open sea

Chapter 496
After the rainstorm, Annan only had to watch the theater for Chen Mu. The beacon smoke made Chen Mu feel that he could fight for another 30 years.

But in fact, we can't fight for that long. The climate in the Indochina Peninsula is different. It is not Deng Zilong but Mo Jingdian who knows the climate best.

In the last two days when the rain stopped, Mo Jingdian sent envoys into Chen Mu's camp, Chen Mu deliberately made the soldiers look dead, and authorized his subordinates to gamble for half a day in the camp, chasing and fighting with no taboos.

The envoy didn't care about that at all, they had already suffered enough from Chen Mu, and after the agreement was finalized, Chen Mu asked Lin Manjue to climb Nanshan and look west.

Lin Manjue was very sure that there used to be at least [-] soldiers stationed in Hexi at the foot of the mountain, but now the camp is empty.

Before the negotiating envoy returned and it was still raining lightly, Mo Jingdian had already set up his camp and marched westward.

In the battle with Chen Mu, Mo Jingdian couldn't use all his abilities, but when he turned around to fight with Zheng Song and Pan Gongji, it was different. The two hastily gathered [-] troops to march eastward and northward, but they didn't hear of any results. On the contrary, it was only a month after Mo Jingdian left, and the battle was decided.

On the [-]th, Mo Jingdian dispatched Ruan Juan, who was defeated by Chen Mu and fled back to Qinghua, to lead an army of [-] against Zheng Song who was in pursuit. , big win.

On the 24th, they captured Nghe An, which was empty of defenses, turned around and swept Thanh Hoa, then defeated Zheng Song who was confronting Ruan Juan, and his subordinates captured Zheng Song at Cen Mountain. Mu Suo guessed even more violently.

Mo Jingdian even occupied Nghe An.

Chen Mu sent someone to write a letter to Ruan Huang in Hue and Guangnan, telling him that Mo Jingdian was at the end of his battle, as long as he sent his troops eastward to Ruan Huang, he could take Nghe An, and the imperial court would grant Ruan Huang Yong Zhen Situ.

Later, he seized the time to send someone to tell Mo Jingdian, and told Mo Jingdian how Bai Yuanjie broke Shenglong and the east water gate of Shenglong City hadn't been repaired yet. Afterwards, regardless of what Mo Jingdian thought, after joining forces with Yu Dayou and Liu Xian, Entered Thang Long City.

"To be honest, Jin Shenglong, I don't even want to give this city to Mo Jingdian again."

The inner city of Shenglong is a palace, and the palace is nothing to Chen Mu. There is no palace in this world that can compare with the Forbidden City, but the outer city is different. This is a giant city on water that strangles the river mouth. Chen Mu returned to ancient times.

It is the ancient times in terms of his time, like the Song Dynasty but not prosperous, like the Tang Dynasty but not bold, all walks of life and streets are well-organized, and others feel differently from him.

Not to mention Yu Dayou and Liu Xian. After this famous ancient general broke through the city, he did not order his troops to plunder the city. His moral level is already high. The two old men are still in the palace to thank him. They have fought all their lives in the country. , have no experience of breaking through Miyagi, and now they are all there.

The eunuch Chen Ju, who accompanied the army and supervised the army, and Wang Tianrui, a hundred households in Jinyi, showed deeper contempt for this palace city. Chen Mu's next plan is more interesting.

"Shanglong City, the local people also call it Laochengguan and Tokyo. This is the most important thing to control the estuary. Our ships enter the sea and the river must pass through here. We need the garrison to control the water transportation. No matter who owns the Thanglong City control, the imperial court will sign a treaty with it, and this river belongs to us.”

"Besides that, Wang Baihu needs to do something to return to Beijing to repay his merits this time."

In the small pavilion on the lotus pond beside the Yu River in the Shenglong Imperial City, Chen Mu sat down with the generals, military supervisors, and Jinyi guards one by one. Because it was an internal military meeting of the Ming army, Wu Gongji was not called. Among the crowd, Chen Mu's official position The highest, the first place.

Wang Tianrui's official position is the lowest, even if thousands of households face each other, he is no more powerful than him, but at this time, it is obvious that the small hundred households can discuss matters here is already a great value, so naturally he is ranked last, but he did not expect Chen Muyi He was called at the beginning, and quickly got up to salute.

"Chen Shuai, please tell me!"

"I am planning to send a letter to the capital, looking for people who are proficient in medical skills and business affairs in Jinyi, and open medical clinics, restaurants, boat shops, cloth shops, rice shops, and private schools in the 36th street of Thang Long. In order to make a living with money, we must also spy on the military situation and the people's situation, in case of emergencies."

"Not only Thang Long, but Thanh Hoa and Hue also need to send Jinyi to do this. After returning to the court, this matter needs to be arranged by hundreds of households."

"Remember, not only the things I mentioned above, we will do what can help the poor and what can be supported by the people in the local area. This is what I learned from Puyi and Xiyi. Spies are multi-faceted people and belong to spies. Yes, just a little bit."

Wang Tianrui was a little confused about this mission. He clasped his fists to answer, but his face was extremely sad. This kind of thing is not something he can do for a mere rich family. It is difficult to have power over a hundred households, even with real power over a thousand households.

However, the eunuch Chen Ju laughed and said, "Why did you lose your mind? We men understand. Wang Baihu is going to be promoted, thank you Chen Shuai soon!"

Others didn't understand, but Chen Ju's heart was like a bright mirror. They followed Chen Mu to the despicable places in Nanyang at first.

Later, Chen Mu became bigger and bigger in Nanyang. The imperial court never added officials to Chen Mu, and the people working under him did not benefit from the court. Chen Ju himself had a guess in his heart. Some people in the imperial court did not want the Nanyang military mansion to develop. Too soon, and I don't want Chen Mu to join the ranks.

But that's because the previous achievements were all done by the Nanyang Army itself. This time the Annan War was a complete victory, and it also cooperated with the troops from Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. Others show their merits, and the Nanyang military mansion can't be like the one raised by a little mother.

Chen Mu reciprocated and gave some sweetness to Jin Yiwei who followed him to suffer. This is just the beginning, and it will be others' turn later!
"Don't be in a hurry, the imperial court may not agree to this matter. If you agree, you can't do this without real power." Chen Mu smiled and asked Wang Tianrui to sit down, and after raising his hand, his entourage handed several letters to everyone .

He looked at Yu Dayou and Liu Xian and said: "Two old commanders and colleagues, please take a look. This is a treaty drawn up by Mr. Chen. If you feel that there is no problem, you can report it to the imperial court. If there is any change, we will discuss it again."

Liu Xian looked at the few pages in his hand, frowned and asked: "Why, after half a year of fighting, this land is still going to be handed over to the Annan people. Chen Shuai, although the battle started because of the river, but now we have won a complete victory. Shouldn't the Jiaozhi area be retaken and governed in three directions, which is nothing more than switching the northern and southern dynasties, the north is in the south, and the south is in the north, what does this mean?"

Yu Dayou didn't react as much as Liu Xian. Although the old man was also a little puzzled, he frowned and nodded when he saw the contract, and said, "The old man has no objection."

"It's not that the imperial court confiscated Jiaozhi. It costs a lot of money every year but it doesn't make any profit. Therefore, it has other ancestral precepts that are not enough for the soldiers and the people. It is not appropriate for us to disobey the ancestral precepts."

"So taking away his river rights, sea rights, mining rights, and salt rights for a hundred years as a punishment, I get the benefits, and he has the whole country. Wouldn't everyone be happy?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)