"I haven't entered the Big Buddha Temple yet. So where is Aobai? ”

When Shang Kexi said this, his legs and stomach were trembling, this was not because he was an old man, but because he had always been afraid of Ao Bai and was afraid to death!

That's the first Batulu Aobai in Manchuria!

I think when Shang Kexi was still in the Ming army, he knew the famous name of Aobai. This Ao Bai also drove a small boat to board Phi Island to kill people, this he M is an "amphibious Baturu", so fierce that it violates the common sense that the Tartars are not good at water warfare.

If it weren't for the fact that the Tartars of Aobai were particularly ferocious, Shang Kexi would not have been killed by the Tartars and then turned into a traitor, and he was still the kind of traitor who was desperate and unrepentant!

To put it unbelievable, Shang Kexi is now thinking about whether to regain his sight because he is afraid of worship.

"Here, here! Amma, look at this. ”

Shang Zhixin said this and stuffed a piece of paper to Shang Kexi, Shang Kexi picked up the paper and looked at it through the sunlight coming in from outside the meditation room, but he didn't see it clearly at all. His cataracts were already very serious, and he was always white in front of him, and he could see everything vaguely.

"What is this?" Shang Kexi asked.

Shang Zhixiao said: "This is a notice, early this morning, early in the morning, the notice boards inside and outside the Great South Gate, the Little South Gate, and the Guide Gate are full of words posted in the name of 'Ming Fengtian to Seek General Hu Ao'!" ”

Shang Kexi was stunned for a moment, "What? Fengtian to ask General Hu? Isn't he a Hu person? Is he still begging for Hu? He pleases himself? ”

"No," Shang Zhixin continued, "Amma, it's not him who wants to ask for it, it's us!" He said that we are Hu, and he has already voted for Han. ”

"We are Hu., he is Han" Shang Kexi muttered, "Is Ao Bai a traitor?" ”

Shang Zhixin nodded: "Of course it is!" He gritted his teeth and said: "Amma, the inscription of Ao Bai is called 'Fengtian to please Shang Xuan', mainly to please our family!" ”

"Please? Why? ”

Shang Zhixin snorted: "What else can it be?" Isn't it because Amma you've killed too much? Ao Bai said in the inscription that your old man Geng Yin led the army to slaughter Guangzhou, killed eighteen people, filled the corpse of the six veins and canals, and said that the people in the left and right forty miles before and after Guangzhou City were slaughtered, and more than 600,000 people died! ”

"That's not, I've already built the Big Buddha Temple, and I've been a monk here for a few hours every day to atone for my sins!"

"Ao Bai also said that your old man later took advantage of the coastal relocation to do misdeeds, causing the coastal areas of Guangdong to turn into white land, and millions of people in Guangdong starved to death and were slaughtered! It is really a great crime and violates the way of heaven, so it must be punished by heaven. He also said that there is no possibility of forgiving your old man, and once he is captured, he will be executed by Ling Chi, and he will be cut by a thousand cuts! ”

When Shang Kexi heard this, he was already anxious to scold: "He's N? This Ao Bai actually talked about me about the coastal relocation? Didn't he order this to be carried out after listening to Huang Wu's nonsense? I'm on command! ”

Shang Zhixiao was also anxious, and cried and said, "Amma, don't talk about these useless things, think about it. Most of Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei have already arrived at the coast of Guangdong, and they are about to come to fight us! ”

"What? Most of them have already arrived? Shang Kexi turned his head and looked at his second son with another pair of half-blind cataract eyes, "Er, what do you mean. You don't know if Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei are here or not? ”

"It's definitely coming. Otherwise, who posted these inscriptions? Shang Zhixin said categorically, "Now Gaozhou, Leizhou, and Lianzhou in western Guangdong are all under the control of Wu Sangui's cousin Zu Zeqing, and half of Guangxi Province is in the hands of Sun Yanling, Ma Xiong, and Guo Yi. These few of them have already taken refuge in Wu Sangui!

Amma, think about it, after Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei left Wenzhou Ruian by water, where else could they go except to go all the way south to Gaozhou and Leizhou in Guangdong? I'll calculate the days, they should have arrived in Gaozhou and Leizhou last month. Take a few days off, it's time to take action recently. ”

"It arrived last month?" Shang Kexi had cold sweat on his forehead, "Won't it?" Why don't I have any news at all."

