Chapter 593: Fundraiser
Qi Jiguang is going to sea?
Senior Sister Wang was slightly stunned, in her impression, Qi Jiguang didn't look like a person with courage, after all, she could often hear those martial arts boys running around and causing trouble everywhere, Qi Jiguang was very skinny...... How much can a gentleman have a lot of potential, and suddenly heard that he was going to sea, and was taken aback, it can't be fake!
But Wang Luo couldn't help jumping up, "It's going to be a war again!" Who are you going to be with this time? ”
The little girl asked excitedly, how did she know that her mother's face was calm, "You dare to ask about military affairs?" Take your senior sister to the back garden to play. ”
Wang Luo was reluctant, but he still didn't dare to talk nonsense, after all, his mother was no better than his father.
The little girl obediently pulled her senior sister and ran away, leaving the mother and son in the house, Sun Yu suddenly got up, grabbed her son's arm, and said in a deep voice: "What's the matter?" Did something happen to your father? ”
Wang Qing hurriedly waved his hand, "No, mother, don't get me wrong, according to the latest news, my father and they have defeated Abyssinia, annexed a country, and their strength has increased greatly, and they are planning their next move!" ”
Sun Yu was not happy at all, "What's the latest news?" It wasn't months ago! The battlefield is changing rapidly, not to mention traveling across the ocean, let alone fighting, even if you don't fight, you can still take people's lives. The more I think about it, the more worried I become......"
Wang Qing wanted to persuade his mother, but after thinking about it, why wasn't he worried!
Daddy is fighting outside, but they can only sit back and enjoy it, and it's a little blushing to say it.
"Mother, my father is going to destroy the Habsburg family this time, this family relies on marriage, sitting on the Emperor of the HRE and the Emperor of Austria, and its strength is not weak. And the most feared thing is their fleet, which is a very powerful force, known as the Invincible Armada. If the Spanish fleet could not be destroyed, the outcome of this battle would indeed be unpredictable. ”
Sun Yu stiffened his face, "You say be more careful." ”
Wang Qing, the prince's guest, is equivalent to Zhu Zaiji's master. He knows what the prince knows, and he knows what the prince doesn't know.
From the current information, it can be seen that the Ottomans have dealt a great blow to the power of the Habsburgs, but the situation is not optimistic, due to the victory of the Spanish fleet, so that the entire Mediterranean, almost all of the hands of Spain.
Sun Yu is well-read and absolutely talented, but she still doesn't know much about the messy royal arrangements in Europe. In fact, even if it is the entire Ming Dynasty, few people can figure it out.
For example, the Xiyi in the Ming Dynasty are mainly Portuguese, as well as the Spaniards, and for these two countries, the Ming Dynasty is collectively referred to as the Franco, and there is no distinction.
Later, with the arrival of Western scholars in China, the situation changed a lot.
Take this Emperor of the HRE and the Spanish Armada, this is very puzzling, according to the thinking mode of the Ming Dynasty, it is obviously two countries, how can they be mixed together?
In fact, it is not surprising at all in the West.
In the West, the land was the private property of the aristocracy, and the identity of the feudal aristocracy was above the state.
Moreover, the nobles intermarried with each other, and there was no strict primogeniture inheritance system, so there were queens, nephews, and grandchildren in Europe, and even wives could grab their husbands' thrones.
Of course, I don't specialize in this, so I don't need to waste brain cells at all.
Let's briefly talk about this Charles V, his father was originally the Archduke of Austria, and by marriage, he became the king of Spain, and in this way, Charles V inherited the king of Spain after his father's death.
Then there was a vacancy in the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, and Charles V, who also had the right to inherit, spent a lot of money to buy off the Elector of the HRE and get a part-time job...... Holy Roman Emperor!
In this way, Charles V became the man who owned the most land in all of Europe.
The whole of Central Europe, Germany, Austria, northern Italy, Spain, and Spain's overseas colonies, all belonged to him.
Charles V was not only the most powerful monarch in Europe, but also the emperor of the Spanish empire, and had the most powerful power in Europe.
Of course, his emperor is different from the Son of Heaven in the East, and his situation is somewhat similar to that of the later Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria and Hungary, each with a complete state system, but sharing an emperor, and being forcibly pinched together.
The situation of Charles V was a hundred times more complicated than that of Austria-Hungary, which was not called a dualist empire, but a pluralistic empire with an internal composition greater than double digits......
