Chen Mu was in Luzon and wanted to be in the Ryukyu Guardhouse, but he never thought about being in the Sulu Guardhouse, because he had inquired before he came, and Sulu lacked gold, silver, copper, and iron and did not produce grain.

The pearls, precious stones, tortoiseshell, sulphur, and timber that could be obtained through trade, and cheap cotton and grain could be exchanged.

There is not much excavation value, the geographical location is an archipelago, the dispatch of soldiers and horses is inconvenient, and it is sandwiched between Luzon and Borneo, Chen Mu's positioning for this is to continue to pay tribute to the emperor from the beginning, and the relationship is good, as long as it is not worse, it is okay to maintain good trade relations.

But Sulu has a bad relationship with his neighbors, and recently he has fought with Portuguese maritime merchants, and the three kings of Sulu need to strengthen their army too much, especially Chen Mu's army that can scare the enemy away with a single shot.

And Chen Mu didn't seem to be able to refuse now, because Dongwang opened the lacquer box placed in front of him, and the box that was one foot long, six inches wide, and four inches high was full of pearls, and each of those pearls was bigger than what Chen Mu had seen in the past.

And there are eight pearls on it that are the most outstanding, Chen Mu is not sure if these things can be called pearls - he has never seen pearls that can be doubled.

But these eight in the wooden box, each of them is two, and the heaviest one weighs four taels and seven dollars, which is a priceless treasure.

No, these eight are priceless.

This is not the biggest pearl that Sulu can pick, the biggest pearl they picked is the 19th year of Yongle Uncle Dong went to Beijing to pay tribute, to Chengzu tribute to a strange green pearl weighing seven taels.

Because of its good texture and bright luster, Sulu pearls have always been the most expensive pearls, and sometimes the same quality and size can even exceed Hepu pearls in Daming.

After knowing that Sulu produced pearls, Pinto told Chen Mu one thing he knew, according to the calculation of Westerners, it was 1520, someone in Panama got a pearl called the Pearl of Orvieto, the pearl was very large, weighing one hundred and four pearls, which was less than two cents.

The pearl was later bought for six hundred and fifty times its weight in pure gold, or ninety taels of gold.

Now each one in this wooden box is larger than the Orb of Orvieto, and each one is the best quality carefully selected by the East King.

In particular, the East King pressed Chen Mu's hand excitedly and said, "If these are not enough, the West King and the King of the East still have them." ”

What else can Chen Mu say?

Sometimes it's not impossible to change the positioning.

"Training, weapons, this matter needs the permission of the Ministry of War, wait for Chen to pass a letter to see the Ministry of War respond, but there are a few conditions, I hope the king of the East can agree." Chen Mu pushed back the bead box and said: "First, in Sulu, the three guards will be arranged, and the three commanders will be filled by the Han people; Second, this army should respect the orders of the Celestial Empire and help each other in the coming countries; Third, the countries of the South Seas are not allowed to attack each other. ”

"Respect the edict of the Son of Heaven, the princes will not annex, and invade foreign lands."

Dongwang's eyes sharpened, the muscles on his face seemed to freeze, and he asked, "Dare to ask the general, who is the foreigner?" ”

He knew that what Chen Mu said was to respect the king. But he didn't know why he heard the Central Plains doctrine thousands of years ago at such a time. This doctrine that once preserved the Central Plains was in fact infinitely destructive, especially when the fleet was parked at one's doorstep.

"Those who do not respect the Celestial Empire will be self-defeating; We use the same language and the same culture, but the foreign invaders cannot be stopped, such as the Manchurian and Luzon, and if the nations do not join forces, they should be defeated by each and be enslaved for all generations. ”

"The king of the east once saw the battle in Xiyi, and when he knew that what Chen said was true, didn't the king of Luzon and Manchu still know about it?"

Chen Mu actually didn't want to put forward the idea of respecting the king at this time, his set of ideas had not yet been fully formed, but he just had a general idea in his mind, in fact, even this idea was not his own, it was put forward by Xu Wei.

With the help of the influence of the Central Plains on the surrounding areas for hundreds of years, the forces of the Ming Dynasty were concentrated and the first line of defense was built, even if they were not allowed to exert greater strength, they could not be used by the enemy.

Xu Wei saw hundreds of Spaniards land in Luzon with his own eyes, and in just a few years, he was able to raise no less than 10,000 local native troops, and this was only Luzon, if the entire Nanyang countries were destroyed by Xiyi, what would it mean for the Ming Dynasty?

Hearing that the Yi people in Chen Mu's mouth were Xiyi, not them, the East King's eyes were a little relaxed, but he continued: "The three guards of Sulu respect the order of the Heavenly Empire, this is a matter within the responsibility of my three kings, the countries of Nanyang must not invade each other, as long as they do not come to attack each other and are willing to sell us grain, this king will not arbitrarily raise troops." ”

"But the commander of the three guards can't be filled by the Han people, and the commander is a thousand households below, right? Qianhu can let the generals of the Celestial Empire serve as officials, and I will personally serve as the commander. ”

Ooh!

Chen Mu couldn't help but glance at the East King, the military power still had to be grasped in his own hands, and the leader had to have such a clear understanding.

He was embarrassed: "The king is the king of the Son of Heaven and serves as the commander, the official position is too small, and the commander needs to obey Chen's orders - but it doesn't matter, if the king wants to be the commander himself, Chen will report it." ”

The king of the east smiled and said, "Isn't this king an obedient angel now?" The general can report to the Son of Heaven. ”

Chen Mu bowed his head and said to the East King and Li Dan: "In this case, if the court agrees, it will be easy to buy ordnance with abacus military funds, and as for the price of weapons, Dan'er will contact the three kings at that time, how about it?" ”

King Sulu Dong nodded one after another, in his opinion, it doesn't matter how much the pearls are worth, it doesn't matter how expensive the weapons are, these beads are all available in a steady stream, and it is more important to enrich the military resources.

"This is the advantage of the national elementary school!"

Chen Mu did not return to his residence in the city, but took Li Dan directly to board the Chihai ship, informed Xu Wei, who was waiting on the ship, of the matter, and said with emotion: "A small country with an inch of land, although the strength is small, but it can seize the opportunity in an instant, their king is very clear about the situation in the country, such as my Ming Dynasty, in a year or two, the matter of Guangdong will be sent to Beijing, and there is no result." ”

Xu Wei shook his head and smiled, and said: "However, the country is small, and the strength is also small, even if the general gives them the method of building bird guns and casting artillery, they will not be able to make ordnance to arm the three guards in three years and five years." ”

"What Mr. Xu said is that even if Nanyangwei suddenly has so many weapons to be built, it will be built for half a year, and it is still necessary to give an order to the Xuanfu and build it on both sides."

Chen Mu calculated in his heart, just the three guards of Sulu need 10,000 arquebuses, 60 cannons of two catties and five catties, plus Ryukyu, it is not something that can be built in a while.

However, this number is counted as a backup, and it actually only takes 3,000 strokes to start the exercise, and then it can be sent slowly, and the training itself is not something that can be harvested in a short time.

Chen Mu and Xu Wei discussed the doctrine of the Great China Circle of Wang Zhengyi, and daydreamed of the steam engine after it was put into use, and Zhao Shizhen, who rushed back from the Central Plains, also came to the Sulu Islands with Zhang Juzheng's letter.

"Elder Ge asked me to compile a book to teach the prince?"

Chen Mu pursed his lips as if he had seen a delicacy, this letter made him find a little light in his confusion, that is, the light that completely dragged the Great Chinese Empire out of the quagmire.

Nothing is more encouraging than teaching the heirs of the empire.

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