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Chapter 30 Country Names

In Manila Bay, warships load and unload baggage at ports, and a large Ming-word flag was erected every hundred steps. During this period, the Ming army, who was under the flag, was commanded to recruit civilians to transport baggage, and drove a cart of goods and ordnance into the royal city where they were being built.

There is a castle in the northwest corner of the royal city, and the fortress is heavily guarded. Although the fort gate is closed during the day, people only know that the commander and his staff are inside, but they don’t know what to do in it.

"I won't say some things, you may not have imagined. Military supervisors read history, right? Looking at all the dynasties, when is a country most energetic? I think it is a time of chaos, not a time of chaos, but a time of chaos." Chen Mu raised his hand and patted the tea case, "It is internal and external troubles, and it is the inequality between the rich and the poor. After these problems occurred, a saint was born, and all the knowledgeable people in the world were working hard."

"If you are poor, you think you are rich; if you are weak, you think you are strong. Everyone seeks change and seeks survival. This is exactly the case with the court."

"The enemy in the south and the north have been disturbed for decades. This year, Altan has granted tribute and expedition to the South Ocean. This is a solution. The border city has been opened in the north, and the national treasury can be retained at the end of the year. The courtiers do not have to be restrained anymore, so they can seek change. If Chen jumps out to make trouble at this time, what am I?"

"I just think this is not enough. This time you go abroad, you should be able to feel that the court is not comparing with yourself. There are many countries in the world. They are enterprising. Our fleet cannot reach their country, but their fleet can sneak to our gate, kick and fire two cannons, like an ignorant child."

"Don't be fooled by these children's harmless appearances. They are better than us. They use their fleets to go east and finally return to their own country, proving that the world is round, and they have walked through many places and know which country can threaten them. We know what changes happened in other places after the eunuchs of Sanbao went to Southeast Asia, and they knew nothing about it."

"The essence of the world is competition, people are like this, and countries composed of people are the same, because everything in the world is limited. We have two kilograms of rice, and I eat one kilogram, and you three can only eat one kilogram together, and my strength is greater than you. This is the case in the middle school of the country. The great masters in Yangzhou can throw golden leaves from the top of the mountain to compare who can fly farther away, and the people at the foot of the mountain will starve to death."

"The poor and destitute people failed in this battle, which may not be the fault of the merchants. Not every official is corrupt and abused the law, nor is it every merchant is cunning, but they use their wisdom and deception to seize more, in my eyes."

"The court owns the world, and the ancestors set rules for traveling a lot. They rely on these rules to distribute the food, money, and other messy things to everyone in the country. Even if everyone has the same amount at the beginning, there will be more and more afterwards. There will always be a difference between the fewer and the fewer. Those who take more may not be bad people, and those who take less may not be good people."

"If there is a problem with this rule, I can't help it, so I strongly advocate Nanzheng. I know that Nanzheng is useless in your eyes, and it may be useless in the eyes of Gaoge, Zhangge, and even the emperor. I just think I am too bored to be noisy all day long, so I kicked me far away and didn't make trouble for them."

"But only at this time can Chen's wish be fulfilled! In a peaceful and peaceful time, can Chen, who is like a jumping person, rise up Nanzheng? This is the failure to solve the accumulated problems by using the court officials, and the power to be a dead horse as a living horse. At least they think that Chen has a way of making money and farming, and Nanzheng will definitely not lose money."

"Otherwise, even if the imperial court really promotes the army, what can Qi Nanzheng do?"

Chen Mu's face slapped and his hands slapped, "I hit the Iberian Peninsula, let the king come out and kowtow, and offer tributes every year, and the army returns to farm. This is what we normal people think. How much gold and silver can we earn? It's better to take the goods to Yuegang and let others buy them. We can collect the money while sitting, so what can we do?"

Chen Mu's words made Chen Ju and Zhao Shizhen deeply agree. What can Manila do? Another 20,000 farmers come to farm, and the food they planted is just enough for 40,000 people to eat. Isn't this a ghost obsession? There is land in the Ming Dynasty!

"Mr. Chen doesn't value money. Two things are the two things. The military supervisor is aware of the army. Is this newly built bastion wall useful?"

Chen Ju nodded. In fact, he couldn't say that he knew about military affairs. At most, he was more curious about military affairs than most eunuchs in the deep palace. But even so, he could see that the biggest advantage of this thing is that no matter where you came from, there were three walls and even more defenders attacking you.

"But the city wall is low and still oblique, with soil and grass on it. It will be too easy to climb once the city is siege."

"If you are short, the cannon is not easy to hit. You have cannons and bird guns on your head. How can people climb? A normal city wall is high, and it is easy to be bombarded if it is high. It doesn't matter, as long as you know it is useful; Mr. Xu translated the Western Navy Military Book, is it useful?"

Xu Weiku has been sitting for a long time. He originally wanted to ask Chen Mu what he was going to come here, and he also wanted to stay in a tug-of-war for a long time. However, since Chen Ju spoke, he kept silent. At the same time, he thought Chen Ju, the military supervisor, and decided to stay away from him in the future.

He didn't suspect Chen Mu was going to rebel.

At this time, when he heard Chen Mu ask, he stood up and bowed, "The battle between the Western Yi Sea is fierce, and all of them are written, and the military writings of Qi's family are exquisite."

"That's right. This is cultural exchange. Because we win, we have the final say for how much exchange it is. They have been doing this. If we don't go out to sea, we can't do it. In the war, learning other people's good things and integrating them with our good things is much faster than Daming itself for decades of improvement."

"Technical progress depends on demand. Wire weaving is developed in Jiangnan, so there are pedal reels or even large spinning wheels. This is because the demand is met, and technology will be improved. If no one buys silk, what is the use of technological progress?"

"How does demand expand? The market, Manila is now our market. If you produce more cotton, the cotton loom will improve; if you produce more weapons, the weapons will be built, and if you fight more wars, the military strategy will be improved."

"But the demand alone is not enough. The Ming Dynasty is too big, and it is difficult to shorten the power and make people think hard to improve technology. Unlike those small countries, they only need to colonize and obtain gold, silver, manpower, raw materials and markets to make huge changes. We cannot do it."

Chen Mu shook his head, not worrying, but this is the reality he needs to face: "No matter how much gold and silver are, they cannot fill the Ming Dynasty; no matter how much manpower is, they are not as good as the Ming Dynasty itself; no matter how much raw materials are, they cannot compare to our own production; no matter how big the market is, they cannot match the entire Ming Dynasty."

"So, except for handing over to the emperor and sending soldiers, all my remaining money will be invested in Guangzhou Prefecture and even Guangdong, which will make Guangzhou Prefecture lack manpower, forcing it to concentrate production, produce and dump it in various places, and then issue rewards to encourage technological progress. In ten or eight years, this always needs to change. We are doing a great thing. The Book of Filial Piety says: to establish oneself and practice the way, make a name for future generations, to show our parents, and to end the filial piety."

"We are in power and we will make the country famous in future generations!"
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