really couldn't remember that there was such a person.

"Mr. Yan, this Monk Ma Duo Shiyang is not a small person, and the local Franz people all listen to him! This time, he said that he had come at the behest of the Macau Council. "The bodyguard is obviously a man who has been in Macau for a long time and knows everything about the Portuguese.

"Well, invite him to sit in my room. By the way, is there anyone else? Yan Xiaosong looked at the end of the corridor on the second floor and made a look.

"Hehe, Mr. Yan is so clever, to tell you the truth, when you and the fourth master went ashore and were welcomed into the Macao Council, there were many local maritime merchants staring, such a large fleet entered the port, it was impossible without a little wind and grass." The bodyguard nodded again and again, but his face was not nervous at all, "Sir, don't worry, the fourth master has instructed that when you return to your hometown to visit your hometown this time, you will have brothers to take care of you, and you will never let Mr. and Miss Yan miss anything!" ”

"Good work!" After speaking, he took out a few Spanish silver dollars from his pocket and stuffed them directly into the hands of the bodyguards.

The bodyguard's eyes lit up and became more respectful, and shortly after the whistle, a bodyguard dressed as a running hall walked up with a short, white-bearded man in a monk's robe.

"Oh! God forbid, you are the Lord Yan mentioned in the letter of His Excellency the Duke! ”

As soon as he entered the room, the Western priest Mattos, who looked to be in his fifties, spoke fluent English.

"This is not Europe, please speak Mandarin, Your Excellency the Dean." Knowing that the other party must have known from the Duke of Bragança's letter that he often used English to communicate with Europeans, Yan Xiaosong couldn't help but be very embarrassed.

"Hehe, I'm sorry...... Old Mattos blushed slightly, and quickly bowed slightly, "Now Macau is not completely under the jurisdiction of the Macau Council, so I hope to have enough time to deal with the Duke's secret letter instructions." ”

"Well, this is still the sovereign territory of the Ming Empire, and I myself have great respect for the local rights and interests of the Ming Empire government. After all, we are compatriots! When Yan Xiaosong said this, he particularly emphasized the word compatriots.

"Uh......" was confused by Yan Xiaosong's words, and Mados, who had planned to show off how strong the influence of the local Portuguese was, was stopped.

"Your Excellency, please have tea."

While the two were looking for the next sentence, the door opened, and Caterina grinned and walked in with a tea tray, like a court maid.

Stunned to look at Caterina who was obviously European, but dressed in a gorgeous oriental court dress and spoke Mandarin, Mattos thought he was dazzled.

"Miss Katerina, my fiancée. Well, also my secretary officer. "Yan Xiaosong has started to send official hats again.

"God bless the beautiful young lady, you are like a European princess who has traveled to the Far East!" Mattos is also an old and refined character, and he immediately made a big fuss.

"God bless you, Your Excellency!" Caterina quickly replied in Spanish. But under his eyes, there was a sneer of contempt.

"Okay, we can talk more clearly, Katarina, you go and rest first!" Yan Xiaosong sat down on the opposite side of the tea table solemnly, crossed his hands on Erlang's legs, and the usual smile appeared on his face again, "Next, what I want to say is that I hope that Dean Mattos, who is deeply trusted by the Duke of Bragança, can keep it a secret!" This will also be related to the future cooperation between our country and the Kingdom of Portugal! ”

"Oh good! God testify that I will always listen and swear with my life that I will never reveal it! Mattos quickly stood up and drew a cross on his chest.

"Well, according to a secret agreement between the previous emperor of the Ming Empire and our Congress, in the coming years, our government will provide the Ming Empire with a batch of expensive arms to fight the barbarian Tatars in the north. At the same time, the emperor of the Ming Empire will pay for this batch of arms in the form of labor exports, but in view of the strong opposition of the imperial officials, we can only organize the recruitment ourselves...... In view of the maritime situation, it was necessary to use the Government of the Kingdom of Portugal to establish a stable sea route between San Salvador and Macao, Brazil. ”

With Yan Xiaosong's unabashed nonsense, Ma Toos's mouth opened wider and wider.

“…… For this we will pay all the Portuguese merchant ships involved in the voyage in return, and even sell you a consignment of arms at the right time, in order to prevent the Dutch from encroaching on Portuguese interests in the Far East. ”

"I'm honored. However, in order to maintain the stable route, more Portuguese ships will need to be involved, and I am afraid that it will cost a lot of money, especially since we also have to face the pressure of the local magistrates of the Ming Empire. Naturally, His Majesty, the emperor of the Ming Empire, would not openly admit such an export of labor, but these imperial magistrates were ...... Human trafficking is strictly forbidden among adults in the area. ”

Labor export? Isn't it human trafficking?

Ma Duoshi, who was familiar with how the magnates of various European countries traded dirtily and secretly, and was also familiar with the operation of the Ming Empire, almost immediately understood how lame and nonsense such a secret agreement was made. But what Portugal has done in the Ming Empire in the past hundred years is not also trying to do its best?

"And I myself will appear before His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire on behalf of my own Government at the appropriate opportunity, and pay the utmost attention to the toil of the Kingdom of Portugal...... In addition, I hope that the local Portuguese Council will join me in the mediation of local maritime businessmen Li Dan and Yan Siqi. ”

After speaking, Yan Xiaosong picked up the tea and took a sip comfortably, while secretly looking at the other party's expression.

"It is my honor to make the request of Your Excellency the Duke and Councilor Yan, and I will carefully convey it to the Council."

did not express his position directly, Ma Duoshi just bowed slightly, and then briefly greeted the situation in Lisbon, and hurriedly said goodbye, which surprised Yan Xiaosong, who had always felt that he had a good ability to fool.

Soon after leaving the house, Matos ran into some local Portuguese magnates who had been secretly waiting for him.

"They actually started to pay attention to Yan Siqi's affairs...... Perhaps the so-called arms trade is just a pretext, and the real intention may be that of illegal human trafficking. In any case, we should respect the opinion of His Excellency the Duke. Now the country's businessmen have made quite a splash in Europe, and Portugal's future needs them. But I would like to emphasize that while cooperating, we must not allow these Americans to encroach on the trade interests of the Kingdom of Portugal in the Far East! ”

This was the first thing Matox muttered after his companion got into the carriage. If Yan Xiaosong was present, it is estimated that he would feel extremely depressed that his trick was exposed by the other party.

But none of this matters at the moment, because in a distant guest room, a certain Spanish girl has an unstoppable awkwardness. The elegance and meekness that she had saved since her departure from Brazil had been forgotten by her, and she was carrying a sailor knife and losing her temper.

Katarina, who has never been waiting to see the Portuguese and Yan Xiaosong engage in behind-the-scenes deals, once again showed the vigilance and anger of a Spaniard, Yan Xiaosong could only let Caterina vent with a smile, until the other party was really unable to continue to spit on the Portuguese in Macau, then he took out his sketchpad and continued to sketch for the other party.

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