"I heard from our Governor that he knows not only the entire Europa, but also the entire earth. No, not only that, he also knows your past and of course many future things. According to him, he is a prophet messenger sent by a god named Jehovah."

"Huh? What?" Schropp couldn't help but be shocked after hearing this and murmured: "The prophet sent by God, my god, how is this possible? When you say this, I am more eager to meet this governor. This gentleman, please go and meet that governor Ma immediately. I want to meet him as soon as possible."

Then Schrobao immediately ordered someone to escort Ma Mingfeng outside the city and instructed Ma Mingfeng to ask the Governor to allow him to meet in person.

Ma Mingfeng naturally agreed happily, then bowed to Chen Youlong and walked out with great strides.

Not long after, Ma Mingfeng left the city, walked into the Ming army formation, changed into military uniforms, and then led his troops to the city and ordered people to shout to the top of the city, asking Portugal Governor Schroeder to come and meet.

Schroeder was on the top of the city at that time, and immediately leaned over when he heard this. He saw Ma Mingfeng in military uniform. He was about to speak, but suddenly recognized the other party, and then said loudly: "Oh, God, it turns out that you are Governor Ma. I, what did I miss?"

Schroeder was filled with regret. If he had known that the other party was Governor Jinghai, he immediately ordered the other party and Governor Guangdong and Guangxi to be under house arrest. In this way, wouldn't he be here to turn the world upside down?

However, the situation has changed now, even if he regrets it, it will be useless, so he had to resist his regret and speak to Ma Mingfeng: "I have thought about it seriously. What the Governor said before is indeed very correct. I am willing to work closely with the Governor."

Ma Mingfeng nodded and smiled, "As I done this before, would it take so much effort? But since I decided to cooperate, I am willing to give you such an opportunity. Let's do this. Tomorrow, we will wait in Xiangshan County."

"That's great." Schroeder breathed a sigh of relief. A great disaster was invisible. This was undoubtedly good. And although the Ming Dynasty has lost the north, it still occupies half of the south and has an absolute advantage here. If he insists on a non-cooperation attitude, there will be no benefits in the end. So from this perspective, choosing to cooperate with Ma Mingfeng is a wise choice.

What's more, Zheng Zhilong's giant fleet was rampant on the sea. It was really not enough to see just because of his own troops.

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Since the decision had been made, Schroeder no longer took Chen Youlong as a hostage, and set up a sumptuous banquet for him, and then politely sent Chen Youlong away.

The next day, Schroeder arrived at Xiangshan County Government on time as promised, and saw Ma Mingfeng there.

Since he decided to cooperate, Schroeder did not shirk responsibility anymore. Instead, he signed a cooperation agreement with Ma Mingfeng very happily. Not only did he sell Macau's muskets and gunboats to Ma Mingfeng as much as possible, but he also sent technical consultants to provide technical guidance. In addition, Schroeder also promised to train a craftsman of hundreds of people for Ma Mingfeng to make firearms and gunboats.

Ma Mingfeng paid a total of 20,000 taels of silver to buy those firearms and warships, but he felt that this was very necessary. With these firearms and warships, his team could be unobstructed on the sea surface in the future. Even if they encountered pirates with relatively powerful forces, they could deal with it calmly. Moreover, this army could also protect the Ming Dynasty at critical moments. This was an elite surprise soldier.

Reminding of Schroeder's sincerity, Ma Mingfeng signed an agreement with him. Later, his caravan was responsible for purchasing high-quality goods from Nanzhili, Songjiang, Jiangxi and other places, such as silk, tea, porcelain, spices, etc. The freight paid by the Portuguese merchants was only 80% of the original cost. Just this item alone, the Portuguese merchants saved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.

Schroeder was naturally very grateful to Ma Mingfeng, but there was one thing. Ma Mingfeng particularly emphasized that the Ming Dynasty had undisputed absolute sovereignty over Macau, and Portugal was just a temporary lease. Although it could be operated independently, administrative, judicial and military defense were all decided by the Ming Dynasty, and Portugal only had the power to assist in defense.

Schroeder was a little confused about why Ma Mingfeng cared so much about sovereignty, because they were just a vague concept of this. For them, as long as they could make money, sovereignty and other things were secondary.

Therefore, Schroeder happily accepted the request made by Ma Mingfeng. In the current situation, at most they had just built a commercial station with certain defense capabilities in a corner of Macau. As for colonizing like Brazil, they didn't even dare to think about it.

When everything was over, Schroeder suddenly couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Ma Mingfeng: "Governor, when you pretended to be the special envoy sent by you before, you claimed to be the prophet sent by God. Isn't this a joke by you?"

After hearing this, Ma Mingfeng said solemnly: "Why is this a joke? I am indeed an angel sent by God. Now the Catholic Church in Europe has been chaotic by Martin Luther and Calvin. The original sects are now divided, hostile to each other and vendetta. More importantly, the churches are always in the midst of being trapped in it and are difficult to obtain salvation. Therefore, God sent me to the world to reintegrate the church, assist the Roman Catholic Church in eliminating those heresies, re-establishing the authority of the church, and commending countries like Spain and Portugal that are loyal to the Holy See. According to God's instructions

Sect, I should have gone to England, starting with its king Charles I, but because the British Protestants launched a war against the royal power and would eventually win, the king's life was in danger. It was a bit inappropriate to go there now, so I had to ask God for help, first come to Daming, where the sect is still weak, and secretly contacted the old countries of Spain, Portugal, and France. When the British heresy leader Cromwell died and the two Protestant countries of England and the Dutch turned against each other, we could take the opportunity to attack, restore the original order, and rebuild the unification of our church."
Chapter completed!