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Chapter 128 Clean
The Pei Leiruo mentioned by Li Dan is named Galeot Pereira, and he has multiple identities.

He is not only a Portuguese soldier with the rank of captain; he is also a sailor who sailed to the New World;

Now, he is still one of the figures who have the deepest understanding of the Ming Dynasty in the entire Western world.

Pereira didn't know how to describe Chen Mu in words, and how the appearance of the army led by Chen Mu in Haojingao had an impact on his worldview.

The long life of a prisoner gave him the opportunity to enter the interior of the Ming Dynasty, which was difficult for others to match, and made him understand all aspects of the Ming Dynasty more deeply than others.

14 years ago, he was released from prison by bribing judicial personnel from Ming and Portugal. When he submitted the annual report of the Jesuit Indian Mission to the Goa Jesuit College, he described the military power of the Ming Dynasty as follows:
"Their soldiers wear armor made of cowhide, their swords are mostly made of poor pig iron, their spears are sharpened bamboo, and the knight troops from the northern front are equipped with long spears with iron heads. They were poorly disciplined and thousands were often outmatched by dozens of pirates."

"The number of firearms equipped is very small, and due to the low level of casting, they often explode, and they seem to have nothing to do about it. There are no cannons on their walls, and they cannot organize effective resistance in the face of the Tatar invasion."

"In my opinion, any well-trained Europa army of thousands of men can easily conquer China."

In fact, Pereira has never been to the north, and his report on the north is marked with hearsay, but he said that thousands of Ming Dynasty troops are often defeated by dozens of pirates, which is true.

It was at the time when the Japanese pirates invaded the most fiercely. There were dozens of Japanese pirates who fought for thousands of miles in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty.

If someone brought up this matter in front of Chen Mu, Lord Chen would probably turn the table over on the spot as an insult to him - because in that incident, most of the troops defeated by the Japanese pirates were his colleagues.

A slack army of guards.

Because of his prison life, Pereira had never seen the soldiers of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou. After living in Haojing for more than ten years, the Ming soldiers he saw were nothing more than those soldiers from Haojing who were promoted to the department and prepared for the war. If you want to be lax, how can you make him catch his eye.

The only time he helped the Ming army attack the pirates who besieged Guangzhou, the elite soldiers he saw were Yu Dayou's soldiers.

I was as surprised at the time as I am now, but when I asked others, I felt relieved.

Who is Yu Dayou?Guangdong military officer.

How big is Guangdong?The size of Portugal.

Yu Dayou is the commander!
Can the commander's soldiers be better than other miscellaneous troops?

This makes Westerners who think that all eastern countries are uncivilized disagree.

But this time is different. An unknown nobleman of the Ming Dynasty landed in Macau with [-] well-disciplined subordinates—I am afraid that the annual report sent to India by the Jesuit monks this year will be very different.

According to Westerners, guards who control the land and the people are considered nobles.

Chen Mu didn't know Pereira's thoughts. After entering the gate, he focused on the three officials who guarded Australia, and figured out their powers and ranks.

The three ninth-rank junior military officers, that's right, regardless of whether they were promoted, prepared, or inspected, they were all military officers who had just reached the rank, mastering the responsibilities of inspection, defense, and exploitation and tax collection.

The three people whose surnames are Hou, Beiwo, Du, and Xunji are Ma, and they all belong to the kind of people with low official positions and little power, but not small in courage.

Titiao and Xunji have no more than [-] or [-] yamen servants, and now they are only half of them; Du Beiwo should have a hundred soldiers, but now there are only seven, and he is the worst on empty pay.

Although the three of them are the subordinates of the chief envoy Wang Bai, they dare not stand up in front of Zhou Xing, who is currently in charge, and Chen Mu, who is strong and strong. They introduced the surrounding scenery to them with a smile along the way. Chen Mu listened with a smile all the time, Walking halfway, seeing Du Beiwo's words were on the rise, he suddenly opened his mouth.

"Du Beiwo, I see that there is a uniquely built city tower on that mountain. What is that, the fort built by the barbarians for our Daming?"

Du Bei was stunned for a moment, seeing Chen Mu's serious expression, and his doubts were just right, then he responded with a smile: "Yes, there are four iron cannons on the fort, all of which are facing the sea to the east, and they are for our Daming to prepare pirates. .”

"Okay! Oh, the barbarians have their hearts." Chen Mu shook his head with emotion, and then asked: "This kind of fort is the only one that can guard against pirates? You don't know in Haojing, the governor recently got caught up with the giant pirates at sea. The news of Zeng Ben fled to overseas in Guangzhou, I don’t think about food and drink, but I am worried, how many more seats do I need to visit..."

A petty official like the Macao Shouguan has seen such an ass governor, Du Beiwa's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said quickly: "Yes, the Portuguese built three forts on the island, one here, one On the south side of the island, they guard the entrance to the sea on the east side, and there is another one in the middle of Haojing, they call it on the hill next to the meeting square."

After finishing speaking, Du Beiwo still smiled and waited to see Chen Qianhu was very happy, maybe he would praise him in front of the governor for him, how could he know that Chen Mu had already ignored him.

Chen Qianhu stood behind and did not leave. When he took a few steps back and came to the front, he just heard Chen Qianhu point out a person from the banner army marching behind, and said: "Go, tell Lou Baihu, pick someone who is clever The general banner, which knows how to use cannons, occupied the fort on the mountain, remember--open and aboveboard, slowly passed by, and took down all the people on the fort as it approached!"

At this time, if Du Beiwo didn't understand that Chen Mu's approach was not kind, he would be a fool, his face turned green and pale, and then he said angrily: "Chen Qianhu, what are you going to do!"

Chen Mu, of course, would not have a good face when he said what he wanted to know, and scolded: "Things that require money but not life, the Fanyi have built all the forts here. Haikou and west gates are all within shooting range, will the imperial court know that your whole family's heads are enough to kill?"

"You will feel better when Wang Fantai knows that you do this!"

Du Beiwo didn't dare to contradict Chen Mu openly, so he could only use Wang Bai, the chief minister, to suppress him. In his opinion, Chen Mu's Qianhu was higher than his official position, but no matter how high he was, he was only a guard, let alone even A thousand households who are not even commanders, does he dare not listen to the words of the chief executive?

"Fantai is in charge of taxes and personnel affairs, I'm afraid it can't control Chen."

"When I came to Xiangshan, I received a transfer order from the Ministry of War. When I was stationed in Macao, I received an errand from the governor and chief soldier."

Chen Mu sneered, the chief secretary is in charge of other officials, their guards are directly under the capital, and the commander is his immediate boss, but the commander does not have the right to appoint and dismiss him, and the right to appoint and dismiss is in the hands of the Ministry of War inside.

Will Tan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of War, dismiss him indiscriminately?
Can other officials of the Ministry of War directly dismiss him without going through Wu Guifang, the left servant?
No!

Can't I be afraid of a dick?
"If you think about it clearly, it's just one-third of an acre of land in Haojingao. Which of you three Australian officials can clean up their asses? Is it worth it to offend Mr. Chen for the sake of some barbarians?"

Chen Mu thought about the matter of going to Guangmin merchants earlier because of the deduction of the card. Zhang Han, the old governor who was born on the road, specifically explained to him one by one the things that he might be criticized by others.

He laughed himself when he said this.

"And guess what? Chen is clean!"

(End of this chapter)