Chapter 27 Fishing Boats
The window lattice of the tavern was bearing the unique corrosion on the coast, and Libera pointed her hand at the yamen beside the municipal square.
"The first thing that was not available was the city officials. The city hall became the Haojing Yamen. At that time, Chen Mu, who had only a few hundred subordinates, defeated the Macau Portuguese army with the same number of troops and took away the forts we built. Hundreds of Malays and Portuguese explorers were killed by him. Victory made him enact laws and taxes."
"He took the cornerstone of the church to pave the way. He sent people to our hospitals, universities and artillery factories to learn knowledge that they did not have or could not, but refused to study theology. The warriors of Macau were not their opponents."
"At that time, no one knew that there were only a few hundred people who were as high-spirited as his men and fiercely fought. In fact, there were not many soldiers like that in Guangdong. We mistakenly thought that there were many generals like him and soldiers like him. Even the bishop believed that even if we were to mobilize troops from India, we could not defeat him."
"Actually, it was possible to defeat at that time, but when he provoked Malacca, everyone chose to remain silent. His fierceness defeated people's courage, just like what they did to your Spanish army in Luzon, on Linlai Island."
"Later, the church was built under the strong request of the Portuguese people in Australia, but he no longer allowed us to dig stone mines. The stone mines were continued to be mined by his people, and every stone in the cathedral was bought again; the artillery factory went bankrupt because experienced craftsmen were poached by the Nanyang Guards' Weapon Bureau at a high price. After learning everything, they kicked them out and left the streets. Those people could only take a boat back to India."
"The same is true for hospitals. Some places are better than our doctors, and some places are just the opposite, but we don't know where they are. They will see our wise places. At that time, no one realized that everything Chen Mu did had its purpose."
"Now, the hospital has become a temporary shelter for lepers and Spanish patients. No Ming people go to see a doctor, and they trust their doctor more." Libera's identity spread out her hands, with an indescribable frustration on her face, and said, "The Ming people call this disease a bayberry sore. As for Chen Mu, he does not allow any Ming people who have this disease to pass through the gate. If it is a Ming people, they will be exiled to Shangkawa Island and Xiakawa Island."
"If it weren't for Mingren, he would be hung on a shallow sea pillar and kill people in the hospital and never ruthlessly."
"Now the only university is still useful, but there are only a dozen priests and bachelors in the university. The missionary career has stagnated for a while. The bishop even wanted to attract believers by giving one person three taels of silver. But even if such means are really useless, General Bai from Guangdong was the senior official who was in charge of the place after he left, and Macau has been under their supervision."
"As soon as the news came out, General Bai asked his subordinates to come in full in casual clothes, and after receiving the money, he left and then did not show up again."
"After twenty years of preaching, there are not as many believers as Chen Mu's subordinates who built a temple for him in the Cape of Macau. I told the bishop that this is a piece of land abandoned by God, and they do not believe it."
"If God could hear the call, why didn't God punish God to drown this blasphemous bastard in the sea?"
Libera picked up the wine bowl and drank halfway, spread her hands on the table and said, "Now you know what Chen Mu started with. He relied on killing us and sat firmly on the Qianhu in Xiangshan; used the warships we got to kill us, defeated their pirates, became the commander of the legion, and got the opportunity to go to the north; when he came back, he relied on killing you to make his military achievements more powerful."
"Whoever wants to preach here will preach. When I complete your peace agreement, I will return to China."
Tang Huan didn't say anything for a long time. He looked at the wine bowl and didn't know what he was thinking. Until halfway through the candle, he looked up and sighed: "Can a person have such a big impact on a country?"
As Father Libera said, it seemed as if all the experiences in Portugal in Ming Dynasty were due to Chen Mu alone!
This is too unbelievable.
"If he is so outstanding, why not..." Tang Huan raised his hand and made an action between his neck, saying: "Just only needs a lead bullet to get rid of this trouble at the right time."
"That's what you Spaniards need to consider. Portugal won't do this. We don't want to annoy the Ming Dynasty. Losing India and Malacca will be better than the consequences of annoying the Ming Dynasty. It's not bad now. You can trade and Macau is safe."
Father Libera looked at Tang Huan with a sarcastic look, saying, "Overall, the Ming officials believed that the Portuguese people in Haojing were also his people. If a tax official was killed, it meant that Haojing rebelled and all Portuguese people would die. When Bai Jingchen's soldiers came out in full bloom, Malacca and even India would die."
"Macau belongs to Xiangshan County, like Xiangshan. There are ten counties like Xiangshan. There are twenty places like Guangzhou Prefecture, twenty places like Guangzhou Prefecture, and thirteen places like Guangdong Province. "Father Libera mocked him: "Your Excellency defeated the Ottoman navy in Lebanto and destroyed their 230 ships. Do you know how many ships are launched in Xiangshan Shipyard a year?"
"One hundred and fifty, one hundred three cannons, ten sailors are called fishing boats with a hundred materials; forty eleven cannons carry soldiers with twenty or thirty small shark boats with a 200 materials; and there are ten larger five hundred materials, but those ships are not allowed to be used by the people and merchants, so I don't know what it is loaded on it."
Tang Huan widened his eyes and exclaimed, "Do they use gunboats to fish?"
Libera shrugged and said, "The Ming Dynasty court used to stipulate how many ships a guard can have. Before General Chen took power, he handed over the extra warships to fishermen and ward farmers to avoid being impeached and to ensure that there are sufficient warships in wartime. On the other hand, it can also prevent the people from guarding against pirates. The smallest fishing boat had sunk the officials sent by the Indian Governor to take a boat."
"Later he took power. Why did you fight against him? He was not satisfied with this kind of small boat and built larger warships. So the coastal guards were still using this kind of boat to fish. I heard that in the sea of Guangxi and another country's neighbors, no one could snatch fishing grounds with the Ming people, and neither pirates nor navy."
"The Nanyang Guard on the other side of the sea is the shipyard that builds warships for him. I only know that wood and iron from home and abroad are being sent to the Nanyang Guard. Now even if he is killed, it is useless. He is highly valued by the emperor. Four hundred officers like him enter the army in his school every year. You don't want those warships to drive to Spain, right?"
Libera was flicking dust on her body. Portugal had already recognized the current situation of resource allocation in Macau. He said to Don Juan: "Of course, I just don't recommend that if you want to try it, just assassinate him."
Tang Huan's face was not good, and the good impression Chen Mu gave him had disappeared from the rise and fall of Macau. He sighed and said, "His treaty is not a good thing. The priest told me to be alert, but he could only sign it vigilantly. Even though he knew it was poison, he still had to eat it?"
"The church has analyzed that if he wants to make a profit, he will cheat people, but he is still restrained. If he takes the big head in the interests, he will let you take away the rest, which is different from what we do overseas."
"Ha! Even if it's the same." Libera smiled miserably, "We can only think so!"
Chapter completed!