Kangxi, your Qing Dynasty is dead

Chapter 169 This time, the gate of slavery is wide open, and the emperor's favor is powerful! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
As a blue flag symbolizing "starting test firing" was erected on Wangxia Mountain, 32 sky cannons (mortar cannons) placed in the "cannon pit" began to fire from west to east, one after the other. The flames flickered, the guns sounded like thunder, and the smoke filled the air. In a blink of an eye, clusters of smoke pillars of earth and stone rose from the interior of the Portuguese St. Paul's Castle!
These 32 cannons were placed less than one li away from the St. Paul's Fort, and the target was as big as a bastion!It's really hard not to hit it.

However, the test firing still needs to be tested. The bombardment bombardment on the city wall is not very useful, it is better to land in the city!
In addition, the length of the fuze of the flower bomb had to be tested several times to find the right length of the flower bomb, and it had to bloom at the right time and place, so that the Portuguese in the city could know what it meant to be "the truth is within the range of the cannon"!
Therefore, at the beginning of the shelling, the 32 cannons were fired one after another, so that it was convenient to observe the landing point of the shells and the time of "blooming".

And when the gunners found out the most suitable shooting angle and lead length through several rounds of test firing, it was the amazing 32-gun salvo!
Round after round, countless shells filled with black powder were hit on the heads of the Portuguese, and the gunpowder filled in the shells was actually purchased through Portuguese businessmen in Haoao.
However, the Battle of Hao-Macao did not last long, and the time the Portuguese held on was even shorter than Wang Zhongxiao estimated. Persist for half a month.

In fact, these pampered Portuguese only persisted for one and a half days and two nights. On the third day after the bombardment began, they raised the white flag and sent envoys begging for mercy.

Although the walls of their St. Paul's Bastion are strong, they cannot withstand the [-]-pound and [-]-pound shells fired by the mortars fired close to the curved line. These shells can pass over the walls and fall directly into the crowded city center .

And the area inside St. Paul’s Bastion is very small—the number of Portuguese in Hao and Macao is very small, and there are no more than a thousand adult white and mixed-race white males. Or the total number of trafficked people is only a few thousand.Most of these thousands of people lived outside St. Paul's Castle during peacetime, and only when they encountered enemy invasion would they hide in the fortress with their gold and silver treasures.Therefore, the area inside the fortress does not need to be too large. After all, before the appearance of "Principal Wang's siege method", a fortress as small and strong as a hard walnut was the headache for all attackers.

But when [-]-jin or [-]-jin flowering bombs flew in from outside the city day and night, they landed in the central area of ​​the castle crowded with wealthy Hao'ao citizens, and then exploded, destroying those already in Hao'ao. The well-to-do citizens who had lived a comfortable and comfortable life in this land for decades were killed and wounded in groups, bloody and bloody, and when they wailed and screamed.The Portuguese governor of Macau, Shi Bozhi, the mercenary captain Luo Dongni, and the acting bishop Luo Wenzao knew that the city was no longer able to hold on, and it should no longer hold on!
After all, it is not the soldiers of the Kingdom of Portugal who guard the city, but the mercenaries of wealthy citizens. Their responsibility is to protect the property and comfortable life of the citizens, rather than let everyone die under the rain of enemy shells.

However, Governor Shibozhi, who led the city on behalf of the king, still tried his best to organize thousands of musketeers and spearmen.Supported by the twelve-pounders mounted on the battery of Santo Doro, they ventured out of the castle, hoping that by a determined counter-attack they would seize the trenches in which the enemy's mortars were placed.

But the efforts of these people were quickly shattered by Principal Wang's defense line built with trenches and sandbags!
The Portuguese mercenaries who formed a dense Spanish phalanx and could only move slowly became the live targets of the three-pound bronze cannons placed on the fort made of sandbags. , I can hit it with my eyes closed!

In addition, "Principal Wang" also deployed a large number of shotgun soldiers and sword players in the trench!

The bullets from the shotgun and the three-pound cannon shot from the copper cannon knocked down the Portuguese and their black slaves who were resolutely attacking in rows like cutting leeks.And the subsequent white-bladed charge of the sword soldiers completely defeated the Portuguese soldiers who were in chaos and suffered heavy casualties, and chased them all the way to the city of St. Paul, and almost entered the castle with the defeated Portuguese soldiers. up.

Shortly after this completely failed counterattack, the white flag was raised over the castle of St. Paul!
Shortly after "Principal Wang" ordered the shelling to stop, the Hao'ao military envoy with a white flag was taken to the Qing army command post on Wangxia Mountain.

"Your Excellency, General, we are willing to hand over St. Paul's Castle completely to the Qing army led by you. I only ask that you will let all the citizens of Haoao take their only property and leave by boat out of kindness and compassion. to their Portuguese homeland. All the citizens of Macau can swear to God that they will never dare to offend the majesty of the great emperor again.”

The person begging for mercy in stammering Cantonese Mandarin was a black-haired Portuguese man in his forties, fat and white, and he looked like a capitalist.

