His biggest headache now is his mortal enemy Spain. As long as there is a chance to hit Spain and give him a chance to breathe, he will never miss it.
After hearing this, Anders said with an encouraging look: "Your Highness, the reason why Spain has always been so strong is that it is still strong even after launching so many wars. It is as if Spain has endless money to spend. If we can Wouldn't cutting off Spain's financial resources greatly weaken Spain's strength?"
After hearing this, King Joao IV nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, the Spanish treasure fleet brings them countless wealth every year. However, the strength of our fleet cannot beat Spain at all. Even with the help of the Ming Dynasty, at most Isn’t it just to cut off their Luzon area?”
"Your Highness, haven't you already talked about the Treasure Fleet?" Anders listened and quickly explained, "The Ming Fleet is too far to come to our Europe, but if the Ming Fleet goes to the American continent, it will cut off the roots of the Treasure Fleet. , but there’s no problem!”
King Joao IV was surprised for a moment after hearing this, and then asked a little doubtfully: "Is this... okay?"
Anders looked around and found a world map hanging on the wall, so he walked quickly over, patted the American continent with his hand, turned to Joao IV and said, "Your Highness, please take a look. New Spain is here, separated from the Ming Empire by just the Pacific Ocean. This is the Japanese Kingdom. If nothing unexpected happens, it will also become part of the Ming Kingdom in the next two years. Maybe it is already part of the Ming Kingdom. So the Ming Dynasty Starting from here, the empire is much closer than coming to Europe."
Having said this, he traced a part of North America, Mexico and other Central America, and Peru and other Spanish colonies in South America with his hand, and then said to João IV who had already walked over: "The Ming Empire has many people and many warships, as long as We told the Ming Kingdom that this place is attractive enough. Once the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is tempted, I dare to guarantee with my life that with Spain’s little strength, it will never be able to stop the Ming army’s offensive!”
Seeing João IV's eyes shining brightly, Anders continued to confuse: "Your Highness, just imagine, if today's Spain does not have the wealth from the American continent, will they still be so powerful?"
João IV stared at the map, his mind racing, and he thought about Anders' statement.
First use these goods from the Ming Empire to win over France and other countries, so that they can help stabilize Spain and not attack Portugal. Then as long as this continues, when Spain's financial resources are cut off, Spain will no longer be such a powerful Spain. Got it!
Thinking of this, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
When Anders saw it, he quickly said: "Your Highness, we and the Ming Empire are brothers. We have an offensive and defensive alliance. When we turn back, we can attack New Spain with the Ming Empire's army. When the time comes, we will make an appointment with the Ming Army. Peru Belong to us, and give the rest to the Ming Dynasty. In this way, this part of South America will all belong to Portugal! In this way, we Portugal can also follow the path of Spain's rise again!"
When King João IV heard this, he couldn't help but take two steps forward and reach the map. He stretched out his hand and said, "It's better to occupy this place. Isn't it the best!"
Anders took a closer look and saw that the place he marked was the Gulf of Mexico and Central America. He shook his head and said: "Your Highness, it is true that this is the richest place, but if we don't give the Ming Dynasty a big bait, Will they cross the Pacific to attack Spain? There must be enough benefits!"
"Oh!" João IV responded with a bit of regret after hearing this. He stared at the American continent, and after a while, he slowly looked back, looked at Anders and said, "If you give the place to the Ming Dynasty, can you persuade the Ming Dynasty emperor to cross the sea to attack Spain?"
"I'm very sure!" Anders listened and said with great confidence, "If you don't have any benefits, you won't start early. The so-called brotherhood and offensive and defensive alliance are just the foundation. Only by providing sufficient benefits to the Ming Dynasty can this great empire in the Far East Work hard for Portugal!"
Having said this, he pointed to Colombo and said: "The same principle applies here. Using benefits to attract the Ming army to expand westward can give Portugal enough support."
When King Joao IV heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said: "What benefits can this place bring to the Ming Dynasty? Colombo is our stopover on our way to the east, we can't lose it!"
Anders had obviously thought about it, and immediately replied after hearing this: "Ming Dynasty doesn't know much about the West, but we are familiar with it, and we can exchange it. We can tell Ming Dynasty about the wealth of Arab countries." , the prosperity of the Persian Empire, the glory of the Roman Empire, etc. I think the emperor of the Ming Empire is very ambitious, and he must be interested."
