After a few words of greeting each other, Wang Xinyu took out a small bag from his arms and handed it over: "Dear governor, this is a little meaning, please accept it!" ”

Bugaru pretended to be polite, excused himself a few times, and then accepted the gift with a smile. He opened the packet and saw a small box inside. When I opened the box, a green light jumped out of the box, and when I looked closely, I saw a Persian emerald the size of a pigeon's egg lying in the box! Bugaru's eyes widened wider than the jewel, and his mouth opened wide, unable to close for a moment.

This Persian emerald was originally the treasure of the captain of the Maria, although the guy hid it well, but it was discovered by Wang Xinyu's subordinates, so he snatched it. Wang Xinyu's military discipline was very strict, and no soldier dared to hide the spoils of war privately, so this treasure was sent up. Later, Wang Xinyu learned that the Dutch captain was also snatched from others.

"Oh my God! It's a treasure! What's so embarrassing about that? Bugalu was stunned for a long time before he squirmed his lips and squeezed out a few words.

"Your Excellency the Governor, this is how I pay my respect!" Anyway, this Persian emerald was snatched, it was originally a Dutch thing, and now it is being given to the Portuguese, Wang Xinyu does not feel distressed at all.

Bujialu showed a heartfelt smile on his face: "Mr. Wang, please say, what do you need my help from me?" ”

Wang Xinyu said: "I hope that we can cooperate for a long time, so that our Nanyang company can export goods from Macao. As for the source of the goods, we will ship them from the north. ”

The smile on Bugaru's face froze, as if he was thinking about something, and only after a while did he reply: "This is a very difficult help, and the Tatars on the other side are watching us very closely. Mr. Wang, as you know, in fact, we Portuguese are not completely free here, and we are still under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County, and the Tatar military camp opposite is watching us. If something goes wrong and they stop supplying us with goods, there is no point for us Portuguese in Macau! I can see that you and the Tatars on the other side are not all the way, you are the original Ming people, and the Tatars on the other side are enemies, and they hate you to the core! If they knew that we cooperated, they would really stop supplying! ”

Although Wang Xinyu was wearing a melon skin hat at this time and was also wearing a horse coat, but when he stood in front of him, Bujialu would be an idiot if he couldn't see that Wang Xinyu hadn't shaved his hair.

Wang Xinyu smiled: "Your Excellency the Governor is worried about this problem!" Since I can get the goods from the other side, there must be a way, and there is no need for the Governor to worry about this! ”

"Can you get the goods from the other side?" Bugalou was surprised.

"That's right! We took it from them! Wang Xinyu said with certainty.

Bugaru's eyes widened in surprise: "Aren't you enemies of life and death?" How is it possible to get the goods from their hands? ”

Wang Xinyu said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Governor, have you heard that money can make ghosts grind?" As long as there is money, what problem cannot be solved? Although they are enemies with us, they are also Han Chinese like us. The reason why they took refuge in the Tatars was for fame and fortune. As long as enough benefits are given to them, what else can't be done? ”

Bugalo bowed his head thoughtfully, and after a moment, he said, "In that case, let me think about it." ”

"Don't worry!" Wang Xinyu still had a harmless smile on his face, "We will definitely not make it difficult for you, Your Excellency the Governor!" First of all, we're not going to trade that soon, at least for next year. Second, we are not trading in the name of Zheng Ming's army, we are trading in the name of the Nanyang Company, and the ships of our Nanyang Company are all Spanish galleons bought, and all the sailors are also sailors who employ you Europeans. If the Doge still finds it inconvenient, we can make every shipowner wear a Tatar costume when he goes ashore. ”

Hearing that the ship was a Spanish ship and that the sailors were also Westerners, Bugaru was relieved: "Since this is the case, then I have no problem here." However, Mr. Wang, I would like to remind you that the ships that come here to trade must pay the Tatars of the former cottage, otherwise we will not dare to let you in. ”

"That's not a problem! We will get in touch with the Tatar government, and as for the berthing fees, the ship tax, we will pay it, because we are legitimate merchants, you say, right? After speaking, Wang Xinyu laughed.

