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Chapter 23 Six years

Warships sailed into Majiagang Bay in the evening, and rows of fireworks on the coast were blown into the sky, and sparkling fireworks burst out to reflect the mooring of the Red Sea.

The hundred-husband wrapped in thick military robe on the stern of the boat looked up at the fireworks and unconsciously raised a smile on his face, muttering to himself: "Just count the day, it's almost the New Year."

The huge noise and the sound of firecrackers set off, causing the resting monk Acosta to walk out of the cabin. He saw a sudden light of fire from the dark shore, and the Ming army's "weapons" flew from the ground to the air and then exploded suddenly. The intensity of firepower was terrifying.

But this fear did not last long. As the ship entered the port, a young Ming army flag army was running on the shore with long poles of firecrackers tied with firecrackers on the snow-covered beach. When the sound of firecrackers sounded, the monk also smiled.

The Spanish also had the habit of setting off firecrackers and fireworks. However, for these monks who were on the mission of negotiating, they were very afraid of the Ming army, which made it difficult for them to directly think of this celebration custom full of joy.

Of course, firecrackers will not remind monks of the New Year. At weddings where countless newlyweds were baptized in front of the church, the sound of firecrackers always sounded, and when the sound of firecrackers ended, people would hug and kiss the bride.

The Spanish were greatly influenced by Europe, but even more influenced by Arabs. They were the first regions in Europe to come into contact with gunpowder. During the 800-year confrontation with the Arabs, both sides absorbed countless cultures and technologies that originally belonged to each other. For example, most Spanish words starting with a are derived from Arabs.

In the eyes of monk Acosta, with such a huge fireworks ceremony, the one who gets married must be a very powerful dignitary.

Just as he was planning to use his only Chinese vocabulary to ask Baihu who was the Mingjun garrison harbor. When he got married, a huge warship on the sea crashed into his eyes.

The giant ship was pendant on the sea with four heavy iron anchors, and the bow was carrying a huge golem. It was a monster wearing Ming army armor but with nine heads. The monster had wings and nine bird heads swaying on the hull.

A string of red lanterns hung on the ship, making the deck lights brightly. The suona sounded and the sound of war drums swung layer by layer from the stern building, and dozens of large warships were arranged around the giant ship. There were countless soldiers and craftsmen on the ship, all of which were hustle and bustle, so that the new negotiating ships could not enter the port, but could only look out over there.

Until a gong opens.

Monk Acosta was in a daze and saw two mighty four-legged beasts released from the cabin of the giant ship. They were strange beasts he had never seen before. They were furry and had a kingly aura while walking and jumping. They were separated and circled left and right on the deck. Amid the cheers of the flag army, another burst of firecrackers on the shore were knocked into the sky and exploded with gorgeous fireworks.

Monk Acosta didn't understand what the two four-legged beasts were doing, but he saw the hundreds of households on the boat with bright eyes and bowed to the boat from afar.

Before he could ask a question, Baihu from Nanyang turned his head and pointed at the boat in a language he could understand and said, "That is Chen Shuai's flagship, known as the Great Wall on the Sea. The bow of the ship looks like the Dragon King's Consort in our mythological story."

The lion danced on the boat, and the drum sound turned from light to rapid. The white lion seemed to be shocked just now when he saw the red lion. Zhang Yang stopped, his big eyes blinked, his body trembled, and his hind legs stole.

The red lion is mighty, with his mouth and eyes opening and closing, and his head shaking, he is moving forward with his footsteps of Yue's fist. He opens his teeth and claws to demonstrate to the white lion, followed the drum beat, and the white lion fights, playing with the red lion.

As they were watching, the flag army on the ship cheered, and the hundred households looked down at the side of the ship, and saw a small boat rowing under the boat. The water pawn shouted loudly: "Good time the captain is back! Today is the New Year, the general has an order. Each hundred households give three jars of wine and half a fan of fat pigs to warm up their bodies and eat enough!"

