After leveling the Netherlands and England, the next step was Sweden, Denmark and Tsarist Russia, and Richelieu knew that Sweden and Denmark were actually more difficult to talk to than Tsarist Russia, because in the war against the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden and Denmark were both cheated by him!

It is difficult for people to fall for the same person twice in a row, so Richelieu did not think about the issue of letting Sweden and Denmark send troops again, and only hoped that they could see the situation clearly and agree to provide some grain and grass for Tsarist Russia.

To say that Sweden and Denmark are really miserable by Richelieu, in the past 20 years, almost all of the wars against the Holy Roman Empire have been their contributions, although the money for the war is basically provided by the Netherlands, Britain and France, but they have lost people, and the losses are quite heavy.

Like Denmark, in fact, before the war they were quite powerful, because their king Christian IV was both the king of Denmark and the king of Norway, the two countries together, have gradually achieved the dominance of Northern Europe, but also built a strong navy, before the war Denmark can be said to be a number of great powers in the European continent, and even in the whole world.

However, Christian IV was seduced by Richelieu, thinking that he could really overthrow the Holy Roman Empire, in order to seize land and interests, he took the lead in sending troops and became the vanguard of the anti-Habsburg alliance, but was defeated by the Holy Roman Empire coalition led by the legendary genius Wallenstein, and 50,000 elite troops were lost.

Sweden was even more miserable, as the most outstanding king in their history, Gustav the Great, died in the war with the Holy Roman Empire, and almost died!

When the legendary Emperor Gustav II died, his only heir, Princess Christina, was only six years old, and one of the most illustrious kings was replaced by a little girl who could only cry, and Sweden almost fell on her stomach.

Luckily, they also have the legendary Axel. Count Uxensena, this Count of Uxensena, is also one of the most outstanding statesmen in Swedish history, and if it weren't for his support, the Swedish people would probably not have been able to wait for the day when their queen would succeed to the throne and would have become slaves!

These two countries have been pitted so badly by Richelieu, their resentment towards Richelieu can be imagined.

Fortunately, both Christian IV and the Count of Uxenchennes knew that if the Ming Empire led the Ming Habsburg League to rise strongly, all the countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance would suffer, so although they had a deep grudge against Richelieu, they still sent an envoy after receiving the invitation.

Christian IV was represented by his son-in-law, Prime Minister Cowfitz. The Count of Ulfelter, and the Count of Uxenchennes personally led a delegation to Paris.

However, the two countries had made a decision before sending their envoys, and this time, even if Richelieu could say a flower from his mouth, they would not send troops again.

The two countries really can't afford to be hurt, and no matter how stupidly they are deceived into charging into battle, I'm afraid that they won't have to wait for the Ming Empire to make a move, and they will be played to death by Richelieu!

Fortunately, this time Richelieu just wanted them to provide food and grass, and they couldn't afford it, but there was no shortage of food and grass.

When Ulfelter and Uxenaine arrived in Paris, Richelieu also dragged them into a secret discussion, but this time it was five people, not three, and the Anglo-Dutch representatives Trafford and Speke consciously acted as interpreters and helpers.

After some difficult negotiations, Ulfeldt and Uxenaena finally agreed to Richelieu's request for grain and grass, however, they are not wronged, and they will not provide grain and grass for Tsarist Russia without restrictions, according to their national strength, in the end they only agreed to provide a maximum of 100,000 horses and grain and grass, no more, then I'm sorry, you Richelieu can figure it out yourself!

Although Richelieu pretended to be very reluctant on the surface, he was actually very satisfied in his heart, in fact, the attitude of the two countries was more important than grain and grass, if they did not agree to participate, it would be difficult for Tsarist Russia to send troops, after all, the great nobles of Tsarist Russia were not fools, even if they were greedy for money, it was impossible to easily agree to send troops.

They still know how terrifying the Ming Empire is now, and sending troops to fight them is a very dangerous thing, and there is no sufficient reason, so I can't convince them.

The reason why Richelieu chose to hold talks in Paris was to first persuade Britain and the Netherlands and other four countries to create a general trend, a general trend in which all five countries actively participated.

There are only six countries in the anti-Habsburg alliance in total, and now the five countries have agreed to send money, food, and weapons.

Of course, he is not only preparing for this, in short, as long as Sweden and Denmark are dealt with, Tsarist Russia will be simple.

Now, everything is in place, just waiting for Tsarist Russia to enter the set.

Will Tsarist Russia fall into the trap easily? Of course not, in fact, they have not been very enthusiastic about participating in the anti-Habsburg coalition operations, not that they can see through the conspiracy of the old fox Richelieu, but mainly because their current focus is not on the continent, but in the Far East.

The colonies in the Far East are where their interests lie, and as for who is the hegemon on the European continent, it does not have much impact on them, so they basically did not participate in the war against the Habsburgs, but only chose a side, stood on a side, and joined the anti-Habsburg coalition, so as not to be unpleasing to both ends, and both ends want to beat him.

However, this time, they really couldn't sit still, because the spirit of the Ming Empire this time was too terrifying, if they really brought up the Holy Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire, then Tsarist Russia would also be in danger, after all, the territory they occupy now is too vast, who doesn't blush!

Therefore, they did not hesitate to send an envoy delegation, and this time, it was also their prime minister, who is now the actual ruler of Tsarist Russia, the great nobleman Morozov, who led the Russian delegation to Paris to discuss.

The arrival of Rozov simply overjoyed Richelieu, he knew Rozov's position within Tsarist Russia, as long as he got this Rozov, it was equivalent to getting Tsarist Russia!

If someone else leads a group over, it will be troublesome, and in the end you still have to get Rozov, going around in the middle, I don't know how much more money I have to spend, now it's okay, Rozov is here in person, just smash him with money.

As for how to smash it, Richelieu naturally thought about it a long time ago.

On the evening of Rozov's arrival in Paris, Richelieu invited him to the Duke's Palace alone, in the name of picking him up.

The invitation of the de facto ruler of France, Rozov naturally did not refuse, he did not hesitate to come to the Duke's Palace, until now, he thought it was just a simple welcome banquet.

The banquet was real, Richelieu prepared a sumptuous French feast for him, and all kinds of precious dishes filled the large round table, but there were only two people attending the banquet, Richelieu and him!

This Richelieu was really polite, and he actually prepared such a sumptuous banquet for him alone, at this time, Rozov was still quite moved in his heart.

He didn't know that this table full of dishes was not the main meal, and there was a bigger meal waiting for him.