open sea

Chapter 213 Situation

Asymmetric information is an indispensable bargaining chip in negotiations. Just like now, Chen Mu knows that everything on the other side of the sea is decided by the Portuguese governor, and the premise of his final decision is to ensure trade and missionary work.

On the contrary, the governor didn't know whether Chen Mu really had the ability to cut off the Portuguese people's passage in the sea area, and would definitely selectively ignore whether Chen Mu could influence the emperor's opinion.

It is always fun to bully the big with the small.

All, except shooting Da Vega, was not a whim.

Chen Mu has been staring at Malacca for a long time, especially after knowing that Hao Jing is a one-sided trade, Chen Mu decided to change everything.

Find a breakthrough.

Understand first, then plan for the future.

On the other hand, he really planned to recruit Spanish maritime merchants from Luzon to do business here if the Portuguese did not accept the conditions, not to mention that he still had a bargaining chip in his hand - Lin Feng.

This is a very rare relationship. Officials look down on pirates, and pirates look down on officials. There are very few people who can be trusted after surrender like Lin Daoqian, but how much is that?
But it's nothing more than helping the commander-in-chief to join the military.

From Chen Mu's point of view, that's a complete insult. Let a bandit leader who is proud of the sea be a small soldier?
However, pirates have only a little status in the eyes of officials, and officials are so respected in the eyes of pirates. Everyone has this kind of thinking.

Only Commander Chen can do business with Lin Feng with the same status as a grandma, which provides a layer of insurance for Chen Mu's threat to the Portuguese.

Needless to say, Hao Jing, once the two sides turn against each other, no Portuguese ship can dock here; and Jilong and Penghu also guarantee that no Portuguese ship can reach Japan.

Isn't this very good, the worst result is that the Portuguese lose all, Hao Jing and Daming have nothing to lose, and the Spaniard's power in the East Asian waters will inevitably ensure greater friction between them and Portugal - they Better to fight again.

It's the end of the new year after returning from Haojing, and Qi Zhengyan, who is very handy in taking care of him, leads the fleet to Japan, and Xie Ming presides over most of the family affairs, which is considered considerate.

A year ago, Xie Ming paid a sum of money from the account, and transported three carts of gifts back from Guangzhou, and then sent them to the banner officials of the Nanyang Guard in the name of Chen Mu a year ago, and made a detailed report on the family status of the banner officials. During the investigation, those with rich family background sent heartfelt letters from the commander, while those with poor families sent some money and rice.

If there are children in the family, some cloth, pens and ink will be given, and for the elderly in the family, Chen Mu will come to talk to the elderly in person.

In short, widows, widows and loneliness must be taken care of.

In addition to those in Nanyang Weili, Zhaoqing, Guangcheng, and Qingcheng, Chen Mu also ran enough in the beginning of the year.The old governor Zhang Han, the righteous brother Chen Lin, and the old governor Bai Yuanjie are all going to visit. Of course, Yin Zhengmao, who may become the new governor in the future, and the old general Yu Dayou, but Guangxi is too far away. Chen Mu sent soldiers Bring some small gifts to find Baye.

Of course, Chen Mu did not ignore other places.

Anyone who has a reason to pay New Year's greetings, even Tan Butang from the Beijing Ministry of War, Mr. Wu, and General Qi Chen Mu from Jizhen sent people to Beijing in January.

Prepare with both hands, not only thinking about how to run outside, but also how to run outside.

"Is this the result of the Xiangshan Banner Army assessment?"

Just after the beginning of the first month, the Nanyang Guards were already busy resuming their training. On the fifth day of February, Deng Zilong reported the drill assessment at Xiangshan Institute. Chen Mu looked through the results of last autumn's assessment and said, "Every indicator has been upgraded. Those who are lowered or lowered will be rewarded and punished according to the facts, and the banner officers must not be greedy for ink. In addition, each banner officer will be given a reward of one-tenth of the number of banner troops who have improved compared to last year."

These reward and punishment systems were established when Chen Mu wrote the drill manual last year. They are assessed once a quarter, and a number of items are selected for the combat capabilities of the flag army. Most of them are rigid assessment objectives for physical fitness and skills. List A, B, C, D There are four grades, each grade is divided into upper, middle and lower, and a certain amount of silver or rice is taken out of the treasury every year as a reward.

Compared with the past, every time the flag army is assessed, there are rewards for progress and penalties for regress, until the final quality and skills are all first-class-in fact, very few people can get a top-level, let alone all of them. Armored.

Even if Chen Mu himself can only get top armor in gunshots and artillery, Deng Zilong can only get top armor in close combat and archery. Chen Mu, who set the standard, did not expect anyone to get top armor in all aspects.

The key purpose of this measure is not to make all the banner troops reach the top ranks, but to give each banner army a quantitative assessment of their fighting ability, so that the banner officers who directly command them can better understand the talents of their subordinates, so as to achieve the highest level in the army. Arrange the most suitable manpower for each combat position.

Chen Mu looked at Deng Zilong and asked, "How does the flag officer feel about the assessment results, maybe he is used to it?"

"Well, not bad, this should be able to promote the whole army, but—" Deng Zilong paused and said: "Should we set the basic requirements for the implementation of the four thousand households, the new flag army may not be able to meet the basic requirements , Maybe the entire newly recruited Thousand Households Banner Army will reach Xiading in one quarter, and I'm afraid they won't be able to practice hard."

"You are right, I will do this." Chen Mu readily agreed, and then said to Deng Zilong: "You can order the handbook to be sent to the three thousand households, and let them practice the flag army according to the regulations above. Slacking off. The Xiangshan Banner Army has loaded their cannons on shark boats these days and is preparing to patrol overseas."

"Counting the time, it's time for Franji to send back a message."

The Nanyang Guard has a lot of warships, if only the Xiangshan Banner Army used them, they wouldn't even be able to move all the shark ships.In Xiangshan Shipyard, 77 shark ships are docked in the port, and the total cost of this fleet consisting of more than 200 fast gunboats is more than ten thousand taels of silver.

Just pulling five hundred cannons to the shipyard to arm the warships would take a long time, and it was a labor-intensive project, but this matter obviously couldn't wait, what if the Franc robot was really out of his mind and called?
"It's a pity that shark boats can't all fire ten-jin cannons."

Shark boats have two cannons on the bow and stern, but due to the limited production capacity of the Nanyang Defense Weapons Bureau, only [-] shark boats carry a ten-pound cannon on the bow, and the rest are two five-pound cannons, and the stern is limited. The shape of the ship, some are two five-pound guns, and some are large tiger squats for ships. Of course, the hometown of the Ming people's naval warfare-incineration weapons.

Thirty killer boats equipped with ten-jin cannons were assigned by Chen Mu to the Xinhui and Tuen Mun, five each. The combat power was left in Xiangshan for use by the Xiangshan Banner Army and servants during the war.

Chen Mu had already prepared for the worst, and fought a battle with the Portuguese at sea—whether it was a centipede ship or a carrick sailing ship, the planks of the ship could not stop the damage of a ten-pound gun, and even a five-pound gun could deal damage to the Portuguese. Partial damage to the hull.

Chen Mu is looking forward to the next development of the situation.

(End of this chapter)