Thinking of this question, although he didn't want to admit it, the answer he got in the end made him shudder!

Just then, the head of the shipwright, who had been summoned by Cromwell, arrived. After hearing the description of Robert and the others, he immediately shouted: "It's ridiculous, could it be that you are making excuses for your defeat?" Where could there be such a battleship! ”

At this point, he looked at Cromwell and said, "If the shell is covered with iron sheets, there is really no problem." However, the maneuverability of the battleship will be lost. But what he described was that the entire battleship was made of iron. A broken mast is faster than a sail battleship, unless it is driven by manpower, but how is this possible! Not to mention, the most taboo thing for battleships is to make fire on the ship, in case of an accident during the battle, they don't need to be bombarded by the enemy's artillery, and they will burn and sink themselves......"

The more he spoke later, the more confident the shipbuilder leader became. The meaning of the words is that it is a lie that absolutely accuses Robert and others.

Cromwell heard this, and almost believed it.

Thanks to the situation on this side of the Persian Gulf, he waved his hand to interrupt the words of the shipbuilder leader, and said a little impatiently: "If you want to say that it is false, then why does this kind of ironclad smoking warship also appear on the Persian fleet?" It's impossible for both of them to lie, and to tell the same lie, right? ”

Hearing this, the leader of the shipbuilders couldn't help but be very surprised, and turned his head to look at the two sailors.

"Yes, there really is such an ironclad smoking battleship!" The young sailor hurriedly swore again, then hesitated for a moment before adding, "There are iron-clad battleships, but they are not smoking. There was only one ironclad smoking warship. ”

No matter how many, as long as there is, it means that the accusation of the head of the shipbuilders is not established.

After listening to this, he fell into deep thought, racked his brains and began to think about the possibility of this ironclad smoking battleship!

When Cromwell and the others heard this, none of them spoke, for fear of interrupting his thoughts. One by one, I pinned my hopes on this professional to find out the answer.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, the leader of the shipbuilders was still puzzled, shook his head and said: "I haven't heard a little news about this in advance, I really can't think of how this ironclad smoking battleship was built?" ”

That's for sure, here in Europe, the steam engine was still early! And the train of Daming did not come. The closest one to Europe was built from the Tianshan Wheel to the Mingwei Fort. However, this line is still under construction and has not yet been opened.

Besides, Britain is an island country after all, so the news should be a little more closed. Unless they know there's a guy who smokes and can pull a long carriage, then they're likely to think of what the smoking thing is on the boat?

It can be said that at this time, the technology of the Ming Dynasty on warships was a century ahead of European countries! If you count the propellers, it is more than a century ahead.

Unable to think of it himself, the leader of the shipbuilders immediately came up with an idea: "Then send someone to inquire about what is going on?" Or from their shipyards, figure things out in various ways! ”

On the European side, as long as one country is a little ahead of the others, it can immediately be caught up by the others. It's true that these countries are interpenetrating each other, including their kings and queens, and so on, and they are all interconnected.

When Cromwell heard this, he first nodded, he could only do this, but then, he shook his head and said, "We don't know where Ming Guo can build this kind of warship?" And it's too far away, even if there are no accidents on the road, there is too much time to delay back and forth! ”

Hearing this, the leader of the shipbuilders spread his hands and said, "What should I do then?" ”

That is, I can't help it!

Cromwell thought for a while, but couldn't think of any way, so he had to say: "Send someone immediately to contact the Dutch countries to see, your side ......"

When he said this, he said to the head of the shipbuilders: "Go and contact their shipyards and see if they can find anything." If we can decrypt the ironclad smoking warship, no matter what the cost, we must know. ”

Seeing that the leader of the shipbuilders nodded in agreement, he turned to Robert and William and said, "You go to the European countries separately and tell them how powerful the fleet of the country is, and see how they react?" It would be best if I could get other news. ”

"Okay, we'll go right away." When Robert heard this, he hurriedly replied, "There are ships from many countries going back to Europe this time, and I believe that they also know about the Ming State's ironclad smoking warship." ”

Cromwell listened, nodded and said, "But their king may not believe it, and you still have to go on a run!" ”

If it weren't for the fact that the sailors of the fleet on the other side of the Persian Gulf happened to escape and reported that there were also ironclad smoking warships, he would not have believed it. It can be inferred from this that even if pirates from other countries fled and told it, it is estimated that not many people would believe it.

