His biggest headache now is his sworn enemy Spain. As long as there is a chance to hit Spain and give him a breather, he will never miss it.

When Anders heard this, he said with a look of encouragement: "Your Highness, the reason why Spain has always been so strong, even if it has waged so many wars, is still strong, as if they Spain has endless money. If we can cut off Spain's financial resources, won't we be able to greatly weaken Spain's strength? ”

When Joao IV heard this, he nodded again and again: "Yes, the treasure fleet of the Spaniards brings them countless riches every year. However, the strength of our fleet could not defeat Spain at all. Even if there is Ming Guo's help, at most, it will only cut off their Luzon! ”

"Your Highness, haven't you already talked about the Treasure Fleet?" Anders listened and hurriedly explained, "The Ming fleet is too far away from us in Europe, but if the Ming fleet goes to the American continent and breaks the root of the treasure fleet, it will be no problem!" ”

João IV listened, was surprised for a moment, and then asked a little puzzled: "This...... Is that possible? ”

Anders looked around left and right, and found that there was a world map hanging on the wall, so he walked over quickly, and then patted the American continent with his hand, then turned to Joao IV and said: "Your Highness, please see, New Spain is here, and the Ming Empire is only separated by a Pacific Ocean." This is the Wa Kingdom, and if it is not surprising, it will also become a part of the Ming Kingdom in these two years, and maybe it will be a part of the Ming Kingdom now. Then the Ming Empire is much closer from here than to Europe. ”

Speaking of this, he used his hand to draw a part of North America, Mexico and other Central America, as well as Peru and other Spanish colonies in South America, and then said to João IV who had already come over: "The Ming Empire has many people and many warships, as long as we tell the Ming Kingdom that there is enough attraction here, once the Ming Emperor is tempted, I dare to take the head to guarantee that with the strength of Spain, it will definitely not be able to stop the offensive of the Ming army!" ”

Seeing João IV's eyes glow, Anders continued to bewitch: "Your Highness, imagine if Spain today did not have the wealth from the American continent, would they still be so powerful?" ”

João IV stared at the map, his mind spinning, and remembered what Anders had said.

First use these goods from the Ming Empire to win over France and other countries, so that they can do something to stabilize Spain from attacking Portugal, then as long as it continues, when Spain's financial resources are cut off, then Spain will no longer be such a powerful Spain!

Thinking of this, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

When Anders saw it, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, we and the Ming Empire are brothers, offensive and defensive alliances, and we can attack New Spain with the army of the Ming Empire when we turn back." When the time comes, make an agreement with the Ming army first, Peru will be ours, and other places will be given to the Ming Kingdom, so that this part of South America will be all our Portugal's! In this way, we in Portugal can also follow the path of Spain's rise again! ”

When Joao IV heard this, he couldn't help but take two steps forward, and he also came to the map, stretched out his hand and said: "It's better to occupy this place, isn't it the best!" ”

Anders fixed his eyes and saw that the place he had drawn was the Gulf of Mexico region and Central America, so he shook his head and said, "Your Highness, this is the richest place, but if you don't give Ming a big bait, will they cross the Pacific Ocean to attack Spain?" It has to be good enough! ”

"Oh!" João IV listened and replied with some regret. His eyes stared at the American continent, and after a while, he slowly retracted, looked at Anders and said, "If you say that the place is given to the Ming Kingdom, can you say that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom will attack Spain across the sea?" ”

"It's a big deal!" Anders listened and said with confidence, "No profit can not be early, the so-called brotherly state, offensive and defensive alliance is only the foundation, as long as the interests of the Ming Kingdom are sufficient, only then can this great empire in the Far East work hard for us Portugal!" ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to Colombo again and said: "The same is true here, using interests to attract the power of the Ming army to expand westward, you can give us enough support for Portugal." ”

When Joao IV heard this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "What benefits can be given to the Ming Kingdom here?" Colombo is our onward stop to the East, and we can't afford to lose it! ”

Anders had obviously thought about it, and immediately replied when he heard it: "Ming Guo doesn't know much about the West, but we are familiar with it, and we can exchange it." I can tell the Ming about the prosperity of the Arab countries, the prosperity of the Persian Empire, and the glory of the Roman Empire, etc., I think the emperor of the Ming Empire has a lot of ambitions, and he must be interested. ”

João IV listened, blinked, and asked another question on the map, and Anders would answer according to the situation in the Ming Kingdom. This gave the fleet commander the illusion that it was as if Portugal and the Ming Empire were dividing the world against the world map!

