Macau Governor Antonio Barcelona and Romario are in a bad mood during this period!

Because he was worried that he would become the last governor of Macau... This was not because he had any ability to predict the uncertainty, nor because the news of Zhu Hezang's plot to seize Macau was leaked, but because the news of "Shang Wu's replacement of the vassal" spread to Macau.

The Qing court moved the coastal borders in Guangdong, which originally included Macau. According to the instructions of Emperor Kangxi and Oboi, the Portuguese in Macau had to move to the mainland.

Of course, the Qing Dynasty would not allow the Portuguese Macau to move to the mainland to be farmers.

When Oboi was still alive, Li Qifeng, the then governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, went to discuss the issue of internal migration with the Portuguese authorities in Macau. He also offered generous conditions - after the internal migration, he would raise the flag together! He directly added the Yellow Banner and organized three Portuguese leaders.

All Portuguese Macau, including the yellow and white mixed-race Portuguese, went to Beijing to be bannermen, and Portuguese of other colors were all flag slaves with yellow flags.

From now on, the Portuguese people in Macau will be slaves to the Qing emperor!

What a glorious thing!

But the Portuguese people in Macau were not happy... In order to stay in Macau as a businessman, they tried every possible way. First, they bribed Yao Qisheng, the magistrate of Xiangshan County who was directly in contact with Macau through the Qing Dynasty, and Yao Qisheng was dismissed from office and investigated and returned to Zhejiang to eat old rice.

Later, the Portuguese Macau curled up with Shang Kexi, who was not afraid of investigating corruption, and let Shang Kexi make another profit through "monopolized free trade", and finally barely stayed in Macau.

As for armed resistance to the Qing Dynasty... Now it is the early Qing Dynasty, not Daoguang. During the Xianfeng period, no foreigners dared to look down on the Qing Dynasty.

The foreigners also evaluated the combat effectiveness of the Qing Dynasty. Although they had never fought with the Qing Dynasty, they could use Zheng Chenggong as a ruler to measure the strength of the Qing soldiers.

Zheng Chenggong used more than 10,000 troops to attack Taiwan and captured the Dutch's bastion, Rezalan City. During the siege, he also used rattan soldiers to fight with the musketeers and spearmen sent by the Dutch, and won a great victory!

At that time, the Dutch had invested no less than 2,000 troops in Taiwan!

The mercenaries who rely on two thousand Dutch East India Company actually lost to Zheng Chenggong's more than 10,000 people with a bastion that could be relied on... Although Zheng Chenggong took the city of Rezhalan with a long siege, this did not compromise Zheng Ming's victory, because the battle for the bastion in the West was mainly based on the siege of the city.

Moreover, during the Thirty Years' War in Europe and the Eighty Years' War, the Dutch navy and army were also the most powerful in Europe! The Dutch's ability to build and defend bastions was absolutely the best in the world.

In East Asia, Southeast Asia, Indian Ocean and other places, the navy and mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company are also the best! Although they suffered a defeat in Macau and fought once in Manila, they returned in vain.

But this is the only time to lose the entire colony like in Taiwan!

Therefore, after Zheng Chenggong recovered Taiwan, the Western colonists wandering in East and Southeast Asia all valued Zheng Ming's military strength very high.

The Qing army, which repeatedly defeated Zheng Ming's army in the land war, was of course even stronger in the eyes of these Western colonists!

Even the Dutch East India Company, which exists in East Asia and Southeast Asia, was snatched away by Zheng Chenggong. It was the Portuguese Macau who was at the bottom of the colonists. How could he dare to provoke Zheng Chenggong's Qing soldiers easily defeat him on land?

Therefore, in the face of the "forced move" of the Qing Dynasty, the Portuguese Macau have always been begging and bribery... But now, Shang Kexi, who finally asked for money, was actually moving to Yunnan. Wu Sangui, who replaced Shang Kexi, came to Guangdong, was the strongest and most brutal among the three vassal kings of the Qing Dynasty!

