As a matter of fact, the three Cantonese seagoing vessels were inspected by patrol boats before they entered the port of Macao.

The result of the inspection was that the holds of the three seagoing vessels were full of cargo, and happily, they were neither passing by to buy supplies, nor were they only stockpiling here, but were actually trading.

The director of the Bugaroo Cannon Foundry in Macau, with the special permission of the Speaker of the Macau Parliament, De Along, was the first to trade with them.

All the Portuguese merchants understood that the Macau Bugarao Cannon Foundry was asked to refuse to trade arms with the city of Guangzhou in order to make it easier for everyone to trade with the Han Tang Group, which left the Macau Bugarao Cannon Foundry with a backlog of artillery.

As early as 1557, a Portuguese cannon casting expert, Bugarao, built a cannon foundry on a wasteland at the end of the village of Zhuzamu in the foothills of the Guia Mountains, with him as the manager.

His son's "Wan Nu Xing" trading company was specially engaged in export work for the production of cannon foundries.

Most of the copper they needed came from Japan, and iron ore and sulphur were sourced locally from the neighboring Macau area. The cannons produced are divided into two kinds: iron cannons and copper cannons, iron cannons began from the Ming craftsmen, and copper cannons were created by Portuguese craftsmen.

Their bronze cannons were long-range and durable, and by the twenties of the 17th century, the factory had developed into a sizable cannon foundry, producing not only cannons, but also shells, gunpowder, and even bronze bells.

In 1624 and 1629 respectively, the Ming court purchased cannons from the cannon foundry in Macao.

In 1629, Xu Guangqi came to Macao to buy ten cannons, and on the way to Beijing, he left four cannons in Zhuozhou, where the situation was tight at that time, and six were shipped to Beijing.

Let's talk about an episode.

At that time, the cannons sold in Macao were bundled with Portuguese gunners, who were probably equivalent to "technicians" who were responsible for guiding buyers to use the products correctly.

In 1621, before the Ming Dynasty authorities purchased the cannon of Bugaroo in Macao, the cannon factory sent a Portuguese gunner, who was then known as the "leader of the good arts", accompanied by an interpreter of the "Tongshi", to perform at the artillery field in Beijing, showing the power of the cannon in front of the Ming officials, just like a live performance in the shopping mall of the world, which had the taste of advertising.

However, this time there was an accident in the test gun.

As a result of the explosion of the barrel, the Portuguese gunner John 61 Golia was killed on the spot.

In this accident, both the Ming and Portuguese sides kept their mouths shut, kept it a secret, and did not see any records.

It wasn't until 1940 that someone found the grave of the Portuguese gunner who died at the Qinglong Bridge in Beijing, and the tombstone recorded the accident in detail in Chinese and Portuguese.

After the Ming court purchased cannons from the Macao Cannon Foundry twice, there were still plans to continue to buy them.

Due to the fact that the products of this artillery factory were strange, not only did they demand high prices, but the Macau Council also took the opportunity to demand the exchange of cannons for sovereignty in Macao, which caused the Ming court to suspend the transaction.

On the point of national sovereignty, the Ming Dynasty has always had a backbone, and they did not use the strategy of pragmatism.

The Macau Bugarao Cannon Foundry has brought them losses precisely because of the strict ban of the president of the Macau Council, De Along.

At this time, their artillery production was still very large.

For example, in May 1642, King João IV of Portugal sent an envoy to Patrick Ferreira to Macao to convey the news of Portuguese independence, which was warmly welcomed by all Portuguese merchants.

When Ferreira returned to Lisbon two months later, Portuguese merchants in Macao presented the new king with 200 pieces of artillery, a large quantity of ammunition and 200,000 taels of silver.

At that time, it could reach 200 in two months, which was okay in this time and space.

Up to now, the production capacity has been increased, but the sales have been limited.

Relying on private smuggling is not the right way.

Therefore, the speaker of the Macau parliament, De Along, allowed the director of the Bugarao Cannon Foundry to trade first, and everyone had no opinion.

When everyone saw that the first business was over, they all hugged it, and they hadn't seen such a comprehensive and high-quality goods for a long time.

As long as you buy it, you can make a lot of money shipping it wherever you go.

When the speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, and the head of the army, Vaqis, saw this, they returned to the council office.

Originally, there were 300 mercenaries in Macao, but with the decline of Portuguese merchants in Macao, the soldiers and service personnel hired by the Macau Council had to start facing the Ming people.

Many of the original soldiers stopped signing contracts when the time came, because they gave too few rials, and they heard that the salaries in Taiwan or Goa were much higher than here!

Mercenaries, respect only money.

The speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aron, and the head of the army, Vakis have no choice, knowing that the salary is indeed too low, but they cannot raise it.

Macau's income is only enough to sustain the current basic operation, but fortunately there are warehouses and merchant ships that come and go here to buy supplies.

