Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

What an honor!

But the Portuguese here in Macau just don’t like it... In order to stay in Macau as a businessman, they tried every means.First, Yao Qisheng, the magistrate of Xiangshan County who directly contacted Macau through the Qing Dynasty, bribed him. As a result, Yao Qisheng was dismissed and investigated, and returned to Zhejiang to eat old rice.

Later, the Portuguese people in Macau fell in love with Shang Kexi, who was not afraid of investigating corruption, and let Shang Kexi make money again and again through "monopoly free trade", and finally managed to stay in Macau.

As for the armed resistance against the Qing Dynasty... This is the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, not during the Daoguang and Xianfeng years, but no foreigner dared to look down on the Qing Dynasty.

The foreigners have also evaluated the fighting power of the Qing Dynasty. Although they have not fought against the Qing Dynasty, they can use Zheng Chenggong as a ruler to measure the strength of the Qing soldiers.

At that time, Zheng Chenggong, relying on more than 1 troops, crossed the sea to attack Taiwan, and also took down the Dutch bastion Rejalan City. Frame, but also a complete victory!

At that time, the Dutch successively invested no less than two thousand troops in Taiwan!

The 1 Dutch East India Company mercenaries actually lost to Zheng Chenggong's more than [-] people when they had a bastion to rely on... Although Zheng Chenggong relied on a long-term siege to win the city of Rejaran.But this does not discount Zheng Ming's victory, because at that time the battle for bastions in the West mainly relied on siege.

Moreover, during the 30 Years War and the 80 Years War in Europe, the Dutch navy and army also had a top presence in Europe!The ability of the Dutch to build and defend bastions is absolutely number one in the world.

In East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean and other places, the navy and mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company are also top-notch!Although he was defeated in Macau and once in Manila, he returned without success.

But lose the entire colony as in Taiwan, only this time!

Therefore, after Zheng Chenggong regained Taiwan, the Western colonists wandering around in East and Southeast Asia all regarded Zheng Ming's military strength very highly.

And the Qing army, which repeatedly defeated Zheng Ming's army in land battles, was of course stronger in the eyes of these western colonists!

Even the Dutch East India Company, which existed in East Asia and Southeast Asia, was robbed of the entire colony by Zheng Chenggong.The Macanese Portuguese, who had been at the bottom of the colonists for a long time, dared to provoke the heavenly soldiers of the Qing Dynasty who could easily defeat Zheng Chenggong on land?

Therefore, in the face of the "forced eviction" from the Qing Dynasty, the Portuguese people in Macau have always responded by begging and offering bribes... But now, they have finally begged, and the backers who piled up the money are glad to move to Yunnan up.And the Wu Sangui who came to Guangdong instead of Shang Kexi was the strongest and most brutal among the three vassal kings of the Qing Dynasty!

These days, the Portuguese Governor of Macau, whose Chinese name is Luo Dongni, has secretly contacted Liu Xuanchu, the manager of Guangdong Liangtai of Pingxi Palace representing Wu Sangui.The other party's asking price is twice as much as Shang Kexi's!

The reason is also very good, Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses are more than twice as many as Shang Kexi's, so he must pay more!

But the problem is... there is not that much money!

What can I do?Rotoni was about to cry!

Are you really going to Beijing to be a servant of the Grape Army with the Yellow Banner?Will he be the slave Rotoni in the future?

What?Instead of being a slave, go back to your hometown of Portugal?

That doesn't work either!The current Portugal is no longer the glorious time it was in the past... In 1580, the Kingdom of Portugal was forced to form a Commonwealth of Monarchs by the Spanish next door because of the extinction of the heir and the disastrous expedition to Morocco. The "nervous Spain" hollowed out the family fortune.

In 1637, the Portuguese aristocrats finally couldn't bear it and started a revolution to restore the royal government. As a result, this revolution lasted for 30 years. It was not until 1668 that the revolution signed the "Lisbon Treaty" with Spain, officially declaring Portugal's independence.

But Spain's more than 50 years of hollowing out rule and the subsequent 30 years of revolutionary war made a rich Portugal poor.

