Old Pinto had already been ordered to wait at the port of Malacca, he was too old, and Chen Mu did not allow him to follow him personally, so when Chen Mu boarded Annam, he and Shiqi set off for Malacca.

He had been waiting here for months, in this Portuguese dreamland.

No matter what era Chen Mu has, he has heard of this place many times, Malacca, which used to belong to the capital of the Sultan Dynasty of Malacca, Malacca.

The siege of Malacca became even more famous when the Portuguese attacked Malacca, and legend has it that 20,000 warriors of the Sultan and 1,000 advanced artillery guns were destroyed by the attack of 700 Portuguese and 300 Indian servants.

The geography of Malacca determines that its place must be prosperous, but Chen Mu thinks that the above war, the story of the great Portuguese conqueror and the infallible city, is just a story.

Chen Mu was very sure that before the arrival of the Portuguese, there was no decent city defense here, otherwise the Portuguese would not have dug up the Malacca Imperial Palace due to the shortage of stones after the Portuguese seized this place.

When the Nanyang Fleet arrived in Malacca, more than 200 warships of all sizes were loaded with flag troops, covering the sky and the sun, blocking the winding mouth of the Malacca River.

The Malacca River, which split the city in half, was too narrow for warships to enter, and they docked their warships outside the island fortress built by the Portuguese, which was also not fully accommodated, and some of the ships were parked in the improvised watershed that Ishiki had built earlier.

Two thousand bannermen marched into the island fortress, while the rest marched into Malacca, a town named after a local tree that still has no walls, and the distribution of towns resembles the Japanese castle town, European aristocratic fortress and village.

To the west of the river are the homes of the common people, to the east are the former palaces and magnates of Malacca, to the east are now Portuguese churches, fortresses and settlements, and to the west are large estates of Burmese, Javanese, Indians and Ming merchants.

After the Portuguese arrived here decades ago, the town was subjected to brutal massacres due to different faiths, and many Malays fled to other places, and even if they still live here, their status is relatively low.

The war was fought by the Burmese, Javanese, Indians, and Ming merchants who had been allies of the Portuguese for decades, and which had fallen to the royal city of Malacca.

Today, it has completely changed hands without war.

Old Pinto's gaze did not have much sadness, and he said with great interest in Chen Mu's guidance: "In the past, I wanted to enter here and was not allowed, I heard that in China, some people regard the loss of Malacca as the beginning of the decline of Portugal, and if we lose Malacca, we will lose the Spice Islands. ”

"Seriously, you should be worry-free, Portugal is always going to decline, give me Malacca, just to delay Portugal's decline."

Portugal helped Chen Mu a lot, and safely took over a well-fortified fortress, which was no longer cost-effective compared to tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Chen Mu, who was wearing a helmet and armor, said: "If you change to someone else, there will always be a day when Malacca can't hold it, and your fleet will not be able to support it in time after the siege here, but I am different, my subordinates will arrive here a month after the war begins." ”

"No one can take Malacca from me, as long as Malacca is in my hands, Portugal still has the power of the spice trade, and there is no need to maintain a huge military budget here, in fact, you are not a loss."

Pinto shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It doesn't matter, I'm old and lonely, and I don't care where I'm buried when I die—it's here." ”

Shi Qi, who led the way further ahead, stood at the door of the relief gate and smiled at Chen Mu: "Their doors are always very high, but they are very beautiful. ”

Chen Mu led a group of generals and officials to enter, this so-called yamen, in the past, was the banquet hall of the Portuguese commander, and the long table could accommodate up to forty-two people to discuss matters, which was very suitable as Chen Mu's yamen.

At this time, the interior of the banquet hall was also renovated by Shiqi, and Chen Mu's habit was to hang a map on the wall, and a sand table was placed on the side of the wall, which could be used by the Nanyang generals after they stepped in.

Chen Mu put the helmet on the table, took off his robe and handed it to Juniper, sat down and let out a long breath, everyone sat down and waited for his order, but saw him looking at the generals, and said to Juniper: "Get some ice, some herbal tea, one bowl per person." ”

The generals burst into laughter, all of them were sweating profusely, but they were afraid that their underwear was already soaked, Shi Qi said: "This is the same as other places in Nanyang, it is hot all year round, and there is no wall for the Portuguese to repair the village, and the subordinates have ordered someone to take an ice basin, and it will be there in a while." ”

"It's been hard work to pick us up."

Hearing Chen Mu say this, Shi Qi pursed his lips and smiled, and arched his hand: "I haven't congratulated the general Annan on his victory, compared to fighting on the battlefield, doing this is nothing." ”

"And Myanmar, don't be afraid that there is no chance of meritorious service, the situation in Malacca." Chen Mu looked at Shi Qi and his relatives carrying the heavy file, knowing that he had already prepared, and said, "There is also information about the three announcements and six comforts, let's talk about it." ”

"There are 100,000 people in Malacca, mostly Malays, but the power is in the hands of the Javanese Raja and the Portuguese, they used to listen to the Portuguese, and now they listen to us, this is nothing, the biggest question is what to do with the Burmese merchants living in the city?"

Chen Mu said: "Build a prison, forget it, just enclose their residential areas, strictly guard them, and release them when the war is over." ”

"The Portuguese know better than we know the intelligence of Burma."

Shi Qi said and looked at old Pinto and said, "He got information about Burma from Haojing, but he didn't want to tell me. ”

Chen Mu smiled when he heard this, looked at Pinto and said, "This time, what do you want to do with me again?" ”

"It's not business, General, we hope to be a missionary in Canton." Pinto's words carried the meaning of the bishop of Macau and the viceroy of India, and it is clear that they were now much clearer, and that they no longer said anything about missionary work in the Ming Kingdom, and narrowed the scope to Canton only.

"In exchange, the general will be given all the news about Burma."

"Think about it, Pinto, I don't think this information means that you can't enter the Canton Mansion to preach." Chen Mu smiled and said, "And it depends on whether you can still preach in Myanmar after the war." ”

"It won't work with me as an empty glove white wolf, unless you think I'm going to lose." Chen Mu looked at Pinto with interest and asked, "Do you really think we will lose?" ”

"Ugh." Pinto looked embarrassed at Chen Mu's gaze and said, "The outcome of a war is always unpredictable, even if it is ......."

Chen Mu clapped his hands and said: "But the strength and weakness of the two sides are always clear at a glance, I have 13,000 warriors, and in the country, mobilize 200,000 troops to march towards Burma, I have no intention of forcing you, but if you don't hand me all the information, when Burma falls, you will lose the possibility of preaching there." ”

Pinto took a deep breath, clapped his hand on his knee, then stood up and said to the generals, in the already proficient Cantonese Mandarin: "Well, in fact, the Portuguese entered Burma much earlier than they arrived in Macao. ”

"The Burmese people we first came into contact with were hired to defend the city in the war with the Mangruiti, and we were very powerful, but after all, there were more Burmese, the city was captured, and the bravery of the mercenaries allowed the Mangruiti to hire them to fight for them."

"We brought muskets and wine, and later Mang Rui was killed in the search for the white elephant, and Mang Yinglong, who succeeded him, paid more attention to the mercenaries, he learned our weapons, stayed away from our wine, and gave each of the mercenaries a beautiful Burmese wife, and in the words of the Ming Kingdom, in this way, he had an army of sons-in-law who were inverted......"

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