Xiamen conquered the Southern Metropolitan Governor's Office

Today's Zhengnan Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is very lively, in addition to the sergeants and family members of the Jiangning Army who were on guard in the past, there is also a group of blonde and blue-eyed soldiers wearing red military uniforms standing at the door, and these soldiers also wear a strangely shaped boat-shaped hat on their heads, which also attracts the curious eyes of many sergeants around.

A sergeant standing on guard not far from the gate of Marquis Zheng Nan's mansion with a hint of childishness on his face quietly said to his companion next to him: "Brother...... These people seem to be different from those Dutch, their military uniforms are actually crimson, a bit like our Ming mandarin duck battle jacket. ”

"What's so strange about that?" Another slightly older sergeant looked at the young sergeant beside him, who was not yet nineteen years old, and whispered, "The Dutch are Dutch, and these people are Portuguese. ”

"Tut-tut......" The young sergeant touched the back of his head in confusion and said: "Why do you say that the country of these red-haired devils is so weird, it's just called the Netherlands, and now these people are even more outrageous, what is it called Portugal, is it possible that the grapes have become refined?" ”

"Flutter!"

As soon as the sergeant's words fell, the companions around him couldn't help but laugh out loud, and more than a dozen sergeants laughed together for a while.

"Shh......h You all shut up Lao Tzu, now it's just a bad time, if you let the chief see it, you will feel better. ”

The chief on the side hurriedly shouted in a low voice, the welfare of the Jiangning army is very high, but the military discipline is also very strict, if the sergeants dare to exchange heads and ears without authorization when the battle is in formation, the officers will not say any affection, it is definitely a knife to cut down. Although they are only on duty now, and the officers will not be so strict, it is definitely indispensable for them to see a scolding.

In the lobby of the Governor's Mansion in the South of the People's Republic of China, Yang Feng was receiving the Portuguese Governor in Macao, Steve, who had come from Macao.

Steve is forty-two years old and has long gray hair. Wearing a round hat on his head, a knee-length dark green robe, a pair of boots on his feet, and a hooked nose on his face, this looked quite funny to Yang Feng, but for polite reasons, Yang Feng naturally did not see this kind of emotion shown.

Steve, who is the person concerned, naturally doesn't know what Yang Feng is thinking at the moment, although he is bowing his head and drinking tea at this moment, he is thinking about the intention of the sudden visit of the Portuguese Governor in Macau.

"Your Excellency the Marquis!"

Steve spoke, having been in Daming for several years, he had already learned to speak Chinese, which was not fluent, but at least understood.

"I beg your pardon for taking the liberty of visiting, and I hope my presence will not cause you any trouble!"

"Of course not." Yang Feng put down the teacup and smiled politely, "Portugal and my Daming have very close economic exchanges, and we are also an important business partner of Daming, so we naturally welcome your arrival." Here, I would like to thank your country in particular for your help and support for our country's fight against the Manchus five years ago. ”

After hearing Yang Feng's words, Steve also showed a reserved smile on his face, and he nodded towards Yang Feng: "Lord Marquis, you are polite, as a member of the civilized world, our country has always believed that our interests are the same in resisting the invasion of the Tatars. ”

What Yang Feng said was the third year of the Apocalypse, when the Great Jin Kingdom led by Nurhachi was in full swing shortly after the Battle of Sarhu. After the fall of Shenyang, the Jurchen soldiers pointed directly at the Jinzhou area, in the face of an unprecedented crisis, the Ming court specially purchased more than ten Hongyi cannons from Portugal, and in the following years, these Hongyi cannons also made a great contribution to the defense of Jinzhou, which is what Yang Feng said just now.

After a few pleasantries, the atmosphere between the two sides began to become harmonious. The smile on Steve's face grew: "Your Excellency, I have come here to thank you for coming this time, a few months ago, one of our fleets encountered pirates under the command of Zheng Zhilong on the way back to Macao from Nanyang, and our fleet was in crisis and had to ask for help from your sailors. When your beautiful and kind admiral learned of the situation, she resolutely led her fleet to the rescue, and it was only then that my fleet was able to escape.

Afterwards, I learned that your fleet had made great sacrifices in order to rescue our fleet, and that it was very rude for our fleet to return to Macao to rest and recuperate after the incident, and did not thank you in time, so I came here to thank you and apologize to you. ”

"Your Excellency the Governor, you are so polite, fighting piracy and maintaining the security of the coast is the responsibility and obligation of any civilized country, and you don't need to make a special trip."

Yang Feng said unnutritious words in his mouth, but his evaluation of Steve in his heart rose a level. Don't look at this guy saying so many high-sounding words, it sounds very beautiful on the surface, but if you think about it carefully, it's all nonsense, in Yang Feng's opinion, people who can talk nonsense so beautifully are definitely not waste.

Hearing Yang Feng's answer, a trace of surprise flashed in Steve's eyes. He has been in Daming for several years, and has also been in contact with many Ming officials, in his impression, there are two kinds of officials in Daming, either arrogant and rude or open-minded when they see money, and when dealing with him, they often say something that makes people unintelligible, but this Jiangning Marquis is not, whether it is dealing with people or speaking, it gives people a polite but a faint alienation.

Yes, it's estrangement, and Steve can feel the estrangement very clearly. The attitude of the other side towards Portugal is not as friendly as it appears on the surface, it is purely intuitive.

Steve knew that if he went around in circles with the other party again, he would probably be the first to lose his breath, so he decided to have an open and honest showdown with him.

"Your Excellency the Marquis, I have come here to thank you this time, and secondly, I have heard a rumor that you intend to propose to His Majesty the Emperor of your country that we take back our lease of Macao, is that so?"

"That's coming!" Yang Feng secretly despised in his heart, these gringos really have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, if he hadn't heard the news, I'm afraid he would never have come to him for the rest of his life.

"Yes!" Yang Feng nodded without hesitation, "Macao is an inalienable territory of my Ming Dynasty, and the military and officials of any country should not be entrenched in it for a long time, so the lease right must be recovered." ”

"Why?" Steve asked in surprise: "Our country has not harmed any interests of your country in Macao, Macao has only used Macao as a port of call and supply, why do you want to take it back, aren't you afraid that this will affect the relationship between your two countries?" ”