Chile, Laozi City.

The tall bell tower in the center of the flat and empty square of weapons was filled with small donkey carts carrying crops, and in the distance were stone statues of Spanish colonist Pedro de Valdivia. Two teams of Japanese feet wearing hats were patrolling back and forth under the leadership of small flag officials. The hawking sounds of merchants sounded on the fixed stalls on the edge of the square.

A team of Ming troops came from a wide street market in the south of the city. The team was symmetrical from the front and back left and right. The top four were cavalrymen wearing red tassels and horsetail helmets and carved rhino's breastplate with red military uniforms under their red uniforms.

The two cavalrymen in the middle held long-handled sharp-edged swords, with the tip of the sword half a foot away from the ground; the two cavalrymen holding vertically held a wide red vermilion flag, slowly shaking and undulating with the cavalry's horses.

The four cavalrymen were separated by three steps, and each row had a total of three rows of infantry wearing red tassels and iron helmets, and painted seahors with purple cloth jackets and spears under their breastplate. The infantry were followed by archers with the same armor and uniforms, and lined up in three rows of archers carrying bird guns on their shoulders.

This is a front-end.

Purple flower cloth is a specialty from Songjiang Prefecture to Nanzhili. Its name has nothing to do with color. The cotton used is purple kapok, so it is called purple flower cloth. Therefore, the purple flower cloth is not only not purple, but also has no flowers on the jacket. This fabric is thin and breathable, and has strong skin-friendly. It naturally shows a light ochre color without dyeing, and the brown-red color is close to white.

In the next two hundred years, purple flower cloth was exported to the world and became a rare luxury.

The Spanish and Portuguese know more about it, so they called it "Songjiang Bu", while the British changed it to Nanjing Bu.

In 1819, Songjiang Bu exported 3.3 million horses.

The petty bourgeois woman written by French writer Flaubert, Madame Bao Farley, wore a skirt of Nanjing cloth, which made the rogue Leon feel his heart shaking; the Earl of Monte Cristo, written by Dumas, wore a trouser of Nanjing purple cloth.

But in this world, because Songjiang's purple flower cloth yields the highest output, the court's taxes will collect the most purple flower cloth, so most of the Ming army's military uniforms are woven with purple flower cloth, so the orthodox military uniforms are called purple flower cloth jackets.

The rear formation was arranged the same as the front formation, and about the eighty flag troops, sixteen officers each rode forward in a row. These small flag officials, deputy cavalry and propagandists in the flag troops formed this atypical Beiyang infantry marching picture of 112 people.

The reason for SARS is that there are five in the military formation, including the indigenous Mapuche cavalry with tattoos and shirtless hanging on Western-made breastplates, and the waist and hips. In the middle, the leader of Mapuche, who was walking forward with the highest-ranking Mapuche, was Shao Tingda, who held the reins in one hand and the belly in the other.

"This was called Santiago by the Westerners. I changed it to Laozi City. Go back and tell your tribes that don't call Santiago anymore."

The military formation was entering the armed square from the street, and its vision suddenly widened. Shao Tingda said, pointing at the collapsed statue and said, "They invaded our land and gave the city a blind name. Humph, and even dared to make a stone statue for themselves, and his head broke."

The leader of the Mapuche people looked at the Armed Square and briefly narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashed with a flash of relieving hatred, and said in the awkward Northern Zhili Mandarin: "That man was killed by Lautaro twenty-five years ago, but the Mapuche people will always thank you, General Shao."

"There is no need to be so polite. The emperor appointed the Eastern Military Palace to save the people and the fire." Shao Tingda, who was slowly rushing to walk around, smiled and said, "Isn't it strange to call his own name like this? We just thought you were father and son when we first arrived here."

The leader of the Mapuche people was also called Lautaro. In Mapuche language, he meant a swift and long-legged eagle. He did not call this name before becoming the leader. The name change means that he hopes that he can lead his troops to tenaciously fight the Spanish to the end like Lautaro.

As a result, the Spaniards suddenly evacuated all within three months, and later he met Shao Tingda.

