King Alfonso's words were translated into Urdu. After hearing this, Aurangzeb nodded and smiled: "Now that the King of Portugal has made up his mind, then I can provide funding for the restoration of the legitimate king of Portugal! Of course! Yes, funding is not unconditional... I need Goa back!”
King Alfonso became a little anxious when he heard that he wanted to exchange Goa for funding. He only has Goa as his territory now! If you hand it over, you will become a landless king...
"Your Majesty Alamgir..."
As soon as King Alfonso raised his objection, Aurangzeb raised his hand to stop him. Aurangzeb said again: "King Alfonso, Goa belongs to India! And Portugal belongs to you! As the monarch of India, I have an obligation to take back every inch of land that belongs to India, just like you have an obligation to take back the Kingdom of Portugal. And now There is an opportunity for you to return to Portugal and regain power... As long as you can spend a large sum of money to assemble an army that can be used for expeditions!"
Aurangzeb's words were quickly translated into Portuguese. King Alfonso seemed a little moved and asked: "Your Majesty Alamgir, can you tell me what opportunity you are talking about?"
Aurangzeb nodded, "My ambassador in Istanbul wrote to tell me that the Ottoman Empire has completed most of its preparations for war. By next spring at the latest, the six-horse tail flag and the flag of the Six Horsetails will be erected in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace. The Three Horsetails flag...a holy battle to capture Vienna and destroy the Habsburg Empire in one fell swoop will begin!"
The Six Horsetails flag is the flag of the Ottoman Sultan, while the Three Horsetails flag belongs to the Grand Vizier. If the six-horse-tail flag and the three-horse-tail flag are raised in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace at the same time, it means the war has begun!
King Alfonso was so surprised that he could hardly speak. He just looked at Aurangzeb with his mouth open.
Aurangzeb was silent for a while and said: "As an emir who believes in Allah, I must contribute to this holy war...King Alfonso, this is also your return to Europe." , a chance to become the King of Portugal again!”
Aurangzeb's words were translated into Portuguese, and King Alfonso was so stunned that he could not even speak for a while.
"Alfonso," Henry Chu saw the expression of the Portuguese King, and quickly said to him in French, "This is the only opportunity, you can't miss it, otherwise Maria will never be able to become the real Queen of Portugal!"
Maria's full name is Maria de Albuquerque, a native of Goa with Persian and Indian ancestry. In the hierarchy of the Portuguese people in Goa, Macanese people with Persian and Indian ancestry are considered relatively low-level and are not qualified to marry the exiled King Alfonso.
But this Maria is an exception! Because her surname is Albuquerque, her ancestor is the conqueror of Goa and Malacca, the Duke of Goa, Alfonso de Albuquerque, who laid the foundation for the Portuguese Kingdom’s hegemony in the east!
The Goa colony was opened up by Maria's ancestors for the Kingdom of Portugal!
During the years when Alfonso de Albuquerque ruled and built Goa, he worked hard to promote intermarriage between Portuguese colonists and local women, making Goa branded as "the sacred and indivisible part of Portugal". , it was this policy that made the Portuguese Kingdom's rule in Goa very consolidated, and it was maintained until the end of 1961 in history...
And of course the Duke of Goa himself had to take the lead in intermarrying with local women! So regardless of his old age and frailty, he resolutely married the daughter of a Persian merchant (who converted to Catholicism) who was doing business in Goa, and gave birth to a son with her.
Although this son did not inherit the title of Alfonso de Albuquerque (the Duke of Goa had other sons), he was a legitimate legitimate son, so he could inherit the Albuquerque surname and also received Acquired all the properties owned by Alfonso de Albuquerque in Goa.
In recognition of the Duke of Goa's achievements, the later King Manuel I of Portugal rewarded the mixed-race man with a large amount of land and made him a knight - this is an authentic nobleman!
After that, the Albuquerque family grew in Goa. By the time King Alfonso went into exile in Goa, the Albuquerque family was already the most wealthy family in Goa, and Maria was the daughter of the previous Albuquerque family. The only surviving legitimate child of the Knight of Albulkerke (the head of the Albulkerke family in Goa) is, of course, the current Knight of Albulquerque.
When King Alfonso arrived in Goa, this Goan beauty was actually married when she was only 23 years old, but her husband died of malaria not long ago, so she was a widow.
With the help of Paolo and several other local Portuguese wealthy families in Goa, Maria became the wife of King Alfonso.
King Alfonso is a powerless wandering king with no foundation in Goa. Now he can live like a king only because of Maria's money. Moreover, Alfonso was surrounded by a large number of illegitimate knights from the Albuquerque family in Goa - rich and powerful Portuguese men in Goa generally kept concubines, so they all had a large number of illegitimate children. The Albuquerque family is of course no exception. Even though Maria is the only legitimate descendant, the collateral line composed of illegitimate children and their descendants is numerous and powerful, and there are many "mercenary captains" among them. , enough to raise an army for King Alfonso!
The huge Albuquerque family married their mistress to the troubled King of Portugal, of course, in order to gain wealth. If King Alfonso is unwilling to cooperate, then he may be abandoned by his wife for the second time, and the Portuguese in Goa are much more cruel than the Portuguese in Portugal... He may not necessarily be a prisoner by then. , but "caught by malaria"!
King Alfonso, who had already suffered a loss, was scared when Henry Chu reminded him.
He immediately swallowed the words of rejection, but he did not dare to agree immediately. Instead, he asked carefully: "What does this matter have to do with me? I am a Catholic! It is impossible for the Portuguese to accept a A king who converted to Tianfang religion..."
Aurangzeb shook his head and said: "No one wants you to convert...and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire does not intend to expedition to Portugal, which is too far away for the Ottoman Empire. But he is willing to support an orthodox The King of Portugal takes back his power... and to do so, he can develop a North African passage that will allow you and your army to return to Portugal through the Strait of Gibraltar!
King Alfonso, I don’t think you think there is another route back to Portugal, do you? "
Indeed not!
If King Alfonso still wants to return to Portugal and retake the throne, then he can only go through North Africa... Otherwise, what else can he do? Take the Indian Ocean-Atlantic route?
This is simply impossible!
"I understand, this is indeed an opportunity that cannot be given up..." King Alfonso was still a little uneasy, "But what benefits can the Ottoman Empire get from it?"
This is obvious!
Once King Alfonso returned to Portugal, King Louis of France had to clean up the mess for his distant niece Lea Francesca.
This would contain France's power to a certain extent and help stabilize the Ottoman Empire after defeating the Holy Roman Empire.
However, Aurangzeb was unwilling to talk nonsense with King Alfonso, who seemed to have insufficient intelligence, so he pointed at Henry Chu, who looked very pleasing to the eye.
"King Alfonso, let King Henry go to Goa to recruit a mercenary army, and then let King Henry take them to join the Ottoman Sultan's army."
After saying this, Aurangzeb did not wait for King Alfonso to answer, and said to Henry Zhu: "King Henry, after thinking about it again and again, I feel that an Indian expeditionary force is not enough to give the Ottoman Empire the maximum impact. Encouraging, but a Chinese expeditionary force will have such an effect! I can provide financial support and help you recruit mercenaries in Goa... There are many Macanese in Goa who are willing to work hard for money. They can Fight for anyone who will pay!”
