"Do you know Makou, it's not my real name, I've been away from you for too long, mother ......"

At the bow of the Lin Ying, Qin Lin gently hummed a song that everyone couldn't understand the tune, and looked at the trench in front of him with a gaze that had gone through vicissitudes.

The Trench, also known as Macao, was Qin Lin's last stop before going to Qiongzhou, and he wanted to see Macau in the 16th century, and Wise Yuzi also had to meet with Father Fregrerio, as well as discuss the future plans of Robvawe and his party.

The trench was originally just a small fishing village in Xiangshan County on the coast of the South China Sea, but since the Portuguese came here, the small fishing village has become an important node of trade between the East and the West, and it has prospered:

The tall church spire, the Latin-style bell tower are particularly eye-catching, there are ships from all over the world docked on the dock, blonde and blue-eyed European colonists, yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese children, Yuben Langren wearing kimonos and stepping on clogs, short and dark-skinned Nanyang people, different races walking on the street, and even a few African brothers covered in darkness, so Qin Lin sighed in his heart and couldn't help humming a song.

The mountains and rivers have bosom friends, and the wise Yuzi said softly: "General Qin's singing, with endless nostalgia and melancholy, is just the meaning of the lyrics, if it is a person like me who is forced to leave my hometown, it is also very suitable for the mood at this moment, but General Qin ......"

"Makou is the native sound of 'Ma Gang', which refers to the trench realm," Jin Yingji tilted her head and frowned, looking at Qin Lin puzzled: "Little enemy, it seems that you mean to lament that the customs here are different from those of China?" The so-called Yi Di into China is China, although Hu Feng is prosperous here, but it is just so, in the Han and Tang dynasties, Chang'an City had orchids to sell wine. The trench has always been a Chinese place, and it doesn't seem appropriate to say that you have been away from your mother for too long. ”

Qin Lin smiled, of course he didn't say it now.

The Portuguese came to Macao during the Zhengde period, and finally obtained the right of residence in the 32nd year of Jiajing, but it has always been China to exercise sovereignty, the Portuguese must obey the jurisdiction of the officials of Xiangshan County, and the army is dispatched according to orders, and the status is no different from the southwest Tusi, in history, the Portuguese army has cooperated with the Ming Dynasty sailors to suppress pirates, and even sent musketeers to fight with the Manchu Eight Banners.

The Portuguese occupation of Macao and the implementation of colonial rule were more than 250 years later during the Daoguang period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Hey...... Qin Lin laughed twice, which was particularly insidious and vicious.

Since Governor Qin is here, don't say that the Portuguese occupy Macau, I'm afraid that even the era name Daoguang will not appear, right?

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, the owner of the five peaks is in the harbor, irrelevant dodge!" Takeo Kameban stood on the bow of the Hayashi Sakura and shouted loudly, wearing a kimono, stepping on clogs, with a protruding chest and belly, quite like a devil entering the village.

As soon as the owner of the five peaks came, the large and small ships congested on the wharf were scattered in an instant, swishing to the side, automatically giving way to a waterway, and the port shore was even more salute, a series of 19 explosions, it is said that it is the grand etiquette of Westerners to welcome the king of a country.

Qin Lin stroked Jin Yingji's jade back and said with a smile: "Haha, you, the owner of the Five Peaks, are quite majestic!" ”

"These Portuguese all paid me for the road, even if they fired twenty-one cannons, it should be," Jin Sakura smiled, not taking the Portuguese seriously.

Western colonists did not become arrogant until the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and in the Ming Dynasty, from Wang to Zheng Chenggong, for more than 100 years, they have been riding on the heads of Western colonists to collect protection money!

But in the end, it's still our Chief Qin's majesty, and his wolf paws are placed on the waist of Jin Yingji's water snake, and he is only a little bit away from his hips......

Well? Suddenly, everyone on the Lin Ying was surprised, because the sea route was blocked.

There was only one ship left in front of it that did not give way, such as a forest mast, white sails like clouds, a sharp bow with an unspeakable domineering, a yellow and clear copper-clad angle of attack is very sharp, and a statue of Poseidon holding a trident in the bow looked down on the eastern ocean with an arrogant and rude attitude - this is a Galen-type Spanish war ship.

"Poseidon of the Armada!" When Rob and Wawe saw the warship, a fire of hatred immediately appeared in their eyes, but there was a helpless sense of loss.

At the end of the sixteenth century, the Spanish colonial empire was in full swing, annexing Portugal, the old enemy of the Iberian Peninsula, occupying the Americas, rich in gold and silver, plundering a series of colonies off the coast of Africa, and occupying the island of Luzon in Asia...... Spain was the world's first "empire that never falls" across three oceans and five continents.

In the past 15 years alone, the Spanish navy has brought back 5,500 kilograms of gold and 250,000 kilograms of silver from overseas, accounting for more than 80% of the world's precious metal production during the same period.

