I'm sure of the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!

Chapter 212 It's Negotiated

Banning crows in Nanjing is only the first step.

I was deeply aware of the dangers of aphrodisiac, especially the hell scene I saw in the cell that day.Wang Li decisively ordered all major ministries to strictly implement the emperor's will.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty's military and grass-roots systems belonged to the civilian class and could not afford to smoke narcotics, so the Jiangbei front line and the Southern Gansu war zone were not greatly affected.

Not only do they force opium addicts to detoxify, but the Sanfa Department also starts from Nanjing to conduct comprehensive raids on opium and opium sellers.

Even the buyers have been dealt a blow, and these sellers naturally cannot escape.

However, for these opium dealers, the Tribunal's opinion is that they only need to destroy all opium and plantations, and then give them warnings and fines.

Those who don't know are innocent!

Not to mention that there was no relevant ban in the Ming Dynasty, these people also did not know the dangers of afurong.

What about the property losses of these businessmen?
That's their own business.

If you make a mistake, you make a mistake, and if you don't kill it, it's good.

Just as Nanjing began to ban the inspection of narcotics across the country, the Portuguese mission in Macau finally returned.

Also following the return journey were the Shou Ao officer stationed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the interpreter stationed by Honglu Temple.

The Ao Shou Guan was not an original creation of Zhu Yijiong, nor was it a single official position.As early as the pre-Ming Dynasty, in order to supervise the Portuguese, the central government of the Ming Dynasty set up offices here for promoting, preparing for, and patrolling Japanese invaders. The three official offices were collectively referred to as "Shou'ao Officials."

The Guest delegation finally relented.

Don't give up!

From the moment they came to Nanjing, they were destined to be manipulated by Ming Dynasty.

The Portuguese couldn't even take care of their colonies in India, so how could they possibly send troops to support Macau.

During the Age of Discovery, the total number of troops the Kingdom of Portugal could send overseas each year was only 5000. Excluding the troops left to guard the forts and maintain colonial rule, the troops that could be mobilized were very limited.

Moreover, in the eyes of Portugal and other European countries today, the tiger skins of China (regardless of Ming and Qing Dynasties) are still there.

It was in the late Qianlong period that the reason why the overseas Lanfang Republic was not completely invaded by the colonists was partly due to the resistance of the Lanfang Chinese people, and partly due to the attitude of the Chinese who were wary of leading the Qing Dynasty until then.

Therefore, Portugal is neither powerless nor likely to forcefully send a large number of warships to the Far East for the sake of Macau, which is not even a colony.

The Portuguese in Macau had already asked the pseudo-Qing officials in Guangxi for help before they went to Nanjing as an envoy, but the Qing army in Guangxi had too much to take care of themselves, so how could they control them.

The negotiations before and after Honglu Temple only took three days in total. After all, Guest was not a professional negotiator, and he didn't have much leverage.

The final result of the negotiation is:
First, the Portuguese agreed to return Macau, but it must be restored to the previous lease status.The Ming Dynasty could not expel the Portuguese who settled in Macau without reason, nor could it arbitrarily infringe on the legal assets of the Portuguese.Similarly, the Portuguese were required to pay a rent of 2000 taels of silver to the Ming Dynasty (1000 taels in the former Ming Dynasty) every year.

Second, the Macau Portuguese will deliver the latest European model Newcomen steam engine (including drawings) to the Ming Dynasty at market standard prices within the next one to two years.At the same time, Portugal will recruit the best European shipbuilders for the Ming Dynasty, the kind who can build Galenic ships.

Third, the Portuguese in Macau will provide Ming Dynasty with a batch of fine Indian Marwar war horses in the next six months, and the first batch will be sold at half price.

There are three conditions in total, the first two of which Zhu Yijiong and Xue Yingcheng had already agreed on in advance.

However, Xue Yingcheng and Honglu Temple tried their best to negotiate as good a condition as possible. Since the first clause is a lease, rent must be paid. 2000 taels of silver may seem like a small amount, but it is pure profit.

After all, it's not that Ming Dynasty cannot actually control Macau, but it's useless if it does.The Ming Dynasty needed these Portuguese people, and the Ming Dynasty had not yet captured Guangdong. Even if it captured Macau by force first, it would be of little significance.

Furthermore, the rent of 2000 taels of silver also deliberately showed a greedy side to the Portuguese so that they could relax their vigilance.

Only in this way can the follow-up conditions be negotiated.The Newcomen steam engine was invented in 1705, which was the 44th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. It was the world's first practical steam engine. Its only drawback was that its power was too low.

