An English pirate who appeared on the west coast of America and swept away the Spanish stronghold in a rampage.

Chen Mu already knew who this was.

Drake, the man who enriched the nautical map of the world and separated the American continent from Antarctica, was the one who led his privateer fleet many years later to defeat the Armada and turn things around.

His attack helped Chen Mu a lot.

Because Drake had briefly resupplied the Boundary Peninsula and sold some of the goods to Shao Tingda and Fu Yuan's troops at a low price in exchange for suitable iron cannonballs, the news of the existence of Drake Strait was learned by the Ming army.

The English people of this era had a very high affection for the mysterious China that existed in Marco Polo's Travels, and even led him to lead the fleet back very obediently after hearing the news that the army's sphere of influence had extended here.

He needed iron cannonballs for the same reason as the Spaniards, a considerable part of which were hand-carved stone shells, which could also be used, but were far less useful than iron cannonballs.

In the Iberian Peninsula and the West Indies, the proportion of stone shells was low, but in the colonies on the west coast of Asia, the proportion of stone shells was frighteningly high.

Drake's fleet did not need fresh water and food, but iron cannonballs had to be supplied, and after landing on the Boundary Peninsula, he also tried to make a trade agreement with the Ming army, and hoped to inform the queen of the news when he returned, and the queen would write a letter to the Ming Emperor to express his desire for trade.

As he turned back and attacked the Spanish colonies on the west coast of South Asia like a plow, the governor of New Spain also learned of the existence of the vast Drake Strait in the south, which was not good news for the Spaniards.

Two days after Chen Mu received the news, Fu Yuan sent a small boat to dock at Majia Port again, and the Governor's messenger on board conveyed the Governor's latest information and suggestions to Brother Acosta, and the boundary treaty was changed accordingly.

"The Spaniards decided to transfer the 4,000-mile coastline of South Asia on the west coast, the vast desert, and half of Panama to the Ming Dynasty, on the condition that the Ming fleet would cooperate with the Westerners on the entire west coast."

Chen Mu slowly poured soju into the wine glass with a porcelain pot, motioned to Zhu Xiaoen to take the wine glass with his eyes, sat by the fireplace and touched the wine glass with Zhu Xiaoen with a smile, and said with a smile: "They are still very clear, the wide channel is known to the English, the narrow Strait of Magellan will no longer be the only road to the west coast, the west coast will soon no longer be a strange commodity to live in, and their weak forces here will not be able to protect the huge wealth." ”

Zhu Xiaoen grinned and drank a glass, took the wine jug and filled it, and drank another glass comfortably, and then said to Chen Mu while pouring the wine: "It is the best result for His Majesty Philip to get the Ming army's defense, and they can save a fleet in Europe and the West Indies." ”

"I heard from the negotiating team that because Spain went bankrupt the year before last, Philip and Ottoman negotiated peace last year, and only the war between the Netherlands and the French Huguenots remained, and Spain had not breathed for too long, and now even England dared to challenge."

Zhu Xiaoen shook his head lightly and smiled, not knowing whether to laugh at England's incompetence or Spain's weakness, and finally asked Chen Mu very sincerely: "Philip will be unbearable for England, as long as he takes a breath, they go to war, maybe it is an opportunity for the Elan Kingdom to become independent?" ”

Chen Mu didn't answer immediately, he closed his eyes and recalled the battle process of the destruction of the Armada in his memory—unfortunately, it was almost blank except for knowing that the Spaniards had lost the war.

What was Ireland doing at the time?

Chen Mu doesn't know, but there is a Zhu Xiaoen in this world, if he backstabs England at the right time, maybe the situation will be different?

A smile rose on his face and he said, "That must be a once-in-a-lifetime good time, I'm really looking forward to the battle for the founding of the Alan Kingdom!" ”

"Have you heard of Drake?"

Zhu Xiaoen leaned in front of the fireplace with the wine jug, nodded slowly: "I have heard a little, it should be the little captain of John Hawkins, Hawkins is a big family in England who is engaged in maritime affairs, just like the Lin family of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chen Mu choked on the wine he drank halfway, and the spicy taste made him cough a few times, like Lin's?

Lin Feng, Lin Daoqian, Lin Manjue?

This is not a family!

"He became famous because he did a great thing, before I went out to sea I heard that he led his sailors to attack the Isthmus of Panama, which was supposed to be a sea attack, but because the Spanish treasure fleet came back late, they waited for many months, and finally intercepted the convoy carrying gold and silver on the mountain road, and robbed 500,000 pounds of goods, of which gold and silver were worth 20,000 pounds."

"That's a huge amount of money, the armor of the Beiyang Banner Army, including cotton clothes and bird guns, is worth about 4,000 sets, and the national tax revenue is only 150,000 pounds."

"From then on the English treated him as a hero, but it had nothing to do with us in Ireland and I would have killed him if I had the chance."

Chen Mu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you have a grudge against him?" ”

Zhu Xiaoen nodded and said: "In the third year of Wanli, when I had just arrived in Beiyang, Drake and Hawkins were ordered by Henry Sidney and Essex of England to attack Laslin Castle in Ireland, and the people in the city had surrendered, but they still killed more than 200 guards and more than 400 civilians. ”

"To deter disobedient Ireland, there are unarmed old men and children among them, and that's a daring bastard."

"But they are indeed very powerful, and if I had stayed in Ireland and not set foot on the road to find Daming, I am afraid that I would have died long before that battle took place."

"The English are killing us, but our tribes are still killing each other for the title of O'Neill, and the general knows nothing about the chaos in Ireland."

Zhu Xiaoen flicked the dust that did not exist on the python robe outside the cotton jacket like a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, and said: "When I was in Beiyang, I thought many times, just stay in the Ming Dynasty, even if I don't want the title of emperor, I will take my clansmen to buy 500 acres of land and multiply." ”

Chen Mu actually didn't understand what Zhu Xiaoen said, he didn't understand the situation between Ireland and England and the vendetta, but he appreciated this kind of heart to fight for his compatriots.

He patted Zhu Xiaoen on the shoulder and said, "The Kingdom of Ailan will achieve independence, and England will also be reduced to nothing, not too long." ”

"You stay with me for the time being, the Oriental Military Government will soon set up five Overseers in Asia, the Ming Army will be stationed in Panama before the summer comes, and by next summer at the latest, I will send a fleet from the West Indies to Ireland."

Zhu Xiaoen turned his head in surprise and asked: "I will settle in Panama in the summer, I'm afraid that the contract has not been passed back from Spain at that time......

"It doesn't matter if Philip agrees or not, the Ming fleet has begun to defend the west coast, my remuneration will naturally be now, don't worry, Philip will feel happy from the bottom of his heart."