open sea

Chapter 288
The [-]-jin cannon that Chen Mu was most concerned about, Nanyang Wei only built two, because the other ships could not fit the artillery made according to the rule that the length of the gun would be three feet and three feet when the old pass was expanded by one inch.The muzzle width of the [-]-jin gun is three inches nine, and the length of the gun is two feet long. Only Chen Mu's general ship can hold it, and it can only be installed at the bow and tail.

Li Dan has been to Malacca and stayed in Luzon for a longer period of time, which gave him a lot of knowledge and experience.

In General Zhenshuo's mansion, these experiences became the stuff of conversation.

In the year when Chen Mu was not in Guangdong, Nanyang Wei had a lot to say.

Deputy Fu Qianhu gave birth to Li Dan's younger brother, and the two of them didn't do anything about it. They just went through the formalities in the government, and they were considered to have a serious marriage relationship; Shao Tingda bought a house in Guangzhou, but found that the house was useless, Shunde Qianhusuo was busy with military affairs, so he didn't have time to live in Guangfu.

The old bachelor Shi Qi is still an old bachelor. I heard that he used to have a wife and children, but because of this incident, he killed and exiled him, and now he turned over and never married again.By the way, Shi Qi is now not only a thousand households in Tuen Mun, but also a guerrilla general because of his command of the navy and his excellent training.

The biggest changes in official positions were Lao Bai and Chen Lin. Because they were highly valued by Yin Zhengmao, Lao Bai led troops to Guangxi. Chen Lin recruited Li Mao and Chief Zhuang because of overseas attacks on Japanese pirates. Now he is the deputy general of Guangdong and still in charge of the navy.

The great monk Changwei of Tianshi is still Nanyangwei's gun spear instructor. The wine and meat monk asked Bai Yuanjie to talk about it. He brought a woman from Fujian. It is said that she used to be a lady from a rich family. , the great monk could never go back to Shaolin because of this punishment.

General Chen felt that among his old subordinates, the disfigured Lou Qimai was the most attractive.

Originally, the matchmaker in the village had arranged a marriage for Deputy Lou Qianhu, who was the daughter of a merchant in Guangcheng. On the day of the wedding, because Lou Qimai had no nose, the girl was scared to tears.

It's hard to say whether he was angry or discouraged, but Lou Qimai moved his family to Haojing, and for a while he drank his sorrows away.However, Li Dan told Chen Mu in a low voice that Deputy Lou Qianhu later rescued a young and beautiful Japanese lady under Pan Yi in the tavern, and there was also a Western woman in the house-life was shameless, but very happy.

When they were all bald, Li Dan felt a slip of the tongue. He bowed his head and said to Chen Mu: "Everyone dare not write to the foster father about some things, but my child thinks that the foster father should make up his mind."

Make up your mind, of course Chen Mu knows what idea Li Dan is talking about, for example, deputy Lou Qianhu Tongwo Tongfan;

It was always up to him to make up his mind.

Chen Mu shook his head, smiled emotionally, and said, "There's nothing to make up your own mind about. Everyone has their own destiny, so that's very good. When you go back this time, go find Brother Bai for me. Those who get married and live together, send them off to each other. One hundred taels, etiquette cannot be left behind."

"Tell them that the current happiness is what they desperately exchanged, and they deserve it."

"Why did you think of getting me tobacco?" Li Dan brought Chen Mu a pack of tobacco, Chen Mu smiled and took less than one or two from it, and the others pushed back and said, "Give me some occasionally, but don't do that." many."

Li Dan laughed loudly and said: "My child knows, I heard from Junxiong that the adoptive father only heard it when he was upset, saying that the grass in the pipe was dried and broken, and the adoptive father still carried it with him."

Chen Mu stood up and sighed.

"Being in the north is not as safe as being in Nanyang. People need something to feel at ease. The gun cannon is not something that can be touched in front of people. If you are upset, you can only smell it. You can't smoke this." Chen Mu shook his head and turned around. Pointing to Li Dan, he said, "You can't do it either. You have to do it for a short-lived one. You need to live a few more years, and there are bigger things to do in the future."

