The port office, which used to belong to the Westerner tax collector in Acapulco, is now a temporary Oriental military office, as it is the only wooden and stone building that can withstand naval bombardment.

But in fact, whether it can block the two stone shooting cannons that are usually arranged in the bow of the Spanish warship, Chen Muzhen can't guarantee it...... Chen Mu felt that nothing in this era could stop the stone cannon.

Of course, if the stone cannon can be accurate.

The old governor Almanza had not slept all night, not because of the rudimentary mud house or the mosquito bites of the night, but because he had sent five of his cronies to Mexico City with secret messages on horseback the previous afternoon.

It was also because of this incident that the governor, who had not slept all night and had big black circles under his eyes, opened the door and found that there was a silent handsome pro-army standing outside, and he was almost frightened and collapsed to the ground.

Outside the door is no one else, it is in Luzon with the naturalized ronin Lotus Dou, self-fighting and following Chen Mu as a housekeeper, the hard life of the ronin is over, not only is the white rice tube full, but he wears brocade clothes that are difficult for samurai who were loyal to the daimyo in the past to have, and the armor is also iron, and there is no need to wear a linen robe to fight in battle.

Liandou, who prefers Tang Feng armor, is fortunate to be the team leader with his martial arts and qualifications.

He didn't like the newly made cuirass, the iron arm bound by the Mongol Empire, he didn't like these armor very much, this guy had been saving silver for the whole three years of Wanli, and finally bought himself a mountain armor before following the master's expedition to Asia, wearing a mixed iron lion Tang helmet, and the back of his head was full of yak hair dyed red, majestic.

It was he who frightened Almanza, who opened the door, into running away, but his legs were weak and he almost sat on the ground, and thanks to Liandou's quick eyes, he hurriedly helped the old governor up, and said in the Spanish he had learned in Luzon: "Governor, the commander is invited." ”

This man has a ghost in his heart, and everyone looks like a ghost.

But sometimes you actually bump into ghosts.

The white-walled and orange-tiled two-story small port building still looks like that, and Chen Mu, who is extremely insecure, is heavily guarded wherever he goes, and has the courage to follow the personal soldiers of the Liandou Headquarters who are assisted by swords and belts.

In the hall, Chen Mu sat in the middle with a tea bowl and a golden knife, Juniper stood beside him with a golden gourd, and the three people in front of the hall knelt down, looking at the color of the clothes and wearing linen shirts.

"The Governor is here, sit."

Chen Mu, who put down the tea bowl, was laughing, laughing so much that Almanza's heart beat as if it was about to come out of his throat, watching the rider who he sent out at this time who should have rushed to Mexico City knelt here, and he couldn't sit steadily.

"How was the Governor's sleep this night? Chen didn't sleep well, and was woken up by his subordinates in the middle of the night, saying that someone was going to deliver a letter to Mexico City, and the letter made all our information clear. ”

The smile on Chen Mu's face disappeared, and he wrenched his hand very seriously and said, "The main fleet of the Explanation Army is going south to meet the Peruvian Legion, and another part of the troops are attacking the Peruvian Viceroyalty. ”

"The port of Acapulco is currently empty in garrison, only more than 1,000 Chen Mu's own soldiers and thousands of craftsmen, in the two main roads to the east, deployed 700 and 900 infantry respectively, and another 900 cavalry as reserves."

"And attached the map, even the map was printed by my printing house, Almansa-"

Chen Mu blinked, put the tea cup on the table, supported his knees with both hands, frowned and was extremely confused, and paused before continuing: "You don't want to live anymore!" ”

Unexpectedly, Almanza let out a sigh of relief, as if he had long thought about what would happen to him if he sent such a letter to Mexico City.

It seems that only at this time, Almansa, who has thought everything clearly, is like a feudal official of a huge empire when facing Chen Mu, and the obvious feature of this confidence returning to the old governor's heart is that he moved his ass and changed to a more comfortable sitting position.