"How do you have any news?" Shang Zhixin snorted, "The coastal areas of Guangdong, except for the Qiongzhou Mansion, have cleared you for fifty to one hundred miles. Even Qiongzhou Island was enclosed with a wooden fence, leaving only one Haikou Tonglei Prefecture, and the rest of the places were not allowed to enter the sea!

The Guangdong sailors are not very out of the ocean now, and the islands that are a little farther away from the mainland have also been abandoned, and even the former coastal defense town of Nanao Island has been abandoned! Even if Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei's fleet walks close to the sea, beating gongs and drums while walking, we can't know it! ”

Shang Kexi listened to his son's analysis, and also felt that it made sense, and muttered in a low voice: "It's really damn, how can this coastal relocation make itself blind and deaf?" ”

"Amma, if you don't do this, hurry up and go with thirty-six plans!" Shang Zhixin said with a filial face, "The mess in Guangzhou will help you clean up, and you can go back to Beijing to retire. Anyway, you're almost blind, and even if Ao Bai fights, you won't be able to command a large army to fight him. You can't beat him when you're not blind, and now you can only command blindly, let alone either. ”

Shang Kexi was unhappy when he heard this, but this fire couldn't come out. He can't see it now! And even if he can see it, he can only run when he sees Aobai!

"Wait, wait" Shang Zhixiao saw that his "blind Ama" was silent, as if he really wanted to run, and hurriedly spoke, "Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei didn't come, we don't know, but someone must know!" ”

"Who?" Shang Kexi asked.

"Where's the Francophone man in Hao'ao!" Shang Zhixiao said, "There is nothing they don't know about the affairs of the Guangdong Sea!" ”

Shang Kexi patted his forehead, "I almost forgot about those people, hurry up, send someone to Xiangshan County, and let that Pan Hong hurry up and go to Haoao to ask that Shi Bingtou, has there been a large number of pirates to transport people to the coast of Guangdong recently!" ”

People, of course, have arrived!

It's just arrived!

However, I did not go to Gaozhou and Leizhou, but went to a small island called "Xiang Island" off the coast of Xin'an County, Guangzhou Prefecture, which is the small island opposite Hao Ao, which was later called Hong Kong Island!

This "Xiangdao" was a good place in the Ming Dynasty, and it was once the distribution center of the spice trade, and the word "Xiang" in Hong Kong and Xiangdao came from here.

Like other coastal areas in Guangdong, Xiangdao is also within the scope of coastal relocation, and the residents of the island have long been forcibly relocated by the Qing sent by Shang Kexi. So when Wu Sanwei and He Tianran arrived at Xiangdao on the ship of Zhu Tiangui, the commander of the Dayuan Island Naval Division, this island was already barren, and even the traces of the once prosperous were about to disappear.

However, there is a Kowloon pier on the Bijia Mountain on the Kowloon Peninsula across a bay from Xiangdao, and there are several flood soldiers stationed in the pier, which is led by a foreign commissioner named Zhou Mo.

This foreign commissioner surnamed Zhou threw the general meeting to "squat" on the Jiulong pier platform of Beacon Mountain, where birds don't, and naturally it can't be a gratifying feudal person. It is not the green battalion soldiers who came from the north, or even the powerful soldiers of Guangdong who defected to the Qing Dynasty, but the most worthless soldiers of the Guangdong coastal guards of the Ming Dynasty, which were only incorporated after the Qing Dynasty invaded Guangdong.

That's why he and his men were thrown on the most desolate seashore, with the least amount of money and food, guarding a dispensable platform, never to get ahead. If nothing else, these people will also serve as soldiers in Jiulongdun, Nantouzhai, Nanshanzhai, and Yantian Zhai for generations.

But this is the accident that changed the trajectory of their lives, and here it is!

When Zhou Mo Zhou came out of his barracks with a yawn on this morning, carrying a fishing rod and a basket, carrying a bow and arrow, and was thinking about making some seafood and game to make soup, he suddenly heard a flood soldier under his hand shouting: "Big man, there are so many ships on the sea!" ”

The voice of this flood soldier sounds very cheerful!

