"Everyone, the Orientals have arrived at our doorstep!" Mazarin's opening remarks immediately attracted everyone's attention. "If we cannot take effective measures, then we can only surrender unconditionally and become the dogs of the Orientals." Beliefs and our traditions no longer exist, everything is decided by the Easterners. If you want your land, you must give it to me. So, are you willing?"
If he were facing ordinary people, he would definitely add that Eastern people burn, kill and loot, commit all kinds of evil, burn your homes, rape your wives and daughters, kill you men, occupy your land, you are willing What?
However, these people here are all absolute confidants of the kings or people in power in various countries. Most of them know the methods of the Ming Empire to fight all the way to the west.
If Mazarin wanted to say the same thing to them, there would be no need, because there was no way to fool them.
The people who can gather here are basically unwilling to submit to the Ming Empire. Therefore, upon hearing Mazarin's words, they all shouted loudly.
"Of course not. When did we Westerners surrender to the Easterners?"
"Yes, those yellow-skinned monkeys want to ride on our heads. It's just a dream!"
"We must fight for God and fight for freedom!"
"Yes, we are fighting for our children and grandchildren to be able to pray to the Lord freely!"
"..."
Among these people, the Dutch and Spanish shouted loudest, but the ones with the greatest influence were the representatives of the Vatican.
The Dutch and Spanish knew that they had offended the Ming Empire before, and if they wanted to surrender, the price they would pay would definitely be far higher than other countries. Therefore, if they could not surrender, they certainly did not want to surrender.
As for religion, let alone it. Although the divine power in Europe can no longer override the secular kingship, it still has a fig leaf and a lot of power.
However, once European countries surrendered to the Ming Empire, they would be the same as Buddhism and Taoism. This was unacceptable to them. The gap was too big.
Under the fierce public sentiment, the tone of the meeting was set. Facing the Ming Empire's advance, their attitude was never to give in!
Actually, in addition to religious and practical interests, the reason why they want to fight is that there are many heroes in these European countries who are absolutely unwilling to surrender without an absolute power gap. of.
Mazarin saw that the representatives of various countries at the meeting had reached a consensus, so he continued to say to them: "Okay, since everyone is willing to fight for freedom, then let's discuss how to defend our freedom?"
Having said this, he paused and then said: "The Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire have directly fought against each other, so why not let the Ottoman envoy explain the Ming Empire's combat power in detail!"
Upon hearing this, the Ottoman envoy stood up. His dress was completely different from other attendees, and he was very eye-catching.
Seeing this, everyone also understood that the Ottoman Empire represented by this envoy had fought with them to the death before, but now they were on the same front.
The world has changed so much that it makes people feel so moved!
The envoy of the Ottoman Empire was actually very uncomfortable being here alone. However, for the sake of the future of the empire, he endured the discomfort and immediately explained to these heretics in detail: "The Ming army came from an expedition, and its troops were not strong enough." Not many. In the previous battle of Baghdad, there were only 50,000 people defending the city. Even if their navy is included, it is impossible to exceed 100,000. Therefore, in terms of military strength, the Ming army is at an absolute disadvantage!"
Hearing his words, the envoy of the Holy Empire of Rome said impatiently: "Everyone knows these things, there is no need to waste everyone's time and talk about the key points!"
This was a quarrel, and the Ottoman Empire envoy couldn't help but glared at him, but remembering that he had a heavy responsibility, he held back his anger and continued: "The Ming Army is indeed an elite division, but as far as the elites are trained, the Ottoman Empire's close The guards will definitely not be inferior. In terms of quantity, they will not be far behind. If the elites of our countries here were added up, they would definitely defeat the elites of the Ming Army!"
At this point, seeing that the envoy of the Holy Roman Empire, who was his former enemy, wanted to speak again, he hurriedly continued speaking, not wanting to give him a chance to speak: "If there is only one advantage of the Chinese army, it is their powerful muskets and artillery. The range and accuracy are superior to the rifled guns purchased from Portugal by our Ottoman Empire..."