After hearing this, King Joao IV blinked and asked another question based on the map, and Anders would answer based on the situation in the Ming Dynasty. This gave the fleet commander an illusion: it was as if Portugal and the Ming Empire were carving up the world against the world map!
After a long time, Joao IV ended the discussion with Anders, then touched the beard on his chin, walked slowly to his seat and sat down, still thinking.
Anders and the fleet commander looked at each other, neither of them spoke, and then turned back to look at their king's decision.
Listening to the cheers coming from outside, King Joao IV suddenly slammed the table, his eyes shone, and said firmly and forcefully: "Okay, let's do it!"
Obviously, he agreed with Anders' proposal and decided to join forces with the Ming Empire in the Far East to defraud the world!
Anders was of course very happy to see that João IV accepted his suggestion. However, no matter how happy he was, he did not forget to remind João IV: "Your Highness, all of this is still our own plan. How to impress the emperor of the Ming Empire still needs to be discussed carefully by us."
"Well!" After hearing this, Joao IV nodded without hesitation: "You are most familiar with the East, so it's up to you to tell us what we should do to make the emperor of the Ming Empire happy and make them like us. Are you willing to send troops to the whole world?"
Of course, Anders had a plan. In addition to what he had said to John IV before, he also added: "We must seriously implement the request made by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, including the request from South America." Some, etc., we must try our best to meet the requirements of the Ming Emperor..."
After the discussion, John IV summoned his closest ministers for further discussion and described to them the future world: the Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire each dominated one side. From now on Europe will be Portugal’s Europe! Today, these big European countries are so disrespectful to Portugal. One day in the future, they will all come to Lisbon to kneel down and beg!
To be honest, in the past two years, since Portugal became independent, I have been begging my grandfather to sue my grandma, but they have ignored it at all and even used Portugal as a bargaining chip in negotiations. This made the Portuguese very frustrated. They heard that they might surpass a big country like France in the future, and a group of people were excited about it.
So, just like that, they secretly discussed the division of labor.
Some, as representatives of Portugal, brought special products from the Ming Empire to various European countries to lobby for help; some tried to collect as much as possible to meet the requests made by the Ming Emperor; and so on; as for Anders, as Portugal's full authority Representative, will set off to the Far East to meet with the Ming Emperor and lobby the Ming Emperor to realize his plan to carve up the world.
If the original historical development was followed, Portugal was actually in danger and was not attacked by Spain on a large scale. Because at this time, there was civil strife in France, and the rebellion among them was to borrow troops from Spain and start a fight with the French royal family, which restrained Spain's energy.
In this dimension, because Portugal suddenly appeared on the political stage with Eastern treasures, it immediately injected new elements into Europe, which had just calmed down.
At this time, the civil strife in France was known as the Fronde.
The Queen Mother Anna of Austria and her favorite Cardinal Cardinal Mazarin, the Prime Minister, incurred conflicts with the French nobles due to debts incurred in order to meet the expenses of the Thirty Years' War. The famous French general Prince Condé failed to seize Mazarin's power and was thrown into prison, which triggered civil strife with the participation of Spanish troops.
Originally, Anna and Mazarin of Austria were afraid of the strength of the rebels and did not dare to let go. They even had to release Prince Condé under pressure. However, due to the intervention of the Portuguese, they received a large amount of property, which gave them the confidence to forcibly suppress the rebel rebellion.
Compared with history, the French royal family was more determined to suppress the rebels in this dimension. As a result, the scale and duration of the war became correspondingly larger, and Spain was more deeply involved than it should have been in history. Civil strife in France.
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Emperor Chongzhen was far away in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but he learned about the latest situation in Europe through the Class A eavesdropping seeds in Anders. At this time, he was really glad that he had not killed Anders in Annan, otherwise, he would have lost a very qualified leader.
To be honest, Ming Dynasty really didn’t know much about North and South America and the area west of the Atlantic Ocean. If we explore alone, it is unknown whether we can achieve results in Emperor Chongzhen's generation.
However, once Portugal becomes the leading party of the Ming Dynasty, the expedition to North and South America or the westward expedition to Europe and Africa will be greatly shortened. At least the hydrology, climate, local customs, power division, etc., the Ming expeditionary army will all Can save a lot of effort.
Emperor Chongzhen made a mental calculation and thought that the Ming Dynasty was overpopulated, causing a food crisis. But now, after successive expansions of territory, the population is not too large, but too small. After all, if you conquer a place without arranging large-scale immigration to assimilate the locals, it will be very detrimental to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but shout in his heart: Male compatriots of the Ming Dynasty, come on!
