open sea

Chapter 322 Double

Suleiman, the King of Luzon, helped Chen Mu invisibly, because they fought bravely and tenaciously against the colonization in the mountains north of Manila on Luzon Island, which made the Spaniards have very little control over the northern part of Luzon Island, let alone put it in Luzon Island. The scouts on the island were not attacked, and even Chen Mu's fleet docked at Chenlai Island without being disturbed.

Although he defeated the treasure ship in the naval battle, Chen Mu was even more afraid of the Spaniards, even though his opponent was only the Governor of the Philippines, not the Spanish Empire, which was flourishing at sea.

Chen Mu was even a little annoyed by this, because after the battle, he kept recalling the details of the battle, wrote and drew in a small notebook, and finally came to a ridiculous conclusion in his opinion-they were on the warship. Guns, artillery, and bird guns are all evenly matched.

After several years of wholeheartedly upgrading the military equipment of Ming Dynasty, he led this group of hard-working and hard-working troops to compete with the Spaniards in East Asia at sea, but the results were evenly matched.

His advantage lies in his novel tactics, and he used battle tactics in the case of all gunboats, which made it difficult for the Spaniards to take over.

At the same time, it must be admitted that even if the Spaniards defeated the Inca Empire in America because of smallpox and civil strife, their ability to dominate the sea is indeed not for nothing.

Their naval soldiers are more organized in the boarding battle, and the soldiers are also more fanatical, even stronger than the Three Thousand Banners carefully selected by Chen Mu.

Quantity, he relies on huge numbers to win, but the Spaniards are more familiar with naval battles. If they encounter them with the same number of warships this time, I am afraid that Chen Mu will suffer the first defeat in his life, and it will make him lose. The fiasco of not daring to return home.

He must be more cautious.

Thousands of Banner troops set up military tents on the shore, felled trees on the outside to build a simple wall, and arranged fortifications outside the wall, although the enemy would not come from land.The coast outside the camp stretched for several miles, full of their luggage.

The most important armaments are still in the cabin, and the spare gunpowder and gunpowder before the expedition are all sealed against moisture, and there is no worry about the moisture in the bilge; but after the naval battle, the captured ships were more or less damaged, and some cargoes were not only damp Moreover, it was soaked in sea water, so it counts as much as it can be saved after drying in the sun, and it will not be saved if it cannot be saved.

The amount of left and right is not large, just a drop in the bucket.

The local people are very friendly to the Tian army, especially after knowing that their purpose of going south this time is to expel the Spaniards occupying Luzon. The people in the village specially sent drinks to entertain the Ming army. In addition to their kindness, they also helped logging and building camps, which was very dedicated.

"Handsome, figure it out!"

Xie Ming, the school teacher and housekeeper of the Nanyangwei Chen family, brought the book boy forward, and reported to Chen Mu with the file: "16 catties of raw silk, 500 catties of Guangdong can be sold for 57 taels, and [-] taels of silver; A bolt of two-two-six coins, one thread of yarn one-two-six coins, and one piece of Luo one two-two-five coins; all of them have been registered and cataloged below, and they are not considered rare jewels. The war spoils are sent to Guangdong to resell at a profit, [-] Just in case."

Xie Ming's voice was trembling when he said this, 57 taels of silver, just a battle at sea, and the bulk of the goods were obtained.

The honest and unrepentant scholar knows why so many people are vying to become pirates!

There was no excitement on Chen Mu's face, and his heart was very calm.

He had been mentally prepared for this battle, and he knew it would be like this since he guessed that he met the Spanish treasure ship.

He also knew what Xie Ming was thinking, so many people along the coast were pirates, but in the end they were nothing more than pawns for changing their lives.If there is no logistical force that can stably provide soldiers, weapons, warships, supplies, and supplies, what can we use to do real big business.

Lin Afeng has 2000 big blessing boats and small shark boats. This time he brought more than [-] brothers under his command, but even with such strength, if he encounters the San Pablo fleet alone at sea, he will not snatch it.

