open sea

Chapter 597
In the side hall of the Beiyang Yamen at night, the food brought from the cafeteria was put on a banquet. There were no singers or actors, only a few bald bearded generals and officials. Chen Mu exchanged cups with Tailong's Xiao En.

Not to mention, although it was just an ordinary meal in the barracks cafeteria, it seemed to suit Xiao En's appetite abnormally, except that they seemed a bit uncomfortable with the northern shochu.

"emperor?"

"Yes, the monarch we are loyal to is the emperor. There can be many profuse sweats in the world, but there is only one emperor who controls everything in the world." Chen Mu took a piece of raw fish and dipped it in the dipping sauce, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly, then sipped it After taking a sip of the wine, he put down his chopsticks and spread his hands and said, "The problem is that my emperor has not recognized Tai Long's legal status."

"Don't be impatient, in the whole of Europa, only Portugal and Spain are recognized by our emperor. Spain negotiated peace after losing the battle with me for the island. My emperor recognizes them as one country, any other country, any royal family, and any nobleman."

With the usual hypocritical smirk on Chen Mu's face, he said, "None of them have been recognized by the emperor."

"The problem now is that it's not that I can't extend a helping hand to Tyrone and Ireland, but at this time I must extend a black hand, think about it." Chen Mu drew a big circle on the table in front of him with his black hand, and said: "One What will happen to my army when there is no master in the land? Everything you see will be rewarded to the loyal and brave soldiers, and then we will set up our institutions to govern the place. What will your Excellency get at that time?"

"Even if Chen wants to speak a few words of justice for Your Excellency, you must know that in the imperial court, there are thousands of court officials like Chen, and even if only one side holds power, there are many." Chen Mu tried his best to express himself The country's administrative system said in a way that was simple enough for the lords of the feudal era to understand: "Do you still want assistance from me?"

Earl Tyrone’s expression was a little stiff. His Spanish was not very standard, but he could understand it quite well, while Chen Mu’s Spanish was another kind of irregular. The communication between the two parties was originally based on mutual guessing. On the other hand, Chen Mu's vocabulary is complex and most of them are self-invented... Even Algorithm Carter couldn't think of words while translating.

But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, after all, the rice and meat pickles are delicious, and there are dipping sauces that you haven't eaten before.

It doesn't matter if you don't know how to use chopsticks, and it's not difficult to eat with a spoon.

Although this is indeed not like a banquet between nobles, especially two earls, it is very pleasant to eat bread with sausage without seafood soup.

As for what General Chen is talking about?
Anyway, I don't understand much, so I waited for Farikat to translate.

However, when Farikat, who was drinking tea at the side, found words with similar meanings from the rare words in Chen Mu's original words and rearranged the word order, Sir Sean's expression was no longer so happy. On his face, "I, I didn't expect this."

Chen Mu showed a helpless expression, looked at Xiao En sympathetically, spread his hands and said: "Please continue to enjoy, I also think that it is better for the Ming army not to send troops, neither the Spaniards nor the English will be offended—but By the way, the king of the Kingdom of Spain is a Spaniard, the queen of the Kingdom of England is an Englishman, why is the king of the Kingdom of Ireland either a Spaniard or an Englishman, what are the Irish doing?"

It's like the bewitching of the devil.

"In the south of Ireland, most of the hill tribes, descendants of pirates and Celts are free." Xiao En stared straight at the exquisite porcelain cup filled with shochu, did not drink it, but looked up at Chen Mu and said: "We have lived on the land of Ireland since ancient times, but the protracted war has changed this. The Church recognizes the Kingdom of Ireland, but England, which is close at hand, does not recognize it."

"And now, the dispute between England and the Pope..." Xiao En spoke intermittently, and suddenly his face froze. He realized that he seemed to have missed something, raised his eyes and wrinkled his forehead, and asked Chen Mu: "General Chen Do you think we can form our own country?"

"Why not? As I said, the kings of England and Spain are all natives. Why can't Ireland be natives?"

As he said that, Chen Mu clapped his hands suddenly, trying his best to make himself surprised and restrained, looked at Xiao En for a moment, and then bowed his head in silence. After a long time, he finally made up his mind, yes Sean asked: "Faricut said that you are very powerful in Ireland, can you unite all the lords together?"

"Unite together?" Xiao En suppressed his curiosity about Chen Mu, and shook his head, "Except for a few lords who were canonized by northern England, all Irish people are one family, but if they want to fight against England, they Most of them won't join the fight, and if it's a Spain-England conflict, they might support England."

Sean curled his lips and said, "They don't like the church either, and His Royal Highness Philip is extremely devout."

"No, it's not to intervene in the dispute between Spain and England, it's for you, for them, for Ireland, can they unite?"

"I'm sorry, General." Xiao En was even more puzzled. He had some guesses about what Chen Mu wanted to say, and shook his head after deliberation: "I didn't understand what you were talking about."

"Da Ming is about to set foot in Europa. Your Excellency knows that the son of Da Ming has a leased land in the port near Madrid that has not yet been accepted. In a few days, I will personally lead the fleet to receive that land, and expand the country's trade, diplomacy and other matters in Europa. "

Chen Mu paused, looked at Xiao En, and said, "As we all know, Daming is the kingdom of the emperor, and the world is the world of the emperor."

"I think that if Europa has a king conferred by the Son of Heaven, he will certainly be able to use his prestige to help me achieve success."

Chen Mu put down his chopsticks, wiped his lips lightly, held the napkin firmly and said firmly: "Your Excellency needs a support army, Ireland needs an Irish king, and the Son of Heaven needs to confer a vassal in Europa—for me, it is even more important." I tend to give support to a visitor who came to me for help after hearing the name of the Ming Empire, then..."

"Do you want to be King of Ireland?"

Even though Sean O'Neill had guessed something, he was still surprised and showed hesitation at this time, "The general wants, wants me to betray the Pope? After death, I will go to hell."

"I'm not saying that the emperor will definitely canonize you, our own duke can't do it."

Chen Mu grinned, took a sip of gargling tea, and said, "However, if the emperor wants to canonize you, when the first Town God's Temple is built in Ireland, your soul will be placed somewhere. I prefer people to enjoy wealth while they are alive, how much income can your earldom earn in a year, silver, 3000 taels? 5000 taels?"

The financial resources of the British Isles are not strong at this time, let alone the fiefdom of Ireland. Chen Mu felt that it was exaggerated for him to compare so much. He spread his five fingers: "If our emperor is willing to canonize you, I will Within a year, send fifty warships the size of Galen the Great in Spain, and three thousand heavily armed warriors to assist you in pacifying the country. In addition to transporting goods and doing business, the imperial court will also send shrewd and capable officials to assist you in governing the country.”

"No one in the world can give you all this, except me, Da Ming!"

(End of this chapter)