"The general doesn't know anything.
There is a Macau merchant ship in Malacca, where he inquired about everything clearly.
The ship returned to Macau first, and the captain immediately reported it to me and the council," Seeing that Zhao Lie didn't seem to believe it, Alonzo was a little anxious.
Why did he come here in such a hurry?
Alonzo actually came here with careful thoughts.
The Portuguese in Macau had a monopoly on the Ming Dynasty's external maritime trade, and of course they did not want anyone to come and compete for it.
What's more, a union like the English's would bring a pack of hungry wolves instead of one, which would be fatal.
As for why the Portuguese in Goa and Ceylon cooperated with the English, it was because the Portuguese had begun to take care of themselves because their country was controlled by the Spanish.
The Macau people's control of the prosperous Ming Dynasty trade routes had long made them jealous. .
Alonzo knew that Zhao Lie's strength was not what it used to be, and Zhao Lie was extremely protective of Ming Dynasty's interests.
Furthermore, Zhao Lie was also the son-in-law of Macau, so he came to Tong Bing for help.
"This is related to the interests of all Macau people.
People on this ship dare not lie."
Really, if Ming Dynasty was opened by these pirates and forced to trade with these forces by sea, what would happen to the people of Macau?
The Macau people are the weakest here.
Once other Westerners take control of the waterway, Macau will immediately be squeezed out of the trade route.
This is the reason why Alonzo came.
The situation in Macau is extremely bad now.
Zhao Lie was speechless and sat there thinking silently.
No one else disturbed him at this time.
Now Alonzo and Francisco also took advantage of Zhao Lie's prestige and status and did not dare to disturb the young commander easily.
Zhao Lie thought about it carefully.
This matter must not have happened in history.
If it did, it would be a big event and there would definitely be records.
There would be no need for the Qing Dynasty to cover up this matter for the Ming Dynasty.
This is not an internal matter, it is for Mandi.
Covering up and discrediting the Ming Dynasty, this was done by the Manchus in later generations.
With the cooperation of shameless scholars, they did this very smoothly, and there was no need to cover up this fleet's invasion of the Qing Dynasty.
So why did they form an alliance?
Is it related to the rise of the Polu Army?
Nowadays, the navy of the Polu Army is famous in the Far East.
It would be extremely difficult for these forces to face the Polu army and navy alone.
The Spaniards and the Dutch know this best, and this will actually promote their alliance.
Well, it's very possible, then they came to Ming Dynasty from as far away as Jakarta and Manila.
Macau people don't welcome them, so where can they go, Xiaoliuqiu, a place the Dutch call Formosa.
Here, these sea-going ships that have traveled long distances can be repaired, and the personnel can go ashore to rest, and then use the Ming Dynasty or Polu army navy.
Zhao Lie thought about it carefully.
Under normal circumstances, the navy of the Polu Army was not afraid of these miscellaneous people, but if it happened to be a time when the slaves invaded.
When the Polu Army Navy carries a large number of troops to Shidao, the arrival of these bastards will be a big trouble.
Otherwise, it will delay the actions of the Polu Army Navy, causing the reinforcements from Beihua Jeju to not reach Shidao smoothly.
Then he realized that everything he had done over the years might be in vain.
This is something Zhao Lie can never bear.
It seems like this is a big trouble.
Zhao Lie is not a quick-witted person.
Everything he does is planned according to the original historical traces.
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But now that history has deviated from its trajectory, Zhao Lie has lost the magic weapon he relied on most.
Therefore, at this time, Zhao Lie hated things that he could not control the most.
"Okay.
If the Polu army sends troops to destroy the foundation of the Dutch in Xiaoliuqiu, how will Macau repay me?"
Zhao Lie looked at Alonzo with a smile.
The interests must be discussed carefully.
How could the Polu Army's water infantry be sent out once without a departure fee?
You must know that Zhao Lie is famous for his emphasis on money.
Alonzo immediately became excited.
It seemed that Zhao Lie still had ideas about sending troops.
It would be great if he had ideas.
