The wall of Hao Jing O has been demolished long ago. On the official road leading to Hao Jing'ao, locals often see several missionaries wandering there.
If it were before, others might not know what they were doing? But now, after the Xiangshan County magistrate escorted two Fo Langji people over, they already knew what happened. The demolition of the wall also represents the attitude of the French people.
In this way, it is easy to understand that the people of Folangji are waiting for the verdict of the Ming Emperor. The missionaries who wanted to establish a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty and wanted to stay in the Ming Dynasty were even more worried about the outcome of this verdict!
There is a saying that is really true, waiting is the most painful thing!
During this waiting time, the atmosphere at Hao Jing'ao became obviously heavier. For the Franco people who have lived here for a long time, they definitely don't want to leave. Only the newly arrived Governor of Macau, Du Chen, seemed a little indifferent. If the Macau Council and the missionaries had not united to force him, he would not even agree to tear down the wall.
However, based on his attitude, during the waiting time, Johnson and other members of the Macau Council, as well as missionaries such as Tang Ruowang, took turns telling him about the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, the benefits of having good relations with the Ming Dynasty, and how to offend the Ming Dynasty. If so, what will happen? Even in the end, they vaguely threatened him that if he dared to mess up, his responsibility would definitely make him go back to jail.
Later, Du Chen could not resist the pressure. Not only did he agree to the demolition of the Haojingao wall, but he was also worried about how the Ming Emperor would pronounce the verdict.
On this day, Johnson saw Tang Ruowang looking at the intersection again, so he sighed and walked over, saying to Tang Ruowang: "The Ming Empire is too big, and there is no reply so quickly. Moreover, the Ming Emperor is now personally conquering Dongwu. , maybe it will be postponed until next year.”
Tang Ruowang nodded after hearing this.
After all, Dongwu is a country, and it can be considered powerful. Portugal had tried to colonize that country before, but was driven out of Togo, and even the governor was hanged by King Togo. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty had never been to the south, let alone Dongwu. Whether he could conquer Dongwu was still a question. Maybe he had no time to take care of Haojing'ao, right?
Although he was thinking this way, Tang Ruowang still said to Johnson: "It's okay anyway, it's the same over there. No matter what, the scenery here is nice, isn't it?"
Johnson listened and looked around. He really didn't think there was anything good about the place he was used to seeing. When he was about to answer, he heard Tang Ruowang say to him again: "You have sent people to Guangzhou City to inquire about information before. Do you know when you will come back?"
Missionaries were prohibited from leaving Hao Jing Ao, but ordinary Flemish people did not have this restriction. There are also some Ming people who are hired by these Folangji people to do things for them. Therefore, Johnson had the ability to send people to inquire about the news.
At this time, after Johnson listened to Tang Ruowang's question, he thought for a moment and said: "I'm afraid there won't be news in a short time. I told you that if the reply from the Ming Emperor arrives, I will come back in advance to report it. In this way, we can have some news A preparation, right?”
Just as he was saying this, he saw a horse galloping towards the end of the official road.
Those who come from this official road can only go to Haojing'ao, and beyond that, there is the sea. Generally speaking, there will never be any fast horses galloping towards you. If you are rushing back in such a hurry, it must be someone who went to Guangzhou City to find out the news.
When he got this conclusion, he was suddenly shocked, and a doubt flashed in his mind: How come it is so fast? In terms of time, shouldn’t it?
Tang Ruowang also heard the rapid sound of horse hooves. After turning his head to look, he remained motionless, just crossing himself on his chest.
The rapid sound of horse hooves also alarmed the people inside Haojingao, and many people rushed out to see what was going on. Even Du Chen came out to see the situation.
When he came out, the knight was already very close to Hao Jingao. It was none other than the man Johnson sent out. A wise man who knows the language of Buddha.
Everyone could see clearly that the man's face was full of shock. This made it difficult for Tang Ruowang, Johnson and others to tell whether the news they brought back was good news or bad news?
"咴咴咴" When the horse reached the intersection, it was suddenly stopped by Na Mingren, and it neighed in pain.
However, the Ming man didn't care at all. He immediately got off his horse and walked quickly to Johnson. But before he could speak, Tang Ruowang beside him couldn't wait any longer and asked quickly: "Is there any news about the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?"
Upon hearing this, Mingren turned to look at Tang Ruowang and nodded. Before he could answer, he heard Johnson ask anxiously: "What should we do with our Haojing'ao side?"
