open sea

Chapter 562
Don't look at Yin Zhengmao's old god, but when Chen Mu asked carefully, the old Western Minister revealed his secrets, and he couldn't tell what he did, he just prevaricated with an old saying.

Chen Mu didn't want to explore more about him. As long as he knew that there was this thing, he would definitely be able to find it, and it would be more convenient in the future, which made him happy immediately. Just as his personal soldiers came in with tea, he stretched out his hand and said: "This junior is very interested in Yin Gong's third speech. According to the agreement, whenever Yin Gong has any questions, I will tell you everything!"

Yin Zhengmao felt relieved now, and was not in a hurry. He took a sip of his tea, then got up and pointed at Chen Mu's "Jinmen Tranquil Sea Front", looking serious on his face, and casually puffed out his chest and raised his head. Viceroy, I am full of ambitions in my heart.

He said: "I went to Haojing, Junfu Island, and Manila, and found that the defense of the city was similar. When I returned to Haojing, I ordered someone to arrest a few Portuguese barbarians, and asked them how to conquer various places and how to build fortresses. Only then can I know that the barbarians are fine. .”

"I came here this time because I wanted to ask Chen Shuai for a copy of the statutes of foreign countries for the Western military government."

Really ambitious.

Chen Mu carefully looked at Yin Zhengmao, looking at his beard and hair, he was really an old man in his sixties; looking at his body, he couldn't be called strong or thin; looking at his spirit, he was more energetic than many young people!

However, he would never doubt whether Yin Zhengmao's body could withstand going to sea—this old man even raised his sword and mounted his horse to lead the army to put down the bandits in Guangxi half a year ago, and he was very tough.

Chen Mu didn't understand Yin Zhengmaoqiu's statute in the city at first, but when he learned that he had asked the Portuguese, Chen Mu understood.

What he was looking for was the regulations for building the city where he was stationed, that is, the blueprints for fortresses applicable to the Western military mansions.

Generally, those who don’t know enough about the Portuguese would find it difficult to ask Chen Mulai for this directly. He thought to himself: What Yin Zhengmao said was true, and he had made sufficient preparations before coming to see him.

The Portuguese and the Spaniards were the pioneers at sea in this era. They expanded each other one after another, and developed their own unique style of colonial architecture according to their habits and environment. The most obvious of these was the fortress design that Yin Zhengmao wanted after being learned by Chen Mu.

"What Duke Yin said, is the meeting square built by the Portuguese in Haojing, the royal city built in Manila by the Western barbarians, and the acropolis built by Chen in the military mansion?"

"That's right!" Yin Zhengmao clasped his fists and said, "The old man was serving as an official in the Jiajing Year. That was the time when the imperial court was most short of money. We were able to earn money with all our efforts, so we don't have to bother Chen Shuai with the matter of breeding goods; There are also available people."

"The imperial court has transferred the governors Zhang Yuanxun, Li Xi, and their generals such as Wang Rui, Yang Zhao, Men Chongwen, and Yi Kongzhao to the Western Military Mansion, together with a hundred graduates from the Navy Lecture Hall this year, now Chen Shuai is willing to allocate money so that he can buy warships and armaments when he returns home, just in case."

"The major event has been prepared, but Chen Shuaizhi's ability to control a place and control a country in one place, the shape of the fortress, and the style of the school are not very clear."

Chen Mu nodded slowly. He knew that what Yin Zhengmao said was not false. In Guangxi, Yin Zhengmao changed the salt law and made a lot of money.

In the past, most of the salt in Guangxi came from Guangdong, and it was transported to Huguang via Guangxi. The journey was long and the water conditions were dangerous. Along the way, salt merchants were often robbed and the salt merchants made up for the losses, so the price of salt would rise.At that time, Yin Zhengmao, who was the governor of Guangxi, suggested to the imperial court that the original words of the handbook were: order the officials to contribute capital, buy [-] ships of salt every year, estimate the news time by time, and collect the odd wins.

The plan in the handbook is well-prepared, and there are nine rules of discussing laws and observing them, clarifying rewards and punishments, calculating workbooks, building official ships, being cautious, limiting time and months, prohibiting smuggling, clarifying duties, and proceeding carefully. .

Since then, the Guangxi Weisuo Banner Army escorted the ship to transport salt every year, each ship 350 bags, and the [-] ships traveled three times a year, of which [-] bags were delivered on behalf of the Guangxi Provincial Government, and the remaining [-] bags were used for the profit of the escort flag army. For remuneration, all official salt is still taxed in the two provinces of buying and selling according to the method of salt merchants.

