The death of King Sebastião of Portugal coincided with the arrival of Almansa, the old governor of New Spain, who was stranded in Changsheng County.

The riders sent by Chen Mu to Mexico City to find the Duke of Alva met at the border with the riders sent by the Duke of Alva to find Chen Mu.

One is in a hurry to give away, the other is in a hurry to ask for someone, they can be regarded as meeting.

It's just that after Duke Alva heard what Chen Mu meant, his mood was not so beautiful.

He really had to find a way to get Almansa out of Changsheng County and let him take charge of New Spain, after all, he himself had been in the Old World, and there were few cadres around him who knew the New World very well, even if he wanted to, he would not have a chance to be nepotistic here.

What's more, even if he had the opportunity, he wouldn't dare.

The Duke of Alva was indeed the most powerful of the Spanish nobility, but he was not the only one, there was another minister in the court named Roy Gómez de Silva, who had the same power as him, and the difference between them was that Alva was outside and Roy was inside.

Had it not been for a brief military stalemate that allowed Roy to seize on the grip and persuade King Philip to recall him from the Netherlands, the Netherlands would have been pacified.

During his time in Mexico City, Alvar knew very well that the new Spain needed not an enterprising military general, and that the person who sat in the governor's seat of the governor of New Spain was a man who aspired to make a mark and regain lost territory, only dragging Spain into a more difficult spiral to climb out of.

But the same meaning came out of Chen Mu's mouth, and Alva suddenly didn't want to.

It doesn't matter if the decision is correct or not.

The thirteen talented officers in Mexico City were summoned again, and the old duke shuttled among the black-clothed officers with his cane, and he walked around the table, and the sound of his cane was extremely loud, and even echoed in the wide room: "I wonder why Chen Mu thinks Almansa is a good choice." ”

"Ming's ugly jealousy and inflated ambition for the New World disappeared with this paper treaty? All they want is so much? I don't believe it. ”

"Almanza's rule in New Spain will give them no chance to provoke, this opportunity is not for nothing, and the next governor needs to be as stupid as Bernal, they will not be unaware."

There is a whisper of the devil in the New World, and anyone who walks here and sees this place can't help but think: Why is this land not ours?

The old duke didn't believe that anyone could resist such a temptation, especially Chen Mu.

"It should be us who is anxious for a truce, not him, and now he doesn't want to go to war, I need to know why he doesn't want to go to war again."

Alva did not think that such a study would yield any precise results, just as the king he served kept hundreds of male and female gnomes in the royal convent of San Lorenzo in El Escorial, and they did not breed super-small people.

"Even if we can't get an answer, at least we can find out what the Ming people think from it—they don't think the same way as we do."

It's not the same, indeed.

In the palace of Changsheng County, Chen Mu was serving wine to the governor of Almansa to see him off, and when he heard the news that the King of Portugal had drowned the Mahazan River in the war with the Moors, Chen Mu felt very evil from the bottom of his heart.

The death of the King of Portugal has nothing to do with the King of Portugal or the Portuguese, Chen Mu and them have no new hatreds and old grudges, but this is a good time, he is taking advantage of it now, and has been hoping that the Asian pattern will stabilize like this.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has soldiers and people in the Asian state of the Ming Dynasty, all that is lacking is the time for the five counties to gain a firm foothold, so how to say that?

Drowsy wanted the pillow, and the pillow came.

"Don't hide it from me, I learned from Brother Acosta that your king is also the heir to the King of Portugal."

In the middle of the staggering, the old governor Almansa swept away the decadence, his eyes lit up after drinking, Chen Mu smiled and took a sip of the wine glass, and asked: "In the next few years, your king's main direction of attack should be to inherit the Portuguese king, right?" ”

Almansa also took a sip of the wine glass, the old man was very shrewd, his eyes kept glancing at Chen Mu's wine glass, Chen Mu took a sip, he also took a sip, never too much, never too much, and ordered it until then, in case he was drunk by Chen Mu.

But even so, the old governor, who was used to drinking wine and rum, also felt that Chen Mu was really cruel to himself, and such a spicy wine could still have an ordinary complexion when it entered his throat, which was not ordinary.

At the beginning of the banquet, Chen Mu specially introduced to him that the wine he drank today came from the northern part of the Ming Dynasty called soju, which was a must-have product for the Ming fleet to keep out the cold when crossing the sea through the northern route.

It is indeed cold, and after three sips of wine, sweat will break out on the chest and back...... But Almansa has never figured it out, if this banquet is in the north, forget it, the ghost weather in Mexico, all year round is the height of summer, and the real seasons are only dry and wet seasons, why drink cold wine?

In fact, he was already on the top at this time, took a deep breath and said slowly: "It should be, if there is a war, the time will be shorter, and if there is no war, it will be longer, and the best result is that the other heirs will give up the throne, which is good for everyone." ”

"Don't! There is an old saying in my hometown that the virtuous people in the world live in it. But those who dare to fight for the world are virtuous, and in the end, it depends on whose reason is strong. ”

Chen Mu drank as much wine as Almansa, but he was still normal, because only one of the two people drank soju, and he drank rice wine.

"There is another saying in our hometown, which you should tell the king - distant friends and close attacks, and the side of the couch allows others to sleep soundly." The cheater Chen Mu smiled and talked to Almanza: "The situation in Spain, France, Ottoman, Portugal, England, these countries eat Spain to death, and if you are not careful, you will be attacked on all sides." ”

"The environment of our country is similar to yours, the surrounding countries are afraid of you when you are strong, and when you are weak, they will rush to the top, big country, only all lose and win."

Chen Muyue said, the old man's face became greener, and at the end he simply asked, "Then how to tell the beginning of weakness?" ”

"Of course, uh......"

When Chen Mu talked about rising, he suddenly found that he had dug a pit and jumped down by himself, but the words had already been said, so he had no choice but to say: "It's about one or several big defeats." ”

The root of the problem is that the invincible army is swept away, and people no longer believe that your army can protect themselves, and they are not far from rising up from the group.

The old man's face was greener, the Spaniards had not been defeated for decades, and the only few times had occurred in recent years, and in recent years, all of them had been defeated at the hands of the Ming Kingdom.

You still have the face to say!

However, at this moment, Almansa chose to forget about these unpleasant things, he took a sip of the wine glass, and when he raised his head again, he seemed to have enough courage to say to Chen Mu: "General Chen, I want to go back and continue to be the governor, and I need your help." ”

Chen Mu put down the wine glass and sat down, showing his hand: "What kind of help?" ”

"After I cross the border, the West India Council may not let me take over as governor, they will trouble me, I need your soldiers to cross the border and make some trouble, let's say loot a few planting rounds, but it is better not to die."

"The movement is neither big enough to start a war, nor so small that no one knows, when they let me out, I will threaten you with war and sealing the border, and then Ming Guo bowed his head slightly, so that the West India Council could not do anything about me."

Well, the script is all written!

Before Chen Mu could speak, Almansa hurriedly added: "Your Excellency has to promise me, you must not threaten me, you can start a war by the way - peaceful trade is good for everyone, you can't get the war you want, peace can!" ”

Chen Mu smiled.

"Don't worry, I promise you."