The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 782
No matter how much food there is in Macau, there will be a day when it will be exhausted. As long as Ming Dynasty sends [-] to [-] troops to enforce the blockade, sooner or later Macau will be destroyed by itself.

Therefore, the previous governors of Portugal and Macau tried their best to keep friendly with the Ming Dynasty officials.

Of course, they will buy raw silk, silk, cotton cloth, tea and other goods through the business network of many Ming officials, so that those officials can get real money brought by mutual benefits.

Noretti has been in Daming for a long time, so he understands the actual situation, he said: "Your Excellency, I understand the current situation in Macau, we would rather offend the English than turn against Daming.

The British are too reckless. They want to use force to coerce the ancient country of Ming Dynasty, which is wishful thinking. The emperor and ministers of this country have never made an alliance with any enemy. "

Dominique sneered and said, "What's the end of this? The English may have caused a catastrophe. Others don't know the strength of this ancient country, but we understand it!"

The strength of the Longwu Marine Division may be enough to defeat the Spanish Armada in its most powerful period. The English came with six warships and dared to attack the Humen Fort of the Ming Dynasty, killing hundreds of Ming troops. I think it is possible for them Can not go back. "

"Haha, that's great. If the Longwu Navy comes to encircle and wipe out the English, the fact that we refuse to carry out the order of the Governor of Goa and cooperate with the English will also sink into the sea."

"So when you go to Humen, you must firmly stand on Daming's side. You must also paralyze the English and try to let them stay in the Pearl River Estuary for a few more days. I believe that Ming's warship formation will ride the wind and waves."

"It doesn't matter, I guarantee that the English can wait for a while at the mouth of the Pearl River. They came to the far east not to kill people and seize dozens of cannons, but to buy tea and silk. If they didn't get the goods, how could they be willing to leave?

I intervened and promised to help the English buy goods so that they would be easily stranded at the mouth of the Pearl River. "

Indeed, traveling thousands or tens of thousands of nautical miles in this era is hard work and consumes too much manpower and material resources. If the warships cannot be fully loaded with cargo, who would go home empty-handed?

Domino smiled and said approvingly: "Your plan is really good, the time to buy more than a dozen ships can be long or short.

You can do it for a month with some means.At that time, the Longwu navy with terrifying fighting power will come to the Pearl River Estuary, and we will have a great time watching it. "

Noretti said: "There is an idiom in Ming Dynasty called driving tigers swallowing wolves, which means to attract enemies to fight other enemies.

The English are so unreasonable that they asked us to prepare goods for them. If we let them traffic the silk, tea, porcelain and other goods exclusively owned by Ming Dynasty to Europe, how will we get huge profits in the future?
It would be best if we could avoid a direct confrontation with the English. However, I will definitely make the English pay a heavy price for their arrogance. "

The Macau Portuguese, who were struggling to survive in the cracks, could not afford to offend Daming, nor could they offend the English, so they chose to borrow a knife to kill.

Noretti, who came to the flagship of the British army, pretended to be extremely surprised and admired when they met in order to deliberately paralyze Wedell.

In his poor English, he complimented: "Mr. Captain is really brave, I have seen the Humen Fort in the Ming Dynasty, and I know that there are hundreds of Ming troops there.

Unexpectedly, it was so vulnerable under the attack of the heroic English soldiers.This shows that we Portuguese are too cautious and do not have enough courage. "

The complacent Wedel laughed and said, "Mr. Noreti has given the award, not because the soldiers of the British Empire are too brave, but because the artillery of the Ming Empire is too backward and their soldiers are too cowardly.

I believe that by killing those Ming troops, we must have deterred this country, and then it will be much easier to talk about trade and cede an island to establish a colony. "

Noretti volunteered: "I have worked in Macau for many years, I am familiar with the officials of this country, and I am willing to talk to them.

It's just that this country is too old, and many of the officials are bad old men who do things slowly, making it even more unbearably slow to decide on a major issue. "

The cunning and cunning Noretti was worried that the English would leave in a hurry, so he was vaccinated first, saying that things could be done but it would take time.

Wedel didn't understand, and said: "We are new here and don't know how to start the negotiation, so please take care of me, sir.

If this country pushes three obstacles and four obstacles, sir can verbally threaten them, which angers the British Empire, and we will directly enter the city of Guangzhou. "

Noreti pretended to calm down and advised: "Mr. Captain, I think it is best to solve the problem through diplomatic mediation, after all, this ancient country is too far away from our motherland.

As long as the goods we want are guaranteed, it is best not to start a war. "

Wedel agreed: "My mission is to come to the Far East to trade and establish colonies, not to invade this country.

It would be best to set up a commercial center and an office of the British Empire in Guangzhou. The Ming Dynasty can agree to our conditions and promise to guarantee the safety of the compradors of the British Empire living in Guangzhou. We can even return the artillery they seized from the Humen Fort. "

Noretti said: "I understand what you mean, don't worry, I will definitely express your kindness to the Ming officials, and within a week, I will definitely get a clear answer."

After a face-to-face detailed discussion with Wedell, Noretti saw that he was confident and confirmed that the English did not know that Ming had an advanced warship formation.

He used the excuse of good offices to deliberately delay the time for the English army to stay in the Pearl River Estuary.The purpose is self-evident, to kill the Englishman!
After Xiong Wencan was promoted, Shen Youlong was the current right servant of the Ministry of War and the censor of Youqian Capital, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi military affairs, and the governor of Guangdong. His yamen was not in Guangzhou but in Zhaoqing.

Noretti has been in Macau for a long time, and Daming's official words are sloppy.He still came to Guangzhou to see the prefect of Guangzhou.

In the eyes of Guangzhou officials, Noretti is the spokesperson of the Kingdom of Portugal, and he will almost never refuse his request for a meeting, and this time is no different.

As soon as he met seven or eight officials, including the prefect of Guangzhou, the Tuiguan, and Tongzhi, Noreti talked about the English attacking the Daming Humen Fortress in a condemning tone, and made insinuations to find out how the Ming side planned to retaliate, and whether they had dispatched naval forces to the Pearl River. mouth.

Of course, the prefect of Guangzhou would not just sit back and watch the English run rampant at the Pearl River Estuary. They dispatched the Guangzhou Water Battalion the day they received the attack on the Humen Fort.

He also dispatched [-] Li urgently to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Shen Youlong, to send an official document, notifying the English of the invasion of Daming, requesting an urgent official letter to Fujian Governor Xiao Yifu, requesting that the Fujian Navy be dispatched to the Pearl River Estuary to deal a severe blow to the invading enemy. .

(End of this chapter)