Cohen was almost angry when he received the agreement from Daming, believing that two European companions had betrayed him, but he had no choice but to leave the problem to his own government to solve, or let the shareholders decide. Zhu Youxiao also generously gave him half a year to deal with this matter.

After Sanchez and Baron Daniel left, Zhu Youxiao explained his true intentions to Sun Chengzong, whether the Netherlands accepted this agreement or not, it didn't matter to Daming, but there would definitely be no problem where Daming wanted, so that there would be a safe passage from Daming to Australia and Guidao. The second is to disrupt the original war process in Europe, as for the outcome of the war, Zhu Youxiao did not care, anyway, the longer the better, when England and France are strong enough or Prussia is unified, for the division of spheres of influence, there will definitely be a large-scale war, and at that time, Spain and Portugal will definitely hand over the territories of Asia to us in order to raise military funds. Even if they don't give it to us, because the way they rule will cause civil strife and eventually withdraw from these places.

After listening to Zhu Youxiao's explanation, Sun Chengzong felt very comfortable, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor is really smart, and his children and grandchildren will definitely have good results.

Since defeating the coalition fleets of England, the Netherlands and other countries, Sun Yuzhi led the fleet to escort the merchant ships straight to Lisbon, and never encountered any pirates and warships of other countries in the middle, the road was very smooth, even the wind direction was a little pleasant, and arrived at the port of Lisbon in about a month, and the officials under Sánchez had already sent the information to the palace in Lisbon, and the warm reception was naturally unavoidable.

Now Portugal and Spain are still the same king, the king is Philip, one is called Philip III, and the other is called Philip IV. The king now lives in Madrid, and the governor in Lisbon is Theodosio II, Duke of Bragança, and Sun Yuzhi does not know much about the relationship between these kings and dukes, nor does he understand why there is one king and two states, which is a system of succession unique to the West, which has not been seen in the East. However, the Duke of Bragança was the de facto controller of Portugal, the equivalent of the de facto king.

At the home of the Duke of Bragança, Sun Yuzhi was warmly received, and the guests and hosts had a pleasant conversation. Theodosio introduced to Sun Yuzhi the complex inheritance relationship between the two kingdoms of Portugal and Spain, it turned out that the Duke of Bragança was also a branch of the original Portuguese dynasty, and the current Philip III was still related, but under the influence of Spain's continuous foreign wars, there was a tendency to break away from Spain, but he had not yet found a suitable opportunity and foreign aid.

Sun Yuzhi figured out this complex relationship through Theodosio's introduction, and finally understood Zhu Youxiao's true intention of sending him here, and the so-called convenience is probably what it means. So Sun Yuzhi told Theodosio about his journey from Daming to Ming Island and how he occupied Ming Island, and as for the escort, the officials under Sánchez had already told Theodosio, but he didn't know the specific process.

Theodosio was very surprised that the Ming fleet had completely annihilated the fleets of England and other allied forces, because he still wanted to rely on the power of England to restore the independence of Portugal? I didn't expect them to be vulnerable in front of the Ming fleet. In fact, Theodosio warmly entertained Sun Yuzhi and his party, the main purpose was to find out how strong the strength of the Ming fleet was. After all, he is a veteran of politics, and although Theodosio did not say it explicitly, he implied some meanings implicitly.

Sun Yuzhi naturally judged Theodosio's hint, but if he didn't say it explicitly, he would never be able to understand what the other party meant, this is a rule, Sun Yuzhi was waiting for Zhu Youxiao's follow-up. He knew very well that Zhu Youxiao would never simply send himself over to act cheaply, but the progress of the matter had not yet reached a certain level, and he could not make a decision based on the current situation alone.

Sun Yuzhi now needs to wait patiently for other information from Asia, but at the speed of the current era, information is very slow. It wasn't until two months later that he finally waited for the messenger sent by Sanchez, who brought Sanchez's secret letter, and Sun Yuzhi naturally didn't know the content of the superstition, but judging from Theodosio's invitation to visit him, there must be a plan of Zhu Youxiao.

If Sánchez was able to be sent to Macau by Portugal, he must have a certain intimacy with Theodosio, just like Captain Carlos immigrated to Brazil, if it were not for a wealthy family, he would not have such a vision. The reason why Sanchez was friendly with the Ming Dynasty, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty was the most important, he had long seen through the disadvantages of Philip III's rule, and the Duke of Bragança's independent tendencies He also knew, through Zhu Youxiao's reminder and this distribution to the Dutch East India Company, he also understood Zhu Youxiao's meaning, so he proposed an exchange of interests plan to Theodosio.

Sánchez's suggestion was that Theodosio would better peacefully separate Portugal from the Kingdom of Spain, and that there were already many Portuguese in Brazil, and that it was a good place to go, and that it would be a good place to offer to leave Portugal to Spain and get some of the money, because the low-level commoners wanted to secede from Spain, and the high-level nobles were inextricably linked to the royal family and wanted to stay together. After obtaining some of the funds, it is possible to lead some of the Portuguese to start emigration, which is a long process, so it is necessary to get the consent of Philip III, and in the event of a violent conflict, it will cause damage to both sides.

Sánchez also introduced the situation of Daming in the letter, suggesting that Theodosio could ask Sun Yuzhi for help, his fleet is strong, and Sun Yuzhi is a very good talent, you can also consult his ideas, it is best to negotiate independently, this is the reason why Theodosio invited Sun Yuzhi, Sun Yuzhi also told Theodosio his opinion, which means that South America is sparsely populated and rich in products, which is much stronger than nesting in this small part of Europe, which is the best opportunity for Portugal.

In the royal palace in Madrid, Philip IV was reading with great interest a letter from Baron Daniel. Spain finally got the good news that the United Ming had snatched a territory from the Netherlands, which made Philip IV very happy, since the defeat of the English fleet in the naval battle, Philip IV got the news of defeat, and the good news had almost nothing to do with him, even the war on the European continent was also the news of failure. Baron Daniel also reported to Philip IV on the form of Asia, and also implicitly proposed that Portugal could pay a certain price and let them go out independently, and there should be no civil strife.

Although Philip IV was mediocre, he still made a smart choice in this matter, what he needed was money, land, if you exchange money for some land, it is not impossible, Spain, which already has a population of more than 8 million, is not short of more than a million people in Portugal, not to mention that they may not all move away, with this place near the Atlantic, Spain may live better. But he wanted the Duke of Bragança to bring it up himself, so that he might pay less.

The Duke of Bragança's method was very simple, he did not come in person, but negotiated by secret correspondence, he demanded that Philip IV pay ten taels of silver for the carriage and boat of each person who was willing to move, and that he would auction his estate and family property at will and take it away, and that he would agree that his interests in South America would not be infringed upon by Spain, and that he would sign a friendly cooperation agreement on the area under his current control, and that the transactions in Lisbon would not be taxed for five years, as state funds for the establishment of a state in the Americas.

Philip IV did not expect that the conditions of the Duke of Bragança were so simple that he did not even have to bargain for himself. Originally, that area of South America was Portuguese, this is the original division of the sphere of influence, there is no objection to this, now people just ask themselves not to infringe, this is as it should be, otherwise even if there is a war, it will hurt anyone, and they are not willing to waste national funds in vain.

In fact, the Duke of Bragança's greatest benefit is to trade in Lisbon for five years without paying taxes, and the purpose of Sánchez's idea for him is to take this opportunity to sell Ming goods, without tax payment, he can quickly occupy the real European market, squeeze out competitors in other countries, and obtain excess profits, which is much easier to negotiate than letting Philip IV pay money, and as a result, Philip IV fell into the trap.