"It's not impossible for you to stay if you want!" the Ming envoy said with a smile.
"Please make it clear, sir," Mashajia Luqiang said with a smile on his face and handed the Ming envoy another banknote.
The Ming envoy who accepted the banknote said with a smile.
"No armed forces outside the Ming Dynasty are allowed to exist within the Ming Dynasty. This is His Majesty's will. It is also the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty.
Although you paid the money on time, you did leave a lot of soldiers' ropes. I even saw a lot of cannons when I came. This is absolutely not allowed by His Majesty.
If you want to stay safely, you must disband the army and let the Ming government move here. "
The Ming envoy said with a smile after accepting the money.
Earning a net profit of 2,100 taels of silver during a trip is so damn satisfying.
"Sir, you may not know the risks at sea when you come from the capital. If there is no army, we will be just meat buns in the eyes of others. The Dutch invaded Macau in the 29th year of Wanli and the third year of Tianqi. Without the army stationed if....."
"You can rest assured on this. Can you apply for protection from the Ming garrison? Around the Ming Dynasty, there is no blind person who dares to offend the Ming Dynasty. With the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty here, your safety can definitely be guaranteed." The envoy of the Ming Dynasty said with a smile.
He was not a fool, so he didn't know that the main purpose of these Western Yi troops was to protect their own interests. As for protecting themselves from foreign enemies, it was just for good looks.
"Sir, can you think of a way?" As he spoke, Mascara handed over another banknote with a pained face.
This world is a world of jungle. The weak have no human rights.
If there is no army in hand, wouldn't it be at the mercy of Ming Dynasty?
Don’t you see, why did the Spaniards dare to massacre the merchants of the Ming Dynasty? Isn’t it because Spain has troops stationed there, but the Ming Dynasty has no troops?
If there is no garrison, Ming Dynasty will be unhappy one day and find any reason to massacre them. Who can you talk to to reason with yourself?
In the face of huge interests, all promises are a piece of waste paper!
“You absolutely cannot leave troops and weapons behind, at least not in Ming Dynasty’s land.
But our Ming Dynasty is not an unreasonable country.
He won't be as cruel as the Spanish.
For safety at sea, you can keep escort warships and soldiers.
However, your navy and warships must dock at special ports. If soldiers need to go out, they must be inspected and cannot carry any weapons. "
Uncharacteristically, the Ming envoy did not accept the banknote. Instead, he said seriously with a straight face.
Money can be collected, but Ming’s interests cannot be damaged!
"According to His Majesty's decree, several foreign trade cities will be opened. At that time, people will come and go, and wanton killing will be impossible.
Moreover, all military deployments in the Ming Dynasty require His Majesty's orders. Your Majesty is rich all over the world and will not care about your little money. "
Seemingly sensing Mascaru's worries, he explained calmly.
"Sir, I understand. I wonder when the Ming army will take over here?"
"One month at the latest."
"Although I am the one who nominally calls the shots here, in fact, I am only a top soldier, and others are really in charge..."
"I'll give you one hour. After one hour, I want to know the result."
"Yes. Yes. Yes." Masjia Lu nodded helplessly.
"Asshole, Ming Chao is really bullying people."
If not for the Ming Dynasty, the city wall of Macau would have been demolished.
If it weren’t for the Macau Council and myself, we would not be of the same mind.
If it weren't for the Ming army, it would be so powerful that it would be despairing.
If Portugal had not been under Spanish administration, it would have been impossible for him to receive reinforcements.
Mascara would never take it so seriously.
An hour later, Mashajialu and the members of the Macau Council found the Ming envoy. After paying a lot of money, they finally reached an agreement with the Ming envoy.
1. Macau officially returned to the Ming Dynasty on April 1, the first year of Chongzhen.
2. The Ming Emperor issued an edict to ensure the safety of life and property of the Portuguese in Australia.
3. Disband the current Xiyi garrison in Macau. However, Macau warships and soldiers were allowed to dock at special ports. Soldiers' freedom is not restricted, but their weapons must be surrendered once ashore.
