In the yamen of the Dongyang Military Government, Chen Mu stood up and stretched his waist, raised his hand and raised the curtains to look at the square facing the front of the yamen. It is not difficult to find two Europeans dressed in different styles sitting in the pavilion near the Daojun Temple.

He raised his hand and pointed at them gently, chuckling at Zhao Shizhen who was packing the documents on the table: "They must be very confused now. Why does the Spanish look good with us?"

Zhu Xiaoen sat quietly aside, watching the clear tea in the backflow pot slowly pouring into the cup, just like money, he never thought that people could make money like Chen Mu.

The documents and customs clearance documents on the table were collected one by one by Zhao Shizhen. This kind of work involving important documents was not allowed to be used by others. His words were not as relaxed as Chen Mu. He said with great emotion: "Any country can gain the friendship of the Ming Dynasty if it gives 300,000 taels of silver to the emperor every year, not to mention that they even took out 200 kilograms of gold to bribe the commander."

Chen Mu corrected Zhao Shizhen very seriously: "It's not 300,000 taels, it's 409,800 to 642,000 taels."

"There are no sterling silver coins in this world. Their silver coins in the past were silver nine and copper one. Of course, we should do the same. In fact, mincing silver coins is beneficial and convenient to use."

Zhao Shizhen, who had packed the documents, sat back on the chair and said, "So the general asked the fleet to go back to report to the court last year, please mint Asian silver coins?"

It is difficult to get permission from other places to mint coins, but Asia is different. This is the case with silver mines, so how can the coins be circulated without minting? It’s just that the court has never had a precedent for minting silver coins, so this matter may still need some discussion.

"Yes, let's mint silver coins for Spain first. I didn't tell this to Martyn just now, and asked him to send someone to ask Alva for advice. To facilitate trade, he would unify the weights and measures of the two countries on silver coins, and then mint half a tael of coins."

Half a liang of coins would be more than half smaller than the Spanish's silver coins in the past, but Chen Mu believed that his coins could still conquer the Spanish's habits. People like to use better things. The silver coins in the past were not very regular in shape and different in size. Basically, the weight tolerance of two silver coins could reach nearly one cent, one tenth of the total weight. This tolerance is very exaggerated.

This happened in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the era of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, even the most moderate emperors, the officials who presided over the minting of coins would be dismissed from office and law... The different sizes of coins were definitely not caused by technical factors, but corruption.

Of course, this may not be technically qualified in Spain. Earlier, Potosi's judge Martyn came over and revealed something during the conversation that made Chen Mu pay great attention.

Before Philip ascended the throne in Spain, Seville had 16,500 looms, of course not like the Ming Dynasty, and it was much behind, but 16,500 textile machines were also a very large number.

Now there are less than a thousand textile machines left. In the past, there were seven million sheep in Andalusia, but now there are less than two million. Fei Laoer issued a law prohibiting the import of foreign books and also prohibiting citizens from going abroad to study. Chen Mu used to think that the handicraft industry was weak in Spain, but in fact, their industries were rapidly declining.

Only the construction industry grew rapidly because they built nine thousand monasteries for Spain, and the growth rate of the priests could be comparable to those of the knights who had lived in the military.

This country is already extremely weak. In the eyes of the knowledgeable people of Potosi, the arrival of the Ming Empire may be a chance for Spain to turn things around.

But Chen Mu was not here to do charity.

"It will be easier to exchange their coins for Tongbao on the border in the future. We teach them to use money, two, kilograms, inch, ruler, step, and li, and they will soon learn Chinese well and bring these to any corner of Europe except England."

"Don't pretend to be dead. The English is here, you can sit down." Chen Mu said, looking at Zhu Xiaoen who was sitting upright and said, "Tell me, how do you plan to entertain them? In this weather, sitting outside for half an hour is like taking a shower. I don't want two people wearing sweat to enter my side hall later."

Zhu Xiaoen scratched his cheeks. He did know that the English was coming, and he had heard of this Drake, but he had no choice. He shrugged and said, "If the general asked me, I would detain them and declare war... but I felt that this should not be done."

Too tough.

"This is how you fight?" Chen Mu was amused by Zhu Xiaoen's words. He waved his hand and said, "If it were me, I would do this, but you are not conquering them, but reviving your country. Don't make yourself like an invader. You should go home and be more generous."

"My plan is to see what letters their queen wrote and then start the trade."

Chen Mu said, raised his hand and pointed at Zhu Xiaoen, saying, "Thirty captains and thirty merchant deputys, the king wants to be their teachers and teach language and customs. It only takes a few months. Then as an envoy, the merchant sent to England to obtain permission to purchase goods throughout the country."

Chen Mu talked about infiltration, and Zhu Xiaoen wanted to applaud him. He introduced: "In the Kingdom of Ailan, our people do not change the laws of their ancestors and share the land with the same tribes according to the village agreement. In order to preserve this tradition, the tribes fought several bloody battles with the British."

"However, all of them are weak and have lost their troops several times. Whenever they are defeated, they will be criminals by the British and their land is deprived of colonization, and their flesh and blood are also eaten by the foolish British and their bodies."

Zhu Xiaoen was not talking about rhetoric techniques, but facts. Among the books sent by Fu Geer to Changsheng, there were many European herbal books. Drug dealers wrote books and taught people how to choose human skulls, fats, and blood as medicine.

The best for England is naturally the Irish criminals, who are both white and clean, and are very suitable for British people to eat.

For example, the book "The treasure of drugs unlock'd" written by John Jacob Berlu in 1690 is a practical guide to drug trading.

Among a bunch of common medicinal herbs, the entry "cranium humanum" is particularly conspicuous.

Although European believers criticized the West Indies for their bad cannibalism, Europeans selectively ignored these ignorant habits in themselves, and in fact, compared with them, Native Americans can be said to be gentle and elegant.

What they consider is not whether to eat people, but where to eat after suffering from this disease.

"Now there are fewer and fewer people who dare to resist the British. Even if they see others being attacked, they will not dare to attack and defend each other. As long as the general can send people to see those leaders, I can unite everyone and promise to keep the ancestral system. If some more weapons are added, they will be able to cross the sea and fight to the decisive battle next year."

“Excellent.”
Chapter completed!