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Edward then received the envoy from France, who was kind and kind, as if he were not an outsider but a friend of his own.

Although he was already a nobleman and was accustomed to all kinds of political performances, this time the king of a country personally received him and spoke to him in a gentle tone, which made Baron Perrigue's heart slightly excited.

After chatting for a while and explaining the current situation in France, he went directly to the local area to ask for help.

"Your Majesty, the Catholic League, headed by Duke Guise, is consolidating its men and preparing to slaughter our Protestants in one fell swoop, and hereby I ask you to send troops as soon as possible to stop the arrogance of those Catholics!"

Looking at the envoy in front of him, His Majesty the King couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment on his face:

"Mr. Emissary doesn't know that the royal family's finances are overwhelmed at present, if it weren't for this, we would have attacked a long time ago when the Protestants were slaughtered like this, where did we wait until now!"

As he spoke, His Majesty Edward's face showed excitement and helplessness, making it impossible to find fault with it.

"This ......" Baron Perrigue cursed in his heart, where did he not know, this is the English taking the opportunity to ask for it, lack of money? Will England be short of this money?

But he couldn't say it, and though he was anxious, he couldn't promise anything easily, and his authority was not high.

"Your Majesty, we will definitely be considerate of your difficulties!" Baron Perrigg sat down, looked at the young king, and said earnestly, "I promise that ten thousand pounds of gold will be delivered when you send your troops." However, for the time being, it is better to send troops first, the shadow of war has already hung over the southern region, and danger has come! ”

Looking at the anxious and hairless baron in front of him, His Majesty the King was full of contempt in his heart.

Who doesn't know that France is so rich, with an annual income of millions of pounds, just 10,000 pounds, to pass the meal!

Then His Majesty smiled and said that he had something to do with him, and asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to talk to him.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer did not disappoint, and after more than half an hour of negotiations, the amount was finally raised to £50,000.

And, if the British army has achieved remarkable results, there will be funds to be delivered one after another.

At the end of the negotiations, the United Kingdom Army was ordered by His Majesty the King to prepare for the move.

The Combined Army has been conducting simulation training for several months, and today, it is finally coming in handy, and everyone is very happy.

And as a result of advance preparations, a militia of five thousand people was recruited as a logistics unit responsible for the logistics of the army.

The war preparation team was also very good, and two sets of military uniforms for 10,000 men had been prepared, as well as the necessary boots, leather whips, belts, socks, medicines, wine, and food and grass for three months, all of which had been prepared, and a few merchant ships had already been requisitioned for transportation.

Such an achievement directly consumed 30,000 pounds.

As for gunpowder, two thousand barrels were also prepared in advance, which should be enough for half a year's consumption, but this item directly consumed 20,000 pounds.

In other words, before the war was fought, it was directly 50,000 pounds gone.

The two armies, 7,000 of them under the command of Knight Alexander, were responsible for the attack on the Normandy region.

The remaining 3,000 men were stationed in Edinburgh, and the former Earl of Wellington, now His Excellency the Marquis of Edinburgh, commanded the invasion of Brittany.

The reason why Brittany has only 3,000 people is because the Normandy region has a good economic development, a large population, and is relatively close to the French capital Paris, so it faces a relatively large number of troops.

The second reason is that although Brittany itself has joined France, its barren land and scarce economy are still not treated by the French aristocracy, and there are not many troops.

In order to cover the actions of the army, the navy specially arranged hundreds of warships to escort the army to prevent it from being attacked.

If so many people sank into the sea, our King would have to cry to death.

……

At this time, there was a lot of discussion in the Spanish court about whether to send troops.

"Your Majesty, the finances of the kingdom cannot pay for the French, you know, the finances of the kingdom have always been in jeopardy, it just went bankrupt a while ago, and the government can no longer allocate funds for the next war!"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was in tears when he faced Philip II, and his whole face was a crying face, wrinkled into a chrysanthemum.

A while ago, His Majesty finally returned part of the debt, and the government came out of bankruptcy, who knew that not long after His Majesty wanted to participate in the civil war in France, which made him so distracted that he refused without thinking.

Although the palace minister on the side did not express his attitude, he seemed to be neutral, which was the best statement: he did not want Spain to participate in this indifferent war.

In particular, His Majesty's behavior of sacrificing the country's finances for the sake of God's interests made it difficult for him, as the Spanish courtier, to approve of it.

Next, not only the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State, the Field Marshal, the Admiral, the Crown Governor, the Chancellor and others, but also expressed their opposition.

Even the colonial ministers spoke out against it, and they spoke with great reason.

"Your Majesty, although the gold mines of the colony are always shipped to Madrid every year, it is difficult to keep up with the financial deficit, if you still increase the plundering of it and continue, I am afraid that the colonial system will collapse, and the kingdom's years of hard work will be in vain!"

Although the colonial rule gave Spain a powerful blood transfusion, it was only a hundred thousand gold coins a year, and the real explosion would have to wait until a few decades later, after the colony was built.

The collapse of the colonial system was something that Philip II did not want, and the glory of God made it difficult for him to choose.

His Excellency the Prime Minister saw the contradictions of the king, and only then did he speak up and make a final decision.

"Your Majesty, the current heresy in France, in terms of strength, is far from being the opponent of the Catholic League, if nothing else, it is only a matter of time before the Catholic League wins!"

"Besides, the Netherlands is unstable, and in the Mediterranean, there is an even more difficult opponent than the Huguenots waiting for us (referring to the Ottoman Empire), and it is really not appropriate for the kingdom to distract its efforts from France!"

When Philip II heard this, coupled with the opposition of all the ministers of the court, for a while, his face was full of helplessness, and now he had to give up his intention to participate in France.

"If I had known, I would have postponed the government's bankruptcy for a few months, and I cheapened those businessmen for nothing!"

Philip II looked at the sky and thought.

……

In Paris, the Duke of Guise gathered the forces of the nobles of the Catholic League, and the army under his command had exceeded 15,000 men, and the number of people joining the army was still rising, and if it were not for the financial allows, he would have already rioted into tens of thousands.

In the south, although the morale of the believers was high and they enthusiastically participated, in a short period of time, they were able to recruit 5,000 people.

Instead, they took the initiative.