Chapter 28, Liu Chaozuo, your illegal crossing happened

"Ahh

With a low shout, a man sweated profusely and kicked open his soaked bedding and awoke from his bed.

He gasped weakly, rubbing his groggy head, and the horrific memories he had experienced before were replayed in his mind one by one.

-- The captain of the vampire bloodline, known as the battle-hardened captain, died, and was trampled into a small cake by a huge alien monster; The three veteran team members, who claimed to be professional marksmen, retired special forces, and demolition experts, were all buried in the mouth of the alien monster, reduced to unrecognizable clumps of minced meat and bones, and swallowed into their digestive tract...... The entire team was wiped out, and he was the only one who survived.

Because when death was about to come, he was seriously injured and faced a desperate situation, and finally used the rebirth prop that he had spent a high price to save his life - the Specialized Student Badge], so that he was able to forcibly leave the plot world and re-enter the plot adventure of another team as a "newcomer".

Of course, the price of using the Specialist Badge is also very heavy - since he has become a newcomer again, then the equipment, exercises, bloodline, physique enhancement, etc. obtained in the infinite space before will be erased, allowing him to return to the ordinary white-collar state when he first entered the infinite space.

Alas, what a huge loss

But, no matter what, he managed to escape a mortal danger and live again—as long as he lived, there was hope......

Huh? Wait a minute? Now that I'm a newcomer, what kind of world is this? Where are the veterans? What about the other newcomers?

It was only at this time that the man finally realized that something seemed to be wrong and quickly got out of bed.

Looking around, with the help of the faint morning light that came through the papier-mâché window, he found himself in an antique room, with a large carved bed underneath, a mahogany cabinet and an oil lamp next to the bed, and a Bogu frame with various colors of porcelain, glazed ware and small bronze objects, all of which were obviously in ancient Chinese style, with smooth bluestone floors and carved beams and paintings inside, very beautifully decorated, like a mansion in a traditional Chinese house.

But where is it? Where did the rest of the team go?

With the above questions, this infinite space reincarnation, who was reborn as a new person, raised his right hand with some confusion, looked at the main god watch in his hand, and then saw a blank space even more confused: there was no task prompt on the LCD screen, and even the chronograph function disappeared

Hey, if you don't bring this, who's going to tell me what's going on?

With a stomach full of confusion and panic, this confused man had no choice but to turn over and get up, rummaging around in the faint morning light, and finally turned out an official seal, a "document confession" and a set of Ming Dynasty seven-grade official uniforms, plus a diary and an account book in a rattan box in the corner of the house.

With his past experience in several martial arts worlds, he held these things and pondered for a long time, and finally figured out the identity that the "main god" gave him in this world: the new magistrate of Xiangshan in the Ming Dynasty. The name was replaced by his real name: Liu Chaozuo.

The current time is the end of December of the fourth year of Chongzhen, and the place where he is currently located is Macau.

Then, through the diary that was dug out of his luggage, Liu Chaozuo finally figured out why he had to come to Macao when the Chinese New Year was approaching - Macao at this time was also under the rule of Xiangshan County, and the shy county prince Liu Chaozuo came to collect rent from the Portuguese

-- According to the description in the diary, Liu Chaozuo was born as a lifter. Although he is not a higher-level jinshi, the Ming Dynasty's juren can already be called a master and has the qualifications to confer officials. For example, Hai Ruihai, a famous minister in the Jiajing period, put the teachings of Chun'an County as a person.

However, generally speaking, the road to conferring officials is much narrower than that of the imperial examination, and it is not easy to get an official, and the position will not be too good. At this time, it is necessary to test a person's basic qualities -- whether to be an official with an official but not a position, or to be a real power official with a seal in his hand, or to sit on a cold bench in the Beijing Division, and sit until the earth is barren, it depends on whether you can be a man, or whether you have the capital to be a man.

