Macao.

When Li Mingxun's couch was solid, his body was dizzy and swayed on the boat for half a month. Now his feet were stable, but his nerves were shaking. The Bald Eagle was anchored at the dock in Macau. The Macau official who had collected his ten gold coins was calling to stick the Bald Eagle over.

There were few ships on the dock, and three Garen-style armed sailboats were moored deep in the depths, and British flags were hung on the masts. Lee Mingxun smiled immediately. He thought that the lucky David had arrived as promised. The three ships were loaded with the goods he had ordered, including Indian saltpeter, jute, various artillery, buffalo horns and many spices. Of course, there were also people, craftsmen who were recruited by the British East India Company, shipbuilding and artillery manufacturers.

"Big shopkeeper, we are going to find Captain David there?" Lin He asked with some melancholy.

Lee Mingxun smiled: "Of course I went to the tavern, where the most informed ones are there."

As the territory of the Ming Empire, Macau has been occupied by the Portuguese for decades. Six or seven buildings were built on the island with forts alone. Churches, government offices, warehouses and docks were all available. Of course, the most undesirable thing was taverns and brothels. Of course, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still enjoyed sovereignty over this land. There was the customs office of the Guangzhou Maritime Bureau, and the order and security were also under Xiangshan County. There were still troops stationed around Macau to deter it. In the past few decades, the Portuguese in Macau, from the governor, parliament, courts, and ordinary people had shown great obedience. Every time they expanded in judicial, administrative and military facilities, they had to pay a lot of gold and silver to bribe. Guangzhou often used water and food to knock on the Portuguese in Macau.

Walking on the wide streets and looking at the depressed market and the few pedestrians, Li Mingxun not only laughed secretly, but now the Portuguese life is really hard, and under the eaves of the street corners, there are many poor refugees, many of them Portuguese and the dark-skinned Malays.

The tavern is a three-story stone building. Just next to the church, four tall black men stood in front of the door, holding sticks to drive away the malicious people. When the Jindukat, which was leaping in Lee Myung-hoon's hand, emitted the dazzling light, the guys let Lee Myung-hoon in. The hall of the tavern was filled with wine mixed with sweat smell. The table was filled with people of all kinds of talk and talking, and the dark-eyed yellow-haired Portuguese, Sikhs wrapped in headscarves, and Arabs in robes, perhaps the captain, sailors, mercenaries, stuffed the entire first floor, filling themselves with beer and rum in front of the oak table.

Suddenly, the tavern became quiet, and even the Indian musician playing with snakes in the corner stopped. People's attention was attracted by Li Mingxun standing at the door. Suddenly, a tall man rushed out of the crowd, holding a Japanese knife and stabbed Li Mingxun directly. However, after drinking too much wine, he was soon tripped by the drunk sailor on the ground and fell directly in front of Li Mingxun.

Li Mingxun recognized this man at a glance, the first mate of the Golden Oak, an experienced navigator, and also a desperate.

"You liar, you should have been burned infidels to death, deceived our company. Come on, accept Taylor Smith's challenge and let's duel!" Taylor's eldest mate staggered, his sword swaying around, and there was a hustle and bustle in the tavern, and the people watching the fun slapped the table and shouted loudly.

Lee Mingxun laughed: "Taylor, I'm just five days late. You should know that there is nothing accurate at sea. Five days is not too late."

"Taylor, you idiot, if you hurt my dearest partner, I will break your thigh and stuff it into your butt!" A heavy scolding sounded from the second floor, and it was David William who spoke. He walked down the stairs, hugged Lee Mingxun affectionately, and said in an exaggerated tone: "Oh, my dear Lee, you are still so elegant, you are simply the noblest gentleman I have ever seen. Please accept my highest respect."

"Sir, you said you would chop this liar and feed the dog!" Taylor said from the side.

David glared at Taylor and was about to do it, but Lee Mingxun didn't give him a chance to waste his time and said, "I think we should find a place to have a drink. Mr. Captain."

David immediately led Lee Mingxun to the second floor, while chatting in a serious and majestic tone, pointing out Lee Mingxun’s mistake in addressing: “No, I am not the captain, but the plenipotent representative of the British East India Company in the East, and he is a chief.”

Lee Mingxun was taken to his own room by David. This room was not big, and the decoration and utensils used were also average. David muttered: "It makes you laugh. The Portuguese have always been stingy and can only provide me with such residence, which is completely unworthy of my superior."

"Business, business!" Li Mingxun had enough of his thoughts and knocked on the table.

David grinned and said, "Well, this time I brought three armed merchant ships, each filled with what you need, three hundred stones of Indian saltpeter, two hundred stones of jute, almost all the spices you can receive, of course, I know, for you, the most important thing is the weapons, one thousand five hundred grenades of Goa Arsenal, and forty cannons, my god, you don't know how much hard it took for our lord to buy these from the stingy and greedy governor of Portugal. More than half of the raw silk you sold me was stolen by those idiots, and they were simply robbed."

"Okay, I'm talking nonsense, in addition to these, there are Indian cotton cloth, buffalo horns you ordered, and of course, there are people, you don't know how much these Indians and Burmese people can eat, two hundred people, stuffed a boat." David finally provided all the information.

Through the small window, Li Mingxun pointed to the Bald Eagle at the port and said, "Look at that ship."

"Wow, she is so beautiful, like a noble lady in London." David said with a gaze, and then asked: "Is that your ship right? In the East, only you have a European ship in your hand."

"Of course, it's the Bald Eagle. There are two hundred dans of raw silk, tea and porcelain promised to be given to you in the cargo hold. A fleet of ships will come within ten days, and there is sugar for you on it." Li Mingxun said.

David sat on the bed and shook his head repeatedly: "It's not fair, this is not fair, God must prefer you Orientals."

Lee Mingxun smiled, "We don't believe in God, Lord David."

David sighed and said, "Look, what you need is the same value, what you need is three Garen-style armed merchant ships with displacement of over 500 tons, and my things, perhaps one of them, aren't full, damn! Why do you want those Indian monkeys and the worthless but huge Indian cotton and cotton, the damn buffalo horns, that takes up too much space."
Chapter completed!