The flag soldiers on the ship surrounded the hundred households and laughed loudly, and asked the captains of the hundred households to allow them to drink with the intention of urging them to please. After the chief officials allowed them, they all wrapped their military coats tightly, and those who moved the wine and those who set the tables, and they were not afraid of the cold wind.

The verbal man shouted to the flag army transporting wine and meat on the boat and asked, "Who is the nine-headed prince consort dancing lions on the way? Looking at the unfamiliar steps, it looks like a newbie who can't even understand the drum beats!"

Several flag soldiers who were carrying wine laughed when they heard this, and pointed at the Great Wall on the Sea in anger and said, "That's our general and General Deng playing. They will be the serious lion dancer in a while!"

As he was talking, monk Acosta, who had been looking at the Great Wall Ship on the sea, found that the two four-legged beasts who had fought for a long time but had not really beaten suddenly separated, and their heads and flesh were thrown aside, and there were four people on their lower heads.

Chen Mu took off the lion's head, patted the flag army that he cooperated with, stepped forward and shouted a joke to Deng Zilong, asking the flag army on the deck to prepare for the next celebration. Several people walked into the cabin and changed into their own clothes and armor.

At the same time, more flag soldiers in the cabin came out in lion costumes, and they were the lion dance teams that truly brought enjoyment to the flag soldiers.

Chen Mu is just a fun person. To be honest, Deng Zilong, who knows Yue Family Fist, should be more professional in lion dance, otherwise how could his hometown be called Lion Deng?

"Ruan Chu sent back a fleet, and later the people who were photographed by Fu Yuan said that they had joined forces with Ruan Chu and went south to find the Spanish."

Chen Mu wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and jumped out, and said to Deng Zilong in a fur cloak: "I guess it will be difficult for the Westerners to agree to me that they are in the south and the north want land. The final decision should suffer a little."

Knowing that Chen Muli is not upright and strong, Deng Zilong chuckled, pushed open the hatch door and said, "Don't worry about what you are talking about, it's best to win without fighting. We just arrived here for two lives. There are countless places on the vast land that need to be discovered after spring. If you can discover minerals one day earlier, it will be stronger than later than that, Deng felt that even if you use the top scholar bridge as the boundary, it will not be a loss."

"Shisam Chen should not be too obsessed with ceding land from Spain. As long as they do not interfere with us, it is beneficial for me to draw the boundaries."

Chen Mu curled his lips and refused to comment. Of course he understood what Deng Zilong said, but sometimes he saw a good opportunity and if he could not grasp as much meaning as possible, he would fail in his eyes.

But he didn't say anything, just changed out of the lion's clothes and hung a heavy cotton-armored skirt around and asked, "What do you mean by me?"

"No matter how large the land is, it is always the land of people. Deng thought that in terms of military affairs, our Ming Dynasty was slightly stronger than the Western Barbarians, but it was limited, far less than a hundred battles. However, in terms of governance and finance, the Ming Dynasty was comforted thousands of miles away from the border. When it comes to Ming Dynasty, it was rich and far away from Ming Dynasty, and although the annual expenditure of the imperial court was a mess, it was a hundred times stronger than that of the Westerners."

"They are not good to the natives. What the Eastern Military Palace lacks at the moment is not an excuse for war, but an integration with the local people, so that they can see clearly what the difference is between the Westerners and the Ming people. Naturally, the whole world will return to its heart, and sooner or later this will be from the Ming people."

Deng Zilong's novel argument from this angle made Chen Mu's eyes lit up. This was very pertinent!

Chen Mu was about to say something, but when he heard the flag army signing outside the cabin, he interrupted his hand and called in. He listened to the flag army report: "Report to the general, and pay the guerrilla bidding to Wang Wenhu, a negotiation team that had discussed border affairs with the ship, and went to Majiagang."

"Let them get on the boat, no, arrange for them to live in Zuobaihu House of Majiagang. After half an hour, go to Majiagang camp and ask Zhao Changji and Yang Junzan to go there too. Let's go and meet them!"
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