The news that Drake had brought back from the New World spread like an explosive wave throughout England centered around London, and soon the news spread to France through the English court.

There has never been anything that has frightened all classes of England.

The main theme of this era in England was religious conflict, and Queen Elizabeth was defined by Catholicism from birth as an illegitimate daughter with no right to inherit the throne, which meant that Elizabeth had a natural antagonistic relationship with the Holy See.

It is not surprising that a series of events have followed, such as the support for Protestantism in England and the excommunication of Elizabeth from the Holy See, which exacerbated the contradictions.

Excommunication means not just a gentle kick out of you, but that every Catholic has the right to kill Elizabeth, and even if she does, he will not go to hell, and he will become a staunch defender of Catholicism.

The official rupture of relations between England and Spain was also due to this incident, after all, the papacy was under the protection of Philip of Spain.

In fact, Fei Lao Er is also quite tired, not only to bear the blame for Rome, but also to be afraid that the Pope will give a backstab to the kidney at any time.

At this point, God's filial son France has a lot of room for maneuver, at least the third is not as fanatical and devout as Fei Laoer.

Hum Lao San was very pragmatic, and in order to fight against the common enemy Fei Lao II of Spain, Hu Lao San of France, Yi Lao Da of England, and William, Prince of Orange, firmly carried the banner of European Protestantism.

In the past, when there was a war with Spain, the Protestants were happy when they were victorious, the Catholics were happy when they were defeated, the merchants were happy when trade began, and the commoners were happy when trade was abolished, and there was hardly a single piece of news that frightened all classes of England.

But now they have found it.

First of all, because of the existence of the Han State, the triangular trade was over.

It's not that the merchants like the triangular trade, of course the blacks themselves will go and make far more profits than their weight when they get there, but more importantly, the ocean currents.

The route from Europe to Africa, from Africa to the Caribbean, and from the Caribbean to Europe is very easy because of ocean currents.

But the problem now is that their ships were killed by Han pirates as soon as they arrived in Africa, and the merchants who used to be able to bring back large quantities of goods by risking smuggling slaves to Brazil and small islands in the Caribbean are now all in vain.

Secondly, Chen Mu's offense to the royal family made the aristocracy unhappy, and the privileges of the trade agreement to the merchants of the Ming Kingdom also made the merchants unhappy, and even more terrible things happened in the religious realm.

No one could have predicted what would happen after the Ming Empire arrived in Europe and England, and was not allowed to proselytize? There is no justification for such a request! Truth be told, people haven't gotten used to it.

Something unknown can create a sense of fear.

Usually the fear gradually decreases after understanding.

But the news that Drake brought back about the Ming Empire strengthened this fear.

Fei Lao Er on the other side of the European continent is much better.

After accepting the premise that he can't defeat the Ming Dynasty, and then admitting that his most critical mission at the moment is to inherit the Portuguese throne and stabilize the situation in the Netherlands, the rest of the things are much easier to accept.

"I think that after the end of the war against my country, the Ming Empire still retains mercy and restraint, and if all this is the Lord's arrangement, I am willing to accept it."

His Royal Highness Philip, who was well versed in politics, had a nervous breakdown after scheming in fear all day in the monastery, and he was relieved when he received the documents and treaties of New Spain from the monk Acosta.

The northern part of the New World, which has not yet set foot in the north, is gone.

Mexico City West, gone.

The southern part of Panama, in fact, is basically the whole of Panama, gone.

And Chile, which they have not yet fully conquered, is also gone.

But Peru is still there, the West Indies are still there.

Despite not being able to change the kingdom's poor financial situation, His Royal Highness Philip was able to settle the score, and Spain had nothing to lose except for losing the war and losing soldiers and large swaths of nominal land in the New World.

Moreover, the king was affected by the Second War of the Ming West, and a skylight was opened in his head - the New World after the war would bring more wealth to Spain.

It was so weird that Philip didn't even understand the reason at first.

It turns out that Spain still has such a considerable income in the New World!

The maintenance costs of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which had previously been the largest in the country, had been reduced by seventy percent after the war, and since Bernal was defined as a rebellion, the two legionnaires who had died with him in the Second War of the Minxi were not to be paid, and the only thing that had to be paid was the ransom of the captured nobles.

But the ransom is paid by their families, and they don't need to pay for it.

Peru also had fifty percent less maintenance costs, mainly for troops stationed on the front line of Santiago on the west coast and in the never-ending war against the Mapuche people in the south, which was no longer needed.

Spain only had to pay for the cost of minting money, but in the past it was also costly, and the quality of the coins minted was even worse.

In this day and age, there is hardly a monarch who can smile so happily as His Royal Highness Philip when he loses a battle and still holds a newly minted silver coin.

"That is, my kingdom will increase its revenue by 1.1 million silver coins this year due to last year's New World War?"

"Your Highness, this cannot be calculated in a short period of time, but if you need it, I can do my best." Monk Acosta bowed his head and counted on the table in the monastery, and said as he calculated: "Because the cost of the New World is less, this year we will send four million six hundred and forty thousand new minted silver coins, which are worth one hundred and one thousand more than last year, but are one hundred and five hundred thousand more in number, because the new half and two coins are lighter." ”

"Secondly, due to the border trade, the Ming Empire has excellent quality silk even better than Ottoman silk cloth, as well as rare porcelain, the tariff of this income is mortgaged to merchants, and the kingdom cannot get it, but His Royal Highness has a three-percent royal franchise in trade, and the Ming Empire abides by this contract, so His Royal Highness the King should make a profit of about 700,000 and a half taels after sending royal merchants to sell these goods."

Philip listened to Acosta's words, and his breath was short.

Do you know what it was like for Emperor Longqing to eat pies?

Fei Lao Er feels basically the same now!

"The Dutch Legion under the Duke of Parma has been in arrears for seven months, right? The salary of the Duke of Alva's 30,000 troops has been made up in the New World, and it should be two months in arrears now, give! Give it all, make it up all at once! Prepare for another three months! ”

How to solve the problem? Only get rich.

This heroism lasted for about three seconds.

Philip, who had calmed down, hid his face again in the hood of the wide monk's robe, and he said slowly: "Forget it, don't prepare it, it may not be enough......"

Acosta was very aware of the king's worries, he arched his hand almost without thinking, and only halfway did he feel that something was wrong, put down his hand and said: "Your Royal Highness, General Chen of the Ming Empire has sent his son General Li to take over the Serbian leased land, and in the future, the goods from the Ming Empire will directly enter Spain from the leased land." ”

"Although the taxes were also mortgaged to the Ming Empire, according to the treaty of the First War between the Ming and Western Empires, the customs duties were collected by the Ming State and the two countries were jointly controlled, do you want to see General Li?"

"See! They don't have faith, so they can't be called infidels, right? ”

Philip didn't even notice that his view of the world had quietly changed, he took off his hood, revealed his smooth forehead, clapped his hands and sighed: "General Chen is really a good person!" ”