In the autumn of the seventh year of Wanli, Lautaro led 373 of his subordinates to Panama, he did not make a special trip to see Chen Mu, but asked Deng Zilong to send someone to send a message to Chang Sheng, and the group wore Western-made armor and carried Western-made arquebuses on their shoulders, and crossed the border with firm steps into Colombia under Spanish control.

On the same day that Chang Sheng received the news that Lautaro had led his troops into Colombia, he arrived in the Gulf of Mexico and returned with a fleet belonging to Shi Xiaolou under the name of Hexingsheng Company, and then Shi Xiaolou appeared at the Yamen of the Oriental Military Government.

Only a day and a night behind the rider who reported the news.

"Everyone is in the Gulf of Mexico, and this voyage is not short." Chen Mu looked at Shi Xiaolou and said, "Why don't you rest in Weigang for a few days and come back, I heard that your fleet has gained a lot, and you don't need to be so anxious about the good news, right?" ”

Shi Xiaolou's robe was meticulous, obviously he specially freshened up and changed his clothes before visiting Chen Mu in the military mansion, but the tiredness on his face could not be washed away, which made him look a little embarrassed, but there was light in his eyes.

He arched his hands and said: "Thanks to the great marshal, this voyage lasted more than eight months, passing through England, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Morocco, Mali, Songhai and Brazil, and the triangular route was very successful!" ”

"The value of the goods is still being calculated at the gate set up by Governor Yang of New Spain in the port of Wei, and the port there is small and has few people, so it is not clear in half a month and a month, but it should be calculated when it is still at sea, and it should not be less than 270,000 taels."

"If it weren't for the sinking of two ships, there would be another 60,000 taels."

Shi Xiaolou's eyebrows fluttered and he said, when he saw Chen Mu frowning and asked, "It's sinking, why is it sinking?" ”

Sixty thousand taels of goods, that is nine thousand taels of tax, no wonder Chen Mu frowned.

"I met robbers in the Netherlands, and I robbed two ships, and later negotiated with the seven northern provinces to return one, and the other ship sank; There was also one on the south-western coast of France, just in time for the attack on Bordeaux by the Admiral of the Nine, and the French fleet did not reach the Nine-Classic, but saw my ship. ”

"Later, I had to retreat to the north, rest and make a detour to Spain."

Shi Xiaolou laughed as he spoke, waved his hand and said, "It's not important, Dashuai, I brought back French eiderdown and dyes; Venetian glass purchased from the Netherlands; Four ships of Spanish wool were the most cargo; There are also gems brought back from Morocco, Marin, and Songhai and the gold that General Yang Ce of the Han Kingdom exchanged for goods, and the gold alone is 600 catties. ”

"There is also Brazil's mahogany, this year's route and goods from all over the country to find out, next year's route is better, Hexingsheng can send more ships."

Shi Xiaolou spoke extremely quickly, so that Chen Mu didn't have a chance to interject at all, and said like a cannon: "In addition, the fleet also brought back the trade request of the Seven Northern Provinces Alliance of the Netherlands and the Duke of France, and the kings of Morocco, Malin, and Songhai hope that every year the Ming Dynasty can have a fixed route to do business. ”

Listening to such a large number of words, Chen Mu was a little confused, and after digesting it, he asked: "It sounds like you have solved the problem of the Netherlands, what is going on in France, the Nine Classics attacked Bordeaux?" ”

"Back to the marshal, General Jiujing recruited Western mercenaries in a seaport called Bilbao in northern Spain, attacked Bordeaux with more than 4,000 troops, and defeated the defenders who came out of the city to meet in less than ten days, but the casualties of the headquarters were too large to continue attacking the city, so he asked them for ransom and went back."

"It was at this time that he sailed south along the west coast of Europe, and hastened to flee with his fleet back to the port north-west of France, where it was well cared for by the Duke of Guise. He was very appreciative of General Jiujing's attack on Narva Henry, and asked the villain to bring a letter to General Jiujing. ”

"That's right!"

Shi Xiaolou said what he thought of, and said to Chen Mu: "When I sent the letter to Governor Li in Seville, the governor asked me to send back the spoils of General Jiujing, which were originally a hundred war horses, but sixteen of them were killed by the sea turbulence, all of them were very tall mares, and they were now taken back to Mexico City by Governor Yang to take care of them. ”

Chen Mu was even more confused, and he was a little suspicious of his ears: "Sounds like they robbed Bordeaux, and then the Duke of Guise of France also praised Jiujing for robbing their city?" ”

"France is very chaotic, King Henry is not in charge, the queen is in politics, the Spaniards and England are competing there, the head of the Northern Catholic League is the Duke of Guise, and the leader of the Southern Protestant Union is Narva Henry, and they have been fighting each other for a long time."

"Duke Guise still wants to join forces with General Jiujing to attack Narva, no matter how many villains don't understand, they only know that the north and Spain have good relations, and my merchant ships are quite safe there."

Chen Mu nodded slowly, remembering these names, but he didn't know much about more things, and he still had to wait for Chen Jiujing and Li Dan's information to be sent back.

However, Chen Jiujing asked Shi Xiaolou to send back the war horse that made him very interested, it seems that Yizi has found a good horse breed and wants to send it back as a breeding horse, which is undoubtedly a great thing, if it weren't for Chen Mu having something else in his heart, he would simply have someone bring the horse back from Mexico City for him to see now.

The more important thing in his heart was nothing else, it was Shi Xiaolou's words just now: "I heard you say that many countries, including Europe and Africa, all want to trade with us...... Why is it that only the English are missing, who do not want to trade with us? ”

Shi Xiaolou only mentioned that he went to England, but there was no England who hoped for trade, and the goods he carried did not have England's goods.

Speaking of England, Shi Xiaolou's expression of gleeful sharing finally calmed down a little, and he slowly nodded after taking a long breath: "Back to the big handsome, England is really hard to say, it's not that they don't want to trade with us." ”

"I went to their palace according to the terms of trade that the marshal had offered England, but the queen did not want trade to take place in England, and wanted to go to the Gulf of Mexico to buy and sell goods, and they were not satisfied with the taxes that the marshal had offered."

"Other than that, I also looked at their goods."

Shi Xiaolou shook his head and said: "There is nothing to buy, I have seen all the goods, it is too expensive, and it is not unique to the British, many of their merchants have opened factories in the Netherlands, and wool is not as cheap as Spain, you can buy what you really want, England is an excellent place to sell, but it is not a good place to buy." ”

"It's damp and cold, there's not enough food to eat, people can't cook, it's unpalatable like a deliberate waste of food, trade is still a trivial matter, and when it comes to the queen, she has accepted a special trading port in the south of England - but their queen doesn't approve of our Ireland setting up a trading post."

Shi Xiaolou said regretfully: "There is no room for mediation. ”

"You're doing well, that's great, don't bother with England."

If this voyage took place in another world that Chen Mu was familiar with, it would go down in history because these powerful countries were on the eve of great change.

But in this world, Chen Mu can only let Shi Xiaolou rest well, and in a few days he will be ready to go to Wei Harbor in the Gulf of Mexico to receive the escort ship given by the imperial court according to taxes.

Because these countries will soon become less powerful and lose the possibility of being strong.

No room for talk?

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled softly.

Then let's not talk about it.

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