The second batch of flag army's maritime security measures are not bad, and they have also brought Chen Lan to set up camps in various places along the line from Taiwan to Luzon, and the chicken coops along the way have been borrowed by Lin Daoqian, Lin Feng and others to continue to develop and build stone villages, and the remaining seven islands along the line are wooden villages.

With the artillery mobilized by Nanyangwei, checkpoint batteries were set up on various islands, and fleets were deployed to patrol the defense. The key significance of the establishment of the logistics islands is to reduce the intervals between dockings and the danger of baggage fleets at sea – especially in the case of typhoons.

Although there may be no typhoons this year.

The 4,000 banner troops followed Sun Ao from Nanyangwei several times to Manila Bay, and when they arrived, the military camp in the royal city had been completed. The Spaniards needed mansions in the royal city to enjoy, Chen Mu's army didn't need them, he only needed the barracks, which was the distribution center of his soldiers, horses, warships and grain hoarding camp.

However, Sun Ao didn't come, Chen Mu asked him to hand over to Chen Lan and go to patrol the logistics islands, so that Chen Lan could free up and participate in the next battle with Deng Zilong. After Manila got a good start, Chen Mu was not ready to personally lead the flag army into the next battle.

He had to purge the enemy of Luzon, welcome the merchants who had arrived from Moon Harbor and Haojing, and help Suleiman with government affairs before the arrival of the new governor - in fact, Luzon was less nationalized, and there was no government affairs, and it was all the work of the donkey princess.

In addition to these, more importantly, he is going to send the first official letter of the Minister of Nanyang to the imperial court.

But the scene froze a little.

Just as he was excitedly holding two shoulders as tall as his, the sturdy Andalusian war horse approached his staff and asked which one was suitable for sending into the high arch of the court and which one was suitable for sending Zhang Juzheng to the middle of the court.

As Chen Mu thought, Andalusian horses are much more difficult to raise than Mongolian horses, with strong impact and tall and strong bodies, this is definitely the best war horse, there is no doubt about it.

But this is not the most suitable for Chen Mu, especially in the Luzon Islands, these horses he either gave away or rewarded, and he didn't intend to hold the cubs in his hands.

Although it is not the most suitable war horse, it is definitely the best gift.

was happy, but found that Chen Ju, Xu Wei, and Zhao Shizhen looked at him at the door with strange eyes.

One is wearing a python robe, two are wearing blue shirts and green shirts, standing at the gate of the castle with a folding fan and looking at themselves with a strange expression, what kind of scene is this?

"Something is wrong?"

Zhao Shizhen took the lead in shaking his head.

"What's going on?"

Chen Mu threw off the reins, and seeing that this thing was wrong now, he saw Chen Ju arching his hand very seriously and said, "Chen Shuai, I'll wait to discuss matters in the castle, okay?" ”

Shaking his head, Chen Mu waved his hand inexplicably: "Let's go, go in first." ”

Chen Mu sat in the middle of the castle, and the furnishings in the castle were still according to the Ming people's set, making the main hall of the castle the same as the lobby of the official mansion, and when the three of them were seated, Xu Weiping retreated from the others, and then bowed to Chen Mu and said: "Chen Shuai, our grandfathers have gone all the way south, although there is a direct post in the prison army, and Chen Shuai has never been unhappy, right?" ”

"No, Chen Jianjun is excellent, he has never shirked his advice, and he has never caused Chen half of the trouble when he is obsessed with military affairs." Chen Mu looked at Chen Ju, and then at Xu Wei and Zhao Shizhen, the two of them looked left and right and didn't speak, Chen Mu knew that Chen Ju had something in his heart, and the two of them also had some questions, he asked Chen Ju: "But what is Chen inadvertently disrespectful to the prison army?" ”

"That's not the slightest debt, Chen Shuai didn't say anything about our masters, we came to take care of it, raised troops and hid in the cabin, and we didn't have any complaints because of private matters."

Chen Ju waved his hand, revealing two black teeth and smiling, and then asked Chen Mu solemnly: "Let's sum up with the two shogunate staff, calculate the accounts, and the accounts are here." ”

He patted a book on the table, bowed his hand to Chen Mu again, and asked, "Can you tell me about the purpose of this Nanyang expedition to conquer Manila?" ”

Why?

