Under Zhang Bin's guidance, Philip IV's thinking had changed, and he no longer dwelled on the issue of sea hegemony, but turned his attention to land.

At this time, Spain has long since withdrawn from the ranks of maritime supremacy, and the glory of the Armada has dissipated for more than a century, Philip IV has not paid much attention to the sea since he succeeded to the throne, because when he succeeded to the throne, the Spanish Navy had long since declined, and his eyes have always been basically on land, land warfare is his strength, in his hands, the Spanish Army has also been brilliant for a while, crowning the European continent.

He was still very experienced in how to develop the army and how to dominate the European continent, so he thought for a while and then said tentatively: "Your Royal Highness, can your country's muskets and artillery be sold to us?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was overjoyed, is this right, your task is to contain the anti-Habsburg alliance powers on land, what do you always want to fight for hegemony at sea, the sea is our Ming world!

He held back the snickering joy in his heart, and said quietly: "This is natural, our Ming Empire spares no effort to support its allies, as long as you need it, we can sell muskets, artillery, and warships to you." ”

Sure enough, the Ming Empire didn't know for what purpose it wanted to fully support them Spain and Portugal, but it was a bit redundant to consider these at this time, how to take advantage of this convenience to slowly become stronger and regain the position of the overlord of the European continent is serious.

When Philip IV heard this, he also asked quietly, "Oh, what is the exact price?" ”

Zhang Bin said: "We sell them to our allies at half price, fifty taels of new flintlock pistols, and one tael of flintlock pistols; Fifty pounds of franc cannons, five hundred taels of silver, one hundred taels of silver, and other artillery, according to weight; The light ironclad ship was 50,000 taels of silver, the Zhenyuan cruiser was 500,000 taels of silver, and the Weiyuan battleship was 1 million taels of silver. ”

Philip IV also didn't understand what Zi Gong was, he turned his head and communicated with Coquila for a while, then pressed back his excitement, turned back to Zhang Bin and said: "Your Royal Highness, it's not a way for our own city to let your Ming Empire help garrison, after all, the consumption of 50,000 troops is not a small amount, the longer you are stationed, the greater the consumption, and the more I don't want to go." Therefore, I want to organize 200,000 horses to drive the anti-Habsburg coalition troops out of Spain, I don't know how much the equipment for these 200,000 horses will cost, and how long it will take for your country to produce them. ”

I'm afraid it's not as simple as trying to drive them out of Spain, there are 200,000 elite troops armed with muskets and artillery, and you don't want to fight all the way to the anti-Habsburg coalition!

However, this is exactly what Zhang Bin wants to see, fight, you fight hard, the more intense the fight, the better!

Zhang Bin pretended to be embarrassed for a while, and then said slowly: "The equipment of this 200,000 army is also a very large number for our Ming Empire, if according to the standard configuration of our regular army, we need 100,000 new flintlock guns, 500,000 subguns, 8,000 field Furang machine guns, and 40,000 subguns, so that the total is 18 million taels of silver, and it will take us at least two years to produce it." ”

Eighteen million taels of silver is an astronomical amount for many countries in this era, but it is nothing for Spain, because their annual income is more than eighteen million taels, but Philip IV is a poor soldier and a luxurious life, so the treasury is always beyond his means, if he can tighten his belt and survive for two years, this eighteen million taels can definitely be saved.

Philip IV said without hesitation: "Okay, 18 million taels is 18 million taels, I will pay 9 million taels to your country at the end of this year, and I will equip 100,000 troops next year, is there a problem?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he gritted his teeth and nodded: "There is no problem, I will arrange after I go back, and try to produce weapons and equipment for 100,000 people by June next year." ”

Philip IV thought for a while, and said solemnly: "Your Royal Highness, you also know that at this stage, our Spanish navy is no match for the Dutch and the British, so you have to send someone to get this silver, and you must also send someone to the European continent for this weapon." ”

Zhang Bin also said solemnly: "Of course this is no problem, Your Majesty the King, please rest assured, we guarantee that the weapon will be handed over to you safely." ”

The two discussed in detail the details of the troop change of defense and weapons deals, and Zhang Bin returned to the flagship non-stop and led the fleet back to Lisbon, this negotiation did not take much time, so he still had enough time to transfer the 50,000 Fuguang army.

The 50,000 Fuguang army was originally promised to be stationed in Portugal to help them deter the foreign powers, and if he transferred them all, would Joao IV have any opinions?

Of course, Joao IV didn't dare to have any opinions, the Ming Empire is now his backer, how dare he offend Zhang Bin, besides, there is a powerful fleet of the Ming Empire in the fleet of the anti-Habsburg alliance powers can't be beaten at all, the fleet can't pass, and the army naturally can't be transported, at this time Spain also agreed to form an alliance with the Ming Empire, and the two countries are also equal allies, there is basically no threat on land, and it doesn't matter whether the 50,000 Fuguang army is stationed in Lisbon or not.

Therefore, Zhang Bin said that he wanted to transfer the 50,000 Fu Guang army, Joao IV had no opinion at all, he was even a little happy in his heart, Lisbon was the capital of Portugal after all, and the army of the 50,000 Ming Empire stationed here always made him feel a little weird, although the Ming Empire and Portugal were allies, but the capital was controlled in the hands of others, it was inevitable that people would feel like a puppet, and the withdrawal of the 50,000 Fu Guang army would at least make him feel that he was a king who was really in charge.

At this time, Zhang Bin had already sold them 10,000 new flintlock pistols and 50,000 guns, although Portugal had a small population, it was not a problem to recruit 10,000 young men at a time, so at this time, the 10,000 Portuguese new army had already been conscripted, and the weapons and equipment had already been sent, as long as the combat strength could even exceed the regular army of the great powers for a few more months, with this 10,000 new army, not to mention wrestling with the European continental powers, it would never be a problem to hold Lisbon.

Since Joao IV did not have any opinions, Zhang Bin was naturally not polite, and he directly ordered the 50,000 Fuguang army to board the Zhenyuan cruiser as quickly as possible, and then led the fleet and pulled them to Tarragona, which was only more than two hundred miles away from Zaragoza.

On this day, the port of Tarragona in Spain was almost crowded with battleships, not only more than 20 super battleships of the Spanish Navy came, but also more than 200 super battleships and cruisers of the Ming Empire also arrived at the same time, the entire port was densely packed with warships, and countless Ming soldiers poured down from the battleships like a tide.

The Ming army's formation is really quite terrifying, and the current European continent has not yet been so well-equipped, fast-moving, and well-arrayed elite divisions.