"Why is it so messy!" Sun Yu frowned helplessly.
Wang Qing laughed and said: "Mother, Xiyi is so virtuous, if it weren't for such chaos, my father wouldn't have plotted against them." But then again, this battle is not easy to fight. ”
Sun Yu snorted, "Do you still need to say it?" With such a large territory alone, it's a headache. Your father, don't look at the surface of being steady and serious, in fact, he is the most adventurous, always wants to swallow the giant elephant, and is not afraid of getting pregnant with his appetite. ”
In the face of the old lady's complaints, Wang Qing didn't dare to say anything.
"Mother, in fact, according to my father's conception, can I destroy the Habsburgs and put it aside, the pass is to seize the sea power. Starting from the Ming Dynasty, take the South Sea, enter the Indian Ocean, and then go west to the Mediterranean. The entire route is ours, all of which are decided by the Ming Dynasty, no one dares to threaten us, as for the European part, they can fight as much as they want, as long as it is chaotic enough! ”
Sun Yu looked at the map and snorted softly; "Your father, I just like to worry about it, this is for you to fight the country!"
"Tell me, what are you and the prince going to do?"
Wang Qing hurriedly said: "Mother, now we have more than 500 ships in Africa, and the strength is not bad, and even the equipment is better than that of the Spaniards. But after all, the labor expedition is not completely certain. Moreover, the Spaniards had more than 50 years of seafaring experience, and the generals and sailors were better than us, and the strength of their fathers alone was not necessarily safe. ”
Sun Yu snorted: "It's not just unstable, it's basically a small one!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Wang Qing nodded again and again, "The child discussed with the prince, we plan to send another fleet over to support my father's use of troops." ”
"He has a conscience!" Sun Yu snorted, don't look at what she didn't say, you Zhu Zaiji married the daughter of the Wang family, dare not take your father-in-law to heart, it's a big rebellion!
Wang Qing smiled bitterly, even if he didn't care about Wang Yue, he still had to think about His Majesty, after all, that was the son of tomorrow, we couldn't ignore him!
"Mother, that's right, this time we plan to gather 28,000 soldiers and take the initiative to attack with the latest warships in the past two years. There is another thing, Xishan Academy, the steamship has been studied, and the second batch of ironclad ships has been built, there are five of them, and we are going to send them out. All in all, this battle is a complete victory! ”
Sun Yu nodded, and said: "The big expedition is not a joke, the generals and grain and grass are all ready?" ”
"The general who led the troops was Yu Dayou, and the deputy general was Tang Kekuan."
Sun Yu nodded again and again, these two people are both fierce generals who can be counted in the Ming Dynasty, and they are both people promoted by Wang Yue, who can fight and are reliable.
"There is indeed some trouble in military spending, in order to build roads in the past two years, I have long been in debt, and the household department cannot come up with money. Your Majesty and I intend to issue special bonds to finance our military expenses. ”
"How much do you plan to raise?"
"Five, five million dollars!"
"Too little!"
Sun Yu said coldly: "Your father always says that the navy is piled up with money, and it is nothing more than a big ship bullying a small boat, and a big cannon bullying a small cannon." You might as well put it bigger, how do I remember that I borrowed money from Osman before, and I gave millions of dollars! ”
Wang Qing said bitterly: "Because of the previous incident, I'm afraid that no one will buy it!" ”
Sun Yu had a cold face, thought for a moment, waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry, leave this matter to me." ”
"You?"
Wang Qing was frightened, "Mother, your old man hasn't taken care of money over the years, millions of yuan, it's not a small amount, it's not so easy." ”
Sun Yu smiled, "Think your mother is not capable, think I haven't seen money?" ”
"No, I don't mean that." Wang Qing's voice became lower and lower, he was really afraid of the old lady.
"Leave this to me." Sun Yu didn't talk nonsense, she really went to arrange it.
Wang Qing was so worried that he could only tell Zhu Zaiji.
These two people stared at each other, and they were all worried, okay?
Sun Yu has always been a money-loving person, she has managed Wang Yue to death, and now she has to use money, where is she going?
Three days!
It's just three days!
A list of subscriptions was placed in front of Zhu Zaiji, and the amount on it was enough to reach 13 million yuan after a little calculation.
Zhu Zaiji was stupid and exaggerated and shouted, "Shi Niang is too powerful!" No matter how powerful Charles V is, we will definitely win this battle! ”