On the twenty-seventh day of the third year of Longqing, news came from Haojing that Chen Mu's trade in Malacca, which had not been a business, was refuted.

The Francois people, who had been working well all along, did not agree and refused to let Li Dan's fleet trade with Malacca.

"Father-in-law, Bishop Carneiro of Haojing, the leader Pereira, the Jesuit Pinto, and the head of the army Da Vega would like to come to Xiangshan to explain to you."

Chen Mumeiyu's expression was slightly better, but he still waved his hand and said: "No need, let's meet in Haojing, I will set up a banquet to entertain them at the municipal yamen, you go and prepare." ”

This answer was somewhat unexpected by Chen Mu, but it was not a big problem, since the various leaders of the Portuguese in Haojing were willing to explain to him, Chen Mu thought that this matter might not be their final say, and he was willing to go to Haojing to listen to their explanation.

In fact, Chen Mu is in a terrible mood now, he just sent a letter of confession to the imperial court, admitting three crimes such as ineffective military training outside of forming a party and running a private business, all of which are bullshit. This seemed too funny to him, and his military exploits in the first year of Longqing were even comparable to Yu Dayou, and no one could compare to him in the entire crusade against Zeng.

His Qianhu has the most powerful weapons and the strongest combat power, and has made the best feats for the imperial court, just because of an impeachment letter from an official who has nothing to do, he is asked to admit the trumped-up charge, who is not disgusting about this matter?

Impeachment is not terrible, if it is impeached for embezzling customs, fornicating with Fanyi, and making evil envoys, Chen Mu will definitely not be angry, and now he may have gone overseas in fear of crime.

The official is loyal to his duties, and Chen Mu has nothing to say.

The key point is that this impeachment is obviously written blindly, and the official may not even be able to tell what he is like, probably because he heard from the side that this Qianhu who has no foundation has been promoted to command, and he just happened to be idle to impeach.

He led his troops to kill thousands of people to get to where he is today, and when the official started writing dozens of words, he had to bow his head and confess his guilt.

Chen Mu admired Yu Dayou more and more, this kind of stuffy old man Yu who was in the basin could actually endure it with peace of mind for decades, admire.

The weather in Haojing is not much better than that of Guangzhou Mansion, but it has never snowed, maybe it will be warmer in Qiongzhou Mansion, but the cold weather has a little benefit, the leather lining cuirass and the outer cover of the mountain armor will not be very hot, and wearing internal and external double armor in the past can always make people sweat when they are fighting.

Before leaving the jurisdiction of Xiangshan Mansion in Guangzhou Prefecture, General Chen's pomp and circumstance never came according to the etiquette, especially when the destination was Haojing, the first eight horses and the last eight horses had already improved, and Chen Mu would never set foot on Haojing without a hundred households before.

That is, from the last Haojing meeting, Lin Feng let General Chen learn a truth, sometimes there are fewer people and more momentum.

The north of the island got off the boat, the flag army guarding the gate saluted, and the seventeenth rode to the meeting square, and the pirates under Li Dan on both sides of the road released their guns to the sky, and many Yi merchant leaders had already waited in the square with their entourage, Chen Mu turned over and dismounted, nodded to a few acquaintances, and Zhu Xiang, the ambassador of the library, was at the door, leading General Chen to take the lead in entering the municipal yamen.

Sitting in the middle of the atrium on the second floor, the first thing Chen Mu did when he sat down was to take out his notebook to record the formation of a military band, and when everyone was seated, Chen Mu closed his notes and swept his gaze over several people in different costumes, and said with a smile: "Do you know how to explain?" ”

Bishops Carneiro, Pinto, and the leader Pereira in armor-clergy uniforms laughed, and the new soldier leader Davega looked puzzled, obviously only he couldn't, and the three nodded to Chen Mu's answer also confirmed this speculation, Pereira explained to him: "Sir Davega is an excellent warrior, but the time is still short, and he has not yet learned. ”

Without Chen Mu's knowledge, Haojing and these Portuguese people had gathered to study the preferences of their current Lingnan military commander of the Ming Kingdom, and summed up their characteristics that were very different from those of the Ming people.

The humility of other Ming people who are able to praise any virtue of other nations with pleasure, and whose courageous self-confession is inferior, especially when it is manifested in a people whose talents are superior to others, is to be admired.

And this Ming general is extremely lacking in this Ming common character, he has a blind arrogance and exaggerated defensive mentality for everything his country has, like a stingy Japanese or a bold Spaniard, but not like a Ming man.

Compared with the gentle and polite attitude of other normal Ming people represented by Ambassador Zhu Xiang of Ku, this general's barbarism is a shame for the Ming people!

But under the pressure of force, Francois could only try his best to cater to his very fragile inferiority complex and learn Mingyu.

"It's okay, we've been learning for a long time, and I'm learning your language." Chen Mu said this sentence in the language of the Portuguese, and then said with a smile in the Ming language: "I think I learned quite well, so can anyone explain to me why my Ming ship can't go to Manchu to merchant?" ”

Chen Mu leaned back in the chair slightly, put his hands flat on the table, his eyes ignored the many servants standing at the table, and swept over the four Francos present, in fact, only three of the four were obedient, the new soldier named Davega kept staring at him and looked like he wanted to fight with him, the one named Pinto listened attentively and wrote something on the parchment, the bishop looked at himself and smiled and greeted, the real master was Pereira.

"I'm sorry my general, but I think I can explain this to you." The old warrior Pereira nodded and said to Chen Mu: "Malacca, what you call Manchu Thorn is not up to us, in fact, we are only the leader of the Portuguese in Haojing, and the king has granted the governor the power to govern there, we can't change the rules of Malacca like the general changes the rules of Haojing by heart, there are rules there, I hope the general can understand." ”

Chen Mu couldn't see the look on his face, and said disapprenously: "What are your rules in Malacca, let's hear it." ”

"The trade route of Malacca, Ho Gyo, and Nagasaki is very rich, and it is only granted to the nobles of our country who are famous, active, and meritorious, and every ship you see in Ho Kaings has the king's permission to pass through Malacca to reach Ho Kamyo." Pereira was very proud when he said this, because he was also one of them, and continued to explain to Chen Mu: "Even if there are private businessmen joining now, they still pay a high investment to the king and bid for the concession at a high price of 5,500 kruzados. ”

"It's not something we can decide."

Pereira said sincerely, and then changed his words and said, "But this is not absolute, since you are also a highly meritorious and prestigious general in the Ming Dynasty, and have reached a good personal relationship with us, if we use our private power together, we may be able to obtain permission for the general to take this route, but only at a small cost to you." ”

With that, Pereira turned to Bishop Carneiro, who bowed and opened his arms and said, "Lost Lamb, when you throw yourself into the arms of the Lord, the Jesuits will guide your fleet to Malacca safely......