open sea

Chapter 262
In Zhang Juzheng's letter, he wrote in detail what he knew about the Xuanfu's military affairs and the help that the court could give, just like the letter he wrote to the commanders of the towns on the nine borders, the words were very respectful and did not Because of Chen Mu's youth, he looked down upon him a little.

This kind of trick was also used by Chen Muzhi in the past. When his status is higher than others, as long as he can treat him equally or even treat him with a little affection, people will have extraordinary respect for him.

But the difference is that Zhang Juzheng is more sophisticated, his words are humble and he treats people like a spring breeze, but how does it feel after reading it in the end?

It was him who was very difficult to get along with.

In Chen Mu's mind, this is the feeling he deliberately created in the letter.

The most interesting thing in this letter is that Zhang Juzheng asked about Nanyang Wei, warships, coastal defense, and the income of overseas countries.

He was asking the right person. Of these three things, Yu Long, Qi Hu, and Tan Gancheng understand at most two, and he is not as detailed as he is in the division of shipbuilding, artillery, and coastal defense. And the third thing, no one in the world understands. more than him!

On the fifth day after Zhang Juzheng's letter came, Chen Mu sent his riders to mount his horses outside Xuanfu City, carefully packed his personal letters and galloped eastward, taking an urgent report to order Qitong to deliver the letter to the mansion of Gechen in Beijing.

During these five days, Chen Mu and the Dong brothers also exchanged views on the Changping Jing School's Banner Army Drill Manual. After some revisions, more than [-] copies were published by the Xuanfu, the largest of which was the small banner book, and the commander's book was only Print hundreds of volumes.

In Xuanfu, there are more than a dozen guards with hundreds of commanders, and it is hard to say whether the number of officials is serious or the number of staff is reduced.After all, the Nine Front Commander is a high-risk industry, and may die this year or next year, and someone must take over.

While the Xuanfu was trying to get on the right track in Chen Mu's mind, in distant Guangdong, the Nanyang Guard Commander worriedly sent someone to mount a horse with a letter and head for Changping.He felt the atmosphere of rain coming, although he didn't know who it was, Nanyangwei had a big problem in the past two days.

Those busy figures with southern accents and northern tunes have obtained the qualifications to board the ship in Haojing through various means. They are old and young from all walks of life, businessmen, doctors, craftsmen and soldiers, noble sons with folding fans and green shirts, and some in rags. The fugitives, and even the Japanese pirates who covered their buns, all arrived at Haojing at this time.

Their destinations are also diverse, such as Malacca, Manchuria, Johor, Perak, Old Port, and of course some people choose to stay in Haojing.

The sudden occurrence of this kind of thing made Bai Yuanjie feel uneasy. He even wondered whether Chen Mu was in the north, which caused subtle changes in Haojing. This is not nonsense. Chen Mu is very courageous. Know.

The most important thing is the order from Yu Dayou, the governor of the right, to let Nanyang Wei let the changes in the current Haojing go, and not to interfere.

Bai Yuanjie finally let go of his heart. Although he didn't know what happened, at least it didn't look like it was aimed at Chen Mu or them.

Seeing the rider drifting away, Bai Yuanjie waved his hands in frustration, and ordered to the left and right: "Tell Fu Qianhu, let go of the dozen or so idiots caught in the guard, don't just let go."

"Beat up first before interrogation, don't care if you can find a fart in the interrogation, you have to let go."

The acting commander Lao Bai's eyes were full of wisdom, and he said quietly: "This may be the only chance in your life to beat them up, don't miss it."

The flag officers on the left and right didn't understand what command envoy meant, and Bai Yuanjie didn't say much, but later, when they summoned the principal and deputy thousand households of the five institutes, they specially reminded them not to make mistakes.

In the next few days and nights, Bai Yuanjie often sat in the house belonging to Chen Mu in Weigang and lit the lamp to look at the picture of pirates, merchants, or the charts brought back by He Xingsheng on the wall. Chen Mu would like the furnishings of this house.

There is Bai Yuanjie's house in Weigang, Bai's house is separated by a wall, and here is the middle of Weigang, this is not quite like a mansion of a high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty, but more like a mansion combined with a headquarters, he knows Chen Mu didn't need a mansion. In the past, in Xiangshan, this guy only slept in the Qianhu Mansion, and he ate and drank outside the Qianhu Yamen.

In the main hall of the spacious courtyard, a three-foot-square and one-foot-deep sand table was dug out of the middle floor. There are 26 seats on both sides, all of which are carefully selected and made of high-quality woodworking materials. General Jia, Japanese Bandit Jiangjia and Xifan Jiangjia are used as display decorations.

Where there is armor, there must be soldiers. Although there are no porcelain racks, there are two sets of weapon racks. On the left, there are Ming Zhan Jian, Japanese long sword, and Western bayonet;

The wall behind the main seat in the hall is usually used to put literati calligraphy or ancestor portraits on the wall. After thinking about it, Bai Yuanjie never thought that Chen Mu had any ancestors that could be hung on the wall. He drew a portrait of General Chen and hung it on it. The painting was too majestic and a little distorted. Lao Bai was embarrassed to read it, so he simply asked someone to get the chart and roll it on the beam.

I usually block it with charts.

By the way, in order to take into account Chen Mu's vanity, Bai Yuanjie even built a big bookshelf, and fiddled with books that no one at home read, and gave them to Chen Mu.

For this house, Bai Yuanjie transferred the land deed from Guangzhou Mansion to Chen Mu's name for only two taels, but the furniture at home cost more than 3000 taels.But it doesn't matter, Lao Bai didn't spend the money on himself.

Taking it out of Chen Mu's treasury bank to handle Chen Mu's affairs, the brothers still have to settle the score clearly, right?
He just thought that Chen Mu should come back, and when he came back, he would have a place to welcome his wife in.

At night, the Chen's house in Weigang was lit, and Bai Yuanjie sat in the main hall and patted the pistol on the table slowly and rhythmically. He took another sip of wine, and looked at the chart with a perplexed look on his resolute face.

"Malacca, Manchuria, Johor, Perak, Old Port...involving Jinyiwei, what exactly do you want to do?"

Bai Yuanjie muttered these place names in a low voice. Although the titles were different, in Bai Yuanjie's view, it was actually a place, that is, the place in the southwest corner of the map. Some of these place names were old and new, and some were adjacent. place.

Is he looking at the chart, or is he looking at the mighty and distorted portrait behind the chart?

no one knows.

But Bai Yuanjie knew that those sneaky people were Jin Yiwei. Not only did he know this, but he also knew that Jin Yiwei's trip to Malacca must be related to Chen Mu.

Chen Mu is deliberately guiding something, step by step, in an orderly manner.

They used guns to defeat the barbarians in Haojing, and used boats to open up trade routes in Malacca. Nanyangwei fishermen all set up gunboats and shark boats to fish. The larger five hundred shark boats in Weigang were also delivered to Chen Lin. Li Dan who took root in Luzon and learned how to grow melons, Lin Afeng who was eager to plan to attack Luzon from Penghu, and He Xingsheng who could guide the entire Nanyang business.

Too many people were dragged to the south, under Chen Mu's guidance.

This time, hundreds of Jinyiwei sneaked into Haojing and went to Malacca. It is foreseeable that these spies will rely on their talents to appear everywhere in Malacca.

What will be the next time, Feng Bao's voyage to the West?
Bai Yuanjie didn't know.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)