open sea

Chapter 341
The strategy of slowing down the army was very clumsy, anyone could see it, and Chen Mu was no exception.

But he had no choice, he had to stop the war, at most he would play a little joke with Regasby, regardless of whether the Spanish fleet would sail to the northern waters of Cebu Island, Chen Mu's navy could only rest in Manila Bay.

Because the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the wind is blowing harder and harder.

Deng Zilong said that Manila is Zuo Qinglong, the front Suzaku and the back Xuanwu.

Although Chen Mu didn't quite understand, he also thought that Manila was a good place. From a macro perspective, there are large mountains on the left and right to block the typhoon. Although cloud accumulation will increase the rainfall, the wind will be slightly smaller when it blows here. Relatively less destructive.

Even so, before the typhoon passed Manila, Chen Mu couldn't take it anymore.

Nanyang Yamen Castle, because it is a Western castle, and it belongs to the noble castle that emphasizes the comfort of residence, there are many large windows on the castle wall. The glass of this era is not so transparent. Most of the time, the glassmaker does not know what color it is when it is burned. As a result, the windows of Nanyang yamen are colorful and beautiful when the sun shines on them.

It's useless to look good. It rained heavily for several days, and the sky was gloomy. When the typhoon arrived in Manila, the day suddenly turned into night.The strong wind pushed the coconut trees out of the mountains and forests. Even though Manila was slightly lower, tiles were flying in Binodo outside the royal city, and the clothes that the people had no time to take away were floating in the sky.

The Royal City has tall and thick walls. Since the capture of Manila, the entire June Banner Army has been busy building barracks in the city, and the military forts built along the walls came in handy.The city wall blocked the strong wind, and more than [-] banner troops were stationed in the city, and it was strictly forbidden to leave the camp.

More than 300 people gathered in Chen Mu's yamen castle, filling the entire castle to the brim.

At this time, there is no castle that is more comfortable. Even if you sleep in the aisle of the castle on the floor, it is better than the humidity outside, except it is a little dark.

When the typhoon passes by, mosquitoes come out of their holes. Wherever there is shelter from the rain, there are small flying insects that have never been seen before flying around. In the dark, the wings of flying insects are damaged by the heavy rain, and they can’t see anything. Whenever there is a little light, they will go up. Hit, spread a layer of insect corpses on the castle window sill.

"You're fucking laid back!"

There are two horses tied to Chen Mu's bedroom, one is an Andalusian war horse left behind, covered in snow, named Baimei, with an honest personality, and has been bullied by Heiwa these days.Don't look at Heiwa who is smaller than him, but Baimei will be poor when she gets close to him, scaring him away from him.

But Chen Mu's bedroom was so small, Baimei could only hide in a corner because of her size, leaving Heiwa to circle around the bed like a master.

Chen Mu took Long Junxiong and several family soldiers to move some important letters and papers into the bedroom, and saw Heiwa sniffing the wine bottle on the table with his big head drooping, and was knocked by Chen Mu to be honest. Said: "Is the gunpowder depot leaking?"

Long Junxiong replied as seriously as when Chen Mu asked this question for the first time: "No leaks, my subordinates slept in the gunpowder depot all night, and there are no leaks anywhere. The ground is not damp, and the ground and the medicine barrels are covered with paint. Tung oiled tents are waterproof and moisture-proof, and each gunpowder room has a small flag to keep an eye on, absolutely nothing.”

This is the second time Chen Mu asked him about this today.

It wasn’t memory loss, it was the heavy rain that made Chen Mu flustered. His gunpowder was stored in the royal city. Before the heavy rain came, he checked all the stone forts built by the Spaniards in the city. The strongest and most leak-proof house was used. Come to store the luggage, the most important thing in it is the seven gunpowder depots.

One is afraid of the tide, and the other is afraid of explosions.

It’s okay if it’s wet, and it can still be used after the typhoon passes and the sky clears up. If it’s not properly guarded and hits or something blows up the gunpowder depot, it will be interesting.

