Acosta saw Chen Mu, no, he said that he saw Zou Yuanbiao magic.

He had only been away from Acapulco for just over a month, and everything from the port to the village had been completely renewed.

The only thing that has not changed is the few lonely Spanish-style mansions with white walls and orange tiles gathered next to the port yamen, in addition, in the eyes of the monks, the original mixed-race aborigines mixed with corn stalks and earthen houses have all disappeared, and all the Ming-style houses with blue bricks, gray tiles, wood and stone structures have disappeared.

Of course, this is just a winning county in Acosta's eyes.

The Ming army has enough manpower to make Changsheng County like that, but there is not enough material resources, and the brick factory produces only a limited number of bricks after all, not to mention that the wood and stone bricks in the county have been monopolized by the Ming army's sawmills and kilns, where do the people have so much money to buy bricks and wood?

The reason why Acosta had such an illusion in his eyes was that Changsheng County had become larger - more than 400 tribal chiefs had contributed to this matter, with the Ming army providing building materials and the chieftains providing manpower, and large-scale construction according to the plan and rational construction, which doubled the residential area of Changsheng in a short period of time.

The newly built courtyard around the temple and the county government is so conspicuous that Acosta can barely see the village south of the temple.

The people who used to live in the port villages were more aggrieved than the chiefs who had come from afar, and the houses they lived in were being renovated, but with underfired and over-fired bricks fired from brick kilns.

These substandard products, which were supposed to be put into the brick kiln as clinker, were begged by the county magistrate Zou Yuanbiao from the military government and sent to the people to rebuild their old houses.

Chen Mu didn't want to do this, his original plan was to pass this period of excessive use of bricks and wood, the price of bricks and wood is not high, and within two years, the people of the port can use good bricks and tiles to renovate their houses, and there is no need to rush for a while.

Not to mention that he also considered that these chiefs would leave in half a year at most, and then it would be completely possible for the original people of the port to move directly into the new homes they had built, and the old houses would be left for the people who moved over later.

However, Zou Yuanbiao said that people do not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, the Ming army came here, the border troubles were not peaceful, and the leaders of the various departments were so new that people's hearts were fluctuating, and the most important thing at this time was to calm the hearts of the people, and they couldn't wait for a while.

Zou Yuanbiao's 'evenness' is not average, and the meaning of the Confucian sages who paid attention to the rules of respect and inferiority in the original words is not equal, but refers to 'each gets his own share', and the so-called inequality refers to the distribution of wealth without distinction between respect and inferiority and not according to the rules.

They must know their respective duties, and they must ensure their due rights.

In Zou Yuanbiao's eyes, in the county under his rule, it is necessary to pay attention to the dignity of status and status, but also to pay attention to the rules, this rule is to come first and come first, even if you want to borrow the manpower of those tribal leaders to build houses, his people should not be less rights.

Even if the house they built was not good, according to their humility, they had it.

In the end, Chen Mu could only sign this order and allow the military craftsmen to expand the scale of the brick and tile factory to meet the construction needs of the county.

Changsheng County has become what it is today.

Chen Mu chose to meet Acosta in the newly completed county yaya, which seemed more suitable for the meeting than the port yamen, but Chen Mu did not want the Westerners to feel familiar and comfortable.

He wanted Acosta and the others to feel from the bottom of their hearts that this was already the Changsheng County of the Ming Dynasty, not the Acapulco of Spain.

"These three are the three leaders of Bai Tao of the White Horse Alliance, Zheng Tu of the Yi Alliance, and Niu Pingzhang of the Shi'e Alliance."

Chen Mu smiled and introduced to Acosta that Niu Pingzhang was the earlier Bull Demon King, and his name was chosen by himself from the thousand-character text, which means that he has the ability to discriminate, and it also has the meaning of discussing matters.

This name was chosen not only because it was an important official position in ancient China, but also because the leader of the Liberation Alliance was completely negotiated like a family, and he was far less harmonious than Bai Tao who overwhelmed people or Zheng Tu who fought hard.