According to the introduction of the acting bishop Luo Wenzao who came with him, this person's surname is Bucarao, he is the owner of the Bucarao Cannon Factory and Bucarao Shipyard in Haoao, and he is also the speaker of the Haoao Citizens' Assembly.His great-grandfather Peter Bucarao was the first generation of Portuguese from Hao-Macao, and also a cannon maker.Since then, the Bugarao family has been operating the arms industry in Haoao, and later opened a shipyard to undertake ship repair and shipbuilding business.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Bugarao family also took orders from the Ming court and sold a lot of Hongyi cannons.And not long ago, Bugarao's artillery factory took over the orders from Wang Zhongxiao and Wu Sanwei, and the money they earned was not warmed up, but the house was robbed. It's miserable to think about it!

I don't know how the whole family will live when they return to Europe?
Their cannon-casting craftsmanship is probably third-rate in Europe. Can they still receive orders?

When Bugarao was still worrying about his life after returning to China, Wang Zhongxiao had already solved the problem for him!

"No! The emperor does not allow the Portuguese from Haoao to leave!" Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "The emperor's imperial decree clearly stated that it is your Portuguese monarch and the king of the Roman Church who caused the trouble this time. I have been involved, so I don’t blame you, so I don’t allow you to leave, and I also accept you as slaves, what a great kindness of the emperor!"

What logic is this?
Bugarao, Luo Wenzao, and Herman Klenk, John Chapple, and Lawrence DeVentes, who were watching the excitement together, were a little dizzy.

There is nothing wrong with the Portuguese people in Haoao, they are just implicated by the King of Portugal and the Pope of Rome, so they are all slaves to the emperor!
Seeing that both Bugarao and Luo Wenzao were "surprised by allies", Wang Zhongxiao said to them gently: "Although you are not at fault, are you subjects of the King of Portugal? Are you members of the Catholic Church?" believer?"

"Yes!" Luo Wenzao nodded a little guilty, he is not Portuguese.
Bugarao admitted generously: "I am a Portuguese and a believer in the Lord."

"That's fine!" Wang Zhongxiao said, "This war started because the Catholic King granted the protection of China, Annan, and Korea to the Portuguese King. This seriously violated the authority of the Qing Emperor! Therefore, between Portugal and The war will not end until the Church of Rome makes corrections and reparations.

And as subjects of the King of Portugal and believers of the Catholic Church at the same time, of course you must detain the enemy nationals before the end of the war. How can you leave casually?Even if you leave, the king of Portugal and the church will have to pay the ransom for you!
However, the emperor knew that the King of Portugal and the King of Rome were very stingy and would not pay to redeem you, so he gave you a grace and let you be slaves. "

This kind of grace is really hard to bear!
"However," Wang Zhongxiao looked at the stunned Bu Jialao and Luo Wenzao and said, "but not all the coated slaves have to go to Beijing to serve the emperor's coated slaves. The Guangdong Customs Road in Guangdong is under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is the yamen where the slaves can work. As long as you have an errand in the Guangdong Customs Road, you don’t have to go north, but you can continue to live in Hao Macao.”

Can you continue to live in Hao Macao?

Now that Bu Jialao and Luo Wenzao are interested in Europe and won’t let them go back, it’s better to stay in Hao’ao than to go to Beijing, where they are not familiar!
They were just about to inquire about how they could stay, when Wang Zhongxiao said again: "According to the emperor's will, I will set up customs and open sea bans. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the Guangdong Customs Road!

However, opening the sea ban does not mean engaging in free trade without reservation, but to open a few openings and establish a few franchised free trade cities.In the franchised free trade city, Chinese and foreign businessmen can trade freely, come and go as long as they pay taxes in accordance with the law, abide by the laws and regulations announced by the customs, and do whatever they want.As for Haoao, it has always been a place for exchanges between China and foreign countries, and it is a ready-made free trade city!
Mr. Klenk, Mr. Chapple, and Mr. Van Teese. Previously, Hao and Macao were controlled by the Portuguese. Only Portuguese businessmen were the most free, while businessmen from other countries were not very free.From now on, within the scope of the franchised free trade city delineated by the Guangdong Customs Road, businessmen from any country will be treated as one, and can enjoy the same convenience of free trade.It is also possible to build industries in the Free Trade City, but they cannot enjoy extraterritorial rights, nor do they have the right to preach.

Of course, if any of you want more freedom, it’s not impossible, then you have to apply to the Guangdong Customs Road for renting land to open a business house. In the business house, you can have extraterritorial rights!However, when renting land, the business hall must follow the principle of equality and fairness, that is, if you rent a piece of land here in Haoao, I also have to rent an island or a piece of land on your site, and enjoy the same privileges! "

His words were translated into Latin by Dai Zi, and after listening to them, Klenk, Chapple, and Von Teese's eyes lit up again!

Although this free trade city is not as fragrant as the "commercial hall" that is essentially a concession, it is still a good place to conduct trade with China!

"Then what kind of Portuguese can stay in Haoao?" Luo Wenzao asked Wang Zhongxiao in a low voice.

He is Chinese!Moreover, he not only believed in God, but also followed the Catholic Church, without braids.

