"What? What are you talking about? Grandson Zhu San of Chaozhou? How is this possible? How dare they offend the powerful Portugal, oh, and there is England, which is more powerful than Portugal? Figo, Goff, are you mistaken? Isn't it big? Qing soldiers pretended to be Zhu San’s grandson?”
"No, no, we were not mistaken, that was indeed Zhu San's army!"
"Your Majesty the Governor, we were kidnapped by Grandson Zhu San in Dahao..."
"Shameless! Despicable! Absolutely unforgivable!"
On the wall of St. Paul's Fortress, Portuguese Governor Rodoni discovered that something was wrong. He had just issued an order for all Portuguese to withdraw into the fort and prepare for full battle. Before he could take a breath and collect himself, Zhu Heji sent troops to of the mission.
Charlie Gough and De Figo planned to explain the situation first, and then make Zhu Heji's request, but before they could finish saying what they needed to say, Rodoni jumped up.
He originally thought that he was being attacked by the Heavenly Soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, so he remained quite calm - in the worst case, he would go to Beijing to become a "Slave Rodoni". He had already inquired about it, and although the Eight Banners disciples of the Qing Dynasty wanted to call themselves " Servants” but actually nobles.
As the governor of Macau, he wanted to defect to the Qing Dynasty. He could get a job no matter what, and maybe he could become a bigger official and earn more money!
Being a bannerman of the Qing Dynasty also has a perk - you can legally marry many wives! And it is said that you can continue to believe in God, killing two birds with one stone!
So Rodoni is not very resistant to becoming a bannerman... The question is just how big a bannerman he should be!
But when he heard that the person who raided Macau was Zhu San's grandson from Chaozhou, he immediately became anxious.
There is no Eight Banners master for Zhu San’s grandson!
Moreover, Zhu San Taisun's career had just started, and he only had half of Chaozhou's territory. The Qing Dynasty had already ruled several entire Chinas.
With such a disparity in strength, how could Zhu San's grandson achieve the final victory?
If he seeks refuge with Zhu San's grandson now, and if Zhu San's grandson fails in the future, won't he be beaten like a chicken?
This is not possible!
"Governor," Charlie Gough, of course, also wanted the Portuguese in his heart, so at this time he kindly reminded him, "This grandson Zhu San is very likely to have mastered powerful black magic!"
"Black... black magic?" Rodoni was stunned, and his expression immediately became serious.
"Yes, it's black magic!" Charlie Gough nodded. "It is said to be a magic passed down by an ancient Chinese wizard named Zhuge Liang. It can greatly enhance the power of gunpowder. It can also use magic to create a large amount of smoke. ....."
"What? You said that the smoke just now was created by Zhu San Taisun's wizard using magic?"
"Yes!" Charlie Gough nodded firmly, "That is evil black magic!"
"Charlie, don't talk nonsense in Macau!" A majestic voice suddenly remembered and interrupted the ongoing conversation.
Charlie Gough followed the sound and saw an old man with a white beard wearing black clothes, a little red hat on his head, and a red belt around his waist.
Charlie Goff frowned subconsciously, he knew this old man. The old man’s name is Paulo Santos, and he is the current bishop of Macau.
Macau is different from Dahao. Macau is not only the largest trading port along the coast of China at this time, but also a stronghold of Catholicism on Chinese soil.
There are a total of eleven chapters of the Catholic Brotherhood in the tiny land of Macau, as well as St. Paul’s Seminary, which specializes in training clergy for dioceses in China, Korea, Vietnam and Japan, and St. Paul’s Seminary affiliated with St. Paul’s Theological Seminary. Paul's Cathedral.
In addition, although the Catholic Bishop of Macau is not a cardinal, he is in charge of missionary affairs in China, Japan, Korea and the Indochina Peninsula, and he has a very powerful position.
And the current Bishop Santos is old and confused, and is still a staunch opponent of "Chinese rules"... He even objects to Chinese believers worshiping ancestors and Confucius, let alone Chinese black magic?
