Philip IV asked simply and directly, he was already tired of Akito's habit of going around in circles, and he wanted to be more direct, to end these things quickly, and return to Madrid. He was the king of Spain, and in the midst of an eventful time, he had too much to do.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Philip IV and said for a moment: "I want to buy a few places from Your Majesty." ”

Philip IV clearly caught something, leaned back, and said, "You? ”

Zhu Youzhen's expression was calm, and he said, "Morocco, and Panama." ”

Philip IV frowned suddenly, Morocco didn't care, but Panama was an important place for Spain in the Americas, and many merchant ships were transiting here.

"Why do you want Panama? It was barren land, except for a nice port, no fertile land, no people, no gold and silver mines......" Philip IV asked with a curious smile.

Panama seemed to Philip IV or Spain as a whole, and it was a good transit port, and nothing else.

Zhu Youzhen remained silent and said: "You should know my relationship with His Majesty the Emperor of our country, instead of waiting for the distribution, it is better for me to find a place for myself." ”

Philip IV nodded thoughtfully, muttering without speaking.

He didn't want the power of the Ming Dynasty to be extended to the Americas, but he always felt that Zhu Youzhen, the prince, was worth paying some price, and the future rewards might be quite amazing.

Zhu Youzhen knew the truth of saying a lot of mistakes, so he looked at Philip IV directly.

Philip IV pondered for a long time and said, "I can give you a part of Morocco, Panama, I can't give you all of it, I can only give you a part." ”

Zhu Youzhen's expression was slightly gloomy, and he immediately said: "Yes, but it is up to me to appoint." ”

Philip IV smiled slightly, and then said with a smile on his face: "Of course." ”

Subsequently, Zhu Youzhen drew five straight lines with a ruler and pencil in these two places, three in Morocco and two in Panama.

Later generations were quite shocked, the two places divided by Zhu Youzhen ruled Europe for nearly a hundred years, and the profits obtained from these two places were the most contributing places for the Ming Dynasty to survive the disaster and maintain national strength!

Later commentators believed that His Royal Highness King Xin was not as short-sighted and narrow-minded as described in the history books, and that he had a long strategic vision, after all, he was the elder brother of Emperor Shengwu.

Of course, some people say that this is one of the purposes for Emperor Shengwu to send envoys to Europe, and everything King Xin did was requested by Emperor Shengwu, but there is no evidence for this, whether it is the memoirs of the great eunuch Feng Zhu and others, or the actual record of Jingzheng or the oral record of the Qianqing Palace, there is no clue at all.

With the tacit understanding reached between Zhu Youzhen and Philip IV, the alliance treaty between Spain and the Ming Dynasty was quickly negotiated, and it was only for the final confirmation and signing of the two sides.

The content of the treaty is quite broad, although there are hard and fast clauses, such as that if one side is attacked by force, the other side should also respond by all means to ensure the sanctity of the alliance.

Three days later, Zhu Youzhen and others, accompanied by Philip IV, set off from Lisbon and turned to Madrid.

The Ming fleet turned straight to Gibraltar, landed in Morocco, and took over the equivalent of one-thirtieth of the island of Taiwan, which was aimed at the Strait of Gibraltar, which was quite suitable for a base.

There is also a danger here: less than a hundred miles to the east is Ottoman territory!

Zheng Zhilong stayed here for three days, built a temporary base, and without much thought, continued to lead the fleet into the Mediterranean.

At the same time, Zhu Youzhen entered Madrid.

Lisbon is just a preview, Madrid is the main thing. Philip IV took Zhu Youzhen to meet with all the important Spanish ministers, and many negotiations were carried out here, and the details were again carried out here.

But Zhu Youzhen did not stay long, passed through Madrid, and advanced towards Rome.

It has been a long time since Zhu Youzhen and others came to Spain, and it has long spread throughout Europe, plus some Ming Dynasty deliberate contacts, some people can't help but go to Rome in advance, and they are looking forward to the Ming fleet.

More are on the way, some arrogant Frankish kingdoms, anxious Netherlands, far overseas England and so on have already sent people to go. And the Roman Empire, which was divided and in vain, also sent people to Rome, the Ottomans, who were hostile to Europe, and Russia, which was blocked by the way to the west, were all sending people.

These people all have their own thoughts, and they are all big countries that suddenly appeared in the east, and they are all vigilant and want to find out.

Zhu Youzhen sat in an extremely unaccustomed carriage, left Madrid, and went straight to the Papal States.

The current Papal States are not the Vatican of later generations, they occupy a considerable territory, Italy has not yet been shadowed, has not been baptized by Napoleon's blood, and is still the center of Europe and the place of faith of the world.

Zhu Youzhen was next to a missionary, different from John Tong's Christian, he was a Protestant, and although he respected the pope on his face, he was still dissatisfied with the fundamentalism in his heart, and there was not the slightest kind word in his mouth.

"The Papal States had no army, their 'army' was a bodyguard from all over Europe to protect the pope, and the Swedes were the most religious."

"His Majesty the Pope is Innocent X, a rather lazy, selfish Pope who overindulges his family, and even wants to go to war with the Franks for the sake of his family, is simply stupid!"

"The Pope was never in charge of ecclesiastical affairs, it was his in-law Majdalzini who was in charge, especially in the Inquisition, and more and more people were burned to death by him, and there were complaints everywhere......"

"Majdalzini was a very greedy man, he had several huge estates, all of which were gold, silver and jade, and countless women, and he almost regarded him as a king......"

Zhu Youzhen listened silently and remembered. He went to Rome this time to meet the Pope.

Zhu Youzhen wants to persuade the Pope of some things and help the Ming to do something.

After asking for a while, the missionary took a gold ingot and left in a hurry.

Feng Zhu looked at Zhu Youzhen from the side and said, "Lord Wang, perhaps, we can start from this Maydalzini, as long as the silver is enough, things may be able to get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't like these things, and said: "You can arrange these things, you must do it without leakage, and don't let people catch it." ”

Feng Zhu smiled and said, "Yes." ”

He is the admiral eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, although there is no longer Dongchang, but some shady methods, he knows more than others, a small bribe, not to be caught.

Ao Bai grabbed fifty people, rode horses, dressed in armor, followed behind the carriage of horses, and slowly walked towards the peninsula.

On the other hand, the popes, bishops, etc. of the Papal States are also preparing, they are eager to preach, especially enthusiastic about the East, where there is another civilization, more prosperous than Europe, and it will be their glory to be able to preach there!