"Third brother, the three of you owe us a total of three hundred and fifty taels of dragon silver, so you used this pair of mahjong to pay off the debt, hahahaha!"

Seeing the empty money boxes in front of Wang Bing, Yongning and Mu He, the little fat man who transformed from the 'big money lord' into the 'god of gambling' eagerly grabbed the ivory mahjong pieces one by one and began to move them quickly towards the huanghuali wood.

Packed in the box.

There was no other way. After switching to the "bloody river for three cards" game, Wang Bing and the three of them, who could occasionally play with two, now felt lucky.

In less than half an hour, not only did the three of them lose all the silver coins in the money box to the little fat man, but they also owed a total of three hundred and fifty taels of dragon silver to the little fat man, the 'big money owner'.

Therefore, when the little fat man who had won a great victory faced this pair of ivory mahjong that brought him good luck, he naturally wanted to take it into his pocket.

"Brother Zhu, you want to exchange 350 taels of dragon silver for my pair of ivory mahjong. Are you too shady? No, I'll get the money to pay you back right away!"

Seeing that the little fat man wanted to take away the best pair of mahjong in his hand, Wang Bing naturally refused to do it, and pretended to go to get money to pay off his gambling debts.

"Third brother, have you never heard of gambling debts being repaid by gambling? If the three of you can win back money at the card table, of course we will have nothing to say, but..."

Seeing the reluctance on Wang Bing's face, the little fat man immediately and confidently proposed the rule of 'paying back gambling debts'.

"Uh, well, I'm not lucky today. I will definitely win back this pair of mahjong another day!"

Seeing the ivory mahjong put into the box by the little fat man, Wang Bing had a look of reluctance on his face!

"Then we'll wait for you to win, but it's getting late today and we have to go back to the palace, hahahaha!"

The little fat man, who was afraid that Wang Bing would regret it, closed the mahjong box with a snap, picked it up and quickly slipped out of the door.

…

"Husband, why do we deliberately lose so much money to the emperor's brother, and even end up with that ivory mahjong set?"

Just after the little fat man disappeared into the screen wall holding the ivory mahjong, Yong Ning and Mu He couldn't help but look at Wang Bing with doubtful expressions.

It turned out that, taking advantage of the opportunity to play mahjong before, Wang Bing secretly told Yongning and Mu He in advance that he deliberately gave water to the little fat man in order to distract him and prevent him from mentioning it again.

Work' stuff.

Otherwise, no matter how lucky the little fat guy is, it is impossible to win without losing and keep winning!

"Hehe, it's worth spending a few hundred taels of silver and a pair of mahjong to spend a long vacation at home with you!"

Holding the two girls Rou Xi who looked puzzled, Wang Bing couldn't help but smile evilly with a look of 'the plot has succeeded'.

"If you want to win money from us, third brother, just dream, hahaha... Uh, damn, you still fell into this kid's trap!"

Just as Wang Bing was explaining Yongning and Mu He's doubts with a smirk on his face, a four-wheeled carriage with an ordinary appearance but very luxurious interior was speeding towards the Forbidden City. He was rubbing his hands with a happy face.

The little fat man from Ivory Mahjong didn't realize until now that he had been 'cheated' by Wang Bing.

It's just that it's getting late now, and it's too late to return to the Champion's Mansion.

"Forget it, there is nothing important in the court at the moment anyway. The third child has indeed worked hard these years, so let him take a rest first!"

In the end, perhaps because of his "conscience", after sighing, the little fat man finally gave up the idea of ​​letting Wang Bing come back to "work" as soon as possible.

However, what Wang Bing didn't know was that with the "tacit understanding" of the little fat man, the vacation he had finally won was ruined by a group of bandits who came from afar.

…

"Your Excellency, Commander, the Spanish are too strong in Luzon. We might as well attack Haojing first. As long as we capture Haojing, we can cut off the trade between the Portuguese and the Japanese country, and we can use it as a stronghold to march into the country."

Ming Dynasty!"

In July of the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, just as Wang Bing was enjoying the vacation he had bought with a pair of ivory mahjong, thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, off the coast of Luzon, a group of Dutch red beetles from Europe were unnaturally at this moment.

Do your best to pursue your dream of marching into the Ming Dynasty.

Speaking of which, since "Marco Polo's Travels" was published in Europe, China has become the target of plundering wealth and glory in the minds of Europeans, and the Netherlands, which has just achieved de facto independence, is no exception.

In the 23rd year of Wanli, under the guidance of the "Travel Diary" published by Dutchman Van Linssoden, who had served as a servant to the Portuguese Archbishop and traveled to Haojing with the fleet many times, the Dutch launched their first voyage to the East.

fleet, and finally came to Java, becoming the first Dutch fleet to successfully sail to the East.

Although the journey was difficult and only 89 of the total fleet of 249 people survived, the goods they brought back made a profit of 400 times.

With such high profits, in the 25th year of Wanli, the Dutch sent out their second expedition fleet without hesitation, hoping to truly reach China.

"Wei Malang, you are right. After we occupy Haojing and increase our strength, we can then go back and deal with these Spaniards!"

Seeing that it was really impossible to defeat Luzon, which was occupied by Spain, the former suzerain country, Van Nieke, as the commander of the Second Eastern Expedition Fleet, could only follow the advice of deputy commander Wei Malang and decided to move to Haojing to attack and seize the relative strength.

Weaker Portuguese.

Haojing, also known as Haojing'ao, which is later known as "Macau", is under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County, Guangdong. Because there are a lot of "oysters" nearby, the inner wall of the oyster shell is as smooth as a mirror, so it was used as the place name of this place.

In the thirty-sixth year of the Jiajing reign, the Portuguese were commended by Bao Xiangxi, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, for their meritorious service in helping the Ming Dynasty exterminate the Japanese pirates He Yaba. Then they borrowed the right to live in Haojing from the Ming Dynasty through bribery.

It's just that although the Portuguese were able to borrow the right to live in Haojing, that was all. Although they also farmed, built houses, and even built forts and city walls here, this place was still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it still had the government of the Ming Dynasty.

garrison.

Therefore, the Portuguese not only had to pay huge land taxes to the Ming Dynasty every year, but severe sentences such as death also had to be approved by the Ming Dynasty before they could be executed.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Bing did not think about driving him away after coming to this time and space. After all, it was a window to understand the situation in Europe.

However, what these Portuguese people did not expect was that the residency rights they had worked so hard to obtain would suffer a disaster with the arrival of the Dutch, and they could only get out of the business in despair.

A stronghold for decades.

"Haha, Hao Jing, here we are, this will be the starting point for our march into the Ming Dynasty!"

In early September of the 25th year of Wanli, after more than two months of sailing, the Dutch Second Eastern Expedition Fleet finally arrived at the sea off Haojing, and after a short rest, they launched an attack on Haojing.

However, both Van Nieke and Wei Malang greatly underestimated Hao Jing's defensive power and overestimated their own combat effectiveness.

You must know that the Portuguese have lived here for more than 40 years. Although they cannot be said to have won the hearts of the local people, under the supervision of the local government, these Portuguese and local people get along fairly well.

Therefore, in the face of the Dutch attack, the local Ming Dynasty people and the Portuguese felt the same hatred.

Therefore, the Dutch attack lasted less than a day before they were defeated by the people of the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese.

Not only that, during the battle, the Dutch gunpowder barrel was hit, which not only severely damaged one of the Dutch warships, but also the fleet commander Van Nieke was killed on the spot.

In the end, after leaving more than two hundred corpses behind, the Dutch had no choice but to flee Haojing in despair, led by the deputy commander of the fleet, Wei Malang!

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