Night, Nanyang Yamen Fort.

It rained again in Macheng, dripping on the red glass windows, which Hai Jui had never seen before.

In fact, this time he took office and had a great impact on Hai Rui, even if Chen Mu didn't say those nonsense. The old man had never seen such a fort, nor had he seen such a window, and he had never seen a warship like the Chihai class in the past.

"The old man is not nitpicking, people will nag when they are old, say a few words that you Chen Shuai is impatient, what is he talking about, and use a painting to fool me."

Hai Rui was lying on the couch, Cheng Hongyuan was pricking needles in his thin legs, he had rheumatism, and his legs hurt when it rained.

"Old man, that's not a painting, Ming Gong is right, it's a map of the world."

Secretary Zhao sat on the side with low eyebrows and sat obediently like a student. He was ordered by Chen Mu to see what Hai Rui was not used to when he first arrived here, and he happened to see Hai Rui soaking his feet in hot water, so he called the doctor Cheng Hongyuan to massage him.

"The old man of the foreign Zhufantu has also heard of it, and it is definitely not the one hanging on Chen Shuaitang."

The foreign charts mentioned by Hai Rui are the charts that Zheng He brought back when he went to the West, which are different from Chen Mu's charts.

Zhao Shizhen said: "Chen Shuai does not have foreign maps, the one in the hall is drawn by the Ming people from east to west, and the Xiyi staff Pinto from west to east, which has not yet been completed and is being filled." ”

"Who has been?"

Hai Rui's eyes widened when he lay on his stomach, "If you haven't been there, you can't take it seriously!" ”

Zhao Shizhen smiled, nodded yes, and said: "Yes, Chen Shuai also thinks so, he said that he will take it to make an impression first, and then make a thorough decision when the fleet sails over, and he can't be biased." ”

Hai Rui was comfortable, squinted his eyes and nodded, and then continued: "The old man knows that Luzon is not as good as the middle of the country, the war has not ended, and Chen Shuai has no one to assist him in all kinds of matters, and he is very tired. It is known that the old man will find trouble wherever he goes. The old man is not sick, if those colleagues don't take it as their responsibility to loot the people's fat and ointment, Hai will trouble them? ”

"The people can't even eat enough, the post house can spend 100 stones of food in a month, and the extravagance of officials and officials is getting more and more intense, as if this world should be like this." Hai Rui narrowed his eyes, revealing a fierce color, and said coldly: "My ancestors have long had regulations, and if you are greedy for money, you should be stripped of your skin!" ”

Saying that, Hai Rui changed his words again, praised Chen Mu, and said: "Like Chen Shuai, it is rare for the old man to mention two fish as a meeting gift but not feel shabby. ”

Zhao Shizhen pursed his lips and said proudly: "My father-in-law doesn't let people give him gifts, but the atmosphere is like this, in today's world, anyone who wants to achieve great things must dredge up and down, and there is no way to do it." ”

In other words, Chen Mu only gives gifts, not gifts.

This is actually a thing that goes against common sense, if you don't accept gifts, where will the money come from to give gifts? can't stand Chen Mu's own open source.

Zhao Shizhen was full of ridicule for these two fish, but it was not the two fish that were laughing, but laughing at who could afford to give Chen Mu a gift in this world.

How much do you have to send to make the God of Wealth raise his eyebrows?

