open sea

Chapter 1088 Dung
Chen Mu encountered the dilemma Li Yuxi mentioned, not because there was no charter, but because it was really difficult to come up with a charter.

Two things, one is the construction of the Panama Grand Canal, and the other is the construction of the Muhe Railway.

He needs mathematics, but he doesn't know how to do it, so what should he do?

Of course, it is to find the person with the best mathematics and let him work for him. In Chen Mu's network, the best mathematics is the head of the imperial family university of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaiyu, the son of Prince Zheng.

However, it is a bit difficult for Chen Mu to find Prince Zheng's son, that is, it is difficult for Chen Mu to communicate normally without 'disturbing' the other party... The whole Asia and even the whole world will be shocked a few times when Chen Mu's name is mentioned. This is especially true for the king who was beaten to the point of crying, yes, he was talking about Fei Laoer.

But Zheng Fan's son has long since left the vulgar interests, and regards power and money as dung.

Chen Mu suspected for a time that the prince looked at him like dirt—especially after he firstly did not provide dormitories for the imperial clan university, and secondly, he did not provide meals for the imperial clan university.

On the way back to Changsheng from the east coast, the Minister of the East, since he disembarked at Daxi Port, 25 Beiyang cavalry rode in the front and 25 cavalry in the rear, accompanied by 25 Beiyang infantry armed with new-style bird guns on the left and right.

Behind Juniper, who was accompanying him on a horse, Lian Dou, a hundred households of personal soldiers, raised their flags with their knives, and two general flag officers marched in with their flags on their backs... The personal soldiers carried two carts of luggage, and they were extremely cautious along the road .

Even Yang Tingxiang felt dizzy when he saw the battle at 120 miles east of Mexico City.

Marshal Chen is too cautious,
Of course, as a subordinate, it is not easy for Governor Yang to say anything in public. Although Zhao Shizhen has been on the boat for more than half a year, instead of becoming well-behaved, he has become more jumpy, but this is indeed a great shock to others-Asia is changing with each passing day, especially for Yang Tingxiang. He said that if he was allowed to go to sea for half a year, he might not even know where he was when he came back.

He kept holding back, and greeted Chen Mu until he entered the aisle of the Governor's Mansion in Mexico City before whispering to Chen Mu: "Don't worry, Commander, it's very safe along the way."

"Chen has already seen it. After staying in Muye for a few months, when he came back to New Spain, a building was built next to the official road. When I saw this building, I felt at ease... I changed the door. This door is good. Before Spain People's doors are too expensive."

Chen Mu said as he pushed open the extremely tall wooden door with wire feet and skirts painted with mountains, rivers and rivers built at the end of the long corridor of the Governor's Mansion, put the helmet on the table, sat down to himself and said: "This time when I come back to Lian Dou not only protects me, but also protects the materials brought back from Panama and Muye, which are mostly related to the engineering technology of refining steel, building roads and bridges, and digging tunnels, even if Chen loses them, he can't lose them."

What Chen Mu said was true. Xu Zhenming brought back a large amount of data that needed to be calculated from Panama. The same was true for the construction of the Muhe Railway. More importantly, the tunnel of the Riverside Iron Works was something that really required experiments and calculations.

Large-scale experiments and large-scale calculations, the former is easy to say, but Chen Mu has no idea about the latter.

He stretched out on the chair, his outstretched arms finally fell back to the helmet on the table, and with the other hand, he took the tea cup handed by Yang Tingxiang, looked at the Governor of New Spain and asked: "Tell me , how did the enclosure come here?”

Yang Tingxiang smiled brightly when he heard these words, and was actually a little embarrassed.

Does this make him say anything, boast himself?

Since Alva in Spain withdrew, Yang Tingxiang had taken power in Mexico, and had both military and economic advantages. The Spanish West India Affairs Committee seemed to have given up the Governor General of New Spain.

