Chen Mu lived in the capital of Sulu, but it was not to help the king of the east, and what Sulu encountered was not a problem, at least in his eyes.

His orders worked more effectively than anyone else on the Portuguese captain in these seas.

Even the most disobedient merchant ships arrived in this sea area with morale-boosting missionaries and sailors, and did not dare to approach the fleet flying the Ming dragon flag, but sent small boats to negotiate only to get a reply from Sulu is the Ming domain, and if they dared to invade, they would declare war, and they would be planted on the reef to make flagpoles.

These pirates, who had been transformed from maritime merchants to lawlessness, immediately changed their appearance to maritime merchants, saying that they were only here to trade.

Chen Mucai didn't care about this, he raised his hand on the shore, and Ni Shangzhong on the Chihai happily manipulated the ship's guns to blast a shot at the sea, and the merchant ship under the Portuguese flag ran away from the distance.

Who would dare to bare his teeth at the heavily armed Chihai at sea?

Not to mention that there are five warship formations led by the Chihai class next to this behemoth, and no one is dizzy and six or seven hundred artillery pieces are against it.

"It's just a group of pirates, and when you are strong, they are maritime merchants, and they come to trade with you; When you are weak, they are pirates, who come to rob you of your goods and take possession of your land. Chen Mu watched the merchant ship drift away from the shore, his brows furrowed and his eyes were deep, and he said softly: "The dog that smells the smell of corpses on the battlefield will be scolded for being barbaric and uncivilized by you." ”

Witnessing this scene, the Dongwang stood upright, and his saber was drawn out, it was a Japanese saber from the Ming trade, using only a Ming knife strip and containing Sulu gemstones.

Sulu's main foreign trade was gems and pearls, and the constant exchange of Ming merchants brought profound technical exchanges, so that the pearl and jade craftsmen here have a lot of attainments, but other skills are much worse.

He could see very clearly that there were nearly a hundred enemies on the giant ship that Chen Mu called 'pirates', and if they attacked the port, it would be another massacre that would require thousands of people to stop.

The crimson warship that hung in the sky and fired a shot at the Boundless Dragon Banner scared these people away.

Dongwang didn't understand what Chen Mu said about barbarism and uncivilized, he said disdainfully: "They are barbaric and uncivilized!" ”

In fact, Chen Mu's words are not blame, from small people to large people to countries, the essence of the relationship is contention, it doesn't matter if the economy, politics, and war are just means of competition.

Portugal, the pioneer of the great voyages of this era, had gone through the years of poverty and madness, so it was understandable that trade and plunder, and who could blame the people who made their parents' country rich and powerful? Chen Mu would not blame, and would only kill them with reverence when the time came.

These Portuguese patriots sailed with their ships and lives to create mankind's first global maritime power, and also brought untold suffering to other countries.

Chen Mu thinks that there is no point in judging things right or wrong, he just needs to figure out what side he is standing on, this problem is easier to figure out than right and wrong, and the follow-up will be easily solved - whether the time is ripe or not depends on when their interests are against his own.

He found that the tributary countries in the Chinese tributary circle were very interesting, and everyone felt that except for the Ming Dynasty and himself, everyone else was more barbarian than the other, even Japan.

The Nanban in the Japanese population is not only European, but also refers to Southeast Asia in general; North Korea is not mentioned, they are all barbarians, and no one has China; Sulu is about the same, although Chen Mu seems that Sulu is already very unChinese, but the king of the east also feels that the next door is barbarians, especially the granary neighbor of the Ming army in China.

Since Huang Senping led the Ming army to land on the Broken Hand River in Borneo for a hundred years, the muddy country quickly became strong, using the power of Huang Senping to block Sulu's attack, and relying on the edict of the Yongle Emperor to exempt the Java state.

The king of the east pulled Chen Mu and didn't want him to go to the muddy country, and it was precisely because the relationship between the two countries was not good, for fear that the benefits he did not get from the Ming Dynasty would be taken by the muddy country.

