In the autumn of the first year of Wanli, Chen Mu had a set of genuine knight plate armor worthy of his identity.

The reason why it is said to be genuine is because it was sent by the tribal leader of the Goa region of Portuguese India under the instruction of his governor, and it was etched and decorated, and the workmanship was exquisite.

The flag army happily moved this set of armor into the military palace, and waited for the Portuguese envoy to deliver his credentials and leave by boat, Chen Mu's frantic laughter came from far and wide from the yamen.

The governor of Goa generally agreed to Chen Mu's terms, which meant that the matter was negotiated, and the goods obtained in exchange for only 30,000 taels of silver in Malacca would be used by the Ming to take back the suzerainty of Aceh, Johor, and the Lion Kingdom, and obtain the taxes collected by the Portuguese in Malacca.

However, it seemed that the offensive and defensive situation had changed in a few years, and this time it was the turn of Portugal to require them in the treaty that they must have a hundred concessions per year to trade routes through the Strait of Malacca to Macao, and if Chen Mu did not agree to this, then even the Viceroy of India would not have the right to sign this treaty.

"Within six months, the Portuguese will withdraw from Malacca, and the matter can be reported to the court." Chen Mu pressed one hand on the table and laughed: "Thirty thousand taels, the monthly and annual tariffs of Malacca far exceed this!" And that's a fulcrum! ”

"Fifty thousand taels." Xu Wei reminded on the side: "It's 50,000 taels of silver, and there are 20,000 taels of bribes." ”

Although Chen Mu's shameless behavior of bribery should make Xu Wei feel disgusted, in fact, the radical Xu Wei not only did not have the slightest disgust this time, but greatly admired this kind of idea that was not above board.

In his opinion, this is a division in the art of war, even if these places can earn three or five hundred thousand taels a year, it is not anyone's personal, and those goods are directly given to individuals, which is too poisonous.

"It's less than 30,000 taels."

Chen Mu's knuckles tapped lightly on the table, his voice was crisp, and his palm pressed the treaty of the Portuguese rolled up and stamped the wax seal letter and pushed it through the sandalwood case, and said: "It is clearly written that at the market price of Malacca, Malacca sells for 50,000 goods, and Haojing will receive 20,000 yuan, this is still Chen Mou's idea." ”

Xu Wei flicked the floating soil that did not exist in the green shirt, solemnly unveiled the wax seal, and a large part of the treaty written in the Ming and Portuguese languages was the obligations of Portugal after the treaty was signed, and the only thing designed by the Ming Dynasty was to hand over 30,000 taels of goods to the Governor of Portuguese India at the price of Malacca.

"Treaty of Malacca...... Bad idea? ”

Xu Wei carefully spread the national book on the table, glanced around, and then went to fiddle with the cumbersome clock on the table in the corner of the room, only to fiddle with it twice, then turned around and pointed to the treaty and said: "Chen Shuai should let Portugal sign three copies, it's a pity that such an important book is sent to Beijing." ”

Chen Mu didn't know if Xu Wei had this problem before he killed his wife and was imprisoned or after he was imprisoned, his attention was always distracted, and he always had to do several things at the same time, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable.

It's probably because his brain is broken, but a very smart mind can support him to show that he is still stronger than normal people.

"I prepared, in fact, the Governor of India and I had the same idea, we signed four copies, one for each of us, and the other two for him to the King of Portugal and I for the King." Chen Mu moved the chair back, pointed to the bulky and luxurious clock in the corner and the standing etched pattern plate armor, and said: "Go back to these two big guys to send Nanyangwei, I don't know if the clock can be imitated, as for the plate armor ......"

Chen Mu patted his head and got up and said: "Let the warsmith take a look at it first, write down the structure of each component, accurate to the degree of Zhou Tian, remember its millimeter, and then take the gun in twenty steps, fifty steps and one hundred steps, and put it all over." ”

The difference is that the day of the week is 365.25.

Xu Wei fiddled with the clock, looked at the well-made plate armor with pity in his eyes, and said: "If this self-striking bell is called to do it, it can't be done, you have to find a craftsman, but the structure has been understood, but it's a pity, it's a pity, it's very ingenious - no longer use a cannon to hit it again?" ”

Hit it with a cannon?

