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Chapter 28, Liu Chaozuo, the incident of your illegal crossing happened!

"……what--"

With a deep cry, a man kicked away the drenched bedding covered in sweat, and woke up suddenly from the bed.

He panted weakly, rubbing his drowsy head, and the horrible memories he had personally experienced before played back in his mind one after another.

——The captain who exchanged vampire blood and claimed to be experienced in hundreds of battles died, and was trampled into small pancakes by a huge alien monster; They were all buried in the mouth of that alien monster, reduced to unrecognizable lumps of minced meat and bones, and swallowed down the digestive tract... The entire team was wiped out, and only he survived by chance.

Because when death was about to come, he was seriously injured and faced a desperate situation, so he finally used the rebirth item that he had exchanged at a high price to save his life-[Reincarnation Badge], so he was able to forcibly leave the plot world and, as a "newcomer", reborn Transfer to another team's story adventure.

Of course, the price of using the [Reincarnation Badge] is also very heavy—since he has become a newcomer again, all the equipment, skills, bloodlines, physical enhancement, etc. he obtained in the infinite space before will be erased, allowing him to return to the world again. To the state of ordinary white-collar workers entering the infinite space for the first time.

Oh, what a terrible loss!
However, no matter what, he escaped from a fatal situation and survived again—as long as he lives, there is still hope...

Eh?etc?Now that I'm new, what kind of world is this?Where are the seniors?And what about the other newcomers?

It wasn't until this time that the man finally realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly got up from the bed.

Looking around, with the help of the faint morning light coming in through the papered casement, he found himself in an antique room with a large carved bed under him, a mahogany cabinet and an oil lamp beside the bed, and a display The antique racks with various porcelain, glazed ware and small bronze ware are obviously of ancient Chinese style. The floor is covered with smooth bluestone, and the interior is decorated with carved beams and painted pillars. It is very exquisitely decorated, just like a mansion in a traditional Chinese residence.

But where is this?Where did the rest of the team go?

With the above questions in mind, this infinite space reincarnation who was reborn as a newcomer raised his right hand in confusion, looked at the watch of the main god in his hand, and then saw an empty crystal screen with no task prompts even more confused. Even the timing function is gone!

Hey, no one like this, who will tell me what's going on?
Filled with confusion and fear, the bewildered man had no choice but to get out of bed, rummaged around in the faint morning light, and finally found an official seal and a "document to report his death" in a rattan box in the corner of the room. "And a set of seventh-rank official uniforms of the Ming Dynasty, plus a diary and an account book.

Based on his experience in several martial arts worlds in the past, he held these things in his hands for a long time, and finally figured out the identity given to him by the "Lord God" in this world: the new magistrate of Xiangshan in the Ming Dynasty.The name was changed to his real name: Liu Chaozuo.

The current time is the end of December in the fourth year of Chongzhen, and the place where he is currently located is Macau.

Then, through the diary found in the luggage, Liu Chaozuo finally figured out why he in this time and space had to come to Macau when the Chinese New Year was approaching—at this time Macau was also under the rule of Xiangshan County. The shy Lord Liu Chaozuo came to collect rent from the Portuguese!

——According to the description in the diary, Liu Chaozuo was born in Juren.Although he is not a Jinshi of a higher level, a Juren of the Ming Dynasty can already be called a master and has the qualifications to confer an official.For example, Hai Ruihai Bijia, a famous official during the Jiajing period, released the teaching order of Chun'an County as a juren.

But generally speaking, the road to recruiting people to appoint officials is much narrower than taking the imperial examination, and it is not easy to get an official, and the position is not too good.At this time, it is necessary to test a person's basic qualities-whether to be an official with a false title, or a real official with a seal in his hand, or Hou Que in the capital to sit on the bench until Forever and ever, it depends on whether you know how to be a human being, or whether you have the capital to be a human being.