The Ming Dynasty belonged to the ranks of the gentry and enjoyed many privileges such as tax exemption and exemption from military service. Even though he was originally a poor scholar living in a ruined temple, once he was in the middle of the lift, a large number of villagers brought land to "donate", so it is said that there would be no poor people. Of course, Liu Chaozuo is not a poor person, but the market of running officials in Beijing is really powerful, and in order to carry out a county order, Liu Chaozuo's expenses are really not small, and even the fields in his hometown have been sold. Thanks to the death of his parents and the absence of brothers and sisters, there is no one in the family to support, otherwise the elders of the clan will beat him in the backbone with a cane and scold him for being a loser.

After stumbling in the city of Beijing for many days, he finally got an official position, but it was the official position of the magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangdong, at the other end of the Ming Empire, which disappointed Liu Chaozuo: Xiangshan, Guangdong, in the Ming Dynasty, was not a special economic zone in which every inch of land was worth every inch in later generations, but a first-class poor land. The Ming Dynasty's "Yongle Canon" contains: "Xiangshan is a city, an island in the sea, its land is the narrowest, and its people are the poorest. "This place has been an inferior county since the Song Dynasty, and it belongs to the poor border area with a long tradition. In other words, it's a place where there is no oil and water to fish, and if you buy the county here, God knows when you will be able to return to your capital?

But no matter what, since you have a position as a county magistrate, there is no reason not to take office. So, Liu Chaozuo had no choice but to pack some parcels and embark on the arduous and long road to his post - originally from Beijing to Xiangshan, there were post stations along the way, and Lord Liu could save money on the road. But now it is the Chongzhen Emperor who is in power, and he has just issued an edict to abolish the Tianxia Post Station. This not only led to a well-known laid-off post man in northern Shaanxi, Li Zicheng, but also added countless difficulties to Liu Chaozuo's road to office: along the way, eating, drinking, lazar, car and boat accommodation, all had to be paid out of his own pocket, and Liu Chaozuo originally used almost all the silver around him to buy officials, but before he reached Shandong, he was already penniless and empty.

Fortunately, from Beijing to Guangdong, there are so many local yamen along the way, and as a man, he can talk about friendship with the palm seal officials from all over the country, talk about writing, and finally get some money to spend. The autumn wind that has traveled thousands of miles along the way will not starve to death on the way.

Although this behavior is very similar to that of a beggar, the difference is that the beggar on the street wears ragged clothes, and the old man wears a straight shirt. But in desperation, what can Liu Chaozuo do? I had no choice but to persevere along the way, ignoring the cynicism of officials in various places, to go all the way, all the way, and to embark on the long road of seeking official positions in a civilized and begging way -- if you meet a generous official, you can probably get one or two taels of silver, and if you meet a stingy person, you must be mentally prepared to eat behind closed doors...... What's even more unfortunate is that at this time it was the chaotic times at the end of the Ming Dynasty, from northern Shaanxi to Shandong and then to Lianghuai, there was no safe place north of the entire Yangtze River.

By the time he finally arrived in Xiangshan County, it was already late December, and the county government had sealed his annual leave. What's even worse is that Liu Chaozuo was penniless at this time, except for an official uniform, even his clothes and luggage were almost pawned. After hearing the news, the little official of the yamen rushed over, seeing the down-and-out appearance of the county magistrate, he immediately pooled money to invite him to a meal of wine, otherwise this old man Liu was really in danger of fainting from hunger in the yamen

It's just that a full meal won't last long, and Master Liu doesn't know how to spend the next few days.

Although there is still some money and grain in the treasury of the Xiangshan County Ya, it is now the end of the year when the Ya is closed, and according to the rules, it can only be used after the New Year. And Liu Chaozuo doesn't even have the money for food now, he really can't survive this New Year, he is a newcomer, and he is timid, and he doesn't dare to break the rules at will. If you want to find a few big families to fight the autumn breeze, you don't have a suitable name. Fortunately, he begged all the way to take office, and he had already lost all his temperament, and he didn't care about any decency and prestige at all, so he simply replied shyly at the banquet, Master Ben is not able to get money now, can you borrow a few silver temporarily?

