Don't look at the old god that Yin Zhengmao said, but when Chen Mu asked carefully, the old Western minister was exposed, and he couldn't say what to do, so he only prevaricated with an ancient sentence.

Chen Mu didn't want to explore more on him, as long as he knew that this thing existed, then he would definitely be able to find it, and it would be more convenient in the future, so he would be happy immediately, just as the soldiers came in with tea, he stretched out his hand and said: "The younger generation is now very interested in Yin Gong's third words, according to the contract, Yin Gong has any questions, and he knows everything in the future!" ”

Yin Zhengmao was relieved, and he was not in a hurry, so he took a sip of tea, and then got up and pointed to Chen Mu's 'Jinghai Position of Jinmen', looking solemn on his face, and inadvertently raised his head and still betrayed the former governor of Liangguang, and his eyes were full of ambition.

He said: "The old man went to Haojing, Junfu Island, and Manila, and found that the fortification and defense of the city were similar. ”

"I came here this time to ask Chen Shuai for a copy of the regulations of foreign countries stationed in the city for the Western military government."

It's really ambitious.

Chen Mu looked at Yin Zhengmao carefully, looking at his beard, this is really an old man in his sixties; Looking at the physique, it cannot be called strong or thin; Look at the spirit, but it is more spiritual than many young people!

However, he would never doubt whether Yin Zhengmao's body could not help but go to sea - this old man also picked up his sword and led the army to pacify the thieves in Guangxi half a year ago, and he was very tough.

Yin Zhengmaoqiu's regulations for stationing in the city Chen Mu didn't understand at first, but when he learned that he had asked the Portuguese, Chen Mu understood.

What he asked for was the charter for the construction of the garrison city, that is, the plan of the fortress applicable to the Western military government.

Generally, if you don't know enough about the Portuguese, it is difficult to ask Chen Mulai for this directly, and he said in his heart: What Yin Zhengmao said is true, he made sufficient preparations before coming to see him.

The Portuguese and Spaniards were the forerunners of the sea in this era, they successively expanded each other, and their unique styles of colonial buildings appeared according to habits and environments, the most distinct of which was the design of the fortress that Yin Zhengmao wanted to learn from Chen Mu.

"What Gong Yin said, is it the discussion square that Luyi repaired in Haojing, the royal city that Xiyi repaired in Manila, and the acropolis that Chen repaired in the military palace?"

"Exactly!" Yin Zhengmao hugged his fists and said: "The old man and official are in the Jiajing year, that is the time when the imperial court is most short of money, and my generation has worked hard to get something, so there is no need to bother Chen Shuai about the matter of goods and colonization; Although there is a lack of experienced naval generals, there are also available people under his command. ”

"The imperial court has transferred the governors Zhang Yuanxun and Li Xi, and their two generals Wang Rui, Yang Zhao, Men Chongwen, Yi Kongzhao and other generals to the Western Military Administration, and then the Navy Lecture Hall has 100 graduates this year.

"Major events have been prepared, but Chen Shuai's ability to control one place, one town and one country, the shape of the fortress and the style of the school field, are not very clear."

Chen Mu bowed his head slowly, he knew that what Yin Zhengmao said was not a lie, in Guangxi, Yin Zhengmao changed the salt law and made a lot of profits.

In the past, most of the salt in Guangxi came from Guangdong, and the salt price was higher when the salt was transferred to Huguang through Guangxi, the road was far away, the water conditions were treacherous, and the salt merchants were often robbed along the way, and the salt merchants made up for the losses, and the price of salt was going up. At that time, Yin Zhengmao, who was the governor of Guangxi, suggested to the imperial court, and the original words in the handbook were: order the official to contribute capital, buy 300 ships of salt every year, estimate the news by time, and collect its strange wins.

There are nine rules in the handbook, including nine rules, such as discussing the law and abiding by the law, rewarding and punishing, calculating the work, building official ships, taking precautions, limiting the time and month, prohibiting smugglers, knowing the duties, and being cautious, each of which is very detailed and persuades the imperial court to allow it.

Since then, the Guangxi Weisu Banner Army has escorted ships to transport salt, each ship has 350 bags, and the 300 ships have traveled three times a year, of which 300 bags are transported on behalf of the Guangxi Provincial Government, and the remaining 50 bags of profits are the remuneration of the flag army.

In this way, Guangxi, which had been plagued by war for a long time, collected an extra 20,000 taels of silver every year, and the profits from selling salt were enough to enrich the military salaries and provide food and wages for the subsequent governors of Liangguang to raise a large army to quell the rebellion.

