The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is dark.

As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world.

Tenderness is like water, the best period is like a dream, and you can endure the return of the Magpie Bridge.

If the two love for a long time, how can it be in the morning and twilight?

Looking at Princess Maria, who was reluctant to fall in love in front of him, Zheng Chenggong suddenly remembered Qin Guan's "Queqiao Immortal" in his mind, "If the two love for a long time, how can they be in the morning and twilight." Yes, I am a little too childlike, I want to marry the princess in front of me, with his strength, there is no problem at all, but it is not beautiful to be so addicted.

Thinking of this, he said freely: "Mary, you go back first, I will tell your father about our affairs later." “

Princess Mary said shyly and worriedly, "What if my father doesn't agree?" “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he smiled slightly, and said confidently: "Don't worry, he will agree." “

At this moment, he had completely woken up from his children's private affairs, and the majesty of the generalissimo of the Ming Empire's navy appeared on his face again, and he was heroic.

Princess Mary looked him up and down with little stars in her eyes, and then ran shyly to the long-awaited carriage, the moment she got on the car, she couldn't help but look back at Zheng Chenggong affectionately, that look, admiration, attachment, longing.

Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but feel numb in his heart, and almost fell into it again, he quickly shook his head, sobered himself up, and looked up again, the beautiful woman had gone, he sighed in his heart, and then, with a straight face, he walked to the carriage that greeted him with his head held high.

Philip IV still maintained his pride as a king as always, and did not come to greet Zheng Chenggong in person, but in order to show his importance to Zheng Chenggong, he still sent a bunch of ministers and palace guards.

Zheng Chenggong politely went up to shake hands with the ministers and said hello, and then boarded the carriage, took Xiao Jiucheng and more than a dozen brocade guards, and marched to the city with the honor guard of the palace guards.

Philip IV was originally ready to receive Zheng Chenggong and enhance his relationship with the Ming Empire, and even planned to marry his only daughter to this upstart of the Ming Empire, but there was one thing that made him hesitate.

Because France has sent an envoy again, it is his brother-in-law, the Duke of Gaston, and the anti-Habsburg coalition has come to woo him again, and this time the promised terms are more tempting.

The Anti-Habsburg League stated that as long as Spain joined their camp, from now on, the Anti-Habsburg League would not only no longer fight the idea of Spanish colonies, but would also help him take Portugal and annex the Portuguese colonies on the Gold Coast to Spanish territory.

Well, it is a bit ironic that the anti-Habsburg coalition would come to co-opt Habsburg-ruled Spain, but the exchanges between the great powers are like this, there are only interests, there is no cheekiness, as long as there are interests, they do not blush at all.

Philip IV is not a political idiot, he also knows that the great powers are not so easy to get along with, but the conditions offered by the great powers this time are too tempting, even if they habitually go back on their word, there must be a process, as long as Portugal and the Gold Coast are taken, Spain will be an invincible super power in the anti-Habsburg alliance, do they dare to turn their faces?

This matter is really difficult to choose, and he decided to meet Zheng Chenggong first, see what the Ming Empire means, and then make plans.

In this way, Philip IV, who was originally going to try his best to win over Zheng Chenggong and marry the Zheng family of the Ming Dynasty, became reserved, and what was originally a meeting between Weng and his son-in-law became a courtesy exchange.

The time of Zheng Chenggong's arrival in Madrid was calculated according to the timing method of the Ming Empire, about noon, and Philip IV had prepared a sumptuous luncheon for him in advance.

Zheng Chenggong also felt the faint alienation of Philip IV, but he was not impatient, but maintained aristocratic etiquette, smiling and accompanying Philip IV to enjoy the rare delicacies, and did not show any displeasure during the banquet.

After the luncheon, Philip IV invited Zheng Chenggong to the study for tea and chatting as usual, it seemed that everything was normal, but the attitude was not very enthusiastic, Zheng Chenggong knew that there was something wrong with it.

Sure enough, after the two sides sat down, Philip IV asked worriedly: "Your Excellency, I don't know what the details of your naval battle with the anti-Habsburg alliance will be, I heard that you have been pressed to the mouth of the Guadiana River, and you can't get out." “

Who the hell is spreading rumors, Zheng Chenggong suppressed his anger and said lightly: "Your Majesty, I don't know who you listened to, I think you were deceived, this time it was just a tentative attack, not a big battle, besides, not a single super battleship on our side was sunk, but the anti-Habsburg coalition was sunk by us more than 200 super battleships at one time, what was pressed by them can't get out, it's ridiculous." “

Philip IV was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Oh, is that really the case, and why don't you continue to attack?" “

Zheng Chenggong had already heard from these words, and there were definitely people who were inclined to the anti-Habsburg alliance to chew their tongues in front of Philip IV, he groaned for a while, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I don't know who slandered in front of you, how can a big war involving so many powerful countries be decided in a day or two, just like the war between the anti-Habsburg alliance and your Habsburgs, didn't it last for nearly thirty years?" Our Ming Empire is thousands of miles away, and it is not too much to prepare for a year or two to compete with the European powers, and now the battle has just begun. “

Philip IV was stunned again when he heard this, indeed, Gaston's nonsense knows what to do, someone must have taught him to say this, and the fleet of the Ming Empire has just come over for less than a month, and he said here that the Ming Empire was defeated, which is really ill-intentioned!

He hesitated for a while, and then couldn't help but ask, "Then why doesn't Your Excellency the Generalissimo take advantage of the victory and give them some color?" “

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he said wisely: "There is a saying in our Ming Empire, which is called, 'Kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred, and the wise man will not do anything.'" Now we have not concentrated all our forces, the advantage over the enemy is not very obvious, if we rush forward rashly, even if we win, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties, so what good is it? ”

Philip IV believed this, the Ming Empire definitely has more than such a small number of troops, but he really doesn't know how much the total strength of the Ming Empire is, taking this opportunity, he took the opportunity to ask: "Oh, how many troops do you have in the Ming Empire, as the king of the ally, I don't even know, it's really ashamed." “

This means that I want to know how powerful the Ming Empire is, Zheng Chenggong thought about it for a while, and then bragged half-truthfully: "Our Ming Empire, there are more than two million troops alone, I believe you have also heard of this, we have dispatched 1.6 million troops to attack Siberia alone, as for the navy, we have seven fleets, each fleet has 200 super battleships, 100,000 troops, and a fleet is being formed, and our Ming Empire's vassal army also has more than 1 million, which has no combat effectiveness, Not counting. “

"Hiss", when Philip IV heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, the Ming Empire was so powerful, there were more than three million regular troops alone!

PS: I recommend the beautiful writer Liang Kefan 1's masterpiece "Mingwu Tianxia", a story of the rise of the nobles in the change of Tumubao, the first place on the new book list, absolutely wonderful, not to be missed.