Acosta sat next to him and squinted his eyes, what are you talking to him about, you say that he is of noble birth.

It's enough to say that he is of noble birth, and you still praise him for his integrity?

There is no way, who let San Ali know the most about the Ming army is the monk Acosta, he knows very well that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are different from the nobles of Europe, Chen Mu's background is very low in the Ming Dynasty, and he is almost a commoner.

Of course, the vast majority of the knowledge of Chen Mu in the New World, except for the owner of second-hand resources like Acosta, is hearsay of five or six first-hand information, and there are various theories about Chen Mu's origin.

Some say he was a knight on the southern border of the Ming Empire, but this is often said to have come from the Portuguese in Macau, the Spaniards in Manila say that he was a general, others say that he was a pirate who was recruited, or to paraphrase a European parlance, he was a merchant new nobleman of the Ming Empire.

Not at all.

After a short period of contact, Europeans couldn't even figure out the complicated bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, let alone distinguish between civilian and military officials, and also distinguish the actual status of Chen Mu, an official with the rank of a civil official and a military minister.

However, Chen Mu's reaction was beyond the expectations of the monk Acosta, he glared slightly, raised the corners of his mouth, sat up straight quite self-assuredly, and smacked his lips: "The duke is right, Chen's promise must be valid, but attack New Spain and Peru...... I'm not saying that I'm going to attack, but I'm not thinking, why should I attack the land of my allies? Not to mention that a large part of it is still the land that our two countries jointly govern. ”

Donkey Racing feels that the old duke from Spain is as wise as a torch!

Although our Chen Xiaoqi's background is nothing in the Ming Dynasty, don't the people of our Heavenly Dynasty want to wait for this group of people to be so high that they don't know where to go?

As for being upright, it goes without saying, if you take a closer look at Chen Ye's face, is there the word integrity written on it?

The last little literati who dared to make up nonsense in the "Guide to Preventing Gun Death" that Chen was not upright, look where he is now!

The sea is so cool!

Zhao Shizhen: Did I say you are not upright? I'm talking about you're thick-skinned!

Chen Mu's words stunned Duke Alva, he felt that Chen Mu, a young man, was too cunning, and used polite words to gag him...... Your banner army is so powerful, would you want to take all the silver mines and gold mountains into your own hands?

To put it bluntly, it is to live with oneself.

The Ming army competition was a fancy shooting competition for others, but for those who advocated the addition of musket companies in the Dutch Legion in the early years, and later the first in all of Europe to advocate the inclusion of flintlock pistols in the battle sequence, he believed that it was the Lord who lent him his eyes to let him see the future.

Spain used to have the most powerful military force in Europe, so they conquered the world by force, and even the phrase on the silver coin of the West has heaven and earth overseas is also the embodiment of the Spanish ambition to conquer the world.

And now, whether in combat or competition, the Ming army has proved that they have unparalleled strength, and the appearance of more than 5,000 muskets in the competition alone is enough to scare people.

In the Spanish army, this number of muskets was used to arm 50,000 troops.

Will they not want to conquer the world?

Chen Mu could see from Alva's expression that he didn't believe it, which made him feel powerless, and he didn't bother to defend it, how could he defend it? In the current concept of trade or conquest, Spain and the Ming are not at the same level at all.

It's like the Spaniards once forced the Indians to mine, and never felt that the mines belonged to the Indians, and now the Spaniards are forcing the Indians to mine, and Chen Mu never felt that the mines belonged to the Spaniards.

To put it bluntly, Spain's status has always been a downside in the past European trade and the current Mingxi trade, and Chen Mu has long felt that the entire New World is Ming.

But he can't say it, and it doesn't look good to say it.

He could only make an excuse very sincerely, saying, "The mission that my emperor has given me is not to conquer the New World. ”

It was to conquer all continents.

"It's to make the people richer, although the Ming Dynasty is very big, but there are also many people, there are many rich people, and there are many poor people, and the advantages of our two countries can complement each other - the duke has read my letter to the king, right?"

It was a little embarrassing to say this, and the old duke nodded and said, "I've seen it." ”

"As the letter said, cotton, wool, in addition to fur, copper and iron, what Spain has, the Ming Dynasty needs, and what you need, the Ming can also produce, what is the most important thing?"

Chen Mu raised his left hand and squeezed it fiercely in the air: "We are allies who attack and defend each other, maybe Your Excellency and His Royal Highness the King who is far away in Madrid will think that it is an alliance under the city, you don't understand this, that is, the treaty signed at the end of the war, but the Ming Dynasty needs Spain." ”

"You have a strong naval fleet in the East China Sea, which can ensure that the Ming merchants can sail safely to Seville, and when the Europa countries try to attack New Spain and the West Indies, the Spanish soldiers can also properly protect this land, and the advantage for Spain is that the Ming can sell you what you need."

"Spain has silver, and the Ming need silver; Daming has goods, Spain needs goods; Porcelain, silk? Muskets, artillery? The Ming is not an enemy of Spain, we do not lack land, and we do not have a border with Iberia. England, France, and the rebellious Netherlands, that was the enemy. ”

Chen Mu pursed his lips and said, "You have been trading with the enemy, what can they provide to Spain?" Furlong cannons that can't penetrate the hull, ugly, shabby, and varied clothes, and useless long-legged socks. ”

Chen Mu deliberately had an expression of contempt and pride, human aesthetics can be shaped and artificially controlled-today Duke Alva's army is defeated and sitting here, he can't use chopsticks is embarrassing; If it was the Spanish Legion who won, he would not be embarrassed even if he could not use chopsticks.

People with strong hearts are rigid if they have no desires, and people with low self-esteem will take other people's rules for granted.

But in fact, Chen Mu said a lot, but he didn't really get to the point, it was his pride that made Duke Alva put his heart back in his stomach.

He defined Chen Mu's character in his heart, this is an extremely proud person, then the old duke is almost certain of one thing: if he really wanted to fight, he would have done it a long time ago.

"When will the Duke lead his army east?"

Chen Mu asked this relatively abrupt question, which made Alva hesitate for a while, but the old duke still replied truthfully: "On the third day of next month, what's wrong?" ”

"The Duke of Lao has gone back to deliver my letter to His Royal Highness the King, and conveyed Chen's greetings from Daming on my behalf, don't forget the trade I said."

Chen Mu arched his hand with a smile and said, "Chen can't send the duke in person, so let the Ming fleet in the East China Sea give you a ride!" ”