Valencia is an ancient city with a long history, according to legend, it was founded in BC as a small Greek village, but after the Greeks conquered Troy with Trojans, the Romans of Troy came here, and since then, Valencia has slowly developed into a port city.

More than a thousand years later, Valencia has developed into one of the largest port cities in Spain, and since it is closer to Madrid than any other port city in Spain, most of Spain's armadas are stationed here.

However, at this time, the Armada was a thing of the past, and the port of Valencia was no longer full of sails and piles of warships, at this time there were only more than 20 super battleships and less than 100 armed merchant ships in the port of Valencia, and these are now the main fleet of the Spanish Navy.

On this day, the long-dormant port of Valencia suddenly became lively again, early in the morning tens of thousands of soldiers appeared in the port, cleaning and arranging flowers and flags, busy, the navy warships also began to line up on both sides of the port, neatly lined up, by noon, King Philip IV actually came to the port with a group of ministers, as if to welcome some distinguished guests.

At this moment, the entire city of Valencia was in a sensation, and it was quite rare for His Majesty the King to appear in Valencia, and now His Majesty the King actually went to the port to greet the guests, and the identity of this guest can be imagined.

For a while, almost all the citizens of Valencia City gathered near the port, they all wanted to see who the guest of honor was greeted by His Majesty the King, and many people speculated that it should be His Majesty the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, because in the whole of Europe, His Majesty the King should be able to come to Valencia in person to greet him.

When the red sun is in the sky, at noon, a row of dense black spots appears on the sea in the distance, and it is obvious that this is the fleet of VIPs.

However, when the black dot gradually approached and the shadow of the ship gradually appeared, not only the civilians around the harbor were startled, but even Philip IV showed a look of shock.

The sea was slowly approaching all warships, huge warships!

Although Philip IV had long heard that the Ming Empire's navy was extremely powerful, he couldn't help but be surprised when hundreds of super giant ships appeared in front of him.

The look in his eyes slowly changed from shock to heat, if the Ming Empire could sell such a warship, wouldn't Spain be able to regain its strength and dominate the sea again.

This is not impossible, because almost all of the main warships of the Spanish Navy are second-hand goods bought from the Ming Empire, that is, the super battleships captured during the war between Zhang Bin and the Dutch East India Company.

The more Philip IV thought about it, the more excited he became, he couldn't wait, he just wanted to negotiate with the Wei Guogong of the Ming Empire immediately, the alliance was certain, basically there was no need to talk about it, as long as the conditions of the Ming Empire were not too excessive, he would agree, and now, he wanted to talk more about the purchase of warships.

The reason why Zhang Bin postponed his departure by one day was that he didn't want to run over and wait for Philip IV, as if he was in a hurry to form an alliance with Spain, but he really didn't expect Philip IV to come to the port to meet him.

Wasn't this Philip IV quite arrogant, how could he come to the harbor to meet him personally, and when Coquilla told him that it was their King Philip IV who was the first to greet him on the docks, he was a little confused.

However, he quickly figured out that the reason why Philip IV did this must have burned his eyebrows, and he desperately needed the support of an ally like the Ming Empire, so he ran to the port to meet him in such a hurry.

This is a good thing, it seems that as he expected, the king of Spain will not refuse Ming's request for an alliance as long as his brain is not sick, and now it seems that this Philip IV is still quite clear-headed, he knows what Spain needs.

Of course, sometimes if you don't pay attention, good things can turn into bad things, especially in the face of such a rumored rather arrogant king, if you don't pay attention to your attitude and sweep away people's face, this good thing can really turn into a bad thing.

Of course, Zhang Bin would not make this kind of childish mistake, this time, not only did he not let his guards and the accompanying Fu Guangjun land on the dock first, but let the flagship dock first, and he was the first to run down from the ship, walked quickly to Philip IV, stroked his chest and saluted: "Your Majesty, why are you here in person, how can I bear it!" ”

He is lowering his body to support Philip IV, anyway, the king is already older than the duke, and it is nothing to lower his posture.

Philip IV was really very satisfied with his attitude, and as soon as Zheng Zhilong translated his words, Philip IV immediately laughed and said, "Hahahaha, His Royal Highness the Duke is polite." ”

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and when the accompanying officials and guards got off the boat, Philip IV couldn't wait to invite Zhang Bin and his entourage to board the carriage that had been prepared and go straight to the city of Valencia.

Without saying a word, the group soon arrived at the town hall of Valencia City, and under the guidance of Philip IV, the group directly entered the conference room.

This Philip IV is not as humble as João IV, he took the lead, directly sat on the throne, Zhang Bin did not show any abnormality, just sat on the left according to his arrangement, after the group sat down, Philip IV couldn't wait to speak: "Your Royal Highness, I heard that the Ming Empire intends to ally with us and Spain, I don't know what the conditions of your country are." ”

Such a direct, it shows how anxious Philip IV was, however, Zhang Bin had already prepared, this time, he not only brought the contract with Portugal, but also the contract with Spain, he was also ready, he directly took the two volumes of the contract from the hands of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, respectfully placed it in front of Philip IV, and then said solemnly: "Our conditions are written in the contract, and our Emperor Majesty has also signed the contract, Your Majesty the King, please take a look." ”

Philip IV didn't expect the Ming Empire to be so sincere, what were their conditions?

He opened a scroll curiously and looked at it seriously.

As a result, he and João IV reacted similarly, because the Ming Empire also had only one requirement in the contract, and that was to open all colonies!

He opened another scroll in disbelief and looked closely, it was still exactly the same!

There was such a good thing, he read the contract several times, and then asked in disbelief: "Your country has this one condition?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, our Ming Empire has this one condition." ”

So what else is there to talk about, Philip IV directly picked up the quill on the table, brushed and signed the contract.

After less than a cup of tea, the contract between the Ming Empire and Spain was signed like lightning!