Before Deng Zilong anchored ashore, Luo Lian returned to her original dress, with a black headscarf pulling up her forehead hair, a white shawl collar, and this shawl collar could even cover her ears and nose, wearing a cross, and finally putting on a heavy, wide, no bare skin, extremely conservative and rigorous nun dress, Luo Lian explained to Deng Zilong the reason why this kind of clothing was so designed, moral defense, to prevent depravity.

This appearance of Lorian looks a little eerie and terrifying.

Deng Zilong finally understood why Luo Lian didn't like to wear pants so much in private, and wanted to break free from the shackles but couldn't rebel.

"It's hot." Deng Zilong expressed concern about Luo Lian.

Luo Lian smiled and said, "Get used to it, let's go." ”

When getting off the boat, a young sailor with blond hair slapped the nun's cheek very casually and naturally, Deng Zilong grabbed the sailor's hand and twisted it hard, and the screams immediately rang out on the docks of Boracay Island.

Deng Zilong not only didn't stop, but also kicked the person off the trestle, and said sharply: "Clean up the claws, and next time, I will kill you." ”

Deng Zilong's sentence is a very authentic classical Latin, and after in-depth communication with Luo Lian, Deng Zilong's foreign language learning is excellent.

In Tessie's great travels, who has a fluent Latin language, that is a symbol of dignity, Tessie popular a 'back to the source' fashion, many scholars advocate abandoning the Latin derivatives of various countries, with the Roman Empire's innocent classical Latin as a fashion.

This was due to the use of Latin in the Greek Academy, where stories were told throughout the day to promote the beauty and culture of Rome.

Deng Zilong understood it in this way, the pure and classical Latin is actually equivalent to the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty, and Frankish, German, English, and Castilian are all dialects.

"Thank you." Lorien's tone was sincere, sincere, even religious, more reverent than when she prayed.

Deng Zilong clapped his hands and asked with some doubts: "I don't understand very well, although you haven't said it, but I guess you should be a nobleman in Taixi, you have received a good education since you were a child, you have a wide range of knowledge, you have a good understanding of problems, and you can also cross the ocean to Luzon, no matter how you look at it, he is a sailor, how dare he take advantage of him so openly?" ”

"Because of the hair." Luo Lian was a little helpless, but said with a lot of brisk tone in her tone.

"Hair?"

Deng Zilong looked at the little red hair that Luo Lian revealed, and said inexplicably: "Hair? ”

"Yes hair." Lorian thought for a while and said: "The black hair represents nobility, sacredness, and authority, and is the most noble in Tessie, while the golden hair originated from the barbarians of Northern Europe, but they occupy a lot of territory, and their strength is strong, representing barbarism, tyranny, and deterrence." ”

"Redhead represents nudity, depravity, and betrayal."

"I am a nun, a lifelong nun, and if I don't marry for life, I just give up my aristocratic status, that's why they are so rude."

To explain the reason for this contempt, it is necessary to start with many aspects, such as in "The Last Supper", Judas, who rebelled against God, was red-haired; In religious cultures, redheads are usually the embodiment of demons and are witches who need to be burned to purification; In universal culture, red is the color of life, that is, the color of blood, and red hair represents unclean, instinctual, and debauched.

Of course, Kuroban are slaves, and on the plantation, they don't get a few lashes for their black hair.

This discrimination is another reason why Spain and Portugal are excluded from the Grand Tour Cultural Event, even though they have defeated the French five times, but they still cannot gain recognition and respect.

Deng Zilong suddenly thought of the most immoral thing, which is to beat the blind and scold the dumb, to tell the truth, the Ming Dynasty also has this kind of discrimination in the field of hair, such as the Japanese state made a small handful of bald scoops, and the Jurchens made money rat pigtails, this kind of discrimination does exist, but their hair is shaved by themselves into that shape, red hair color, which is innate.

The existence of this kind of discrimination is also the reason why the people who come to Daming across the ocean are contemptuously called red-haired fans, and they are all lowly people.

People live on land, and no matter what era it is, those who go to the sea to support boats are very miserable.

Deng Zilong looked around, although these sailors picked up their weapons, they did not come forward immediately, but rescued the golden retriever with all their hands.