4. The Macao Council, in addition to paying normal taxes, also needs to pay 20,000 taels of silver and 2,000 shi of grain and grass every year.
5. The ships, artillery craftsmen and their families owned by the ordinary people of Macau, and the Bugalao gun foundry were transferred to the Ming Dynasty.
6. All Portuguese in the Ming Dynasty must abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty must accept sanctions from the Ming Dynasty government. However, the Ming Dynasty allowed people from the Macau Council to bypass and petition.
…….
The reason why the Portuguese agreed to such harsh conditions was that, in addition to dying if they disagreed, the Ming Dynasty allowed the other party to retain the Macao Council.
As long as the Portuguese royal family agrees to recognize the Ming Dynasty as the suzerainty. The Ming Dynasty will send troops to support Portugal's restoration.
Although the relationship between the members of the Macau Council and the Portuguese royal family is not very good, but it is related to the fundamental interests of the country, the Macau Council still agreed to the other party with great pains.
After all, no one wants to be a slave to the subjugation of the country.
. . . .
The time soon came to April 1st of the first year of Chongzhen.
The Portuguese did not make any small moves. After seeing the arrival of Ming soldiers, they handed over Macau honestly, and even built military camps and government offices before Ming officials.
Ming Dynasty did not make things difficult for the other party, except in accordance with Ming Dynasty's health regulations. In addition to arranging personnel to carry out general cleaning of Macau and promulgating corresponding penalty regulations. The soldiers were not allowed to rob.
Even in order to appease these Portuguese, Ming Dynasty reserved one-tenth of the quota for the Portuguese when recruiting patrols.
Under the guidance of these measures, Macau quickly took on a new look.
The Portuguese people also slowly relaxed.
Just when Macau successfully returned to the Ming Dynasty, the first batch of supplies from the Dutch and Spanish envoys to compensate the Ming Dynasty was finally delivered to Taiwan.
In addition to the loss of Taiwan, in order to deal with the threat of the Ming Dynasty, the Spanish and the Dutch urgently sent envoys to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty.
Among them, the Spanish promised to protect the legal rights of Ming merchants in Luzon.
At the same time, he paid 5 million taels of silver, 100,000 stones of grain and grass, plus additional prisoner fees, to redeem the captured soldiers, and in exchange for the Ming Dynasty withdrawing its order to conquer Luzon and leave no chickens or dogs behind.
The Dutch paid 10 million taels of silver, 200,000 shi of grain and grass, plus additional prisoner fees to redeem the soldiers and compensate the Ming merchants who had been damaged in Taiwan.
Although the Spanish and Dutch lost a lot of money. But they were also relieved in their hearts. After all, the previous battles had basically exhausted Xiyi's navy around the Far East (East Asia).
And the Ming army was watching with eager eyes.
The city of Relanja, which was well-supplied and well-defended, was captured by the Ming Dynasty in only ten days.
The Ming army even came to Chencang secretly. On the surface, the army remained silent, but in fact, it sent a fleet to sneak attack on the Strait of Malacca.
As a last resort, these Western barbarians had no choice but to seek alliance with the Ming Dynasty.
After the negotiation was completed, these Western barbarians quickly sorted out the supplies and submitted them to the Ming Dynasty. Who could make the Ming Dynasty's prisoner fee so high that no one would have no food every day?
Every day that is delayed is nearly 10,000 shi of food.
If this drags on, even if all the colonies are looted, the compensation may not be enough.
On May 1st of the first year of Chongzhen, after paying all the compensation fees, these red barbarian captives were finally redeemed.
However, except for a few lucky people, most of them were robbed by unknown bandits after leaving the Ming Dynasty's waters. Whereabouts unknown.
Although these Western Yi knew that this was the work of the Ming people, they lacked evidence, coupled with the strong strength of the Ming Dynasty and the blockade of Malacca, they had no support and could only bite their noses and admit it.
Fortunately, those pirates still released their sailors and merchant ships, and Ming Dynasty opened the port to allow them to continue trading with Ming Dynasty, otherwise they would really have to...
