open sea

Chapter 467 Jewelry
Mindoro Island fell into darkness at night. Looking south from the balcony of the military government office, the jungle seemed to be invisible in the dark night. There was a little light in the distance in the deep forest. It was the gold mine near the military residence that was still working.

The sky was full of stars, and the salty smell from the coast brought by the night wind also brought coolness. Pressing the window lattice with his hand, he stared at the distant Chen Mu with a thin cloak on his shoulders.He didn't look back, but just raised his hand to embrace the person in front of his chest, gently covering the slightly raised abdomen of the person in his arms, and lowered his head to sniff the breath of the person's neck.

After a long time, he said, "I might be in Myanmar when the child was born."

Yan Qingyao didn't raise his head, even as a mother, his eyebrows and eyes were stretched out to look more gentle, but he said in a low voice: "My family's words are a prophecy, saying that the military master wants to show his power overseas, no wonder others. Military master, wait for you to go out, I want to go back to Guangzhou and go to a Buddhist temple to pray for the soldiers."

Chen Mu's eyes narrowed into crescents, calm but sweet in his heart, he shook his head in surprise on his face, looked up a little later and solemnly shook his head at Yan Qingyao's puzzled eyes and said: "It's absolutely impossible."

"True Monarch Dragon and Tiger is a Taoist god, and what he does is to recruit believers. Those who are with us are enemies. We can't let the Great Buddha know that we are going to go to war."

Chen Mu said blasphemous words in a very serious manner, which made Yan Qingyao laugh lightly, and said: "If my family is going to worship True Lord Longhu, he probably won't work."

"Ling, Dragon and Tiger Lord has manifested his holiness, I ask you whether you want a black bead necklace or a white bead ring, which one do you want?"

"laugh!"

Yan Qingyao burst out laughing, rolled his eyes slightly, and said: "My family told True Monarch Longhu in my heart, the gods know, so you know?"

Outside the window, the moon was shining and the wind was blowing the blue silk dancing. Chen Mu watched Yan Qingyao not speak, and after a while he widened his eyes comically and opened his hands and said: "The True Monarch Dragon and Tiger knows, but I don't."

Then he felt in his bosom, lightly struck the flint to ignite the red candle hanging on the wall, and took out the small sandalwood box with his right hand, grinning: "I don't know, so I have all of them."

Under the erratic candlelight, the carved butterflies chasing flowers lie quietly in the sandalwood box jewelry, hollowed out silver inlaid jade peach heart black bead necklaces, a pair of hollowed out gold inlaid jade distracting white bead necklaces, silver drawn flower magpie black bead rings, gold tired silk A pair of peony and white bead rings.

"Last year when the pearls were sent to Beijing, I entrusted the 24th yamen to work secretly in the Yuqian workshop. Do you like it?" Chen Mu pretended to poke his mouth and said, "I really like it. It looks good. I made it for the Chinese New Year. I have kept it for almost a year. , reluctant to give it to you."

"Yuqian workshop!" Yan Qingyao was happy, looking at the two pairs of jewelry, she couldn't put it down, when she heard this, she suddenly raised her head and glared, "I finished it last year, and the military master has been holding it?"

Chen Mu was serious, looking at the ring and necklace with his chin up and his eyes reluctantly, pointing and saying: "That's right, look at this jewelry, the royal workshop is different, there are many craftsmen in the world, but outside the palace There is no such design... What are you doing with your mouth puffed out, I am kidding you."

"It's the first time I've done this. Although it's not stealing, it's well done up and down. The gold, silver and jade beads are all our own, but it's against the rules to let the imperial workshop make things. I'm afraid of being held accountable by the palace. I'm more afraid of killing someone than fighting a war."

Sai Lvgong, whose face was thicker than the city wall, never concealed his cowardice in front of his family, and said: "After waiting for almost a year, the gold is almost melted. Seeing that Xu Jue is still staying in the commander's seat, he is probably fine. "

Yan Qingyao understood, her eyes were full of doubts, Xu Jue was responsible for co-authoring, and Xu Jue had an accident, what are you so afraid of?
"Be careful to make a ten-thousand-year ship." The well-known Nanyang Chen Shuai secretly delighted at the shrewdness of entrusting others to make jewelry, and said: "People can't always do good things, and saving the world all day is tiring. Do something like this." It's exciting!"

