The Luzon king Suleiman invisibly helped Chen Mu a lot, because they fought bravely and tenaciously against colonization in the mountains north of Manila on Luzon, so that the Spaniards had very low control over the northern part of Luzon, not to mention that the scouts who were put on Luzon were not attacked, and even Chen Mu's fleet docked on Chenlai Island was not disturbed.

Although he defeated the treasure ship in the naval battle, Chen Mu was even more jealous of the Spaniards, even if his opponent was only the Governor of the Philippines, rather than the Spanish Empire, which was in full swing at sea.

Chen Mu was even a little annoyed by this, because after the war, he kept recalling the details of the battle, writing and drawing in a small book, and finally came to a conclusion that seemed ridiculous to him - they were evenly matched in warships, artillery, and birds.

After several years of wholeheartedly upgrading the armament of the Ming Dynasty in an all-round way, he led this division of great efforts to compete with the Spaniards in East Asia at sea, but the result was evenly matched.

He excelled in his innovative tactics, using battle tactics in a situation where all gunboats were used, making it difficult for the Spaniards to take sides.

At the same time, it must be admitted that even if the Spaniards were able to defeat the Inca Empire in the Americas by taking advantage of smallpox and civil strife, their domination of the seas was indeed not in vain.

Their naval soldiers were more disciplined in the broadside battle, and at the same time, the soldiers were more fanatical, even stronger than the three thousand banner army carefully selected by Chen Mu.

number, he relied on a huge number to win, but the Spaniards were more familiar with naval battles, if they encountered the same number of warships this time, I am afraid that Chen Mu would suffer the first defeat in his life, and it would be a fiasco that would allow him to lose to the point that he would not dare to return to the country by living in seclusion at sea.

He had to be more cautious.

Thousands of bannermen set up tents on the shore, cut down trees on the perimeter and erected improvised walls, and fortifications were laid out outside the walls, although the enemy would not come from the land. The outer coast of the camp stretched for miles, full of their baggage.

The most important armaments were still in the cabin, and the spare bird guns and gunpowder before the expedition were sealed against moisture, and there was no fear of moisture in the bilge; However, after the naval battle, the captured ships were more or less damaged, and some of the goods were not only damp but also soaked in the seawater.

The amount left and right is not large, just a dime.

The locals were very friendly to the Celestial Army, especially after knowing that the purpose of their southward journey was to expel the Spaniards who occupied Luzon, the people in the village specially sent wine to entertain the Ming army, although there were not many and the wine was not good, but a heart, in addition to them, they also helped to cut down trees and build camps, which was very dedicated.

"Shuai, it's calculated!"

Xie Ming, the tutor and housekeeper of Nanyang Wei Chen, took the scholar forward and reported to Chen Mu with the dossier: "167,000 catties of raw silk, 200 catties in Guangdong can be sold for 100 taels, and 83,500 taels of silver; silk is a horse of two hundred and sixty silver, yarn is one horse of two or six silver, and Luo is one of two or five silver; All kinds of things have been registered under the book, not counting the treasures of jewelry, and the war spoils are sent to Guangdong for resale, which can make a profit, 570,000 taels. ”

Xie Ming's voice trembled when he said this, 570,000 taels of silver, just fight at sea, and the bulk of the goods will be in hand.

The honest scholar knows why so many people are vying to become pirates!

Chen Mu did not have the slightest excitement on his face, and his heart was also very calm.

He had been mentally prepared for the battle and knew that this would be the case from the moment he guessed that he had met the Spanish treasure ship.

He also knew what Xie Ming was thinking, so many people along the coast were pirates, and in the end, they were nothing more than pawns to change their lives. Without a logistical force that provides a stable supply of soldiers, weapons, ships, supplies, and baggage, what can be used to do a real big deal?

Lin Afeng's forty Great Fortune Boat Little Shark Boats brought more than 2,000 brothers under his command this time, but even with such strength, if he encountered the St. Pablo's fleet alone at sea, he would not rob it.

If he can't beat him, he won't be able to beat him, and if he can't break his muscles and bones, he will be destroyed; Second, even if more than half of the ship is lost, relying on the pirate's sales channels, he has to sell it to his grandchildren.

Chen Ye was different, he pinched his fingers and looked at it, and raised his head to ask Xie Ming a word.

"That, Mr. Xie, do you remember how much the price of Haojing is, send someone to find it, there is a list on the Red Sea, I brought it when I came. Selling to Haojing makes a lot of money, and you have to roll over this number. ”

Hexingsheng drove a ship to sell the goods to Xiyi, and Chen Shuai drove a boat to intercept the goods halfway and then sell them to Luyi.

A great sales chain, GDP, double!

The scholar was overjoyed, although the money was not his, but he felt cool when he calculated, pinched his fingers and counted for a moment, clenched his fists and walked upside down, raised his legs and took two steps back to salute Chen Mu, took the documents and trotted to find the price list of Haojing brought by Chen Mu.

When Xie Ming left, Chen Mu shook his head and laughed softly.

He felt that if he tossed like this twice, Philip II's armada would have to shrink by half, and that Spain's finances would be broken, no, Philip didn't have any finances at all, and they fought on loans, and the criterion for winning the war was to see who could get more loans from bankers in a short period of time.

Chen Mu thought that he had robbed Philip II of a million ducats, but in fact he caused more than eight million ducats to the Habsburgs, which was equivalent to at least four million taels of silver.

This route is only a few ships a year, and the only fleet belonging to the Spanish royal family is the San Pablo, and the reimbursement of a fleet is a trivial matter, and these goods could have been exchanged for nearly 10 million ducats worth of gold and silver in the Americas.

Drink the northwest wind and go!

On the third day of docking at Chenlai Island, Chen Mu also disembarked. Because the surrounding islands were all repaired with watchtowers and beacons, and twelve fleets patrolled in three shifts, although the chances of being attacked here were very small, he was convinced that there was nothing wrong with being careful.

When the flag army searched the island, they found hot springs and rivers, and each department was numbered in small flags and took turns to wash them.

The flag army really needs to take a bath, the generals have complete living facilities on the big ship, and the donkey race is just to enjoy it, wash away the fatigue of wandering, and deal with the next big battle.

Xu Wei didn't follow, the old man found a few foreign books in the trophies, such as a treasure, picked a few who knew Spanish among the family soldiers, and studied and translated in the cabin all day long, and he had completely entered the state of joining the army.

In the hot spring in the tropical forest, Chen Mu stretched his arms beside him, his face covered with a silk towel to block the sun, and he was so comfortable that he was sleepy. I don't know how long it took, but the vigilant family said softly: "Handsome man, Leader Long is here." ”

"Well, did you ask?"

Long Junxiong saluted: "Yes, I asked, they first took Little Bohol Island in the south of Luzon, then took Cebu Island, built a castle on the island, and did business with Manila; This year he sent troops to capture Manila, and in the middle of the city he set up another royal city to be built, and all the captives said the same thing. ”

"The difference is in the strength and fleet, some people say that they only have 300 soldiers in the entire Philippine Islands, some say 700, some say 1,000, but the unanimous thing is that they all say that there are more than 3,000 Japanese and tens of thousands of Malay and local people."

"There were 20 warships in Manila, 30 in some and 50 in others, but there were no more."

Chen Mu pulled down the silk towel covering his face, slowly got up and said, "That is to say, in the entire Philippines, there are at most fifty warships, one thousand Xiyi soldiers, and less than twenty thousand servants?" ”