In order to prevent this, Chen Mu specially divided the gunpowder warehouse into seven, even so, the gunpowder stored in each warehouse is still a huge amount.

Except for gunpowder, other things really don't matter to him, not to mention that the wind blowing to Manila is not too strong, but the rain is heavy, even if the wind can blow his boat away, it doesn't matter - the letter sent back from Bai Yuanjie in Nanyang Port, The two shipyards of Xiangshan and Nanyang Port have stopped building small shark ships since the last batch of warships were built. Twelve thousand shark ships will be sent to Manila by the end of this year.

At the same time, the shipwrights in Xiangshan are also working on the structure of the San Pablo. When these thousand-material shark ships are built, there should be new ship designs released, at least as mentioned in Chen Mu's letter to Guan Yuangu. To remove the flat deck structure of the forecastle and stern, the center of gravity of the ship is lowered. Double-layer artillery decks or even three-layer artillery decks are generally used, emphasizing the use of large-caliber heavy artillery.

Chen Mu has an advantage. The advantage is that under the current technical conditions, the technical difficulty in the whole world cannot offset the manpower advantage, while Daming has inexhaustible manpower. As long as it has the right direction, its production capacity far exceeds that of other countries.

Relying solely on the Guangzhou Mansion, Chen Mu dared to challenge Spain, the number one maritime power in the world, on the seas of East Asia.

Of course, it is an invincible and powerful country with all hands tied.

Thanks Ottomans!
When Chen Mu hid in the castle and shivered in the typhoon, in the far north, in mid-July, the tank boat loaded with silver and letters arrived in Tongzhou, and the wooden box full of silver was smashed by the top twelve guards. Escorted to Beijing.

In Gao Gong's mansion, Ge Lao held the letter and looked at it for a long time, looked up at the tall Western war horses in the yard, turned his head to Zhang Juzheng, who invited him to be a guest, and said with a smile: "It is right to let him go to Nanyang, look at this big horse." , not a single speck of color."

Zhang Juzheng is not interested in Andalusian horses at all, he also has them in his residence, he nodded and said: "The servant went to the palace yesterday to meet the saint, and told His Majesty about sending Jinyi to Luzon, I don't know what the old man means."

"What is Jinyi doing in Lu Song, check him?" Gao Gong put down the letter, raised his hand and pressed it, turned to look at Zhang Juzheng, with a clear expression and affirmative tone, said: "Someone said something."

Zhang Juzheng nodded, sat upright, squinted his eyes and listened to the qin music coming from the other courtyard, without opening his eyes, he said: "It is said that he invaded ten thousand mu of people's land in Lu Song, and his eyes are lawless."

"The old man has also heard about it."

Gao Gong's expression didn't look like he was talking about a major event, but rather a joke, "I can say anything, saying that I hid armor to build a gunboat, and said that it was an intention to rebel; and Xiyi reported to the governor of Fujian, saying that he Disturb business routes. Although impeachment was useless in the past, it has something to say, but what happened in recent years—Impeachment of the general’s private possession of armor and weapons, I don’t want to use it at all!"

Zhang Juzheng opened his eyes and smiled, followed by Zheng Se: "The brocade clothes will be sent."

"Send together with the factory guards, select a few Jinshi, and invite people to go with them. In the past, they didn't care about anything else. They only looked at the accounts to see if what he reported was the same as the real account. Don't worry about the same. Lieutenant, listen to him, he has written this letter in agony, and he wants someone."

"What else are you talking about? People who are not useful to the court or those who are not useful will be sent to him. If they are sent overseas, they will not be able to cause trouble for the court. They can still make the best use of their talents." Gao Gong curled his beard and smiled: "Look back and see Look, there are people who are not suitable to stay in the court, if they have some talents, they will be sent to Nanyang."

Zhang Juzheng nodded slowly, but there was a very obvious pause in the movement of nodding, as if he was thinking about this sentence.

If it is not suitable to stay in the DPRK, it will be sent overseas.

He glanced at Gao Gong imperceptibly, then closed his eyes again, and nodded slowly.

Nose light and long humming sound.

"Ok!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)