Before he could go ashore, Li Xiao got a piece of news. Zheng Zhilong was not in Quanzhou, but went to Macau.

In this era, the situation in Macao was similar to that of Shenzhen later. The Portuguese, Dutch, and merchant ships from Western countries are accustomed to settling in Macao.

"Macau!" Li Xiao muttered about the name of this place that would later be famous for gambling.

"The family said that the family boat seemed to be bullied by the red-haired ghost. My brother went to Macau to deal with the red-haired ghost. Your Excellency, just rest at home, and my brother will be back in a few days. Zheng Zhiyuan was afraid that Li Xiao would be angry, so he hurriedly explained to Li Xiao.

"Oh, I see. In that case, let's go to Macau. Li Xiao nodded.

In later generations, because of the relationship between identity, it was a little troublesome to apply for a Hong Kong and Macao permit. Now that I have the opportunity to see Macau, Li Xiao still wants to see it. What's more, it's closer to foreigners. It is also more likely to get rubber!

According to Li Xiao's knowledge, the origin of rubber is the Americas. At this time, the Americas were colonized by the Spanish and Portuguese.

So, the people from these two countries are the ones who are most likely to bring rubber back from the Americas. In Li Xiao's memory, Macao was once a Portuguese colony.

"Uh......! This road by sea is bumpy, adults still wait here for a few days, and you can also take a good rest. Quanzhou is also an ancient city, with many places of interest and historic sites. Adults can play in Quanzhou for a few days, and I will send someone to inform my brother to come back as soon as possible. ”

"No, let's go to Macau." Although he was tired of sitting on the boat, Li Xiao still rejected Zheng Zhiyuan's proposal.

There is still a big mess of things in Liaodong, and it is only serious to get the rubber back as soon as possible. I hope that because of the matter of Huang Taiji, I can win over Nurhachi not to use troops against the Ming Dynasty.

Now that Daming is on the cusp of the great disarmament, if the Tartars come in and grab a handful at this time, it will be very lively.

"No!" Zheng Zhiyuan did not dare to disobey Li Xiao's wishes, so he could only reluctantly order the ship to leave the port and sail in the direction of Macao.

Quanzhou is not far from Macau, and it is only a few days away by sea and land.

"Fuck me!" The situation in Macao and Hong Kong made Li Xiao so surprised that he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

The harbor is lined with masts, and ships with various flags are crowded in the harbor. The shore was full of foreigners, blonde and blue-eyed. There are also red-haired Arabs, as well as high-nosed, deep-eyed Arabs with turbans on their heads. The brown-skinned Indians, and even the coolies who carried large bags, were purebred black Africans.

Where the hell is Macau, it's simply the United Nations.

"How can this be?" Li Xiao found that there were even warships in these ships. The muzzle of the black hole was unabashedly pointed at the inside of the port.

"When the first emperor was in power, the Buddha Lang Jiren went to Beijing to pay tribute. behaved quite deferentially, I heard that ...... I heard that the red man in the palace was married. As a result, the first emperor approved Macao, which could be used as a garrison for caravans from various countries in the Ming Dynasty.

A few years ago, the Tartars in Liaodong made a lot of trouble, and the Francophiles helped the imperial court to prepare for arms. I got a lot of Franc cannons for the imperial court, so ...... So their warships can also be moored here. Nominally, it was to help the imperial court train firearms talents, but in fact, it was to escort their respective merchant ships and earn some silver. ”

Zheng Zhiyuan pointed to the battleship in the distance and explained to Li Xiao.

"The warships are all driving in, and the court doesn't care?" Li Xiao said in surprise. The stationing of warships is regarded as the right to garrison. This is a serious damage to the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty, whose country casually allows foreigners to garrison troops.

"Hey......! For one thing, these ships are not real warships. There are many pirates in the South China Sea, and they are all armed ships hired by maritime merchants of various countries. Sometimes, they are actually secretly pirates.

Second, Macao belongs to Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Province. The Xiangshan County Government is 100 miles away from Macao, and the imperial court has not set up an official office in Macao. In fact, Macao is now not managed by the officials of the imperial court at all. It's all the local armor and the township party that are maintaining the locality!

The red-haired ghosts have backers in the court, relying on them to have force. He often bullied the people of Macao, and now many people in Macao have been forced to move out.

...... being bullied by barbarians in their own land! Ay......! ”

Speaking of the aggrieved place, Zheng Zhiyuan sighed deeply.

