Chapter 230: Post-Election Conflict with the Portuguese

And just when everything in the Celestial Empire was going on in an orderly manner.

Chen Zirong, the Minister of Rites, would seek an audience with the Cabinet's capital Wuchang.

"Electing a queen?"

"Your Majesty, now that state affairs have been settled, there is no master in the harem

Your Majesty, although the affairs of the harem are not the most important affairs of the country, they are related to the royal bloodline and the future of the country.

The selection of beautiful women is not only related to your personal happiness, but also the cornerstone of national stability and prosperity.

Therefore, I implore your Majesty to consider carefully and select a virtuous, intelligent and clever woman as the queen as soon as possible, and even concubines in the harem, in order to stabilize the royal family and benefit the people.

This is what the subjects of the world hope for"

"Okay!"

Wang Chao frowned slightly, and then nodded in agreement.

"However, now that the state is settled, don't make a big fuss and waste people's money."

With Wang Chao's current status, it is impossible to talk about free love.

He did not have much resistance to the selection of a queen.

Even in later generations, aren't there matchmakers to introduce each other?

If you think about it carefully, there doesn't seem to be much difference in essence.

Of course, in addition to personal choices, the emperor also has political choices when choosing a queen.

Even political marriage is the main purpose.

However, the dynasty does not need to consider these.

After the dynasty agreed, the matter of the current majesty choosing a queen and concubines immediately spread all over the world.

Although the dynasty repeatedly emphasized not to make a big fuss and waste money.

However, it can't resist the spontaneous actions of the people from all over the country.

Whether it is out of respect for the dynasty or various considerations of interests, they all hope that the dynasty will marry a queen, enrich the harem, and give birth to offspring.

In the eyes of most people at this time, only when the dynasty has offspring can the foundation of the country be truly stable.

Looking at the overwhelming purple air, the dynasty couldn't help but be speechless.

His choice of queen has become the will of the people.

In the end, after repeated careful selection, there are still thousands of beautiful women entering the palace, including the daughters of ministers and those selected from the people.

These people are waiting for Wang Chao to choose.

It is impossible to say that Wang Chao has no waves in his heart.

Although he has embarked on the road of immortality, it does not mean that he has no desires.

To be honest, even if it is to establish this country, in addition to the idea of ​​doing something for the people and the nation, it is more for himself, so that his cultivation level can be improved faster.

It can be said that he is now a normal human being who has mastered extraordinary magical powers, but his mind and will are slightly stronger.

In the past 20 or 30 years, although he had several relationships, they basically ended without a happy ending, and they were all ordinary people.

Top beauties are not what ordinary people like him can dream of.

Now, there are thousands of beauties selected from all over the country, waiting for him to choose, and he is naturally very excited.

But soon, he suppressed his thoughts.

The selection of the queen does not need to consider whether she is beautiful or not, but other talents and management abilities.

After all, if you can be selected into the palace, there is no one who is not beautiful.

In the end, the dynasty chose Ji Nanyue, the daughter of the Ji family, who was Ji Mingyuan's sister, as the queen.

Not for anything else, just because she had management skills that other women did not have.

This may be because she was born into a business family and was influenced by it since childhood.

Although some old scholars had complaints about her background.

However, they could not influence the dynasty's ideas.

In the end, the queen's candidate was decided, and it was decided to hold the wedding ceremony on May 19th, the first year of the Tianchao in the 4334th year of the Yellow Emperor's calendar.

The emperor's wedding is not only a major event in the emperor's personal life, but also an important moment in the country's political life. It symbolizes the continuation of the royal bloodline and the stability of the country. Naturally, it cannot be decided rashly.

While the whole country was preparing for the emperor's wedding, a large-scale conflict broke out in the southeast coastal area.

Because the Tianchao had just been established for more than two months, Guangdong and Guangxi were included in its rule, and it was less than a month.

Coupled with the serious shortage of manpower, the rule of the coastal areas would naturally be weakened a lot.

Seeing that this ancient oriental country seemed to have lost a lot of power due to the alternation of the old and new dynasties.

The Portuguese, who originally occupied a place in Haojing for trade, immediately had other ideas.

Well, Haojing is Macau in later generations.