Now this Portuguese man with a white beard who could rival Santa Claus also took several priests with him, and with the support of one of his legal illegitimate sons of Portuguese and Japanese descent, he climbed onto the wall of the fort and heard Charlie Gough. if.
"Mr. Gough, please watch your words!" The old man could not stand the Anglican believers. When he heard what Charlie Gough said about "black magic", he immediately said righteously, "As a believer in God, how can you advocate pagans?" Black magic? This is dangerous heresy!"
Heretic!
Gonna be burned to death!
Upon hearing this, De Figo and Ji Dabao did not dare to speak. They are both "non-fireproof" Catholics!
However, Charlie Gough is used to being free and does not know the power of the stake. Moreover, he is an Anglican believer. The Catholic stake at the stake cannot burn Anglican believers... Otherwise, it will trigger a religious war. Mr. Sang can't I can’t afford to take the blame!
"Your Majesty, I am not advocating black magic, but I am seeking truth from facts!" Charlie Gough said to Mr. Sang, "They really have black magic, which is different from you saying that they have black magic! Your burning at the stake is really dark. Magical heretics have no effect...otherwise the Ottoman Sultan would have been burned to death!”
Santos was so angry with this Anglican heretic that his beard was almost blowing, but the Anglican Church has a big fist, so the believers are "fireproof" and cannot be burned!
At this time, his illegitimate son Antonio Santos, who had paid the Pope to be converted to a regular life, whispered a few words into the old man's ear, and the old man immediately had something to say.
"Mr. Goff, regarding the suspected black magic in Chaozhou, Brother Nan Huairen has submitted a report to the Inquisition in Rome. If it is true, the Holy See will send someone to find out. Even if it is true, God will help us defeat black magic. !”
As he spoke, the old man made a sign of the cross on his chest. Then a group of Roman Catholic foreigners, semi-foreigners and fake foreigners around them also followed suit and made the sign of the cross. I don’t know if the master in heaven has seen it? Anyway, the big guy's confidence suddenly became stronger.
Then, the old man announced loudly: "I will go to St. Paul's Cathedral now and lead all the teachers and students of St. Paul's Seminary to pray to God together and ask God to help us defeat the enemy's black magic!"
As soon as they heard that the old man was going to personally invite God, the believers of God present immediately became stiffened.
It is impossible for black magic to defeat God!
And it is impossible for gunpowder weapons without magic to break the strong defense of St. Paul's Fort... So no matter how you calculate, he can hold the fort for the time being.
If Taisun Zhu San wanted to seize the fort with thirty-six 12-pound long guns, the only way was to siege.
Thinking of this, Rodoni said confidently to Charlie Gough and Ji Dabao: "Go back and tell Grandson Zhu San that his Ming Dynasty has long been destroyed... Macau now belongs to the Kingdom of Portugal, and his current This behavior is a gross violation of the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal!”
Charlie Gough added: "In fact, he also violated the interests of the Kingdom of England and the British East India Company..." He glanced at the old man Santos with a look of indignation, "Father, if you can really ask God Come and help us defeat the black magic of Zhu San Taisun... I myself would be very happy to see him captured by the British and Portuguese soldiers and sent to the gallows!"
"It's the burning stake!" After the old man said that, he swaggeringly led the legal illegitimate son and a group of subordinates to pray to God.
"Yes!" Rodoni nodded heavily and said to Charlie Gough, "Mr. Gough, please tell Grandson Zhu San... No matter what despicable black magic he possesses, he cannot break through the indestructible St. Paul's Cathedral. fort!
Moreover, we Portuguese are all children of God. We are blessed by God and are not afraid of his black magic. If he is willing to leave the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal immediately, release the hostages, and make corresponding compensation, then the benevolent Portuguese can forgive his mistake!
Otherwise, the Portuguese Armada will raze his Dalhao Port to the ground in the near future! "