When you heard this, how did you not know that after the silver was taken out, most of them would have to go and never return? Immediately, they complained bitterly one by one, and refused to pull out a single hair...... Of course, it is not okay for them to take out their own money to honor the county lord, but the difficulties of the county lord must also be solved. So after a while, an old scribe touched his beard and said, this year's imperial grain tax has already been collected, and it is really impossible to squeeze out any oil and water. Even if you want to find a big local family to fight the autumn breeze, it is best not to pick the New Year to add bad luck to others, otherwise it will be difficult to get along in the future.

Fortunately, the Yiren of Macao have not yet paid this year's land rent of 500 taels of silver, and when the county officials went to collect it before, the other party said that they were not at ease if they did not see the county decree seal, and they were afraid that the yamen would not be trustworthy and give them a second collection. So after the previous county magistrate died of a violent illness, he has been dragging on and not paying it. Now that the new county lord has arrived, those Yi people naturally have no reason to continue to be in arrears - although this money will be put into the public account, if the county lord has an urgent need to settle down in the family, everyone will be mixed with the yamen, and they will not be inconsiderate of the difficulties of the county lord......

In addition, when those Yiren maritime merchants in Macao visit the new county honor, they will definitely have a filial piety. Although the amount may not be too much, if the money is added together, it should be enough for Liu Chaozuo, who "feeds the whole family for one person and is not hungry", to have a fat year.

So, Liu Chaozuo, who was in a hurry to find rice to cook, took a servant and a few servants recruited temporarily, and hurried to Macao to collect rent

-- Although later history textbooks classified Macao and Hong Kong as the same kind of foreign concessions, in fact, Macao, which was occupied by the Portuguese during the Ming Dynasty, was completely different from Hong Kong, which was later ceded by the Manchus.

In the eighth year of Zhengde (1509), in Da. Ten years after the gamma fleet first arrived in India, the Portuguese fleet reached the coast of China for the first time, seizing Tuen Mun Island at the mouth of the Pearl River in an attempt to monopolize China's silk and porcelain trade with the West. They first pretended to be Malacca envoys and asked for trade with the Ming government, but at the same time, they could not restrain their sailors, and continued to plunder the coast of Guangdong, which eventually aroused public outrage - after the deception was discovered, the Battle of Tuen Mun broke out between the Portuguese and the Ming army, and the Portuguese fleet was almost completely annihilated, and the first invasion of China failed.

Later, the Portuguese who had made a comeback colluded with the Japanese in Shuangyu and provided arquebuses and artillery to the Japanese in Guò, continuing their all-out campaign against the Ming Dynasty in an attempt to seize a colony in China. But the Ming army soon launched a counteroffensive, destroying the stronghold of Shuangyu and driving the Portuguese out again.

Next, the Portuguese united with the Japanese and maritime merchants, and continued to attack the coast of Fujian and Guangdong many times, burning, killing, and plundering all kinds of evil, but the Ming Dynasty soldiers and civilians also rose up to resist, so that the Portuguese expeditionary force suffered heavy losses - after all, they were a small country of two million people, half a world across the world to expedition to the most populous Eastern Empire at that time, with the navigation technology at that time, just to transport the Portuguese from the mother country to the Ming coast, almost more than half of the people had to feed the sharks halfway, if they had to carry out a long-term war of attrition with the Ming Dynasty, It is tantamount to throwing human life into the sea.

As a result, in half a century, the Portuguese united with the Japanese and hired Nanyang natives to fight with the Ming Dynasty several times, but they were all beaten by the Ming Dynasty, and the plan to monopolize the oriental silk and porcelain trade became a complete fantasy. Those Japanese are still yellow people, and many of them are Chinese maritime merchants at all, so after losing the battle, they can probably avoid it by changing their clothes and changing their hairstyles. However, the physical characteristics of the Portuguese were too different from those of the Chinese, and they could not hide if they wanted to hide - the official policy of the Ming Dynasty at that time was "kill anyone who encounters a Francophone"