The juren of Ming Dynasty belonged to the ranks of gentry and enjoyed many privileges such as tax exemption and service exemption.Even though he was originally a poor scholar who lived in a ruined temple, once he won the examination, a large number of villagers would bring their land to "contribute", so there would be no poor candidates.Of course Liu Chaozuo is not a poor man, but the market for running officials in Beijing is really strong. In order to move a county magistrate down, Liu Chaozuo spent a lot of money, and even sold all the land in his hometown.Fortunately, both of his parents are dead, and he has no brothers or sisters, and no one in the family needs to support him. Otherwise, the elders of the clan would hit him on the back with crutches and scold him as a prodigal.

After spending many days in the city of Beijing, he finally got his official position, but he was the magistrate of Xiangshan County, Guangdong, at the other end of the Ming Empire!This official position disappointed Liu Chaozuo: Xiangshan, Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty was not a special economic zone where every inch of land was expensive, but a first-class poor land.According to the "Yongle Dadian" of the Ming Dynasty: "Xiangshan is a city, an island in the sea, its land is the narrowest, and its people are the poorest." This place has been an inferior county since the Song Dynasty, and it belongs to a poor border area with a long tradition.In other words, it is a place where there is not much money to be made. If you bought the county magistrate here, who knows when you will get your money back? !

But no matter what, since he got the post of magistrate, there is no reason not to take the post.Therefore, Liu Chaozuo had no choice but to pack his parcels and embarked on the long and arduous road to his post. Originally, from the capital to Xiangshan, there were post stations along the way, and Mr. Liu could save the travel expenses without spending money.But now it is Emperor Chongzhen who is in power, and he has just issued an edict to abolish the Tianxia Post.This not only led to Li Zicheng, the famous laid-off postman in northern Shaanxi, but also added countless difficulties to Liu Chaozuo's road to office: all the food, drink, transportation, and accommodation along the way had to be paid for by himself!And Liu Chaozuo originally used almost all the silver around him to buy officials, but before he even reached Shandong, he was already penniless and empty.

Fortunately, from Beijing to Guangdong, there are so many local government offices along the way. As a Juren, he can chat with the palm printing officials in various places to discuss friendship, talk about writing, and finally make some money.If the autumn wind blows all the way, at least it won't starve to death halfway.

Although this kind of behavior is very similar to that of beggars, the difference is that beggars on the street wear rags, while the masters wear straight skirts.But in desperation, what can Liu Chaozuo do?I had no choice but to persevere along the way, ignoring the cynicism and cynicism of officials from all over the country. I walked all the way, wanted all the way, and embarked on the long road of seeking officials in a civilized way of begging. If you are stingy, you have to be mentally prepared to be shut down... What's more unfortunate is that it is the end of the Ming Dynasty. From northern Shaanxi to Shandong to Lianghuai, there is no safe place north of the Yangtze River. Liu Chaozuo is about to take office. On the way, I met bandits and bandits one after another. Several confidantes were lost halfway, or fled with money. In the end, he was left alone. With his extremely tenacious will, he finally reached the The end of this long march.

By the time he finally arrived in Xiangshan County, it was already late December, and the county government had sealed the annual leave.What's worse is that Liu Chaozuo is penniless at this time, except for his official uniform, he has almost pawned his clothes and luggage.Fortunately, after hearing the news, the yamen official rushed over, saw the county magistrate in such a state of desperation, and immediately chipped in money to treat him to a feast of wine, otherwise this Mr. Liu would really be in danger of starving and fainting in the yamen!
It's just that a full meal won't last long, and Master Liu doesn't know how to live the next day.

Although there is still some money and food in the treasury of the Xiangshan County Government, but now it is the end of the year when the government is closed, and according to the rules, it will not be used until after the New Year.And now Liu Chaozuo didn't even have enough money for meals, so he couldn't make it through the new year, but he was a newcomer, and he was timid, so he didn't dare to break the rules at will.Want to find a few big households to play the autumn wind!It doesn't even have a proper title.Fortunately, he begged all the way to take office, he had already lost his morals, he didn't care about his dignity and prestige at all, so he shyly said at the banquet that my lord has no money now, can you borrow some money for a while?
When the yamen officials heard this, they didn't know that after the money was taken out, most of them would go and never return?Immediately, all of them complained to the sky, and refused to pull out a single hair...Of course, it is not acceptable to let them use their own money to honor the county magistrate, but the difficulties of the county magistrate must also be resolved.So after a while, an old scribe stroked his beard and said that this year's imperial grain and national tax had already been collected and put into storage, so there was really nothing to squeeze out.Even if you want to find a big local family to play the autumn wind, it is best not to pick the time of the Chinese New Year to add bad luck to them, otherwise it will be difficult to get along with them in the future.

