open sea

Chapter 713 Attack
Chen Mu always thought that it would be easier to ask for the small place of Panama than the saltpeter desert and the vast wilderness north of Mexico that he wanted.

In fact, this is precisely the most difficult place. Except for the Spaniards in the north of Mexico who agreed very readily, the other two places are not so easy.

Fortunately, Zhao Shizhen did not directly point out what Chen Mu really wanted. It is very comfortable to be a negotiator on Chen Mu's side. In Zhao Shizhen's words, "I will tell them at the negotiating table that we want the West Coast, and you keep a port." , we build a port on the east coast, that's it. '

He tried his best to avoid letting the Spaniards know Chen Mu's true intentions.

But Brother Acosta is equally smart, and he gave his negotiating team an order: When dealing with us, Chen Mu of the Ming Kingdom will never suffer, so wherever he wants, we have to make him pay enough. cost.

"That desert, the Spaniards will sell it to us at a price of 3 taels of silver per year... Marshal, don't you really like deserts? There are so many deserts in the north of Mexico, and you don't need money."

Zhao Shizhen said with an embarrassing look on his face. He had talked with the Spaniard for so long, but he actually had to spend money to buy it, which made the mechanics unit a bit ashamed.

He added: "However, Acosta said that if we want, the desert and the coast can be given to us, including a gold mine. Acosta said that the Spaniards believe that the underground and gold mines are accompanied by copper, which is profitable."

"5 taels a year." Chen Mu sneered: "Is it because Panama is more expensive, and they want to use these lands to offset the profits of Chen's coinage, and then trade with them every year?"

Zhao Shizhen said with a smile: "They learned from the commander in chief, imitating renting, but this time it is renting and buying. The students think that 5 taels a year is not expensive, but there is a time limit, and it is impossible to buy it endlessly. Ten years? The money will be settled, and from the date of the land deed, the land will have nothing to do with the Westerners."

"The students thought... hiccup!"

The mechanics unit let out a belch, pursed his lips and said: "The students think that the agreed agreement on trade and the northern border can be sent back to Mexico now, and the matter on the west coast border can be discussed later."

"It just so happens that Lao Ah is a very knowledgeable person. The students intend to keep him in Majiagang for a period of time, and he also intends to stay to study Chinese. Maybe after he knows the power of the Eastern Army, he will be more willing to introduce a better one to the Western Kingdom. Just Ming Empire."

Chen Mu looked at Zhao Shizhen. The long-term trade exchanges and border negotiations made Zhao Shizhen and Acosta soon become friends. Listen to this name, old man?

Why don't you call him Lao He?
Chen Mu sneered at this, and said: "Learn Chinese and know the power of the Eastern Army? You are not a monk who doesn't know Hao Jing, you don't know what virtue these people have?"

"If you are weak, they don't even bother to pretend. They kill and steal goods and bandits. After the bandits have finished the robbery, they will kill and release you. They have to enslave you; if you are strong, they will look like a human being in front of you. Putting it in the Dongyang Military Mansion, he will not feel that he is a guest in the Dongyang Military Mansion, but he is studying the living habits of these monkeys on Monkey Mountain."

"You like being a monkey to people?"

Chen Mu stood up, the sound of military boots stepping slowly on the wooden floor was loud, his fingers walked half a circle along the table and stopped, looked up at Zhao Shizhen and said: "If he wants to learn Chinese, let him go to Zhuangyuan Bridge to learn with Zheng Tu , don’t be in Majiagang, this is our military base.”

"Except for the desert, what about Panama, what do you say?"

Zhao Shizhen was embarrassed, and realized that he might be too close to Acosta to make Chen Mu unhappy. He said: "They call Panama an isthmus, which connects the north and the south of Asia. There are several ports on the east and west banks. Road, they don't sell this place."

"Marshal, we miscalculated the importance of Panama. All the harvests of the Westerners on the west coast, hardware, grain, and cotton, go two ways. The sea route goes to the south. The strait is called Magellan, which seems to be the name of the person who passed through there. Shipped from Panama."

"And because the Strait of Magellan is narrow and the weather is changeable, most of the goods are transported eastward from Panama. At most, they will agree with us to use Panama to rule, which is too important to them."

Chen Mu pondered for a moment, but did not follow up on this topic, and said, "Do you know that their New Spanish governor ran into the boundary peninsula after Acosta went north, which shows that the negotiation in his heart can be reached."

"You have to make it clear to them that since the Dongyang Military Mansion, the west coast has been useless to New Spain. Regardless of transportation or production, Ming's supply fleet Acosta can see that in the future, the west coast will be sailing ships. , very soon, Spain will lose control on the west coast, which is not something they want."

"Now transfer the land in the form of a contract, and you can get some preferential treatment for New Spain. If Daming has an advantage here in the future, why should I spend money to buy it from them?"

"Do as I said, Panama and the desert including the coast, 50 taels of silver, paid in 20 years, there will be a port in the east of Panama to allow Western ships to dock and load..."

Tuk Tuk!

Just as Chen Mu was talking, someone knocked on the door, and the voice of a soldier came from outside the room: "Marshal, General Shao is in a hurry."

"Bring it in!"

Chen Mu was suddenly interrupted in the middle of his speech. He was a little surprised at first, but after hearing Shao Tingda's urgent letter, his heart suddenly became suspended. He looked at Zhao Shizhen and frowned.

The eyes of both of them had only one meaning—couldn't it be a war?
Chen Mu didn't want to really go to war. He and the military officer corps of the Eastern Military Mansion made an estimate. We can see the difference.

But the next land battle will be very troublesome. The Spaniards will continue to attack various places from Central Asia. When the Japanese military government changes from offensive to defensive, the war will be delayed for two to three years. This is not the most terrifying.

Chen Mu is not afraid of spending a few years. What he is afraid of is that in two to three years, the Eastern Army will have supplies from the Nanyang Army, but Spain will collapse quickly without Asia.

If such a colossus collapses quickly at this point in time, Da Ming's power has not yet extended to Europe, and in a gluttonous feast, Da Ming can't even keep up with the heat.

In the end, England and France will inevitably be cheaper-even if he wins the war, the consequences will not be what he wants to see.

It would be better to let the feudal empire Spain continue to prosper.

After reading the letter, Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his eyes to Zhao Shizhen with a smile and said, "Things are going in a good direction. According to the governor of New Spain, an English fleet broke into the west coast and attacked Almost all the ports along the route in South Asia destroyed countless transport ships with a few ships, and rushed into Puerto Vallarta in the southeast of the dividing peninsula, and fled after a big battle."

"By the way, the Spaniards said they were pirates, wait..." Chen Mu's smile froze on his face: "Pirates of England?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)