In the evening, the warships sailed into the bay of Majiagang, and rows of fireworks on the coast were blown up into the sky, bursting into sparkling fireworks and mooring a succession of fleets on the red seaside.

The hundred households wrapped in thick military robes on the stern tower looked up at the fireworks and unconsciously raised a smile on their faces, muttering to themselves: "Count the days, it's almost the New Year." ”

The loud noise and the sound of firecrackers made the resting monk Acosta step out of the cabin, and he saw the sudden light of fire from the dark shore, and the 'weapons' of the Ming army flew from the ground to the air and exploded suddenly, the intensity of the fire was terrifying.

But the fear did not last long, as the ship sailed into the harbor, and on the shore there were young Ming flag soldiers running on the snow-covered sand with long poles of firecrackers, and when the crackling sound of firecrackers rang out, the monk's face smiled.

The Spaniards also had the habit of setting off firecrackers and fireworks, but for these monks who were tasked with negotiating, it was difficult for them to think directly of this joyful celebration custom due to their fear of facing the Ming army.

Of course, the lighting of firecrackers does not remind the monks of the Chinese New Year, as in the past, at weddings where countless couples were baptized in front of the church, the sound of firecrackers would always sound, and when the firecrackers ended, people would rush to kiss the bride.

The Spaniards were heavily influenced by Europe, but even more by Arabia, as they were the first areas in Europe to come into contact with gunpowder, and in their 800-year confrontation with the Arabs, both sides absorbed countless cultures and technologies from each other, for example, most Spanish words starting with a are derived from Arabic.

In the eyes of Brother Acosta, such a large-scale fireworks ceremony must have been married to a very powerful dignitary.

Just when he was about to use his only Chinese vocabulary to ask Baihu who the Ming army was marrying, a huge warship crashed into his eyes on the sea.

The giant ship fell into the sea with four heavy iron anchors, and the bow of the ship carried a huge golem, a monster with nine heads wearing the armor of the Ming army, and the monster swayed on the hull with wings and nine bird heads.

Strings of red lanterns hung on the ship, reflecting the deck brightly, suona blowing, war drums swinging from the stern tower in layers, dozens of large warships around the huge ship, countless soldiers and craftsmen on the ship, all lined up and noisy, so that the new negotiating ship could not sail into the port, but could only look at the scene from afar.

Until a gong opens.

Brother Acosta was in a trance when he saw two mighty four-legged beasts, one white and one red, released from the cabin of the giant ship, which were strange beasts he had never seen before, with a furry body and the air of a king in his walking and leaping, and circled around the deck separately and left and right, and in the cheers of the flag army, another burst of firecrackers were hit into the sky on the shore and exploded into brilliant fireworks.

Brother Acosta didn't understand what the two four-legged beasts were doing, but he saw the eyes of the hundred families on the ship, and they saluted the boat with their fists in the distance.

Without waiting for him to ask, Baihu from Nanyang turned his head and pointed to the ship in a language he could understand: "That is Chen Shuai's flagship, the Great Wall of the Sea, and the bow of the ship is like the dragon king's horse in our mythological story." ”

The lion dance was on the boat, the drumming turned from brisk to rapid, and the white lion seemed to have just seen the red lion and was suddenly startled, his body froze, his big eyes blinked, the lion's body trembled, and his hind legs lunged.

The red lion is mighty, the mouth and eyes open and close powerfully, the head is mighty, the footwork of the Yue family fist is bullying forward, showing the white lion with teeth and claws, followed by the drum beat, the white lion fights and plays with the red lion.

Just watching, the flag army on the ship cheered, and the hundred households helped the boat to look down, and saw a small boat rowing under the boat, and the sailor shouted loudly: "Good when the captain comes back!" Today's New Year, the handsome man has an order, every 100 households will give three jars of wine and half a fan of fat pigs to warm up and eat enough! ”

The flag army on the ship hugged the hundred households and laughed loudly, with the intention of urging and flattering, asked the captain of the hundred households to allow them to drink, and when the chief officer gave permission, they all wrapped their military coats tightly for a while, and the wine was moved and the table was set, and they were not afraid of the cold wind.

