After the Pacific War, the Ming Navy swept across the east and west islands of the American continent, driving all Europeans except Portugal back to Europe, and basically pacified the Americas.
The Spaniards could not do this at first, but the Ming Navy did it because of its strong military strength.
Subsequently, the various vassal states began to expand their territories on land and divide their respective territories. Sun Chuanting's mission to America was almost completed and he returned to the Ming Dynasty.
On the American continent, Zheng Zhilong is temporarily commanding the fleet, and has also returned to the Pacific side to continue building several key ports to facilitate the stationing and rotation of the Ming Navy.
Of course, there is also a navy on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, but this navy patrols north and south.
Therefore, when King Joao IV's messenger arrived on the American continent, he did not encounter the Ming fleet and rushed to Brazil.
Anders has seen it, but his colony has been newly expanded. There were not many Portuguese people in the first place, and now they are even more stretched. Therefore, he had to ask for help from the Ming army.
But Zheng Zhilong was only a military general, and the expedition to Europe was a major matter related to both military and political matters, which was beyond Zheng Zhilong's authority. If it is only on the American continent, then there is no problem, but not in Europe. You need to wait for the arrival of the new American governor of the Ming Dynasty.
The major vassal kings do have the right to make their own decisions. However, they are opening up territory on land, who cares about the Portuguese in Europe.
Just like that, asking for help didn't go well. However, for the sake of the crown prince and concubine, Zheng Zhilong still assembled part of the fleet and went to the Atlantic Ocean to assemble. It was promised that as soon as the new Governor of America arrived, he would be able to issue orders quickly from land to save rescue time.
However, when the Ming fleet arrived in the Gulf of Mexico, bad news came, saying that Lisbon had fallen and the whole family of João IV had been killed in the battle.
In grief and anger, Anders wrote to the Ming Emperor, asking for revenge for Portugal. At the same time, it was natural to report the news to Catherine.
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Emperor Chongzhen did not know all these things at first. It wasn't until Anders learned the news that he learned about it from the Class A eavesdropping seeds in Anders' body.
At this time, he had already got on the train and returned to the customs. After combining the news from the capital, Emperor Chongzhen already had an idea in mind.
In mid-May of the 33rd year of Chongzhen reign of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen finally returned to the capital after four years.
The people in the capital were already used to Emperor Chongzhen's expeditions. But this time, they had already heard that the emperor had destroyed the Persian Empire, and they caused a sensation.
For the people of the Ming Dynasty, Persia was far more famous than the Mughals. Even Persia, which was far away in the horizon, was destroyed by the emperor. Feeling the incomparable power of the Ming Dynasty, they were naturally proud and rushed out of the city, hoping to see the emperor. I haven’t seen this in years!
The queen and the prince, of course, also led the civil and military officials to the train station outside the capital to greet them. This time, even Princess Taiping and his wife came.
After welcoming the emperor, the queen and the prince didn't have time to speak. Princess Taiping, who was next to them, couldn't wait to tell Emperor Chongzhen: "Father, my daughter has invented that yellow explosive. It's true, my daughter has invented that yellow explosive." Already..."
The power of this explosive is so unexpected, it is countless times more powerful than the optimal proportion of black powder. With this new explosive, it is foreseeable that Ming's enemies will tremble.
However, after the experiment was successful, because it was under the strict protection of Jin Yiwei, the results were not announced, and not even the prince knew about it.
Seeing Princess Taiping's ecstatic look at this time, for a moment, she forgot about Princess Taiping's transgression, and was a little curious about what kind of yellow explosive it was. Is it magical?
Of course they knew about the previous explosion at the Princess Mansion. However, they didn't know the more detailed things because they were guarded by the Jinyi Guards who were directly under Emperor Chongzhen.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen heard it and said with a smile: "I know! This new explosive is named Taiping dynamite. I hope to use it to deter the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time transform the Ming Dynasty and benefit the people!"
Compared with the princess and the consort, of course the princess is more powerful. No one can say anything about naming the couple's invention after a princess.
After Princess Taiping heard this, she happily thanked her. But at this time, she was far from aware of the power of yellow explosives!
The prince was much calmer than Princess Taiping. After all, age was at stake here. He first greeted Emperor Chongzhen for his hard work, and then briefly talked about the things he was responsible for. Including the continued improvement of armored warships, as well as the application of electricity, etc., he just briefly talked about the specific details, and he prepared a memorial.
Emperor Chongzhen returned to the palace to rest after his hard work came back from his personal expedition.