The Ottoman envoy suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "...However, I can guarantee that this performance is excellent, but it is actually limited. If this gap can be understood before the war, the Ming army is not terrible. The Battle of Baghdad, The only disadvantage was that we didn’t know this gap in advance, so the siege artillery was destroyed by the Ming army.”
When the British envoy heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Could it be that the guns of the Ming army are not rifled, but something more advanced?"
The Ottoman envoy listened and shook his head, indicating that he did not know.
There was no way, they were beaten and fled in a hurry, so how could they possibly know what the weapons of the Ming Dynasty army were like?
However, the Spanish envoy immediately stood up and said proudly: "We in Spain know this!"
Upon hearing this, all the people present could not help but immediately turned their heads to look at him. Even the envoy of the Ottoman Empire looked over with surprise.
"It's gunpowder!" The Spanish envoy did not whet their appetites and announced loudly, "The gunpowder used by the Ming Dynasty army is not the black gunpowder we use, but white gunpowder, which is three times more powerful than the black gunpowder we use, and There will be no residue left after burning, and the rate of fire will be increased accordingly!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately exploded.
"What, the gunpowder is actually white, how did it come about?"
"You are making this up, right? How could gunpowder be white? Even if you mix it in different proportions, it can't be white after all?"
"That's possible! Didn't black gunpowder come from the East? Maybe they added some ingredients to it to make it more powerful and the color turned white. This is also possible!"
"..."
Faced with the doubt, the Spanish envoy was not angry, but continued to say proudly: "As far as we know in Spain, the Portuguese have obtained a lot of this kind of white gunpowder! This news is absolutely accurate!"
Obviously, there are Spanish insiders on the Portuguese side. People from other countries were not surprised by this, but they were convinced that what the Spaniards said was true.
No, just listen to what the Spanish envoy said there: "If it weren't for the common enemy, it would be impossible for us to tell such important news."
The implication is that Spain is very sincere.
It is true that Spain was able to rise again because it secretly obtained new guns from Portugal. If this time it was not for the common enemy of the Ming Empire, Spain might quietly obtain white gunpowder from Portugal, and then continue to fight with other countries.
At this time, with the speech of the Spanish envoy, he suddenly became the protagonist, as if he had become the protagonist of the meeting. This feeling made the Spanish envoy enjoy it very much, as it felt when Spain was still the overlord.
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the Spanish envoy continued to speak loudly: "Actually, this white gunpowder is not as powerful as imagined. We have the advantage in military strength. If we just die a few more people, we will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army." Defeated. It’s because of the hateful Ming army, and now there are many accomplices. The most annoying one is Portugal!”
Upon hearing this, the venue erupted again.
"No, the Portuguese are not good people. They eat both inside and outside, and they even recognized an Oriental monkey as their father!"
"If it weren't for these Portuguese, maybe the Ming Dynasty wouldn't have sent troops to kill us in Europe!"
"It's good for them. They made all our money. I heard that Theodosio was canonized by his father in the East, and Theodosio also exempted the whole country from taxes for a year. How rich is this!"
"If you ask me, before we defeat the Ming army, we must first eliminate the Portuguese accomplice!"
"Yes, to deal with the Ming Army, we must first kill all the Ming Army's accomplices. In this way, if it is just the Ming Army, we will definitely win!"
"That's right, not only will Portugal be destroyed, but Tsarist Russia will also be destroyed!"
"kill……"
"..."
Amid their clamoring, the theme of the meeting became to destroy Portugal and Tsarist Russia first.
There was no objection to such a proposal. It was the envoy of the Ottoman Empire who wanted to speak and express different opinions, but seeing the ferocious mood in other countries, he finally held back.
Upon hearing this, countries such as France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, which were relatively close to Portugal, shouted one after another, saying that since they wanted to form an alliance to deal with the Ming Empire, Spain must not be responsible for cutting off its wings alone. , have to send troops to fight Portugal.
The reason why they are so active is actually because they are interested in Portugal's wealth.
After so many years of second-hand dealers, the Portuguese had no idea how rich they were. Therefore, they all rushed to fight Portugal.