Li Dan, who was originally smiling, and Yang Yinglong, who sat and listened honestly all night without being able to get in a word, were both uneasy and restrained because of Chen Mu's sudden smile. Yang Yinglong didn't speak, but looked deeply at Chen Mu. Li Dan had more What an intuitive emotion.

"What the adoptive father said is that the child was deeply touched overseas. The Franji people who occupy Luzon, the adoptive father called them Spaniards, and they are the same family as Farikat." Li Dan said, looking at the scar on his arm, and said: "Haier and Chief Lin have fought against them several times at sea, and they lost more than they won. They don't have many people, but the ship is huge and the guns are strong. Only the navy can deal with them."

"Since my adoptive father set up the ship plan, introduced merchants to divide Portugal and Yi, and connected Malacca, my maritime merchants have flourished in Nanyang. But my child has lived at sea for a long time, and I can feel that there are more and more Spaniards. They often use large Spanish ships and artillery. , although the boy only has a small shark boat, the artillery battle is not left behind."

Li Dan said that he was very proud at this time. The small shark ship was a single-masted ship with not many cannons. It was even the smallest warship in the navy according to Chen Mu's plan. It is already very good that these artillery battles at sea do not fall behind.

Chen Mu caught a key point from Li Dan's words, "Lin Afeng fought with the Luzon Spaniards?"

"It's not a war, it's just robbing each other. They robbed our goods and we robbed their ships." Li Dan let out a long sigh and said, "They still have a lot of Japanese under their command. It is becoming more and more difficult for maritime merchants to do business in Luzon. It all depends on the Ming people who live in Luzon to sell goods in the coastal waters, and they are not allowed to go ashore at all—Commander Bai is going to expel all the Spaniards in Haojing, and let the child come to ask the father-in-law what he thinks."

"Oh?"

While Chen Mu was puzzled, Li Dan said a few words to Long Junxiong outside the door, then turned to Chen Mu and said, "Father, my son brought some letters and charts on their ship. When my son returns to Nanyang this time, he will explain to Commander Bai, Bring them all now, please father-in-law look at them."

Not long after, Long Junxiong brought a wooden box, which contained more than a dozen sea charts, parchments and letters, all of which were written in Fan language. Chen Mu could only hear and read but could not read and write. But he was an expert in naval warfare, so he only roughly One can tell at a glance that those charts are marked on the charts from Luzon via Taiwan to Haojingao.

And the land map starting from Haojing points to the important towns in Guangdong.

This is not a commercial map.

With a serious expression on his face, Chen Mu took Li Dan into the study, placed the wooden box in front of him, sat down and said, "Read."

Li Dan was able to read and write, took out a letter and said: "This is a letter from one of their captains to the other captain. It is suggested that the leader of Li Ke'er write to their king, saying that only a few dozen warriors can land in Guangzhou from Luzon." Mansion, swept Ming Dynasty, saying that our city walls can't stop their artillery, and our soldiers can't aim."

Li Dan picked up another letter and said: "This is a letter from a missionary, saying that Daming is very rich, but even Japanese pirates can't stop it. It is the land given to their king by their gods. They should be like the yellow people of Enga. , beat us to get the land and let them preach...Father, what is Enga?"

Enga?

Inca, right?
Chen Mu was not angry, but smiled very relaxedly, closed the doors and windows tightly, and said in Li Dan that others could not understand: "Dan'er, when you go back to Nanyangwei, you will have a secret talk with Bai, Chen, and Lin, and ask them to help me. Do me a favor, I have already done almost everything for my father in the north. In the next year, Nanyang Wei only has two major things to do. With the identity of the chief minister, he will practice the flag army."

"Second, after making sufficient preparations..."

Chen Mu thought about it for a long time. He was considering whether to say this sentence. Once he said it, maybe the whole world would rush towards an unknown direction like a wild horse.

"Father? What is the second?"

Chen Mu narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, nodded, and said to Li Dan, "Try every means to lure the Luzon Spaniards to fight with me!"

　Another chapter.

　　Li Keer was Rakel, and suggested that Philip II use 60 people to attack the Ming Dynasty.Later, the Spanish ruling class decided to conquer the Ming Dynasty with 1 Spaniards, [-] Japanese, [-] Filipinos, and Portuguese as guides.

　　Aborted by being dragged into another war where the Armada was destroyed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)