Sulu saw that the poor neighbor relied on the Ming Dynasty to become rich and strong, and now that Chen Mu came to Sulu, the king of the east did not want to lose this opportunity no matter what, and he didn't even care about state affairs all day long, and gathered around Chen Mu all day long, either to play chess with him, or to drink tea with him, but never mentioned business, which made Chen Mu very strange.

Playing chess and drinking tea, one is a plaything and the other is a drink, need to be so ritualistic?

If you want to buy a gun and buy a boat to do business, you can say it, and I won't refuse to agree if you say it, don't you say that I'm embarrassed to mention it myself, as if the Celestial Empire wants to force it, that's absolutely not okay.

"Gong Chen, the leader of Li who went to Ryukyu is here."

When Li Dan came, Chen Muzheng was exchanging experience in the art of war with the king of Sulu Dong, in fact, it was to teach the use of bird guns and firearms, and when he heard the soldiers standing at the door to report, he quickly guessed in his heart what Li Dan was over, and then said to the king of the east: "King, it is Chen Mou's son who came, and sent him to Ryukyu some time ago to let him enter the palace?" ”

Dongwang was looking at it and waiting for Chen Mu to ask, he was also very curious about what the Ming sent people to Ryukyu did. He has been negotiating with the King of the West and the King of Dong, guessing what it means for Da Ming to suddenly hold back the large fleet to the gate of their country after so many years of sea ban, but he can't see anything from Chen Mu.

It is precisely because he can't see it that it is the most weird, right in front of him, this young man who smiled and talked to him about raising the muzzle of the cannon and bombarding the enemy formation while the infantry was advancing in the artillery fire, last year he beat Luzon from north to south, and drove away the jackal is the real evil tiger, this kind of person who is as powerful as a god has no other purpose here, who believes it?

It didn't take long for the servants in the palace to announce a few times, and Li Dan, who was wearing leather boots and breastplate and holding a helmet, stepped forward, saluted Chen Mu and then saluted the East King, and stopped talking.

Chen Mu took the opportunity of the introduction to glance at Li Dan and said, "This is His Royal Highness the King of Sulu Dong, what is the good thing in Ryukyu, let's talk about it." ”

Second Master Chen was very worried that Li Dan's opening was a bad thing, but Li Dan was very smart, and when he came over, he raised a reserved smile on his face, trying to tell Chen Mu that it was a good thing to use this, but obviously his father-in-law didn't understand, or maybe he didn't show it, he didn't guess, and said: "My father-in-law is like this, the Ryukyu soldiers are weak, and the sergeants are still using the old firearms of Yongle Ye, not even birds, let alone ship guns, and the sailors are all old-style lucky ships." ”

The king of the east was not happy when he heard this, where are you talking about Ryukyu, you are obviously talking about me Sulu!

However, before the king of the east could speak, Li Dan had already continued: "In order to deal with the threat of Japan's Shimazu, the Ryukyu Kingdom wants to ask Chen Bazhi, the commander of the Luzon Northern Guard, to train his troops, with a staff of two thousand; Hachiro means to train elite soldiers, and the ordnance ration is the same as that of the Luzon Northern Guard, so it is necessary to purchase a batch of ordnance, guns and warships, which need the consent of the righteous father and be transmitted to the imperial court. ”

"Two thousand?" Chen Mu frowned, beckoned Li Dan to sit down, and said cross-legged: "Although the Ryukyu Islands are smaller than Luzon, Luzon practices three guards, and Ryukyu must at least practice one guard." ”

"This ......" Li Dan smiled, handed a letter to Chen Mu, and said: "The Ryukyus are small, and they are not rich, although our army's guns are good and the ships are strong, but the cost is high, and the wealth of training a guard is beyond the capacity of his country. ”

Before Li Dan's words fell, Dongwang got up and left the table with a sigh, and said as he walked: "General, wait, wait!" ”

Chen Mu was still surprised, and saw that the king of the east had come back with the lacquer box of the Ming Kingdom, put it on the tea case, and said: "Ryukyu has no wealth, and I Sulu has no wealth, but there are pearls, I don't know if I can ask the Celestial Dynasty to train soldiers for this king, buy ships, what is in Luzon, this king wants more!" ”

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