Moreover, during the War of Independence, in order to obtain the support of the United Kingdom, Portugal also sold a large amount of benefits... so that the United Kingdom, which has a large merchant fleet, was able to take a free ride with Portugal to grab a large amount of profits, which on the contrary squeezed out the interests of Portuguese merchants.

Therefore, the life of Portugal after the restoration of the country is getting poorer and poorer, and the local industry and commerce are not good. Only the two overseas territories of Goa and Macau are still a little oily.

And in order to get the position of Governor of Macau, Luo Dongni went bankrupt and borrowed usury to bribe... I thought about working hard for a few years, earning a little more money, paying back the debt, getting back the money, and saving more a lot.

But he didn't expect that even the colony would be difficult to keep... If he really lost the Macau colony, he wouldn't dare to go back empty-handed.

If he really goes back, even if the creditors don't tear him apart, the ruthless Regent Pedro who exiled his brother and married his sister-in-law will not spare him!

Thinking of this, the elderly Portuguese aristocrat almost burst into tears!

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

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

"Your Excellency, the Great Eastern of the British East India Company has caught fire on the pier in Haojiang Inner Harbor, and thick smoke is rising. The fire seems to have spread to the shore..."

"What?" Upon hearing the news, Luo Dongni immediately stood up from behind the desk, strode to the door of the office, and opened the door.A young and handsome white Portuguese face appeared in front of his eyes.

"Figo, what did you say?" Rotoni looked at his most trusted adjutant and asked.

"Your Excellency, the Great Eastern is burning at the Haojiang Inner Harbor Wharf, and scary thick smoke is emitting from it. The fire is so intense that it even spread to the Inner Harbor Wharf!"

"Damn it..." Rotoni was in a hurry. The vicinity of the Inner Harbor Wharf is the essence of the Macau colony. There are a lot of warehouses, markets and shops, and the Inner Harbor Wharf is very busy. It is impossible that there is only one boat from the Great Eastern. , the loss is astonishing.

Thinking of this, Rotoni didn't bother to go to church to worship God, and rushed out of the office, and then trotted up the city wall of the Bastion of the Fortress of Macau... On the city wall, he realized that the situation was really true. Not good, thick smoke billows in the inner harbor wharf!

More than one Great Eastern ship was burning, and there were seven or eight merchant ships that were close to the Great Eastern ship that also emitted scary thick smoke.

In addition, the smoke on the shore of the Inner Harbor Wharf is also very heavy, and it seems to be spreading continuously, as if it is about to burn to the British East India Company's business hall!

Shocked by the scene of the fire in front of him, Governor Rotoni shouted, "Hurry up, ring the alarm bell, and summon people to fight the fire!"

Chapter 118 The colonists listen, you are surrounded!

Seeing that the ships, wharves, and business houses of their friends in England were about to be engulfed by the fire, the Portuguese in Macau could not just sit idly by.

Under the order of Governor Rotoni, his adjutant De Figo summoned more than 30 musketeers and nearly [-] black slaves in the shortest possible time. They lined up with brooms and axes for cutting flammable wood, and swaggered towards the smoky pier without any vigilance at all.

The Portuguese musketeers and black slaves led by De Figo are a special form of military organization in Portuguese overseas colonies-the "Portuguese musketeers" are somewhat similar to noble knights, and the black slaves are their slaves.A musketeer usually has about ten slaves, who are the musketeer's personal slaves and his assistants or subordinates on the battlefield.

Typically, the "Portuguese musketeers" wore armor and fought with Spanish muskets or artillery mounted in fortresses.The slave soldiers served as his assistants and guards, some of them would protect the musketeers with swords or spears, and some of them would help the musketeers load ammunition.One master and ten slaves work closely together on the battlefield to form a team, and sometimes they are quite able to display their combat effectiveness.

In the Battle of Macau in 1622, the Portuguese musketeers relied on this wonderful military organization to defeat the invading army of the Dutch East India Company and keep the Macau colony.

However, in most cases, the Portuguese's style of musketeers and slave soldiers is not at all an opponent of the Dutch.Therefore, almost all the Portuguese colonies in Southeast Asia and India were robbed by the Dutch, leaving only a few data points such as Goa to survive.

In addition, Portuguese colonists had the habit of keeping slaves, not only black slaves but also slaves of other skin colors, including female slaves!