Fortunately, the barbarians in Macau have not yet paid this year's 500 taels of land rent. When the county yamen went to collect it before, the other party said that they were not at ease because they did not see the county magistrate's seal, and they were afraid that the yamen would not be trustworthy. collection.Therefore, after the former county magistrate died of a sudden illness, he has been delaying the payment.Now that the new county lord has arrived, those barbarians naturally have no reason to delay the payment—although the money has to go into the public account, but if the county lord has an urgent need to settle down, everyone is in the same yamen. I will not be indifferent to the difficulties of the county lord...

In addition, when those barbarians and sea merchants in Macau pay a visit to the new county venerable, they will definitely have a tribute.Although the amount may not be too much, if the money is added together, it should be enough for Liu Chaozuo, who "feeds enough for one person and the whole family is not hungry", to have a good year.

So, the magistrate Liu Chaozuo, who was in a hurry to find something to cook, took a group of yamen servants and a few temporarily recruited servants, and hurried to Macau to collect the rent!

——Although the history textbooks in the future classify Macao and Hong Kong as similar foreign concessions, in fact, Macao, which was occupied by the Portuguese during the Ming Dynasty, and a series of concessions such as Hong Kong, which was ceded by the Manchu Qing, were not at all. It's not the same thing at all.

Zhengde eight years (1509), in Da.Ten years after the Gama fleet first arrived in India, the Portuguese fleet arrived on the coast of China for the first time and seized Tuen Mun Island at the mouth of the Pearl River in an attempt to monopolize China's silk and porcelain trade with the West.They first pretended to be Malacca envoys and asked for trade with the Ming Dynasty government. The Battle of Tuen Mun broke out, the Portuguese fleet was almost wiped out, and the first invasion of China failed.

After that, the Portuguese who made a comeback colluded with the Japanese pirates in Shuangyu, and continued to launch a comprehensive attack on the Ming Dynasty by providing the Japanese pirates with matchlock guns and artillery, in an attempt to seize a colony in China.But the Ming army quickly launched a counterattack, destroyed the stronghold of Shuangyu, and drove away the Portuguese again.

Next, the Portuguese joined forces with Japanese pirates and maritime merchants, and continued to attack the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong many times, burning, killing, and looting. However, the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty also rose up to resist, causing heavy losses to the Portuguese expeditionary force—after all, they were based in a small country of 200 million people. With a weak force, half of the world's most populous Eastern Empire was conquered at that time. With the navigation technology at that time, just transporting the Portuguese from their home country to the coast of Daming, more than half of them would have to feed sharks halfway. If we want to engage in a long-term war of attrition with the Ming Dynasty, it will be tantamount to throwing human lives into the sea.

So, in half a century, the Portuguese joined forces with Japanese pirates, hired Nanyang aborigines and fought with Ming Dynasty several times, but they were beaten all over the place by Ming Dynasty, and the plan to monopolize the trade of oriental silk and porcelain became completely unreal. .Those Japanese pirates were still of the yellow race, and many of them were Chinese maritime merchants at all, so after losing the battle, they only had to change their clothes and hairstyles, and they could probably escape.However, the physical characteristics of the Portuguese are so different from those of the Chinese that they can’t hide if they want to hide—the official policy of the Ming Dynasty at that time was “everyone who encounters Frangji will be killed”!
Seeing that they could not be cheated and deceived, and armed invasion could not be defeated, the Portuguese, who had encountered obstacles one after another in China, finally opened their minds and completely gave up the fantasy of conquering China by force. In 1553, a Portuguese fleet moored on the coast of Xiangshan County, Guangdong. , falsely claiming that he is a "tribute envoy" from a Southeast Asian country to Beijing, and asked to borrow a piece of land to expose the goods on the ship.At the same time, a large sum of silver was used to bribe Wang Bai, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Haidao, and others. Finally, relying on the deception of corrupt Chinese officials, the Portuguese were able to steal Macau, which was still a desolate small fishing village at the time.

