The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

Li Yuanqing took a look at Joseph, took out a cigar box from his pocket under his waist, lit it with a small torch nearby, took a deep breath, and threw it to Joseph.

Joseph was already a bit drunk at this time, but this guy, when he was on Changsheng Island, had already practiced it. The little wine he drank with Juan Thomas had not yet ignited.

For a moment, he was busy laughing and lit his cigar. He took a deep breath and said with a smile, "general. This cigar is really a good thing. Unfortunately, these treasures have been monopolized by the Spaniards of dog day! The price has to be increased several times! "

Li Yuanqing took a deep breath of his cigar, slowly exhaled a puff of turbid gas, and said with a smile, "Joseph, my brother, Manila, should be under the rule of the Spanish now? As long as we have money, we are afraid we can't buy cigars? "

Joseph was busy with a smile: "general, this is. In this world, there are basically no problems that cannot be solved by silver. So are cigars. It's a pity that these Spaniards are cheap. "

Li Yuanqing looked at Joseph with a smile, "what? You hate Spaniards? "

Joseph said with a smile: "general, you should know that if it wasn't for these annoying Spanish ghosts, I would have been the count of the British Empire. However, the Portuguese are not so popular

Li Yuanqing laughed and patted Joseph on the shoulder, "brother Joseph, we have an old saying in China that we must have self-knowledge in life. Some things, maybe at some stage, can be very painful. But if she should be yours, she must be yours! "

Joseph had been with Li Yuanqing for so long, and he was already very familiar with Li Yuanqing's way of speaking. This is what Li Yuanqing promised him!

His eyes were not bright, and he did not care to wear a tuxedo. He knelt down on the ground in a respectful manner. "It is my greatest honor for Joseph in my life to be your servant."

Li Yuanqing smiles and nods, but reaches out to Joseph.

In a daze, Joseph quickly grabbed Li Yuanqing's big hand. He stood up and looked respectfully at Li Yuanqing, waiting for Li Yuanqing's following.

Li Yuanqing took a deep puff of his cigar and allowed the strong tobacco flavor to make a deep whirl in his chest and abdomen. Then he slowly vomited out a turbid breath and looked into Joseph's eyes: "brother Joseph, can I trust you?"

Joseph's body was tight at the moment, and when he knew the subject was coming, he said respectfully, "of course. General, Joseph has always been your most loyal servant. "

Li Yuanqing smiles: "very good! I trust you. I believe my brother Joseph will have the wisest vision. "

Joseph hastened to nod with a smile.

For a moment, Li Yuanqing said slowly, "brother Joseph, do you have a chance to get Portuguese nationality?"

"Portuguese nationality?"

Joseph couldn't help being stunned. For a moment, he couldn't help laughing: "general, other things may be very difficult for me, but this matter, for me, is not difficult at all. My aunt, oh, Thomas's mother, has Portuguese nationality. As long as I go back to Europe for a month at most, I can handle it. But, general, Portuguese nationality, doesn't seem to be worth much? I have British Empire nationality now. The British Empire is now in a strong rising period. I feel that the nationality of the British Empire should be more useful than that of Portugal? "

Li Yuanqing nodded with a smile, "yes, the nationality of the British Empire is more precious indeed. Are you allowed to have two or three nationalities

Joseph also understood and was overjoyed: "general, if this is the case, it will be easier. There is no problem here. "

Li Yuanqing nodded with a smile, but looked deeply into Joseph's eyes: "brother Joseph, in the next three years, I will give you a very important task."

"Yes," said Joseph! I'm all ears to your humble duty

Li Yuanqing smiles: "I want you to be promoted to the Portuguese governor of Macao within three years!"

"Eh?"

Joseph a Leng, the moment can not help flustered God, busy way: "general, this, this is almost impossible thing! Macao, though small, is an important Portuguese stronghold in East Asia. Even if I can get through Portugal's domestic relations and get the official approval of Portugal, I'm afraid it's still very difficult to achieve it in Macao! Thomas, this dog scum, has been staring at this position for more than a day or two! He won't let me do it! "

Li Yuanqing said with a faint smile: "I know these. So, I will give you enough help in this matter. By the way, Joseph, Juan Thomas's wife, seems to be French? What's her name? This is a real blonde

Hearing that Li Yuanqing actually mentioned a woman, or Juan Thomas' wife, Joseph's little eyes flashed a lustrous light. He said with a smile: "general, her name is Mary Antina, the daughter of a small wine merchant in Porto, France. Her sister, Anna Antina, is married to a Portuguese. In Portugal, she is very powerfulThen Joseph laughed and said, "but, general, if you are interested in taking Macao according to the force of our camp, there will be no difficulty at all. And then, it's a pity that we put all this on those hateful Japanese pirates. Hey, hey, hey... "

"Ha ha."