"The court doesn't know? Doesn't it matter? Li Xiao asked in surprise, knowing that this was in Daming. I don't know, I thought it was the time when the Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled, and I saw the era when foreigners wanted to call their fathers.

"The officials of the court have eaten the money of the red-haired ghost and have secretly rented this place to them. The imperial court will not turn against the red-haired ghost because of a small Macau. Those people in the military department are still counting on the red-haired ghost to help improve the firearms and deal with the Tartars. ”

"These ......!" Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, Zheng Zhiyuan hurriedly swallowed the word "dog official" into his stomach.

In fact, even if he said it, Li Xiao would not blame him. The current Li Xiao does not have the consciousness of a senior general of the Ming army at all. Moreover, he also hates those who betray their ancestors for money. Now Li Xiao really wants to pull out the guy who rented Macau and beat him up.

It is a pity that the lease of Macau was a matter during the Jiajing period. The officials at that time should be lying in the coffin under the ground now.

"Shoot! Entering the port, if it is blocked, it will be sunk. Li Xiaotie ordered with a blushing face. Lao Tzu is now ready to make trouble. I want to see how arrogant you Portuguese foreigners are.

Li Xiao's order was given, and soon a platoon of soldiers ran to the foredeck. The big gun in his hand was raised high and fired at the sky. With the "crackling" gunshots, the dull sound of horns also sounded.

The bronze main guns on the foredeck also faded their gun jackets, and the bronze cannons shimmered golden in the sunlight. The muzzle of the black hole was pointed at the armed ships in the harbor. As long as they make the slightest move, Li Xiao will not hesitate to order the cannon to be fired.

When the gunshots were heard, the people in the harbor were shocked. Two black people who stepped on the gangplank were so frightened that they fell into the sea with their goods.

All the people looked in amazement at the two ships sailing on the sea, and these two ships were very strange. Looking at the shape of the ship, it must be a merchant ship or a transport ship. But the two glittering cannons on the foredeck showed that they were not easy to mess with.

Besides, whoever fires before entering the port.

Li Xiao and Li Xiu's ships sailed into the port of Macao arrogantly, and all the ships had to avoid these two warships with teeth and claws, and they had nothing to do. After brutally occupying a large piece of dockland, Li Xiao gritted his teeth a little. Why don't you come out with two blonde and blue-eyed bastards, let Lao Tzu play a prestige.

Li Xiao didn't know that his majesty had trembled very much. All the forces in Macau have noticed these two arrogant strange ships!

Zheng Zhilong received the report from the general, and immediately rushed to the dock with people. Macao's current situation is turbulent, and the competition between various forces has been put on the bright side. Now that these two ships have suddenly come in a high-profile manner, we have to see which side is sacred.

"Boss, how does that look like the Seventh Master." The general pointed to the man standing on the deck and said in surprise.

Li Xiao also sent Zheng Zhiyuan a set of clothes, wearing an olive green military uniform. No wonder even the generals of the Zheng family dare not recognize him.

"I look like it!" Zheng Zhilong saw Zheng Zhiyuan, who was facing Li Xiao on the deck in the distance, and was also a little puzzled.

"My lord! Macau is divided into Taipa Island, Coloane Island and Macau Island. Originally, this place was called Ho Jing or Ho Ho Kom Macau, and Macau was the name of the red-haired ghost. Later, everyone got used to calling it, so they called this place Macau.

Now these three islands are leased to the red-haired ghost, and every year the red-haired ghost will give a sum of silver to Guangdong Province and Meishan County. Macau is the emperor of the sky and hangs far overseas, so ah, ......! The common people are bullied by outsiders, and no one cares about them at all. ”

Looking at the busy people on the island, Zheng Zhiyuan sighed a little. is obviously the land of the Ming Dynasty, but now it has become the world of red-haired ghosts. Now the busy crowd on the dock, but more than half of them are not the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Xiao nodded and didn't speak, originally thinking that the red-haired ghost was referring only to the Dutch. Now it seems that this is the unified name that Zheng Zhiyuan refers to all foreigners. Just like in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, no matter which country people are called foreigners.

Looking at the docks, Westerners, Middle Easterners, Indians, and Africans. Li Xiao's heart is also uncomfortable, whether this is the land of the Ming Dynasty or not.

"Let's go, get off the boat and have a look!" I saw that Li Xiu was arguing with the red-haired ghost under Ai Husheng's translation. Li Xiao decided to go down and have a look!