Seeing that the Celestial Empire had been established for more than two months, but no one had come to Haojing, they immediately occupied Haojing openly, claiming that this was a territory they had obtained normally from the Ming Dynasty, a piece of territory belonging to them, Portugal.

Similarly, the Dutch and Spanish in Dongfanwei and Penghu Islands also announced that Dongfanwei, Penghu Islands and Ryukyu Islands were territories belonging to their two countries.

And Dongfan is Taiwan in later generations.

When Wang Chao received this news, he almost laughed out of anger.

This is really shameless.

The Portuguese residence in Haojing was actually a temporary stronghold established with the consent of Ming Dynasty officials.

However, Haojing still belonged to the Ming Dynasty, and those Portuguese also needed to abide by the laws of the daimyo and even pay taxes.

Now they are flattering their faces and announcing that Macau is theirs.

As for Dongfanwei and Penghu Islands, they were actually occupied by the two countries a few years ago when the Ming Dynasty was too busy to take care of other things.

In 1624, the Dutch occupied southern Taiwan; in 1626, the Spanish occupied northern Taiwan.

Now, the Dutch took the opportunity to occupy the Penghu Islands, and the Spanish occupied the Ryukyu Islands.

At the beginning, because the Chinese army did not arrive at coastal areas and other places, naturally no one came to them for explanation.

However, as time went by, the turmoil in various places within the Celestial Empire gradually subsided, and more and more energy began to be focused on the frontiers.

As for Haijiang, the dynasty will naturally not give up either.

On January 20, an army from the Celestial Empire arrived outside Haojing and announced that Haojing was under its rule.

Naturally, the Portuguese were unwilling to do this, and immediately started arguing with the Chinese army, claiming that Haojing was originally a territory given to them by the Ming Dynasty.

Naturally, the Chinese soldiers were dismissive of this, and simply ordered them to leave, or to do business in compliance with Chinese laws.

Looking at the dozens of Celestial soldiers opposite, Antonio's eyes flickered. He felt that he should let these Eastern soldiers experience the power of firearms.

and

Feel the magic flowing in your body, as well as the powerful magic of the archbishop of the church.

Involuntarily, he became more confident and held his head high.

"Soldier, I think you should reconsider"

As he spoke, Antonio mobilized the magic power in his body.

"boom!"

In an instant, an orange light bloomed on him, and the terrifying power spread, causing the hundreds of Portuguese people behind him to take a few steps back in fear.

"Lord Antonio, you are indeed extremely powerful."

"I think Anthony is a great man and is stronger than before."

"Hey, will those Eastern soldiers be so scared that they wet their pants?"

"hehe."

"Hahaha"

Looking at Antonio and the rampant Portuguese opposite, Zhou Yanying looked at each other and felt a little confused. What are these people doing?

Do you still want to fight with them?

"Uh, could it be that he wants to scare us?"

Zhou Yanying said with some uncertainty.

"Well, I admit that his power is stronger than ordinary people, but he wants to scare us.

Are you looking down on us too much? "

"That Anio, I don't care what you are doing, within three days

You are limited to three days to either leave Haojing or apply for entry documents and procedures in accordance with the laws of the Celestial Empire. "

Seeing that Zhou Yanying and others were indifferent to the momentum he released, Antonio's eyes flashed, but in the end he did not take action, but said exaggeratedly:

"Oh, no, you can't do this.

Now this is our Portuguese territory.”

Antonio wanted to say something more, but Zhou Yanying interrupted him with a wave of his hand, stretched out three fingers, and said coldly:

"Three days!"

After saying that, Zhou Yanying led his people to leave here and began to patrol here, as if he had regarded this place as the territory of the Celestial Empire, and did not pay any attention to Antonio and others.

Looking at the arrogant backs of Zhou Yanying and others, Antonio's expression changed. He originally wanted to attack.

But in the end, he suppressed his thoughts and quickly returned to their original place of residence and entered a church.

Antonio is the nominal leader here, but in fact, the more powerful Archbishop Richard Neal has more say.

As soon as he entered the church, Antoniel felt a gentle force envelope his body, slowly baptizing his body.

Unable to help it, Antonio narrowed his eyes.

