open sea

Chapter 835
It was indeed rare for Chen Mu to be generous. The ordnance provided by the military government to Zhu Xiaoen, if sold to Spain, would cost at least 2 taels of silver.

Matchlock gun and a set of lead pellet molds, twelve matchlocks, lighter, one hundred lead pellets, breastplate helmet, canvas carrying equipment, rucksack, moisture-proof single-sided purple flower quilt, military uniform soap shoes, travel bags and more A large tung oil poncho that can be used as a small tent for one person. This set has been handed by Chen Mu. Is it suitable for 20 taels of silver?

As for Zhu Xiaoen, the total price of getting these things is not even 2000 million Tongbao.

Excluding the shipping fee to the west coast, it was almost the cost price. Asking Chen Mu to sell things at the cost price would be the same as giving away for nothing?
There was no particular reason for this—Second Master was happy.

Because the seal pattern of the custom-made rucksack was delivered, 54 plantation owners plus a legion commander under Duke Alva of the Western Army wanted to order [-] rucksacks, not to mention Chen Mu was very happy.

Although the Spaniard made Chen Mu happy, Chen Mu's huge discount to Zhu Xiaoen from Ailan Kingdom sounds logically problematic, and if the cost of two things is counted, lending Zhu Xiaoen 400 million Tongbao is not the same as making a rucksack The combined transaction volume is even more serious, but Chen Mu is happy.

Because the 54 plantation owners were very satisfied with Chen Mu's suggestion, which was to print a map on the backpack and send the slave workers back to the border after they were found carrying the backpack.

Planters are good people!
You Shuai Lin Manjue led his men around the other side of the border for a month, and the map he drew was not one-third the size of those sent by the plantation owners. In the end, they sent the maps themselves, and the roads were marked.

The land hundreds of miles east of the entire border was almost lit up.

How could Chen Mu be unhappy?

Loyalty!

Righteousness!
Not to mention that there is still a chance to return the slave labor. Can the Banner Army take the slave labor the wrong way and draw a little more maps?

Fu Yuan, the general in charge of hundreds of villages on the border, immediately sent a letter to ask after hearing the news, is the slave labor who crossed the border really going to be sent back?
Not to mention that the land in each village is far from being saturated and there is a shortage of manpower. The people in the villages have the heart for Daming, and they cross the border without avoiding difficulties. With this courage, the frontline officers and soldiers feel that they should stay.

Even the rangers of Lin Manjue's tribe sometimes helped slave laborers who wanted to escape from the plantation and guided them safely across the border.

Chen Mu's answer is whether it should be sent or sent back.

But what should be given and what should not be given?

Chen Mu didn't say anything.

Fu Yuan, who was on the front line, thought hard for a long time after receiving the letter, but he couldn't get the answer in his heart, so he put the matter on hold for several days, until he heard that Lin Manjue sent a letter to send military doctors to more than a dozen villages near the border. , specially inspecting the health problems of the fugitives, which made Fu Yuan's eyes shine.

Those who are in good health and can work here for themselves and pay taxes to the emperor should not be given away. They can serve the emperor and send them back for what to do. disease, it must be sent back!

There is no need for the people under the rule of Ming Dynasty to bear the crimes made by Spain, but let them suffer on their own!
In any case, with the opening of the trade markets represented by Wangjiapu and Zhangjiagou, the smell of gunpowder between Ming and Western countries has also faded a lot. Except that the arms trade and the joint governance zone agreed by the two countries have not yet begun, the east and west of the border have indeed been improved. the expected peace.

Facts have proved that as long as Chen Mu does not seek trouble, peace is still within easy reach, but it is difficult for Chen Mu to do so.

If Chen Mu wants to find trouble, no one in the world can stop him, but now his main energy has been taken away from paying attention to the movements of the Spaniards, and instead focused on more important things.

Goods shipped back to Daming.

This is more worth worrying about for Chen Mu than anything else. It means that the Dongyang Army will be self-sufficient to a certain extent from next year, and there is no need to delay the Nanyang Army from spending silver and rice for support.

The advantage of open source is here, as long as he doesn't spend it, it will save money for the Ming Dynasty, and the remaining silver rice and grain will be handed over to the Ministry of Households, allowing the court to do more meaningful things.

The shipyards in Changsheng County are extremely busy these days. The shipwrights on the more than [-] lucky boats spent more than a month loading leather, walrus ivory, fish skin, kerosene and other goods from Majia Port on board. But when the goods delivered by Jincheng arrived recently, they realized that what they had done before was useless.

At present, thousands of shipwrights are busy leading people to move the cargo off the ship. In order to speed up the process so as not to miss the deadline, they even spend extra money to hire people to unload the cargo, and then drive the ship into the shipyard for refitting one by one.

The most recent shipments from Jincheng are coastal fir trees. According to the letter sent by Wu Zhongxing, the fir trees delivered this time were carefully selected by the county.

Cedar is divided into three classes.

The lower class is fir square, three feet high, three feet long, and three feet wide, which is the best furniture and ship material.

The medium ones are small cedar trees, which are cut, peeled and polished. They are three feet three feet long and seven feet in circumference. They are the best materials for palace pillars.

The top grade is a large cedar with a length of more than [-] years, with a length of seven feet and six feet and a circumference of one foot. The trunk is straight and the heart of the tree is not rotten.

In addition, there are special grades, which were dedicated to the emperor by the Eastern Military Government, and they are all nine feet long. Wu Zhongxing himself does not know what these special grade logs can be used for.

As for Chen Mu, he was worried about how to send these big ingredients back.

It is easy to say that the low-grade fir logs that have been cut and ground can be transported back on a ship with [-] square meters. Although the middle-level fir is a bit troublesome, it is hard work to transport [-] pieces to the ship one by one, but it is not a big problem.

The key is the first-class and special-class ones, which cannot be transported back at all.

Their ships were transported along the coast, so there was no risk, but they had to go straight across the ocean to go back, and two hundred blessing boats lined up to enter the shipyard for this purpose.

Chen Mu planned to unload the spliced ​​pine masts from the original ship, put [-] pieces of high-quality wood directly on the ship as masts, put on the sails and drive all the way back. There was really no place to put anything else.

Wu Zhongxing's desire to please the emperor can also rest, and the other 95 gentes and other fir trees cannot cross the ocean at all with the existing means of transportation.

"Wu Zidao doesn't even think about it. He can use two boats to send wood along the coast. How can I put two boats in the ocean and let them float back?"

If the 95 aniseeds want to be transported back, they can only wait for the ice and snow to melt in the archipelago next year, and then take the northern route to transport them back along the coast.

Chen Mu felt that the county magistrate of Jincheng was just creating a problem for his family. How can you still store your huge pile of wood dedicated to the emperor in my place?

Xu Wei came up with an idea: "The timber has already been delivered, and there is absolutely no reason to return it. The commander-in-chief should let the Wanli ship go back, and send two pieces back to let the emperor know that there is this one, but it is true that it cannot be shipped back."

Let the Wanli ship go back?

Only the Wanli ship can transport this large timber intact, neither Nantang, Taiyue, nor Shuanglin.

But Chen Mu didn't dare.

Chen Ju's use of Nantang as a fish pond envoy was too much. If he used Wanli as a turtle envoy again, he would be infamous when he returned.

"Let the Shuanglin ship go, if it doesn't work, just cut the wood, if it can be put down, then what?"

Xu Wei stroked his beard, made a gesture with a smile, and said, "Build a Chaotian Palace for Your Majesty in Yazhou!"

(End of this chapter)