Of course, they did not stay here to defend the country, but to help the merchants in smuggling

Someone comes to smuggle it, so they can collect money!

It's a pity that the king of Pingnan, who killed a thousand knives, has carried out coastal relocation in the areas of Xiangdao, Kowloon, Tuen Mun, Kwun Chung, and Yantian, not to mention the smuggling boats, and the fishing boats are gone!

It's been years since the money of the private trader was confiscated!

So when he heard that his subordinates reported that there were a lot of boats, Zhou Mo's first reaction was that his subordinates were absolutely dazzled. But then a second person shouted: "Big guy, someone has landed. Looks like they're coming towards us! ”

To send money?

As soon as he thought of collecting money, Zhou Mo threw the matter of "making soup" out of the clouds, and ran back to the barracks as if flying, and then climbed up the pier platform of Jiulong Pier down a rickety staircase.

The two flood soldiers under his command had already climbed up the pier one step ahead of him, and were looking at the beach six or seven miles away in amazement, one of them was still pointing to the southeast with his arm raised, and stammered: "The Red Turban Army, the Red Turban Army is coming"

Red Turban Army? Is it the end of the Yuan Dynasty now?

Zhou Mo hurriedly followed the direction of the man's finger, and looked at the bay in the southeast, I don't know when dozens of big bird boats or big fortune boats had sailed in, some of which were close to Xiangdao in the south, and more than a dozen were leaning on the bay on this side of the Kowloon Peninsula. These bird boats and lucky boats also put down a lot of small sampans. Barge disembarkation should have been going on for some time.

Because Zhou Mo found that there were a large number of red turban soldiers carrying spears, shotguns, and knives on the beach, they had formed a fairly neat phalanx, and under the guidance of the red military flags, they drove towards the Jiulong pier.

Vaguely, Zhou Mo also heard the singing of "King Yingming"!

"Seeking ascension in the morning and seeking harmony in the evening, it has been difficult for Han'er to survive recently. Open the door early to worship King Ming, and King Ming came to divide the field"

"Big guys, they don't seem right, they are, they seem to be anti-thieves!"

Zhou Mo was already in tears at this time, "No, they are the Great Tomorrow Soldier Da Ming has finally returned!" Anti-Qing and regain sight! Hahaha."

The two flood soldiers beside him were still stunned, as if they didn't know that the biggest opportunity of their lives had come!

Zhou Mo looked left and right, opened his throat again and shouted: "Shang Kexi, the dog thief who killed a thousand knives is about to be punished!" ”

Shang Kexi is going to be retributed, this is great!

In today's Guangdong, especially on the coastal side of Guangdong, there are few people who don't hate Shang Ke to the bone!

Therefore, even if these two flood soldiers did not have much feeling about the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty and their achievements, as soon as they mentioned that they had caught Shang Kexi and cut them with a thousand knives, they were full of energy, Jiulong Duntai, a maritime outpost in the southeast of Guangfu, and they fell without lighting up the pile of wolf smoke.

Due to the instant fall of the Nine Dragons Pier and the desolation of the coastal areas of Guangfu, not only did Shang Kexi not know that the Ming Dynasty had returned, but even the Haoao side, which was looking across Lingdingyang and Xiangdao, did not know that the sky in Guangdong was about to change, until the envoys sent by the Xiangdao side took the note issued by "Daming Fengtian to ask General Hu to worship" and "Wu Sanwei, Minister of Commerce of the Ming Dynasty", and arrived in Haoao on a bird boat with the banner of "Daming Yanping Wangfu Sailor", and asked to see the Portuguese soldiers of Haoao and Macao.

"What?"

In the Governor's Mansion in the Castle of Hao O, the Governor of Hao O, known as the "head of the Portuguese soldiers" by the Ming Dynasty, looked at his deputy, the commander of the fortress, Rotony, and was stunned for a while before he asked seriously: "Antonio (Rotony's full name is Antonio. Barsabo. Rob), what do you say? ”

"The Governor, the Great Ming, or more accurately, the envoys of Wu Sanwei, the Minister of Nanyang on Wu Sangui's side, and the Great General Aobai, came to Haoao, and the Chinese sailing ship they were on was docked at the dock in the inner harbor of Haojiang. This is a note translated by Priest Luo Wenzao, please take a look at it. ”

As he spoke, Rotony handed Spages a document written in Latin—a translation of a note jointly sent by Ao Bai and Wu Sanwei. And the priest Luo Wenzao he mentioned is a Dominican missionary, a Chinese, and a popular candidate for the bishop of Macau!