Lao Niu hopes that this name will bring him good luck.

Chen Mu, who was seated, turned to the side as he spoke, and said with a smile: "This is Brother Fu and the old governor, the monks all know each other, so Chen will not introduce much - what does Duke Alva think of Chen's proposal?" ”

The old governor was specially released from the courtyard under house arrest after Chen Mu heard that Acosta was coming, but Fu Ge'er was not.

Before Acosta came, Chen Mu was talking about business with Fu Ge'er.

There are some things that don't need to be written into the contract between the two countries, Chen Mu prefers to find individuals to cooperate with him - the treaty between the two countries is relatively formal, and people can also understand the major rights and wrongs, but it is different if it is for individuals.

The major rights and wrongs are still something that everyone can figure out, but some things that rub the edge are not so clear.

For example, if Fu Ge'er wants to use Changsheng as a transit station to monopolize the porcelain trade that will flow into Europa in the future, first of all, Chen Mu cannot agree, and secondly, even if he wants to monopolize a part of the proportion, how can Chen Mu not let him bleed?

They had already discussed this many times, but Fu Ge'er had no way to deal with him.

Let's do business, Chen Mu is a little desireless, it's a big deal to change a businessman, anyone can do this little thing, but only Chen Mu can do his business.

If in the past, it was possible to let the nobles in the palace squeeze the king to send troops to fight, and simply grab the benefits, but it would be ...... Spain can't beat Chen Mu.

Until today, in the business that the two of them discussed, Chen Mu compared his fingers four times, once five, twice three, and once eight.

He could allow thirty percent of the goods in the Ming Dynasty to be shipped to Changshengyou porcelain within five years and sold directly to Fu Ge'er at a price lower than the market price, but in exchange, Fu Ge'er needed to hire and send a total of 3,000 craftsmen from various countries and industries to Chen Mu in Europa, as well as 8,000 Western books excluding religious texts.

If it doesn't work, Chen Mu doesn't plan to continue talking to Brother Fu.

Fugor was about to say yes, and Acosta arrived.

"The Duke of Alva has brought King Philip's meaning to Your Excellency, and the King is very satisfied with Your Excellency's previous proposal, and after the war, Your Excellency's treaty has been sent back to Madrid from Havana, but it will take nearly four months to return and return."

"The Duke of Alva does not agree to hand over the Potosí Silver Mine and Mexico City to the Ming Kingdom, and if Your Excellency insists on doing so, although we are very unwilling, and although Spain is not ready at the moment, I am afraid that we will have to continue the war."

Spain could not do without silver mines.

"Before I say what His Majesty Philip wishes, I beg your paramount permission to ask me." Acosta looked at Chen Mu very seriously and asked, "Is Your Excellency really sincere in negotiating peace with us?" Or will this be like Nanjing, Mingxi, sign a treaty, and then prepare for the next battle? ”

Chen Mu didn't say a word, he didn't need words at all, his expression could be perfectly interpreted: I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense.

Acosta didn't believe it at all, because he knew a lot about the Ming Kingdom, for example, in the past, the Nanyang Military Government was established to rob Luzon, Sulu, and Java, which were occupied or attempted to be occupied by Spain and Portugal, and now the Oriental Military Government was established to rob the New World occupied by Spain.

"It's been nearly three years since the establishment of the Toyo Military Office, and I know it." Acosta smiled, and then said with a straight face: "His Majesty Philip has shown the greatest kindness to Your Excellency, even if you hear that the Ming Army and New Spain have entered the war, you are still willing to stop the war and reach a trade agreement, but Your Excellency must think clearly, we should not continue to fight each other." ”

"For this reason, His Majesty the King has mentioned a very friendly proposal - all the lands of the Ming Kingdom of the New World and Spain should be governed by the two countries, and His Majesty Philip and the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty shall be the main ones."

Chen Mu's eyebrows raised unconsciously.