"When it comes to greedy ink, Haigong can rest assured, my lord doesn't look down on that bit of silver, a magistrate." Zhao Shizhen raised a finger and said, "I have been searching for people's fat and ointment for a year and a half, and my whole body belongings are not as good as Ming Gong's one-day account handling, alas." ”

Just proud, Zhao Shizhen suddenly sighed and said: "That is, it is a hand, and it will be released in a blink of an eye, either to serve His Majesty's inner treasury, or to send it to the treasury of the household department, and the remaining small ones will be put into Guangzhou Mansion, saying what production should be encouraged, plus self-raising military expenses." ”

Zhao Shizhen squeezed his eyes and shook his head: "Gold and silver, in the Nanyang Yamen, it is not money, and gunboats are hard goods." ”

Hai Rui's intelligence is outstanding, but the situation of the Nanyang Yamen is not very well understood, Quan Dang is using Zhao Shizhen's words, nodding noncommittally, listening to Zhao Shizhen talk about the three treasures of the Chen family, and asked: "Earlier, I wanted to ask Chen Shuai, why did the six warships carve huge stone statues on the bow of the ship, which is beneficial to the war?" ”

"Ha, Hai Gong is talking about the statue of the bow of the ship, that is learned from Xiyi, when I came to Luzon, I met a big ship in Xiyi, named Pablo, they have a huge stone warrior statue in the bow, the warship is invincible at sea, our navy used many times the warship to damage and capture it, and sent it to the Nanyang Wei Shipyard to be thoroughly explored by the craftsman and learn its skills."

"Before the skills were learned, the craftsmen learned the big stone statue first." Zhao Shizhen said that the bow statue of the ship smiled directly, "The statue of the six dings is really mighty!" It is estimated that the six new ships early next year will be Rokko statues. ”

"This year, Ding Chou extended my life, Ding Hai detained my soul, Ding You controlled my spirit, Ding Wei caused me a disaster, Ding Si survived my danger, and Ding Mao survived my misfortune; Next year, Jiazi protects my body, Jiaxu protects my form, Jiashen solidifies my life, Jiawu guards my soul, Jiachen Zhen my soul, and Jiayin educates my truth. ”

Although Zhao Shizhen is a scholar, when he talks about the virtue of the battleship and Chen Mu's subordinates, he is very excited, and said: "Haigong, wait, the lord said that Xiyi will definitely wave the army to attack next year, and when the time comes, the six dings and six jias will come out together, and I can really establish the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang!" ”

The patron saint of Liuding and Liujia, Hai Rui knows, but Hai Rui doesn't know about the Nanyang Naval Battle, and he doesn't care, Chen Mu has his own worries about the war, and he doesn't have to worry about this. The old man sighed and asked, "Chen Shuai can say, what is the old man doing in Luzon?" ”

"Having said that, Hai Gong came at the right time, and now that the new governor has not arrived, the lord asked me to temporarily take care of political affairs, but it is far from you, Hai Gong. At present, there are three important tasks in Luzon, one is the great master of learning and politics, and Hai Gong has served as a teacher, so it should not be a problem; Second, you have done this in the past. As for the third one, it is much more difficult, and you need to make up a set of constraints. ”

"Please do these three things, so that the lord has no worries about whether to go east or west after defeating Xiyi in the coming year."

Cheng Hongyuan took off the last needle, Hai Rui sat up and moved his legs, frowned and asked, "Go east and west?" ”

Zhao Shizhen nodded and said: "Yes, going east and west, is the next strategy of the Nanyang Yamen, based on Guangdong and Luzon, building warships to train sergeants." It is said that it is a thing, but in fact, it is just an easy statement, in fact, there is also a south, Chen Shuai said that there is a big island thousands of miles to the south, so the real saying is to go east to west and go south. ”

"To the west are Borneo and Malacca; To the east is war-torn Japan, and to the south is a giant island that I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"At present, the staff are debating where to go, Borneo and Malacca are the easiest, but the fear is that it is difficult to guarantee that there will be a conflict with the Portuguese, and now the main source of income is the Portuguese, and they cannot be the enemy."

"Even if there is a huge island in the south, it still needs a lot of people and manpower, not to mention the miasma and water and soil are not adapted, and they do not know the products, and there is a lot of loss; Finally, there is Japan, which has a silver mountain, Chen Shuai means to intervene in its wars and support several princes to fight, but it is against the way of life of our Celestial Empire, and it is still being debated. ”