Seeing that they could not be deceived and deceived by the traps, and that the armed invasion could not be defeated, the Portuguese, who had run into a wall one after another in China, finally opened their minds and completely gave up their wild dreams of conquering China by force -- in 156, a Portuguese fleet anchored off the coast of Xiangshan County, Guangdong, falsely claiming to be the "tribute envoys" of Southeast Asian countries to Beijing, and asked to borrow a piece of land to expose the cargo on the ship. At the same time, they bribed Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Sea Route, and others, and finally relied on the deception of corrupt Chinese officials to steal Macao, which was still a desolate fishing village at that time

Although there were Portuguese people in Macau since then, Macau was not considered a land cession in the Ming Dynasty, strictly speaking, it could only be regarded as a special economic zone where foreigners were allowed to live. The Ming Dynasty had always set up tax cards and official offices in Macao, and every year all goods were traded to and from the city, which had to pay taxes to the municipal shipping department, otherwise fines would be impounded, and in order to gain the right to live in Macao, the Portuguese had to pay a large rent every year - roughly similar to the Chinatowns and Chinatowns where overseas Chinese lived in later generations, or the more ancient Tang and Song dynasties, Guangzhou and Quanzhou, where Arab merchants were inhabited.

Of course, after entrenching themselves in Macau, the Portuguese have not always been so honest. In fact, it didn't take long for them to start building forts and forts in Macao, defaulting on rent, and trying to provoke the bottom line of the Ming court. In the 43rd year of Jiajing (15 years), the Portuguese actually hung a statue of "Our Lady stepping on the dragon's head" on the newly completed Catholic church in Macao. The intention is to trample China under its feet. As a result, the Guangzhou government was completely angered, and Yu Dayou, the general of the Ming Dynasty and the famous anti-Japanese general, was even more gearing up, trying to make new achievements and exterminate the local Portuguese in one fell swoop.

When the Portuguese in Macao heard the news, they were immediately frightened -- after repeatedly hitting a wall, they already knew that the Ming Dynasty was not easy to mess with, so they hurriedly asked to see Mo Jiheng, the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty's Guangdong Sea Road, and sincerely repented, and took out a large sum of gold and silver to honor the local officials, not only to make up for the rent arrears in previous years, but also to take the initiative to increase the rent paid every year after that. As for the statue of the "Madonna stepping on the dragon's head" that caused trouble, it was also destroyed by the Portuguese on their own initiative. After the incident subsided, the Ming government warned the Portuguese that if they committed any further violations in Macao, they would be punished by the "joint sitting law".

Since then, the Portuguese have been particularly well-behaved to the successive governors of Liangguang in the Ming Dynasty, and they have not forgotten to send a large amount of gold and silver every year. As for the land rent, fire consumption and various additional payments paid to Xiangshan County, they did not dare to be in arrears. On the other hand, in line with the principle of ruling by inaction, as long as there is no life lawsuit, and the rent and taxes are paid in full and the routine "filial piety" is honestly paid, the subsequent Guangdong magistrates did not care much about the Portuguese.

Although the Portuguese were allowed to settle down, the Ming government did not make any concessions on the issue of sovereignty, although the Portuguese had already set up a general administration in Macao, stationed officials, and pirates of all walks of life also had agents in Macao. However, from a legal point of view, Macao has always been under the jurisdiction of the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if the government comes with a piece of paper, the Portuguese governor must obey the order to arrest and transfer, if the Xiangshan County order is a strong order, it is not good to personally bring people into the city to arrest them. Not even the Governor could shelter him.

In contrast, Hong Kong, Jiaozhou Bay, and Lushun, which were forcibly leased out in the late Qing Dynasty, as well as foreign concessions in major cities, were said to be rented, but in fact they were forcibly occupied, and foreigners from all countries did not pay more than half a cent of land rent to any Chinese government.

It was not until after the Opium War that the Portuguese in Macao gradually emboldened, first by not paying rent, and then by expelling the Qing Dynasty's government offices and troops stationed in Macao, and finally forcing the Qing government to sign the "Morning Treaty of the Sino-Portuguese Conference" and the "Sino-Portuguese Friendship and Commerce Agreement" in 1887, which formally established Macao as Portuguese territory - so the Manchu government should also bear the responsibility for China's loss of Macao in history.

