open sea

Chapter 596 Sean
Chen Mu made a mistake, the one who came was not British.

Faricat, who was born as a Spanish pirate, stood in the Beiyang yamen wearing bright clothes, and watched the drill of the new Beiyang cavalry through the window. Seeing Chen Mu leading the crowd in, he quickly stood upright, the moment Chen Mu stepped into the yamen A strange military salute in a manner that is neither Spaniard nor Ming.

The Spanish pirates stood in the right position in the dispute between Chen Mu and Spain, and obtained a vast piece of land in southern Luzon as a private farm, and served in the county - enjoying the same status as the local tribal chiefs.

In his eyes, Ming has a brand new and powerful army.

Chen Mu nodded in return, and turned his eyes to the hall. Several Westerners who looked like foreign warriors looked at him restlessly: "British?"

"General, they are not English. Although I have never belonged to the king of Spain, I will not let Englishmen board my ship." They bowed their heads and said, "They are Irish. Although Elizabeth of England considers herself the queen of Ireland, they recognize Philip of Spain as the king of Ireland."

Irishman?

Ireland...was there such a thing as Ireland in the sixteenth century?
It's not that Chen Mu doesn't know much, it's that Ireland doesn't have any sense of existence in this era.

In this country, no, why do people from this region travel across the sea to Daming, and then go to Tianjin via Luzon to find themselves?
In terms of disappointment, I was a little bit disappointed when I heard that the people who came were not British.

However, this also made Chen Mu more interested. Looking at the embarrassed Irishman in the hall, he asked Farikat, "Can they communicate normally?"

Several Irishmen have distinctive looks and dresses, with brown and reddish shawl-length hair and thick beards, and a strong physique. However, most of them may be malnourished and look not as tall as him, so that they appear short, fat and rude.

The two young men who were obviously knights and nobles were dressed similarly to the Spaniards, wearing bright plate armor, and even the cross badge that Chen Mu had seen on the Spanish galleon made him suspect that these plate armors were obtained from Spain. The legs also wear plain stockings, which look a little top-heavy, and a green checkered cape with ethnic characteristics is worn on the shoulders.

The equipment of the other fighters is much simpler, with blue soft hats in their hands, white tight tops and short skirts or narrow trousers. No pants, showing thick hairy legs, and short shoes or boots on the feet; some people wear green, light blue or brown capes over their clothes, while others don't.

On the table were their nose helmets similar to those of the Vikings, and several warriors wore chain mail over their clothes.

None of them had weapons.

In front of the Beiyang Banner Army standing outside the yamen stood their weapons, including a chest-high two-handed sword, a small round shield and a large round shield, a long dagger and a short dagger, a long bow and two long muskets, and the most exaggerated thing was a A very long chopping axe.

"They can speak Spanish."

Chen Mu glanced at the middle-aged man who was obviously surrounded by Irish people. He was dressed in the most luxurious clothes. He was wearing a dark red velvet coat trimmed with white fur, and a soft hat with three symbolic ermine stripes on the seam. There was a gold-plated silver ring on the crown, and eight small silver balls on the upper edge. If it weren't for the strange plain tights, this outfit would have looked good-a bit of the style of a Mongolian chief of a thousand tribes.

"Respected General Chen, we have come to see you from afar, please accept our gift."

Although he does not agree with the aesthetics of Westerners in this era in his heart, this kind of behavior of giving gifts without saying a word is quite sensible. Chen Mu nodded slowly, and spread his hands to Liu Dechang, Jun Song and others behind him: "Find it yourself." Sit wherever you want, and let the guests sit too."

He said the second half of the sentence in Spanish, and then he sat on the main seat. As for the gift box given by the Irishman, he didn’t look at it, but asked after the tea was served: “It’s really not easy for you to come from there. Are you on a Spanish merchant ship? Come to see me, what's the matter?"

Farikat also sat down happily, as if words could no longer clearly express what he wanted to express, he gestured with both hands and said: "His Excellency Sean O'Neill is a very powerful noble in his hometown, and is the first son of the Europa nobles. The third level, a place named Tailong was granted to him as a fief, rich and with great military power."

"The third level of title?" Chen Mu asked before turning the corner at first, "How many levels are there in total?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he reacted and said, "Level five?"

Farikat nodded, and then Chen Mu, who was sitting at the top, suddenly laughed and said, "Then translate it like this, Mr. Duke, that is to say, this is an earl? Coincidentally, I am also an earl."

Having said that, there is still a kind of refreshment in my heart of being a feudal landlord!

Chen Mu wasn't the only one who felt secretly refreshed, Faricut was really happy, and said: "In Tailong, he controls more than 2 acres of land, directly governs more than 5000 people, and there are many small nobles and knights who have land but not land under his command. Ten, being able to call up thousands of troops to fight—somewhat better than my subordinates.”

In the last sentence, Farikat said it in Fujian Mandarin.

It's just stronger. After all, Luzon has a small population, but in terms of the land under its jurisdiction, owned and controlled, Farikat is no less than this 'O'Neill', or even more, but most of his land is bad land. Or it has not yet been cultivated.

Speaking of which, the pirate was definitely very successful in doing what he did.

Farikat didn't talk much, but Chen Mu extracted enough information from it. For example, Xiao En of Tyrone has a lot of land, but there are not many nobles and knights, and there are not many conscripted troops, which shows that his land is not enough for him. He brings wealth, and even poverty.

In Chen Mu's understanding, the earl should be the mainstay of European countries, which means that most of the Irish nobles are weak.

Thinking of this, Chen Mu could probably guess a little bit of the purpose of his visit. He spread his hands and asked, "Then you are here for business and trade?"

But this kind of thing does not seem to require the lord to come personally, and there is no need to make a special trip to find him. Huang Cheng, who wants to buy Haojing, can handle the matter.

"For a long time, Ireland has provided England, Scotland, Spain, and France with a large number of high-quality mercenaries, but Queen Elizabeth of England does not recognize my position in Tyrone, and her relationship with His Royal Highness is getting worse and worse." Shaw, Earl of Tyrone En got up from his seat and said straightly: "I heard that the Ming Khan has formed a strong alliance with His Royal Highness, maybe the general can help Ireland?"

Ming Khan?

Chen Mu blinked, this is a brave earl who believed in the rumors and flew across the river, but - the alliance between the Ming Dynasty and Spain was just a deceptive statement, not only he knew it, but also to Philip, it was just a way to delay the attack.

So count, you will make Philip doubt your loyalty by coming here? -
The height comes from Trinity University, Dublin, where the bones were excavated in August 2014. He was a native of Dublin during the reign of Elizabeth I of the Tudor dynasty. He was male, aged between 8 and 25, and his height was 35 meters and 1.6.

　Good morning!

　　
　
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