Therefore, every Portuguese colonist who lived in the eastern colonies for a long time usually lived a decadent life of three wives and four concubines, and would leave a lot of illegitimate children that were not recognized by Christian law... In general, the people of this era The Portuguese colonists were some very decadent fellows.More decadent than all other European colonists, including their Spanish neighbors!

Sometimes they are even more decadent than the indigenous feudal rulers next door, without any appearance of advanced civilization at all.

It is also for this reason that Portugal's world empire was also the first to lie flat.During the years when Portugal's mother country was occupied by Spanish neighbors, many Portuguese colonies even broke away from imperial control, seeking independence or relying on powerful indigenous feudal monarchs.

And in India, Southeast Asia and other places, every powerful feudal monarch will have some Portuguese ministers... and these feudal monarchs will also obtain advanced Western military technology through these Portuguese to strengthen their own strength.

If it weren't for the fact that the European neighbors of the Portuguese were so powerful in history, their colonial empire would have been completely weakened in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and most of the colonies would have been annexed by powerful local feudal lords.

And De Figo, who had just been sent to Macau from his home country of Portugal, of course liked the life of this decadent and depraved colonial master from the bottom of his heart, so when he heard that he was going to Beijing to be a servant of Emperor Kangxi, he was extremely disgusted... ...But he is not very in favor of staying in Macau through begging and bribery. What he thinks is to join hands with the Dutch, Spaniards, and British in the East to control the Qing Dynasty and protect the Portuguese colonists. Interests.

So at this moment, he was very anxious when he saw that his British friend was about to be burned to death!

Ten cargo ships!

It must be full of silk, porcelain, white sugar produced in China, and that Chaozhou rum... It's worth a lot!

If the fire burns out, the British East India Company might go bankrupt.

Without the support of the British East India Company, it would not be easy for the Portuguese to unite with the Netherlands and Spain to clear the Qing Dynasty... Even if they can get the support of the Netherlands and Spain, it is difficult for Macau to not be caught by the two sides afterwards. One addition makes five to divide up!

Thinking of this, De Figo became a little impatient, and kept urging the musketeers and slave soldiers under him to move forward quickly.

We must rush to the scene of the fire before the fire burns the British bankrupt!

Under Figo's urging, more than 330 Portuguese and black slave soldiers ran for four or five miles in one breath, and finally arrived at the smoky fire scene.

There was a lot of smoke in the fire scene, but the temperature was not high, and no flames were seen anywhere. What's even more strange was that it didn't look chaotic at all, and no British people were busy fighting the fire... What's going on?Where did everyone go?

Although De Figo was at a loss, he didn't expect that he had broken into a deadly trap, so he led people to rush into the smoke, asking in "old English" while rushing: "Where is the fire? Is anyone injured?"

As soon as his voice fell, someone responded over there.

"Hi Erpa, Hi Erpa..."

It was a woman calling for help, her voice was very pleasant, sweet and greasy, she should be a beautiful woman, but the English pronunciation was a bit inaccurate.

But De Figo is not a gentleman who teaches English, and he doesn't care if someone's English is good or not, as long as he looks good... So he immediately led the people and followed the woman's cry for help.

After walking through the fog for a while, he suddenly felt that the smoke was much thinner, and he could see a group of pikemen and musketeers standing in front of him!

These pikemen and musketeers seemed to be unfriendly. The pikemen had been leveled forward, there was no matchlock on the muskets, and the formation of the musketeers was also very dense. They should be fusiliers.

How is this going?Where is the woman?

While De Figo was still looking for the beautiful woman calling for help, an elderly Portuguese soldier beside him suddenly exclaimed.

"Qing soldiers...they are Qing soldiers!"

Qing soldiers?

De Figo became anxious when he heard this—it was Wu Sangui who sent them to arrest him and go to Beijing to become a Portuguese bannerman!

"Behind, there are also Qing soldiers behind!"

At this time, someone shouted again. De Figo looked back and saw that the "Qing soldiers" of the brigade wearing gray-blue Chinese cloth face armor and "gun helmets" holding long guns, knives and muskets had already circled around. He's behind!

"The shop, there are musketeers in the shop!"

Then someone yelled again.