With the return of Emperor Chongzhen, relevant news also spread.
The hottest news is Li Laiheng’s Steel Seventh Battalion. Of course, this was the result of Emperor Chongzhen letting the factory guards guide him. He needed the Steel Seventh Battalion to forge the soul of the Ming Dynasty army and set it as an example for other armies.
It can be said that Li Laiheng was able to come back after accompanying him on the expedition, but he has become the highest among all the generals in the capital. Not only is he an uncle of Gang Zhen, but he also has a separately titled Gang Seventh Battalion, which is a unit commended by Emperor Jinkou. Even He Renlong and others before him could not compare to his glory even though they were knighted.
Li Guo was filled with emotion. When he was drinking with Li Laiheng in private, he said to him: "Who would have thought that you, a young boy back then, would now become the most glorious general of the Ming Dynasty."
At that time, Li Laiheng was still ranked below Li Dingguo, and he was a junior figure among generals who were born as thieves. But now through his own efforts, he is the most glorious one. This made Li Guo, who was the main force in the bandit army, not be moved.
After Li Laiheng heard this, he did not hide his happiness. He raised his glass and said to Li Guo: "If you don't want to be embarrassed, you can only risk your life to repay the emperor for your kindness!"
"Yes, the emperor's kindness has changed us!" Li Guo nodded after hearing this. He thought to himself that if he were in Li Laiheng's original position, he would never escape.
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Not to mention their emotions, let's just say that after Emperor Chongzhen rested for a day, he held a family banquet to bring the whole family together.
After so many years outside, the prince had married Catherine and gave birth to a son.
At the family banquet, Catherine held her son in her arms and saluted Emperor Chongzhen.
Here, she knows better than anyone here how powerful Emperor Chongzhen's personal conquest is. Because the people in Ming Dynasty had no impression of the Ottoman Empire, but she was different. Although Portugal is still far away from the Ottoman Empire, the entire Europe is shrouded in the shadow of the Ottoman Empire.
If the Ottoman Empire went westward, European countries that were fighting each other would immediately put aside their grudges and unite to resist the Ottomans. Including the Battle of Vienna, which will never happen again in this plane, that's it.
Therefore, Catherine knew best that during Emperor Chongzhen's expedition, he successively destroyed more than 400,000 troops of the Ottoman Empire and almost crippled the Ottoman Empire.
Facing such a powerful emperor, she seemed extremely respectful.
Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to her attitude, but hugged the Chinese-Western mixed-race boy. Seeing that he was still unable to speak "ah ah ah", he asked the prince, "Have you given him a name?"
When Prince Zhu Cihong saw that his father seemed to be very emotional about his son, of course he was also happy, so he quickly answered.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen did not interfere. Instead, he pondered for a moment and then said to the prince and his wife: "This grandson will be the king of Portugal in the future! I will help him."
"..." These sudden words stunned everyone.
Even if it was this little guy's turn to be crowned king, it would not be now, let alone succeeding the King of Portugal. Wouldn't that be appropriate?
While they were still thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen's expression became serious and he said to Catherine: "I received news two days ago that Spain sent troops and, with the help of traitors, Portugal was destroyed. Your father is still here I have two younger brothers, both of whom died heroically for their country.”
This news hit Catherine on the forehead like a bolt from the blue. Others did not feel deeply about this matter and could only sympathize with Catherine. Only then did they understand why the emperor wanted to make this grandson the king of Portugal.
Catherine stayed for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't call her, and no one else spoke.
When she came to her senses, her eyes were red, and she immediately knelt down and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I want to join the army, destroy Spain, find the traitors, and personally avenge my father."
Is this the rhythm when Catherine in Invincible Heroes begins to lead troops to fight? I don't know why, but this idea suddenly flashed through Emperor Chongzhen's mind at this time.
"Okay, I'm sure!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, still very serious on the surface.
In this way, Portugal can be regarded as half of the Ming Dynasty. Even according to the customs of the Ming Dynasty, it is equal to more than half of the Ming Dynasty. After all, this is the son of the prince. For the Portuguese, with the blood of Joao IV, it is reasonable to be their king on the premise that the family is wiped out.
In this way, it means that the Portuguese colonies, including Portugal itself, and Spain, which will be destroyed in the future, are all vassal states of the Ming Dynasty!
Speaking of vassal states, Emperor Chongzhen’s return this time also had another purpose, which was to enfeoff all the remaining vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. Over in the Americas, as well as Australia, New Zealand, etc., they all have to be taken over.
Today's Ming Dynasty already has some ability to transform nature.