Deng Zilong was tempting, testing the bottom line of this negotiation, he bullied a sailor, but did not cause any adverse consequences.

"A bold man, we seem to be at war, and he actually came here with the sea flag of the Ming Dynasty, I admire your courage." Antonio walked out of the crowd, looked at Deng Zilong and said, "Can you come to my command?" I think I need a warrior badly. ”

The sea flag of the Ming Dynasty is the Big Dipper Flag, while the sea flag of the Red Mao Fan is the Red Cross.

Antonio was the captain, not the owner of the ship, his owner was King Felipe II of Spain, Antonio had the right to be the heir to the Portuguese throne, but the old king did not like him and drove him out.

Of course, Antonio wants to be king, so he needs to recruit warriors.

"Let's get down to business." Deng Zilong refused, he was a good Ming counselor, and ran to Antonio as a dog's leg?

Antonio didn't dwell on it, but said with a smile: "Well, your allegiance to the Emperor is indeed more honorable. ”

The last time Antonio entered Beijing as Li Yashi's deputy to meet the Ming Emperor, that battle was really an eye-opener for Antonio, when he first arrived in the Far East, Antonio thought that the Ming Emperor was a secular agent, and later on the way to Beijing, he thought that the emperor was the pope, and after entering Beijing, he was convinced that the power of the Ming Emperor in the Ming Dynasty was a triune god who came to the world.

Everything in the empire revolves around the Ming Emperor, just as the stars of nature revolve around the North Pole sky.

Zhu Yijun didn't know Antonio's thoughts, if he knew, he would have scoffed, he just wanted to be a Ming king who planted a good land, and all the gods and ghosts were heretics.

Deng Zilong has been speaking official language, he can speak classical Latin, in order not to be deceived, but he no longer speaks foreign languages on formal occasions, just warned that Golden Retriever because Golden Retriever provoked his woman, and now he is the envoy of the Luzon Governor's Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, he can only speak official language.

And Lorianne is the translator.

The first negotiation began.

"The Ming Dynasty rashly attacked our camp, and we didn't even know the reason, so we were attacked by you, our homes were destroyed, and everyone in Luzon was captured by you." Antonio first talked about the Ming who started the war.

Deng Zilong opened his mouth and said: "In the third year of Jiajing, Emperor Sejong issued an edict to the Portuguese, asking them to return the territory of Srivijaya that they had invaded, but they never did so. In the fifth year of Longqing, you killed the relict king of Luzon, and the first emperor issued an edict, ordering you to return the land to the relict king of Luzon, and not to start a war lightly, and you did not do it. ”

"The document is still there, and your governor Francisco wrote in his diary: It is a dream that a country that can be destroyed with only forty-two soldiers dares to give me an order."

"So, Francisco was captured by us."

When Antonio heard this, he said with a little anger: "Damn fool Francisco! ”

Francisco was peddling his arrogant ideas of war, and his budget had risen from forty-two to twenty-thousand, projecting twenty-0,000 elite soldiers in the far east, which was a dream, and if he had this projection ability, the damned British would have been wiped out long ago.

Antonio thought for a moment and said, "I can mobilize the help of the Portuguese from the Straits of Malacca and India to regain the territory that belongs to us." As you know, I am one of the heirs to the throne of Portugal, and I have the power to call for it. ”

Deng Zilong said unhurriedly: "Do you mean those outlaws who want to go to sea when they are desperate, just to seek wealth?" Do you think they have that kind of strength and courage to fight against the professional soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? If they could do that, would the Portuguese occupy only one port in Ho Kung and be driven out to sea? ”

"We also have two of the three-masted splint ships that you are proud of, and to be honest, the splint ships that blow up the sky are still a little disappointing."

"If you insist on fighting, then fight."

After Deng Zilong finished speaking, he stood up, looked at Luo Lian and said, "Do you want to stay or go back with me?" ”

"I'll go back with you." Luo Lian immediately stood up, intending to follow Deng Zilong back to Luzon, where she had gained not only freedom but also dignity, which she would never have gotten in Tessie.

Deng Zilong shook his head and said: "What Yin Butang said is reasonable, but we still have to fight hard to get results." ”

Antonio hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, we have three galleons this time, can we enter the port smoothly, and then enter the Songjiang Mansion to trade?" ”

The two sides obviously need a consensus, Deng Zilong clearly knows what that consensus is, but he just doesn't say it, waiting for Antonio to say it, this consensus is that the Ming needs silver, and the Spaniards need the goods of the Ming.