"Return to Commander-in-Chief, a law was promulgated in New Spain last year, stipulating that the salaries of the members of the Spanish West India Affairs Committee shall be paid by Mexico City." Yang Tingxiang explained as if he was afraid that his words would misunderstand Chen Mu: "Governor's Palace On behalf of the imperial court, 16 officials were granted to the commander of the western envoys, counselors, scribes, criminals, and supervisors, and the highest commander of the western envoys was the sixth rank."

Chen Mu drank the tea in his mouth and almost sprayed it all over the table: "The Indian Affairs Committee is a powerful department in the Western Kingdom, and the officials are all very high-ranking. Do you think the King of Spain is a real fifth-rank?"

The official titles of the committee mentioned by Yang Tingxiang were translated by Chen Mu for the simple reason that he did not want to translate them literally.

If, according to the literal meaning, the commander of the Western Commissioner was originally the chairman of the committee, the counselor was the councilor, the criminal cao was the justice, and the supervisor was the prosecutor, it would seem that Spain is too 'modern'.

Of course, there is no clear dividing point between "modern" and "ancient". Chen Mu feels that the era he lives in has changed a lot from the ancient times, so he can simply declare that they have entered the modern era, even in the eighth year of Wanli. Years, as long as the people living with him at this time agree with this concept, then they are modern people.

In other words, he is strong, so powerful that he is invincible, and even the enemy is beaten to agree that they have successfully modernized, so even if he persuades the emperor in the Forbidden City to move Jiuqing out, Da Sinong is still the most modern and advanced agricultural official .

Even if it existed 600 years ago.

Every moment, human beings are creating history, but the people who create history are different, and the final results of the history created are also different.

The history of the dead cannot be preserved, and the history of the weak is not read. Only the history written by the strong can be preserved.

After laughing, Chen Mucai continued to ask: "Give them official positions and salaries, and then, how are their salaries determined?"

He found that Yang Tingxiang liked to send money to the Spaniards, and he deeply benefited from this behavior, which then made him steadfast in this behavior.

It was he who first proposed to pay the three Spanish legions in the Governorate of New Spain. As a result, these three Spanish legions were indeed in a state of semi-instigating rebellion. They could ignore the words of the Spanish Indian Affairs Committee or Yang Tingxiang.

The logic of the three army chiefs was clear about all this: it might be fine if they didn’t listen to the committee, but at worst they wouldn’t return to Spain; but if they didn’t listen to Yang Tingxiang’s words, they would definitely not receive military pay, or they might be exempted.

"My subordinates have asked passing merchants from Guangdong to come up with a calculation formula, and this is it." Yang Tingxiang rummaged through the table, and while speaking, he took out a piece of draft paper and pushed it in front of Chen Mu, saying: "Every three months, you must They go ashore once to Mexico City to get paid, and the rest of the time they stay in Havana and are not allowed to go ashore."

On the messy draft paper that Yang Tingxiang pushed to Chen Mu, there was a calculation formula about "the number of pieces of Lu silk that can be purchased in Guangzhou with official salary will be distributed to Lu silk by Mexico City". Chen Mu calculated in his heart and felt that it was right. For the Spanish officials of the Indian Affairs Committee, this was indeed pie from the sky.

The sixth-rank Xishi with the highest official position commanded a monthly salary of ten stones, and these rice could get two and three horses of Lu silk in Haojing; The selling price is [-] tongbao, and there is still a price but no market.

"It's a very good strategy. Sixteen high-ranking committee officials need less than forty bolts of silk every month, and they can rely on us. At least in terms of salary, we pay more than Fei Laoer."

Chen Mu nodded slowly. This salary is neither too large to make Indian committee officials dare not take it, nor so small that they look down on it. It is a good middle value. The sixth-rank official is equivalent to 40 taels a month. The income is extremely impressive: "How effective is it?"

Yang Tingxiang continued to rummage through the official documents on the table, with the corners of his mouth raised, he gave unspeakable high praise for his work achievements, and he pushed a few pages of official documents to Chen Mu with a smile.

He said: "This is the power possessed by each of their positions. Now they have recognized the fact that they are powerless to interfere with Ming's policy towards New Spain, and the Eastern Army can affect the Viceroyalty of Peru."

(End of this chapter)