Since the end of March of the seventh year of Wanli, such news has been circulating in the streets and alleys of Changsheng County.

On the last day of April, the valley field on both sides of the eastern side of Beidaying, Changsheng County, surrounded by terraced rice fields, will be open to all citizens, as long as you buy a ticket with a seat number in advance, a huge shooting competition will be decided here from dawn to dark.

The 45 100 Households Division of the Beiyang Banner Army, the 10 100 Households Division of Ailanfu, and of course, the 530 individual shooters selected by the Inspection, Armor, and Guerrilla Army will show their skills there.

On the night after the game, there will be a grand fireworks display.

Even the teahouses and liquor shops with second floors in the city market made a fortune, and the seats were booked early...... There are quite a few people who are not interested in shooting competitions, but they are very interested in fireworks displays.

Seat tickets for shooting competitions also fluctuate depending on the location, with the cheapest costing as 10 tongbao and the most expensive costing as 10,000 tongbao.

During this time, the hired people were busy tamping the land on the terraces outside the school yard, and the timber yard was also busy making chairs, so that Chen Mu pulled a handful of domestic demand.

The terraced rice fields were not built by the Ming army after they came, let alone by the Spaniards, but were built by the aborigines in a much more ancient era, with complete stone layers and a very advanced drainage and irrigation system.

It is worth mentioning that the aborigines did not use any adhesive when building large stone buildings, and they made the stone into a mortise and tenon structure, which was stacked together, which was very strong and strong.

However, when the Ming army landed, the terraced fields in the east had been abandoned, and it was difficult for the terraces to quickly restore the fertility of the past without irrigation for a long time.

Chen Mu also asked people to build three wooden watchtowers on both sides of the highest part of the terraces.

This time, the flat terraces happened to be used as stands, and Chen Mu did not hesitate to order a large number of simple wooden benches to be placed on them, write the numbers to sell tickets, and specially ask people to build a stand with bricks and wood for him in the most suitable position that can be properly protected.

Duke Alva, who was far away in Mexico City, also learned of the news, and angrily and amusefully ridiculed Chen Mu's greed for money to Brother Acosta and Viceroy Almanza.

Chen Mu sandwiched three 'VIP tickets' in the letter, and told the Spanish old duke the news that the Changsheng County Shooting Competition was about to start, and taught the old duke that each VIP ticket could bring four entourages into the most comfortable and majestic position in the stands to watch the game, and these three tickets were handed over to Alva, Almanza, and Acosta respectively.

Each VIP ticket is worth 50,000 Tongbao, so when he comes, remember to go to Wangjiabao on the border line to exchange Tongbao to pay the arrears, otherwise the general soldiers at the border will not let them come.

"If he doesn't want to invite us, don't let anyone deliver the letter."

The old governor Almanza was also indignant that Chen Mu promised to let him take over New Spain on the front foot, and sent a Yang Tingxiang to take over everything on the back foot, and raised his hand that was missing two fingers in the assassination and said: "These fares are too expensive, I dare to guarantee that on the border side, the same fare will be much cheaper, he always does!" ”

The Changsheng County Mint was very efficient, and the designs on the Spanish silver coins were custom-made, which was not a problem for the military craftsmen, and the pattern was ready in the same month that Martion sent the silver, and 10,000 were sent to Mexico City.

The level of minting was much better than that of Peru, and each silver coin was almost exactly the same weight and shape, and although it was lighter than the silver coins of the past, it was more beautiful and delicate, and the Spanish magnates in Mexico City were generally satisfied.

The only thing that makes people unhappy is probably that there is not only a line of Chinese characters on the front and back of the silver coin, which not only expresses 'Philip II is the lord of Spain' and 'there is a world overseas'.

On the upper part of the obverse is the Chinese text 'Long live the Emperor Wanli of the Great Ming Dynasty', and below is the Latin text 'Philip II is the Lord of Spain', and on the upper part of the back is the Chinese text 'Mint of the Asian Mint in the 7th year of Wanli of the Ming Empire', and below is the Latin text 'There is heaven and earth overseas'.

Of course, the words 'half two' written on the left and right double pillars of the four-check coat of arms on the front are indispensable.

Although somewhat dissatisfied, it was well worth the high quality of the coinage compared to the Ming Empire of the Peruvian Mint.

Brother Acosta did mention the dissatisfaction of the West Indies Council to the Duke of Alva on this matter, and the monks were not dissatisfied not because of the Chinese characters on the silver coins, but because the Ming Empire coins did not mention God on the silver coins, which was undoubtedly very disrespectful.

But these complaints were rebuffed by the Duke of Alva.

"You know Chen Mu's character, the legions all over Spain are waiting for these silver coins to pay for military salaries, and we still have more than two million taels of silver in his hands, if he gets angry and doesn't mint it, can the monks of the committee who can make wine go to Chen Mu and ask for the silver back?"

The answer is obvious.

In the heavens and on the ground, no one can deduct silver from Chen Mu's mouth.

Now, the exchange ratio of the newly minted silver coin to the Asian Tongbao is easy to calculate, and one silver coin is worth 450 Tongbao.

Fu Zongbing said that this is because the silver coins were minted by the Ming Dynasty, so the exchange ratio gave Spain a preferential treatment of 50 Tongbao, which is equivalent to one or two silver for 800 in the past, and now two silver coins are exchanged for 900.

The Spanish upper-class people in Mexico City generally do not believe in the statement of paying yuan, they think that this should be the silver coins that Chen Mu took them to exchange this year, and they will not need to mint coins to stuff them back directly next year, saving a process, so the exchange ratio was raised.

How expensive is 111 silver coins to exchange for a ticket?

"Of course he doesn't want us to go, he wants the stupid aristocrats of New Spain to go."

Duke Alva said this, and his cane paused heavily on the floor: "Governor Yang has sent a message to the nobles of the city and the plantations in various places, as long as you pay the price of 1,800 tongbao per person, you can enter the Changsheng to watch the shooting competition, and if you pay a higher price, you can get a better position." ”

"He also wanted to tell me the news that before and after the shooting competition in Chang Sheng, the border line will be under the control of our Western Army, and we must manage the defense for him."

Duke Alva sighed very helplessly: "He told us to defend ourselves. ”

Is there a more rogue person in this world?

The whole hob meat, you said that the two armies are facing each other, even if an armistice agreement is signed, but they are still facing each other, can you respect our Spanish army, even if it means to leave a hundred people?

You just shrunk your forces and drew a line for me, so that I could send some troops to the other side of the line to mount your troops to defend myself?

None of Europe has done that.

"So, shall we go again?"

Acosta and Almansa glanced at each other, and neither of them asked the question in their hearts: Chen Mu is not afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to fight over?

"Go!"

Duke Alva wrinkled his nose: "Let's go and see the shooting level of the Ming army, such an opportunity is very rare!" ”