Deng Zilong turned around and said, "Naturally, you can." ”

Antonio saw that Deng Zilong finally sat down again, and then spoke: "The king appointed Li Yashi as an envoy, only he can decide to mobilize the resources of the Luzon Viceroyalty, I am just a captain, a businessman, I just want to do business, you want to fight or negotiate peace, you can negotiate with Li Yashi, not me, my task is only to take three four-masted galleons, complete the trade, bring the goods back, and earn the money I deserve." ”

Antonio was a businessman, he hated war, although war can be hoarded and obtained extremely high profits, but war represents a huge risk, in Antonio's view, this war is completely unnecessary, because this war in the far East, there is no room for profit.

The Governor's Mansion of the Ming Dynasty was occupied by the Spaniards, and now the Ming Dynasty has returned to his Governor's Palace, and things seem to be as simple as that.

Deng Zilong said a little strangely: "I can give you permission on behalf of the Luzon Governor's Palace, but if you do this, it will make Li Yashi very passive, and these four-masted galleons are one of Li Yashi's important bargaining chips." ”

Antonio smiled and said: "My mission is my mission, his mission is his, and it has nothing to do with me." ”

Deng Zilong frowned slightly, and then said: "I understand, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the tiles of others, your merchant ship has been delayed for a lot of time, and you can set off." ”

"Has the tax rate changed? Is it still six per 100 in the past? Antonio said urgently.

Deng Zilong and Antonio communicated many details of entering the port, including the prohibition of disembarkation, the prohibition of armed merchant ships from filling guns and bows, and other details.

When Deng Zilong boarded his hydrofoil sailboat back to Manila, he said in amazement: "Are you people in Taixi so mercenary? It's just that there is only money in the eyes, as long as you can make money, everything doesn't matter? ”

Luo Lian changed out of heavy clothes, and when she heard Deng Zilong's inquiry, she said with a smile: "Money has a magical power, which can corrupt people's hearts, and the Antonio you see is not a few, but a majority, it seems that as long as there is money, there is everything, this is the case in Tessie, which is also one of the troubles caused by gold and silver." ”

"Antonio doesn't care about Manila being captured by the Ming, he doesn't care about the Spaniards, the Portuguese, or even the Liga Sit, he only cares about interests."

"As long as the price is right, the soul can be sold to the devil."

Deng Zilong nodded and said, "Understood, sit firmly and hold on, the wind is blowing." ”

On the way back, Deng Zilong adjusted the angle between the sail and the wind, and the speed increased sharply, and then the bow of the ship nodded twice under a gust of wind, and began to float continuously on the water, with the gradual increase in speed, the boat began to float steadily on the water, drew a waterline, and galloped out.

Luo Lian clung to the side of the boat, watched the hull of the ship floating on the water in disbelief, and said in a stunned and even panicked manner: "How did this happen?!" It's amazing, is it magic? ”

Deng Zilong shook his head and said: "I'm just a boat operator, how do I know why it flies." ”

Lorianne spreads her arms and enjoys the sharpness of the wind blowing across her cheeks, a magical and mysterious country.

"Are you just the boat? What about me? Lorianne shook her red hair.

Deng Zilong also said helplessly when he heard this: "It's not easy to learn well, if you learn badly, you are a nun, how can you swear?" ”

"Don't you know that learning a foreign language starts with swearing?" Luo Lian smiled and said, "I'll do it myself." ”

When Deng Zilong returned to the port of Manila, Luo Lian had turned back into a dignified nun, but her face was ruddy, like the red in the sky when the sunset faded, and her eyes were still slightly confused.

"No, you just ran to Boracay and you were tired like this?" When Chen Luan saw that Deng Zilong's footsteps were a little vain, he asked a little strangely: "Okay, you." ”

Deng Zilong looked at the sunset on the horizon and said with a little melancholy: "Of course I can, alas, why did you provoke it in the first place?" Don't say it, don't say it. ”

"Oh." Chen Lan looked at Luo Lian'an's appearance, and also knew that something was happening, and the color suddenly changed behind him, grabbed Deng Zilong's collar and said sharply: "Lao Tzu's boat!" You've soiled Lao Tzu's boat! I'm not done with you! ”

Chen Lan realized what was happening, and immediately became angry, with a posture of wanting to kill, this is his boat, and the two of them are doing things with his boat!