Lautaro knew that the majestic general in front of him was telling a joke, but Xiaoxiao did not answer, but asked back: "When it comes to father and son, the general just said that this city is called Laozi City. This should be what his father meant. I have heard people say in Arauco that you all like to be other people's fathers."

"Why is this city called this name?"

"You don't understand this, this name doesn't mean that."

The old god Shao Tingda waved his hand on the ground. He was about to speak, but closed his eyes and searched for the brain that was lacking in culture. Then he said in a script: "I am named Li Er, and I wrote the "Tao Te Ching". My brother also wrote a book with the same name. This is what it is written here, Tao can be told..."

Shao Shuai tried his best to recite a passage that let Lautaro know his profound literary skills, but after saying the three words, he didn't know what to memorize.

After racking his brains, he suddenly remembered the ninth chapter engraved on Chen Mu's right arm, and said indirectly: "It is better to hold it and fill it up. It is better to hold it and sharpen it. It is not always safe. No one can keep it in the hall full of gold and jade; it is arrogance to be rich and arrogant, and he will be blamed. He will be able to retreat after his achievements. It is the way of heaven."

"Laozi City means the city obtained by reason."

But Shao Tingda did not explain to Lautaro what the reason was.

The flag army escorted them to the mansion of the tall and wealthy Spanish dignitaries on the west side of the Armed Square. The defense was taken over by Shao Tingda's personal army, and the hundred families of the army saluted and bowed to Shao Tingda. Then they led their subordinates to the east to walk to the location of the church, which has now become their military camp in the city.

There is no other reason, it is because of ready-made stone.

After dismounting, Shao Tingda led the leader of Mapuche into the mansion and crossed the threshold and said, "Laotaro, you got the crying tree for me and gave me a lot of raw rubber. The brother of Changsheng has always asked me to pay attention to this kind of thing called rubber tree, which has helped me a lot."

"You are good at learning Chinese and the people follow the teachings. Do you want to live in this city? We have received more than 400 Spanish houses, and there are many good houses, and the leaders of all departments can live in."

"I came today, except for shipping the goods, and I did ask the general for something, and I have already said it in the letter."

Shao Tingda heard this and sighed, sat down on the chair in the hall and asked Lautaro to sit down, then said, "I know, you want to buy me some bird guns, armor, and artillery, and go to Peru to continue fighting against the Spaniards, but I can't give it to you."

"This is a military order. The Eastern Military Office has made peace with the Westerners. My brother has promised them not to seize Peru and the West Indies. I cannot let you use my cannons to fight them, let alone... your territory is no longer threatening. It is the time for the people to rest and recuperate. Why fight with them again?"

Lautaro didn't say anything, just looked at Shao Tingda.

His tribe was safe, but the name Lautaro was not just that. More tribes in the north were sent to the mines to die under the oppression of the Spanish, and he wanted to make himself worthy of the name.

Shao Tingda shook his head helplessly.

"I can give you four Franco cannons, but I have to wait for the craftsman to wipe off the inscription; two hundred or three hundred Spanish-made muskets, and some of their mail, armor, and horses cannot be given to you now, we are raising horses, you have to survive to wait until I give you horses."

"But you will have to die forever when you wait here. The Western Kingdom will return a large area of ​​land to us, and all its troops will be reduced in Peru. There was indeed a rebellion there last year, but the last rebel army was defeated four months ago."

"Even if you want to raise an army, you don't have to hurry up. You can send an army to Laozi City."

Shao Tingda admired these Mapuche people in his heart, especially Lautaro, who dared to die. He said: "We have a general named Lin Manjue. I will ask him for a few officers and ask them to train soldiers here for you, teach you some things suitable for guerrilla use, make tree cannons, divide troops to encircle, scouts and lure the enemy into ambushing."

"You cannot use the guns and cannons of the Ming Dynasty, but the gunpowder is not engraved. I can provide you with gunpowder. If you can beat you, you will conquer the city and retreat to Chile. Once you enter the border, the Spaniards dare not come in."
Chapter completed!