In order to protect its sea lines of communication and its interests abroad, King Fili II of Spain built a powerful naval fleet with more than 100 warships, more than 3,000 cannons, and tens of thousands of soldiers, proudly calling himself the "Invincible Armada".

The Poseidon is the first class Galen battleship of the Invincible Armada, with a displacement similar to that of the Lin Sakura, armed with eight 50-pound heavy cannons, sixteen Pirier guns, and 32 Kofilin guns, and the power of a salvo can destroy an entire small city.

Kanesakihime looked at the Spanish warship blocking the waterway across its hull and asked, "Rob, Vawe, do you know why this ship is in the trench?" ”

Rob and Vawe scratched their heads: "The Armada faces many enemies in Europe, what makes this first-class battleship appear in the Far East, is it ...... Fili II"

At this moment, on the high tower of the Poseidon, a Spanish nobleman wearing a navy blue red-trimmed uniform, high leather boots, and a particularly delicate mustache was looking at Lin Ying with a disdainful expression, and laughed: "This is our enemy in the East? The nondescript ship model, imitating our Galen boat, but with the breath of the Oriental barbarian people, the sailors of the ship's ships were also irregular, there were no uniforms, no beautiful lace, and some of them did not have shoes yet...... They simply could not be an opponent of the Armada! ”

The middle-aged Spanish officer with the sword smiled bitterly: "Dear Count Ferdinand, the Wufeng Maritime Merchants are indeed a rare and fierce enemy, as far as I know, China has a civilization of four thousand years, although they do not believe in God, they are indeed an ancient civilized race—even the history of civilization is older than that of Europe, and it is not comparable to the uncivilized natives of the Americas, Africa and Luzon colonies we conquered." ”

"Colonel Carmel, I am very surprised by your opinion, in Seville or Barcelona, your words will only make people laugh out loud!" Count Ferdinand's scathing sarcasm subordinates, the voice became higher and higher: "Carmel, I am so disappointed that you should submit to such an opponent, so that the Spanish forces cannot penetrate deep into Asia, and even pay them protection money!" So His Majesty sent the Poseidon to strengthen the Far Eastern detachment, ordering us not only to replace the Portuguese, but also to bring these barbarians in the East to the feet of Spain! ”

In the original history, Wufeng maritime merchant Wang Zhi in the Jiajing period, the Zheng group will not rise until around the apocalypse, there is a relatively large window period in the middle of the Wanli year, the Western colonists did not encounter a strong opponent, the Dutch colonists also took the opportunity to occupy Taiwan, and when the Zheng group rose, the Spanish Armada had been destroyed in the English Channel, and it was naturally impossible to send ships to the East.

But Qin Lin changed a lot, the Wufeng maritime merchants re-emerged, preempted the Dutch to run Taiwan, and filled the gap in the Wanli year, always mastering the eastern sea, which caused great trouble to Spain's Far East policy, considering the large amount of gold and silver produced in Luzon, as well as the problem of receiving the Portuguese colonial heritage, Fili II sent Count Ferdinand to the Far East on the Poseidon, the first class battleship of the Invincible Armada.

I have to admit that Spain in this era is worthy of being a powerful colonial empire across three oceans and five continents, the sailors of the Poseidon are well-trained, and the heavy artillery placed on the second deck is daunting, and the Spanish army, which was ordered by Count Ferdinand to stand on the deck, is lined up in a neat phalanx, spears flashing with cold light, muskets like forests pointing to the sky, and elite phalanx soldiers holding their heads high, showing off their strength in an invincible posture.

The Spanish colonial army in this year can really be said to be invincible in Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States, the Spanish phalanx made the whole of Europe tremble, and the naval battle defeated the old enemy Ottoman Empire, no wonder they were so proud that they did not take the Central Celestial Empire in the East into account at all, and even regarded them as uncivilized barbarians.

"What the fuck, you think you're dressed like a dog, like a playing card?" Qin Lin put down the binoculars and took a sip stupidly, not to mention, the Count Ferdinand on the opposite side was wearing a uniform with intricate lace, looking like a character on a playing card.

Jin Yingji frowned slightly, and looked at the Lin Ying under her feet, as a four-thousand-material giant ship, the size and first-class Galen ship were between the best, but the guns equipped with them were not as powerful as the Poseidon, and the training of sailors and gunners was also different from the other party - after all, he was a maritime merchant doing business, and the other party was a professional national navy.

Seeing that the speed of the Lin Ying was gradually slowing down, Count Ferdinand triumphantly picked the upturned mustache with his little thumb, "How is it, Mr. Carmel?" As long as the power of Spain is demonstrated, these barbarians in the East will succumb. ”

"Yes, yes," Carmel lowered his head and said yes, but there were always doubts in his heart, the Five Peaks Maritime Merchant was not easy to deal with, I'm afraid the Earl was happy too early, right?

(To be continued)