It was not until Watt improved the steam engine 47 years later that the first industrial revolution was successfully launched, and European countries took this opportunity to colonize.

But it doesn't matter. Although Zhu Yijiong, a liberal arts student, doesn't know how to improve a steam engine, this thing is actually not as difficult as imagined.

Zhu Yijiong didn't believe that he had so many craftsmen, but they were not as good as a European named Watt.

Moreover, Watt would not be born until 15 years later. It would take at least 50 years to improve the steam engine and launch the industrial revolution. As long as the Ming Dynasty launched the industrial revolution before then, it would not be too late.

As for good galenic ship builders, this is also necessary.China's warships are generally commercial warships, and they are all aiming for commercial-military integration.

To have a truly powerful navy, you must build pure warships, just like the difference between a militia and a professional soldier.

During the Opium War, the Qing warships were actually larger than the British warships, but sadly, the obviously larger warships carried fewer artillery pieces than the British warships.

The last third condition was additionally negotiated by Honglu Temple. The delivery time of the main steam engine was too long. If it was fast, it might be delivered in half a year. If it was slow, it would take at least more than a year.

This is really not a deliberate delay by the Portuguese, but from Macau to Goa and then to Lisbon (Portugal). It takes almost a year to go back and forth if the route goes smoothly. If it does not go smoothly, it is guaranteed to take one and a half years.

The Portuguese in Macau wanted to go to Goa to buy Marwar war horses first, and then ask the colonial government of Goa if there were any spare steam engines for sale here. If not, they could only go to Europe to buy them.

Fortunately, at least the Portuguese are guaranteed to deliver the war horses within half a year, and they are the first batch at half price.

The Marwar horse is a specialty of India. Its origin is said to be that in ancient times, a cargo ship crashed on the Marwar coast of India, and the seven Arabian horses on board were captured by the local chief.

So he crossed Arabian horses with local ponies, and the Marwar horse was born.Later, these Marwar horses were crossed with exotic Mongolian horses and Turkmen horses, and the bloodline of this horse breed became more and more complex.

Marwar horses have also become more and more excellent. Not only do they perfectly possess the advantages of Mongolian horses and Turkmen horses, they are cold and heat resistant, and their physical fitness is also extremely outstanding. Even running in rocky mountainous areas will not hurt the horse's hooves.

The most important thing is that the shoulder height of this kind of war horse, regardless of male or female, can reach an average of about 1.5 meters. It is a natural war horse.

The Ming Dynasty's active army was extremely short of war horses and cavalry. Not counting the reconnaissance cavalry, they could barely be used in the south.When we really get to the north, not to mention those excellent Mongolian cavalry and Sauron cavalry, even the ordinary Eight Banners cavalry may not be able to compare.

Now, as long as there are Marwar horses, the Ming army can officially establish its own cavalry unit, regardless of the gap between riding skills and cavalry combat.

The war horses alone can outperform the Manchu and Qing cavalry. The Pseudo-Qing cavalry is mainly derived from Mongolian horses. The height at the shoulder is generally 1.4 meters. At 1.5 meters, it is a BMW horse that can only be owned by emperors or generals.

Don't think that cavalry is useless. Just as the Galen ships on the water could be used until World War I, even if the Maxim machine gun came out in later generations, it still could not completely eliminate the cavalry on the battlefield.

The Portuguese envoy, together with the officials stationed in Macao accompanying the Ming Dynasty, sailed south to return to Macao, taking a total of four copies of the imperial edict with them.

One is for the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau. Since the shipbuilders of the Galen Ship will be fully in place in half a year, the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau can also start drying the wood in the shade.

However, there is not much good timber in the Ming Dynasty, and it can only be harvested from the deep mountains and old forests in Taipei and Taitung.

There are also two imperial edicts in duplicate, one for the Third Army Corps of Xu Jin's Department in Zhangzhou and the Navy Fleet stationed on Nan'ao Island.

The content is very simple, that is, let the Third Army and the South Australia Navy move. If necessary, they can actually launch a small-scale attack to seize some strategic points on the Fujian-Guangdong border.

The purpose, of course, is to force King Lin of Guangdong to use the rat weapon.

The last imperial edict was also for King Lin.

　Because the Japanese pirates were so famous, they once became a synonym for Jiangyang thieves. The Koreans called the Russians Rakshasa Japanese pirates, so don’t wonder why there are Japanese generals in Macau.

　　
　
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