At first, Liu Haojia thought that after arriving in Guangdong, it would take a lot of effort to take the Guangdong sailors away. But I don't want the whole thing to go so smoothly! It was not until he left that the officers of the Guangdong Navy Division understood the truth. After listening to it, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly!

It turns out that the distance between Guangdong and Fujian is very close, so the business exchanges are very frequent. Just when Liu Haojia was busy with official business, what happened in Quanzhou had already spread to Guangzhou Mansion! Therefore, the Guangzhou government is a little afraid of this naval marshal who does not play cards according to the rules and is very spicy!

But then news came that he got along well with the Quanzhou gentry, invited the Quanzhou gentry to meet for a banquet, and invited them to visit the sailor training, so the local government and gentry in Guangdong were relieved! felt that Liu Haojia must have done something for the local gentry when he took people to raid his house, which attracted a counterattack!

And the news from the merchants seemed to confirm this, so they did not resist the order of the sailor to change the guard. Anyway, in their opinion, these sailors will be bought by them sooner or later, it is nothing more than a matter of spending more money, so why bother with the new chief officer.

After hearing the news, Liu Haojia, who was relieved, saw that things were going well, so he left the Guangdong sailors to repair the ship by himself, packed his bags, and took people in civilian clothes to rush to Macao by boat.

This time, he went to Macao to learn from the experience. After Macau was deceived by the Portuguese to obtain the right of residence, the economy here has developed rapidly, especially after the emergence of the Great Triangle trade, the shipbuilding industry and artillery casting industry here have developed rapidly! And Liu Hao's family is eyeing the craftsmen who build ships!

He himself believes in the wisdom and craftsmanship of Chinese craftsmen, but this does not prevent him from borrowing from the West. After all, Western warships do have obvious advantages over Eastern ships in terms of speed and firepower.

With the distance between the two places, Liu Haojia soon came to Macau. The first thing that fell into the eye was the huge six batteries. In order to protect their interests in Macao's foreign trade and the safety of its residents, the Portuguese successively built six forts, which required a considerable amount of cannons to be used for use.

"Xiangshan County Chronicle" records: six forts, the largest is the three bar forts, the crown of the mountain pepper, forty-seven cannons, sixteen bronze tools, and the rest are iron. The upper side is the Tibetan soldiers, and the lower part is the cave room to store flame nitrate. The second is the two Guia and the Guia West, facing the east and west mountains, with 20 guns in the east and 5 bronze tools; There are 12 cannons in the west, five bronze tools, and the rest are iron. Niang Ma Pavilion Fort, 25 cannons, 12 bronze tools, and the rest are iron. South Bay Fort, Column Artillery Four. Coffee mum fort, eighteen cannons, seven bronze tools, the rest are iron, one large copper inside, weighing more than 10,000 catties, more than ten countries, two zhang long, several stones.

At this time, Macao was far from being as prosperous as in later generations, but it could be regarded as a prototype. There are a lot of Portuguese and people from other countries gathered here, so a lot of Western-style buildings have begun to appear. At the same time, there are also many Chinese-style houses mixed together, which is quite a different style!

Here in Macau, the Portuguese dominate. It has become one of their main windows in Asia. Historically, both the British and the Dutch have tried to occupy Macau. However, with the concerted efforts of the local military and civilians, they firmly held Macao. However, although the Portuguese kept Macau, they lost the sea, and all the efforts here were meaningless!

When it comes to Macau, many people think that the Ming Dynasty lost Macau and was cut off by the Portuguese. That's not the case at all! The cession of Macao was done by "my Great Qing Dynasty"! At that time, whether in the Ming Dynasty or Portugal, everyone undisputedly recognized Macao as the territory of the Ming Dynasty! The Ming Dynasty government had complete sovereignty over Macau!

Some records prove that the Ming government was able to exercise sovereignty in Macao, starting with the fact that the Cantonese government accepted the annual land rent paid by the Portuguese in Macao. From 1572 onwards, Macao and Portugal paid an annual rent of 500 taels to the government of Guangdong, China.

Secondly, the Guangdong government also set up a customs office to collect foreign taxes. In the Ming Dynasty, there was originally a river boat near the A-Ma Temple in Macau. When there were more and more Portuguese people in Macao, the Guangdong government set up a customs office in Macao, which was responsible for "collecting taxes from Yibo". The payment of taxes and salaries enabled the Portuguese in Macao to change from private traders to wage merchants, and to obtain the qualification to conduct legal trade in China.

The Guangdong government also set up a guard of Macao, and also clarified the implementation of administrative management power and the final judicial punishment power by the Xiangshan County Order (Zhi County). The Macao Guarding Officer, also known as the Macao Official, was a Chinese official who was set up by the Guangdong government of the Ming Dynasty in Macao to promote officials (in charge of pirates, traitors and arrests), Bei Wei (in charge of mobile patrols, arrests and investigations) and other officials and officials (Patrol Administration), as well as the "Senacial" to read the orders of the Ming Dynasty government to the "Yimu" and the officials of the two sides to discuss government affairs.

The Xiangxian County Magistrate is the chief in charge of the general civil affairs and justice of Macao. The Ming Dynasty regarded Macao as a part of Xiangshan County, and the Xiangshan County Order exercised its governing power in Macao. For example, in 1567 (the first year of Longqing), the county governor of Xiangshan banned Macao from smuggling and selling children; In 1608 (the 36th year of Wanli), Cai Shanji, the magistrate of Xiangshan, executed flogging on "Yimu" (an official of the Portuguese self-organized government), etc., all of which were manifestations of the Ming government's exercise of ruling power. So all this proves that Macau is still under the Ming Dynasty!

However, when Liu Haojia landed, there were five more people in his team. The five of them were dressed just plainly, but they were all a little older. But looking at the calluses on their hands and the skin color on their faces, you can know that these five people must be craftsmen. However, Liu Haojia has a lot of respect for these five people!

These five people are indeed craftsmen, and they are professional shipbuilders! They are all masters drawn by Liu Haojia through Emperor Wanli. Each of them is a top-notch presence in their shipyard! Liu Haojia's purpose in bringing them was to let them see for themselves what Western warships looked like, so that they could learn the essence of them and use them on their own ships.

In fact, Liu Haojia originally wanted to recruit a few Western shipbuilders to go back, but considering the possibility of success, he decided to bring people over. Because if you can't recruit people, just get them on the ship, and I believe that you can learn a lot with their eyes.

As soon as Liu Haojia and others landed, they attracted the attention of some people. Several people on the dock wanted to walk over to Liu Pei, but a young man took the lead. The young man took a few steps and came to Liu Pei in front of everyone.