Seville is probably the most prosperous city in Spain, and Philip once gave Li Dan the opportunity to draw the scope of the Ming lease by himself, but Li Dan, who did not want to take the lead, gave up this opportunity to send it to the door.

Abandon the most prosperous area, and carve out a bay port with a radius of 60 miles 200 miles southeast of the city.

This place used to be called Algeciras, and now it is called the Ming Concession.

Huang Xi's ship carrying the war horse bypassed the chaotic Portugal, sailed through Cádiz, which was surrounded by the sea on three sides, and sailed into the Strait of Gibraltar before finally entering the bay of the Ming Concession - Daming Port under the leadership of the Spanish navigator.

"Kind of unworthy of the name, right?" The scene of the crimson silk robed governor on the dock with his arms outstretched was very different from the unexplored turquoise jungle background, Li Dan's gaze looked past Huang Xi to the battleship of the Oriental Military Mansion behind him, and said, "These horses are really miraculous horses!" ”

The samurai with the red bottom ink on the back of the "Ming Oriental Military Mansion" and the six characters of the flag and the helmet and armor stepped forward to lead the horse, but the person was not as high as the shoulder of the war horse sent by Chen Jiujing, even if the high raised flag was counted as half of the neck of the war horse, compared with people, these horses produced in France are indeed behemoths.

"Back to Governor Li, this is General Chen's spoils of war, send a lowly post to Saicheng, and ask the governor to send a ship to Mexico City to hand over to Chen Shuai by land."

Huang Xi said and looked back at the war horses that were pulled from the boat to the dock, and couldn't help but ask the soldiers to slow down, and explained to Li Dan: "The lightest 1,500 catties can't be beaten, and I'm worried that the trestle can't hold it." ”

"So heavy?"

Li Dan turned his head in surprise, but when the warriors led the tall horses past him, he also knew in his heart, and he was also on the same level as the horse's back, and the sturdy horse strode forward, and the hooves stepped on the wooden bridge and made a 'doo' sound, which attracted him to stare at the horse's buttocks and walk away before finally retracting.

"The journey was tiring, and Huang Guerrilla was very hard, so he said while walking, please." Li Dan raised his arm to lead the way, and then asked Huang Xi: "It seems that the Baishan Battalion has gained a lot in the north, a few months ago I heard in the palace that Xiao Jiu planned to recruit a group of brave soldiers from the Western Kingdom on the spot, what happened?" ”

"Governor Xie Li is considerate, and he does not feel hard to do things for the imperial court. Later, there were indeed many recruits, and the general organized six Xiyong battalions, and the soldiers in each battalion were uneven, some of them were few and some were strong, and there were more than 3,000 posts, which was regarded as having the strength to fight. ”

Speaking of the Xiyong battalion, Huang Xi didn't know what to say: "This northern attack on Fayi Bordeaux, there are indeed those who are about to collapse at one touch, and there are also those who do not retreat in a desperate battle, and the Fayi horse team is riding such a tall horse to rush our army's formation, the battle is very tragic, with half of the casualties, if it were not for General Chen's cannonball, I am afraid that we will lose the battle." ”

"Even if he wins in the end, General Chen's left ear will be injured by the cannon, and the sound of the buzz will not be good even when he comes from his humble position, and I am afraid that he will be injured in the future."

"Xiao Jiu's ears are broken, how bad does that be, he, the general, personally go into battle?"

Li Dan has cooperated with Lao Ba and Lao Jiu in Japan for many years, and has the closest relationship, and he also knows the combat style of the righteous brothers.

But Chen Jiujing is a serious martial arts background, and he has always believed in the war that cannot be solved by strategizing, and he will not be able to play a decisive role in the battle formation - in Li Dan's impression, Chen Jiujing is not at all like his biological father Chen Luan, but he fights like his father-in-law Chen Mu, basically it is enough for his eyes to see the battle on the front line, and he will never personally carry a knife into battle.

If Chen Jiujing went into battle, it would definitely be the enemy who killed him under his feet.

"No, the battle was indeed tragic, but the Baishan battalion did not participate in the battle until the end to establish the victory, General Chen was watching the battle at the head of the city and was injured by artillery, and before he could plug his ears, more than 60 artillery pieces bombarded at once." Huang Xi shook his head and said, "The four elite gunners under the command of the lowly rank were all shocked to the point of bleeding from their mouths and noses. ”

Li Dan was a little relieved when he heard this, and at the same time calculated the account in his heart, and took a few steps before asking: "The Baishan battalion has almost no losses, and the sixth battalion of Xiyong has suffered heavy casualties, they think they are complaining, Xiao Jiu still dares to send you here?" ”

"No complaints."

Huang Xi said with a smile: "But at first, the Baishan battalion complained very much about the Xiyong battalion, the mercenaries' salaries were ten times higher than ours, they were exchanging their lives for money, and they knew that they would die nine times when they went into battle. ”

"What they want is money, and what the general wants is to add influence to the Oriental military government, and each has its own place."

While talking, the two walked to the most 'largest' building complex in the Ming Concession under the escort, and guarded the port to erect a cannon temple in the style of Nanyang Junfu Island.

Outside the gate, a five-story pagoda is being painted, and the inside looks like the rubble is mixed with Huang Xi I don't know what material is greasy and smooth, and the generals from the flag army of the Oriental Military Government are directing the Fuso Battalion to pave the outer layer with fired blue bricks and paint red stone pillars.

The statue of the god in the main hall has not yet been completed, but the apse that is Li Dan's residence has been completed, and there is a large garden with a Spanish Baroque style. On both sides, there are more than ten side halls, arsenal warehouses, and officer barracks, but they have not yet been built.

The coast is covered with dense forests, and even the land road to Seville is trodden out of a small dirt road, and there is not even a place to trade.

Huang Xi, who followed Li Dan into the apse, finally couldn't help but ask: "Governor Li, why is the Ming concession so shabby?" The humble post came from Cádiz, a hundred miles away, where it was very prosperous, and the king of the west favored one over the other, and gave such a humble place to the Ming Dynasty? ”

Li Dan waved his hand with a smile, and let Huang Xi sit in the hall, just in time for the two winning maids to serve the tea tray, he picked up a cigarette roll from the tea tray and said to Huang Xi: "This land was chosen by Li himself, but the king said that he wanted me to cut half of it in Seville so as to increase the income of his royal family, but I didn't ask for it." ”

"It's not good to be in a place that is too prosperous, there are churches and monks, and the religious atmosphere is too strong."

As he spoke, Li Dan raised his hand and pointed to the painting hanging in the hall, which was a side view of the Artillery Tianfei Niangniang Temple and the port, between the port market, warehouses and barracks, and the temple towers, the momentum was magnificent and well-prepared: "Is it possible to build such a port in Seville?" ”

"My father-in-law asked me to be the governor of the Ming Concession, one is collecting taxes, the other is occupying land, and the contract is written innocently, for a hundred years. A hundred years is a wasteland, what kind of prosperity can not be wanted? If you want to collect taxes, why not even pay taxes on ships entering and leaving the Mediterranean. ”

"I can't collect the ship tax in the Mediterranean today, and next year the six pagodas and three shipyards, the barracks of the garrison of 3,000 will be repaired one by one, and a Liujia fleet will dock again, will the ship tax not be collected?"

"If after a hundred years, the lease expires, the western kingdom is unwilling to renew the contract, and the children and grandchildren are unwilling to hand over the land, and the westerners ask for land, afraid that they will not be able to stop him?"

"Daming Harbor!"

As he spoke, Li Dan lit the lighter and said with a smile: "Okay." ”