Li Yuanqing smiles: "no, no, no! My brother Joseph, you are wrong about this. Mary - miss Antina, beautiful as she is, frankly speaking, she is not my type. It's you who are going to do it! I want you to hook up with Miss Mary Antina as soon as possible within a year, and then I will help you get rid of Juan Thomas and pave the way for you! "

………

At noon the next day, Li Yuanqing attended the luncheon initiated by Juan Thomas, and attended with the noble Zhang Baozhu.

Because it was a formal party, there was a dance.

But Juan Thomas invited Zhang Baozhu to dance many times, but he was politely refused.

For this, Li Yuanqing seems not to mind.

However, Juan Thomas had no choice but to give up the idea of inviting Zhang Baozhu to dance. Instead, he came to Li Yuanqing to exchange cups with Li Yuanqing. Of course, both of them drank red wine from their wives.

The time soon arrived in the afternoon. By this time, the basic transactions between the two sides had been completed. Li Yuanqing's fleet sold less than 40000 taels of various types of goods to a group of businessmen in Macao.

The gross profit is about 70.8 million taels, while the net profit is in the early 30 thousand Liang.

Of course, these goods are basically the goods of luxury merchants. Li Yuanqing's official cabin is only a little over 5000 Liang.

However, with such a small amount of money, the gentry in the fleet could not find their way to the north. They hardly dreamed that the sea trade would make such a profit.

This is just over a month. Even though these goods are not good ones, they have already doubled their profits several times and their net assets have more than doubled.

If we follow this trend, when we really get to the Arabian Sea, we can still get it?

For a moment, the boats of these gentry were cheering and thundering. The more they invented, what a correct choice it was to follow Li Yuanqing out to sea!

But at this time, Li Yuanqing's mood is not as wonderful as his appearance.

Juan Thomas is a fly that really turns Li Yuanqing off his stomach.

Before five o'clock, he said goodbye to Juan Thomas and his party with a smile. With a wave of his hand, Li Yuanqing sailed away from the port and headed south to Manila.

In Macao, the procurement of Changsheng camp was mainly based on food and materials. The route to Manila has been very mature, and there are Portuguese pilot ships. In terms of route, it will be more accurate.

Tonight's dinner, Li Yuanqing is not stingy, so that each member of each department will add three or two meat, which is a small celebration.

It has been thirty or forty miles out of Macao, and it can be regarded as entering the category of deep sea.

Overhead, the moon and stars are sparse, the air is soft, the moon is also very soft, set off between the ethereal sea and sky, the scenery is quite good.

Li Yuanqing holding a small wine pot, standing on the bow, facing the quiet sea breeze, quietly overlooking everything around.

It has to be said that at this time, Westerners' Sailing skills are indeed more outstanding than Daming's. their so-called "Portuguese" wind sailboats are actually based on the improvement of the Spanish wind sailboats. In terms of speed, the speed is at least a few miles higher than that of the life camp fleet.

As a result, the Portuguese captain of the pilot ship had to hold down the speed in order to keep the balance with the Changsheng Island fleet.

Of course, Li Yuanqing's fleet only represents the official technology of Daming, which is barely regarded as the mainstream technology, but it does not represent the highest and most advanced technology of Daming.

After all, the authorities of the Ming Dynasty have always been indifferent to navigation, which is far less developed than that of the people, especially the Zheng family!

At this time, Li Yuanqing did not know the extent to which Zheng's navigational skills had reached, but he was afraid that they were at least no weaker than the Portuguese.

And the reason why he wanted to attack Juan Thomas was not because he coveted Zhang Baozhu's beauty More importantly, the geographical location of Macao is too important.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the gateway to the south of China.

If Joseph took control of Macao, even if the cost was higher, it would ensure that, at the official level, it would be in line with Portugal and obtain European advanced technology, especially in firearms.

However, it seems that Juan Thomas can also do these things. Compared with his term as governor of Macao, Li Yuanqing will spend at least 100000 Liang more silver to push Joseph up

Thinking about it, Li Yuanqing suddenly shakes his head and laughs.

Perhaps, what Zhang Baozhu said is not wrong, in this respect, he is really selfish enough!

But for a moment, Li Yuanqing also reacted. What's wrong with such selfishness?

How can his woman be coveted by others?

He took out a cigar and played with it slowly. He was about to find a place to light it. However, he found that there was no suitable torch around him. Li Yuanqing's brain suddenly became smart. In this era, matches have not come out yet?This is a gold business!