Chen Mu didn't want to answer Xu Wei's words at all.

In his opinion, it was completely a joke, but Xu Wei took it for granted, and said: "If you can't block heavy guns and can't prevent artillery, then what's the difference between it and scale armor and cotton armor?" ”

To be honest, in Xu Wei's words, Chen Mu found the reason why plate armor, cuirass and breastplate had never appeared in the Central Plains, and there was not even a basic attempt...... As Xu Wei said, in the face of guns in this era, plate armor does not reflect its advantages.

In the face of knives and spears, armor is sufficient.

Otherwise, even if there is no Chen Mu, the Ming people have a lot of opportunities to come into contact with plate armor, they can learn the bird gun, they can learn the Hongyi cannon, if the plate armor really has an advantage, it is not difficult to learn.

"Learn, record, and preserve, it can be useless, just like Chen's family must have heirlooms, one day we will become the ancestors of future generations, and there will be heirlooms left to them."

"It's their business that they feel useless, heh, it's the responsibility of our ancestors to let them use it when they want to."

Chen Mu stood up and looked at the indoor furnishings, skimming the two cooked copper Zhenshuo general cannons placed by the windows on both sides of the balcony.

If the military palace is breached, the ridge of the roof can be reversed to allow three small flags to lie on their stomachs and fight back with birds, and the balcony with a hidden but wide view can also allow a small flag to be guarded, and a small flag can be stood under the balcony.

Even with artillery, it was difficult for conventional field guns to break the roof that looked like a separate tile but was actually painted with reinforced concrete, but now the craftsmen were busy building the barracks, and the proper decoration on the ridge had not yet been made.

However, it doesn't matter if there is a roof ridge or not, Chen Mu cares more about the five tiger squat cannons under the balcony and the anticline of the roof ridge nailed to the tail.

It seems that the military yamen is similar to those yamen in Guangdong or Daming, but in fact it suffered a war or a fire. After destroying the traditional wooden structure as a decoration, the real hideous appearance of this yamen will be revealed.

Not only the Yamen, but also the walls, stables, houses, the first floor of the Yamen and the second floor of the Yamen courtyard are each other's horns; The barracks, water rooms, and canteens on the left and right sides of the school field are horns of each other.

To put it mildly, the exterior walls, shadow walls, interior walls, ridges, balconies, and windows were all designed by Chen Mu, a famous military strategist in the Ming Dynasty, for the purpose of defending against war.

Chen Mu had only one purpose, to let the enemy land in Minduluo, uproot the four guards, besiege the military fort, break through many barracks, and kill the military government Yamen The moment he realized that the battle had just begun.

In fact, these buildings full of practicality are useless, not to mention the near sea, even if it is far sea, Chen Mu does not know who can defeat his fleet.

"Armor can't prevent guns, iron is limited, and gunpowder is unlimited, one day most of the armies in this world will be like the Shenji battalion with all weapons, and at that time, the soldiers will have to wear cloth clothes to go into battle, if the guns are not weaker than others, and the temperance is shrewd enough, the war will actually be more beneficial to us when it develops to that point."

"We have more people, stronger strength, what knights, warriors, nobles, my Chinese rulers are all descendants of the people, thousands of years ago no longer pay attention to the noble bloodline, they still play the old social dross, sooner or later they will be liberated!"

Chen Mu patted the carved railing and let out nonsense, Xu Wei stood on his side with his arms crossed and chewed on the changes in the war situation in the future repeatedly, his eyes were obviously still distracted, but the words in his mouth were very sober: "Speaking of samurai, Zhao Changji sent a letter saying that the Japanese king's letter for help has been sent to Beijing, and the DPRK is discussing whether to make General Xiao Chen the commander or transfer Liaodong Li Shuai to Japan." ”

"This is a big battle, how can Chen Shuai not seem to be worried about the safety of General Xiao Chen?"

Xu Wei said and turned his head to look at Chen Mu's side face, as if hoping to see something from his face.

Chen Mu put down the arm that was hugging his chest, patted his chest, and then raised his hand to point to the east, his tone was relaxed and his demeanor was frivolous, and said: "He, Chen Bazhi's father, is an enemy of the country, what is there to worry about?" ”

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