De Figo looked back.Sure enough, the windows on the second floor of the East India Company building next door were all pushed open, and heavy muskets protruded from the inside, and the black muzzles of the guns were directed at their side!

This is surrounded?

De Figo's heart is about to break... Although he is not a military expert, at this point, even a fool knows that he has fallen into the trap of the "Qing soldiers"!

It seems that this Eight Banners Grape Army Bannerman is a must!I don't know if I can still believe in God after becoming a bannerman?

When he was thinking about going to Beijing for the rest of his life to be a servant of Emperor Kangxi, something even more terrifying happened.

Someone persuaded them to surrender in Portuguese.

"Listen, you treacherous Portuguese who are still in arrears with the rent on Macau Island, you have been surrounded by my troops in brocade clothes of the Ming Dynasty... Put down your weapons and surrender immediately, or you will be shot!"

Chapter 119 Don't shoot, we surrender!

Ming dynasty?owe rent?what happened?

De Figo had just arrived in Macau, and he still couldn't tell the difference between the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty!So I turned around and asked an old Portuguese beside me, "Da Ming? Isn't it the Qing Dynasty? Are they a family?"

"That, that's impossible!" The old Portuguese looked surprised, "Da Ming has perished! It has already perished! Why are you still asking for rent?"

"Destroyed? Then... where did they come from?"

No one can answer De Figo's question.

Although some people know that there is still a little remnant of the dying Ming Dynasty, but no one can figure out how those dying troops of the Ming Dynasty came to Macau?It seems that the Portuguese in Macau did not offend them. Not only did they not offend them, but Macau also provided a lot of help when the Ming Dynasty resisted the Qing Dynasty.

Why are you turning your back on people now?

"Put down your weapons and surrender immediately, or you will be shot to death!" The Da Ming soldiers over there yelled again, "I will count to ten, and if I don't surrender, I will open fire! One, two, three..."

"Don't, don't, don't..." De Figo didn't dare to fight against the soldiers of tomorrow. Most of his men didn't have weapons, only wooden basins, barrels and brooms, and a few of them also had pistols and sabers, but it was impossible. Fight these heavily armed enemies!

However, he was not willing to surrender to Ming... he could still be a Portuguese bannerman if he surrendered to Ming, so what would he do if he surrendered to Ming?Did the Ming Dynasty have bannermen?It seems not?

"Who is your leader?" De Figo said, "I want to negotiate!"

"Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine..."

The only answer to him was a cold counting sound!

Negotiations are impossible to negotiate!

Zhu Heqi's order was to let the Portuguese surrender, or die!

And when the number reached "nine", De Figo finally couldn't hold back, he has a gun!All he has is a broom...

"Don't, don't, don't... we surrender, we surrender!" He said loudly, "Quickly, quickly throw away the weapons, wooden basins, barrels, and brooms, and raise your hands again!"

He can't do without surrender!

You can't fight the enemy's muskets, spears, and swords with brooms and tubs, can you?This is no different from sending to death!

With the sound of "disarming", more than 300 Portuguese colonists and their black slave fighters all raised their hands high and became captives.

The battle to attack Macau was the first victory!

Although it's a bit incompetent to win, but if you win, you win!

At this time, the smoke bombs that had been lit earlier had been burned out, and the smoke on the pier was almost gone.Zhu Heqi, who had already disembarked and was standing with Smith, Charlie Gough, Jones, Da Boling, and Ji Dabao to watch the battle, naturally also saw the large group of Portuguese colonists who surrendered.

He was in a good mood, and he grinned and said: "Haha, so many people have been caught... It seems that there are not many defenders in the Macau Grand Castle, right?"

"Master, you are too optimistic!" Ji Dabao said coldly at this time.

"Optimistic?" Zhu Heqi looked at the expressionless Ji Dabao with a smile, as if waiting for his explanation.

"Look carefully, most of the people caught are black!"

"Black people?" Zhu Heqian took a closer look and saw that there were quite a few black people. "It doesn't matter. Black people's lives matter."

Black Lives Matter?Ji Dabao didn't understand what Zhu Hexi was talking about for a while, but he still said in a cold tone: "My lord, the Portuguese military system is one white musketeer with about ten black slaves... and the Macau castle is resident There were about 150 white musketeers! So now only a small number are captured!"

That's it!