The official from the Ming Dynasty standing outside the gate of the Macau City Council is named Zhong Mingsheng. Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, since he is wearing a slutty grass-green official robe with quail patchwork, there is no doubt that this person is a

He is an eighth-grade official... to be precise, he is the county magistrate.

By the way, this middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance and a long beard, although he is an official, has a good background. This is because his sister is married to Huang Ping, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the so-called time-traveling brother-in-law is

also.

Yes, Zhong Sheng is Zhong Xiuxiu's brother, the eldest son of Hangzhou Master Zhong, and the fake brother-in-law of the time traveler Huang Ping, as I have said before.

It can be said that Huang Ping is now considered to be a person who has more brothers-in-law among time-travelling people. The family where Zhong Xiuxiu was abducted when she was young originally had seven brothers and brothers-in-law. After that, Zhong Xiuxiu returned to Hangzhou, and Zhong Sheng and others were added.

He is the brother-in-law of the same family. This kind of large family situation with a large number of people once made the time-traveling only son Mr. Huang, who grew up in a family of three, extremely uncomfortable.

As for the real brother-in-law Zhong Sheng, this magistrate of Xiangshan County, who was originally unknown in history, is destined to leave a mark in the history books because of the arrival of the time traveler.

It is said that during the time when the Nanyang Corporation was being established and recruiting talents continuously, the senior officials of the time-traveling forces hidden behind the scenes were not idle either.

First, through telegraph remote control command, the cabinet coordinated the pro-Cao force group in Beijing and the local conservative forces in Guangzhou, so that a group of petitions from Guangdong to drive out the Portuguese appeared in the Ming court at the right time, delivering ammunition to the pro-Cao faction.

In the end, the imperial court issued a decree and gave Xiong Wencan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, permission to act expediently.

When the imperial decree arrived in Guangzhou in April, it seemed calm on the surface, but behind it was a series of intense preparations.

These tasks are very tedious. They not only include preparations for the time-traveling forces themselves, but also include promoting the Ming Dynasty's Guangdong administrative system to make a difference. The latter point is particularly difficult. It is very laborious to make a ball of sludge move along a designated route.

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Fortunately, with financial resources and technology and management levels that were ahead of this era, in the end, when the time came to April 1631, the Time Travel Group secretly settled most of the problems.

Commander Wang Bo's loud mouth at the previous Baietan investment promotion meeting was actually a premeditated briefing after the finishing work began: the war is about to start, giving partners an advantage of information asymmetry. As for how to take advantage of this advantage

... Just look at the boss of Zongbenzong and you will know that Mingren just lacks the experience of hundreds of years of later generations. In terms of IQ alone, he does not lack at all.

After this, of course, it was time to issue a formal ultimatum. So, there was the "feat" of my uncle's courageous entry into Hao Jing'ao today.

Having said that, Mr. Zhong was standing in front of the Macau City Council today, and he was also very excited.

In the years before time traveled, as the county magistrate of Xiangshan County, Mr. Zhong actually lived a very "busy" life. Unlike the leisurely and powerless magistrates in other counties, the magistrate of Xiangshan County, due to the governance

There is a Franchise plate at the bottom

Macau exists, so I have to turn a blind eye when I sleep - whenever the Franji people cause trouble, whether it is a major event like building a city wall or a trivial matter, it will alert the chief envoy and governor at the level, and they must not be ignored.

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However, things are unpredictable. Ever since his sister-in-law got married, life for Zhong Sheng, the county magistrate, has been getting better day by day.

First, his uncle followed Xiong Wencan to take office in Fujian. After the two parties established contact, Zhong Sheng found that he had unintentionally gained a powerful backer. After that, his uncle introduced Zhong Sheng to a newly emerging strong man in the world of Fujian and Guangdong.

Later, as this group of strong men recruited peace and pacified thieves, King Qin grew bigger and became a pillar of the imperial court. Zhong Sheng was involuntarily pushed by the current situation, and unknowingly, he became a peripheral official of the "Cao Clan". After all, he

He was already inseparable from Huang Ping, and the de facto political leader of this generation of the Zhong family was Huang Ping, so Zhong Sheng could only follow.

The matter was not over yet. In August last year, Zhong Sheng was surprised to receive the news: Xiong Wencan had come to be the governor of Guangdong!

At this time, Zhongxian Cheng was really shaking. Even the county magistrate's attitude changed a lot when he saw him. After all, his relationship with Xiong Wencan's family was no secret. Before, it could be said that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, but now Lao Xiong

In Fuyue, the good son-in-law of the Zhong family can reach any official in Guangdong and Guangxi.

This needs to be treated with caution: the more trusted a staff member is by the big boss and has real power, the more afraid the people below him will be... Just tinker with a few words on any official document, and the people below will be afraid of it...

I couldn’t eat and walked around.