After a long time, João IV finished his discussion with Anders, then touched the beard on his chin and 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 outside, João IV suddenly slapped the table, his eyes lit up, and he said firmly and forcefully: "Okay, then do it!" ”

Obviously, he agreed with Anders's proposal and decided to partner with the Ming Empire in the Far East to pit the world!

Anders was of course pleased to see that João IV had accepted his proposal. However, no matter how happy he was, he did not forget to remind João IV: "Your Highness, now all this is our own plan, and how to impress the emperor of the Ming Empire still needs to be carefully discussed." ”

"Hmm!" When Joao IV heard this, he nodded without hesitation and said: "You are most familiar with the East, so it's up to you to do what we should do to make the emperor of the Ming Empire happy and let them send troops to the world as we wish?" ”

Anders, of course, has a draft, in addition to what he said to João IV before, he added: "For the requirements put forward by the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom before, we must do it seriously, including those that are only available from South America, etc., and we must try our best to meet the requirements of the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom......"

After the discussions, João IV summoned his confidants for further discussions, and described to them the future world: the Ming Empire and the Portuguese Empire each dominated one side. Europe will be Portugal's Europe later! Today's European powers are so disobedient to Portugal that one day in the future, they will all come to Lisbon and beg for it!

To be honest, in the past two years, since Portugal became independent, it was begging grandpa to sue grandma, but people ignored it at all, and even used Portugal as a bargaining chip for each other. This made the Portuguese very aggrieved, and when they heard that they might overtake a big country like France in the future, a group of people were excited.

So, just like that, they secretly discussed the division of labor.

Some of them, as representatives of Portugal, brought special products from the Ming Empire to lobby for help in European countries; some tried their best to collect and meet the requirements made by the Ming Emperor; Wait a minute; As for Anders, as the plenipotentiary representative of Portugal, he will leave for the Far East to meet the Ming Emperor and persuade the Ming Emperor to realize his plan to divide the world.

If the original historical development is followed, in fact, Portugal is also in danger, and it has not been attacked by Spain on a large scale. Because at this time, there was civil strife in France, and the rebellion was to borrow troops from Spain to fight with the French royal family, which restrained Spain's energy.

And in this plane, because Portugal suddenly appeared on the political stage with oriental goods, it suddenly injected new elements into the newly calmed Europe.

At this time, the civil strife in France was known as the Fronde movement.

The Queen Mother, Anna of Austria, and her favored courtier, Cardinal Mazarin, were in debt to meet the expenses of the Thirty Years' War, which caused a conflict with the French aristocracy. The famous French general Prince Condé tried unsuccessfully to seize power from Mazarin and was thrown into prison, triggering civil unrest involving Spanish troops.

Originally, Anna and Mazarin of Austria were afraid of the strength of the rebels and did not dare to let go, and even had to release Prince Condé under pressure. However, because of the intervention of the Portuguese, they got a lot of money on their side, and they had the confidence to forcibly suppress the rebel rebellion.

Compared with history, the French royal family was much more determined to suppress the rebels, which made the scale and duration of the war correspondingly larger, and Spain was more deeply involved in the French civil strife than it should have been in history.

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Emperor Chongzhen was far away in the Ming Jingshi, but he learned about the latest situation in Europe through the Grade A eavesdropping seed on Anders's body. At this time, he was really glad that he didn't kill Anders in Annan at the beginning, otherwise, there would be one less very qualified leader of the party.

To be honest, Da Ming really doesn't know much about North and South America and the region west of the Atlantic. If you explore alone, it is unknown whether you can achieve results in Emperor Chongzhen's generation.

However, once Portugal becomes the leading party of the Ming Dynasty, then the expedition to North and South America, or the western expedition to Europe and Africa, will greatly shorten the time, at least hydrology, climate, local customs, division of forces, etc., the Ming expeditionary force can save a lot of effort.

Emperor Chongzhen estimated in his heart that he had felt that the Ming Dynasty was overpopulated, which caused a food crisis. But now, after one after another, the population is not too much, but too small. After all, if you don't arrange large-scale immigration to assimilate the locals, it will be very unfavorable to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help shouting in his heart: Male compatriots of the Ming Dynasty, come on!