Although there have been Portuguese in Macau since then, Macau was not considered a ceded territory in the Ming Dynasty. Strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a special economic zone that allows foreigners to live.The Ming Dynasty has always set up tax cards and government offices in Macau. Every year, all transactions of goods must be paid to the Municipal Shipping Department. Otherwise, the ship will be fined and the ship will be detained. In order to obtain the right to live in Macau, the Portuguese have to pay a large amount every year Rents - generally similar to the Chinatowns and Chinatowns where overseas Chinese lived in later generations, or the "Fanfang" where Arab merchants lived in Guangzhou and Quanzhou in the Tang and Song dynasties.

Of course, after occupying Macau, the Portuguese have not always been so honest.In fact, it didn't take long for them to start building forts and forts in Macau, defaulting on rent, and trying to provoke the bottom line of the Ming court.In the 43rd year of Jiajing (1564), the Portuguese actually hung a statue of "The Virgin Stepping on the Dragon's Head" on the newly completed Catholic Church in Macau.It is intended to put China under its feet.As a result, the Guangzhou government was completely angered. At that time, Yu Dayou, the general of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty and a famous anti-Japanese general, was gearing up to make new achievements and wipe out the local Portuguese in one fell swoop.

After hearing the news, the Portuguese in Macau were terrified—after repeatedly bumping into walls, they already knew that the Ming Dynasty was not easy to mess with, so they hurriedly begged to see Mo Jiheng, the deputy envoy of the Ming Dynasty’s Guangdong Haidao, sincerely repented, and took A large sum of gold and silver was paid to honor the local officials. Not only did they make up for the rent arrears in previous years, but they also took the initiative to increase the rent paid every year in the future.As for the statue of "The Virgin Stepping on the Dragon's Head" that caused trouble, it was also destroyed by the Portuguese on its own initiative.After the matter subsided, the Ming government warned the Portuguese that if they committed any illegal acts in Macau, they would be punished with the "Law of Consecutive Sitting".

Since then, the Portuguese have been very obedient to the successive governors of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, and they never forget to send large sums of filial gold and silver every year.As for the land rent, fire consumption and various additional distributions paid to Xiangshan County, they dare not default.On the other hand, in line with the principle of governance by doing nothing, as long as there is no lawsuit involving human life, the rent, taxes and routine "filial piety" are paid honestly and in full, the subsequent local officials in Guangdong will not care much about the Portuguese. .

Although they turned a blind eye and allowed the Portuguese to settle down, the Ming government did not make any concessions on the issue of sovereignty. There are agent activities in Macau.But from a legal point of view, Macau has always been under the legal jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty. If the government came over with a paper arrest document, the Portuguese governor must follow the order to arrest and transfer it. Take people into the city to arrest them personally.Even the governor can't protect him.

In contrast, Hong Kong, Jiaozhou Bay, Lushun, and the foreign concessions in major cities that were forcibly leased out in the late Qing Dynasty were said to be leased, but in fact they were forcibly occupied. Foreigners from various countries did not pay any Chinese government. Land rent of more than half a dime.

It wasn’t until after the Opium War that the Portuguese in Macau gradually became daring. First, they refused to pay the rent, and then expelled the official offices and troops stationed in Macau established by the Qing Dynasty, and finally forced the Qing government to sign the “Early Treaty of the Sino-Portuguese Conference” in 1887. And the "Sino-Portuguese Friendship and Trade Agreement" officially confirmed that Macau is the territory of Portugal-so, the responsibility for China's loss of Macau in history should also be borne by the Qing government.