"The Macao Parliament offered one hundred thousand taels of silver and sent five warships to join the battle.
Look, General..."
Alonzo looked at Zhao Lie hopefully.
"Sir Speaker, you are very unrealistic," Zhao Lie smiled and shook his head.
"Our army dispatched dozens of warships and infantry to attack Formosa, mainly to preserve Macau's maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Such a prosperous trade route is only worth one hundred thousand taels of silver, tsk tsk."
Zhao Lie looked very dissatisfied.
Alonzo blushed.
It seemed that one hundred thousand taels was too little.
He knew very well that Ming Dynasty's sea trade brought in and out of one million taels of silver a year, and Macau made 40% of the profit from it.
But if the money is too much, the people of Macau may not be able to agree and will be extremely dissatisfied with him.
This is human nature.
If the income is divided among others, many people will definitely scold him.
"Two hundred thousand taels, I, the speaker, can take charge of these things."
Alonzo was sweating on his forehead, and he looked at Zhao Lie intently.
"Two hundred thousand taels, plus a hundred Andalusian war horses."
Zhao Lie looked at Alonzo.
Alonzo gritted his teeth and said, "Deal."
Peat cost more than 20,000 taels of silver, but it was still worth it.
"Speaker, don't feel bad, haha, you Macau people have kept your trade routes, and a mere two hundred thousand taels of silver is just a fraction."
Zhao Lie smiled slightly and stabbed Scrooge Alonzo.
Alonzo also understood that this price was nothing compared to defending Macau's sea trade.
It can even be said that it is extremely cost-effective, and he should be laughing.
But he really couldn't laugh, because the people of Macau have now become the flesh of other forces, and everyone wants to take a bite.
Macau has lost the initiative and can only rely on the strong to survive.
Even if this strong man is the son-in-law of Macau, he is the son-in-law after all.
Not a son, right?
Both of them smiled and shook hands, and they reached an agreement.
Seeing that the two reached an agreement, several other people also smiled, and the atmosphere in the room became lively.
"Sir Speaker, I was going to ask you, Macau, to collect European books on our behalf.
So far, there are only a very small number of them.
Is it because the people of Macau are too careless?"
Zhao Lie also gave Alonzo a beating at this time.
It was a rare opportunity.
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"Don't worry, General, this time the merchant ship brought more than a thousand books and fifty Andalusian war horses."
Alonzo felt proud.
Fortunately, I was prepared.
As expected, Zhao Lie asked about this matter.
Oh, Zhao Lie said with a smile, "Sir, aren't you using those Catholic books to fool me?"
"How dare you, how dare you?
These are the calendars, instruments, music and other books required by the general, as well as some physical instruments and instruments.
Your Excellency has always been interested in them."
Alonzo was extremely confident in these books and objects.
I think Zhao Lie would be very satisfied.
Zhao Lie felt very good.
This was something that made him happier than the two hundred thousand taels of silver.
"Unload these books, I will take a good look at what books and objects they are."
The dinner was held in Zhao's mansion.
All members of the Zhao family were present, even a few little ones were not left behind, which was also a sign of intimacy with the people coming from Macau.
When Alonzo saw Alessandra, he hurriedly kissed her hands respectfully.
The faces of Zhao Haiming and Zhao Meng were twitching, and they couldn't remain calm.
This was a bit unusual in Ming Dynasty.
Ahem.
Alonzo was also extremely respectful to Zhao Haiming and his wife, and even complimented Zhao Lie through an interpreter.
There is no problem in praising their children to make parents look good.
This, of course, greatly benefited Zhao Haiming and his wife, especially when Alonzo compared Zhao Lie to a king, which surprised and delighted Zhao Haiming and his wife.
However, according to Alonzo's explanation that his motherland was not as vast as Beihua and was also a kingdom, it seemed that It's not unacceptable anymore.
Of course, Francisco and his sister, nephew, and niece had an even greater joy and sorrow.
Of course he was happy to see his sister living a good life.
