Dragon Sea Empire

Yin Feng planned the whole operation. As a businessman who often travels to and from Macau, his target is too prominent, so Lin Xiao will be the on-site commander.

Lin Xiao, this former Yazhou yamen servant, apart from being a little impulsive occasionally, has a very strong ability to understand and learn about various affairs, and because he has been a yamen servant, he has a strong ability to deal with people. sleek.Therefore, Yin Feng intends to train him as his assistant, equivalent to the leader of the bodyguard and assistant to the general manager.

He brought Chen Zhongji, a young man, to Macau for the purpose of cultivating cadres.He now feels that there are too few talents who can do practical things at hand.There are plenty of business talents, but there are too few people who can do daily administration, logistics services, personnel arrangements, etc. for the joint company in a down-to-earth manner; as for those who can independently research and develop firearms technology and shipbuilding technology, there are basically no people.

Therefore, it is not easy to come to Macau, and Yin Feng has to do something more: meet Colonel Coutere in Macau.The colonel went to Siam to recruit Portuguese mercenaries. He sent a message to a Siamese merchant ship a month ago; he has recruited nearly twenty experienced mercenaries, and he will soon return to Macau. Among the recruits are gunners and Firearms makers.China has no shortage of craftsmen with good craftsmanship, but the firearms production talents that the company urgently needs cannot be found in China.Yin Feng also needs people with the latest knowledge of Western science and technology, which can only be found among missionaries from the West.

In addition, Li Lihua, who had been doing nothing in Taiwan for a month, insisted on following Yin Feng to Macau.

Yin Feng was afraid that Li Lihua would cause trouble if he was idle, so he had to take her to Macau and give her a task: to recruit some Portuguese craftsmen to Taiwan.

After returning from the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Yin Feng visited the local Chinese merchants, and discussed matters related to becoming a shareholder of the China United Company.After only more than half a year of operation, the company has almost converted the cash raised in the initial stage.Many Chinese businessmen who escaped from Luzon who bought shares at the beginning had no cash around them. Most of them used Spanish and Portuguese bills of exchange, homeland properties, urban real estate, merchant ships, etc. to offset their accounts. There was not much cash in vain.If you want to wait for the company merchant ships going to Japan, Siam, Malacca, Banten, and Old Port to come back with silver, you have to wait four or five months.

Moreover, the Dutch will come to Penghu in August this year. These Dutch people who want to open up China to trade are the gods of wealth that Yin Feng intends to introduce to Taiwan.In order for the Dutch to honestly do business with Chinese companies, they must see their strength, and all of this will cost money.

Li Lihua sat in the garden of Bernardo, quietly watching the splashing water in front of the marble fountain.She was playing with a long binoculars, when she saw Yin Feng approaching, she smiled and handed the binoculars to him: "Brother Feng, this is the binoculars you want, I got it from a Portuguese businessman's house. "

Yin Feng took the binoculars: "Thank you, how is the recruitment?

"Through my elder brother's business partner, there are three craftsmen, three old seamen and one old mercenary who are willing to serve us. The wages we pay are beyond their dreams." Li Lihua said with a smile: "Many people are willing to go to Taiwan , even the Jesuit friars want to go.”

"They want to preach." Yin Feng smiled lightly.Li Lihua has a combination of Chinese beauty and western charm, and is proficient in Spanish and Portuguese, which is still very lethal to those Portuguese businessmen and seamen.

Li Lihua suddenly turned her head and stared at Yin Feng. Yin Feng who was looking straight at him was a little uncomfortable: "What's wrong?"

"Are you going to deal with the Spaniards?" Lihua said in Portuguese, because Chen Zhongji was standing beside Yin Feng.

Yin Feng's expression changed, but he didn't answer.His assassination of the Spanish envoy did not tell Li Lihua that Yin Feng, who was a little politically obsessed, did not want this beautiful girl to be involved in conspiracy and assassination.

"I saw that Spanish officer Captain de la Cueva on the street. He had a duel with my elder brother and was injured by the elder brother, so he has a scar on the left side of his face."

Yin Feng felt something was wrong: "When did you see him, just now?"

"Just now, there was De Montoya, a businessman who often does business with Big Brother. I went to his house. They didn't see me, hehe, Brother Feng, but I saw Lin Xiao and other sailor brothers I'm following them." Li Lihua smiled slyly: "I don't care what you want to do, I just want to ask: Everything you do will not endanger the fate of big brother, right?"

Yin Feng sighed, turned his head and said to Chen Zhongji: "Ji Zai, you go to Lin Xiao and ask him to keep an eye on the envoy Ganla, and he must not relax."

The two watched the young man jumping away, Yin Feng shook his head: "I didn't want you to know about this. If we didn't have enough strength now, I wouldn't do it either. We only know that there are Spanish envoys here. When I arrive in Macau, I don’t know the exact time and who I will meet, and I can’t disturb the Portuguese in Macau or the Ming court. Don’t worry, as long as these aspects are not disturbed, Brother Li Dan will be fine.”

Li Lihua nodded: "I understand." She suddenly blinked cutely: "Actually, Brother Feng, I also did something without telling you. Do you remember the financial dispute between my elder brother and the governor, who used his power to embezzle my family's property, My elder brother filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court of the King of Spain, and the indictment has always been with me. I just entrusted a Portuguese businessman in Macau to take it away. As long as this indictment can reach Spain, the governor of Manila will not dare to attack my elder brother.” Lihua smiled and walked away proudly.Yin Feng shook his head helplessly: Lihua is still too naive, an indictment cannot keep Li Dan, and the only thing that can keep Li Dan alive in Manila is Li Dan's missing property.

