Information asymmetry is an indispensable bargaining chip in negotiations. Just as Chen Mu now knows that everything on the sea is decided by the Portuguese Governor, and the premise that he has the final say is to ensure trade and missionary.

On the contrary, the governor did not know whether Chen Mu really had the ability to cut off the Portuguese traffic in the seas, and would definitely choose to ignore whether Chen Mu could influence the emperor's view.

It is always a joy to bully the big with the small.

Everything, except shooting Davega, is not on a whim.

Chen Mu's eyes have been staring at Malacca for a long time, especially after knowing that Hao Jing is a unilateral trade, Chen Mu decided to change all this.

Find a breakthrough.

Understand first, then make subsequent plans.

On the other hand, he really planned to recruit Spanish merchants from Luzon to do business here once the Portuguese did not accept the conditions, not to mention that he still had a bargaining chip in his hands - Lin Feng.

This is a very rare relationship. Officials are proud of themselves and do not look down on pirates. Pirates are rebellious and do not look down on officials. There are very few who can be trusted after surrender like Lin Daogan, but how much trust is that?

But the little gang general is just joining the military.

In Chen Mu's opinion, that was completely an insult, to let a gang leader in the green forest who was proud of the sea do a small military service?

But, pirates only have a little status in the eyes of officials, and officials are so respected in the eyes of pirates, and everyone has this idea.

Only Commander Chen can have a close equal status to trade with Lin Feng, which puts a layer of insurance on Chen Mu's threat to the Portuguese.

Needless to say, Hao Jing is, once the double-double rebellion is in conflict, no Portuguese ship can dock here; and Jilong and Penghu also ensure that no Portuguese ship can lead to Japan.

Isn't this very good? The worst result is that the Portuguese loses all, neither Hao Jing nor the Ming Dynasty loses anything. The Spanish's power goes further in the East Asian waters and will inevitably guarantee greater friction with Portugal - they'd better fight again.

It was the end of the year when he returned from Haojing. Qi Zhengyan, who was able to help, led his fleet to Japan. Most of the family affairs were chaired by Xie Ming, and he was quite thoughtful.

Before the New Year, Xie Ming paid a piece of silver from the account and transported three trucks of gifts from Guangzhou Prefecture. He sent it to various banner officials of Nanyang Military Department in the name of Chen Mu, and conducted a detailed investigation into the family status of the banner officials. Those with wealthy families sent intimate letters from the commanders, while those with poor families were given some money and rice.

If there are children at home, they will give them some cloth, brush and ink, while if the elderly are older, Chen Mu will come to the house to speak with the elderly.

In short, both widows, widows, orphans must be taken care of.

In addition to the Nanyang Guards, Zhaoqing, Guangcheng, Qingcheng, and Chen Mu also ran enough at the beginning of the year. The boss's general Zhang Han, his righteous brother Chen Lin, and the old commander Bai Yuanjie were all going to visit. Of course, there are Yin Zhengmao, who may become the new governor in the future and the veteran general Yu Dayou, but Guangxi is too far away. Chen Mu sent his family soldiers to find the Baye with some small gifts.

Of course, Chen Mu did not ignore other places.

Anyone who has reason to greet New Year's greetings will be sent to Beijing in one month, including Tanbutang, Mr. Wu, General Qi from Ji Town.

When preparing for both hands, you must not only think about how to run out, but also how to run out.

"Is this the Xiangshan Flag Army's assessment result?"

Just as the first month of the year came, the Nanyang Guards were busy resuming training. On the fifth day of the second month, Deng Zilong reported the Xiangshan Institute's training assessment. Chen Mu reviewed the assessment results of last year's autumn and said: "If the indicators are upgraded and lowered, the rewards will be given as real rewards. Banner officials are not allowed to be greedy. In addition, the banner officials will be given one-tenth of the number of people under the banner army.

These reward and punishment systems were all charters set by Chen Mu when he wrote the exercise manual last year. They were assessed once a quarter and selected multiple items of the flag army's combat capabilities, mostly for the hard assessment goals of physical fitness and skills. Four levels are listed: A, B, C and D. Each level is divided into upper, middle and lower. A certain amount of silver or rice or grain is taken from the warehouse every year as a reward.

Compared with the past, the flag army has improved rewards and regressive punishments, and in the end all qualities and skills are of the A-level class. In fact, few people can get a A-level class, let alone all of them are A-level class.

Even Chen Mu could only get armor in gun and cannon skills, while Deng Zilong only got armor in close combat and bow skills. Chen Mu, who set the standards, did not expect anyone to get armor in all aspects.

The key purpose of this measure is not to make the flag army reach the top armor, but to give each flag army a quantitative assessment of combat talents, so that the flag officers who directly command them can more clearly understand the talents of their subordinates, so as to achieve the most suitable personnel in each combat position in the army.

Chen Mu looked at Deng Zilong and asked, "How is the banner officer feeling about the assessment results? Maybe he is used to it?"

"Well, it's not bad. This should be able to promote the entire army, but——" Deng Zilong paused and said: "If we should set basic requirements for the implementation of the four thousand households, the new flag army may not meet the basic requirements. Perhaps everyone in the entire new thousand households, the flag army will probably not be able to practice well in one quarter."

"You are right, I'll do this." Chen Mu agreed immediately, and then said to Deng Zilong: "You can order the manual to be transmitted to three thousand households and offices, so that they can train the flag army according to the above regulations, and each department must not slack off. The Xiangshan Flag Army has loaded all cannons on the shark boats in the past few days and is ready to patrol overseas."

"It's time for Franchise to send a message back."

There are many warships in the Nanyang Guard. If it were only used by the Xiangshan Flag Army, they would not even be able to move all the shark boats. At the Xiangshan Shipyard, 77 shark boats docked in the port, and the total cost of this fleet consisting of more than 200 crane gunboats was converted into silver for more than 10,000 taels of silver.

It takes a long time to pull five hundred cannons to the shipyard to the armed warship, which is also a big physical project, but this matter is obviously unstoppable. What if the Franchiser's brain is really broken and it's a hit?

"It's a pity that the shark boats can't fire ten-pound cannons."

The shark boat can only be equipped with two cannons at the bow and stern, but due to the production capacity of the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau, only thirty shark boats carry one ten-pound cannon on the bow, and the rest are two five-pound cannons. The stern is limited in the shape of the ship. Some are two five-pound cannons, while others are shipped with large tiger squats. Of course, the Ming people's hometown of naval battles - burning weapons.

Thirty killer ships equipped with ten-pound cannons were assigned to the Xinjiao by Chen Mu, five each of Tuen Mun Institute. The remaining five-pound cannon ships to assist in the attack were distributed to five thousand houses in each of the five thousand houses. The most cutting-edge combat power was left in Xiangshan for use by Xiangshan flag army and servants during the war.

Chen Mu was ready for the worst and fought a battle with the Portuguese at sea. Whether it was a centipede ship or a Carrick sailboat, the boat board could not stop the killing of the ten-pound cannon. Even a five-pound cannon could cause partial damage to the hull.
Chapter completed!