Zhao Cunren and Zhao Yan were full of curiosity about this uncle because they saw another blond man with blue eyes.
This is the only one besides mother, and he is also an uncle.
He has always heard his mother talk about this person, but has never seen him.
Several people were experiencing the process from strangers to familiarity.
Of course, Francisco was furious when he discovered Li Lin's existence.
If it weren't for Alessandra's obstruction, he would have challenged Zhao Lie for a duel again.
Of course, he had never given Zhao Lie a good look since the beginning of the day.
Even if Zhao Lie saw his bad face, he had to be careful with him.
There was nothing he could do.
Who makes him feel guilty?
The next day, Zhao Lie saw the European books brought by Alonzo in the government warehouse.
Accompanied by an interpreter, he roughly understood the classification of these books.
Most of these books were published in the Netherlands, and some were published in Paris.
At this time, book printing was extremely widespread in these two places in Europe.
The books here cover paper making, engraving and printing, armor making, iron smelting, textiles, astronomy and history, etc.
In fact, the iron smelting and textile technology here is not superior to that of the Ming Dynasty, but they can provide another idea and broaden the horizons of the Ming Dynasty.
The premise is that the government does not suppress it, or even supports it.
The production of iron armor and fire guns is already much ahead of the Ming Dynasty, which can greatly improve the production level of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the most precious thing here is Copernicus's book Copernicus On the Orbits of Celestial Bodies.
Zhao Lie found that this book based on heliocentric theory was a treasure.
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Although this book has many loopholes, it is true that the earth revolves around the sun.
You can confirm this by observing it with a simple astronomical telescope.
And it happened that the people of Macau actually gathered two newly developed celestial telescopes for him.
Although this could not compare with the tall and sophisticated celestial observation equipment of later generations, it was more than enough to confirm Copernicus' theory.
In this way, this book dealt a fatal blow to the Catholicism that was trying to enter the Ming Dynasty and the conservative Chinese legend of the round sky and the earth.
Since there is a problem with their foundation, the geocentric theory and the theory of heaven and hell propagated by the Catholic Church have all appeared flaws.
Other The teachings will make people doubtful.
And all the camouflage armor compiled by Confucianism for the emperor's dictatorship has also leaked flaws.
From this flaw, people can begin to doubt and want to demonstrate its justice and rationality.
The idea that China is located in the center of the earth and so on are not true.
Of course, it is still the same sentence.
This process of exploration would have been possible without the strong suppression and persecution of the government and scholars.
Zhao Lie asked himself that he could definitely achieve this.
Again, what he wants to ultimately establish is an English-style constitutional monarchy, not an absolute dictatorship.
Of course, the process may be repeated, but the goal will not change.
Otherwise, his generation may not have any problems, but when the surging capitalist tide comes in the West a hundred years later, the court he established will be crushed and destroyed like the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations, and the children of the royal family will also end up in an extremely tragic end.
Because it is absolutely necessary to introduce the capitalist trends that have begun to sprout in Europe.
Allowing them to enter the Ming Dynasty will definitely cause a great shock, or cause a great backlash and attack from Confucianism, but there will be no major chaos when he is in power.
Lay a good foundation.
Zhao Lie immediately decided to hand over this matter to Tang Xianwen, spending a lot of money to recruit translators to translate these works, and at the same time remove some inevitable remaining Catholic teachings.
Zhao Lie gave Tang Xianwen a period of five years.
Within five years, he had to translate it, and he began to build a library in Shidao to display and promote it.
Tang Xianwen of course bowed and agreed, but he didn't expect that he would do this job for the rest of his life, and it would not be completely completed until his death.
Without him, more and more European books arrived later, because Europe began to gradually awaken under the shady curtain of religion, and in order to fight against the stubborn local Confucian scholars and further prove the correctness of the first batch of books, It was necessary to continue to introduce books, so Tang Xianwen could only work hard throughout his life.
Of course, at this time, poor Tang Xianwen was completely unaware of the huge waves brought by these small books.
He took Zhao Lie's military order with confidence.
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