"Of course, I believe that Mr. Wang is a law-abiding businessman!" Bugalo laughed too.

Wang Xinyu added one more thing: "By the way, there is another thing, I heard that there are many of you Portuguese in Macau, they originally wanted to come to the East to make a fortune, but after coming here, they couldn't find anything to do, and lived on the streets, is there such a thing?" ”

Bugalu nodded: "Yes, there are many poor people who have spent so much money and come to us from thousands of miles away, but there is nothing to do. ”

"What a wretched bunch of people! I hope I can hire them, give them a job, and be able to earn some money to go home and live a good life. ”

"It's rare that Mr. Wang is so kind, we have more than 500 wandering sailors and soldiers here, if Mr. Wang takes pity on them, then he can take them all!" Bugalo also happened to be a headache for the Portuguese who came to the East to pan for gold, but became beggars, and it was best if someone wanted to take them with them.

After Wang Xinyu finished talking with Bujialu, under the protection of several Portuguese soldiers in Macao, he went to the streets and took away all the homeless people.

These homeless people are actually treasures, they are a group of experienced sailors, or veterans who have fought and seen blood. They were deceived by some people who came back from the East and blew the sky into a lot, thinking that the East was full of gold, so they came to the East to pan for gold, but they couldn't find anything to do, and because of the Qing court's sea ban, they couldn't enter the country, so they could only beg on the streets of Macao for a living, waiting for a well-meaning shipowner to hire them.

The sudden appearance of a good man naturally moved these Portuguese people, and they promised to swear allegiance to the boss.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Xinyu left Macao with the fleet and the elated Portuguese and returned to Xiamen along the coastline.

In the coastal areas of Guangdong, once prosperous seaside fishing villages, they are now desolate. When it comes to enforcing the sea ban, Shang Ke is much more stringent than the imperial court has ruled, because Guangdong has always been the favorite gathering place for anti-Qing and Ming restoration groups. The Cantonese people of that year were fierce and martial, but they were not as weak as the Cantonese people who came later. The most people who go to sea to Nanyang are Cantonese, and it is also Cantonese who hold high the banner of righteousness again and again, and it is also Cantonese who most strongly resist the sea ban. For those coastal people in Guangdong who "have backbones in the back of their heads", Shang Kexi is eager to kill them.

Hu Dedi, a native of Chaozhou, was the son of a tea merchant, originally a showman, and after ten years of Shunzhi, Chaozhou was slaughtered, and he escaped by luck by getting into the bottom of a ship with excellent water resistance. But there was no hope of gaining fame, his father died of illness, and he was not good at the tea business, so he fled to Nanao Island. After going to Nan'ao Island, Emperor Hu Dedi established an anti-Qing and Ming restoration organization.

Hu Dedi has excellent water quality, relying on his excellent water nature, he often goes to the Chaozhou area to activities, mobilizing fishermen who can't survive because of the sea ban to flee the mainland to Nanao Island.

In a small, dilapidated village, Khadedi gathered the villagers and encouraged them to flee the mainland and go to Nanao Island.

"Mr. Hu is right!" A man with a dark face and a fisherman stood up, "The court of the dog Tartars persecuted us like this, we can't live anymore!" ”

"That's it!" Another man stood up, "Shang Kexi and Wu Liuqi, those dog thieves, drove us here from the beach!" That's not all, we're not allowed to go into the sea to fish! And our ancestors were born in fishing, where is the field! I can't live this day! ”

I think back to the villagers in my village, some of whom were killed because they refused to move away from the sea; There are also people who really can't survive a few days ago, so they secretly tied up a log and went out to the sea to fish, who knew that there were green battalion soldiers patrolling like wolf dogs on the beach, and when they were discovered, they cut off their heads mercilessly. Not to mention young men, even women, old people and children, who want to go to the beach to pick up some shells and catch some crabs to make a living, are found by the Qing army to cut off their heads mercilessly.

The officials, masters, and fast catchers in the county government often come down to persuade the fishermen not to go to sea and not to go near the sea, otherwise it will be a dead end if they are discovered by the green battalion soldiers.