Closer to home, in the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese in Macau did not have the arrogance of the imperialist powers in modern times, but they were as cautious as daughter-in-laws. With their military strength in Macau, they were indeed enough to wipe out the surrounding counties that were empty of defense. , and even dispatched troops to go deep into the Pearl River and bombard Guangzhou... But besides leading to the severance of commercial routes, what meaning can it have?They are here to do business and seek money, not to burn money and fight wars to be conquerors.Today's Portuguese have long understood that with their poor military strength in the East, it is simply a dream to conquer China.

Not to mention that in these days, even the Portuguese mainland of the Iberian Peninsula was swallowed up by Spain (the country was not successfully restored until 1640). Can you get tough in front of people from other countries?
Therefore, the county magistrate Liu Chaozuo had just arrived in Macau. After verifying his identity, the local Portuguese Chamber of Commerce sent 500 taels of land rent silver and 15 taels of "fire consumption" in full, in addition to a gift to honor the county magistrate.Then, after hearing the news, several Chinese maritime merchants residing in Macau rushed to host a banquet in honor of the county magistrate, making Liu Chaozuo, who was eating and sleeping on the road, so happy that he couldn't find the north for a while, and immediately got drunk.When I woke up, it was already late, and I couldn't go back to the county, so I stayed overnight in the mansion of a businessman surnamed Huang in Macau.

Then, when he woke up, Liu Chaozuo, the magistrate of Daming County, became Liu Chaozuo, a reincarnation of infinite space... Liu Chaozuo had no doubts about the fact that he, a newcomer, became a county magistrate: based on his experience, in order to improve the newcomer in the first The safety factor of the plot world prevents cannibalism among the team members-mainly seniors kill newcomers, and the "lord god" system often assigns newcomers a higher status.But this still didn't solve Liu Chaozuo's question - what kind of plot world is he in?Where did the other members of the reincarnation team go?

Full of doubts, he got up and walked around the small courtyard. Except for a few local coolies who didn't look like modern people, who were sleeping soundly in the wing room, he didn't find any traces of infinite space reincarnation.What made Liu Chaozuo even more horrified was that the main god watch he was wearing was also missing, and it was blank: Could it be that even this thing has quality problems?Lord God!I want to complain!Is there a warranty on this thing?

In addition, since he couldn't find any teammates, and the main god's watch didn't give any hints, he couldn't confirm what kind of plot world he had entered, so he could only ponder by himself: "...Macau during the Chongzhen reign of the late Ming Dynasty? This place is really strange Yes! What kind of plot world am I transmigrating into? Uh, I vaguely remember when watching the TV series "Jade Blood Sword", there seemed to be a Portuguese army in it, could it be this martial arts drama..."

Anyway, Liu Chaozuo just sat by the bed.I thought about it for a while.It wasn't until after daybreak that there was a sound in the mansion—the servants and maidservants of Huang's mansion came in to say hello to him, and brought him hot water for washing his face and breakfast: a bowl of wontons, a plate of pickles and some pancakes.

After the county magistrate got dressed and finished his breakfast, a Xiangshan county clerk who followed him from the county to Macau to press for the rent, who seemed to be resting elsewhere last night, smelled of alcohol and powder all over his body, Walked over slowly, asking the county magistrate if he would go back to the county by boat today—the business in Macau has been done, and the Chinese New Year will be the day after tomorrow.

But Liu Chaozuo was still confused about his situation, so he agreed without hesitation: Maybe there will be new clues in the county government?
So Liu Chaozuo and his party bid farewell to their hospitable host, left Huang's Mansion with land rent and gifts, and walked to the streets of Macau.

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During the reign of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty, Macau was not the oriental gambling city that was later known as the oriental gambling city, but a small port with a population of only 2 or [-].The urban area is small and there is nothing to do sightseeing.But the street is bustling and lively, and from time to time, there are some barbaric-looking overseas people in strange clothes: Nordics with red skin, yellow hair and blue eyes, Latinos with light brown skin and black hair, short Japanese men with shaved semicircular hair , dark-skinned, curly-haired, curry-smelling Indian Asan, and authentic African blacks whose bodies are pitch-black with only white teeth... As for all kinds of ragged sailors, they are a scene on the street, and they are all drunk , stumbling around in the street—for this reason, there are servants in livery and canes sitting at the door of the big houses, and when they see a drunk guy trying to break in, they take the cane and give him a cane. one time.

