The strategy of delaying the army is very clumsy, everyone can see it, and Chen Mu is no exception.

But he had no choice, he had to stop fighting, at most he would make a small joke with Regasbi, whether the Spaniards' fleet would sail to the northern waters of Cebu Island or not, Chen Mu's navy could only rest in Manila Bay.

Because the rain is getting heavier and the wind is blowing harder and harder.

Deng Zilong said that Manila is the left green dragon, the former Vermilion Bird and the rear Xuanwu, which is a rare feng shui treasure land in the dragon's nest.

Although Chen Mu doesn't understand much, he also thinks that Manila is a good place, from a macro point of view, there are large mountain ranges on the left and right to block typhoons, although cloud siltation will increase rainfall, but the wind blowing here will be slightly smaller, and the relative destructive power is also smaller.

Even so, before the typhoon crossed Manila, Chen Mu couldn't stand it anymore.

Nanyang Yamen Fort, because it is a Western castle, and belongs to the aristocratic castle that focuses on residential comfort, there are many large windows on the castle wall, the glass of this era is not so transparent, most of the time the glazier does not know what color it burns, it causes the windows of Nanyang Yamen to be colorful and green when the sun hits, it is very good-looking.

It didn't matter if it looked good, it rained heavily for several days, and the sky was gloomy, and when the typhoon arrived in Manila, the day suddenly turned into night. Strong winds have swept coconut palms out of the mountain forests, and even though Manila is a little lower, the Pinodo outside the royal city is also full of tiles, and the sky is full of clothes that the people have not had time to collect.

The royal city has a tall and thick wall, and since the capture of Manila, the entire June banner army has been busy building military camps in the city, and the military fortress built on the city wall comes in handy at this time. The city wall blocked the strong wind, and more than 7,000 banner troops were stationed in the city, and it was strictly forbidden to leave the camp.

More than 300 people also gathered in Chen Mu's Yamen Fort, filling the entire castle to the brim.

There's no castle more comfortable than a castle like this, and sleeping in the hallway and bunks is better than being damp outside, except for a little darkness.

The typhoon passed, the mosquitoes came out of the hole, but wherever there was shelter from the rain, there were small flying insects that had never been seen before, and the wings of the flying insects were damaged by the torrential rain in the dark, and nothing could be seen.

"You're fucking laid-back!"

Chen Mu's bedroom is tied to two horses, one is the Andalusian war horse that stayed, snow-white, named Baimei, honest personality, has been bullied by Heiwa in the past few days. Don't look at the black baby's size is smaller than others, as soon as the white girl gets close to him, she hums poorly, scaring people away from him.

But Chen Mu's bedroom is like this, and Bai Mei can only hide in the corner, leaving Heiwa to circle around the bed like the master.

Chen Mu took Long Junxiong and a few family soldiers to move some important letters and papers into the bedroom, and saw Heiwa drooping her head and sniffing the wine bottle on the table, and was knocked by Chen Mu to be honest, he turned his head to Long Junxiong and said, "The powder magazine doesn't leak rain?" ”

Long Junxiong replied as seriously as Chen Mu did when he first asked this question: "No, my subordinates slept in the powder magazine all night, and nothing was missed." The ground is not damp, the ground and the medicine barrel are covered with a tent cloth painted with tung oil, waterproof and moisture-proof, and each gunpowder shop has a small flag to keep an eye on, absolutely fine. ”

This is the second time Chen Mu has asked him about this today.

It's not memory loss, it's really a rainstorm that makes Chen Mu panic, his gunpowder is stored in the royal city, before the rainstorm comes, all the stone forts built by the Spaniards in the city are checked, the strongest and most rainless house is used to store the baggage, and the most important thing in it is the seven powder magazines.

One is afraid of the tide, and the other is afraid of explosion.

It's okay if the tide is wet, and when the typhoon passes, you can still use it to dry it when the weather clears, and if you don't take care of it properly, you will encounter an impact or something that makes the powder magazine explode, then it will be interesting.

In order to prevent this, Chen Mu specially divided the gunpowder depot into seven, and even so, the gunpowder in each warehouse was still a huge amount.

