Chen Mu returned to Chenlai Island on the front foot, and saw Lin Manjue's deputy commander Zeng Xishun on the back foot, he took the grain ship that was about to be emptied all the way to the west, and was slightly deviated by the heavy rain, and went close to Sulu and was taken back to Chenlai Island by the cruising fleet.

Although Lin Manjue sent another Dafu ship after the war set off late, it did not deviate, but rushed back a little earlier than Zeng Xishun.

That is, their two lucky ships are lucky, not long after they landed, the heavy rain and gloom indicate that the wind is coming, if they leave the ship ten days late, they will be blown away by the typhoon, and Chen Mu will not be able to see the sent fleet again.

"Sit, I just came back from Guangdong, and I'm very hungry, so I'm rude." Chen Mu said to the sailors who Zeng Xishun and Lin Manjue put back to convey the news: "Talk while eating." ”

Although the fleet has now docked at the port, those who can sail to Manila Bay to avoid it have passed, and those who can't pass have been pulled to the shore and tied up, and there has always been enough experience in dealing with typhoons along the coast, but the damage to the ships is still inevitable.

This made Chen Mu a little worried.

The two trembled Chen Mu sat at a table to eat, and he was very restless.

After explaining the situation, the deputy general Zeng Xishun also knew that the general Lin brother had sunk the battleship, and said to Chen Mu worriedly: "Boss, Lin has no choice but to sink the ship, and I hope to ...... it."

"Then it sinks, and do not be afraid. As long as the life of Chen's elite soldiers can be saved, a ship is nothing. Chen Mu wiped his mouth before speaking, and said to the two: "You are not afraid of life and death to bring back the star map, Lin will always have the courage and strategy to arrange it properly, and all of them will be credited to me, when the wind passes, will you dare to lead the fleet and go to Guam again?" ”

"Naturally dare to be humble, General Lin is still on the island, just waiting for the marshal to send troops to save his life!"

"When the sea can sail, General Chen will lead the fleet to attack Guam, rest assured."

Taking a few people down, Xu Wei walked out of the curtain, shook his head slowly with compassion, and said: "It will take more than 20 days for them to hurry up, Lin Jiang only has two months of grain and grass left, and there is no big ship, and now there are only 30 days of water and grain left, I am afraid that there will be more than auspicious." ”

Chen Mu also felt bad about Lin Manjue's future in his heart, going deep into the enemy territory, hanging alone overseas, with no soldiers and no food, he sighed and said: "That is, the village soldiers who have followed for a long time, change to the side army, I am afraid that they will have mutiny when they sink the battleship." ”

"When the gale passes, General Chen will lead the fleet to the battle, and if this person can survive by luck, he can take on a great responsibility in the future. When the fleet was navigated, he sent people to Pingyuan, gave a reward of silver to the homes of the soldiers who went on the expedition, sent people to take care of the county officials and neighbors, and took care of their families. ”

Chen Mu said and opened the notebook that had followed him for many years, and said: "Last year, I learned that Haojing had a large amount of silk for trading, and the Portuguese Yi arrived in Hong Kong this year, and bought 1.7 million taels of goods from my Nanyang Yamen in two months, and at the same time imported Indian cotton into Haojing in large quantities. ”

"Ge Lao has added a customs draw, and the tariff of Shan Hao Jing Port is expected to exceed 600,000 taels this year." Chen Mu stroked his palms and smiled: "In this way, it can be regarded as getting rid of the evil consequences of fighting to Xiyi." In addition, the Governor of Portugal and India had allowed Ming merchants to do business in India, Malacca, etc., but the amount of tariffs imposed on them by the Ho Jing was the amount of customs duties to be paid by Ming ships passing through Malacca. ”

Chen Mu shook his head, this feeling of being controlled by others was very unpleasant, but there was no way, he said: "Now we must have them as a transit for transporting silver, and we have to endure for a few years, once the eastern silver has results, we can break through Malacca." ”

In fact, this transit is still reciprocal, and the whole of Europe needs spices and silks and handicrafts, which in the past were in the hands of Spain and Portugal, which caused the unprecedented prosperity and prosperity of the two countries, and now exists only on Portuguese ships; The Ming needed silver, which used to be in the hands of Portugal and Spain, but now it can only flow into the Ming through Portugal.

Chen Mu positioned all this as labor pains, and the maritime environment in the south of the Ming Dynasty was too poor.

In the past, the colonies of Spain and Portugal almost surrounded the Ming Dynasty, unless he wanted to stay patiently in the country to accumulate strength, he couldn't get out at all, and if he wanted to get out, he had to squeeze one of them out.

The reason why Spain was squeezed out was because Chen Mu wanted to keep the silver mine in his own hands.

But man's desires are difficult to fill, and now that the silver mine has not fallen into his hands, he has looked to India again.

"Chen Shuai, in the next shallow view, it is not appropriate to say it with Portugal at this time, what the marshal said about the Americas is too far; It is better to intensify the attack on General Xiao Chen of the Japanese State in order to obtain Yinshan as soon as possible, in addition to this, there is still a place that needs to be managed. ”

Chen Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Where?" ”

"Annam, this place was called Jiaozhi in ancient times, the hometown of my Heavenly Dynasty, and now the north and the south are opposed, with the Mo clan in the south and the Li clan in the north, each attacking each other; Why didn't Chen Shuai take this opportunity to send a caravan to communicate with him and set up a business station, if his country was unruly, the old man heard that the lord of the city had fled to Aceh, why not support Aceh to attack Mo first, help him recapture his homeland, and then join forces with southern soldiers to attack Li Shi by land and water. ”

"In addition to that, there is the Great City of Siam." Xu Wei opened his mouth and said: "There are many people in Siam, and they have always been good to our Han people, the local land is fertile and abundant, and they can also set up a trading station to sell goods in large quantities. ”

Chen Mu crossed his hands, raised his eyebrows and asked Xu Wei with a smile: "Mr. Xu has known a lot of overseas affairs recently!" ”

"Since Mr. proposed, this matter will be handled by you, but it is really faster for Hachiro's side."

In fact, Chen Mu also knew that the matter on Hachiro's side was in a hurry, and when Qi Zhengyan contacted Yamanaka Kasuke, he would be able to send troops to Iwami, if he attacked on his own to achieve the purpose of occupation, it would undoubtedly make things much more complicated, and for now, the matter over there has been going on very well.

"Elder Zhang Ge also sent me a letter, at the end of this year, the imperial court will send a few Jinshi from previous years to come over to assist in the administration, and when the time comes, the sea will be used by the public to measure their talents." Chen Mu suddenly remembered something after speaking, and asked, "Is the person who wrote the book here?" ”

The writer of the book is talking about Yu Shaoyu, Xu Wei said: "I came here the month before yesterday, not only him, but also more than a dozen people who wrote essays and sang scores, what did the marshal send him to Luzon for?" ”

"What else can be done, let him write a book and make up a hero's chronicle. Go back, show him the letters and war reports of Lin Manjue and Yang Zhaolong, as well as the situation, and ask him to write them to me. ”

"Lin Manjue, born recklessly, bravely resisted thieves in the countryside, fought thieves overseas, and was promoted to make a fortune; Yang Zhaolong, who was born rich and noble, went to sea to establish a career, led the people to Xinming, and trained dogs...... Forget it, this kid will write it later, write a book for Lin Manjue first, not only glory, but also wealth, and thrills, if you can't do it, send Yu Shaoyu to Xinming, let him see a different world. ”