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There is a very interesting word in the letter sent by Chen Mu to the emperor, actual control.

What does actual control mean?That means the land is not his.

When Luo Shangzhi, the general of the Ming army who was always victorious, led an imperial guard infantry team, two Beiyang infantry Qianhu divisions, and three Wuxiang infantry Qianhu divisions to cross the border, the two Spanish legions stationed in New Spain The chief remained silent, and the committee monks on the West Indies almost uttered all the cruel words that could be said in this life.

All the good words can't stop Luo Shangzhi who is focused on driving eastward. The key is that Luo Shangzhi doesn't understand Spanish at all, or he doesn't want to understand it at all.

The monks tried to communicate in Chinese, but the results were not good. They could understand some of the Cantonese soldiers, but this did not mean that they could understand General Luo Shangzhi, because the general was from Shaoxing.

Seeing that the Ming army was about to march into the bastion that Alva had built on the border, it seemed that a battle was needed to ensure that the Ming army could not invade. More difficult problems emerged.

The Spanish soldiers stationed in two of the bastions withdrew from the bastion one step ahead of them. Two companies entered the abandoned plantation opposite Wangjiazhai to rest, and the other company went to Zhangjiabao. , let the soldiers sit on the border, and brought a few cronies into Zhangjiabao for dinner.

The two legions stationed near Mexico City were even more hopeless. One of the legion commanders, Jesús, suffered a lot in the early Mingxi War and left the troops to go to Havana as soon as possible. He wanted to persuade the West India Committee Avoid war.

The other regiment commander was not as direct as Jesús. He hired a hundred households as instructors from Yang Tingxiang, and led the troops to the northern direction of Florida for training and marching. The monks could not catch up on horseback.

In the vast New Spain, there is actually only a bastion left on the border. Luo Shangzhi and his more than [-] subordinates are facing the overwhelming army.

Regardless of the good or the bad, at least there is such a bastion that can comfort the hearts of the committee monks.

Soon, they discovered they were wrong.

When Luo Shangzhi's troops crossed the border boundary marker, the company captain who was sticking to the bastion gave an order, and 330 subordinates dispersed back to the barracks, put on brand-new yellow gunslinger uniforms, and carried the Habsburg banner to the gate of the fortress. Open the hole and go out of the city to meet General Luo Shangzhi's inspection.

The six monks from the West India Committee left on the bastion looking at each other, messed up in the suffocating hot wind.

Then someone called them down from the bastion, and a burly warrior in black and strong armor appeared in the neat army, striding towards them with a whip in his hand. Several of them were beaten to death in front of the army.

The terrible scene did not happen. Several panicked monks were wrapped into the ranks of the Ming army and walked towards Mexico City. Then they saw Chen Mu during the rest of the ranks.

Chen Mu, who was wearing a helmet and armor, was sweating profusely from the tropical climate. He patted the head monk on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Don't panic, it's just that I want to go to Mexico City to have a look. This is not a war. They are just me. guard."

"You also know that the young people in Spain are so angry that they even dare to assassinate the Governor of Almansa. How can I rest assured that I will come to New Spain? If I encounter any accidents on this road, it will be the end of the war." start."

After all, before a few monks could react, Chen Mu had already patted the head monk's shoulders from behind and pushed him forward: "Let's go, the march is still long, I'm going to mount my horse."

"General Chen, if it's just like this, why did you command two Spanish legions and let them betray us?"

The outspoken monk had just spoken when he saw Chen Mu, who was about to turn his head and leave, looking back at him with emotionless eyes, and then smiled: "What betrayal, I just let them stay away from me, the Spanish army It would be better for all the people in this land to stay away from me."

Chen Mu sighed as he spoke, pointed at the monk, and said, "Stop talking too much, I really don't want to tell you the truth."

Chen Mu really didn't want to say that sometimes the truth hurts people, but the expressions of several monks full of curiosity and the mentality of misunderstanding the whole incident made him have to say: "The orders they received came from the New Spain Governor's Palace, New Spain The order of the Governor's Palace was given to the soldiers of New Spain, and the soldiers executed it satisfactorily, how can this be called betrayal?"

"If I need to make it clearer, since Duke Alva left the New World last year, you have owed nearly 26 soldiers from [-] companies of the two legions for eleven months of military pay, [-] and a half taels , the tax revenues of all New Spain are not enough to feed them."

In fact, New Spain's taxes are enough, but... isn't half of this going to Daming?

"No way, the governor's office borrowed money from me and paid the arrears of 26 companies in the last month. Your people don't want to fight with me, because they will die if the war wins or loses. If you can keep me at the border and not die If not, it will be even more difficult for them to live without military pay."

Of course, what Chen Mu said was just to make it sound nice. In fact, he didn't transport any half tael to New Spain. He just gave Yang Tingxiang 400 million Asian Tongbao printed in the previous year.

Yes, it was the batch of banknotes that Zhu Xiaoen used to use GDP.

This kind of banknote, which is easy to identify the source, also has a strong credit in New Spain. Almost all merchants agree with the banknote-they are not afraid that the banknote is useless, because the Ming merchants on the border line only accept this to trade valuable goods every year.

Even if they can't spend it in other places, they can still exchange it for silk and porcelain.

The result is that everyone gets used to Asia Tongbao at an extremely fast speed, and Asia Tongbao has really become Asia Tongbao.

This is the actual control that Chen Mu mentioned in his letter to the emperor. Although New Spain is under the joint rule of Ming and Western countries in the treaty, Spain has no advantage in terms of population ratio, and the military and economy are controlled by the Oriental military government. Can this land still belong to Spain?
Just like the two Western Army Corps, they used to enjoy the service of arrears of payment from the first day they joined the army, and even made them feel that arrears of payment is a normal thing, and it is not normal to receive military payment every month.

But once this status quo is changed, they can receive a full amount of military pay every month, and the source of this military salary is the Ming Empire's Dongyang Military Mansion, so are they the Western Army or the Ming Army?

In fact, the development of the Eastern Military Mansion is more than that. Zhao Shizhen's return from the east coast has enhanced Chen Mu's understanding of Brazil. The Portuguese and Spaniards on the vast coastline are less than [-]. They can manage so much. How much land?

How pitiful.

Therefore, both Zhao Shizhen who passed by and Shao Tingda who received the news planned to help them.

Zhao Shizhen has already left two hundred households there, and more of Shao Tingda's subordinates are boarding a ship from Panama under the leadership of Shao Bianjiao, and sailing into Brazil by sea. In this era, no army can cross the Amazon.

They said they were going to protect Portuguese Brazil from the evil Spaniards.

　Good morning!Can you post this chapter today? This holiday is not as lonely as this chapter said.

　　
　
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