Chapter 256 Integrity
Acosta was sitting next to him and winked at him. What's wrong with talking about him? You said he was of noble origin.
It would be fine to say that he was born with a noble background, but do you praise him for being upright?
There is no way, who told the San Ali to know the most about the Ming army was the monk Acosta. He knew very well that the officials of the Ming Dynasty were different from the nobles in Europe. Chen Mu's origins were very low in the Ming Dynasty and almost became civilians.
Of course, in the New World, except for the owners of second-hand resources like Acosta, most of them are heard of five or six-hand news, and there are also many opinions about Chen Mu's origins.
Some people say that he was a knight on the southern border of the Ming Empire. This statement is often spread from the Macau Portuguese. According to the Spanish in Manila, he was a general, and others say that he was a pirate who was recruited, or to use European saying that he was a new merchant noble of the Ming Empire.
Anyway, it's not accurate.
With short-term contact, Europeans could not even understand the complex bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, let alone distinguish between civil and military officials, and also distinguish between Chen Mu, the actual position of the official position of civil and military officials, who was responsible for civil and military officials.
However, Chen Mu's reaction was beyond the expectations of the monk Acosta. He glared slightly and raised his lips, sat upright with a proud look, and smacked his lips: "The Duke is right. Chen's promise must be effective, but attacking New Spain and Peru... I am not saying that I plan to attack, but I am not thinking about why I attack the land of my allies? Not to mention that one of them is the land that our two countries jointly govern."
Sailor-Sai Lu Gong feels that the old duke from Spain is as keen as a keen eye!
Although Chen Xiaoqi's origin in the Ming Dynasty is nothing, wouldn't our Celestial People want Bill and the others to be so arrogant that they are so arrogant that they don't know where they are?
As for being upright, it goes without saying that if you look carefully at Mr. Chen’s face, does the word “righteous” be written on it?
The last little scholar who dared to make up for something that Chen is not upright in the "Guide to Death of Guns", see where he is now!
The sea water is cool!
Zhao Shizhen: I said you are not upright anymore? What I said is that you are thick-skinned!
Chen Mu's words made Duke Alva stunned. He thought Chen Mu was too cunning and used polite words to block his mouth... Your flag army is so powerful, would you want to take all the silver mines and gold mountains into your hands?
To put it bluntly, you have to judge others by yourself.
The Ming army competition was a fancy shooting competition for others, but for the person who strongly advocated the addition of the legion of the Dutch Legion in his early years, and then the first person in Europe to advocate the incorporation of flintlock rifles into the combat sequence, he believed that it was the Lord who lends his eyes to him so that he can see the future.
Spain once had the strongest force in Europe, so they conquered the world with force. Even the words "There is a world overseas" on the silver coins of the Western countries are also a reflection of the Spanish ambition to conquer the world.
Now, whether it is fighting or fighting, the Ming army has proved that they have unparalleled power. The appearance of more than 5,000 muskets in the competition alone is enough to scare people.
In the Spanish army, this number of muskets was used to arm the 50,000 troops.
Would they not want to conquer the world?
Chen Mu saw from Alva's expression that he did not believe it, which made him feel powerless and too lazy to defend it. How could he defend it? In the current concept of trade or conquest, Spain and the Ming Dynasty were not at the same level.
Just like when the Spanish used to force the Indians to mine, they never thought that the mine belonged to the Indians. Now the Spanish forced the Indians to mine, Chen Mu never thought that the mine belonged to the Spanish.
To put it bluntly, Spain has always been a tyrant in its European trade in the past and the current Mingxi trade in the present. Chen Mu had long thought from the heart that the entire New World belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
But he can't say it, it won't look good if it says it.
He could only make an excuse very sincerely and said, "The mission my emperor gave me is not to conquer the New World."
It is to conquer all continents.
"It is to make the people richer. Although the Ming Dynasty is very big, there are many people, there are many rich people, and there are many poor people. The advantage of our two countries is that the duke who can complement each other has read my letter to the king, right?"
It's a bit embarrassing to say this, the old duke nodded and said, "I've seen it."
"As the letter said in the letter, there are also fur, copper and iron. What Spain has, the Ming Dynasty needs, and what you need, the Ming Dynasty can also produce, what you need, the Ming Dynasty can also produce. What is the most important thing?"
Chen Mu raised his left hand and grabbed a fierce hand in the air: "We are allies who attack and defend each other. Perhaps your Excellency and His Highness, who are far away in Madrid, will think that it is an alliance under the city. You don't understand this, that is, the treaty signed at the end of the war, but the Ming Dynasty needs Spain."
"You have a strong maritime fleet in the East China Sea, which can ensure that the Ming merchants sail safely to Seville. When the Europa countries try to attack New Spain and the West Indies, Spanish soldiers can also properly protect the land. The benefit for Spain is that the Ming Dynasty can sell you all the things you need."
"Spain has silver, the Ming Dynasty needs silver; the Ming Dynasty has goods, and Spain needs goods; porcelain, silk? Muskets, artillery? The Ming Dynasty is not the enemy of Spain. We do not lack land and do not border Iberia. England, France and the rebellious Netherlands, that is the enemy."
Chen Mu curled his lips and said, "But you have been trading with the enemy. What can they provide to Spain? The Franco cannon that cannot penetrate the hull is ugly, simple and diverse clothes and useless long leggings."
Chen Mu deliberately expressed his contempt and pride. Human aesthetics can be shaped. Today, when Duke Alva's army is defeated, he will be embarrassed if he doesn't use chopsticks; if the Spanish Legion wins, he will not think he is embarrassed even if he doesn't use chopsticks.
People with strong hearts will be strong without desires, while those with inferiority will take other people's rules as a matter of course.
But in fact, Chen Mu said a lot, but didn't really mention the point. It was his pride that made Duke Alva put his heart back in his stomach.
He defined Chen Mu's personality in his heart. This was an extremely proud person, so the old duke could almost certain one thing: if he really wanted to fight, he would have fought long ago.
"When will the Duke lead his army to the east?"
Chen Mu asked this relatively abrupt question and made Alva hesitate at all, but the duke still answered truthfully: "What's wrong on the third day next month?"
"I'll send my letter to His Highness the King to convey Chen's greetings from the Ming Dynasty on my behalf, and don't forget the trade I mentioned."
Chapter completed!