In addition to gunpowder, other things really don't matter to him, not to mention that the wind blowing to Manila is not too big, but the rain is heavy, even if the wind can blow his ship away it doesn't matter - the letter sent back from Bai Yuanjie in Nanyang Port, the two shipyards of Xiangshan and Nanyang Port, since the last batch of warships were built, no longer build small shark boats, and twelve thousand shark ships can be sent to Manila by the end of this year.

At the same time, the shipwrights of Xiangshan also started to ponder the structure of the San Pablo, and when this batch of shark ships was completed, there should be a new ship design drawing, at least in Chen Mu's letter to Guan Yuangu, it was mentioned that the flat deck structure of the bow and stern tower was removed, so that the center of gravity of the ship was lower, and the double gun deck or even three layers were generally used, focusing on the use of large-caliber heavy guns.

Chen Mu has an advantage, the advantage is that under the current technical conditions, the technical difficulty of the whole world can not offset the manpower advantage, and the Ming Dynasty, the inexhaustible manpower, as long as there is the right direction, the production capacity far exceeds that of other countries.

Relying on Guangzhou Mansion alone, Chen Mu has the courage to compete with Spain, which is the world's largest maritime power in the East Asian sea.

Of course, it is an invincible power in the world.

Thanks to the Ottoman Empire!

When Chen Mu shivered in the castle during the typhoon, in the far north, in mid-July, a cao ship loaded with silver and letters arrived in Tongzhou, and the wooden box full of silver was escorted into Beijing by the warriors of the Twelve Guards with helmets and armor.

In the high-arched mansion, the elder of the pavilion held the letter and looked at it for a long time, looked up at the tall Western war horse in the courtyard, turned his head and smiled at Zhang Juzheng, who was invited as a guest: "Let him go to the South Seas, it's the right way, look at this big horse, there is not a single lock of variegated colors." ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't have the slightest interest in Andalusian horses, he also had them in his house, he nodded and said: "The servant entered the palace yesterday to face the saint, and told His Majesty about sending brocade clothes to Luzon, and I don't know what the elder Ge meant. ”

"What are you doing in Luzon under Jinyi, check him?" Gao Gong put down the letter, raised his hand to press it on the letter, turned his head to look at Zhang Juzheng, his expression was clear, and his tone was affirmative, and said, "Someone said something." ”

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head, sat upright, listened to the music from the next courtyard with his eyes slightly squinted, and said without opening his eyes: "It is said that he has invaded 10,000 acres of land in Luzon, and his eyes are lawless." ”

"The old man heard about it too."

Gao Gong's expression didn't seem to be talking about a big thing, but like a joke, "Say everything, say that you have hidden armor to build a gunboat, and say that you are trying to rebel; There was also a report from Xiyi to the governor of Fujian, saying that he was disturbing the trade routes. In the past, although impeachment was useless, in the end, there was something to say, what has happened in recent years - the impeachment of the general for secretly possessing armor weapons is not to be used at all! ”

Zhang Juzheng opened his eyes and smiled, followed by Zhengse: "Brocade clothes are to be sent." ”

"Faction, factory guards sent together, pick a few jinshi, raise people to go together, in the past, I didn't care about anything else, just look at the accounts, to see if what he reported is the same as the real account, the same don't care, all stay there to fill the Nanyang Yamen officials and captains, listen to him use, he wrote this letter bitterly, and he is asking for people."

"What else do you say, the people who can't be used by the court and those who are not good can be let go of him, and he can't make trouble for the court when he is overseas, and he can still make the best use of his talents." Gao Gong stroked his beard and smiled: "Look back, there are people who are not suitable to stay in the court, if you have some talent, you will be sent to Nanyang." ”

Zhang Juzheng slowly bowed his head, but there was a very obvious pause in the movement of his chin, as if he recalled this sentence.

If it is not suitable to stay in the DPRK, it will be released overseas.

He glanced imperceptibly at Gao Gong, then closed his eyes again and slowly bowed his head.

The snort hummed softly and long.

"Hmm!"