Chen Mu spread his hands in a daze and didn't speak, isn't this obvious enough now, damn silver!

More than a dozen ships have won 570,000 taels of cargo, not counting a big ship like the San Pablo, only a few small battles at sea, where can you find this matter in the South Seas?

"Chen Shuai dispatched troops and sent generals, and spent no less than 200,000 taels in Nanyangwei, and if the number of soldiers and horses increased like this, he would spend at least 220,000 taels of military rations and 100,000 taels of water and land armor within 100,000 taels every year, 570,000 taels of silver, just for one year."

"What's more, the source of this money is not above board, although the enemy country is understandable, but if the general is for money, he can lead the fleet south to attack every year, but he does not have to defeat Luzon to expel Xiyi, and he does not have to send such a large army to consume a lot of money."

Chen Mu was happy when he heard it, Chen Ju is also a person with a sustainable development strategy in his heart, this is treating the Spaniards as egg-laying roosters.

But he didn't interject, obviously Chen Ju was holding back in his heart that this was not the case, he had to wait for Chen Ju to finish speaking, and he would answer them one by one.

"If Chen Shuai plans to open a trade route in Luzon, but there are few people in Luzon, silk and porcelain cannot be circulated in large quantities, and there are few local specialties.

"The price of gold and copper in Luzon is also high, betel nut, pearls, knives, mangos, tortoiseshells, yellow wax, gilberts, and even cloves and other products, even gold and copper, there is no shortage in the Ming Dynasty, why make a special trip to lead the army south to transport here?" Chen Ju's eyes when he looked at Chen Mu were full of self-error, and said: "Not to mention bullying a small country and hindering Chen Shuai's wisdom!" ”

Chen Mu's face was expressionless, the wonderful moment of his expression had passed, whether Chen Ju regarded Xiyi as a golden chicken or did market research by himself, his expression was extremely exciting, and when he mentioned the 'wisdom' that he didn't seem to exist, he no longer had the strength to show his beauty.

He just said to Chen Ju in a firm tone: "You think, I'm stupid." ”

Chen Ju did not show the smile he imagined, he was not relaxed by Chen Mu's denial, and his face was even more solemn, as if he hoped that the general in command of the army in front of him was a fool who couldn't settle the account.

After a pause, he said: "I really hope that Chen Shuai will be stupid, and the marshal will send troops to hoard grain and grass, send a fleet to Nanyang Wei to pick up his wife, and recruit Haikou such as Lin Feng, Shi He, Dao Qian, etc. ”

"The marshal doesn't want money, nor does he care about fame, so I really don't know what the general is trying to understand. Unless......" Chen Ju's face was complicated, with a little helplessness, and asked: "Acquaintance, if Chen Shuai wants to rebel against the emperor and leave his homeland, split the land and divide the state, and use the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to open up private land, then kill our masters here." ”

As soon as these words came out, even Xu Wei and Zhao Shizhen didn't expect that Xu Wei's surprised look was not a fake, and Zhao Shizhen stretched out his arm to stop it, and blurted out: "Chen Jianjun, the marshal has no such intention!" ”

As he spoke, Yu Guang looked at Chen Mu, but saw that the donkey man in the hall was like no one, holding a tea bowl and slowly blowing foam.

As if he wasn't talking about such a big thing as treason or rebellion, he even burst out laughing, shook his head and pointed at Chen Ju and said, "You still think I'm stupid." ”

"You don't know if you don't bring troops, there are more than 20,000 family members, flag troops, battalion soldiers, pirates, and Luzon soldiers in Luzon, and you can understand when you go back and settle accounts with the firefighters, as soon as you open your eyes every day, the military rations of three or five hundred stones will be gone, and Luzon Island can support so many people?"

After Chen Mu finished saying this, his face was gloomy, he raised his hand and pointed at Chen Ju rudely, and then pointed to the north and said: "If you want to kill me and let these 20,000 troops starve to death here as lonely ghosts, just think like this." ”

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