Emperor Chongzhen has always been full of confidence in these persecutions of the Ming Dynasty.

When the whole world was still playing with arquebuses, the Ming Dynasty had already developed flintlock guns and three-eyed guns, and if it weren't for the entry of Jiannu to interrupt this process, Gatling might have appeared hundreds of years in advance.

When the whole world was still wondering what was going on with the steam engine, the Ming people had already applied it to the train, the battleship, the machine tool, in short, all kinds of places were wondering if they could install a steam engine first.

Although there is a factor in this, Emperor Chongzhen can swear with Huang Taiji and Dolgon's people that he is just a hanging man who has not recharged, and there is still a big gap between him and the wild hanging men of the Ming Dynasty.

But when Emperor Chongzhen thought of the wild hangers, he suddenly thought of those hangers outside the Ming Dynasty.

What did you say before? Can you send a batch of firearms to the Holy Roman Empire first? By the way, sell them Fushou ointment?

It is said that the Celestial Empire in later generations is a copycat power, but in fact, the real copycat power is the vest trumpet of the Holy Roman Empire at this time......

Being a programmer always has many advantages, such as circumventing the wall, such as using a search engine to find the information you want......

Articles such as "Qingdao is not afraid of flooding is because of German conscience" and "Oilcloth bags specially stored near the pipe network" that have been swiped and washed countless brains have been concocted artificially for brainwashing.

There are more than 3,000 kilometers of Qingdao's underground pipe network, and only more than 2 kilometers of the German pipeline network in normal use, accounting for less than one thousandth.

And the parts in those oilcloth bags are also the leftovers of the spare parts that were transported when the Germans built the underground pipe network at that time, rather than specially stored for later use - especially the that "the metal components wrapped in oilcloth are still shiny after a hundred years" in the small warehouse.

Sewers are generally made of pottery, porcelain or cement, and the use of metal elements is to prove that there is no brain, or to prove that people are stupid and have a lot of money?

"Made in Germany" sounds great, but in the second half of the 19th century, it had a bad reputation and was synonymous with cheapness and inferiority. "Shameless" was the hat that the British put on German-made products at that time.

At that time, the British Empire was the first industrialized country, and its products represented the cutting edge of craftsmanship and technology. "Buying British goods" was not only a well-known fashion language at the time, but also a symbol of wealth.

After the reunification of Germany, it ambitiously planned to enter the world market to get a piece of the pie, but the world market could not be entered if it wanted to enter - the Germans, who pursued the dream of becoming a strong country in the cracks, imitated the products of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, and relied on cheap sales to hit the market.

The theft of designs, the copying of products, and the forgery of manufacturers' logos have led to the disgraceful labeling of German products in terms of materials, workmanship, and quality.

The Germans, of course, were not convinced, and a large number of economic spies began to appear in England, and those fluent English always had a Germanic accent in them.

For example, a certain gentleman who claimed to have a slight interest in steel manufacturing was the later famous German steel count and the munitions giant Klüber.

The Germans used various means to obtain a large amount of economic intelligence. Back in Germany, this intelligence was copied by research and imitated into products. Then, it is re-exported to the United Kingdom, and grandiosely, into the British family.

It was similar to the path taken by the Celestial Empire in later generations, when the price of labor in Germany was low, so that German products had the characteristics of cheapness. For a time, the British market was filled with everything from pencils, toys, medicines, clocks, beer, textiles, tools to pianos and furniture.

Naturally, the British gentlemen were not angry, and simply made a bill stipulating that all foreign imports must be marked with the mark of the country of origin. The focus of this bill is "Made in Germany" from German.

The Germans who were slapped in the face by this bill were naturally like the protagonist template, shameful and courageous, no longer copying and imitation, but inventing and creating their own, worthy of the name of the original "Made in Germany".

A lot of money has been spent on scientific research and industrial standard systems, and "Made in Germany" has also completed a gorgeous turn from a cottage to a synonym for reliable quality.

