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Chapter 491 Ruan Huang
It wasn't that Chen Mu was shameless, Mo Jingdian was indeed held back by him, saying that the siege was an exaggeration, but blocking the way for Mo Jingdian's army to return north, he did his part.

There are several roads from Thanh Hoa to Thang Long, but all of these roads have a necessary place, which is Nanshan.

The foot of the mountain is close to the sea, and there is a road by the sea, just within the range of the heavy artillery of the Chihai-class warships. Whenever Mo Jingdian's soldiers and horses have the slightest sign of wanting to pass here, twelve Chihai-class warships will bombard them with heavy artillery.

Even with a forced charge, the [-] army guards camped at the foot of the mountain, dug trenches, and built civil shelters, and no one could forcefully break through the defense line of the army.

In this way, Mo Jingdian couldn't walk. If he wanted to pass through Nanshan Mountain, he had to go northward for [-] li on the mountain road, or walk halfway up the mountain, or whatever other dangerous roads, he would inevitably face another result.

The large army will be forced to disperse into small units, and the small units, the thousands of households under Deng Zilong's command, are waiting on the other side of the mountain, let alone Lin Manjue in the mountain.

Chen Mu is very comfortable!

Not only did he block Mo Jingdian in Nanshan, but more importantly, he achieved his real goal of participating in the Annan War and frightened others.

The news of Annan always spread very slowly, but the news of the Ming army's victory over Mo Jingdian in Guteng County still spread far to the south.

Nanshan Camp.

Chen Mu played with the official seal of the commander-in-chief of An Nanguo Guangnan sent by the sailors from the sea, looked at the important officials of the Southern Dynasty who were dressed in coir raincoats and hats, who were neither humble nor overbearing in their forties, raised their hands and handed the official seals to the soldiers. The seals of the soldiers and generals were returned to Ruan Huang.

Chen Mu withdrew his appreciative gaze, asked Ruan Huang to sit down on the side seat in the tent, and said: "Chen relieved the siege of Nhe'an, but he did not see Pan Gongji with the army; he did not see Zheng Song coming after the siege of Tsinghua; it has never happened before." The general Ruan I contacted came here, I don't understand, why?"

"That's because they are rude. Even if there are too many wrong people and things wrong, it won't be wrong for me to come to pay my respects."

Ruan Huang bowed his hands and saluted, and sat down after thanking Chen Mu for giving him a seat. Although he was dressed as a fisherman, his demeanor was just right, but he couldn't deceive anyone. Those who were exiled in the place where they were exiled, the general's name was like thunder in their ears a few years ago, and they heard that the general defeated Ruan Juan in the Northern Dynasty, so they came to pay their respects."

He first said that his territory was poor, Chen Mu understood, he raised his hand and smiled and said, "Your attire really doesn't look like a special visit, are you here to borrow troops?"

"The general was joking. Although there are always bandits in the Guangshun area, Mo Jingdian led the navy to attack earlier. Although I am weak, they are not opponents, and they have not yet come to take refuge. This attire."

Ruan Huang smiled brightly, and said: "The Zheng family in Qinghua, since his father Zheng Jian, wanted to get rid of me and then quickly, so he had to guard against it."

"Guangshun is no better than Thang Long Tsing Hoa. It is located in a remote area, sparsely populated, and people's daily necessities are not enough. I came here to meet the general and to do business."

"There are merchants who come and go say that the general has a fleet of merchants under his command. Now that the general controls overseas, he would like to ask the general to send a fleet to and from Malacca to trade in Guangshun."

trading?

Chen Mu was interested. He thought that all the soldiers in Annan Kingdom only knew about war. He didn't expect that there was a smart man who knew the essence of war. He said, "I seem to have heard from Your Excellency just now that Guangshun The land is exhausted, even if my caravan goes to Hue, what will I sell?"

"What can you buy?"

"It is true that Guangshun is poor, but it is poor because there is no trade. Once there is trade, it will no longer be poor." Ruan Huang's eyes were shining when he said this, and he said: "Thousands of miles north and south, there are more than [-] people. There is gold and iron in the mountains, and fishing salt in the sea.”

"As long as the general's merchant ships can reach Guangnan..."

Chen Mu usually doesn't like to interrupt others, but this time was an exception, he frowned and said: "Chen is not opposed to the trade between merchants and Guangnan Hue, but General Ruan, as far as I know, Guangnan Hue has a There are no decent ports of discharge, so it's too early to say?"

"I have already found the location of the harbor. The coast of Hoi An is sixty miles away, and the water is deep enough to shelter from the wind. I know the rules of the Nanyang military government. If you don't like Hoi An Port, I will rule the coast and follow the general to build camps and garrison ships. It doesn't matter."

Ruan Huang clasped his hands again as he spoke, and said, "I'm still saying, as long as the general's merchant ship arrives in Guangnan, I'll buy whatever the merchant wants. Except for food and the people, I'll sell whatever the general wants!"

Obviously Ruan Huang came prepared. It was not the first time Chen Mu saw someone begging him to go to the army. He had enough experience to deal with this situation.

Often, small overseas countries begged him to station troops and trade, just like Ruan Huang now, there was only one possibility in those places - poor places that he didn't want for nothing.

But this did not prevent Chen Mu from appreciating Ruan Huang's courage.

Although the man in front of him was wearing a coir raincoat, had a humble request, and had a poor jurisdiction, he was not a pauper. His power was comparable to that of a king and the lord of 40 people in a hundred miles.

Chen Mu has never been to Hue, Guangnan, but he can feel this person's desire to be rich and strong at all costs.

"Gold, silver, copper, iron, good wood, and the benefits of salt and soil, how much can you sell in a year?"

Ruan Huang's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly: "One year there are four hundred catties of gold, twenty thousand catties of copper, eighty thousand catties of iron, thirty thousand stones of salt, and inexhaustible sources of wood!"

"It's not much. Cotton cloth, pottery, porcelain, dyes, tea, sugar and wine, candles and spices. How much can you eat? What do you want most?"

In fact, the answer is already ready in Chen Mu's heart. He knows what Guangnan Hue wants most.

Ruan Huang said decisively: "Steel!"

"What do you need steel for?"

"Build weapons!"

"Who will be killed by making weapons?"

Ruan Huang paused, with a bit of worry that shouldn't exist on his face, and said: "To be honest, Zheng sees me as a thorn in his side. Now the general will kill Mo. When Zheng Song has no major troubles in the Northern Dynasty, he will turn around and attack me. Don't do it for me." Whoever you kill, protect yourself and survive."

Chen Mu nodded slowly, and nodded after thinking for a moment: "Once the battle of Thang Long is over, someone will go to your territory to look for a good port. The port will be completed within half a year, and the imperial garrison will be one thousand, gold, copper and iron, as you said. Thousands of soldiers are changed every year."

"A complete set of dagger, knife, spear, ring armor, pocket guard, arm tie, and greaves, with two two-jin cannons and two big tiger squats."

"The rest of the wood, stone, and refined salt are sold by merchants to sell cotton cloth and other daily necessities for the common people."

Chen Mu closed his eyes and said the suitable goods, then opened his eyes and said, "How?"

Ruan Huang got up and cupped his fists, and said, "Thank you, General, for your success!"

"You don't need to thank me, just be honest, I don't like the products of Hue, Guangnan." Chen Mu said mercilessly, raising his hand and pointing at Ruan Huang: "But I like you, I heard people said that you went to Guangnan Shun, because of one sentence, the Hengshan area will last forever?"

"You are talented and courageous. After a few years, when the situation in Annan is stable, as long as you want, I can give you a fleet of boats and go with me to further places."

(End of this chapter)