In the yamen of the Oriental Military Mansion, Chen Mu stood up and stretched, raised his hand to raise the curtain and looked at the square facing the yamen, and it was not difficult to find that there were two Europeans in different costumes sitting in the pavilion near the Daojun Temple.

He raised his hand and pointed at them lightly, and smiled softly at Zhao Shizhen, who was cleaning up the documents on the table: "They must be very confused now, why does the relationship between the Spaniards and us seem to be very good?" ”

Zhu Xiaoen sat quietly on the side, watching the clear tea in the backflow pot slowly pour into the cup, just like money, he never thought that people could make money like Chen Mu.

The documents and customs clearance documents on the table were collected by Zhao Shizhen one by one, this kind of work involving important documents Zhao Shizhen seems to be unable to fake others, his words are not as easy as Chen Mu, with great emotion: "Any country that gives 300,000 taels of silver to the emperor every Chinese New Year's Eve can reap the friendship of Daming, not to mention that they also take out 200 jin of gold to bribe the marshal." ”

Chen Mu corrected Zhao Shizhen very seriously: "It's not 300,000 taels, it's 409,800 taels to 642,000 taels." ”

"Where in the world is there to mint pure silver coins, their silver coins in the past are silver nine bronze one, we naturally want to do the same, in fact, minting silver coins is beneficial, easy to use."

Zhao Shizhen, who had packed up the official documents, sat back on his chair and said, "So the marshal asked the fleet to go back to report to the imperial court last year, please allow Asia to mint silver coins?" ”

It is difficult to get permission to mint coinage in other places, but it is different in Asia, which guards the silver mine, how can it be circulated without minting? It's just that the imperial court has never had a precedent for silver coinage, and I'm afraid this matter still needs some discussion.

"Yes, let's mint silver coins for Spain first, didn't we tell this Martion just now, and ask him to send someone to ask Alva to unify the weights and measures of the two countries on silver coins in order to facilitate trade, and then mint half a tael of coins."

Half a tael will be more than half of the silver coins of the Spaniards in the past, but Chen Mu believes that his coinage can still conquer the use habits of the Spaniards, people like to use better things, the past silver coins are not very regular in shape, the size is not the same, basically the weight tolerance of two silver coins can reach nearly one penny, one-tenth of the total weight, this tolerance is very exaggerated.

This had to happen in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the era of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, even the most moderate emperor, how many officials who presided over the coinage would be dismissed and punished...... The difference in the size of the coins is by no means due to technical factors, but corruption**.

Of course, this matter may not be technically up to in Spain, and Judge Mation from Potosi came over earlier, and the conversation revealed one thing that Chen Mu was very concerned about.

Before Spain ascended the throne of Philip, Seville had 16,500 looms, of course, not the Ming Dynasty, which was much more backward, but 16,500 looms was also a very large number.

And now there are less than 1,000 looms left, Andalusian sheep used to have 7 million heads, now less than 2 million, Fei Lao Er issued a decree prohibiting the import of foreign books, but also prohibiting nationals from studying abroad, Chen Mu has always thought that Spain is weakened by handicrafts, but in fact their industries are rapidly weakening.

Only the construction industry grew rapidly, because they built 9,000 monasteries for Spain, and the clergy grew at a rate comparable to that of the knights who fought as horses.

The country was already extremely weak, and the arrival of the Ming Empire, in the eyes of those of insight in Potosí, could be an opportunity for Spain to turn over.

But Chen Mu is not here to do charity.

"With half a tael, it will be easier for their coins to be exchanged for tongbao on the border in the future, and we will teach them to use money, taels, catties, inches, rulers, steps, and li, and they will soon learn Chinese well, and bring these to any corner of Europe except England."

"Don't play dead, the English are coming, you can sit still." Chen Mu said and looked at Zhu Xiaoen, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Let's talk about it, how do you plan to entertain them, in such weather, sitting outside for half an hour is like taking a bath, I don't want to wait for two people who are covered in stinky sweat to enter my side hall." ”

Zhu Xiaoen scratched his cheek, he did know that the English were coming, and he had heard of this Drake, but he couldn't do anything, he shrugged his shoulders and said: "If the marshal asks me, I will detain them and declare war...... But I don't think it should be like this. ”

It's too rigid.

"That's how you all fight over there?" Chen Mu was amused by Zhu Xiaoen's words, he waved his hand and said: "If it were me, I would be like this, but you are not going to conquer them, but to revive your country, don't make yourself like an invader, you go home, be generous." ”

"My plan is to see what letters their queen writes, and then start trading."

Chen Mu said and raised his finger to point at Zhu Xiaoen, and said: "Thirty captains, thirty merchant deputies, the king will be their teacher, teaching language and customs, this is only a few months, and then sent to England as a messenger and merchant to obtain permission to purchase goods throughout the territory." ”

Chen Mu was talking about infiltration, and Zhu Xiaoen wanted to applaud it, he introduced: "In the Ailan country, our people do not change the law of their ancestors, and the land is shared by the people of the same clan according to the township covenant. ”

"However, all of them are weak and weak, and they have been defeated several times, and every time they are defeated, the participating departments will be punished as criminals by the British, the land will be deprived and colonized, and the flesh and bones will be eaten by the ignorant British."

Zhu Xiaoen is not talking about rhetorical devices, but facts, among the books sent by Fu Ge'er to Changsheng, there are many European herbal books, and pharmacists write books and theories, and do their best to teach people how to select human skulls, fat, and blood for medicine.

And the best for England was, of course, the Irish criminals, who were white and clean, and fit well for the British.

For example, John Jacob Berlu's book The Treasury s Unlock'd in 1690 was a practical guide to buying and selling drugs.

Among the pile of common medicinal herbs, the entry for "ium Humanum" stands out.

Despite the Europeans' denials of the West Indies' devastating cannibalism, the Europeans chose to ignore their own ignorant habits, and in fact, the Native Americans ate them in a gentler way compared to them.

They don't think about whether they should eat people, but where to eat if they have this disease.

"Now there are fewer and fewer people who dare to resist the Yingyi, even if they see others being invaded, they dare not attack and defend each other, as long as the commander can send someone to see those leaders, I can unite everyone, promise to protect the ancestral system, if I add some weapons, I will be able to lead them across the sea for a decisive battle in the coming year."

"Excellent."

Chen Mu clasped his hands together and smiled: "Before going to war, let's be friends first, let's see what Elizabeth can offer us!" ”