Mingren was a little speechless, but at least he understood that Johnson was his patron, so he turned back to look at Johnson and replied: "I just have news from the emperor, but I don't know what the emperor does about Hao Jing'ao." Will.”
Upon hearing this, all the concerned people breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, they were a little curious as to what news about the Ming Emperor made him so anxious and shocked.
Du Chen, in particular, was even more malicious, so he asked: "Could it be that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty conquered Dongwu and suffered a huge defeat, and was mobilizing troops everywhere? Or, was he surrounded by Dongwu's army or... …”
After all, we are in the land of Ming Dynasty, and there are many Ming people around. Du Chen was not so stupid as to say directly, was your emperor killed by the Dongwu people? But although he didn't say it out loud, the meaning was actually very obvious.
Of course they had inquired before and found out that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty only had about 30,000 troops in total to conquer Dongwu. Du Chen's guess makes sense. After all, back then, even the Portuguese Governor was hanged by King Dongwu.
At this time, the people around him were surprised when they heard what he said. After coming to his senses, there were mixed reactions.
Akito among them all had worried expressions. After all, today's emperor loves his people like his own children. Even if they don't benefit much here, they have always heard about the situation. For them, they definitely didn't want anything to happen to the emperor.
And those Folangji people all showed an expression of gloating about their misfortune. Is it okay to let you embarrass us?
Although they had different ideas in their minds, they all looked at the messenger and waited for his answer.
After listening to this report, Mingren unexpectedly showed a look of disdain towards the Governor of Macau, which he had never seen before. Later, I saw Mingren turn to look at Johnson, and said loudly in a proud tone: "The Emperor defeated King Dongwu a month ago! In the battle of Ava, the 30,000-strong army defeated 300,000 in one fell swoop. Dongwu’s army, King Dongwu was shot dead on the spot, and the number of Dongwu’s soldiers captured exceeded two hundred thousand. Now there is no Dongwu Kingdom, and our Ming Dynasty has an additional Dongwu Province!”
Du Chen's original expression of disdain for the hired Mingren was that of a furious rage. Just when he was about to get angry, he heard his next words. Suddenly, all the overwhelming anger disappeared without a trace. Instead, there was a look of shock.
Not just him, but everyone else, such as Tang Ruowang and Johnson, were all the same. Apart from shock, there was nothing else.
If these southerners, or the Portuguese, do not have a personal experience of how powerful the northern rebels are, then they have experienced the power of Dongwu at the cost of a governor. And because Dongwu was on their way to the Far East, they had been paying attention to Dongwu's situation.
They knew that the current Togo, after their king's plan to recuperate and recuperate, was much stronger than the Togo who had defeated them.
But even so, he was defeated by the Ming Emperor in a very short time and with very few troops? Has it become just a province of Ming Dynasty?
According to this calculation, the European countries are probably only as big as the provinces of the Ming Dynasty! Now, how many provinces does Ming Dynasty have?
Du Chen was the first to come to his senses. He didn't believe it at all, so he was the first to question loudly: "As an Oriental, your emperor's record must be exaggerated. Otherwise, this would be impossible!"
That's right, what the informant Akito told them was indeed not exactly the same as the facts. At least the number of people in Togo's army was different from the reality. But if there is any discrepancy, it won't be much different. And this is not that he is exaggerating, but that is the news he heard, and he is just relaying it.
When Du Chen questioned him, he saw that he no longer had the respect he had for these patrons before. He immediately blushed and said loudly: "I'm not exaggerating, this is news bought from the Guangzhou government office with money. Are you really If you think it's an exaggeration, you can go to Guangzhou and listen to it yourself, that's called exaggeration!"
The other Ming people who were watching were also quite excited at this time. They didn't care about the reactions of these Folangji people. Someone asked excitedly: "Tell me, what other rumors are there?"
The strength of one's own country, even if there is no concept of country and nation at this time, there is still a kind of natural joy.
When the Ming Dynasty messenger heard the news, he did not refuse, and said with the same excitement: "Now there are rumors in Guangzhou that the emperor appointed a Dianshi to shoot Dongwu one by one in front of the two armies. war elephant. Do war elephants know? It is several times bigger than a cow, and its skin is harder than iron. But what is the use of it? Let me tell you, it is simply a magic arrow. If it doesn’t hit other places, it will shoot. The eye sockets of a war elephant..."
Listening to these Ming people talking excitedly, all the Portuguese looked a little ugly and were speechless.
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