To get back to the point, during the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese in Macao did not have the arrogance of the imperialist powers of modern times, but were as cautious as little daughters-in-law -- with their military strength in Macao, they were indeed enough to sweep away the surrounding counties that were empty in defense, and even waved their troops deep into the Pearl River to bombard Guangzhou...... But what is the point of this other than the severance of trade routes? They are here to do business and seek wealth, not to burn money and fight wars to be conquerors. Today's Portuguese have long understood that with their pitiful forces in the East, it is a dream to conquer China.

Not to mention that in these years, they have even swallowed up Portugal in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain (and did not successfully restore it until 640), in a sense, it is almost equivalent to becoming a slave to the country, where can they be tough in front of people from other countries?

Therefore, as soon as Liu Chaozuo County Commander arrived in Macao, after verifying his identity, the local Portuguese Chamber of Commerce gave him 500 taels of rent silver and 15 taels of "fire consumption", in addition to a gift of filial piety to the county order. Then, after hearing the news, several Chinese maritime merchants living in Macao vied with each other to set up a banquet to entertain the county order, so that Liu Chaozuo, who had been sleeping in the open on the way, was so happy that he couldn't find the north for a while, and he immediately got drunk. When I woke up, it was too late to rush back to the county, so I stayed overnight in the mansion of a businessman surnamed Huang in Macau.

Then, when he woke up, Daming County ordered Liu Chaozuo to become Liu Chaozuo, the reincarnation of infinite space...... Liu Chaozuo has no doubts about the fact that he is a newcomer who has become a county magistrate: in his experience, in order to improve the safety factor of newcomers in the first plot world and prevent cannibalism within the team members - mainly the veteran kills the newcomer, the "main god" system often arranges a higher status for the newcomer. But this still does not solve Liu Chaozuo's question - what plot world is he in? Where did the rest of the reincarnation team go?

With a stomach full of doubts, he got up and walked around the small courtyard, and found no trace of the infinite space reincarnation except for a few local coolies who didn't look like modern people and were sleeping soundly in the wings. And what made Liu Chaozuo even more frightened was that the watch of the main god he was wearing was also missing and was blank: could it be that even this thing has quality problems? Lord God, I want to complain about this thing, is there a warranty?

In addition, since he couldn't find any teammates, and the main god watch didn't have any hints, he couldn't confirm what kind of plot world he had entered, so he could only figure it out to himself: "...... Macao during the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty? This location is really weird, what kind of plot world am I getting into? Uh, I vaguely only remember watching the TV series "Blue Blood Sword", there seems to be a Portuguese army in it, it must be this martial arts drama......"

In short, Liu Chaozuo sat on the edge of the bed like this. I thought about it for a while. It wasn't until after dawn that there was a noise in the mansion - the servant maid of the Yellow Mansion came in to greet him, and brought hot water for washing his face and breakfast: a bowl of ravioli, a plate of pickles, and a few oil cakes.

When the county magistrate had dressed himself and had breakfast, a clerk of Xiangshan County, who had come to Macao from the county with him to collect rent, and who seemed to be resting elsewhere last night, walked over slowly with the smell of wine and fat powder all over his body, and asked the county magistrate whether he would leave for a boat back to the county seat today -- the affairs in Macao had been completed, and the Chinese New Year would be the day after tomorrow

And Liu Chaozuo was still confused about his own situation, so he had no choice but to agree: Maybe there will be new clues in the county office?

So, Liu Chaozuo and his entourage bid farewell to their hospitable hosts, left the Yellow Mansion with land rent, silver and gifts, and walked to the streets of Macao.

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Macao during the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not the Oriental casino with every inch of land in later generations, but only a small port with a population of only 10,000 or 20,000. The city is small and there is not much to see. But the streets are bustling and lively, and from time to time there are some savage-looking foreigners in strange costumes passing by: red-skinned, yellow-haired, blue-eyed Nordics, light-brown-skinned and black-haired Latinos, short Japanese people with shaved semi-circular hair, dark-skinned and curled curry-smelling Indian Ahsan, and authentic black Africans with black skin and white teeth...... As for the various ragged sailors, all the more in the streets, they were all drunk, and staggered in the streets—for this reason at the door of the large houses sat servants in their uniforms and rattans, and when they saw a drunken fellow trying to break in, they took the rattan and gave him a hard blow.