For some reason, he first raised his left hand for Chen Mu to look at, the whole palm was wrapped in the gauze that had been changed yesterday, and the pus and ointment and gauze stuck together in the hot climate made that hand look like a rotten eggplant with flowing water.

"I was assassinated by the young people of my country and lost my fingers, but I don't think there is any pity, because the loss of two fingers will allow more young people like them to save their lives, and they don't have to share life and death in the war with the Ming Kingdom."

"At that time, I knew that you came for your monarch, and it was imperative for the Ming Kingdom to gain benefits in the New World, and appropriate concessions could temporarily fill your belly, and the artillery trade could also benefit my king and consolidate his rule in Europe."

The three remaining fingers of Almanza's left hand gestured in front of him, looking as if they were yesterday, but in fact he already knew in his heart that they had been enemies since he sent a letter yesterday.

But he was not afraid of it: "What happened afterwards was not what I wanted to see, and I still hoped to reduce the loss of Spain, even if I lost the southern part of the New World, as long as I kept Potosí, as long as I kept Mexico, and those worthless lands were not a loss to the king." ”

"But the general, from the beginning of the war, had no intention of leaving anything for Spain in the New World, right? Maybe I'm old, and my fear of the Ming Kingdom makes me more inclined to compromise, but I'm not a traitor to the king. ”

"If those kids can stand with me all the time, this agreement should be a good outcome; If I can resist as strongly as those children, I can also use the wisdom of the old man to help them. ”

Almanza does not think that his choice was wrong, and he does not think that Bernal's choice is wrong: "But now I am ashamed of my role in this war, let them go, it will not help." ”

The 'they' in Almansa's mouth were the three riders, he opened his still intact right hand, and with his left hand, he struggled to find out the obsidian pipe from his body and put it on his mouth, confirming that Chen Mu saw his open hand, and then he felt the lighter that Shao Tingda gave him to light the velvet on the pipe, and took a deep breath.

"Five, I sent five riders last night, and two lucky ones managed to cross the general's defenses, after all, few people scrutinize their side, right?"

The smoke cleared through the hall, and old Almansa looked calm.

"In this huge war, an old man can play very little role, maybe New Spain will still lose the war, but at least at the last moment, I did what I had to do, and the gods will forgive me for the sins I have committed."

Almansa said a rare sentence in Chinese: "Kill me with your reasoning, at this moment, my heart is like water." ”

"Finished?"

Chen Mu waited for a long time, and only when he saw that Almantha stopped talking, maybe it was because his throat was dry, and when he spoke, his voice reminded him of the two big geese raised in Qingyuan, so he slowly took the teacup on the table and took a sip.

"Ahem, the tea is cold."

"Are all old men so extreme, or are they just Spanish old men so extreme?"

Chen Mu frowned, and before he finished his action, he hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed it in the center of his eyebrows, the people who fought were worried a lot, and if he continued to wrinkle like this, Sichuan character lines would appear on his face, adding ferocity that was contrary to his image of being as gentle as jade.

After doing the facial, he stretched out his hands and said to Almanza: "I'm not worried about the two riders, I'm worried about me and you, you actually carried me behind my back to deliver a letter to Bernal." ”

"Aren't we friends, you don't think of me as a friend in your heart, if you tell me what you think, I will find a more suitable solution, although we are the Asian governor of the Ming Dynasty and the governor of the New World of Spain, but I will come up with the best of both worlds."

"Even if you can't, I'll agree with you sending this letter to Bernal, and the letter won't change a word."

"When my banner army found this, I asked you to come and ask for clarification, but you think I am going to kill you, you have too much misunderstanding of me."

Chen Mu bowed his head regretfully, ignored the strange gazes of Juniper and the others, and let out a long sigh, as if he was looking directly at Almansa in the port council hall a few days ago, and said conclusively that it was not him who was going to fight the war to the end of the world, and said, "Have you ever seen me kill someone?" No, because Chen has always been kind to others, and to be kind to others! ”

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