As for the trumpet of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Empire can be seen as the second generation of trumpets, and the Third German Reich, that is, **Germany, is the third generation of trumpets.

Now that the Ming Dynasty sells firearms to the Holy Roman Empire, will they suddenly light up the copycat skill tree, and then light up the Made in Germany skill tree?

Emperor Chongzhen was suddenly a little worried.

But Emperor Chongzhen was worried that there would be no use for birds, and Li Chengyan had already set off as early as when Emperor Chongzhen decided to support the Holy Roman Empire.

Originally, Li Chengyan also planned to go directly to Cohen's old guy to study and see if he could use Cohen's way to open up the way of the Holy Roman Empire and contact the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

But when Li Chengyan studied some of the information provided by Jinyiwei, he gave up this plan.

Theoretically, although the Netherlands and other vassal states are also eating dogs, on the whole, these guys have the same goal, they all intend to kill the Holy Roman Empire first, and Cohen will not be able to help the Holy Roman Empire for the sake of silver.

It wasn't Cohen's problem, but the Netherlands as a whole couldn't have agreed, including the Dutch East India Company, which was also making a fortune in the war, and a large part of the labor they sold to the Ming came from the Holy Roman Empire.

Once the Holy Roman Empire was gaining a foothold, it would affect not only the whole of Europe, but also the labor business used by the East India Company to exchange silver coins and longevity ointment, which the entire East India Company did not want to see.

Since it is not convenient to contact the Holy Roman Empire through Cohen and others, then go yourself!

The Ministry of Rites prepared everything for Li Chengyan, or rather, it united the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, plus the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, to prepare a small fleet for Li Chengyan, which was loaded with not a lot of supplies, anyway, starting from Tianjin Port, there was no need to worry about supplies until the Ottoman side.

Because until the Ottomans, most of the territory was Ming Dynasty, and there was no need to worry about supply problems at all, so it was more loaded with various artillery and equipment such as firearms.

In order to be able to return the European pit to his grandmother's house at one time, Emperor Chongzhen can be regarded as having made a lot of money - the Ming Dynasty has not completely changed the fixed flintlock torches and the latest artillery, and they have stuffed a lot of them into it.

There was really nothing thrilling along the way, it was just that it took more time, and what really gave Li Chengyan a headache was how to find the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire - maybe he would not be the emperor soon.

Stopping at the envoy fleet of Mu Gu Dushu, Lee Seung-yan is facing a difficult choice.

Should he follow the arrangement of Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, be the first person to eat crabs and venture through the Suez Canal, or follow Zheng Zhilong's arrangement and walk around the Cape of Good Hope to the ocean to the west?

Both have their own advantages and disadvantages.

From the thirteenth year of Chongzhen to the present, the Suez Canal, which has been dug for six years, has finally been dug through, and Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle, is almost about to sing happily.

But what made Liu Wenbing unhappy was that there was no large fleet for him to test the actual effect of the canal.

The Ottoman Empire's navy was the same, the Mughal did not even have a fleet, and other merchant ships could not be looked down upon by themselves, and the only thing that could be looked at was the South China Sea Fleet of Zheng Zhilong's department.

The problem was that the South Sea Fleet was now too busy to take laborers on the steppes south of Mukudu, and didn't have time to do the test, or to say that it didn't have time until it killed the barbarians in England.

Therefore, the risk of the fleet passing through the Suez Canal is unknown, after all, the small sampan and the large fleet are not on the same level, and the draft and risk they face are not on the same level at all.

If there is a benefit, it is probably that after passing through the Suez Canal, you can go directly to Ljubljana through the port of Albania, and then go overland to Austria to visit the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

The risk of bypassing the Cape of Good Hope is also clear, and in the event of a hurricane, the entire fleet is at risk of running out of calves and facing an attack at any time.

For example, Spain and England, the relationship between these two and the Ming is definitely not good, and having the opportunity to kill a Ming fleet is equivalent to a pie in the sky for these two families, even if they can't die, it's good to disgust the Ming.