Chen Luan was angry, no wonder Yin Zhengmao said that at this time, his face was full of four words, and it was difficult to say a word.

Really damn it.

"Do you want a private fight? The Ming army strictly forbade private fighting. "Deng Zilong looks like he is not stingy, the Ming military example, the private fighter has a hundred rods, and the land of smoke miasma.

Chen Lan finally let go of Deng Zilong, and said viciously: "Lao Tzu's boat! ”

On this day, Chen Lan brushed the boat all day, and his baby boat was dirty.

The four-masted galleon from Tessy began to slowly enter the port, because it was not in Manila for business, so after mooring for half a day, after receiving the customs clearance papers, Antonio took the ship north again, and when he arrived in Matsue Province, it was almost the end of July.

After fifteen more days, Antonio came to Beijing and met with the envoy Li Yashi.

Antonio looked at Li Yashi, who had an indifferent face, and asked a little strangely: "Do you know that Manila was captured by the Ming army?" ”

Li Yashi sighed and said: "I know, in fact, the war in Manila has been going on, we have organized three counteroffensives, but none of them have achieved results, and then we can no longer organize offensives, so we can only acquiesce in the sovereignty of the Ming Dynasty over Luzon." ”

"Our strength in the Far East is too weak, their Governor Yin has 3,000 elites in his hands, and they are elites with rich combat experience, as well as more than 5,600 Haikou Zhao'an troops, and our forces in the Far East are simply unable to support us to recapture Luzon."

Antonio looked surprised and said, "How do you know?" The Ming Dynasty is extremely strict with the management of Eixon, how do you know what happened in Manila? ”

"The people of Daming also have a civil letter bureau that delivers letters, so they can naturally deliver letters." Li Yashi did not hide it and explained the matter clearly.

The Minxin Bureau was first established by the Ningbo Gang businessmen during the Yongle period. The Civil Information Bureau is a privately run for-profit organization, whose business includes the delivery of letters, goods, and foreign exchange.

After being silent for a moment, Li Yashi continued: "Of course, after receiving the good news, the Ming informed me that they had taken back the ruling power of Luzon, and they couldn't fight again, could they be like that fool Francisco, persuade the king to send heavy troops to take back Luzon?" Don't you think the king is in trouble enough? Damn British! ”

Spain's arma had a fierce exchange with England at sea, and this exchange allowed the armada to stay in the Mediterranean to guard against the invasion of the British privateers, and the main warship of the Armada, the Gallese battleship, was not suitable for long-distance voyages, and the problem of lack of flexibility was gradually exposed.

The British are just a box, and you can fit anything into it.

Even without the British, the Spanish Armada would not have been able to deploy to Luzon, because the main warships could not go to the ocean at all, and they could not cross the ocean by oarsmen.

"In the archipelago areas such as Boracay and Cebu, the Ming Dynasty did not conquer them, and it seems that they do not intend to further escalate the conflict." Li Yashi said with a little uncertainty.

Antonio said with great concern: "You have to think clearly, if you give up Luzon Island now, in the future, Daming will definitely do it again like now, continue to encroach on our influence in the Far East, and finally completely bring this sea area under his rule." ”

"A greedy viper will never rest on its laurels for a single hunt."

Le Yashi stood up, looked at Antonio and said loudly, "Do you think I want to do this? You can't beat it, can you understand? Can't beat it! ”

"Well, you're right." After hearing this, Antonio could only nod, he entered the port of Manila for a day, and did not have the intention of listening to the truth, but the camp fort built by the Ming army was also extremely difficult to break, and the Ming was well guarded, and it was indeed extremely difficult to defeat.

Antonio tilted his head and said with a confused face: "When I was in Manila, I saw the Ming people operating a flying ship, do you know what it is?" ”

"Flying ship, Antonio, what do you yourself say? How can a ship fly? Li Yashi asked inexplicably.