Yan Qingyao looked at the jewelry with helpless eyes, and looked at Chen Mu, with caring for the mentally retarded written on his face.

"Didn't the military master say that he would not fight Burma? I heard from Sweet Potato that he ran away all the sons of the old Liu family. Brother Liu was arrogant when he came, and he went back without saying a word." The joy of the new jewelry can't stop the war is coming Worried about it, Yan Qingyao said: "Why do you still have to fight, and you have to go out in person."

"A run on?"

Chen Mu smiled lightly and shook his head, "I didn't run on Liu Xiaodao. Do you know that the doctors in Xiyi cut off their feet and head if they hurt their feet? The local officials in the imperial court looked arrogant when they treated the chieftain, but in fact they were just petty. If I don’t change my spirit, it will be useless for me to lay down any territory for the imperial court.”

"How great does a nation have to be to have the courage to be punished even if it is far away, and the heroism of the Khan? Even if the country is destroyed, this temperament will be hidden for decades or hundreds of years, but it will not disappear. The city of Beijing is full of T-shaped characters." The intersection is for the Mongolian cavalry not to run away after the city is broken, so as to stop them—we live in a world changed by war, and war will definitely change the world that follows.”

"I said Liu Ting and Liu Xian to make them more cautious. It's not that I don't respect them. On the contrary, I respect them very much, but I don't want them to know."

"That piece of land has fought against us for thousands of years. It is much stronger than my previous opponents, the Japanese pirates, the Portuguese and the Western Yi. Fighting against them will kill you."

"Because people are going to die, I have to go out in person."

"But, just like Guam, if you recruit Lin Manjue back, and General Chen and General Deng are there, they will win."

Even if everyone in the world doubted Chen Mu's combat ability, Yan Qingyao would not doubt it, she just worried: "Master Jun doesn't have to go out in person, why shouldn't the military government plan a strategy?"

Chen Mu glanced out of the window, the light was still on in the mansion not far from the military government office gate, he put Yan Qingyao in his arms, pointed to Gao Gong's mansion, and said: "People are always short of sleep, look, the old man hasn't Sleeping, someone in the military government is planning a strategy."

"If I want to change that piece of land, I must understand it. There is no other way to really understand it. I can only see it with my own eyes. If I don't understand it, I can't change it. There is the largest land and the most land outside Ming Dynasty. The famous Champa rice has an outlet facing the Indian Ocean, and it can feed millions of people."

"What's more, I can't push young people to the battlefield, but I sit in the back and read the battle report word by word. Would you like to marry me like this back then?"

Yan Qingyao nodded without hesitation. In fact, she knew in her heart that all dissuasion before the war would be futile, but she still wanted to try. She said, "My family is willing."

This made Chen Mu unexpected, and after a pause, he stammered and said with a smile: "I, I always thought that you married me because I was brave, but I didn't expect it to be because I was handsome, alas."

Yan Qingyao fell silent.

After a long time, she raised her head again and said: "Master Jun, I now believe that you can win without the blessing of the Buddha."

"why?"

"Mang Yinglong's weapon is not good enough, it can't hurt you, especially the face."

Chen Mu put his hands into Yan Qingyao's hair, smiled contentedly, and said, "Okay, if you are really willing to worship, I will order Beigang to build two additional Mazu Niangniang temples in Beigang tomorrow morning, and you can worship Niangniang while I am at sea. When the news of the landing comes back, you will pay homage to the cannons behind the empress, they are my good friends."

With the window closed, Chen Mu breathed in the night wind for the last time, and his eyes looking at Beigang felt relieved.

If the army is defeated, the 36 artillery temples connected together to form a coastal fortification can preserve this overseas gold mining island for Daming and allow his child to be born safely.

"Everything is fine, sleep!"

(End of this chapter)