Chapter 459: Buy Malacca

Enter the city and take a feast.

The warning of the banquet was jointly responsible by the Portuguese army and the Ming army. A row of Spanish soldiers wearing black tuxedoes and a row of Taiwanese town soldiers wearing big red war jackets staring at each other, which was a sense of historical incongruity. She wore lanterns during the meal.

The female slave in the skirt, in and out like a butterfly, entertaining guests with rich chicken and steak. A female slave placed a piece of carefully prepared steak in front of her, and Ma Cheng felt a trance in his heart, giving birth to a subtle feeling of time and space disorder.

The current governor of Malacca is called Simon Hernandez. He is naturally a Portuguese nobleman. The governor has a beautiful mustache and a thin figure. Sitting with the heroic and tall Yuan Keli, it looks particularly funny. The banquet hall is

A castle facing the sea can be seen through the windows, and there are also ships of large and small moored in the port. The dense ships almost cover the entire port.

Zheng Zhilong, who is not good at speaking and proficient in Portuguese, is very versatile and often invites drinks.

What a person Yuan Keli is? Although he dressed in casual clothes like a Ming squire, the Portuguese did not dare to underestimate the former cabinet assistant. He gave a cup of tea and exchanged cups. Ma Cheng looked at the row of different heights and one was scratching his ears.

The Portuguese soldiers had a sudden idea and simply bought Malacca. They had this idea because they saw the Portuguese soldiers stationed in Malacca, and their quality was so poor that they could not be looked at directly.

These Portuguese guards were temporarily selected for the scene at first glance.

In the historical knowledge of Macheng, during the Chongzhen period, the Portuguese, the Spaniards lost power, and the Spanish and the English fought for maritime power. In the end, the Dutch, who were weak in the country, lost to the English in the battle for maritime power,

However, during the Wanli period, the Dutch in Malacca was also very powerful. They defeated the Portuguese fleet at the doorstep of the Malacca Strait twice.

In the 30th year of Wanli, the Dutch established the East India Company and expanded its power from the Indian subcontinent to Java and Malaya. Java is now also the Dutch world, and the Portuguese who still occupy Malacca are blocked in the city, soft

The lower abdomen was being pushed by the Dutch cannon, which was really a dilemma. It was only a matter of time before Malacca was lost. In less than a few years, when the Dutch formed more troops to launch a large-scale assistance, it would be impossible for Malacca to defend.

Against this background, Macheng proposed to buy Malacca, and the Portuguese were likely to agree.

The whimsical idea of ​​Macheng was also inspired by later Americans. Didn’t the Americans buy the entire 2.6 million square kilometers of Louisiana from Napoleon? The situation of France at that time and the Portuguese today

The situation was extremely similar. At that time, Napoleon, who had just come to power in France, seized the Louisiana region of North America from Spain with his strong military strength.

The US-Spanish Treaty made the US gain more than 150,000 square kilometers of Florida after spending only 5 million US dollars. The US-France, the US-Spanish two transactions have expanded the territory of the US in less than 20 years.

More than twice. Buy half of Mexico's land, and the expansion of Louisiana and Florida made the United States taste the sweetness. Then, the United States successively obtained Texas and Oregon from Mexico and the United Kingdom through counter-attacks and threats, and the United States' territory from the Atlantic Ocean

Coast extends to the Pacific coast.

It was inspired by the Americans that Macheng came up with this wonderful idea. Two thousand Portuguese who cut off the support could not defend Malacca. It would be better to sell it to the Ming Dynasty. The entire Malacca city has an area of ​​about two thousand square kilometers.

Ma Cheng called Zheng Zhilong over. The price of land of 2,000 square kilometers was 100,000 taels of silver, equivalent to fifty taels of silver per square kilometer. This price was much more kind than that of later Americans.

Zheng Zhilong was shocked, as if he was dumbfounded by acupuncture. He heard back that the territory was still available in the city.

As a governor's yamen, Zheng Zhilong asked in a daze: "What does the general want?"

Ma Cheng smiled and said, "Just just follow the translation. Ask him how long has it been since he arrived from the local supply fleet of Franc? It should be more than half a year."

Zheng Zhilong then wiped his sweat and translated it as a truth. One sentence made Governor Ximang's body movements a little stiff. The dignified Governor of Malacca naturally would not admit it, and he still calmly said that the supply fleet from Portugal was on the way and was tying.

The army is also forming a force to fight the aggressive Dutch. The Governor also cursed the Dutch, just cursing the lowly Dutch royal family. It was still a vassal of the Spanish Empire decades ago, but now it is just a mess.

The body of the salted fish.

Ma Cheng smiled and said nothing. Zheng Zhilong came to his senses and questioned: "Your Excellency, the soldiers and horses of your country in the land of the rich mirror are probably not the same as you."

One sentence made the Governor very embarrassed, and he wanted to pass by for a while.

Ma Cheng was very surprised and had a question. Zheng Zhilong was still a little talented. The implication was that the Portuguese who was rich in mirrors and the Portuguese in Malacca were not the same. After asking, Zheng Zhilong pleased him, and it turned out that the Portuguese who occupied the mirrors were

The spontaneous behavior of sailors and merchants was not an order from the Portuguese royal family. They were not in the same group as the royal Governor Simao, who was born in the royal family. They basically acted independently.

The people living in Macau were a group of merchants, adventurers, and sailors. Macau was actually a commercial port, not a colony of the Portuguese. The people who governed Macau were actually composed of merchants. No wonder, a group of merchants

The Jingfu Parliament under governance was versatile and neither offended the Ming Dynasty nor the Dutch people. Therefore, the Dutch people did not occupy such a free commercial port.

Ma Cheng couldn't help but admire the powerful energy of the merchants in this era. In this era of wealth is the Great Discovery of King of Grass Head, I don't underestimate these big merchants. These merchants not only have armed merchant ships, but also have powerful mercenary troops, as long as they have money.

There is nothing they can't do. Even tens of thousands of new muskets in active service in the Spanish army can be easily obtained. Money is the king of grass heads. Ma Cheng sighed that this is really an era of explosive households and adventurers.

Governor Ximang was revealed and stood up in a mad manner, dancing and singing royal hymns. The Portuguese officers around him also became mad, yelling that the Portuguese navy's light would shine on Malacca again. The madman-like madness made Yuan Keli,

The Ming generals were a little curious. Is the Franji people's loyalty to the royal family so crazy?

Ma Cheng didn't find it funny, this is the sense of honor of the Westerners, and loyalty and honor are with each other.
Chapter completed!