Things developed much faster and more seriously than Jose imagined.
While he was still considering Father John's suggestion, the Ming people were not sitting around waiting for his answer.
Since the war with the Dutch East India Company for Hao Jing Ao ended a few years ago, the Portuguese-Spanish Kingdom has regarded Hao Jing Ao as their colony, even though that battle was considered a great victory by the Portuguese.
, the total number of casualties of the Dutch East India Company was only more than 200, but there is no doubt that the Portuguese believed that the ownership of Haojing Ao had been determined.
As for the Ming Empire, in view of the military cooperation with the Ming Empire in recent years, that is, the provision of cannons and instructors to the Ming Empire, the Portuguese and Western Kingdom believes that when the Ming Empire still has no time to take care of itself when facing the barbarians in the north, they should
I won't completely break up with them just for the sake of this small piece of land in this far south.
At least, they probably don't have the energy and are unwilling to take the risk of losing the source of the cannon.
Even the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain has appointed a new governor of Hao Jing'ao, although this governor has been staying in the colony of Malacca and has not yet come to take office.
Well, now Haojingao is actually controlled by the Victor Chamber of Commerce. They maintain this Portuguese-Spanish Kingdom's colony in the Far East under a semi-official name. As a director of Victor, he has
With his qualifications and connections, he could covet the position of Governor of Hao Jing'ao.
Everything is developing as planned by Jose, until now, the Ming general Jiang Wan, who logically should not appear here and is so unreasonable, appears.
Haojing'ao is not big. It is truly an urban area, which is an area as big as a palm. Several streets divide the urban area into several large areas, commercial areas, residential areas, and entertainment and leisure areas. There are patrol teams of more than a hundred people.
and a convoy of nearly two hundred people, which is the entire armed force on this land. There are some forts on the dock. Under normal circumstances, there is at least one armed merchant ship near the dock that can be used at any time, so the combined strength
, which is the guarantee of the safety of the entire Haojingao.
The Dutch East India Company's attack that year suffered heavy losses at sea, and then finally landed ashore. As a result, it was completely repelled by Hao Jing'ao, who was almost fully armed in the city. However, such a defense was not enough for the people who had already arrived.
The Ming army that entered the city is basically useless now.
In view of the identity of the other party, the residents who were originally willing to fight the Dutch and their thugs with the encouragement of money were not willing to become enemies of this army. For these residents of Haojing'ao, no matter what they had done before,
What is their identity? But right now Hao Jing'ao is their only place to stay.
And Hao Jing'ao belongs to the Ming Empire, and going against the Ming Empire's army means that he is going against himself, and can be expelled at any time, and become a pirate or a wanderer without any foundation.
Therefore, when these soldiers of the Ming Empire appeared on the streets at dawn the next day, guarding traffic and prohibiting people from moving around, most residents did not resist the orders of these soldiers.
When Jose learned about this situation, except for the area where the Victor Chamber of Commerce was located and some residential areas, most of the place had already fallen into the hands of these Ming people.
And all of this was accomplished in a bloodless process.
Jose has decided to give in. He is waiting for Jiang Wan to come home. At that time, he will have a good talk with him about the sweet potato being stolen by Catherine and her colleagues from the Ming Dynasty. He does not know that Catherine has become a
He became Jiang Wan's wife, and Jiang Wan was actually his niece-in-law.
However, even if he knew, he would not talk about this matter. In the minds of Portuguese people, interests always outweigh everything. Even if it is his own son-in-law, he will definitely do it clearly.
What’s more, he’s a niece and son-in-law!
With this condition, when negotiating a small agreement with the other party, it may make the other party less confident. When the time comes, if the other party is given a symbolic gift of short muskets to end the agreement, then this matter will probably
This should be the end of it!
It's a pity that from noon to afternoon, from afternoon to evening, Jiang Wan's people never showed up. But when Jose wanted to send someone out, he suddenly discovered that unless he made up his mind now, he and the other party
A complete fight, otherwise, he and his people would have been trapped in this small area of the residential area.
The other party has completely surrounded the members of the Victor Chamber of Commerce, and has banned all contact between him and the docks and even the Ming government.
Jose felt something was wrong. If he didn't know Jiang Wan's background, if he didn't know that Jiang Wan was from the capital, and there was indeed a little discord between him and Jiang Wan, he would have doubted this.
This was the Ming Empire's disguised reconquest of Hao Jing'ao.
Father John, as the person with the best words and the most profound knowledge in Da Ming around him, and whose identity is not yet a member of the Victor Chamber of Commerce, was invited out again. As a messenger to communicate with the other party, the current situation is that he has no idea about Jiang.
What do you want to do tonight?
After struggling with the Ming soldiers for a long time, Father John was finally taken to the big house that he had never been to. From the bell tower of the church, he could even see the house directly, but he never
I never thought that one day, the less than one mile road from the church to this house would become so long.
"Your Excellency Jiang Wan is not here, but the person in front of you is Your Excellency Jiang Yanran!"
The girl who had been following Jiang Wan appeared in front of Father John carelessly: "If you have anything to say, just tell me!"
"Where has General Jiang Wan gone?" John was a little stunned. How could General Jiang Wan not be here at this time? Hundreds of people were fully armed and facing each other. There could be bloody conflicts at any time. How could he just let go?
To leave such an important matter to such a little girl!
"You don't need to know this!" the little girl said domineeringly: "Are you here to tell us, has the Victor Chamber of Commerce agreed to compensate?"
"Whether compensation is required, how much compensation, and whether there is a solution to the misunderstanding between the two parties, these will only be known after discussion!" Father John said helplessly: "With my suggestion, Your Excellency Jose,
It shows enough sincerity to resolve the misunderstanding, even if there has been bloodshed, the Victor Chamber of Commerce has always maintained restraint!"
"Well, you mean, this is our fault?"
"No, no, no, I mean, General Jiang Wan should also show some sincerity to resolve the misunderstanding. If there is anything, everyone can sit down and talk about it, instead of putting on a show in this small Haojingao at any time.
It's not good for everyone to fight like this, don't you think so?"
Jiang Yanran nodded: "You are right, let's talk about it. How much money do they plan to pay? Let's give them a number first..."