Of course, just "hot", he couldn't have chosen. Not because he is Chinese, but because the Catholic Chinese "apologetic" belongs to the Kingdom of Portugal!

And "apologeticism" includes the appointment of bishops! In other words, the bishop of Macao had to be nominated by the king of Portugal, which had been annexed by the Kingdom of Spain a few decades earlier, and although the king of Spain was also king of Portugal, there was a dispute within the Roman Church about whether the king of Spain had the right to apologetic authority in China.

So after the death of the last bishop of Macau, the office of bishop of Macao has been vacant for nearly forty years. If history does not change, it will remain vacant for more than twenty years, and it will not be until 1692 that there will be a next bishop.

However, the absence of a bishop does not mean that there is no one to preside over the affairs of the Macao Church, and now the person who is in charge of the affairs of the Macao Church is Luo Wenzao, who is a Chinese.

"Father Luo didn't translate it wrong, did he?" Shi Bozhi took the note translated by Luo Wenzao and read it, then raised his head and looked at Rotony in surprise.

"Father Luo is Chinese and proficient in Latin, how could he translate it wrong?" Rotoni smiled and said to the Governor of Macau, "Your Excellency, I think that what is in front of us is a historic opportunity!" If we can help Wu Sangui's army, then in the future the Roman Church will be free to spread the gospel of the Lord in China, and Portuguese merchants will be given the privilege of entering the hinterland of China to trade! It will mean another great Portugal! ”

It turned out that Wu Sanwei and Ao Bai put forward a condition in the note that the Portuguese colonists in Macao could not refuse - the free preaching of the Catholic Church and the free trade of Portuguese merchants!

This is a good thing that the Portuguese have thought about for I don't know how many years. Is this about to "come true"?

And for the Portuguese, who are currently struggling for the rejuvenation of their country, free trade and free preaching in China are really pie-in-the-sky good things - the so-called "free" trade, of course, is the freedom of the Portuguese alone!

And free missionary. It's a big deal!

Religion often means large donations and slow penetration into the country's economy, politics, and education. Portugal has the right to apologetic, and if this deal is done, it must not get rich again?

"Is this true?" Schboges frowned, "Will they go back on the weapons we provide?" Those Orientals who don't believe in God often do such things. ”

"Possibly!" Rotony said, "But they don't take it in vain, they will give money for our things, and they will sign binding treaties In addition, according to reliable information, the king of the Ming West, that is, the original king of the Qing Dynasty, is currently winning!" His army won a resounding victory in the summer engagement, wiping out tens of thousands of the Qing Dynasty's most elite Eight Banners.

At present, the army supporting Wu Sangui has taken control of half of Guangxi, and Wu Sangui himself is preparing an attack on Shaanxi. Maybe in another year or two, Wu Sangui will become the master of all China. And that Nanyang minister Wu Sanwei may replace Shang Kexi as the king of Guangdong! If we reject him now, then when he becomes the king of Guangdong, we may be driven out of China! ”

"But aren't we betraying the Qing Emperor by doing so?" Shi Bozhi was still a little hesitant, "In case Wu Sangui won't be able to win for a while. We could face serious consequences! ”

"What serious consequences can there be?" Rotony said with a smile, "With the current situation in the Qing Dynasty, is it still capable of driving us away from Macau?" ”

"This."

Now the Qing Dynasty doesn't seem to have such strength.

Thinking of this, Schboges nodded, "I can make a formal treaty with them and help them as much as I can. But I have to see the Minister of the South Seas. Antonio, do you know where he is? ”

"He's in Xiangdao." Rotony said, "The army led by him has arrived at Xiangshan Island on the opposite side of Lingding Ocean on the fleet of the Yanping Palace, and the number of people is said to have reached more than 10,000!" ”

"Arrived at Xiangdao?" Shi Bozhi thought for a while, "Okay, I'll go there and meet that Nanyang minister Wu Sanwei, if he is really that powerful, then I will provide him with arms and sign a treaty." ”

(End of chapter)