Chen Mu failed to do so.

It wasn't that Pereira was reluctant to sell the ship, in fact he was happy to sell the old ship, which had been in use for more than forty years, had changed hands for six masters, and had not had a single original board from beginning to end, to a thousand households in the Eastern Empire.

Qianhu, this official name sounds very powerful, especially for Pereira, who has seen the combat power of the banner army under Chen Qianhu, Qianhu is really powerful, you must know that more than 50 years ago, Magellan only led 60 people to almost capture an island in the Philippines by taking advantage of civil strife.

Almost, because Magellan was killed by the local natives.

Two years ago, Spain's Legazpi was appointed governor of the Philippines, much to the outrage of the Portuguese Pereira, who, according to the Papal Meridian, was supposed to be the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal, but was now being usurped by the disgraceful Spaniards.

Although Pereira's strength did not allow him to confide in anyone, if he had the chance, he would have liked to see the Ming general, who controlled a thousand families, and the Spaniards exchanging fire at sea.

But he couldn't make this deal with Chen Mu, because the ship didn't belong to him, or even to the merchants who drove it to Haojing, its real owner was in India, and Pereira didn't have the right to buy and sell ships for the shipowner.

Even if he knew, Chen Qianhu would definitely be able to give a price that would satisfy the shipowner.

But rules are rules.

There is no need to break your own rules for the benefit of others.

"Chino, this is an old ship, the owner is far away, Sir Pereira can't sell someone else's ship to you without permission, but if you are willing to wait." When the priest spoke, Chen Mu looked at Pereira, the old soldier took off the captain's hat and put it on his chest, even if he couldn't understand words, he still wanted Chen Mu to feel his sincerity: "There is no cannon, 600 Cruza more than a new ship, if God favors and does not encounter a storm, the ship can be sent from Malacca to Hao Jingao in three months." ”

Almost, a thousand taels of silver.

This price is not expensive for Chen Mu, he has a lot of Cruza in his hands, which is obtained from the sale of the proceeds of Haojing's attack on Maiatu to the Spanish pirate Farikat, more than nine hundred, enough to buy a new big black ship.

But Chen Mu felt that this was not suitable, the rewards of the banner army were paid in silver, and those gold coins were his own private property, such a large amount, if he had to use private wealth, he would rather build a academy in Xiangshan, rather than buy a warship for the thousand households in Xiangshan.

The promotion has been decided, but he doesn't know exactly where he will be promoted.

But if silver is used, this is not appropriate, because there is not so much silver in Xiangshan.

Perhaps he could pay with silk, which was the property of the Thousand Households of Xiangshan, although there was also his share in it, but it was only a part.

Just when Chen Mu was about to speak, it seemed that his thinking made Pereira mistakenly think that the thousand households in front of him were dissatisfied with the price, and said a few words to the priest, Chen Mu listened attentively, and listened to the priest: "If the thousand households are not satisfied with this price, we may be able to change the payment method, Sir Pereira noticed that you have obtained a lot of cargo ships in this war, if there are two such ships, you can change to a new ship." ”

Pereira pointed to the two ships of the Fortune Boat, and then to a ship of white ships that was slightly smaller than the Fortune Boat, and said, "If there is a big one and a small one, you will pay Sir Pereira another hundred Cruzardos." ”

This new proposal is very good, it does not need to use Chen Mu's private wealth, and it can also allow Xiangshan to get a big black ship, the only problem is that these lucky ships do not belong to him.

"Three or five days, I'll give you the letter."

Chen Mu didn't agree directly, but in his opinion, it shouldn't be a big problem to ask Zhang Han for two lucky boats, if it really doesn't work, he will exchange silk for a boat.

He had to let the craftsmen of the Xiangshan shipyard understand the structure of the ship, so as to build a better ship in the future, and also know how to fight this kind of ship when he encountered it in battle.

Chen Mu felt that it was not bad to do business with the Franco, and it was good that the veteran leader who had lost his robe and raised his sword in the discussion square before could also calmly negotiate with him.

As long as you can beat them, it's easy to deal with.

Pereira looked at Chen Mu's noncommittal appearance, and tried his best to suppress his desire to further reduce the price, he felt that this price was already very real for the Carrick sailboat, and the two lucky ships did not look like a Carrick galleon on a long voyage.

If it was a ship-for-ship, he actually didn't make any money on the ship, and he didn't even have a freight.

But Pereira prefers Chen Mu to exchange it for a fortune ship, two 400 fortune ships should be able to load hundreds of tons of cargo after cutting out the draft, and the money earned by the two ships running to Malacca with full of goods is almost enough to buy a big black ship, and then load it with spices and transport it back, and buy a big black ship inside and out.

It's a pity that I still have to pay taxes to Chen Qianhu.

Chen Muke didn't care about this, he just wanted a boat, not to mention that he couldn't think about anything at all in his current mood.

Chen Lan, Chen Mu, Bai Yuanjie, the three of them can't think about anything.

They completely annihilated nearly 2,000 pirates from Zeng Yi, captured more than a dozen fortune ships that originally belonged to Guangzhou, captured more than a dozen fortune ships, small boats and their goods on board, and seized countless silver coins and guns.

The sense of honor that turned the tide filled the hearts of Chen Ling and Bai Yuanjie, and Chen Mu was also deeply encouraged.

Wu Ping, the chief leader of the Minguang Haikou in the previous generation, was killed by Yu Dayou, and this time Zeng Yi became the merit of the three of them.

"You want to buy this ship?"

At the bow of the big black ship, Chen Lan, Chen Mu, and Bai Yuanjie stood in the wind, and Chen Lan patted the side of the ship and said: "Almost six or seven hundred materials, you can build a ship like this, and the ship materials are enough to build a ship that is always needed, and the speed of the ship is still slow, and it is a live target for fire bricks." ”

It seemed that he felt that he had belittled this ship to nothingness, Chen Lan smiled: "It's still good to do business, there are enough loads." ”

Chen Xuan knew that the caravan actually controlled by Chen, Bai, and Zhang was on the shore of Haojing, but he knew this matter in his heart, and saying it would make people think elsewhere.

"Brother Chen thinks this ship can hold how many cannons?" Chen Mu looked at his own people around him, pointed to his feet, and said: "This is a merchant ship, but there are three decks in the bow and stern, and it is not difficult to nail thirty Franc machines on the front and rear top floors, and at least eight cannons can be placed in the belly of the ship, which can be bigger than the kind of cannon I built in Xiangshan, and can really break the cannon of the lucky ship." ”

Chen Lan stopped talking, this battle Chen Mu's application of the Clipper Murder Cannon opened a skylight for him, and there are many inexplicable things in his mind that need time to digest, not to mention that they themselves have different powers, even if he is a garrison, it is not like Chen Mu has an ordnance bureau and a Xiangshan shipyard, and has the power to develop and manufacture weapons and ships.

"This ship, I have to buy it back if I say anything." Chen Mu grinned and glanced at Bai Yuanjie, "Let's go back and tear it down and see what the hell is inside!" ”