But when the fishermen don't go to sea, what do they have to feed their families? At that time, someone asked the master: "But we don't know how to farm, what should we do?" ”

The master couldn't answer at all, so he had to leave in disgrace.

In order to live, there are constantly people who venture to the seaside. However, the wolfdog-like green battalion soldiers have very smart noses, and once they find that someone is going to the beach, they will immediately come and cut off the fisherman's head and go to Shangguan to ask for credit.

"That's right! Go to Nanao Island! Go there, we can still live! A fisherman stood up in agreement.

Another fisherman agreed: "Yes! It's rare that Hu Zhuangshi is willing to help us! It's a great chance to survive! If we don't seize this opportunity, I'm afraid even our wives and children will starve to death! Follow Hu Zhuangshi and go to Nanao Island! ”

At this time, a gray-haired old man asked, "Mr. Hu, but how are we going to get over?" Now the dog tartars are watching so closely at the seaside that we can't even go to the beach! ”

Emperor Hu replied: "I have a way! When the time comes, you will hide in the bushes, and I will take my two brothers to lure away the dog tartars! Then you ran desperately to the sea, and when you got to the beach, my brother came to pick you up in a boat! ”

"But what can you do to get out, hero?" A man asked worriedly.

"Don't be afraid! I'm very water-based! I was chased by the Tartars, and when I jumped into the sea, they couldn't do anything about me! Hu Dedi said confidently.

After formulating a plan to flee to Nanao Island, in the evening, Hu Dedi took more than 100 people from this small village and quietly walked to the sea.

"It's almost time for the blockade of the no-sea order! Hide it! I'll lead people away from the tartars! Hu Dedi said softly.

Three hundred paces ahead, there was a ditch more than one zhang wide and five feet deep, and after the ditch there was a earthen city one zhang high and five feet wide. That is the forbidden sea boundary set up by Shang Kexi, if someone sneaks across the line, the green battalion Qing soldiers will find out, and they will not hesitate to kill.

The villagers quietly approached Tucheng, and Emperor Hu Dedi signaled for everyone to hide in the grass.

Then Hu Dedi and his two brothers quickly crossed the ditch and climbed to the earthen city.

"What people!" The patrolling Green Battalion soldiers spotted the people who were trying to cross the line and immediately rushed over.

Hu Dedi said to the two brothers: "Let's split up!" ”

The three of them jumped off the earth city, scattered, and ran desperately towards the sea.

The two Green Battalion soldiers chased after Hu Dedi from behind, and when they were about to catch up, Hu Dedi did not run again, but turned his head and faced two Green Battalion Qing soldiers who were holding sharp blades and rushing over with murderous spirit.

"If you cross the line without permission, you will not be killed!" One of the Qing soldiers grinned, raised his broadsword, and slashed at Emperor Hude's head.

Emperor Hu suddenly kicked the sand on the ground, and the sand spilled into the eyes of the Green Battalion Qing soldier.

"Ahh The Green Battalion Qing soldiers screamed, dropped their knives, and covered their eyes.

Emperor Hu De stepped forward with an arrow step, and with a slight pick of his foot, the steel knife on the ground fell into his hand. I saw a flash of white sword, and the head of the green battalion soldier fell to the ground!

"Ahh Another Qing soldier saw that his accomplice was killed by Emperor Hu Dedi's move, and he turned around in fright and ran.

Emperor Hu raised his hand and threw the steel knife in his hand, and with a "whoosh" sound, the steel knife flew out, and the tip of the knife accurately pierced into the back of the heart of the Green Battalion Qing Soldier and stabbed out from the front chest. The soldier's eyes widened in disbelief, he looked at the tip of the knife that had pierced through his chest, shook it a few times, and fell.

"Haikou! That guy is a piko! Catch him! Qing soldiers elsewhere found out that two people had been killed and shouted one after another.

Eddy picked up a short knife from the ground, turned and fled into a mangrove forest.

And two of Hu Dedi's companions, each killed a Qing soldier, turned around and ran towards the sea.