Don Juan is no longer satisfied with Macau these days.

Look at this well-organized look, huh?

The shops are planned in a unified manner. The back street of the shop is a street where donkey carts and ox carts are transported. The stone pavement roads are cleaned up and the shops on the three streets are open, including wood yards, iron yards, copper yards, cotton yards, and rice yards, all of which are Portuguese shops.

On the other side of the municipal square, the silk and satin workshop, gold and silver ware workshop, copper and iron ware workshop, clothing workshop, Nanyang Qihuo workshop, wine shop, inn, are all Ming merchants and merchants.

On the street, there were Ming warriors carrying guns and swords and Portuguese soldiers lined up to patrol. Not far from the town is the camp of Portuguese soldiers, just two streets away from the market. Portuguese-style two-story buildings are lined up one after another. Most of them have inscriptions written in Chinese in front of the doors. In various directions, there are five Ming army and 100 households in various directions, protecting the port.

He even saw a beautiful Portuguese lady in a cluster of six Ming samurais in the arms of the Ming samurai and laughing in the golden utensil shop to select accessories.

Tang Huan got the true teachings of his father from his blood when he liked romanticism. As soon as he took a step to follow him into the craft shop, he was grabbed by Father Libera beside him.

"The two are the famous Lady Lou of Haojing, and Lady Da Lou of Lady Da Lou was a Portuguese native. In his early years, he followed his father to Macau to do business. In the Shanghai crisis, he was in Macau. Lady Xiao Lou was a maid who used to work in a Portuguese tavern. Their husband was a commander of the army named Lou Qimai under General Chen."

Father Libera whispered to Tang Huan in a serious manner: "In their tradition, noble women should not show up, but no one cares about them in Haojing, because the commander of the legion was ordered to participate in the battle in the hinterland of Ming Dynasty. The guards were assigned by General Chen, and the muskets and sabers on their waists could be killed at any time. Those who dared to disturb them would be killed."

"Some of the Spanish captured from Luzon were sent to Macau to work the same as the ones they said in the war, General Lou's legion carried the devil-like iron-faced armor and was invincible. Their legion commander took off the iron-faced armor and looked the same as when he wore it."

"When the commander of the Legion fought with General Chen in his early years, he exploded his face and cut off his nose. He survived and was fierce." Father Libera pulled Tang Juan and reminded: "Even if you offend them, you will be killed. Haven't you seen the bones dried on the guns in the shallow sea of ​​the port?"

"General Chen is not as kind as at a banquet. He will not punish his capable subordinates for killing a Spanish noble. Even if General Chen knows to kill you and not punish the murderer, it will definitely lead Spain and Ming into another war."

Father Libera let go of Don Juan's arm and said, "In the knowledge of Jesus, when war is inevitable, he will make a arrogant expedition plan before sending a messenger of kindness to Spain."

"As the punishment to kill you to provoke a war - General Lou may take the lead in this plan."

Tang Huan slowly closed his mouth with a slightly open mouth and stood on the municipal square to look around. His eyes suddenly had great envy for the Ming Dynasty man walking on the street, and said, "We need to have an affair. Can they actually have several wives?"

As a member of the Jesuit, Libera looked down on all the acts of despairing desires, including Western and Eastern nobles. However, he did not argue with Tang Juan, but only explained: "It seems that this is not the case in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, but in the areas under General Chen's jurisdiction, he is in charge of all the military aristocrats under his command. At the request of the general, these officers must respect their parents and care for their wives, concubines and children, otherwise they will be punished."

"So the people of Haojing always say that Guangzhou is different from other places. A large number of officers prefer women who are not covered in foot. The concubines in the officers' families are not slaves but like sisters. Therefore, people hope that their daughters can marry into the Nanyang officers' homes."

Father Libera shrugged funnyly, "In Ming Dynasty, it seems that a person in power can easily change the atmosphere of a place."

"Your Excellency is better to restrain yourself here. Under the investigation of the church, although Macau is small, there are three commanders of the Ming army set up here. They are called commanders. In addition, there are thousands of households in charge of one thousand warriors and hundreds of households in one hundred warriors. I'm afraid you don't know who you will offend."

After figuring out the interests, Don Juan's frivolity disappeared and sighed: "If Sevilla rented General Chen a piece of land, it would not be a bad thing. The Portuguese were very restrained here."

"I'm afraid things are not what you think. You can replace Macau with Seville, but you can't replace Portuguese with Ming people, and Ming people with Spanish." Libera was different from Don Juan's optimism. He said: "The Ming people in Macau are the Ming people in Seville in the future, and they will only replace the oppressed Portuguese with Spanish people."

Father Libera discovered that the reason why Don Juan had a good sense of Macau was that he placed himself in the position of the victor. This was really the illusion that Chen Mu brought to him by his good hospitality. To be honest, as a Portuguese, he really couldn't feel where Macau is good.

Didn't he see that? Any shops opened by the Portuguese in Macau sold cotton, gold, silver, copper and iron raw materials. But the Ming people's shop just across the municipal square, processed these raw materials and put them out to sell them, and the profits increased several times or even dozens of times!

Where is the best?

No wonder the Spanish court is always bankrupt!

"ah?"

Don Huan had no intention of walking around anymore. He asked Father Libera to take him into a restaurant, chose the uninhabited upstairs, and looked at the municipal square where people came and went outside the window, and then said solemnly: "Father, I understand. General Chen has been using the advantages of war to gain the advantages of negotiations. This is true in Macau, Portugal, and this is the same as I come here this time?"

Libera nodded and said, "This was not the case in Macau in the past. Our explorers plundered and fought like in Goa and Malacca. At that time, they had few ships and guns, and had few muskets, and naval battles relied on setting fires. Although the sailors fought bravely, they actually suffered more casualties than us, but they had more people, so they failed."

"Later, I found that their bureaucrats knew nothing, and they restrained us like governing their own people. So they gained the power to live in Macau by deception and bribery, firing artillery factories, building ports, smuggling and trading. Pirates found that the Ming Dynasty men were not easy to deal with, but their women were very well-behaved and easy to deceive, just like in Africa."

"Before General Chen arrived, we established universities, hospitals, municipal squares and appointed municipal officials. The merchants had their own arms and even had a cannon factory. The Paul Cathedral could be built immediately, just like in Goa or elsewhere in Portugal, and the missionary cause was thriving. But now, what you see is the Ming Dynasty's Mirror, not Macau in Portugal."
Chapter completed!