After much deliberation, Lee Seung-yan decided to take the Suez Canal.

Although it is an adventure to walk through the Suez Canal, which has not been tested by large ships, it is also an opportunity, a chance to meet the Holy Roman Emperor quickly.

As for the route after crossing the Suez Canal, Li Chengyan is not worried - as early as Luzon and Java, Daming had already obtained all the charts through the hands of Sanchez and Cohen, and the part after the Suez Canal was also marked.

Fortunately, the Suez Canal, which cost an unknown amount of manpower and material resources, was still quite powerful, and although it was frightened, it finally passed safely.

After smiling and waving goodbye to Liu Wenbing, the Marquis of Xinle who was standing on the shore, Li Chengyan's face became a little gloomy again.

After crossing the Suez Canal, there is no way to rely on any power of the Ming Dynasty, everything has to be dealt with carefully, especially for the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he knows nothing.

Maybe it can't be said that he knows nothing, after all, the information provided by Jin Yiwei still mentions something, but it is still too difficult to deduce the preferences and behavior of the Holy Roman Emperor with the news of a scale and a half-claw.

Thanks to the propaganda of England and Spain, as well as the Netherlands, Ming's belligerent reputation may have spread throughout Europe.

Now all the countries in Europe know that there is a country in the Far East called Ming, which likes to provoke wars at every turn, and pile up small mountains after cutting off people's heads, if there is no need, don't provoke that country of Ming.

In fact, most of the so-called pirates in Europe are part-time in the national navy, or have been absorbed, and there are very few who do not have a regular establishment.

It is precisely because of this that Li Chengyan and his entourage were surprisingly smooth, so smooth that Li Chengyan himself couldn't believe it, until he set foot on the land of Ljubljana.

After unloading most of the ship's supplies and loading them onto the wagon, Li Chengyan headed for Austria with a group.

That's right, the so-called Habsburg emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is actually Ferdinand III, who is also the king of Hungary and the king of Bohemia, and is also the Archduke of Austria, called Ferdinand IV.

In the face of such a complex relationship and numerous titles, Li Chengyan, who thinks he has a certain understanding of the West, also has to say admiration!

If this is changed in the Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that only Emperor Wuzong, who has proclaimed himself "Governor of Military Affairs, Mighty General, Chief Military Officer", and "Zhenguo Gong", can be compared, and other emperors have only one title - Emperor Daming.

What made Li Chengyan feel even more unbelievable was that the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand III, his second wife was actually his cousin, Archduchess Maria Leopoldin.

According to rumors, the female archduke does not seem to be in good health, and she feels that her life is not long - Ferdinand III's desire to stop the war is actually not unrelated to this, not only because of the withering of the people.

In fact, it's normal to think about it, if the people's power withers or not, it doesn't have much to do with these grand dukes or lords, or even the emperor, and they won't charge a child's poll tax less because of the withering people's power.

At this point, the emperor of the Central Plains who has a little brain, will choose to exempt the famous breed from taxation in exchange for the support of the people, but these bigwigs in the West do not need it.

With the presence of churches and priests, taxes are always guaranteed, because if you don't pay taxes, you can't wash away your sins, and you can't go to heaven without washing your sins - especially the tithes that the church collects, which are the most important.

In Lee's view, this is not a tithe, this thing is more like an IQ tax.

Because the Bible mentions that one-tenth of the produce of agriculture and animal husbandry belongs to God, the common people of Europe had to pay tithes.

According to the nature of the product, the specific levy in kind is divided into large tithes (grain), small tithes (vegetables, fruits), blood tithes (livestock), etc. The amount of taxes often exceeds one-tenth of the taxpayer's income, and the burden falls mainly on the peasants.

If that's all, Li Chengyan won't call it an IQ tax, at most he will sigh that Gou Zheng is fiercer than a tiger, and then what should be done or what should be done.

The point is, these European civilians revolted, rebelled, and then actually chose peace talks? Did you forget your brain in your mother's womb when you were born?

PS: Today's sacrifice to "Rebel Demon King"