If he is going to be arrested by Kangxi, why don't he be sentenced to "raw slices" for the crime of communicating with foreign countries?

Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile: "As long as they can find a job, or have business in Hao'ao and can pay taxes to the customs and reach a certain amount of Portuguese people, they can stay in a specific area of ​​Hao'ao and cannot leave without authorization until the Qing Dynasty. Portugal and the Church of Rome have reached a peace agreement. Bishop Luo, I have an errand for the Tongwenguan here, do you want to try it?"

"Tongwenguan?" Luo Wenzao understood a little when he heard it, "Is it a translation book?"

"Translating books, and teaching foreign languages." Wang Zhongxiao asked with a smile, "If Master Yao heard correctly, your Hao'ao Church has been teaching Chinese and translating books, right?"

"Master Yao is right," Luo Wenzao said. "For the convenience of preaching, the church has been engaged in translating and teaching Chinese. If the Taoist platform needs talents who can translate and teach Portuguese, Latin and French, I can help with it."

"Okay! Then I have to work!" Wang Zhongxiao then said to Bu Jialao, "Mr. Bu, I know that your family is a gun factory, and the business of the shipyard can continue, but who will sell your guns and warships to? Customs approval is required!
In addition, there are still many orders on the customs road to be sent to your factory and the factory in Foshan to do it!
So, don’t go to Beijing either. Later, you can make a list of how many craftsmen and craftsmen’s family members you want to stay, and write them down! "

Bu Jialao also breathed a sigh of relief. His family has lived in Haoao for more than 100 years, and they have long been used to it. Of course, they don’t want to go to Beijing to be some kind of slave. Being a slave sounds miserable and dark!

Seeing that Luo Wenzao and Bu Jialao had no objections, Wang Zhongxiao said to them again: "Go back and tell Shi Bozhi and Luo Dongni that I will allow them to surrender, but I will not allow the Portuguese to leave freely unless they get the emperor's permission." Permitted. In addition, all Portuguese who cannot serve the Customs Road must go to Beijing to join the Ministry of Internal Affairs and become the emperor's coated slaves!

This time, the gate of slavery is wide open, and the emperor's favor is overwhelming! "

"Your Majesty, good news, good news. Guangdong good news! Great victory!"

Beijing, Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Kangxi, who was deploying the defense of Shaanxi in the South Study Room, suddenly heard the most beautiful voice of Xiao Guizi's father-in-law!
"Did Xiaoguizi catch Oboi?" Kangxi raised his head, looked at Xiaoguizi who was trotting in from outside, and asked hurriedly.

Xiao Guizi was taken aback by his question, so she knelt down and shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, Oboi hasn't been caught yet. It was the Governor of Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangdong Customs who reported the victory. They led an army of [-] to St. Paul's Castle in Haoao After fighting hard for more than a month, they finally broke through the castle and captured thousands of Portuguese, including the Portuguese governor of Haoao and the Portuguese military commander.”

I was a little disappointed that Aobai was not caught!But it is a great victory to win Haoao!

Thinking of this, Kangxi nodded, and said to himself: "Wu Sangui and Wu Sanwei will be considered a great victory if they win Haoao!

It can be regarded as the first victory in Kangxi's 11th year! "

It is already the first month of the 11th year of Kangxi... the fifteenth day of the first month has not yet passed, and the year has not yet passed, and a great victory has come, which must be a good thing!

"Emperor Shengming!"

Kneeling next to the map and studying the battle situation with Kangxi, several academicians and Hanlin scholars heard what Kangxi said, and hurriedly delivered flattery.

Kangxi nodded, then stretched out his hand to take the question book from Xiao Guizi, unfolded it and read it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, he grinned: "Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao proposed to change Hao-Macau into Macau, and set up the Guangdong Customs Road in the original St. Paul's Castle. They also suggested retaining some Portuguese businessmen and officials from Hao-Macau. To facilitate dealing with foreign businessmen. He also suggested that all Portuguese staying in Macau should also be affiliated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs to facilitate management. Do you think their proposal is feasible?"

"Your Majesty," Mingzhu, who is from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, immediately took over the question, "I think Wang Fuchen and Wang Zhongxiao's suggestions are good. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has recently recruited a lot of new slaves, including Han Chinese, Mongolians, and Koreans. There are thousands more foreign slaves, which shows that you, the emperor, are the master of the world! The slaves also suggested that the Pingnan Palace and the Governor’s Yamen of Guangdong and Guangxi escort these foreign slaves to the north as soon as possible. Boost your morale."

"Emperor Shengming!"

Another compliment followed.

At this time, Xiao Guizi took out another booklet and slipped it to Kangxi quietly. Kangxi took it and looked at it. It was the secret booklet on Wang Zhongxiao. Zhezi read it, and after a while, he burst out laughing: "All right, this Wang Zhongxiao is pretty good at handling things!"

It turned out that Wang Zhongxiao also told Kangxi in this secret agreement that among the Portuguese women captured in Haoao, many exotic beauties are now Kangxi's female coats, and they will be sent to Beijing together later.
(End of this chapter)