In addition, the abnormal climate of the Xiaoice period obviously affected this southern remote land - although the dazzling sun hung in the sky, the sun did not bring much warmth at all, and the rich people on the street even wore leather robes. The poor wore worn cotton jackets covered in patches.

Although the street scene of Macau is a little disappointing, it is somewhat exotic. Macao and Xiangshan County are just a stone's throw away, and there is nothing to do at the moment, and Macao is also considered to be the territory under the rule of his county order, so Liu Chaozuo, who has changed his soul, continues to stroll along the streets slowly, looking around, which can be regarded as observing the people's feelings. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to see what the famous St. Paul's Church in Macau looked like before it burned down, but when he got there, he realized that there was still a lot of construction on this place - it turned out that the St. Paul's Church, that is, St. Paul's Church, was still under construction, and the ground was full of stone and wood. According to the officials of Xiangshan, this church has been built for nearly 20 years, but it still looks like an unfinished building...... Liu Chaozuo couldn't help but sigh, this Macau church is really comparable to the most famous unfinished building in East Asia in later generations, the Liujing Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.

After turning around like this, it has been delayed for a long time. So, under the urging of several officials and scribes who were anxious to go home for the New Year, Liu Chaozuo finally ended his stroll, turned around and walked over with a large group of people, ready to take a boat back to Xiangshan County.

Then he noticed something unusual.

“…… Borrowed and let go"

With a loud Cantonese shout, Liu Chaozuo County Ling was stunned to see a human-powered rickshaw pulling a foreigner and passing by him at a gallop - if it weren't for the coachman combing his hair in a bun, he would have thought that he had come to the Shanghai Concession during the Republic of China: in the previous infinite space adventure, Liu Chaozuo had wandered through the plot world of "Huo Yuanjia" once.

But now it's still the end of the Ming Dynasty, where did this rickshaw come from?

He looked left and right suspiciously, and found that both the pedestrians on the street and the officials of Xiangshan County beside him were all oblivious to this. Thinking about this place being the most open to the outside world and the most imported Macao in the late Ming Dynasty, I was relieved - since horse-drawn carriages and wheelbarrows existed in ancient times, the ancients may not have been able to make this rickshaw, perhaps there were similar things in Europe at this time

Liu Chaozuo, who didn't learn history well, thought so as he continued to walk down the street before seeing a familiar thing.

“…… Pull a film, come and see a new film...... Guan Yunchang warmed the wine and slashed Huaxiong, Sun Wukong three dozen white bone essences, and the king of Xuan, favored Daji, Xiang Yu, the overlord, and farewell his concubine...... Celebrate the New Year today with a 20% discount."

With a few crisp gongs, a hawker set up a "Macao film machine" in the market, shouting loudly to attract customers, and the children in the alley rushed to the street entrance when they heard the sound, while taking out a handful of copper coins from their arms and throwing them into the hawker's hands, while shouting: "Let me see first, let me see first." ”

Liu Chaozuo, who was wearing the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty's seven grades, witnessed this scene and couldn't help but be stunned again-what kind of La'ao film? He had seen it in the plot world of "Huo Yuanjia", and in the modern world, I heard that there are also small toys with similar principles for sale, that is, in a wooden box, a clockwork is used to drive a ratchet mechanism to drive a film disc, so as to continuously play the picture on the film, and the viewer has to pull the rope to make the clockwork stronger...... It's just that it's the end of the Ming Dynasty, could it be that the Europeans at this time have already made something similar and trafficked to Macao through the Portuguese? Well, no wonder the vendor just called it Lao'......

Although he was shocked in his heart, because Liu Chaozuo regarded the word "Macao" in this "Macao film" as referring to Macao, after thinking about it for a while, he was relieved, but he was even more amazed by the advanced nature of modern Europe.

