After seeing off the Duke of Bragança, Zhu Cijiong continued his journey, and in order to avoid a direct conflict with the European powers, the fleet chose to cross the Mediterranean, enter the Adriatic Sea, and then land in the port of Koper of the Holy Roman Empire, and then rush overland to Vienna, the current imperial capital of the Holy Roman Empire.

It's not a long way to go in a straight line, but there is an Italian peninsula in the middle, and you have to go around the Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea, the route is quite long, it takes about ten days, Zhu Cijiong is bored and gathers Schvera and the European envoys to start practicing Spanish, but the topic of this discussion is the Holy Roman Empire.

Zhu Cijiong originally didn't know much about the Holy Roman Empire, only that it was a large country under the rule of the Habsburg Dynasty, with many small princes, but he really didn't know how big it was.

This discussion really frightened him, it turned out that the Holy Roman Empire is just an abbreviation, his full name is the German National Holy Roman Empire, which is called the first empire in German history, originated in 962 AD, is a large European country with a long history, the Holy Roman Empire in its heyday includes modern Germany, Austria, northern and central Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, eastern France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, is a big scary superpower!

In fact, the Habsburg Dynasty was not the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, the Holy Roman Empire was founded by the French Duke Conrad I in 911 AD, but at that time the name was the Kingdom of Germany, its predecessor was the Kingdom of East Francia, and it was not until 962 AD that King Otto I of Germany was crowned emperor in Rome by Pope John XII, and the Kingdom of Germany was renamed the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation.

After Otto I was crowned by the Pope, he regarded himself as the supreme ruler of the Catholic world, and began to expand wildly, and the territory of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation expanded rapidly, and by 1157 AD almost the entire central part of the European continent was occupied by it, and it was from this time that the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation was directly called the Holy Roman Empire.

Since then, the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire have continued to launch various wars in order to dominate the European continent, and although the protracted wars have continuously expanded the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, they have also seriously consumed the strength of the empire, and more and more vassal states began to appear within the empire, and the power of the Holy Roman Emperor has been weakening day by day.

After the extinction of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, which ruled the Holy Roman Empire in 1268 AD, the Holy Roman Empire even had a so-called interregnum without an emperor, and various princes fought for the throne, and the Holy Roman Empire was extremely chaotic during this period.

It was not until 1356 A.D., when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV issued the Golden Edict, confirming that the emperor was elected by the seven electors, and the war between the princes for the throne gradually subsided.

In 1437, Albrecht V, Duke of Austria of the Habsburgs, became King of Germany, Hungary and Bohemia, and the Habsburgs ruled the Holy Roman Empire.

At this time, the Holy Roman Empire has long been full of princes, and there are many feudal lords, and the Holy Roman Empire has actually become an alliance of princes who only recognize the emperor's supreme right to rule, which is a bit similar to the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period.

According to incomplete statistics, during this period, there were as many as 390 large and small princes in the Holy Roman Empire, and the imperial power had declined to the extreme.

By 1608, with the support of France, the princes finally could not hold back and began to openly rebel against the imperial power, and successively formed the Protestant League and the Catholic League, which led to the Thirty Years' War that swept across the continent.

At first, Zhu Cijiong thought that he had found a powerful father-in-law, Germany, Austria, Italy, and the Czech Republic...... What a powerful empire it is when all of them are combined, if this empire is in its heyday, even the current Ming Dynasty may not have done it!

However, in the end of the conversation, he understood that this powerful empire had become a hero, and now it was just a matter of survival, and it was only a matter of time before it was divided, no wonder in modern history there had never been a country called the Holy Roman Empire, and it turned out that they were not far from falling apart now!

Looking at the envoys of the few European envoys in front of him, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but sigh, Nima, there are as many as 390 large and small princes, and there are less than 9 of them present, that is to say, at least 90% of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire are not like their Emperor Majesty at all, it is really sad and lamentable!

After having a comprehensive understanding of the Holy Roman Empire, Zhu Cijiong no longer has much hope for this family visit, so many princes, even if he is replaced for a while, he can't clean it up, not to mention that there are France, Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia fanning the flames and even fighting on the side, the Holy Roman Empire can be said to be no one can save it, hurry up and visit his old father-in-law and run away, he doesn't want to go to this troubled water.

After going around and around, ten days later, the combined fleet finally arrived at the port of Koper, which was supposed to be a port city in Slovenia in later generations, but now it directly belonged to the birthplace of the Habsburg dynasty, the Grand Duchy of Austria, so Zhu Cijiong received a very high standard of reception, because he was greeted by His Royal Highness Ferdinand, the crown prince of the Holy Roman Empire and the brother of Princess Anna.

However, the scene of this greeting was a bit chilling, because there were less than 30,000 people in total.

Princess Anna's own brother, His Royal Highness Ferdinand, is a young man who is nearly thirty years old, because his face is very white, and the white is terrifying, the kind of white without blood.

With a pale face and a gloomy expression, Zhu Cijiong felt a bit like he had seen a vampire, why did this guy put on a stinky face, was he angry that I didn't make his sister the queen?

Zhu Cijiong was a little apprehensive in his heart, this problem will have to be faced sooner or later, a princess of the empire married him, he actually let the family be the second child, how to say it is a bit too much, he was about to meet the stern reprimand of his eldest brother, but Princess Anna let go of his hand and pounced directly.

The guy's face finally showed a doting expression, and it didn't look so scary, but after he whispered something, Princess Anna suddenly burst into tears, what is the situation!

Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but look back at a certain European envoy who acted as an interpreter, and the envoy hurriedly stepped forward and said softly in Zhu Cijiong's ear: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to Her Royal Highness the Princess, His Majesty the Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Ferdinand II, the father of Princess Anna, is critically ill!" ”