In addition, the abnormal climate of the Little Ice Age obviously also affected this remote area of ​​southern China—although the dazzling sun hung in the sky, the sunlight did not bring much warmth at all, and the rich people on the street even wore skin gown.The poor wore worn-out padded jackets full of patches.

Although the street scene in Macau is a bit disappointing, it is somehow exotic.Macau and Xiangshan County are only a stone's throw away, and they are free at the moment, and Macau can be regarded as the territory under his county magistrate's rule, so Liu Chaozuo, who has changed his soul, continued to stroll along the street slowly and look around. Understand the people's sentiments.He originally wanted to take this opportunity to see what the Ruins of St. Paul's Church, a famous scenic spot in Macau, would look like before it burned down. Who would have thought that when he went there, he found that there was still a lot of construction going on here-it turned out that the Ruins of St. Paul's Church, that is, St. Paul's Church is still under construction, and the ground is full of stone and wood.I heard from the officials in Xiangshan that this church has been built for nearly 20 years, but it still looks like a dilapidated building... Liu Chaozuo couldn't help but sigh. Hotels are comparable.

After going around like this, it has been delayed for quite a while.So, under the urging of several clerks who were eager to go home for the New Year, Liu Chaozuo finally finished his wanderings, turned around and led a large group of people to the pier, preparing to take a boat back to Xiangshan County.

Next, he noticed something unusual.

"...Excuse me! Give me a break!"

Accompanied by a loud Cantonese yell, County Magistrate Liu Chaozuo was stunned to see that a rickshaw pulled a foreigner and passed him at a high speed - if it wasn't for the driver wearing a bun, he would have thought It was in the Shanghai Concession during the Republic of China: in the previous adventure of infinite space, Liu Chaozuo had once ventured into the plot world of "Fearless".

But it is still the end of the Ming Dynasty, where did this human-powered rickshaw come from?
He looked around suspiciously, and found that neither the pedestrians on the street nor the Xiangshan county government servants around him seemed to turn a blind eye to this.Considering that this place was the most open to the outside world and had the most imported products at the end of the Ming Dynasty, I felt relieved—since horse-drawn carriages and wheelbarrows existed in ancient times, the ancients might not be able to make this rickshaw, perhaps in Europe at this time. There is already something similar!
Liu Chaozuo, who is not very good at history, thought so, and at the same time continued to stroll along the street, and then saw a familiar thing.

"...Australian films, Australian films! Come and see! The new film is released...Guan Yunchang warms wine and kills Hua Xiong! Sun Wukong beats the bone spirit three times! And King Zhou favors Daji, Xiang Yu Bawang Farewell My Concubine...To celebrate the New Year, All [-]% discount!"

Accompanied by a few clear and crisp gongs, a peddler set up an "Australian movie machine" in the market, shouting loudly to attract customers, and the children in the alleys rushed to the intersection of the street, taking out the machine from their arms. Throwing a handful of copper coins into the hands of the peddler, he shouted: "...Let me see first, let me see first."

Witnessing this scene, Liu Chaozuo, who was wearing the seventh-rank official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, couldn't help being stunned again—what are some Australian movies?This is clearly a foreign film that was common on the streets during the Republic of China! He had seen "pull foreign films" in the plot world of "Fearless", and heard that there are small toys with a similar principle for sale in the modern world, which is driven by a ratchet mechanism in a wooden box. A film reel, so that the pictures on the film are played continuously, and the viewer has to pull the rope to wind up the clockwork... It's just the end of the Ming Dynasty now!Could it be that the Europeans at this moment have already made a similar thing, and it was trafficked to Macau by the Portuguese? !Well, no wonder the peddler just now called it La-Australia...

Although he was quite shocked, because Liu Chaozuo took the word "Ao" in the "Macao film" as referring to Macao, after thinking about it for a while, he felt relieved, but he was more interested in the advanced nature of modern Europe. To be amazed.