In order to prove this, Cromwell also immediately wrote a proof of the existence of the ironclad smoking battleship, and gave it to Robert and William respectively, so as to convince the kings of Europe.

When he saw Robert and the others about to say goodbye, Cromwell remembered something, so he stopped them and said to them: "The greatest enemy of our Britain today is likely to be this Ming Kingdom in the Far East in the future. And Spain's seizure of the Americas by the Ming State must also be a mortal enemy. You should also contact Philip IV and see what news he has from there? ”

Compared to the Europeans, they can play shit with each other, but once they encounter foreign enemies, such as the Ottoman Empire, and the Ming Dynasty, they feel the danger, and they tend to put aside their problems with each other first and unite.

It is also true that the upcoming Battle of Vienna in history was interrupted by the help of several other countries.

Robert and the others listened and immediately nodded. Robert hesitated for a moment and said to Cromwell: "As far as I can see, I feel that Spain should not dare to go to the Americas to seek revenge on the Ming Kingdom. At least not for a short time! ”

The strength of the Ming fleet, it is impossible for the Spanish side not to know about it. Unless Spain was sure of winning the Ming fleet, they would take the initiative to seek revenge on the Ming army in the Americas.

"Don't worry about that, what we need is news from Spain to see if they can have news that we don't know." Cromwell listened, and immediately spoke to him.

Robert listened, felt reasonable, and had nothing else to do, so he was ready to go.

But before they could go out, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the temple, and a messenger hurried to the temple door.

Seeing this situation, Cromwell couldn't help but have a little headache, what happened again?

Seriously, he feels that his current situation is bad enough, what bad things are coming?

"Spain sent troops to Portugal and captured Lisbon, and João IV's family was wiped out!"

"What?" When Cromwell heard this, he couldn't help but confirm with great surprise.

Although he also looked down on Portugal, which took in the British royalists and was in hostile relations with Portugal. But when he heard the news, he was still very surprised.

When the messenger inquired, he gave him more details.

"I see!" When Cromwell heard this, he couldn't help but sigh a little, and was more gloating, "I really deserved to take in those royalists, but they bitten them!" ”

Otherwise, he was a little surprised, how could João IV's whole family be wiped out, and if he really couldn't, he could still flee to other countries by boat, or even to the colonies in the Americas.

As soon as he thought of this, he was suddenly startled, a little afraid to confirm, so he asked the others: "Does João IV have a daughter who married to the Ming Kingdom?" ”

Hearing this, several people looked at each other, and then nodded in unison.

The Portuguese have become the exclusive agents of the Ming Kingdom, and they have been selling Far Eastern specialties all these years, and they don't know how much money they have made, so they have attracted a lot of attention. Of course, the alliance between Portugal and the Ming Kingdom, as well as Catherine's marriage to the Ming Prince, also spread.

Proving that what he heard was correct, Cromwell immediately clapped his hands and shouted, "Now the Spaniards are in trouble." Regardless of the relationship between Portugal and Ming, Spain will definitely bear the wrath of Ming! ”

Before this news, the Spaniards should not have gone to Ming to take revenge, but now the situation has changed, the Spaniards can't be a turtle with a shrunken head, and the Ming Kingdom is likely to take the initiative to come to the Spaniards and avenge Portugal!

In this way, the British side will come to the door, and on the basis of a common enemy, they will definitely be able to cooperate with each other.

When Robert and William heard this, they did not hesitate any longer, and immediately took Cromwell's guarantee and left.

In the face of a behemoth like Ming Guo, they are under a lot of pressure.

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The capture of Lisbon, on the Spanish side, was for them to suppress the rebellion and gain the wealth of Portugal, which made Philip IV happy for many days.

Seriously, this has greatly alleviated Spain's fiscal crisis. So that on the Spanish side, the deficit owed by the war for many years has been replenished to a certain extent.

Philip IV even had some regrets about this. If you keep the fat sheep of Portugal and go over from time to time to cut off the wool, that is the long-term solution. It's a bit of a pity that there will be no one in the future!

When he returned to Madrid, he saw that there were many Ming specialties in the palace, beautiful silks, and exquisite porcelain, and Philip IV's mood became very good.

But just then, Cromwell's messenger Robert arrived.

Hearing this news, Philip IV didn't understand it a little, and asked in a cold voice: "The thief who killed Charles I, and the face to send someone?" ”