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Sunday, happens to be the religious holiday of the Catholic Church: the Feast of Pentecost.The Holy Spirit came on the 50th day after the resurrection of Jesus. The church stipulated this day as the festival of the Holy Spirit, so it is also called "Pentecost".It means that the Holy Spirit cares for the church and believers.During Mass on this day, the hymn and scriptures of "Voj Pentecost" are sung.There are so many churches in Macau, almost every street has a church in this period.There are a lot of people going to church on this day, not only Portuguese residents, merchants, sailors and adventurers from various countries, but also Chinese Christians who believe in Christ.

Yin Feng accompanies Li Lihua to St. Paul's Church; this church is not the famous "Ruins of St. Paul's", but a small church before the construction of the Ruinss. Church of Our Lady of the Rosary.

Li Lihua was educated in Spanish culture since she was a child, and she also received Chinese education from a Chinese teacher when she grew up, but she still looks like a Spanish woman in her bones.The so-called cultural education in Spain at that time was basically equivalent to religious education, so Yin Feng was not surprised that Li Lihua asked to go to the church to attend the "Pentecost" mass.What he didn't tell her was that the assassination of the Spanish envoy was also chosen today.

Among the crowds coming and going, the Spanish envoys wore Portuguese civilian clothes and behaved very low-key.Four armed black slaves sent by the Macau Municipal Guard to monitor and protect them followed them all the time.

Lin Xiao stomped his feet fiercely on the corner of the street, and said to a Tanmin sailor beside him: "The gang of black ghosts have been following, the first plan will not work, you go to the church and tell the brothers: get ready to act, when you hear the firecrackers Do it."

Captain de la Cueva leads from the monk's residence to the downtown area. This secluded path is the only way to go. The first plan is to use the wheel gun to kill them here.However, with 4 black guards and 2 guards brought by Spanish envoys, the first option is not feasible.

Captain Cuiwa is tall and thin, and I don't know how Li Dan did it back then. The scar on his face is obvious.The new Christian de Montoya was clearly preoccupied, and kept talking to Captain Cueva along the way.The accompanying Jesuit monks led the way and soon arrived at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary.

In the small square in front of the church, countless people were already singing hymns, talking loudly, or greeting each other. There were also several places where entertainers played and sang, and Chinese jugglers performed acrobatics.After the mass is over for a while, there will be a grand and grand religious parade, which is a combination of Chinese and Western cultures, and there will be a firecracker setting off ceremony.

Yin Feng waited in front of St. Paul's Church, quietly waiting.

Lin Xiao followed the crowd 10 steps behind the Spaniard.He followed them into the church, and during the long mass, Lin Xiao never took his eyes off the Spaniard for a moment.

"... Ah! How pitiful are those who do not know God's work. They think they are wise. Instead, they become fools! May God bless them!" The priest who prayed finally ended the mass preaching, and the believers began to stand and sing hymns.

Lin Xiao quietly retreated to the door, still staring at the target.

Yin Feng waited in front of St. Paul's Church, waiting quietly, praying to the God he didn't believe in: the action must be successful, and our company must have a period of development.

The believers finished singing the hymn: "All glory be to the only wise God, Amen!"

The whole mass is over.

The crowd rushed out, and the small square was already full of drums and music.Masses in various churches ended one after another, crowds poured out of the churches, and this downtown area in the center of Macau became more and more crowded.

Lin Xiao retreated to the steps of the Church of the Rosary of Our Lady, and leaned against the pillar at the entrance, watching the Spanish envoy pass by and walk towards the small square.

Lin Xiao raised his right hand, spread five fingers, and waved to Chen Zhongji, who was waiting for him in the crowd in the center of the square; this meant that he could start to act.

"Crack, crack, crack!" A string of firecrackers suddenly exploded in the crowd.Chen Zhongji threw the burning firecrackers into the crowd, turned around and ran away.

The crowd dispersed with shouts and screams, and from time to time some people fell down in embarrassment, and some Western sailors took the opportunity to rush to the lady and make a fuss.A group of armed black slaves fired guns into the air together, announcing the start of the parade.All kinds of sounds mixed together in the small square, creating a hustle and bustle.At this moment, no one noticed at all that a puff of green smoke rose from behind the cross on the roof of the Church of the Rosary of Our Lady; and then another puff of smoke rose quickly.

The black slaves fired guns into the air again, a group of Chinese believers beat gongs and drums, and black believers sang loudly...

The two flintlock guns used by Luo Aquan came from Luzon Island, and were captured by Yin Feng at the Dalun Mountain Pass.Although there is no need to light the match in advance, the smoke from the black gunpowder used in this period is not generally large.Fortunately, this Sunday just happened to be a religious festival, and the sound of firecrackers and voices of people covered up the gunshots, and none of the excited and carnival crowd noticed the gunpowder smoke on the top of the church.

Luo Aquan was very confident, and immediately retreated with two assistants after shooting.

Of the two bullets, one hit Captain Cueva in the head, shattering his skull and shattering everything in his head. Captain Cueva was killed instantly by a bullet from a Spanish flintlock.The second shot was fired at the Jewish businessman de Montoya, but the round lead bullet of the musket had poor trajectory stability after all. This bullet only hit Montoya's left shoulder, and he immediately passed out on the ground.

The crowd couldn't stop their footsteps in the crowd. After the two fell down, countless feet stepped on them and ran, and many people tripped over their bodies.Montoya, who was not dead, was trampled half to death.After a while of confusion, someone discovered that a large pool of blood was constantly expanding under the bodies of the two of them.

The scream of the woman, the exclamation of the man, the crowd roared out of the way, and the two Spanish envoys lay in a pool of blood.Only then did their guards and black slave guards realize that something was wrong, and rushed over in panic, shaking the dead captain and the half-dead businessman.