There were dozens of people on each side confronting each other, and those red-haired ghosts were holding short guns, Western swords, and other kinds of blades, looking at Li Xiu and Ai Husheng with fierce eyes.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiao got off the boat and walked straight behind Li Xiu with the people.

"Big brother, they're asking us for money. Said that as long as they stopped here, they had to pay for it. Fifty taels of silver per day for each ship, which is not much. But I can't swallow this breath......! ”

Li Xiao stretched out his hand to stop Li Xiu from talking any further, and looked at the Westerner in front of him. This guy really has a red head, and even his beard is red. On the hairy face, there is a large nose with flesh. The corners of his mouth were drooping, and he looked like a Shar Pei.

"Tell him that I am the chief officer of Daming Mountain Customs. This is the land of the Ming Dynasty, not a place for him to collect money. My ship is an official ship, as long as it is a place in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming ship does not need to pay money. Li Xiao looked at the Shar Pei dog, and his eyes looked very much like a wolf.

Fucking Lao Tzu is going to cause trouble today, but I want to see what you guys are capable of.

"My lord, they said the place had been leased to them." Ai Husheng translated Li Xiao's words, and Shar Pei stared at Li Xiao and replied quickly.

"Lending? Leasing out is also the place of the Ming Dynasty, and Lao Tzu will stop here. ”

"They said ......!" Shar Pei said something to Ai Husheng again, Ai Husheng just wanted to translate, Li Xiao waved his hand impatiently.

"Get out!" Li Xiao broke off, and Li Hu behind him immediately blew a whistle. The ship not far away heard the whistle, and the deck was busy. There were already people on the gun emplacement, but now they directly aimed their guns at the two armed ships not far away.

The mortars were also quickly adjusting their angles, some aiming at the red-haired army on the shore, some at the warship.

The musketeers even mounted their machine guns on the side of the dock, and a row of pipes was placed on the ground waiting to be replaced.

Seeing that Li Xiao was about to attack, Shar Pei immediately aimed the short pipe fire gun in his hand at Li Xiao. Jiang Chaozong and Li Hu grabbed Li Xiao at the same time and protected Li Xiao with their bodies.

Before the two of them could stand still, the Shar Pei was already screaming. A throwing knife was nailed to the Shar Pei's hand, and the short-barreled firearm fell to the ground. But the quality is pretty good, no misfire!

The roast chicken was as ruthless as a leopard, and quietly stood beside Li Xiao.

With the screams, the foreigners on the dock were stunned. Everyone looked at this strangely dressed team in a daze, this kind of thing hadn't happened in years. Even the oldest sailor could not remember when the last time it was.

"Let's go!" Li Xiao didn't care about these foreigners, and took Li Xiu and Li Hu to the boat. If there is to be a fight, the commander must be in the position of command. Although Li Xiao also wanted to beat these white-skinned pigs with his own hands, he was the commander.

The Shar Pei screamed and shouted something, but no one moved.

Dozens of guns were loaded with bayonets, and the shiny bayonets glistened in the sun. Foreigners on the dock, no one dared to do anything under the pressure of bayonets.

Just when the big war was about to break out, suddenly a blonde guy came. The guy wears a tuxedo and a magician-like hat. is still holding a scepter-like stick in his hand, Li Xiao knows that this thing is called a civilized stick in old movies.

The man shouted, and the foreigners immediately put away their weapons. The guy said a few words to the Shar Pei, and then walked over alone. When he came to Li Xiao's team, he opened his shirt to show that he had no weapons.

"I want to see your lordship." This guy actually speaks Chinese. However, Li Xiao still couldn't understand it, because he spoke very standard Cantonese.

"! My eldest brother is what he said he would see when he saw it? ”

"Master Tiger! Let's let the adults see it, we don't necessarily take advantage of the real fight. You see, people also have cannons. Ai Husheng pointed to the fort in the distance and said.

The battery occupies a vantage point, and there are people busily aiming their guns at ships moored in the harbor.

"Master Tiger! The adults said let him meet on the boat. Li Hu still wanted to speak, but Jiang Chaozong ran over panting and said.

"! Tell him to let him get on the boat alone. Li Hu spat dissatisfiedly, squinting at Ai Husheng with slanted eyes.

Ai Husheng shook his head helplessly, Li Hu is very angry now. The entire Phi Island is only afraid of Li Xiao and Ao Canghai and Man Gui. He used to be able to listen to Li Xiu, but now Li Xiu's words are like a fart at all.