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Chapter 996 Pajamas
The letter was sent from the Eastern Army at the end of July, and the Wanshou Festival was approaching in a blink of an eye. The magistrates of the five places, the governors of the five departments, Deng Zilong and Yang Tingxiang, the invited nobles from New Spain and Portuguese Brazil, and hundreds of leaders of tribal alliances scattered in various parts of North Asia. They rushed to Changsheng one after another.

Of course, the Asian "frontier generals" such as Heiyunlong and Hulan did not come. They stuck to the land they had just surrendered, and only sent riders to escort the Iroquois and the leader of the Brotherhood Alliance to Changsheng to participate in the ceremony.

Changsheng merchants and immigrants decorate the market with colored paintings, silk, colored cloth, and lanterns, and the yamen and all walks of life have a three-day holiday to celebrate together.

The garrison is also on vacation, but it is more complicated, and the various ministries take turns to rest in front and back of Wanshou Street.

The horoscope of Chaotian Palace has not yet been written, and the only serious prince of Changsheng, Alan Wang Zhu Xiaoen, thinks that he has considerable authority when celebrating the emperor's birthday, so he transfers the well-trained Fuguo Army to the outside and lets the Fuguo Army out. Daying, a birthday celebration platform is set up in the small bay facing west.

Whether it is Chen Mu or the five governors headed by Deng Zilong, and the five county chiefs headed by Zou Yuanbiao, celebrating the emperor's birthday is an important festival and form. Wanshou Festival is not only the birthday of Emperor Wanli, but also a way for them to miss their hometown.

From this point of view, Alan King Zhu Xiaoen's intentions are undoubtedly the most sincere. He is very clear that everything he owns comes from the Great Heavenly Son in the Forbidden City, and he works the hardest when making arrangements. Ming Zong returned to his country to celebrate the emperor's birthday face to face.

After the military loan was paid out by the Dongyang Military Government, the Lord Alan did not have much money to spend on a daily basis.Even so, he still saved money and hired more than a dozen painters from Changsheng, and painted him and his Restoration Army several times with various painting techniques as a birthday gift to the emperor.

Originally, Zhu Xiaoen wanted to find a group of European painters from New Spain and Brazil, but it turned out that under the influence of Xu Wei, many of Chang Sheng's painters had integrated part of European painting techniques, so they simply did not bother the two masters, and all followed Chang Sheng hired.

There are Spanish-style infantry phalanxes holding spears and blunderbusses; there are Qi Jiguang-style mandarin duck formations holding wolves, long knives, blunderbusses, and large shields; Auxiliary arms phalanxes of hundreds of households, hundreds of artillery households, and hundreds of engineers and soldiers.

The Fuguo Army with a mere [-] troops forced Zhu Xiaoen to draw flowers.

He also wrote a long letter to the emperor eloquently, wishing His Majesty a long life and thanking the Lord for his grace. With the help of Chen Shuai of the Eastern Army, the Alan Restoration Army has completed its training and will go to Ireland next year to open up the territory for the Ming Dynasty. earth.

When these birthday gifts were sent to Chen Mu along with the birthday gifts presented by officials and common people from all over the country to be shipped back to Daming for him to look at, Chen Mu only hoped that these paintings would not be seen by Qi Jiguang or other generals who knew the soldiers.

Otherwise he would be laughed at.

Is the Restoration Army capable of fighting?Have.

But the generals of the Jiangwutang Department can tell from these paintings at a glance that every army has its shortcomings.

There is no problem with the Spanish phalanx composed of three infantry families. The cloth armored bird musketeers and breastplate spearmen are well matched, and there are also heavy armored long swordsmen holding Qi's knives, even if they encounter genuine Spanish phalanxes. Also has the power to fight.

But the configuration of the bird gun team, horse team, artillery team, and Bingjia gun team are all monkey versions.

For example, a Beiyang cavalry is equipped with a long weapon, a short weapon, a bow and blunderbuss, horse armor, and luggage. breastplate.

In all fairness, this set of armaments is already a very good military configuration, the only problem is that Zhu Xiaoen spent money - although the loan will not be repaid until the independence of Alan Nation, he spent money.

What made Chen Mu very gratified now was that, regardless of what the generals in the court thought when they saw these paintings, Zhu Xiaoen was very satisfied with it anyway.

Zhu Xiaoen said this: "The Restoration Army serves me. I am loyal to the Son of Heaven. What do I need such good armaments? As long as I can beat the nobles who are loyal to Yingyi in England and Ireland."

Chen Mu's evaluation is very free and easy, and understands people.

Zhu Xiaoen knew what he wanted, and he also knew who his enemy was. If the restoration of the country was successful, there would be the protection of the fleet of the Eastern Military Government at sea, and the borders with European countries were not on land, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty would do it for them in terms of commerce and trade. .

He really doesn't need to maintain a strong armed force.

In addition to Zhu Xiaoen, the five counties prepared a lot of gifts for Emperor Wanli. The Majiagang garrison is very simple, two pairs of high-quality white bear furs, and four complete giant walrus tusks. These treasures that are not willing to sell are sent on a lucky boat. Come.

As for Jincheng, it is relatively simple. A model of the Wanli ship was made with 120 jin of gold.

Deng Zilong from Youjing Panama didn't take his mind off it, and asked his cronies to visit the Governor's Palace in Portugal and Brazil, and packed half of the boat with some novelty items.

There is nothing in Jie County except that there are more sheep than people. Ai Mu has suffered for a long time. Finally, under Chen Mu’s suggestion, he made nine sets of cashmere coats for the emperor. A style worn under military uniforms to keep warm.

Shao Tin Dana was the most practical, the son of the Mapuche leader Lautaro came over directly and wanted to load himself on the boat.

It is the second son. Old Lautaro is training in Chile with the Western weapons captured by Shao Tingda, planning to go to Peru to make a revolution; the eldest son Lautaro Jr. is also learning agricultural knowledge such as irrigation and water conservancy in Chile. The second son is not old. Followed Shao Tingda and ran over to tell Chen Mu that he was going to serve the emperor.

It frightened Chen Mu. This kid is about the same age as Wanli. He entered the palace to serve the emperor. Is he planning to eunuch himself?
No, the final name is to go to Beijing on behalf of my father to present a camel fur blanket woven by the Mapuche people as a gift to the emperor. After the offering, I will listen to the emperor's arrangement. If I want to stay in Beijing, I will stay in Beijing to study, and if I come back, I will follow Beiyang Fourth Phase. return.

As for Chen Mu's gift, he knew that the emperor liked cats, and even sent the Siamese boy here, so he wanted to get a cat back for the emperor, a big cat.

After he had this idea, Wei Ding Hai, an immigrant village on the border, did catch a jaguar in a trick, and later took a litter of big cat cubs back to raise them, but the cubs still have a basic ferocity. It may take at least three generations of domestication to eliminate the danger. Obviously, it will not be in time for this year's Longevity Festival.

Chen Mu had no choice but to ask Xu Wei to draw a picture of the big cat, and carefully made two sets of zhang velvet pajamas, the one with leopard print, according to the outfit of the jaguar warrior, for the coming of the Forbidden City in the seventh year of Wanli. Warmth on cold winter nights.

From this point of view, the demise of the Aztecs may not escape the military uniforms. How can the most outstanding warriors wear pajamas on the battlefield to form combat effectiveness?
The birthday ceremony in the small bay was very successful. In the eyes of all the people, the nine big blessing boats sailed into the bay with huge sail shadows.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)