It is worthy of being watched by the gods, and its power is so intoxicating.

"Mr. Antonio, what happened?"

Richard, who looked in his fifties but was very energetic, walked out slowly and asked in a warm voice.

"Those damn Chinese people are going to expel us."

"What's their strength?"

"You can't tell, but they seem to be able to ignore my strength and aura."

"Can I ignore your aura and coercion?

This...either means that their power is comparable to yours, or they have some treasures, or they are protected by gods."

"Their strength is comparable to mine

If it were one or two, I would still believe it.

However, if dozens of people are like this, then it is somewhat impossible, right? "

"Well, indeed!"

Archbishop Richard nodded, also agreeing with Antonio's statement.

"Other than that, there are some treasures or the protection of gods."

"They are soldiers, are they gods like the God of War?"

"Maybe, maybe not.

But we'll find out once we test it.

"Tonight"

While Antonio and others were discussing countermeasures, Zhou Yanying and his party were also discussing Antonio and others.

"Captain, are we leaving like this? I think we can just kick them out."

"Hey~, we always have to communicate with other countries. Naturally, it's not easy to get everything done. We always need to give them some preparation time."

Zhou Nanying shook her head and said with a smile.

"oh!"

After listening to Zhou Yanying's explanation, everyone nodded thoughtfully.

That night, Antonio led hundreds of people, carrying flintlock guns, to the camp of Zhou Yanying and others.

But as soon as they got close, they were spotted by patrolling soldiers.

"who?"

"Do it!"

"Wow!"

Antonio and others quickly reloaded their ammunition in an instant.

"Hmm~? Come on, someone is attacking the camp!"

Accompanied by his shout, the entire camp exploded in an instant, and Zhou Lanying and others quickly rushed out of the tent.

With the flow of true energy in his body, he could see the movements of Antonio and others in an instant.

"Firearm?"

"Be on guard! Set up the formation!"

Although he did not think that Antonio and others' backward firearms could cause any harm to himself and others.

However, Zhou Lanying still carefully set up the military formation.

In an instant, a golden-red firebird rose up, scattering a golden-red glow, covering everyone.

"Wow!"

"This is..."

"Oh, my God, what is this? The legendary beast?"

"So beautiful"

Looking at the golden-red firebird in front of them and the golden-red glow it shed, everyone couldn't help but exclaimed.

"No, what are you doing? Is this the time to discuss this?

Hurry up and get ready, shoot!"

"Bang, bang, bang"

Following Antonio's order, the rest of the Portuguese who had already filled their ammunition suddenly reacted and began to shoot at Zhou Lanying and others.

However, after the bullets fired by the crowd came into contact with the golden and red light around Zhou Lanying and others, they were instantly offset by the force and fell to the ground one after another.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible"

"Oh, God, is this magic?"

The scene in front of them almost completely overturned their three views.

Feeling the impact of the external bullets, Zhou Lanying couldn't help but shook his head with some disdain. After all, they were just some backward muskets, which were far inferior to the Celestial Empire.

However

"It's impolite not to return the favor, shoot!"

"Clang!"

"Bang, bang, bang"

Following Zhou Lanying's order, everyone raised their guns and pulled the trigger in an instant.

After a series of gunshots, more than half of the hundreds of people led by Antonio fell down in an instant.

"Not good!"

Antonio, who felt this, felt his scalp tingling instantly, and immediately mobilized his internal strength, and the orange light enveloped his body.

"Huh~? Isn't this the An what-ao from the daytime?"

"Hey, I knew they had bad intentions"

Such an obvious target, Zhou Lanying would naturally not let it go, and immediately turned the muzzle and aimed at Antonio in an instant.

At this moment, the crisis of death instantly rushed into Antonio's heart.

"No, don't shoot, we are willing to leave"

However, no one paid attention to him.

"Bang bang bang"

After another round of gunshots, the remaining dozens of Portuguese fell to the ground, Antonio had a bloody hole in his forehead, his lips opened and closed a few times, and he fell to the ground and died.

"Hey, you can choose to start.

But when to end, that is not up to you."

After ejecting the bullet shell, Zhou Lanying raised a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Let's go, we'll kill these Portuguese today."

"Yes!"