The mouthy man shouted at the flag army transporting wine and meat on the boat and asked, "Who is the lion dance on the nine-headed horse?" Looking at the rusty footsteps, it looks like a raw hand who can't even understand the drum beat! ”

Several flag soldiers who were carrying wine looked at each other and laughed when they heard this, and pointed to the Great Wall on the sea breathlessly and said with a smile: "That's our marshal and General Deng playing, and it will be a serious lion dance for a while!" ”

As he spoke, Brother Acosta, who had been staring at the Great Wall ship from afar, noticed that the two four-legged beasts that had been fighting for a long time and had not really fought suddenly separated, and their heads and body were thrown aside, and there were actually four people below.

Chen Mu took off the lion's head, patted the flag army that cooperated with him, stepped forward to tell Deng Zilong a joke, and asked the flag army on the deck to prepare for the next celebration, and several people walked to the cabin together to change their clothes and armor.

At the same time, more flag soldiers in the cabin came out wearing lion clothes, and they were the lion dance team that really brought enjoyment to the flag army.

Chen Mu is just a ticket player, to put it mildly, Deng Zilong, who can use Yuejia boxing, is more professional in lion dance, otherwise how could his hometown be called Lion Deng?

"The Manworm sent back a fleet, and the person who came back later from Fu Yuan said that they had joined forces with the Manworm and went south to find the Spaniards."

Chen Mu wiped the fine sweat that jumped and jumped on his forehead, put on a fur cloak and said to Deng Zilong: "I estimate that it is difficult for Westerners to agree to my idea of wanting land in the south and north, and the final decision should suffer a little loss to us." ”

Knowing that Chen Muli is not upright and strong, Deng Zilong chuckled, pushed open the hatch, and said: "Don't care about what you talk about, it's best to win without a fight, we just arrived in this land and two lives, and there are still countless places in the vast land that need to be discovered after the beginning of spring, and it is better to discover mineral deposits one day earlier than one day later - not to mention that Deng feels that even if it is bounded by the Zhuangyuan Bridge, it will not suffer." ”

"Chen Shuai should not be too obsessed with ceding land from Spain, as long as they do not interfere with us, it is beneficial for me to draw the border."

Chen Mu pursed his lips and was noncommittal, of course he understood what Deng Zilong said, but sometimes he saw a good opportunity, if he couldn't grab as much meaning as possible, it would be a failure in his eyes.

But he didn't say anything, just put on a heavy cotton armor skirt while changing out of his lion pants, and asked, "What do you say if it's good for me?" ”

"No matter how big the land is, it is always people's land, Deng thinks that on the military, my Ming Dynasty is slightly stronger than Xiyi, but it is also limited, far less than a hundred battles and victories, but on governance, finance and economics, the Ming frontier is thousands of miles away, and the Ming Dynasty is rich and far away from the Ming Dynasty, although the annual income and expenditure of the court is also a mess, but it is a hundred times stronger than the Westerners."

"They are not good to the natives, what the Oriental military government lacks at the moment is not a pretext for war, but to integrate with the natives, so that they can see clearly what is the difference between the rule of the Westerners and the rule of my Ming people, and naturally the world will return to the heart, and everything will be Ming sooner or later."

Deng Zilong's novel argument made Chen Mu's eyes light up, what he said was very pertinent!

Chen Mu was about to say something, when he heard that there was a flag army outside the cabin to sign up, he interrupted his waving hand to invite people in, and listened to the report of the flag army: "Report to the marshal, pay the guerrilla standard and bring the negotiation team of the westerners to discuss the boundary matters to Majiagang. ”

"Let them get on the boat, no, arrange for them to stay in the Zuobaihu House in Majiagang, and go to the camp in Majiagang in half an hour, and let Zhao Changji and Yang Junzan also go over - let's go, let's go meet them!"

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