Finally, when a group of people walked to the pier, looking for the ferry back to Xiangshan County, Liu Chaozuo finally discovered the abnormality of this world.

——He saw a large shadow of heavy sails covering the sky and covering the sun, coming from afar, and the alarm bell in Macau port rang continuously. Portuguese soldiers with tomahawks and spears were running back and forth, and there was a commotion on the docks and streets... …

Of course, such scenes of riots were not uncommon in the age of great voyages where pirates were rampant.But the real problem was that Liu Chaozuo, with sharp eyes, noticed as soon as he looked over, that among the fleet approaching Macau, there were several large ships with soot-filled chimneys!
Hey, the inventor Watt will not be born until the next century!Where do you seventeenth-century steamships come across?

Next, the blue and white cross-star flags hanging on the masts of these sailing ships fluttered, which made Liu Chaozuo County Magistrate stunned when he saw it on the Macau pier. :

"...What the hell is going on here? How can there be a NATO flag these days? And where did the seventeenth-century steamship come from? Oh! What the hell did the goddamn god throw me into? What kind of absurd world is this?!!!"

Then, Liu Chaozuo was hurriedly dragged back by several yamen servants, and an old official who served as a coordinator (translator) explained to him.

"...My lord! It's terrible! The sea thieves' ships are coming out of their nests, and they are coming straight to Macau! Although I heard from Franji that those thieves outside Hong Kong have no malicious intentions towards Macau. But just in case I'm afraid Macau will be closed today! Let's go back to the county by land!"

"...Kun thief? What is that? Are you talking about the fleet outside the port?"

"...Your Excellency has just come to Guangdong, so you may not know about it. This bandit is a giant sea bandit that has appeared in recent years. He claims to have come from Australia thousands of miles away. He shaves his hair short and doesn't grow a beard, so we call him a gangster..."

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In the evening of that day, County Magistrate Liu and his party, who were rushing all the way, finally rushed back to Xiangshan County from Macau before the city gate was closed.

Then, under the pleading eyes of a group of yamen servants, Liu Chaozuo had no choice but to give them rewards and take a holiday, and sent them home for the New Year. He brought his luggage to the back office to rest. Adhering to the practice of "officials do not repair yamen", as long as the yamen hasn't collapsed, they don't bother to spend money on repairs, so the back yamen house in Xiangshan County is naturally dilapidated.Even though the yamen servants had been organized to do a voluntary cleaning, many places still seemed to be somewhere between haunted houses and ruins, but Liu Chaozuo was also a person who had suffered a lot, so he took it easy.

However, after he made his bed and got into the quilt, everything was silent and his thoughts were fluctuating, but he couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

——Recalling what he saw and heard in Macau today, as well as the various news and rumors he heard from the yamen servants along the way, Liu Chaozuo couldn't help sighing for a while, feeling that the amount of information was a little too large, and his brain capacity was not enough, and his heart was even worse. I don’t even know how to complain about this absurd world:
"...Australians? Do you still call yourself a descendant of the Song Dynasty? Where did these guys come from? I'm afraid there are only aborigines and kangaroos in Australia these days! What kind of hell did the Lord God throw me into? Ah? And what is the mission in this world? Why did this damn God’s watch suddenly crash? God! The quality of the product you provided is too bad! I want to return the product for warranty!”

However, before Liu Chaozuo could sort out today's chaotic experience and various abnormal information, something even more incredible happened:
Without any warning, a golden light flashed in the room, and several strange figures suddenly appeared.Then, the snow-bright beams of four or five strong flashlights shone straight on Liu Chaozuo's face, making him almost unable to open his eyes under the flickering light...

In the next moment, Liu Chaozuo, who hadn't seen clearly who the visitor was, heard a man yelling at him angrily:

"...Liu Chaozuo, what happened to you happened! You crossed illegally without the approval of the relevant department! Now that the evidence is convincing, you should be arrested soon!"

All of a sudden, Liu Chaozuo felt something in his mind "snap" disconnected, and the expression on his face suddenly changed into the word "囧"...