Yang Gao did not live up to Chen Mu's high expectations, and only half a day after he was released, he returned to his old business.

According to the report of the Inspection Division, Yang Gao, who was beaten so much that he couldn't walk, returned to the small courtyard that he was temporarily rented, and also helped people tell fortunes.

There was really a family that went to see him, a family of four, parents with two children.

Yang Gao looked at the man, shook his head and said that this is a poor life, there is nothing to say, don't pass the treasure; looked at the woman, and shook her head, saying that although there are some prosperous husbands, there are also ups and downs in life, and it is thanks to the two of them supporting each other that they can have children and daughters, and there is nothing to say, don't pass the treasure.

Look at the little girl, her eyes lit up, she covered the robe that covered her ass and snorted twice, saying that the little girl had a good fate, and she would meet nobles in the future.

Finally, I saw the little boy, hey, suddenly wanted to get up from the couch, propped up his body and said that this little boy will have a great transformation in fifteen years, this will charge money, Tongbao fifty!

To the joy of the aboriginal parents who had just learned Chinese for a long time, not only gave him fifty tongbao, but also brought him a basket of turkey eggs, saying that he wanted to replenish the old fairy's body.

When this news reached Chen Mu's ears, he laughed happily, and said to Zou Yuanbiao, who came to report: "This fortune teller is quite good at manipulating people's hearts, and then stares at him, if he doesn't do anything big, let him stay in the city first." ”

After that, he said to Zou Yuanbiao: "What did you come over today, you didn't just come to tell me about it, right?" ”

Zou Yuanbiao was the governor of the big county, where would it be because a traveling party arithmetic made a special trip, he took out an official document written by the two Chinese dialects of Ming and Western from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Mu, saying: "Marshal, this is the official document of the western kingdom that has just been sent by the border through the post station. ”

Spaniard?

Chen Mu took the official document, the wax seal on it was good, he raised his eyes and glanced at Zou Yuanbiao, the bald magistrate was looking at Zou Yuanbiao with his neck stretched, his eyes looked at Zou Yuanbiao awkwardly, he took a step back, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Dashuai, what is written on it?" ”

To tell the truth, people like Chen Mu are very uncontrollable, but any official who serves in the military government, if he enters the military government after the imperial examination, it will be difficult for him to go further in his career if he is transferred to Daming in the future.

But Chen Mu doesn't care, his prestige is based on an incomparable forward-looking view of the overall situation that is incomparable to others, which is incomparable to others.

For a long time, his orders were absolutely correct, and that was the source of his prestige.

The letter was sent by the Duke of Alva, mentioning that the troops stationed in Chile had been moved to Peru due to the treaty between the two countries, and that he needed to transfer part of his troops from Peru to the New World, hoping to borrow the port of Changsheng County between this year and the next, so that Spanish soldiers could enter Mexico City through Changsheng from Peru.

The letter also deliberately wrote the two Ming Dynasty years, the seventh year of Wanli and the eighth year of Wanli.

"It seems that they are all learning Chinese, but why wasn't this letter written by Yang Junzan?"

Chen Mu tapped the letter on the table, and said to Zou Yuanbiao and the staff of the government: "The Chilean soldiers have withdrawn to Peru, Peru does not need them, Alva wants to transfer them to Mexico City, and wants to borrow from Chang Sheng." ”

Zhao Shizhen's eyes lit up: "Dashuai, toll!" ”

Zou Yuanbiao's expression was more serious: "Marshal, fake Dao to destroy you!" ”

"Forget the toll, Alva can't come up with any money now, not to mention a few thousand steps to ride, how much toll can be charged, as for the false road to extinguish."

Chen Mu paused, it was not that he was kind, but he knew too well that after the end of the border trade last year, Alva could not squeeze any oil and water, and Yang Tingxiang had the right to see the accounts of New Spain, in fact, at the beginning of his tenure, the new governor sent a copy of New Spain's recent expenditures and revenues to Chang Sheng.

Chen Mu even knew that six out of ten of the ten Western Legions stationed in New Spain were in arrears ranging from a month to half a year.

The fact that these legions were Spanish veterans of the Netherlands repression, who were extremely resilient and had long been accustomed to unpaid salaries, did not mean that Alva ignored them, and in Yang Tingxiang's report, Alva had paid them three months' salaries before his departure from Spain, and had been promised by the king that they could be paid in the New World.

After arriving in the New World, he sent another dispatch when Mingxi was in the midst of the war, but he failed to make up for his subordinates both times.

To solve this problem, Alva even embezzled military funds to buy 1,300 sets of inferior porcelain from the border, which was recorded in the accounts of New Spain, and Yang speculated that it was used to pay the military after it was sold in the Old World.

That's a real way to do it.

"It's unlikely, they can't destroy me, but you still need to be careful, the letter says that he needs to transport 7,000 troops, and he will be allowed to transport 1,000 troops in a month, in two shipments, and he must leave Changsheng immediately when he lands on the same day."

Chen Mu nodded slowly, his eyes were blankly thinking about various possibilities, and finally said: "We will set up a few camps for them on the official road, let the guerrillas come back, camp around the official road camp, and watch over them." ”

"It's just right, you can also look at these people who will deal with us in the future, first let Du Heizi lead his troops in the port to wait for some excuses to bully them, and then let General Fu prepare a banquet near the border, every time the western army passes by, he will entertain their officers and give them some small favors to bribe them."

Chen Mu said and chuckled: "Slap it first, and then give dates later, it's sweeter." ”

"The handsome man is not afraid that they will cause trouble? Also bullying. Zou Yuanbiao was a little puzzled by the things in front of him, but he understood the words later, and said, "The marshal thinks Alva is leaving?" ”

"They don't dare to cause trouble, don't worry, Tinda had a conflict with the Spanish officers in Chile, and there is a city of Santiago in the south, and the Western garrison there did not want to retreat, and wanted to make trouble, so they drank in the street and stopped a few of his ronins who walked like crabs."

"Eight of them died, we died, the local garrison of three hundred gathered to confront each other, and the company commander was killed by the artillery bombardment erected by Tinda in the city, and the corpses could not be put together, if it weren't for Alva's adjutant to stop the whole company and not one of them could escape, all of them would have been slaughtered by Tinda."

Chen Mu said to Zou Yuanbiao and Zhao Shizhen: "I didn't tell the Changsheng garrison about this, don't leak it out, Changsheng has been squeezing out Westerners a bit seriously recently, and if you incite the people a little, I'm afraid that you will spontaneously cross the border." ”

"Alva is definitely leaving, his 30,000 elites who have suppressed the Netherlands are about to empty Mexico City, I estimate that as soon as the soldiers on this side pass, the people who change their defense will have to disperse."

It's still a matter of rotten land, the Ming army is eyeing this side of the border, and Alva doesn't dare to scatter the army everywhere at all, otherwise there will be no mature road, and it will be difficult for his men to gather once the war starts.

But the army is gathered in the west of Mexico City, where can a single Mexico City support the army, the entire giant city in the middle of the lake has no production capacity of its own, in the Aztec era, all the food was sent in from outside, with the army to transport more, the cost of maintaining the army under the road consumption greatly increased.

No one can eat it.

"Before he leaves, we can't do nothing, let him go and attack Portugal with peace of mind, it's a good thing for us."

Chen Mu said and raised the hand that was holding his ear: "Let Yang Junzan tell Li Dan and ask him to send a few people to visit the Brazilian governor of Portugal with gifts to discuss the purchase of iron ore. ”