Antonio said with certainty: "It's the kind of flying ship, I saw it!" It's amazing, if you don't believe me, you can ask my crew, they all saw it, didn't those damn privateers take the initiative because they were small and fast? If we had that kind of ship, could the British be so arrogant? ”

Li Yashi still didn't believe it, shook his head and said, "After a long voyage, it's normal to have hallucinations. ”

A general of the same hall walked in and said, "The two envoys, Honglu Temple Qing Chen Xue, have arrived. ”

Chen Xuexue walked in, looked at Antonio, and showed a smile, Daming conquered Luzon, but he wanted silver from the galleon, this is obviously both want and want, Daming can do it, because Daming has an absolute commodity advantage, Spain's demand for Daming's goods is greater than Daming's demand for Taixi silver coins, this is the fundamental reason.

It's a big deal that the Ming Dynasty went to the country of the Japanese to bully the Japanese people to ensure the supply of silver.

"Is Diplomat Chen here for the Luzon business?" Li Yashi said with a solemn face.

Chen Xuexue shook his head and said: "No, Yuanfu's contradiction theory says: The struggle of contradictions is complex and long-term, and the contradictions that have not been fully struggled will form a balance of conflict and harmony that is short-lived, and it is also hypocrisy that cannot be long-lasting, so we must still continue to struggle, and only after full struggle can we balance the conflict." ”

"In other words, if you haven't fought enough, you just keep fighting."

"I came this time, in order to urge taxes, Beizhen Fusi Yamen tax office sent a reminder ticket, your three ships have a total of 320,000 taels of silver, according to the system to urge the payment of 19,200 taels of gold and silver, the big ship left Hong Kong at the end of August, if it has not been paid, then can not leave Hong Kong, a fine of 20% of the tax, if it is tax resistance, then the punitive tariff will be 20% in the future, Skynet is restored and not leaked, do not have any luck psychology."

"This time it's just a reminder that if something like this happens in the future, it will be punished as one."

After the three four-masted galleons entered the port, the three ships carried a total of 300,000 taels of silver, and they had not been declared, and at the time of trade, they were caught by the imperial court in the Songjiang Mansion Tax Office, and the stamp certificate of tax payment did not match the actual trade quantity.

Honglu Temple is responsible for the first and second notices, and the third time it will be on the ship to call for payment.

"Damn, I've told them a lot, don't hide, even 6% of the tax will be avoided?" Antonio looked at the reminder ticket, this thing was actually written in Chinese and Latin American double letters, and he could understand it completely.

His boat carried less than 1,000 taels of silver, and the other two boats actually hid more than 300,000 taels of silver, and they were caught by the Ming court!

"Okay, two, you pay it off as soon as possible, we won't charge a single cent more in taxes, and we won't lose a single cent in taxes." Chen Xuexue stood up and prepared to leave.

"This diplomat, don't you really have a flying ship in the Ming Dynasty?" Antonio collected the call and asked eagerly about the flying ship he saw.

Chen Xuexue said in surprise: "Captain, do you want to listen to what you are saying?" How can a ship fly? Of course not. ”

"Okay." Antonio said with some disbelief: "Did I read it wrong?" ”

What kind of boat is shrouded in the waterline, in fact, Antonio didn't see it clearly, Li Yashi said that it was a hallucination, and the Ming officials denied it, which made Antonio doubt himself.

Antonio shook his head and said more eagerly: "Diplomat, I have some gifts for the Emperor, these treasures, I think the Supreme and Honorable Emperor His Majesty will definitely like them." ”

"I'm pretty sure of it."

"Oh? What is it? Chen Xuexue sat down again, and saw Antonio take out a list of gifts that Antonio was going to offer.

After reading the list, Chen Xuexue nodded and said, "Indeed, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely like it very much, so, Captain Antonio, what do you need to get?" I know that you are a businessman, and if the conditions are not excessive, you can negotiate. ”

Antonio said with great anticipation: "I want the franchise. ”

"Do you think it's possible?" Chen Xuexue shook his head and said.

Antonio waved his hand again and again and said: "No, no, no, the franchise you understand is different from the franchise I said, I mean that the Portuguese trade is my responsibility, not a monopoly on a certain cargo of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Only death and paying taxes are inevitable. Ask for a monthly pass, woo!!!!

(End of chapter)