Chen Mu was mistaken, it was not the British who came.

Farikat, who was born as a Spanish pirate, stood in the Beiyang Yamen wearing the clothes of the Ming people, looking at the drill of the newly recruited cavalry in Beiyang through the window, and saw Chen Mu leading everyone in, so he hurriedly stood upright, and saluted in a strange military salute in a way that was neither like a Spaniard nor a Ming man when Chen Mu stepped into the Yamen.

The Spanish pirates took advantage of Chen's dispute with Spain, and were given a large tract of land south of Luzon as a private farm and held positions in the county—on par with the local tribal chieftains.

In his eyes, the Ming Kingdom has a new and powerful legion.

Chen Mu nodded in return, and looked at the hall, where several Westerners who looked like foreign warriors looked at him restlessly: "British? ”

"General, they are not English, and although I have never been subordinate to the King of Spain, I will not let the English board my ship." Farikat was used to wearing a plain silk robe, with his hands on his abdomen in his sleeve robe, and he bowed his head and said: "They are Irish, although Elizabeth of England considers herself the queen of Ireland, they recognize that Philip of Spain is the king of Ireland." ”

Irish?

Ireland...... Was there still a place in Ireland in the sixteenth century?

It's not that Chen Mu doesn't know much, it's really that this part of Ireland doesn't have any sense of existence at all in this era.

Why did the people of this region cross the ocean to Daming, and then transfer to Tianjin through Luzon to find themselves?

To say disappointment, there is indeed a point when it comes to hearing that it is not the British who are coming.

However, this also made Chen Mu more interested, looked at the nervous Irish in the hall, and asked Farikat: "Can they communicate normally?" ”

Several of the Irish were distinguished by their appearance and dress, brown and red, long shawl hair, heavy beards, and strong physiques, though most of them were probably malnourished and did not appear as tall as he was, so that they appeared short and rude.

The two young men who were obviously knights and nobles were dressed similarly to the Spaniards, dressed in bright half-body plate armor, and even the cross badge that Chen Mu had seen on a Spanish galleon made him suspect that these plate armor were obtained from Spain, and they also wore plain stockings on their legs, looking a little top-heavy, and they wore green checkered cloaks with national characteristics on their shoulders.

The other warriors were much more rudimentary in their equipment, with blue floppy hats in their hands, white tight tunics and short skirts or narrow trousers, some of which were meant to show off their legs, while others were simply not trousers under their skirts, revealing their thick leg hair, and short shoes or boots on their feet; Some people wear green, light blue or brown cloaks over their clothes, while others do not.

On the table were their Viking-like nose guards, and several warriors wore chain mail over their clothes.

No one was armed.

In front of the Beiyang Banner Army standing outside the yamen were their weapons, including chest-high two-handed swords, small round shields, large round shields, long daggers and short daggers, a longbow and two long muskets, and most exaggerated was a very long chopping axe.

"They can speak Spanish."

Chen Mu swept past the middle-aged man who was obviously surrounded by the Irish, he was dressed in the most luxurious clothes, he was dressed in a crimson velvet coat with white fur trim, a soft hat with three symbolic mink skins sewn on, a gilded silver ring on the crown, and eight small silver balls on the upper edge.

"Dear General Chen, we have come to see you from far away, please accept our gifts."

Although he does not agree with the aesthetics of this era of Westerners in his heart, this style of giving gifts first without saying a word is still quite sensible, Chen Mu slowly bowed his head, spread his hands and said to Liu Dechang, Juniper and others behind him: "Find a place to sit yourself, and the guests will also sit." ”

He said the second half of the sentence in Spanish, and then sat down in the main seat, and as for the gift box given by the Irish, he did not look at it, but asked people to serve tea and asked: "It is really not easy for you to come from over there, are you on a Spanish merchant ship?" What is the matter when you come to me? ”

Farikat also happily sat down, as if words could no longer clearly express what he wanted to express, and said with two hands: "Lord Sean O'Neill is a very powerful nobleman in his hometown, the third rank of the Europa nobles, and the place named Tyrone was granted to him as a fief, rich and has a large army. ”

"Third Knighthood?" Chen Mu didn't turn around at first and asked, "How many levels are there?" ”

As soon as the words came out, he reacted and said, "Level five? ”

Farika nodded, and then heard Chen Mu, who was sitting at the top, suddenly laughed, and said, "Then translate it like this, the prince and uncle, that is, this is an earl?" Coincidentally, I'm also an earl. ”

In this way, there is a kind of refreshment in my heart to be a feudal landlord!

Chen Mu was not the only one who was secretly happy in his heart, Faricat was really happy, and said: "In Tailong, he controls more than 20,000 acres of land, has more than 5,000 people under his direct jurisdiction, and has dozens of small nobles and knights who have land but no land, and can recruit thousands of troops to fight - it is better than below." ”

In the last sentence, Farikat is in the official dialect of Fujian.

After all, Luzon has a small population, but in terms of the land under its jurisdiction, ownership and control, Farikat is not less than this 'O'Neill', or even more, but most of his land is rotten or uncultivated.

Speaking of which, the pirate was definitely very successful in doing what he did.

Farikat didn't say much, but Chen Mu distilled enough information in it, for example, this Tyrone's Sean had a lot of land, but there were not many nobles and knights, and there were not many recruited troops, which showed that his land could not bring him wealth, and it could even be said that he was relatively poor.

And the earl should be the mainstay of European countries in Chen Mu's understanding, which means that most of the Irish nobles are weak.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu could probably guess a little bit of meaning, he spread his hands and asked, "So Your Excellency is here for trade?" ”

But this kind of thing doesn't seem to need to be done by the lord in person, and there is no need to make a special trip to find him, Huang Cheng, who wants to buy Hao Jing, can get things done.

"Ireland has long provided England, Scotland, Spain, and France with a large number of high-quality mercenaries, but Queen Elizabeth of England does not recognize my status in Tyrone, and her relationship with His Royal Highness is getting worse and worse." Sean, Earl of Tyrone, got up from his seat and said straightly, "I heard that the Khan of the Kingdom has formed a strong alliance with His Royal Highness, maybe the general can help Ireland?" ”

Khan of the Ming Kingdom?

Chen Mu blinked, this is a fierce earl who crossed the river after listening to the rumors, but the alliance between the Ming Kingdom and Spain is just a fool's statement, not only does he know it, but it is also just a delaying tactic for Philip.

So, Count, you're here to make Philip doubt your loyalty, right?

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Tall from Trinity College Dublin exhumed in August 2014, a native of Dublin during the reign of Elizabeth I of the Tudor dynasty, male, between the ages of 25 and 35, 1.6 meters tall.

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