After knowing all the situation, John IV immediately made a decision to accept the arms brought back by Theodosio with great fanfare.
After the order was passed down, the first thing was that all the troops in Lisbon marched to the dock. King Joao IV personally presided over the ceremony, transporting rifled flintlock muskets from the steam paddle-wheel battleships and issuing them to every Portuguese soldier.
Almost all Lisbon people even closed their shops after hearing the news and rushed to the port to watch the excitement.
"Come and see, His Royal Highness is back! It is said that he has brought back many things from the Ming Empire!"
"What? There are fifty steam paddle-wheel warships alone! The port is full, it's so spectacular!"
"That's not all. I heard that the army has moved over and they need to change their equipment and use new flintlock guns!"
"..."
Word of mouth spread in Lisbon, and friends rushed to the port. People from other countries in Lisbon were shocked when they heard the news and immediately rushed to the dock to see the situation.
This situation was deliberately created by Joao IV. Just to let everyone know that Portugal has obtained countless new guns from the Ming Empire. Anyone who dares to bully Portugal should think about it first.
In fact, just fifty steam paddle-wheel battleships is scary enough.
I kept busy until dark, and finally changed the uniforms of Lisbon's army. However, there are also many new guns on board.
So, in front of everyone, he loudly announced that Portuguese troops from other places would be mobilized and they would all come to Lisbon to change their uniforms. He just wants everyone to know all this.
After nightfall, John IV returned to the palace to hold a grand banquet to celebrate the return of the prince and this important event.
But when he arrived at the palace, he was still dumbfounded.
I saw that his other children imitated Theodosio and wore oriental clothes. Even his queen is like this.
"Father, I have also brought you a very handsome set of Ming Dynasty clothes!" Theodosio said with a smile, "You will like it if you keep it!"
Obviously, the gifts he brought back to his brothers, sisters and his mother were Ming Dynasty clothes.
João IV hesitated for a moment, but when he thought of his experiences in the past few years and how he was looked down upon and bullied by other European countries, only the Ming Empire had been helping him, in the end, he ignored it and agreed immediately. Just put on oriental clothes and attend the banquet.
Just like that, during this grand banquet, other Portuguese nobles were dumbfounded.
They never expected that the king's family would appear as Orientals. Even the eldest prince who had just returned had his hair dyed black.
At the banquet, there were naturally a lot of adults and young people, all talking about today's great event.
Especially around Theodosio, there were even more young people from the Lisbon aristocracy. They were all very curious about Theodosio's years in the Eastern Ming Empire, and they all listened to Theodosio's stories about the East.
However, his sister Catherine was a little uncomfortable wearing Oriental clothes.
Theodosio couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "This is a dress, the Ming Dynasty's regular clothes, of course there are also simple and capable ones. Otherwise, how would the Ming Dynasty's female generals fight?"
"What?" When Catherine heard this, she immediately asked curiously: "There are still female generals in the Ming Empire. Aren't they allowed to stay at home and not go out?"
Others listened, especially the girls, who were all very curious and listened carefully to the conversation between the brother and sister.
"That's just hearsay. Do you know what hearsay is?" Theodosio said with a strong sense of superiority, "You don't understand even if I tell you. Let's just say that the female generals of the Ming Dynasty are all knighted. There are counts, marquises, and even dukes, leading thousands of troops and fighting in the north and south, and they are very powerful..."
As he spoke, he talked about the legends of the Ming Dynasty and the deeds of Qin Liangyu and Zhang Fengyi. Of course, he couldn't help but talk about Zhou Yuji's wife, Princess Kunxing, etc.
After hearing these words, Catherine was very surprised, but it was completely different from what she had imagined. She was a little doubtful. This expression was seen by Theodosio, who patted his sister on the shoulder and said: "You, too You should go to the Ming Empire to study, otherwise you are just a frog in the well, you know? In the Ming Empire, even the army has dedicated female soldiers, and the salary is very high..."
It can be said that the affairs of the Ming Dynasty are all very novel to the boys and girls among these Portuguese nobles. Under Theodosio's narration, everyone couldn't help but develop a strong interest in that big eastern country.
This Catherine, in the original history, married Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, and became the Queen of England. However, in this dimension, his brother said that he also had a strong interest in the Ming Empire in the Far East.
Zhang Mingwei's time travel also changed her destiny.
It must be said that the role of the king and the head of state in setting an example is still very great.
