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Chapter 992 Daming Harbor

Seville is probably the most prosperous city in Spain. Philip once gave Li Dan the opportunity to draw the scope of the Ming Lease, but Li Dan, who did not want to overwhelm the host, gave up this opportunity to deliver it to his door.

Abandoning the most prosperous area, draw a bay port with a radius of [-] miles [-] miles southeast of the city.

This place used to be called Algeciras, but now it is called the Ming Concession.

Huang Xi's boat carrying horses bypassed the chaotic Portugal, sailed through Cadiz surrounded by the sea on three sides, and entered the Strait of Gibraltar before finally entering the bay of the Ming Concession - Daming Port under the leadership of the Spanish navigator.

"It's a bit unworthy of the name, isn't it?" The scene of the Governor in a scarlet silk robe with open arms on the pier is very different from the unexplored green jungle background. Li Dan looked past Huang Xi and looked at the Eastern Army behind him. The warship of the government said: "These horses are really handsome!"

With red ink marks on the back, the six characters "Daming Dongyang Military Mansion" relying on the flag and the armored warrior stepped forward to lead the horse, but the horse was not as tall as the shoulder of the horse sent by Chen Jiujing. It can reach half of the neck of a war horse. Compared with humans, these horses from France are indeed giants.

"Return to Governor Li. This is General Chen's spoils of war. Send a humble officer to take it to Cyprus, and ask the Governor to send a ship to Mexico City to deliver it to Chen Shuai by land."

Huang Xi looked back at the war horses being pulled from the boat to the pier with lingering fear, and couldn't help asking the soldiers to lead them slowly, explaining to Li Dan: "The lightest weight of five hundred catties can't be lifted, and the humble worker is worried about the trestle. Can't stand it."

"So heavy?"

Li Dan turned his head in surprise, but when the warriors led the tall horses past him, he knew it, and he was even with the horse's back. There was a sound of 'dodole' on the wooden bridge body, which attracted his fascinated gaze and stared at the horse's buttocks until he went far away before finally retracting it.

"The journey was tiring, and Huang Guerrilla worked very hard. He said as he walked, please." Li Dan raised his arms to lead the way, and then asked Huang Xi: "It seems that the Baishan Camp has gained a lot in the north. I heard in the palace a few months ago. Xiaojiu intends to recruit a group of brave men from the Western Kingdom to fight on the spot, what happened next?"

"Thank you, Governor Li, for your thoughtfulness. You don't feel hard working for the imperial court. Later, there were indeed many applicants. The general organized six Xiyong battalions. The soldiers of each battalion were mixed. Some had fewer soldiers and some were more powerful. With a staff of more than [-], it can be regarded as capable of fighting."

Speaking of the Xiyong Camp, Huang Xi didn't know what to say: "In the northern attack on Fayi Bordeaux, there were indeed those who would be defeated at the touch of a touch, and some who would not retreat in a deadly battle. It was so tragic, with more than half of the casualties, if General Chen hadn't been engrossed in his cannon deployment, we might have lost that battle."

"Even if he wins in the end, General Chen's left ear was injured by the cannon, and the sound of the beeping didn't get better even when he came over from the humble position. I'm afraid he will suffer from injuries in the future."

"Xiao Jiu's ear is broken, how bad will the fight be, and he, the general, will go into battle himself?"

Li Dan has cooperated with Lao Ba and Lao Jiu in Japan for many years, and they have the closest relationship. They also know the combat style of righteous brothers very well. Chen Bazhi has the problem of falling from the army when he was young. Break through the enemy's formation.

But Chen Jiujing was born in a serious lecture hall, and he has always believed in wars that cannot be solved by strategizing, and going to the battle in person will not play a decisive role in winning. In Li Dan's impression, Chen Jiujing is not at all like his biological father Chen Lin. He fights like his adoptive father Chen Mu. Basically, it is enough to see the battle on the front line with his eyes, and he will never go into battle with a sword himself.

If Chen Jiujing went into battle, the enemy must have killed him.

"No, the battle was indeed brutal, but the Baishan Battalion did not participate in the battle until the end to secure the victory. General Chen was watching the battle from the top of the city and his ears were injured by artillery. Before he could stop his ears, more than sixty artillery pieces fired at once." Huang Xi shook his head and said: "Humble job The four elite gunners under his command were all so shocked that their mouths and noses were bleeding."

Li Dan was relieved when he heard this, and at the same time calculated the account in his heart. After walking a few steps, he asked, "The Baishan Battalion had almost no losses, and the Sixth Battalion of Xiyong suffered heavy casualties. sent here?"

"No complaints."

Huang Xi laughed and said: "In the beginning, the Baishan Camp had a lot of complaints against the Xiyong Camp. The mercenary's salary was ten times higher than ours. They were exchanging their lives for money. Even if they went into battle, they knew they would die. The salary was also raised, and the Baishan camp got the benefit of the war prize reward, everyone is happy."

"What they want is money, and what the general wants is to add influence to the Eastern military government. Everyone gets what they want."

While talking, the two walked to the largest building complex in the Ming Concession surrounded by guards, and guarded the port to erect a cannon temple in the style of Nanyang Junfu Island.

A five-story pagoda outside the gate is being painted, and the inside looks like a mixture of crushed stone and Huang Xi. I don’t know what kind of material it is. The outer layer is paved with blue bricks, and the red stone pillars are painted.

The statue of the gods in the main hall has not yet been completed, but the apse, which is Li Dan's residence, has been completed, and there is a large Spanish Baroque garden.Looking at the front and back of the two sides, there are more than ten side halls, including arsenal warehouses and officer barracks, but they have not yet been completed.

Apart from these things on the coast, there are dense forests, and even the land road leading to Seville is just a small dirt road, and there is not even a place for trading.

Huang Xi, who followed Li Dan into the apse, finally couldn't help asking: "Governor Li, why is Daming's concession so shabby? I came here from Cadiz, a hundred miles away, where the prosperity is very prosperous. The humble place given to Daming?"

Li Dan waved his hand with a smile, and let Huang Xi sit in the hall. Just in time for two Chang Sheng maids to serve the tea tray, he picked up a cigarette from the tea tray and said to Huang Xi: "This land belongs to Li himself. Yes, the king said he wanted me to spend half of it in Seville in order to increase his royal family’s income, but I didn’t want it.”

"A place that is too prosperous is not good. There are churches and monks, and the religious atmosphere is too strong."

With that said, Li Dan raised his finger and pointed to the painting hanging in the hall. It was a side view of the cannon Tianfei Empress Temple and the port. The port market, warehouses, and barracks were lined with temples and high towers. It was magnificent and well-prepared: "Is it possible to build a port like this in Seville?"

"My foster father asked me to be the governor of the Ming Concession. One is to collect taxes and the other is to occupy land. The contract is written cleanly, 100 years. A hundred years ago, it is a wasteland. How can we not ask for prosperity? Why not even go in and out if we need to collect taxes? The Mediterranean ship tax should be carded."

"I still can't collect the ship tax in the Mediterranean Sea today. Next year, the six pagodas, three shipyards, and the barracks of the [-] troops will be repaired one by one, and a six-armed fleet will dock again. Will the ship tax be collected?"

"If a hundred years later, when the lease expires, the West Country does not want to renew the lease, and the descendants also don't want to hand over the land. If the West wants the land, are they afraid that they won't be able to stop him?"

"Daming Port!"

After speaking, Li Dan lit the lighter and said with a smile, "Very good."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)