It was indeed a white flag, and the former city governor of Manila, Samento, carried a small flagpole and returned to the city he knew, almost in tears.

He wasn't a bold man in the first place, and he wouldn't have fled on the eve of the war.

However, the mission given to him by the governor Regasby must be accomplished, and he set sail with trepidation, but before he could go far, he was intercepted by the pirates under Lin Ah Feng and sent to Batangas.

Batangas is the location of the southern Luzon Island, and it is also a large local settlement of the Luzon people.

Sadato, who had traveled north from Batangas and back to Manila, was no better off than the pirates, who were so eager to get something out of him that by the time he arrived in Manila he didn't look like a rich Spaniard at all.

His hat, wall clock, necklace, sword, silk scarf, and boots were all lost in the process of being escorted and changed hands several times, and when he saw Chen Mu, even his shirt was taken away.

Except for a pair of pants, because he wanted to see the coach, Long Junxiong thought that his appearance was not decent enough, so he got a thin blanket from the stable for him to wrap.

In the rainy season, Chen Mu cherished the horses very much, so he prepared blankets for the horses, so that the groom could cover the horses with blankets when they were standing with hysteria.

Blankets have magical powers, and in the long run, they give mounts a very safe and comfortable feel, and sometimes they will lie down to sleep when they are covered with a blanket.

In Mr. Sarmento, the blanket once again showed extraordinary magic, which not only made the horse feel safe, but he also felt safe.

"I've heard that you like to have children with other people's women, but I haven't heard that you still have a penchant for walking through the streets and alleys shirtless."

When he met Sarmento, Chen Mu had already learned his identity from Louis, but he didn't expect that when he met this city magistrate, the difference between this gentleman and Chitiao was only a pair of pants.

Chen Mu's Spanish is not standard, but Sarmento can understand it, which makes him feel very surprised, he knows how biological people speak, and it is not the same as them, he tries his best to hold his head high and make etiquette in line with his status, but wearing a blanket always makes him feel embarrassed.

"General Chen, on the way here, your soldiers were undisciplined, and they shamelessly took everything from me."

Sarmento's resentment is not to mention how big.

"I see, I thought you had been hiding in my stable." Chen Mu didn't care about this, he raised his hand and motioned for him to sit down and corrected: "It's not everything, they didn't kill you, they already respect me very, very, very much, they know what works for me and what doesn't work for me." ”

"You came from Cebu and said you wanted to bring me some news, so it would be useful for me that you were alive." Chen Mu smiled, waved someone to offer a bowl of hot tea, and said, "Tell me, what your governor sent you to do, it won't be to borrow a blanket from my horse." ”

"My governor would like to ask your emperor why he suddenly attacked our Manila, isn't the trade between the two countries very good." The mention of the Governor seemed to harden Sarmento's waist a little, and he held his head high and said: "We need trade, so His Excellency Governor Regasbi has sent me to express the hope of peace, and if you wish, we can negotiate peace, as long as we compensate us for our losses in Manila, and allow you to return to Hawksbill Harbor, we will not pursue it." ”

Chen Mu leaned back on the chair with his chin in one hand, was silent for a while, nodded in a deep groan, and then came back to his senses and asked with an unexpected face: "Compensation, what compensation?" ”

Samento didn't know what reparations were, and he said in a cheerful tone: "If the general intends to make reparations, I will convey them to the governor on your behalf, and inform you of the contents of the reparations when I come next time." ”

"No need, I just asked, I didn't plan to compensate."

Chen Mu waved his hand and said: "And it should be you who compensate me, maybe I haven't told you yet, Junxiong, go to the prison to recruit that Salcedo, let him write a compensation bill and send it over, I forgot how much to pay." ”

Long Toshio said a few words to Ren Dou, this Japanese who had defected in the battle was quite brave in the attack on Manila, and now he was Long Toshio's deputy, and he walked out of the castle quickly when he heard this.

Chen Mu then said to Sarmento: "The reason for the war is that you attacked Haojing, which caused us very big losses, and Chen kindly told the Bishop of Tocarnello to compensate you, but you ignored it, so Chen also came to attack your port. ”

Samento had never seen anyone who could mess around to such an extent, and his eyes widened in surprise and said, "That's just a pirate, a few ships, two or three hundred people!" But the general brought a full legion! ”

It's unreasonable, just Sarmento's journey, the armed warriors he saw were enough to have a legion!

Chen Mu raised his hand and wanted to scratch his face, but for the sake of a solemn image, his hand just changed his posture and put it on the arm of the chair and asked, "How many people are in your legion?" ”

"Three thousand, the general has at least brought so many troops, is this the same as our pirates attacking your port?"

Three thousand?

"In that case, I did bring a legion."

Chen Mu pursed his lips disdainfully in his heart, his face was extremely sincere, he did come to a legion, a legion composed of 20,000 navies.

He spread his hands and said: "The Governor of the Philippines, with such a large land and thousands of Spaniards to serve, has sent an army of several ships and two or three hundred people. Given the size of the country, I think it's a reasonable counterattack, and if you think it's unreasonable – what if it's unreasonable, war is a reasonable thing? ”

If you were reasonable, you could win, the Portuguese would have been defeated by the Inca Empire and the Manchurian Kingdom a dozen times, and the Sulu and Luzon kingdoms would have defeated the Spaniards a long time ago.

What can Samento say, he hates this biological general even more, he doesn't deserve to die on the battlefield, he deserves to be imprisoned in the Inquisition!

The cell was very close to the castle, and Lian Dou came back empty-handed, and said to Chen Mu: "Handsome master, seven million taels of silver." ”

"Yes, if you want to negotiate peace, take the equivalent of seven million taels of silver, I remember how this number came from, for every one of my soldiers killed, it will increase by ten thousand taels, you go back and let the governor report to the king as soon as possible, in addition, I also want you to bring you a message to the governor."

"Before August, my fleet will attack the waters north of Cebu Island, and your weak fleet would do well to be ready there; At the same time, attack Panay Island by land, and your weak army better be ready there, goodbye! ”

Let's just serve tea and send it off.

Xu Wei behind the screen stepped forward with his beard and asked in wonder, "Didn't the general already bring the warship into the port, does he still want to fight?" ”

"Of course not, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, our feng shui Mr. General Deng Wuqiao is observing the sky every day, the clouds have been black recently, the fish are floating and the seabirds are landing, and the typhoon is coming." Chen Mu spread out his hands and said, "Let's rest the whole army and wait for the battle, and let the wind blow them." ”