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Chapter 932 Defense
From the end of March in the seventh year of Wanli, such news spread in the streets and alleys of Changsheng County.

On the last day of April, the Dajiaochang in the valley surrounded by terraced fields on both sides of the east side of Beidaying in Changsheng County will be open to all people, as long as you buy a ticket marked with the seat number with Tongbao in advance, from dawn to dusk, the scale is huge The shooting competition will be decided here.

There are 45 hundred household divisions of the Beiyang Banner Army, ten hundred household divisions of the Ailan Restoration Army, and of course 530 individual shooters selected by the patrol, Baojia, and guerrilla armies will demonstrate their skills there.

On the night of the game, there will be a grand fireworks display.

Even the teahouses and wine shops with the second floor in the market in the city made a fortune, and the seats were reserved early... There are many people who are not interested in shooting competitions, but they are very interested in fireworks shows. interest of.

The price of the seat tickets for the shooting competition also fluctuates depending on the location. The cheapest is only ten Tongbao, and the most expensive is tens of thousands of Tongbao.

During these days, the employed people were busy compacting the land on the terraced fields outside the school grounds, and the lumber yard was also busy making chairs, which made Chen Mu severely stimulate the domestic demand.

Changsheng’s terraced fields were not built by the Ming army, let alone the Spaniards, but by the aboriginal people in an earlier era. There are complete stone levels and a very advanced drainage and irrigation system between the levels.

It is worth mentioning that the aborigines did not use any adhesives when building large stone buildings. They made the stone into a mortise and tenon structure and piled it together, which is very strong and firm.

However, when the Ming army landed, the terraced fields in the east had been abandoned. It was difficult for the terraced fields to recover their past fertility quickly without irrigation for a long time. Also, because it was close to the Beidaying Camp where the Beiyang Banner Army built barracks, there was a flat land in the middle that was wide enough to run horses. Therefore, it was called The Ming army planned it as a school ground and repaired it.

Chen Mu also asked people to build three wooden watchtowers on both sides of the highest terrace.

This time, the flat terraced fields happened to be used as stands. Without hesitation, Chen Mu ordered people to place a large number of simple wooden bench seats on them, write numbers on them to sell tickets, and specially asked people to use them for him in the most suitable position. Brick and wood repair a grandstand that can be properly protected.

The Duke of Alva, who was far away in Mexico City, also heard the news, and satirized Chen Mu's greed for money to Brother Acosta and Vice-Governor Almansa.

Chen Mu contained three 'VIP tickets' in the letter, and told the Spanish old Duke that the Changsheng County Shooting Contest was about to start, and taught the old Duke that each VIP ticket could bring four followers into the most comfortable and majestic position on the stand Watching the game, the three tickets were handed over to Alva, Almansa, and Acosta.

Each VIP ticket is worth [-] Tongbao. When he comes, remember to go to Wangjiabao on the border to exchange Tongbao to pay the debt, otherwise Fu Zongbing at the border will not let them come.

"If he doesn't want us to go, don't send the mail."

The old Governor Almansa was also very angry because Chen Mu promised to let him take over New Spain, and then sent Yang Tingxiang to take over everything. He raised his hand that was missing two fingers during the assassination: "These fares are too expensive." Expensive, I guarantee the same fare will be much cheaper over the border, he always does!"

The Mint of Changsheng County is very efficient, and the patterns on the Spanish silver coins are all customized, which is not a problem for military craftsmen. The sample coins were ready in the month when Matien sent the silver and sent to Mexico City Ten thousand over here.

The level of casting is much better than that of Peru. The weight and shape of each silver coin are almost exactly the same. Although it is lighter than the previous silver coins, it is more beautiful and exquisite. The Spanish dignitaries in Mexico City are generally satisfied.

The only thing that makes people dissatisfied is that there are not only Latin words expressing "Philip II is Lord of Spain" and "Overseas Heaven and Earth", but also a line of Chinese characters on the front and back of the silver coin.

On the front is the Chinese "Long live the Emperor Wanli of Ming Dynasty" on the top, and the Latin "Philip II is the Lord of Spain" on the bottom; on the back is the Chinese "Casted by the Asian Mint in the seventh year of Wanli of the Ming Empire" and the Latin "Overseas" on the bottom. There is heaven and earth'.

Of course, the word "half two" written on the left and right pillars of the four-panel coat of arms on the front is indispensable.

Despite some dissatisfaction, this is well worth it compared to the superior mint quality exhibited by the Ming Empire against the Mint of Peru.

Brother Acosta mentioned the dissatisfaction of the West Indies Committee to the Duke of Alva on this matter. The monks were not dissatisfied because there were Chinese characters on the silver coins. What made them most dissatisfied was that the coins of the Ming Empire did not mention gods on the silver coins. This is undoubtedly Very disrespectful.

But these complaints were rebuked by Duke Alva with one sentence.

"You know Chen Mu's character. Legions all over Spain are waiting for these silver coins to pay their soldiers. We still have more than 200 million taels of silver in his hand. If he is angry and stops casting, those monks who can make wine on the committee can go Do you want Chen Mu to get Baiyin back?"

The answer is obvious.

In the sky and on the earth, no one can take money out of Chen Mu's mouth.

But now, the conversion ratio between newly minted silver coins and Asia Tong Bao is easy to calculate, one silver coin is worth 450 Tong Bao.

Fu Zongbing said that this was because the silver coins were minted by Ming Dynasty, so the exchange ratio was given to Spain at a discount of fifty tongbao, which was equivalent to one tael of silver for eight hundred in the past, but now two silver coins for nine hundred.

The upper-class Spanish people in Mexico City generally don't believe in Fu Yuan's statement. They think that it should be that Chen Mu took the silver coins they exchanged this year and stuffed them back next year without minting coins. This saved a process, so the exchange rate was increased.

How expensive is it to exchange 110 silver coins for a viewing ticket?
"Of course he doesn't want us to go. He wants those stupid nobles in New Spain to go."

Duke Alva said this, and his cane paused heavily on the floor: "Governor Yang has sent letters to the nobles in the city and plantations in various places. As long as you pay a price of [-] Tongbao per person, you can enter Changsheng to watch Shooting competition, if you pay a higher price, you can get a better position."

"He also wanted to tell me a piece of news: Before and after Changsheng's shooting competition, the border will be controlled by our Western Army, and we must manage the defense for him."

Duke Alva sighed helplessly: "He asked us to defend ourselves."

Is there anyone in the world more rascal than this?
The whole hob meat, you said that the two armies are facing each other, even though the armistice agreement was signed, they are still facing each other anyway, can you respect our Spanish army, even if you want to keep 100 people?
You just shrink your troops like this, and draw a line for me, and let me send some soldiers to the other side of the line to install your soldiers and defend myself?

Europe doesn't do that.

"Then, shall we still go?"

Acosta and Almansa looked at each other, and neither of them asked the question they were thinking about: Isn't Chen Mu afraid that we will take advantage of the situation to fight over?

"go with!"

Duke Alva wrinkled his big nose: "Let's go and see the shooting level of the Ming army. Such an opportunity is very rare!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)