open sea

Chapter 451
The envoy of the governor of Portuguese India actually came earlier than Don Juan, but the governor's cronies were very dissatisfied with everything in Macau and had no ability to change the status quo, not to mention that he still had an even more sad treaty in his hand.

So he got angry, and out of sight and out of mind, he asked Huang Cheng, the person in charge of Chen Mu in Haojing, to find him a place to live, and took his Great Dane dog without going out for half a month.

Only when he heard the news that Chen Mu had come, did he get the mission ready to go, and at the same time he clenched his fists to cheer himself up. He must not be intimidated by this vicious butcher. He was going to Beijing with a letter to meet the emperor!
In the letter sent by the Jesuits to the new Indian governor, other Ming people are more reasonable and kind than Chen Mu, which is almost a rule.

Farmers are kinder than Chen Mu, and officials are kinder than farmers. It is obvious that their emperors should be kinder than officials. Then... it can be concluded that the emperor of Ming Dynasty is more than 8000 times kinder than Chen Mu!
But when Chen Mu first arrived in Haojing, he didn't pay attention to him. Lou Qimai, who was sent last year because Liu Xian borrowed troops to conquer Jiusiman, came back. Later, I can send some people to my brother-in-law.

Chen Mu went to Guangzhou Mansion to welcome Lou Qimai, and then returned to Haojing, and brought two big geese over for a stroll.

Heiwa was in heat some time ago, this young man from Mongolia was very energetic, although he was short in stature, he was full of energy and lost a lot of weight. Chen Mu couldn't bear to ride him, so he put him in the newly opened horse farm in Qiongzhou Prefecture to raise him well .

Horses can be in estrus for a long time, but when it's hot, they don't bother to have a temperament to push back and forth.

The pregnant white girl didn't go, she was resting in the stables in Manila. There were grooms who didn't escape after Spain was defeated. The grooms of the military mansion were there to learn from them how to raise Andalusian horses. I dare not let them go, I am afraid that these good horses will be raised to death.

There were four mares in the Andalusian horses that were given to his subordinates before, and the males had been gelded, so they could only find Mongolian horses to breed with them. Fortunately, Chen Mu used to get a batch of geldings from Alta in the north. The good horses that he had passed, his subordinates usually rode instead of walking, and now they all happened to be used for planting.

At the beginning of this year, while Chen Mu sent Zhao Shizhen to Beijing, he also asked him to convey to the Ministry of War the need to allocate a batch of war horses, and wanted to send them to the Xinmingjian horse farm by ship.

Although the horse farm in Qiongzhou Prefecture has been established, the terrain and environment there limit the size of the horse farm. Yang Zhaolong told his brother-in-law in a letter that there is a better choice.

In the process of training wild dogs, trading with the aborigines, and teaching them to speak Chinese, Yang Zhaolong discovered the grassland. Although Mongolian horses may not be suitable for living there, multiple places are always good, and Yang Zhaolong really needs horses.

In a recent letter, Yang Zhaolong's life there is already on the right track. He is happy to explore Xinming, and hopes that Chen Mu will have a look at it when he has time, and send him more people. He wants everyone. As long as it is human.

He said that he had organized several nomadic tribes that lived on two legs. He had ruled over 48 people, five villages under his jurisdiction, diverted rivers for irrigation, reclaimed more than [-] acres of fertile land, and built canals. There are four bridges, two bridges, and [-] miles of paved roads. There is no contradiction at all. Everyone has a field to cultivate. It is simply a peach blossom garden in the story.

Moreover, he also relied on the strength of the natives to pull the crocodiles out of the river and put them on the oven. From Yanglai Bay, he expanded his territory 86 miles eastward to the high mountains and cliffs; 47 miles westward, his footprints spread all over the bay; 120 miles southward, he faced the endless grassland .

Chen Mu could feel the impact of the reclamation of the new continent on Yang Zhaolong just through the letters, and let him write down every inch of land he stepped on, reclaim every mu of farmland, and wade through the letter in detail like a child. every river.

Except for the poor soil, there is nothing wrong with that new continent. Even if the soil is poor, Yang Zhaolong doesn't care. He wants cattle, sheep and horses, and he wants more people.

In time, the existence of the New World will impact the hearts of everyone in the entire empire, far surpassing those of Luzon and Sulu. With Yang Zhaolong, Chen Mu is more aware of the mentality of his compatriots in the same generation towards overseas.

Even if he uses war as a means, uses help as an excuse, puts a friendly cloak on the colonization, and realizes his sinister intention of conquest and assimilation, the Ming people still will not desire this kind of behavior, let alone the great geographical discovery like the Europeans Such a fanatical mentality.

They calmly and passively accepted Chen Mu's feedback from overseas, and enjoyed the benefits without any desire to drive them to devote themselves to it.

Because in Luzon, in Sulu, in Ryukyu, and in Borneo, the era when the emperor was at home in the world has long passed, leaving the two capitals and thirteen provinces, and the lucky boat flying the inlaid dragon flag is always a guest.

Xinming is different, they can be the masters there.

Yang Zhaolong's excitement also brought great excitement to Chen Mu.

His sense of accomplishment was quickly dispelled by the straight rope in his hand. On the opposite side of the municipal square, the mighty Great Dane at the front of the Portuguese Indian Governor’s Mission kicked its front paws restlessly, lowered its head and bowed its body with a life-threatening sound. growled in fear.

The European hound, which had never panicked even when it followed its master as a mercenary in the Mughal Empire, had to show its defensive posture in the face of two geese with wings that were eager to try.

Even if the owner asks the Great Dane not to mess around with the standard password, it won't help, because Chen Mu spread his hands and said, "I know how to train dogs, but can you train geese? Anyway, I can't, I can't control it."

As the saying goes, dogs are afraid of people bending over, wolves are afraid of people pulling out knives, but geese are not afraid of anything. Everything in this world is small in their eyes, and small things can be beaten.

When two big geese stretched their wings three feet above the ground and rushed towards the Great Dane with a high-pitched cry, the heroic hunting dogs were slapped on the face by the wings of the big geese. Mu seemed to see a lonely and brave Japanese warrior leaping towards the rustic wolf without hesitation.

The expression of the governor’s envoy became more and more embarrassing. The Portuguese military officer, who is arrogant in every corner of the world, was very unhappy to bow his head to Chen Mu here. He didn’t want to wait for a moment, and said: “Dear General of the Ming Dynasty, His Excellency Anthony, Governor of India sends you his greetings , and ordered to bring a treaty on the joint defense of the three ports west of Malacca, and hope that the general can stop those pirates who are running amok."

"Your Excellency seems to be in a hurry, let's go, let's go to the Yamen to discuss."

Just as Chen Mu was about to go to the municipal office, the envoy of the Governor of India said: "I still have military affairs to attend to, so please general as soon as possible."

"Hehe, don't worry, it will be soon." Chen Mu rarely spoke their language in his own place, and he didn't blindly belittle or bully others. After all, he just had a bad temper, and he didn't have much dislike for the Portuguese. : "The peace envoy sent by the King of Spain is also waiting."

"The Portuguese is my friend, let's talk first and let him wait."

(End of this chapter)