The border line is the place where the Eight Immortals cross the sea to show their powers, and the Oriental military government can rely on the strength of the army to send the green cloak across the border with fearlessness, and Alva can naturally send mixed-race Spanish spies to escape there as slaves to find out the news for them.

The Forbidden City does not have an impermeable wall, let alone the Mingxi border, which has just ceased hostilities.

Regardless of which side suddenly increases troops, the other side will immediately be aware of it, and then it will be known to the other side.

Lin Manjue held a razor and carefully repaired his beard by the stream in the forest camp, and his subordinates stood aside and whispered: "Lin Lao, the brothers below reported that they came out of Zhangjiagou with three mixed races, and secretly crossed the border to the Westerners to plant rounds, and it didn't take long for a carriage in the garden to go to the Western army camp, as spies." ”

Lin Manjue's hand repairing his beard did not pause, but he tried to nod his head while completing the work, and said: "Counting the previous twelve, there are fifteen in total, like last time, report these people to General Fu, and if you ask me what I think, I will say don't startle the snake." ”

"These people may be of great use in the future."

In spy warfare between countries, it always seems that the stronger side has the upper hand, and the spies of the Oriental military government are not at all as sneaky as these Spaniards.

For example, one of Fu Yuan's jobs was to set up spy agencies at the border, mostly starting with Fujian merchants who were familiar with Nanyang, most of whom were proficient in Spanish, and who set up car dealers across the border to hire people to deliver goods to Yi merchants, and some people opened teahouses, archways, and even delivered them to their own doors.

Many plantation owners expressed their hope to hire tea craftsmen to their homes in Wangjiabao and Zhangjiagou on the border, and Fu Yuan took advantage of the situation and sent people over.

On the other hand, it is the naturalized half-breed who is sent to Mexico City after receiving a certain education, and these people are not guarding against trivial things such as increasing troops on the border, but hoping to get the news before the Western army mobilizes for a large war.

Then there is Lin Manjue, a guerrilla regiment fixed on the east side of the border, Chen Mu sent them to the border side with the original purpose of preventing the premeditated destruction and infiltration of the Ming army villages by the Western army scouts, but now it seems that it is completely superfluous.

The Duke of Alva, who was concentrating on preparing for the Portuguese war, arrived with the only goal of stabilizing relations with the Ming army, not making any provocative acts, and not even thinking of sending scouts to the border.

Compared with the green cloaks who randomly haunt the Mingxi border and scare away all the birds and beasts within a radius of ten miles, Acosta in Mexico City, who is in charge of Ming-state relations, has a much more headache.

He was almost annoyed with Chen Mu, who always made trouble on the other side of the border.

Six days before news of the Ming army's reinforcement on the border reached Mexico City, he had successfully submitted a report to the West Indies Council on the admission of Indians and their full rights as Spaniards.

A large part of it is written about the openness and acceptance of Indians and even mestizos in the Ming Kingdom, and Acosta believes that the Ming Kingdom is obviously more 'imperial' than Spain in this regard, and believes that this is one of the means by which the Ming Kingdom and Spain compete for the king of the New World.

According to the report, if Spain does nothing and allows its influence to be destroyed and deprived, it will only take ten years or even less, and New Spain will cease to exist, leaving only the "Asian" state that belongs to the Ming Kingdom.

The Council has ordered the monks to be summoned and is scheduled to meet the next day in two weeks, and if all goes well, the Council, which is the legislature of the New World, will do the more than 300,000 decrees they have issued in this land, to properly abolish past discrimination against Indians and increase the competitiveness of the royal family in the New World.

But it's hard to go well.

In a monastery built in the southeast of Mexico City on the halfway point of the ** Catepete Volcano, the indigenous servants of Acosta brought him a brown monk's sackcloth and humbly took away the comfortable satin shirt, which was a rare treasure.

Mexico City silk was not a scarce commodity, and although it was expensive after Manila lost control and no longer had raw silk imports from the Ming Kingdom, the streets of Mexico City were filled with silk of all colors in the months following the resumption of trade.

But this thin shirt is really rare, because it is unavailable, with intricate small miscellaneous patterns, it is the texture of the sixth or seventh grade official robe of the Ming Kingdom, not only comfortable to wear, but also a symbol of dignity in the eyes of people who know the goods.

This fabric is specially made by the Oriental military government to reward the first-class officers of the hundred households who have made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and Acosta was given to him by a Ming Dynasty merchant in the communication, and the best fabric is tailor-made, in the words of the businessman who claimed to be from the Ming Kingdom called Fujian, the whole of Mexico City is the only one, and no one else can wear it.

The merchant who gave Acosta the fabric of the official robe was called Shi Xiaolou, a veteran maritime merchant who flourished in Fujian, Guangzhou, and Guangzhou, who operated a copper mine alone in Luzon, and jointly managed a silver and lead mine and two gold and copper mines with two other maritime merchants named Chen Douyan and Li Yuxi.

Using this set of dark brocade official robes, Shi Xiaolou got acquainted with Spanish businessmen who were willing to cooperate with him, and then his descendants opened a restaurant and a casino in Mexico City, and also built three huge warehouses outside the city.

"Master, can the new decree be implemented smoothly?"

The monk's native servant was a little worried: "I shouldn't talk too much, but you have to go over there, the meeting here will be postponed." ”

The brown-skinned mixed-race young man was apparently the first in all of Spain to know that Acosta would deliver the papers, and it was in his interest that the decree, which would affect the fate of millions of Indians, be carried out.

"Even if the decree is implemented, I will still serve you."

Acosta, who was changing clothes, sighed, and he raised his hand to pinch the texture of the silk robe, he liked this dress very much, but crossing the border and wearing clothes from the Ming Kingdom would make his already difficult diplomatic position even more difficult, and he had to make his dress look like an envoy - especially when facing Chen Mu, who was always aggressive.

"The decree is already difficult to implement, even if I don't leave, there are too many aftermath problems to solve, and the promulgation of a new decree can allow Spain to strengthen itself in the long-term competition with the Ming Kingdom, but once the decree is promulgated, New Spain will not live long."

"The plantations that have lost their labor will be abandoned, the production of silver mines will be further reduced to meet the demands of the royal family, and even the newly signed artillery trade will not have enough silver to buy, and the salaries of the garrison will be in arrears for months, let alone make up for it."

The servant thought for a moment and whispered, "The decree has been issued, and they should also work on the plantation and in the mine." ”

Acosta glanced at the young servant and did not speak.

"It's a tough dilemma, for everybody, and I've got to see what that madman wants to do."