To be honest, Tang Juan still didn't understand what Chen Mu was talking about.

Rent a piece of wasteland for 100 years, manage the local construction, and let the king buy 20% of the shares without paying for it...... How much profit can the royal merchant ship bring in a year, and now he actually wants to share 20% of the profit as soon as he opens his mouth, in this case, what does he want?

Father Libera explained to Don Juan in his bedroom: "General Chan may have been inspired by the Portuguese in Macao to establish a land in Spain similar to that of Macao, and I think it will be very beneficial for Spain, Your Excellency. ”

Of course, it's beneficial, Libera can hold her breath in her heart, see what Chen Mu has governed Macau! I can't do anything, so I finally built a hospital, not to make money and kill people! The stone bricks that he had worked so hard to raise to build the church were taken away by him without saying a word to pave the way! All the complaints eventually turned into a pile of paper in the letter box, and he smiled and encouraged people to continue writing!

When you get to Spain, it's time for the other way around, right?

"However, this time General Chen was unusually so generous, the tax rate of the Ming Kingdom for Portuguese merchants was 15 percent, and he was willing to give 20 percent to the king, which is really rare." Father Libera felt a lot of bad feelings towards Chen Mu, but he had nothing to say about this, and said, "I suggest that Your Excellency go to Macao to see it for yourself." ”

"In the whole Ming Kingdom, only Macao can allow foreigners to walk freely, like thieves, follow Chen Mu to Macao, missionary more and more difficult, people still believe that the church is sacred, but after Chen Mu came, people believe that he is sacred."

Fr. Libera said of these despairs of this dark land: "Those ignorant people only believe that seeing is believing, and they prove it false on the basis that Chen Mu can defeat the Spanish army without the light of God." ”

"And the son he wanted to send to Spain as the governor of customs, that man named Li Dan, who he said was a merchant who had converted to God, but was actually a descendant of pirates." Libera mentioned Li Dan quite helplessly, and said: "Every time he goes to sea, he has to worship the gods of the five directions, which is extremely unreligious, if he is sent to Spain, if he is not the son of General Chen, he will definitely be imprisoned in the Inquisition!" ”

Don Juan was noncommittal about religious matters, and he knew that his brother was not as religious as he seemed.

Will God allow torture to extract confessions? Will it be permissible to burn people to death casually? Will it be permissible to put someone who has nothing wrong on the limb rack?

His brother said that it is one thing to serve God and to serve Him.

The upper class uses religion to play with people's hearts, and the lower people are played with because of their piety, and if someone asks Don Juan if he is religious, he is willing to never leave God in every word.

But in his heart, he did not attribute the victory at the Battle of Lepanto to God's favor, but at most to the stupidity and self-division of the enemy.

But that doesn't mean he's against Christ, in fact he's more religious than he is as the king's brother – because there's a Catholic presence, it's good for him!

"A descendant of pirates, General Chen is a pirate?" Don Juan frowned, as an illegitimate child, he hated the remarks of blood in his heart, but he didn't want to show it, "But I heard that the country will not appoint pirates as officers, they are not like the shameless English." ”

"He is not a pirate, Li Dan's biological father is a pirate, General Chen is his father-in-law, and the Ming people are used to using recognized fathers and sons to deepen the relationship between each other." Father Libera said angrily: "General Chen is not a pirate but he is more of a pirate, and I think Your Excellency understands what he is doing. ”

Don Juan thought about it in his head, as if this was indeed the case - how many things can an ordinary pirate rob in a lifetime?

Chen Mu once robbed the Manila galleon once a year, the cargo of 37 tons of silver, and the expensive Galen ship, all of which were reduced to nothing.

"I'll go to Macau to have a look, but this time I'm in the Philippines, Luzon, and I'm confused." Don Juan pinched his pipe and said, "General Chen did not seem to be a victor in my arrival, but very hospitable, like talking about a trade, as if Spain and Ming had never fought a war. ”

"Has he always been like this?"

Luzon was so clean, as clean as the Spaniards had never been, and the Ming people had transformed and built it so well that there had never been a tragic war, and even the former Guam and now Ringai Island, except for the buildings that had changed their new owners, there was not the slightest trace at all.

Father Libera stopped talking several times, not knowing how to answer Don Juan's doubts, and finally let out a sigh and said: "Do you think that the three legions in the Philippines and the four legions sent by Mexico have all been eaten by sharks?" ”

"Don't be deceived by his appearance, the one you drank with you." Father Libera looked at the flickering candle flame and said, "It's the murderer who buried the seven Spanish legions." ”

Libera is not a Spaniard, he is Portuguese, but given his dislike for Chen Mu and the Ming Kingdom, it does not prevent him from using his influence to urge Tang Juan not to take Chen Mu lightly.

It is true that the three Spanish legions directly under the Spanish Sea actually brought more serious losses to Spain than the Battle of Lepanto, which was the naval battle that took place in the Ming Sea and made the Spanish court not pay enough attention to this battle.

The Jesuit, who was not a generalist, knew the impact of the battle on Spain, and he said: "Not counting the armies of the Indies and the Philippine Islands, the two seasoned naval regiments and army regiments were completely wiped out, and the loss of trade made the court unsustainable, three times the loss of the naval battle of Lepanto, don't underestimate Chen Mu." ”

"He's always been crazy, but he always gets things in his favor." Libera said to Don Juan: "And don't think about fighting him again, Your Excellency will know when you go to Macau, it's just a small village of theirs, all people, people everywhere." ”

"Before preparing for the war in Guam, the river as wide as the sea was clogged with baggage and warships, and the sea was full of people on land and sea, and if you can't even win a naval battle, don't think about fighting a land war with them." Libera shook her head, as if she felt extremely troubled by this situation, and said: "A few years ago, they didn't have a naval school, there were tens of millions of people in the country, but there was only one admiral, Chen Mu, it is worth mentioning that Chen Mu was also an army general before going to sea. ”

"But this year, there are four hundred students who graduated from the Ming Naval University and entered Chen Mu's army, a full four hundred."

Libera's tone was extremely shocked when he mentioned this number, there were only a few dozen students at the beginning of the construction of the Portuguese Sagres Navigation School, he shook his head and said: "This peace negotiation is by no means as simple as Chen Mu showed to Your Excellency, Spain must not be allowed to fall into a war with the Ming Kingdom again, and his proposal must also be extremely cautious." ”

"The conditions he said don't sound relevant, but what he didn't say is his real purpose, the Ming ship is going to Seville, and it will definitely stop in Mexico on the way, sail to guard against pirates, and his army will enter Mexico and Spain."

It was late at night, and the strength of the soju hit Don Juan's head, he opened the window, held his pipe, and looked at the black sea in the distance at night with his melancholy green eyes, ://./14_14088/