In this way, Zhongxian Cheng spent the first few months of Lao Xiong's time in Guangdong happily and leisurely. Until one day not long ago, his good uncle Huang Ping personally called him to Guangzhou City, informed him of the current situation, and assigned

An errand: go to the Francois to deliver an ultimatum.

To be honest, Zhong Sheng was quite shocked when he learned the news: Is this going to start?

As a member of the outer faction of the Traveling Group and an official of Xiangshan County, Zhong Sheng still had some precise information that only the top officials knew. He knew that the Cao family and the Franji people would not deal with it, but he did not expect that Xiong Wencan would be trapped.

It was so deep that he actually asked the imperial court to issue a suppressive edict to clear the way for the Cao family.

Now that Xiong Wencan has rolled up his sleeves, Huang Ping, who has always been closely associated with the Cao family, will naturally be involved. If Huang Ping is involved, his brother-in-law will not want to stay out of it.

After thinking about this, Zhong Sheng stopped boycotting and nodded in agreement. After all, his position was the most suitable to issue ultimatums, and he was "one of his own" in Huang Ping's eyes. He could not do anything at the critical moment.

The chain will fall off.

At this time, Zhong Sheng discovered that the relationship between his uncle and the Cao family was far deeper than he had imagined.

Because right after he returned to Xiangshan County, the "Cao family" came to visit him. To be precise, it was a team sent by the General Military Mansion.

In this team, there are not only military officers in charge of military strategy, but also scholars in charge of copywriting, and there is also a "staff officer" with a weird official title.

Zhongxian Cheng received the visitors warmly. He knew very well that everyone was now "one of his own".

Next, Zhongxian Cheng was surprised.

He really didn't expect that a simple errand of delivering a letter to the door of his house would be so elaborate. He saw the group of people took out thick bound pages and began to explain them to him item by item, and then would propose various

After presetting the questions and asking him to remember the answers, Mr. Zhong was really surprised.

This is the Ming Dynasty version of envoy training.

The training was very detailed, ranging from appearance and appearance, to the words to respond to various situations, and even how to deal with being under house arrest or being imprisoned. In short, what kind of training did later generations of embassy officials who took up posts in other countries receive? Master Zhong this time

That’s what I accepted.

After all these projects were completed, time quietly came to April 1630.

On April 2, Xiangshan County Government officially received the official document from Shangfeng. This official document was stamped with the seals of the Governor's Office, the Chief Envoy's Office and the Guangzhou Government. It can be said that the procedures were complete.

The county magistrate, who had been greeted before, hurriedly delivered the official document to Zhongxian Cheng in person this time. He told him with a look that looked at a good man: I am afraid that I am going to Haojing Ao for a visit.

"Easy to say, easy to say. Your Majesty has asked me, how dare I disobey you?"

So on the morning of April 3rd, after packing up, Mr. Zhong left the government office, got on a sedan chair, and went straight to Macau City. Of course, those who accompanied him were not those cunning government servants from Xiangshan County Government Office, but the early

There was a group of people waiting in front of the county government office.

It goes without saying that this group of people must be named Cao.

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With seemingly no one paying attention, Mr. Zhong and his party passed through the Lotus Stem Gate, entered Macau City, and arrived in front of the City Council.

The Macau City Council during this period was a stone building with Barot architectural style.

Seeing Mr. Zhong in official robes getting off the sedan, and wearing a turban in front of the city council door, the dark-skinned Indian guard quickly sent people in to report. After a while, four or five white people in gorgeous silk robes hurriedly came out.

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It is said that among the few white people who came out, Zhongxian Chengzheng knew two of them. After all, the Xiangshan County Yamen was the Ming Dynasty Yamen that the Franji people had the most contact with. Over the past few decades, the Franji people had given them no less.

The gentlemen in the Xiangshan County government gave gifts and bribes, so when there were no conflicts on weekdays, the Franji people could be considered international friends.

But today is different.

When several international friends came to Mr. Zhong, they found that the usually smiling man had changed his template today. They saw Mr. Zhong standing on the stone steps in front of the city council, with his hands behind his back, his feet in an awkward position, and his neck.

He was looking up at the sky, and those who didn't know might have thought that the old man had a nosebleed.

"Dear Zhong, I don't know where the wind blew you. Haha, this is so happy. Please come with me. Today you will enjoy the special and sincere hospitality from the Franji merchants."

The person who spoke the welcome speech in Chinese with some grammatical errors was Andrade, the secretary of the Macau City Council.

After hearing Andrade's words, Mr. Zhong, who had been trained, slowly lowered his neck and left the pretending mode: "Hmph, I know who it is, it turns out to be Mr. An."

"Well, it just so happens that I know that you are a capable person in charge." Mr. Zhong was full of official air at this time and said without any pretense: "This is the official document of the Governor's Yamen, and it is for you. Mr. Ander, this is it.

Can you sign it and get it?"

Having said this, Zhongxian Cheng stretched out his hand, took the official document wrapped in oil paper from his entourage, and handed it to the Portuguese.
Chapter completed!