Finally, when the group walked to the dock and looked for the ferry back to Xiangshan County, Liu Chaozuo finally discovered the anomaly of this world.

-- He saw a large shadow of sails covering the sky and the sun, coming from afar, and immediately alarmed the alarm bells of the port of Macao, the Portuguese soldiers with tomahawks and spears running back and forth, and the wharf and the streets were in turmoil......

Of course, such riot scenes were not uncommon in the age of piracy. But the real problem was that the sharp-eyed Liu Chaozuo noticed that several large ships in the fleet approaching Macao had sooth-filled chimneys

Hey, Watt, the inventor won't be born until the next century, where did you come from these seventeenth-century steamships?

Next, the blue and white cross flags hanging on the masts of these sailboats made Liu Chaozuo County Ling stunned on the Macau pier, messy in the wind, mentally broken, and finally couldn't help but exclaim:

“…… This...... What the hell is going on? How can there be a NATO flag in these years? And where did the steamships of the XVII century come from? Oh, what kind of ridiculous world did this damn Lord God throw me into? ”

Then, Liu Chaozuo was dragged back by several officials, and an old official who served as a general secretary (translator) explained to him.

“…… My lord was so embarrassed that the thieves' ships poured out of the nest and rushed straight to Macao, although I heard from the Francophone that those thieves outside Hong Kong had no ill intentions towards Macao. But just in case, I'm afraid that Macau is going to be closed today, so let's go back to the county by land."

“…… A thief? What's that? Are you talking about the fleet outside the port? ”

“…… Adults have just come to the ground in Guangdong, and they may not know something. This thief is a sea giant who has appeared in recent years, claiming to have come from Australia, thousands of miles away, and is a Miao descendant who was exiled overseas when the Song Dynasty fell. Because they shave their hair short and they don't have a beard, we call them thieves......"

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In the evening of this day, Liu Xianling and his party, who had been hurrying all the way, finally rushed back to Xiangshan County from Macao before the city gate was closed.

Then, under the begging eyes of a group of officials, Liu Chaozuo had to give them a reward of silver and then take a holiday, send them home for the New Year, and bring their luggage to the back office to rest - the Ming Dynasty government adhered to the practice of "officials do not repair the yamen", as long as the yamen has not collapsed, they are too lazy to spend money on repairs, so the inner house of the back office in Xiangshan County is naturally dilapidated. Even if the officials have been organized to clean up voluntarily, many places still seem to be between haunted houses and ruins, but Liu Chaozuo is also a person who has suffered a lot, and he is at ease with this.

However, when he laid the bedding and the person got into the quilt, there was no sound, and the tide of thought fluctuated, but he couldn't sleep for a long time.

-- Recalling what he saw and heard in Macao today, as well as the various news and rumors he heard from the mouths of the officials along the way, Liu Chaozuo couldn't help but sigh for a while, feeling that the amount of information was a little too large, and his brain capacity was not enough, and he didn't know how to complain about this absurd world in his heart:

“…… Australian? What kind of Great Song Miao descendant does he claim to be? Where the hell did these guys fall from? In this year's Australia, I'm afraid there are only aborigines and kangaroos, what kind of hellish world did the main god throw me into? And what is the mission in this world? Why did this goddamn watch suddenly crash? Lord God, the quality of the products you provide is too poor, I want to return the warranty"

However, before Liu Chaozuo could sort out today's chaotic encounters and various abnormal information, something even more incredible happened:

Without warning, I saw a flash of golden light in the room, and several unfamiliar figures suddenly appeared. Then, the snow-bright beams of four or five strong flashlights shone straight at Liu Chaozuo's face, making him almost unable to open his eyes for a while......

In the next moment, Liu Chaozuo, who hadn't seen clearly who was coming, heard a man scolding him angrily:

“…… Liu Chaozuo, your incident happened without the approval of the relevant departments, and the evidence is conclusive, so you can't be arrested quickly."

Suddenly, Liu Chaozuo only felt that something in his mind was "snapping" and disconnecting, and the expression on his face suddenly changed to the word "solid......