Chen Mu really couldn't keep Almansa, since September, for half a month, Almansa wrote an official letter to the military yamen asking to leave one day, fourteen articles without duplication.

In the official hall, Chen Mu looked at these official documents and said to Zou Yuanbiao and others: "After the two sides reach a preliminary agreement on the border ceasefire, commercial trade, and land delivery in the southern part of the New World, I am afraid that the old governor Almansa, who has always won in Liuyu, will return to his heart like an arrow." ”

During this time, Chen Mu has not taken care of Almansa's affairs, and his shallow eyes have been filled with the allocation of resources in the five counties and the transportation of goods to the country, where can he take care of such an idler.

Fortunately, he still has staff, and Zhao Shizhen's cronies have been guarding Almansa and those Western knight captives, giving them relative freedom, and not letting them make trouble here, after all, these people are treasures that can move around.

Zhao Shizhen knew that sooner or later the two countries would talk about exchanging prisoners, but after listening to Chen Mu's words, he still added: "Dashuai, to be precise, the old governor wanted to leave after he was beaten, and other Westerner nobles sometimes took a walk, sold some things, or let the servant Wu Ben do some work in exchange for the cost of Tongbao, and the old governor didn't do anything, and he thought about leaving from then on." ”

Chen Mu raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Except for Almanza, he really didn't pay attention to the other captives, and he didn't know what kind of expression to make for a while, so he paused for a moment and asked, "Others are quite comfortable here?" ”

"Like a fairy."

Zhao Shizhen was even a little envious in his words, and said: "The military government has given instructions, and the students have also asked Acosta that according to its Europa tradition, captives can be sold for ransom, so the Europa people are good prisoners, and those foot soldiers will still think about escaping, and the nobles don't even want to escape." ”

"Most of the cavalry of the Western Army knew that their families would pay for them back, so as long as their safety and food and drink were ensured, they could move freely in Changsheng, and in the two battles of the White Horse River and Changsheng Gorge, our army captured more than 190 cavalry of the Westerners, of which there were forty-four nobles, and the rest were nobles, and none of them ran."

Speaking of this, Zhao Shizhen looked left and right, and smiled at Chen Mu: "Just now, on the way to the palace, I passed by the Tweezers Museum, and there was a Westerner nobleman with a grate, and when he saw the students, he greeted him from a distance, and ran out to ask him, saying that he was looking for a job. ”

"I heard about the training of the Restoration Army in Xiaowan by the Ailan Kingdom, and I asked if there were any cavalry, and I wanted to apply for a teaching position in exchange for some money."

Zhao Shizhen smiled as he spoke, pointed to the top of his head and said: "He is wearing a hair scarf, saying that his hair is long enough to tie his hair into a bun, but he has no source of expenses, so he is really panicked." ”

"Some people asked me when their government would take them away, and I was afraid that they would leave too early."

Hearing that the Spanish nobles tied their hair in a bun was already a novelty, Chen Mu was surprised: "Is there anything else you don't want to leave?" ”

Zhao Shizhen pursed his lips and nodded one after another: "Many, many people who don't want to leave, there is a knight who lives in the south of the city who was captured with Wu Ben, the yard at home is too small, and he takes people to practice martial arts on the street all day long." When the immigrants came in the previous period, they all thought he was a showman, and he earned a lot of rewards, and he also bought a few weapons, saying that he wanted to collect them. ”

"There is another man who wanders around all day, sells his sword and horse, buys charcoal and paper with the money he gets, and is writing a book called 'The Victorious Knight' to record his life as a captive, that is, he asks his students when they will leave, for fear that they will leave too early and will not finish the book."

Chen Mu laughed out loud and said, "These people are quite good at having fun for themselves, but I don't understand why other nobles can stay steadfast, and some people still want to find a job, but why is Almansa so impatient?" ”

Zhao Shizhen thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because the marshal hasn't mentioned his ransom in the treaty." ”

The knights and servants all demanded Tongbao according to the normal ransom scale of Europa, which had been tentatively agreed in the treaty, and it was enough for the ship to bring the news back to Spain, and their family would be ransomed with silver.

Such a price is actually higher than that of Europe, after all, there is still the exchange rate of silver and Tongbao here, but for the most critical person, Chen Mu has never mentioned Almansa in the agreement, and it is precisely because of this that Almansa is panicked in Changsheng.

Zhao Shizhen asked thoughtfully: "What are the special arrangements for the commander and the governor?" ”

Chen Mu shook his head.

"No, I just forgot."

Chen Mu is very aggrieved, you Almansa are not my captive, if I take you to ask for ransom, is that what Your Majesty did?

When the Ming army was insufficient, the existence of Almansa played a great role in stabilizing the situation in Shao Tingda and eliminating the Jesús legion.

"In this way, let people go and tell Almansa that he will be able to leave soon, but let him wait a few more days, and I must fulfill Tinda's promise to him before leaving."

Chen Mu raised his hand and said to Zhao Shizhen: "Send someone to the border quickly and tell Alva over there that for the long-term peace of the border between the two countries, and for the future easier contact, the Ming Dynasty supports the Governor of Almansa to continue to manage the co-governed area and New Spain." ”

"Whatever Spain's considerations are, let Brother Acosta come over and quickly finalize the ransom of these knights and foot soldiers, and Mexico City will pay the ransom and room and board on their behalf, and let Mexico City ask them for the ransom of their family later, and I won't keep them anymore."

Chen Mu sneered: "Tell the Duke of Alva, if you keep raising, these people will not be Spanish knights, but knights of the Ming Dynasty, and then there will be no need to redeem them, for a month, if you don't pay the ransom in late October, I will recruit them to do things for me!" ”

Some of these Spanish knights have tied their hair in a bun, and if they continue to toss like this, it will be difficult for anyone to learn all the Analects.

In fact, to be honest, Chen Mu also thinks that it is good to recruit a group of knights to take care of the home, the quality of these Spanish knights is very good, all of them are the descendants of the military nobles during the Spanish expansion period, although there are not many people with family background, but they have real skills in their hands, and they are indeed invincible on the battlefield with iron cans.

It's just that the cost performance is not very high in comparison, no matter how superb the personal bravery is, it is not that it has been crushed by the more numerous Beiyang Horse Team, and in terms of courage, the Ming warriors who are determined to expand and forge ahead are no worse than them.

Although individual skills are insufficient, this is a shortcoming that can be made up for by long-term training, not to mention that the collective spirit and discipline of the Ming Dynasty are more suitable for the cavalry tactics of Beiyang.

The knights of the Western Kingdom must have a sufficient number on the battlefield to be the key to determining the victory or defeat, but Chen Mu's identity naturally determines that he will only have a sufficient number of Beiyang Horse teams.

"Sooner or later, Alva's army will have to leave, and when he leaves, Asia will enter a new situation."

Chen Mu made up his mind to release Almansa, stretched out his waist backwards, and smiled at the staff: "When the time comes, we can have a good drink." ”