Firstly, he may not be able to fight well, or if he is injured, he will be wiped out; secondly, even if more than half of the ship is damaged and robbed, relying on pirates to sell stolen goods, he will have to sell this ticket to his grandchildren .

Master Chen was different. He pinched his fingers and looked at it for a while, then raised his head and asked Xie Ming.

"Well, Mr. Xie, do you still remember the price of Haojing? Send someone to look for it. There is a list in Chihai, and I brought it with me when I came. Selling Haojing can make a lot of money, you have to count it Get out of here."

He Xingsheng sailed to sell the goods to Xiyi, and Chen Shuai sailed to intercept the goods halfway and then sold them to Puyi.

A great sales chain, GDP, double!
The scholar was overjoyed. Although the money wasn't his, he felt good doing the calculations. He pinched his fingers and counted for a moment, clenched his fists and walked staggeringly, raised his legs and took two steps, then returned to salute Chen Mu, took the receipts and trotted Go to the price list of Haojing brought by Chen Mu.

After Xie Ming left, Chen Mu shook his head and smiled softly.

He felt that if he went through this twice again, Philip II's Armada would shrink by half. As far as Spain's finances were concerned, no, Philip had no finances at all. They relied on loans to fight wars. Time to see who can find more loans from bankers.

Chen Mu thought he had robbed Philip II of a million ducats of goods, but in fact he caused losses to Habsburg of more than 800 million ducats, equivalent to at least 400 million taels of silver.

There are only a few ships on this route a year, and only the San Pablo fleet belongs to the Spanish royal family. Reimbursement of a fleet is a trivial matter. These goods could have been exchanged for gold and silver worth nearly ten million ducats in America. , Now it's all right, the silk weaving factories in Mexico waiting for Chinese raw silk weaving don't have to start work.

Go drink the northwest wind!

On the third day of docking at Chenlai Island, Chen Mu also disembarked.Because watchtowers and beacon towers have been repaired in the surrounding islands, twelve fleets from inside and outside patrol in three shifts. Although the chance of being attacked here is very small, he still firmly believes that there is nothing wrong with being careful.

When the flag army searched for the islands, they found hot springs and rivers, and all ministries lined up with small flags as units, and took turns to wash them.

The Banner Army is what really needs a bath. The big ships of the generals have complete living facilities, and Sai Lugong just goes to enjoy it, wash off the fatigue of drifting, and prepare for the next big battle.

Xu Wei didn't follow. The old man found a few foreign books among the trophies. As if he had found a treasure, he picked a few from the soldiers who knew Spanish. They spent all day studying and translating in the cabin, and they had already entered the state of joining the army.

In the hot spring in the tropical dense forest, Chen Mu stretched his arms beside him, and covered his face with a silk scarf to block the sunlight, making him feel drowsy from the comfort.After an unknown amount of time, the vigilant servant said softly, "Handsome, Chief Long is here."

"Well, did you ask?"

Long Junxiong saluted and said: "Yes, the question came out. They first acquired the small Bohol Island in the south of Luzon Island, and then acquired Cebu Island, built a castle on the island, and did business with Manila; this year they sent troops to capture Manila. Another royal city is being built, and all the captives say the same thing."

"The difference is the strength of the troops and the fleet. Some people say that they have only [-] soldiers in the entire Philippine archipelago, others say [-], and some say [-]. But the same is that they all say that there are more than [-] Japanese pirates and tens of thousands of Malay soldiers. and the local civilian army."

"Manila's warships, some say twenty, some say thirty, some say fifty, but there are no more."

Chen Mu pulled off the silk scarf covering his face, stood up slowly and said, "That is to say, in the entire Philippines, there are at most fifty warships, one thousand Xiyi soldiers, and less than twenty thousand servants?"

　Write tomorrow's manuscript and forget the time...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)