The Portuguese merchants who stayed here had already paid all kinds of taxes, and it was impossible to raise them, so they could only recruit troops from the Ming people, who were all locals-

The head of the soldiers, Vakis said to him: "Dear Mr. Speaker, in fact, it is only a matter of time before the soldiers are localized, and besides, now is also the safest time for us, no one covets us here, and even their garrison in the former cottage has been reduced to five hundred. ”

His judgment was right, and the speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, nodded in approval.

Qianshanzhai, built in 1621 in the Ming Dynasty, is a military camp set up by the Ming government at the end of the border north of Macao in order to strengthen coastal defense, especially to curb the ambition of Macao and Portugal to expand its territory.

In 1648, there were 501 garrisons, and after King Shang Kexi of Pingnan entered Guangdong, he added 1,000 garrisons, but 501 people were transferred away in the previous stage.

In any case, the fewer troops around Macau, the better.

Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, still levied more than 20,000 taels of silver and goods tax on Macao every year in accordance with the standard of enslavement in the Ming Dynasty, but abolished all additional taxes and silver.

Then, in 1653, he asked the Portuguese to resume paying 500 taels of silver to the imperial court.

The Shang Ke gratifying action of the king of Pingnan pacified the situation in Macao, and in addition to the arms, the rest of the necessary things could be provided by this area of Macao.

The speaker of the Macau parliament, De Aaron, asked him to evaluate one thing from a military point of view, that is, there is a rumor that the Han and Tang groups are going to attack the city of Guangzhou.

Needless to say, everyone understands that the sudden announcement of the sea ban in Guangzhou City, and the withdrawal of 500 soldiers from Qianmenzhai for no reason, may really have something to do with this.

"If this news is accurate, what do you think?"

The head of the soldiers, Vakis, laughed happily, and said, "If this is the case, it will only be good for us in Macau, and there will be no harm in it, and even I hope that Mr. Parliament Speaker will allow them to be provided with all kinds of supplements, but they may not ask for anything." ”

Speaker De Aron said: "Do you know the changes in the city of Guangzhou? ”

"You know, they claim to be as strong as a barrel made of iron, and that's true. If we had the funds to do it now, I would have asked for their reinforced concrete defenses, and if we were to attack Canton, we would have to fire them several times with large-caliber artillery at close range—but you know, the artillery on the head of the city would not let that happen.

However, this is not worth mentioning for the weapons of the Han and Tang groups.

I sometimes find it strange that they are willing to use their best explosives on the road - fortunately we are not their enemies, not now, and I hope not in the future. ”

"Yes, it is not in the company's interest to be hostile to them—" said Speaker de Aron—"

"No one but them can defeat the defense of Macau, let alone the Anglo-Dutch army, even with Spain, of course, I am just making an analogy." ”

When a person speaks too much, there will always be problems, and this does not distinguish between time, space and race.

"Boom!"

At this time, they suddenly heard the sound of artillery!

The Speaker de Aron was stunned at this time.

The head of the soldiers, Vakis, immediately heard the sound of a thirty-six-pounder cannon!

He immediately drew his matching sword, strode out of the conference room, and shouted, "OSguardas! OSguardas！ ”

His boots are bright and heavy, which is a product of the Hantang Group.

Iron nails were nailed to the soles of his shoes and rattled on the stone floor.

Two of his guards were stunned, they hadn't heard such a loud cannon fire in a long time!

They also drew their swords and rushed into the street with the chief.

At this time, the people on the street were in chaos, and there were even hats rolling on the street!

The crowd started running towards this side from the docks, and the enemy was attacking from there!

Where did the enemy come from?

At this time, a Portuguese merchant came running up, he was a little fat, and he couldn't breathe, and he said, "Yes, yes—"

The soldier Vakis was listening intently, when suddenly, the Portuguese merchant's eyes widened!

Oh my God, a blade peeked out of his chest!

Before he could react, he felt a chill in his neck, blood spurted out, and his whole body suddenly became weak-

As he fell, he saw two of his guards fall as well.

He couldn't grasp the matching sword, and the matching sword fell to the ground, bumping a few times on the stone path, and the slender sword body was trembling—but he didn't hear the sound of the matching sword falling onto the stone road!

He fell to the ground twitching, feeling himself getting colder.

In his final moments, he saw a grim face looking down on him, and he couldn't hear what he was saying.

Then darkness ensued.

Scholar Hong Chengchou said regretfully: "You are too quick to start, this is clearly a general, what are you doing to kill him?" You can ask for more ransom when the time comes! ”

Several killers beside him grinned and said, "My lord, okay, follow the orders-"

At this time, Scholar Hong Chengchou felt that his order was a little contradictory.

He said that anyone with a weapon will be killed!

Now that he is saying this, he can only laugh at these heroes!

However, these people will not act on the opportune side, that is, they will not improvise!

Forget it, leave it alone with them.

He said to several killers: "You have already killed the governor of Macao, go to the council building immediately and arrest the speaker, he is the director here, you can't kill him easily!" ”

This time, the capture of Macao was designed and arranged by Hung Chengchou from beginning to end, and of course, it was also the result of his persuasion of Pingnan Wang Shang.

It was a successful raid.

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