The matter of goods cultivation does not need to be taught by Chen Mu, and Chen Mu also thinks that Yin Zhengmao going to the West may be better than what he did.

The truly talented officials of this era are the universal generalists, and the purpose of their studies is to govern the largest empire in the world, and vice versa, if they cannot govern the largest empire in the world, it means that they are not good officials.

They can learn all the professional skills that are useful for governing this ancient and vast empire, such as agriculture, astronomy, mathematics, architecture, military, hydraulics, medicine, economics, and machinery.

After systematic training and examination, talents have general talents for the purpose of governing the country and strategy, but few of them have professional talents, or in other words, all of them have the 'professional' talents required by the environment of the times.

The purpose of cultivating talents is single, and the purpose is too clear, and those disciplines that are outside the established purpose are not well known, and it is difficult for people to be interested in them.

Looking at Yin Zhengmao, who was obviously dying of old age but launched a juvenile madness and was confident, Chen Mu felt a lot of emotion.

At least for now, there is indeed no one more suitable for the position of Minister of the West than Yin Zhengmao.

"The fortress is called a fortress, the enemy attacks one side, the defenders can return fire from two sides and three sides, and the horse face wall, sheep and horse wall, curved wall, enemy platform, urn city purpose is the same, are garrison, but the defense is indeed more perfect; The city wall is more inclined and also spreads the earth skin on it, the countries of Europa have been wars for many years, and they have found out the law in the anti-artillery and anti-gun warfare, and the cannonballs can protect the city wall when they hit the soil, and if Yin Gong goes to sea if it is too ugly, he can pave it with turf. ”

As for why the city wall is tilted, it goes without saying that the early rushing car and the later catapult, the city wall basically did not go straight up and down, and the Great Wall of Qin was not.

Chen Mu has spoken very skillfully about this, just two days ago, he had just told the engineering Taoist who came to build the Beiyang Yamen, and he also talked about it not worth repeating, and someone else specially wrote it down.

"I can see it." Yin Zhengmao's expression was very bitter, and his face, which already had many wrinkles, was even more wrinkled, and the big sleeve of the official robe in his right hand supported his left arm, and his left hand stretched out his sleeve and pointed to the fortress of the Beiyang Yamen on the picture, which was quite a comment, and said: "The countries of Europa have suffered, and this thing cannot be figured out without a major sin." ”

Chen Mu held it in his mouth in one breath, but he didn't go well, coughed twice and said with Yin Zhengmao's eyes: "I have indeed suffered, but this is indeed of great use for city defense, the big city is of little significance, the small city fortress is better in this way, and then there is this school field." ”

"Haojing has, Luzon Macheng also has, Haojing Portuguese say this is called the Discussion Square, in fact, they are called the Armed Square, but they dare not blatantly call it so in the land of the Ming Dynasty, if the fortress is the center of the town, the school field is the center of the fortress."

"Whenever they go to a place, they must first plan the vertical and horizontal streets, divide the surrounding plots into neighborhoods according to their uses, residential, commercial, military, and port, and in the center of the neighborhood must be the Armed Square, near which must be a bell tower, a gun tower, an armory, a municipal yamen, and a cathedral."

"Sometimes, walls were added around the square to serve as a fortress in the city, so that their troops could quickly assemble."

"These are places where we can learn, Yin Gong will often see him when he goes to the sea, and he can see more when the time comes, and the intention of going down to the ocean is to transport gold, silver and raw materials to the country, and if he can sign a treaty of commerce, he will lease land for hundreds of years under the pretext of trade, and if he can't lease it, he will subvert his ruler and replace it with someone who can lease it."

"If the market has been completely occupied or colonized, and others are unwilling to give way, war is inevitable, but ...... Don't worry about encountering such an easy-to-defend fortress. ”

"In a war, the key is the strength of the troops, the elite of the sergeants and the logistical baggage, and the test is the national strength. Surround him, find out the number of defenders, this year dare to go to the sea to grab the market except for us, there are many troops who can't fight, there are not many troops who can fight, a castle of 1,800 people up to the sky, put down five times the force to build fortifications to besiege, bypass the fortress, we do business, market robbery. ”

"It doesn't matter if you win the battle or not, as long as you don't let others win, the important thing is to keep the market in the hands of Daming." Chen Mu gritted his teeth, raised a finger, and said slowly to Yin Zhengmao: "Trade is very important, you can control trade by holding the ocean channel, and controlling trade means that buyers can spend more money and sellers make less money, we are the only family!" ”