With this method, the war-torn Guangxi received an extra 2 taels of silver every year, and the profit from selling salt was enough to supplement the military pay, which provided food and pay for the repeated rebellion of the army when he was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

It is true that Chen Mu does not need to teach the matter of breeding goods, and Chen Mu also thinks that Yin Zhengmao's voyage to the West may be better than what he does himself.

The truly talented officials in this era are all-rounders. The purpose of their studies is to govern the world's largest empire, and vice versa. If they can't govern the world's largest empire, it means that he is not a good official.

And they can learn any professional skills that are beneficial to governing this ancient and huge empire, such as agriculture, astronomy, mathematics, architecture, military affairs, water conservancy, medicine, economics, and machinery.

After systematic training and examination, the talents have general talents for the purpose of governing the country, but rarely have professional talents, or all of them have the "professional" talents required by the environment of the times.

The purpose of cultivating talents is single, and the purpose is too clear. Those disciplines outside the established purpose are neither well-known, and it is difficult to arouse interest if they are known.

Looking at Yin Zhengmao, who was obviously old but started to be crazy and confident, Chen Mu felt a lot of emotion.

At least for now, it seems that there is indeed no one who is more suitable for the position of Minister of Western Affairs than Yin Zhengmao.

"A fortress is called a bastion. The enemy attacks one side, and the defenders can fight back from two sides and three sides. It is the same as the horse-faced wall, the sheep-horse wall, the curved wall, the enemy tower, and the urn. They are all defensive, but the defense is indeed more complete; the city wall It is even more inclined to lay soil on it. The European countries have been fighting for many years, and they have found out the rules in the anti-cannon and anti-gun battles. The shells hit the soil to protect the city wall. "

As for why the city wall is inclined, needless to say, the early sprinter and later the catapult, the city wall basically did not go straight up and down, not even the Qin Great Wall.

Chen Mu is already very proficient in talking about this. Just two days ago, he just talked about it with the engineering priest who came to build the Beiyang Yamen.

"I can see it." Yin Zhengmao's expression was very bitter, and his already wrinkled face was even more wrinkled. His right arm was supported by the big sleeve of the official robe, and his left hand stuck out the sleeve to point to the edge of the Beiyang Yamen in the picture. Fort, quite a commentary, said: "The countries of Europa have suffered, and this thing can't be figured out without suffering a great crime."

Chen Mu held his breath in his mouth and refused to let it go. He coughed twice and met Yin Zhengmao's eyes seriously and said: "It is true that I have suffered, but this is really useful for city defense. The big city is of little significance. The fortress of a small city can be improved in this way. Alright, then this is the school ground."

"There is Haojing, and there is also Macheng in Luzon. The Portuguese in Haojing say it is called the Meeting Square. In fact, they call it Armed Forces Square, but they dare not call it that blatantly in the land of Ming Dynasty. If the fortress is the center of guarding a place, the school ground It is the center of the fortress."

"Whenever they go to a place, they must first plan the vertical and horizontal streets, and divide the surrounding land into neighborhoods according to their uses, such as residential, commercial, military, and ports. Municipal offices and cathedrals."

"Sometimes, a city wall is added around the square to make a fortress in the city, so that its troops can quickly gather."

"These are places we can learn from. Yin Gong will often see them when he goes to the ocean. You can watch them a lot. The purpose of going to the ocean is to transport gold, silver and raw materials to the middle school. If you can sign a trade treaty, you can use the trade as an excuse to lease it. If you can't lease the land for a hundred years, overthrow the ruler and replace it with someone who can lease it."

"If the market has been completely occupied or colonized by others, and others are unwilling to give way, war is inevitable, but...you don't have to worry about encountering such a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"In war, the key lies in the strength of troops, elite sergeants, and logistics. The test is national strength. Surround him and find out the number of defenders. Those who dare to go to sea to grab the market these days are the same except us. Those with more troops can't fight, can fight There are not many troops, and a castle with 800 people can stand up to the sky, put down five times the troops to build fortifications and siege, bypass the fortress, we will continue to do business, and the market will continue to be robbed."

"It doesn't matter whether you win or not, as long as you don't let others win. The important thing is to keep the market in Daming's hands." Chen Mu gritted his teeth, raised a finger, and said slowly to Yin Zhengmao: "Trade is very important. Holding the sea lanes can control trade, and controlling trade means that buyers can spend more and sellers can make less money, and we are the only one!”

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)