These days, the Portuguese governor of Macau, named Luo Dongni, has secretly contacted Liu Xuanchu, the Guangdong Grain Station manager of the Pingxi Prince's Mansion representing Wu Sangui. The other party's asking price was twice as high as Shang Kexi!

The reason is also very good. Wu Sangui's troops are more than twice as many as Shang Kexi, so he has to pay more!

But the problem is...it's not that much money!

What should I do? Rotoni was almost crying!

Are you really going to Beijing to be a slave to the Yellow Banner Grape Army? From now on, he will be a slave Luo Dongni?

What? If you don’t become a slave, go back to your hometown in Portugal?

That's not OK! Portugal is no longer the glorious time of that year... In 1580, the Portuguese Kingdom was forced to form the Union of the Communist Party by Spain next door because of its exiled successors and its expedition to Morocco. Later, the "nervous Spain" who believed in God was a little bit ill-fated, and its wealth was emptied.

By 1637, the Portuguese nobles finally couldn't bear it and started the Retro Revolution of the Royal Government. As a result, the fate of this life was thirty years. It was not until 1668 that the Treaty of Lisbon was picked with Spain, officially declaring Portugal independence.

But Spain's more than fifty years of hollowing out its rule and the subsequent thirty years of revolutionary war have made a wealthy Portugal poor.

Moreover, in order to gain British support during the War of Independence, Portugal also sold a large amount of profits... allowing Britain, which had a huge merchant fleet, to seize a large amount of profits with Portugal's free bikes, and instead excluded the interests of Portugal's native merchants.

So when Portugal was restored, his life became poorer and poorer. Local industry and commerce were not good, and only the two overseas territories, Goa and Macau, were a little bit rich.

In order to get the position of governor of Macau, Rothony lost all his money and borrowed usury to bribe... He originally thought that he would work hard for a few years, make more money, pay back the debt, and save a lot of money.

But unexpectedly, even the colony is difficult to protect now... If the Macau colony is really lost, he would not dare to go back empty-handedly.

If you really go back, even if the creditors don’t tear him apart, the ruthless man who exiled his brother and married his sister-in-law, will not be able to spare him!

Thinking of this, the elderly Portuguese nobleman was almost crying!

But crying doesn’t solve the problem. After thinking about it, he still felt that he should take some practical actions to save himself... and pray to God!

Just as he was about to worship God at St. Paul's Cathedral in the Macau Fortress, his lieutenant De Figo's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Governor General, the Great Oriental of the British East India Company was burning on the dock of the inner port of Haojiang, and thick smoke was raised. The fire seemed to spread to the shore..."

"What?" When Rotoni heard the news, he stood up from behind the desk, strode to the office door, and opened the door. A young and handsome Portuguese white face appeared in front of him.

"Figo, what did you say?" Rotoni asked, looking at his trusted adjutant.

"Governor General, the Great Oriental is burning at the Inner Harbor Pier at Haojiang, and scary smoke is coming out. The fire is extremely fierce and even spread to the Inner Harbor Pier!"

"Damn..." Rothony was anxious. The essence of the Macau colony near the Inner Harbor Pier was the best of the Macao colony, with a large number of warehouses, markets and shopping malls. In addition, the Inner Harbor Pier was very busy. It was impossible that there was only one ship in the Great East. If the fire spreads, the losses would be amazing.

Thinking of this, Rotoni didn't care about going to the church to worship God, so he rushed out of the office, and then trotted onto the wall of the Macau Fortress... After getting on the wall, he realized that the situation was really not good. The smoke was rolling in the inner port pier!

More than one Dadongfang was burning, and there were also seven or eight merchant ships close to the Dadongfang, which also emitted scary smoke.

In addition, the smoke on the shore of the Inner Harbor Terminal is also very heavy, and it seems to be spreading, as if it is about to burn to the British East India Company's store!
Chapter completed!