Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 77
On the battleship Ninghai, the flagship of the Navy of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army, came a European guest, the Portuguese Governor in East Timor, Simon Luis.Strictly speaking, the governor is not the real governor, but the colonial chief. The Portuguese colonial empire regards the governor as the most important colonial chief. If it is not that important, it is the senior colonial chief (Captain-Major), and if it is again, it is Simon. Yes, Colonial Captain.

The Portuguese were extremely apprehensive when they met Bai Mingxiu, because he already knew that the Dutch in Java were defeated by the Chinese, and that Batavia had become a Chinese colonial city. When they arrived in Kupang, West Timor, most of them were captured by the Chinese and used as labor labor in the colony.Simon fears the same thing will happen to Timor.

However, even though the Chinese fleet had already arrived on Timor Island, they did not launch an attack hastily. Instead, they sent envoys to East Timor to invite the colonial chief to board the flagship of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of China to discuss cooperation matters with him.Only then did Simon relax a little bit, but he was still afraid that it would be a grand banquet.

Wiping off his cold sweat, he watched the huge sailboats on the sea, his heart pounding.

"There is definitely no way to resist such a fleet! I don't know when the Chinese have such a powerful navy. These ships must have carried a large number of soldiers. I must show enough to the Chinese crown prince. Your respect, otherwise it may be more troublesome."

Therefore, when Simon met Bai Mingxiu, he knelt down on one knee very consciously, and then said a lot of praise: "...the great Chinese crown prince, it is a supreme honor bestowed by God to meet you, I heard that you are the most heroic general in the East and the wisest leader in China. Your army destroyed the shameless Dutch, which made me fascinated. I saw your fleet today, what a mighty and majestic fleet it is Ah, your flagship is as beautiful as Aphrodite, elegant but powerful, there is no doubt that the army you command is the most powerful force in the world!"

Bai Mingxiu usually flatters the system a lot, and occasionally someone comes to flatter him, and he is really very happy.

Bai Mingxiu nodded and said to Simon: "Sir, you are very discerning. The army I lead is indeed the strongest. You will soon be able to witness his strength. Haha, you don't need to worry. I have no intention." Attack East Timor. Portugal and the Ming Dynasty have friendly relations. I know that you sent [-] mercenaries to assist my father in the war. Now, for the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is to defeat the Tatars and restore the Our legitimacy and our dominion over the country, believe me, it won't take me long to get it all done."

Simon quickly put in good words: "Yes, Your Highness, I am convinced of this!"

Bai Mingxiu felt that this person was quite upright, and said: "You know, we are at war with the Dutch. You Portuguese are fairly well-behaved in East Asia, but the Dutch and Spaniards are very bad. The Dutch are in Batavia. I enslaved the Chinese and even invaded Taiwan Island, which is our territory. My general Yanping Wang Zhengsen defeated the Dutch and took back Taiwan Island. Not long ago, I also defeated the Dutch in Java. Now in the Pacific Ocean, the only Dutch colony left is Go to West Timor or something like that. Didn’t you Portuguese get squeezed out of West Timor by the Dutch? Now I’m giving you this chance to capture West Timor with me. I can hand over West Timor to you management, but the Chinese must obtain legal residence status throughout Timor, and the Portuguese authorities shall not refuse to conduct business with China for any reason.”

Simon's mind turned quickly, and he immediately said: "How generous is His Royal Highness! If His Royal Highness is really willing to help us take back West Timor, we are willing to follow the example of Macau and give you a piece of land as a concession..."

Bai Mingxiu slapped his thigh, and suddenly laughed, showing two rows of white teeth, "About Macau, I think the lease between us should be renewed. It is inappropriate to acquire such a large land at a rent of 1000 taels What's more, Portugal set up a colonial government on our territory, even retained the garrison, and obtained extraterritorial rights. For civil matters, for some buildings, such as commercial halls, residences and other facilities, the limited period lease agreement, as for the buildings you illegally built, Ming Dynasty does not recognize your ownership. In addition, the Portuguese bypassed our Daming Customs in Macau Trade behavior is regarded as smuggling. After that, Daming will set up Macau Customs, and related trade and tariff issues will be handled by Daming Macau Customs.”

Simon's face became paler the more he heard it, and he wanted to argue something, but when he stepped on this huge battleship he had never seen before, and looked at the rows of soldiers holding rifles behind the Chinese crown prince, he really didn't think so. confidence.

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said: "Da Ming is willing to conduct normal and reciprocal trade with friendly countries. In the future, we will also implement a free trade policy. Portuguese can trade in any port in Daming that has customs. You can also temporarily live in Daming with the approval of the Ministry of Rites. Of course, Portugal can also refuse my request, so you can pretend that the alliance I mentioned before didn’t happen. I’m returning to the mainland this time to capture Guangzhou , believe me, the Qing army is vulnerable in front of me. You Portuguese are also. So, I will take back Macau, what will be the fate of the Portuguese there, please refer to the group of Dutch people in Batavia now .”

Simon waved his hand quickly and said: "No, no, no, His Royal Highness, we Portuguese don't want this to end. Ah, the plan you proposed really exceeds my authority. I have to send someone to Lisbon to ask for instructions..."

Bai Mingxiu shook his head and said: "It took too long, I'd better take it directly. You probably don't know, I came from a place more than 600 kilometers south of you, which is our Ming colony, called Australia I can send soldiers to East Timor in a steady stream, you can’t keep it, Macau is also the same. Should I choose the friendship with Daming and do business with us, or stupidly want to violate the face of the dragon and occupy us I think this is a choice that any reasonable person can make."

Simon still gave up, and said helplessly: "I will write a letter to the Governor of Macau to explain the situation, but his status is higher than mine, I can't order him, I can only hope that Mr. Governor can be like me, Be in awe of His Majesty's majesty."

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said: "Very well, then please go back and prepare, I am going to attack West Timor soon. By the way, except for Timor Island, I don't want to see the Portuguese continue to be in Southeast Asia— —We continue to expand our colonies within the sphere of influence of Ming Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)