It's winter season, and it's overcast with the occasional snowflake.

In the reception building on one side of the square, the governors of the Spanish colonies in East Asia, Portugal, and the Netherlands were sitting in the hall drinking tea, ignoring each other.

All three countries were once under the rule of the Spanish Empire, but later seceded, and the three sides fought to the death in the colonies.

The three governors sat together rarely, not for the purpose of talks, but under the arrangement of Wang Fuzhi of the Ministry of Rites, waiting for Weddell, the representative of the British East India Company, to come and go to Nanjing on the ship of the Ming Dynasty to meet the crown prince Zhu Cihong.

The Spanish governor in Manila was named Sabignano Manlique de la Lala, and he was in the most awkward situation at this time, both Portugal and the Netherlands were at war with Spain, and even the British who arrived had a huge conflict with Spain on the sea, often fighting to the death.

However, there was no peace between Portugal and the Netherlands, and the two sides were constantly fighting for colonies and maritime trade in Asia.

The Portuguese Governor in Macau, Shrobao, was a man who couldn't sit still, he first fiddled with the vase on the side, and then looked at the Tianwu army still in formation outside the building, and praised a few words from time to time.

The eastern army in front of me is unimaginably well-groomed, and these people stand there like sculptures, let the wind blow and snow.

Shi Luobao walked up to Wang Fuzhi and couldn't help but ask in stiff Chinese: "Your Excellency, they have been standing outside for an hour, and the snowflakes outside are getting bigger and bigger, aren't they cold?" ”

Mrs. Wang said seriously: "The Tianwu Army is the crown prince's pro-army, and it is also the strength of my Ming Dynasty, they are like iron, as long as His Royal Highness the crown prince orders the order, even if there are knives in the sky, they will not frown." ”

Hearing this, the faces of several governors were a little unsightly, such a military strength was enough to deter them who were looking forward to robbing the Ming Dynasty, even if their power at sea was strong enough, they couldn't help but worry.

If the crown prince had thrown these forces into the East, into Southeast Asia, then they would have colonies.......

Anthony was a little uneasy and asked, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, how many such troops do your crown princes have?" ”

After listening to the translator's translation, Wang Fuzhi said with a smile: "300,000! ”

Anthony swallowed a mouthful of saliva and whispered to Paul, the governor of Taiwan beside him, in his native language: "It seems that if we want to defeat this Chinese army, we must at least gather all the troops of the East India Company in Asia, and there may not be a slight chance of victory." ”

Paul nodded again and again, and realized the seriousness of Daming's situation, this business is not easy to do.

Sabignano, the Spanish governor in Manila, was puzzled: "Your Excellency, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not in a good situation, since the crown prince has such a strong army, why not go to quell the rebellion?" ”

Wang Fuzhi smiled and said: "Mr. Sabi, your Spanish Empire has a strong army, why do you scatter your forces all over the world instead of suppressing the rebellion?" ”

At this time, Spain was still an empire on which the sun never set, but it continued to fight against hostile countries, causing territorial, trade and religious conflicts, which caused Spain's national power to gradually decline.

In Western Europe, the French colonial empire rose to prominence and threatened Spanish hegemony, fighting the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean, and abroad Spain first competed with the Portuguese Empire, and later rivals included the British Empire and the Dutch colonial empire.

Britain, France, and the Netherlands supported robbery at sea, and Spain's excessive use of military power, increasing government corruption, and military spending led to economic stagnation, which eventually led to the decline of the empire.

Although the Royal Navy had defeated the Spanish Armada as early as 1588, the ensuing Drake-Norris expedition was a turning point in the Anglo-Spanish War, and the Spanish naval fleet once again gained the upper hand.

Almost everyone was sure that the Spanish fleet was the strongest in Europe and the world, but the Spanish fleet gradually grew tired and weakened, until it was defeated by the Dutch navy (Dutch) at the Battle of Downs three years ago, and the power of the empire on which the sun never set was lost.

Both Portugal and the Netherlands became independent from the Spanish Empire, and Wang's answer was a rhetorical question to the Spanish governor, cleverly avoiding sensitive domestic political issues.

The Spanish governor in Manila was not happy and said, "Your Excellency, my name is not Sabi, you should call me Delara." ”

Wang Fuzhi smiled and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I think the name Sabi is more in line with your temperament." ”

The crown prince was compiling the information of the Taixi kingdoms while talking to him about the historical situation in the West, and when he mentioned the governor of Manila, he used the name Sabi, and praised the name with great interest.

"Oh, hell, whatever you want!"

For this impolite behavior of the Ming officials, Mr. Sabi was a little unhappy.

Wang Fuzhi ignored him and adhered to the diplomatic principle set by the crown prince: it doesn't matter if the foreign devils are happy or not, the most important thing is that we are happy!

If you have the strength, you will build your happiness on the pain of others, and if you don't have the strength, you will take your pain as the raw material for the happiness of others, and convince people with virtue that is the slogan shouted by the strong, and the weak do not deserve to have happiness, only to protest in a low voice!

The head of the Rites Department's guest and Qing Officials Division quietly walked in and saluted the prince's court, "My lord, Mr. Weddell, the representative of England, is here. ”

Madame Wang looked at several governors and said, "Everyone, everyone has arrived, please come with me to visit this beautiful port, and then take the sealed boat to Nanjing early tomorrow morning to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

Everyone walked out of the reception building, the snowflakes in the sky had fallen bigger and bigger, and the more than 10,000 Tianwu soldiers standing in the square were still unmoving, and the hats and big red flags on their heads were covered with snowflakes, like snowmen.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......."

On several artillery arrays around the port, hundreds of heavy artillery pieces roared in unison, and a series of loud noises came, shaking the mountains and shaking the eardrums.

Mr. Sabi, the Governor of Manila, sat on the trestle with a limp at his feet, and had it not been for the guards around him who had pulled him and almost fell.

The governors and representatives of the other three countries of the four kingdoms were also taken aback, but they all quickly regained their composure, except for Mr. Sabi, the other three were all military backgrounds and were accustomed to hearing the sound of the fleet's large-caliber cannons.

However, they were also very shocked in their hearts, it turned out that there were so many artillery pieces arranged on the shore of this Shanghai port, and they didn't see it when they were at sea just now because of the angle, and listening to the sound, there must be a lot of guns over 18 pounds, not 100 guns, but 70 or 80 guns.......

After the cannon rang out, the sculpture-like Tianwu military array suddenly "roared" and collectively took out its guns, raised their guns, and fired at the sky at a 45-degree angle.

"Smack! Smack....."

"Ready!"

"Smack! Smack....."

The deafening sound of guns came one after another, and billowing white smoke filled the square.

Without the arquebus, the soldiers can be arranged more closely, and the firepower will naturally increase, and the lethality will be increased several times.