The fact that the family of João IV wore oriental costumes during banquets had a great impact on the promising Portuguese nobles. Adults may have less influence, but those boys and girls have grown up quickly. After returning one by one, they all started to order oriental clothes.
Under the leadership of Theodosio, wearing Ming Dynasty costumes became a fashion in Lisbon!
A few days later, the Dutch and British envoys who stayed in Lisbon had almost figured out the situation, and they all asked to see Joao IV and wanted to purchase some arms from Joao IV.
At first, Joao IV ignored them, but he could not stop them from finding a way out. In the end, after discussions with Johnson and Theodosio, Joao IV figured out the Ming Emperor's intentions and finally agreed to the British people’s purchasing requirements.
After all, although Portugal has received so many powerful military weapons, it is still a small country and needs alliances from other countries to deal with various problems, such as oppression from Spain.
But even though I agreed, the price was not low.
As for the Dutch, they were enemies of the Ming Empire. They also robbed Portugal of colonies in South America. They also wanted to buy the Ming Dynasty's military equipment. Even if the price was higher than that of the British, it was impossible!
In the end, the British bought five steam paddle-wheel warships at a high price. In addition, they had 5,000 rifled flintlock muskets and 500 different rifled artillery pieces.
After the Dutch heard the news, they did not dare to fight the British again and gave up and signed the contract. Just like in the original history, the first Anglo-Dutch war also saw the Dutch admit defeat.
When the news spread, France immediately sent people to Lisbon to purchase it. It can be said that no expense was spared. And promised to form an alliance with Portugal against Spain.
Spain's Felipe IV went too far before. Even if Joao IV wanted to disgust Felipe IV, he was willing to agree to France's request. In the end, five steam paddle-wheel battleships were sold to France. In addition, Ten thousand rifled flintlock muskets and five hundred rifled artillery pieces of all kinds.
When Spain heard about this situation, Felipe IV couldn't help being furious, but he had no choice but to quickly send Joao IV's father-in-law, the Duke of Medina Sidonia, to emphasize the friendship between Spain and Portugal and bring him He married Princess Maria Theresa and was to marry Prince Theodosio of Portugal.
But who knew that Maria Theresa was disliked by Theodosio, either because her nose was too high or her hair was too ugly, so there was no point in criticizing her.
Regarding this matter, if it were in the past, João IV would definitely take care of it. The nose is too high and the hair is ugly. Isn’t that what everyone does?
But for today's Joao IV, he is so happy that he feels disgusted with Felipe IV. He doesn't care at all. If you ask him, he will say that young people can solve their own problems.
Before forming an alliance with Ming Dynasty, he actually used his children's marriage and tried every means to seek a political marriage. Now, this attitude has changed 180 degrees, as if his children can marry independently.
How could the Duke of Medina-Sidonia not know the real reason? In the final analysis, it was Felipe IV who went too far before. Now that Portugal has the confidence, it is natural to take revenge!
However, he had no choice but to do the things assigned to him by Felipe IV. In the end, he gave the bottom line and asked Portugal not to sell arms to other countries.
However, John IV disagreed.
When something goes wrong, he sends his father-in-law. When nothing happens, he is afraid that cats and dogs will come to show off their power. This card is no longer easy to play!
At this time, not only the Portuguese army was fully equipped with new firearms, but there were also more steam paddle-wheel warships than Spain. Not to mention, France and Britain have become Portugal's allies through arms deals.
Eventually, the Duke of Medina-Sidonia returned with Maria Theresa disappointed.
Felipe IV knew this situation and was furious.
It just so happened that the Dutch couldn't defeat the British, and they couldn't get new guns and steam paddle-wheel warships from Portugal, so they had no choice but to turn to Spain. Eventually, the two families formed an alliance.
The previous arsenals were now in Spanish hands, and they also sent more manpower to massively expand the production of new guns and steam paddle-wheel warships.
To be honest, rifled guns can be imitated, it just depends on the level of production. Especially when the war is going on, I can't wait to build it myself.
All European countries, even those far away from Spain for the time being, were worried about equipping themselves with new guns and cannons, so they all went to Portugal to buy arms.
Therefore, Portugal ignored Spain at all. While selling arms, they quickly spent the money from selling arms and sent Johnson to Sha Lian in Donggo to purchase goods from the Ming Empire.
The situation in Europe has been instigated by butterflies and has changed a lot.
At the same time, on the Volga River Basin, Khabarov has arrived, taking advantage of the advantage of firearms to buy and sell by force.
