New Ming Empire mixed in America

The discussions of these people did not stop the bombardment of the Pacific Fleet.

The Portuguese merchant ships were still being sunk one by one.

It's not like these merchant ships didn't think about escaping, but the nearby waters were covered by gunboats of the Pacific Fleet.

There was only one Tier 4 iron-clad battleship looking for trouble among the gunboats, those armed merchant ships that were more difficult to deal with.

As for the rest of the warships, they began to gather towards the port and completely blockaded the port that Portugal had regarded as its territory.

As for the forts on Xisha, Taipa, they were built with great effort by the Portuguese to prevent the puppet Qing Dynasty from retaking Macau.

There is also a fort here at Taipa Pier, but it is not as large as the one built in Xisha.

Because the Portuguese have declared Macau as their colony in the world, and combined Macau with Timor and Solor in the South Pacific to become an overseas province of Portugal.

Furthermore, human trafficking activities were rampant in Macau. Portugal, Britain and other countries opened human trafficking agencies (i.e. piggy houses) in Macau. By 1873, Macau had become the largest coolie export port, and 180,000 people from China had been trafficked overseas.

And in 1862, the Puppet Qing Dynasty signed a treaty with the Portuguese, allowing the Puppet Qing Dynasty to establish officials in Macau.

But later the Puppet Qing Dynasty discovered that the term "officials established in this treaty" was vague, and the Puppet Qing Dynasty officials in Macau were no different from the diplomats established in Macau by other countries.

So in 1864, that is, this year, the Qing Dynasty began to negotiate with the Portuguese again, but the Portuguese envoy Amus rejected the Qing Dynasty's conditions in Tianjin.

Looking at the warships docked outside the port, the Portuguese military attache in charge of the fort at Taipa Pier, Brode, looked very ugly.

Originally, this place had been declared a free port, and various countries had basically recognized the Portuguese colonization of Macau.

So there are only basic coastal defense facilities here. After all, as a free port, if a bunch of coastal defense guns are built near the port, merchant ships from other countries will have other ideas.

"These battleships are the Eastern Empire on the west coast you mentioned?"

Brod looked at the old white man in decent clothes behind him and asked:

“Is this what you’re doing when you come here to ask us to support you on immigration?”

"Is this what you Britons say there won't be any problems?"

Three questions in a row made the old white man very embarrassed.

"Mr. Brod, you must know that your Portuguese government supports the issue of immigration from the Eastern Empire. The problem does not lie with our British Empire, so you should ask your Macau Council about this issue."

Although the old white man was a little embarrassed, he still tried his best to blame the Macau port being blocked by the Xinming Empire fleet on the Macau Council.

In 1850, the Governor of Macau was served by the Macau Council, which lasted until 1866 when Horta became the 86th Governor of Macau.

Therefore, there was no psychological pressure for the old white man to blame the blame. After all, there were people in the Macau Council who brought their own solid food to support the decision.

He actively promoted this matter and finally convinced Zeng Guofan, who was then the governor of Liangjiang and co-organized the bachelor's degree.

Let Zeng Guofan order the expulsion of the personnel of the Xinming Empire Immigration Bureau established in Guangzhou City.

But now the fleet of the Xinming Empire has blocked the Taipa Pier, making the Portuguese feel like they are in trouble.

"We, the Kingdom of Portugal, were completely lobbied by you on this matter, and now you actually push all this to the head of the council. Is this the attitude of Great Britain?"

Brod's voice was very loud, and the expression on his face was very excited.

The saliva was sprayed in the face of the British consul in Macau, which made the old white man who always had a smile on his face very embarrassed.

However, he did not have any dissatisfaction with Brod's excitement.

As early as he learned that the Xinming Empire's fleet had blocked the port, he made up his mind not to participate in this matter.

Anyway, Dai Ying has occupied Hong Kong and no longer attaches great importance to Macau.

If he gets involved in the Macau affair at this sensitive moment, Dai Ying's interests in the Far East are likely to suffer losses.

So the old white man just smiled, shrugged, and said:

"Mr. Broad, you shouldn't waste time on this old guy like me now. You should know that the council sent you here and there are more important things to do."

Brod listened to this old guy's words, not to mention how depressed he felt.

His mission here this time is to go to sea to negotiate with the Xinming Empire fleet outside the port.

Originally, he was thinking of bringing the British consul along with him to increase the bargaining chip for this negotiation.

But now this old guy has no intention of getting involved and shouts that Brod's plan has failed.

After adjusting his clothes, he took a deep look at the British consul, snorted coldly, and then led his entourage onto a merchant ship flying the British flag.

There was no way, now that the Pacific Fleet saw merchant ships flying the Portuguese flag, they were directly sunk, so he could only take the British merchant ships.

This is also the reason why the British consul appeared at the port. After all, this matter requires the consent of the British consul.

The Pacific Fleet has blocked the port for three hours, and it seems to others that it really intends to negotiate.

But in fact, the Pacific Fleet was just waiting for the arrival of two airships.

At this time, the Xinming Empire knew nothing about the situation in Macau. After all, this was Chinese territory, and it was impossible for Li Mingqi to directly order bombings like he did in other places.

Therefore, necessary investigation is very important.

Just when the merchant ship Brod was riding arrived near the Pacific Fleet, an airship finally appeared on the distant sea.

The two airships flew directly from Borneo to Macau this time, and Li Mingqi planned to take this opportunity to see the airship's cross-sea capabilities.

The fleet had been sailing below the airship before, always ready for rescue.

However, after discovering that the airship did not malfunction near Dong'ao Island, the fleet took the lead and blocked Macau.

Now the airship has finally arrived after a long flight.

"Empire One, this is the staff headquarters. We are now ordering your troops to sail to Macau and lower the altitude to conduct reconnaissance missions!"

On airship No. 1, a new order came from the fleet staff in the cab.

Originally, the airship troops were directly under the command of Li Mingqi, but in order to train troops, Li Mingqi temporarily delegated the command to the staff officers who set off with the fleet.

The elites who graduated from these military academies have grown up a lot after fighting with the army for a period of time.

So Li Mingqi selected some of the more outstanding ones from these people to form a temporary staff department to allow them to further train.

These are all future military seedlings, and Li Mingqi is very optimistic about the training of these people.

In the future, the Xinming Empire cannot rely solely on old people like Sun Laifu and others. It will also need more fresh blood.

These staff officers who graduated from the military academy are the future generals of the New Ming Empire.