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Chapter 1178 Macau

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    Lin Hongzhong lived up to his trust, quickly inquired about it, and brought back good news and bad news.

    The good news is that the news of driving the Portuguese out of Macau is probably a smoke bomb released by the Jiangnan Group to put pressure on negotiations.

    The bad news is that if the Portuguese refuse to bow their heads, the other side has the ability to make the threat come true.

    Through such long-term observation and contact with the Ming government, the Portuguese have long discovered that China is too big and Beijing is too far away. If you want to have fun in Guangdong, you don¡¯t need to care too much about the attitude of the Ming emperor. As long as the Guangdong province is in charge  It is enough that officials can provide them with shelter.

    So the official who had the power to decide whether to accept or reject Portuguese trade was actually the governor of Guangdong.  And that governor had a very close relationship with the Jiangnan Group.  I heard that even his life was saved by Jiangnan Group

    How can the Portuguese do anything now?  Domingo originally planned to settle accounts with Jiangnan Company, talk about how powerful the Portuguese Empire was, and then list out his conditions.  Including but not limited to sharing the Japanese market, opening Jiangnan ports, prohibiting trade with the Spanish, and compensating for losses caused by the cessation of trade for half a year, etc.

    After a burst of incompetent rage, he could only tear up the draft he had racked his brains to draw up and let Lin Hongzhong contact the other party.

    ¡°Now that people are like daggers and we are like flesh and blood, the fierce negotiations in preparation will naturally not happen. Zhao Liben can only say what he says.  So the old man successfully completed his grandson's instructions and exceeded the task.  Let the Portuguese recognize the Jiangnan Group's exclusive rights to trade with Japan.  Ensure that the Portuguese fleet cannot sail through Ryukyu.  And the fleets of both sides should avoid fighting in any sea area

    At the beginning, Zhao Hao only discussed the first two items with the Jesuits, and he did not even dare to hope for the third item.

    Although the validity period of the agreement is only three years, Zhao Hao is already overjoyed.  Three years is enough for him to quadruple the fleet and troops in the garrison area!  More importantly, he will definitely start a war with the Spaniards within three years. This can avoid being attacked from both sides!

    "When he takes care of the Spaniards, what if the agreement expires?"  Mr. Zhao can even kill the Spaniards, so what kind of trouble do the Portuguese dare to cause?

    ¡°As for the Jiangnan Group, they only need to agree to return the two Western ships and the crew on them.  It also promised to give priority to supplying the goods needed by Portuguese merchants and not to trade with the Spanish.

    These three items may be of great significance to the Portuguese, but they are of no importance to the Jiangnan Group.  Although Mr. Zhao will get involved in the large sailing trade with America sooner or later, this is not something that should be considered within three years.

    Originally, the Portuguese side wanted to add another one, and the Jiangnan Group¡¯s fleet could not cross Ryukyu and go south.  But Zhao Liben sternly refused.  The entire eastern and southern oceans are the Ming Dynasty¡¯s waters. Who dares to prohibit the Ming Dynasty¡¯s ships from sailing?  Doesn't this force the group to go crazy?

    The Portuguese had no choice but to stop talking nonsense.

    Mr. Zhao was very satisfied with this, and even before the contract was officially renewed, he was eager to ask Yang Fan to put together the Oriental Beauty

    He asked Jiang Xueying to sign and seal the treaty that the old man had sent eight hundred miles hastily sent, and then sent it back to Lingnan eight hundred miles hastily.

    Today is the day when the two parties officially exchange contracts. Since the Portuguese cannot leave the island, the old man agreed to condescend to go to Macau and hold a contract exchange ceremony on the ground of the Portuguese.

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    Back to the topic, when they saw Zhao Liben walking out of the main room, Lin Huichun and Ye Zimei rushed to greet him, replacing Han Tao and Cai Lian to support him.

    "Master, watch your step."

    "Sir, you slept well last night."

    "That's right, you two have a favor today." Zhao Liben greeted the two of them with a smile. They will attend today's contract exchange ceremony as witnesses of the agreement.

    "It should be."

    "It is a great honor to serve the old man!" The two officials treated him as an ancestor. They heard that Zhao Liben thought that red-haired girls had too much hair, so they specially found him a black pearl. Unfortunately, the old man was old.  My eyesight was not good at night and I couldn't see where to start, so I kept her as a maid.

    However, the filial piety between the two of them was enough for the old man.

    Zhao Liben got into the eight-carry sedan prepared for him. The two adults also got on the sedan, and then they set up a guard of honor and drove to Haojing'ao.

    Although Lin Hongzhong, a large sea merchant, had the title of Thousand Households of Coast Defense, he neither sat in a sedan chair nor rode a horse. He followed Zhao Liben's sedan chair as if he were a long-term follower, waiting for orders.

    He was fawning over Zhao Liben, but it was for the Jiangnan Group and Mr. Zhao.  Neither the Portuguese nor the people in the government could see the great prospects of Jiangnan Group as clearly as he did.

    Because the things he did were actually almost the same as Mr. Zhao, exceptGeneral Domingo has come out to greet you three.  "

    I saw two rows of neatly dressed Portuguese musketeers lining up in front of the official residence with their guns raised.

    On the steps covered with a red carpet, stood a man wearing a black square hat with a gold edge, a pure gold medal hanging around his neck, a gorgeous top with shoulder pads, a pair of white tights on the bottom, and a bulging crotch.  Tuo Portuguese nobles.

    The military and political commander of Macau, Major General Domingo, is probably in his fifties. He is short in stature, has gray hair, has a hooked nose and a square chin, and looks very determined.  When he saw the three of them, he took off his hat, bowed and saluted in a neither humble nor condescending manner, and chirped a lot in the language of birds.

    The magistrate of Xiangshan County was afraid that Old Minister Zhao would be angry, so he hurriedly explained: "The red-haired ghost can't bend its legs or kneel down, so let's not embarrass them."

    Lin Hongzhong, who served as the interpreter, naturally followed the magistrate's wishes and said that Domingo also apologized. They had a problem with their knee structure and couldn't get up after falling to the ground. They really couldn't kneel down.

    "That's quite pitiful." Zhao Liben smiled and said indifferently: "Hurry up and change the contract."

    The two parties don¡¯t understand each other and have nothing to talk about. It¡¯s better to finish the business quickly and go to the Macau casino to have fun with the sexy dealer.

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