Philip IV received the news of Portugal's independence and was furious, and at this critical moment, at the critical juncture when Spain sounded the horn of counteroffensive, Portugal actually set fire to the backyard!

It was unforgivable, he wanted to mobilize the army at once to clean up the rebels, but where to do it? The army is all assembled on the Western Front, the Navy is facing off in Dunkirk and the anti-Habsburg coalition, neither side can move, and if it moves, it may collapse on the whole front!

Just when he was uncertain and unable to decide, officials of the Ming Empire in Valencia sent news that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire would arrive in the port of Valencia in a few days and invite Philip IV to come together.

In normal times, Philip IV would have declined such an inexplicable invitation, but at such a critical moment, he had to put aside his pride and go to the appointment.

Now the only powerful country willing to help the Habsburg Empire is the Ming Empire, and if this ally is offended again, then the Habsburgs are really the enemy of the whole world.

When Philip IV arrived in Valencia, the entire Ming Trading City had been protected by the soldiers of the First Legion of the Praetorian Guard, all the shops were closed, all the trains around the trading city were also suspended, and countless brocade guards were densely scattered on the walls around the Daimyo Trading City, which was very conspicuous, and His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire had arrived.

Philip IV is quite jealous of the Ming Empire, which is far beyond the contemporary technology of the building complex, the Ming Empire has a lot of incredible technology, if Spain can have these technologies, I am afraid that it will already dominate the world, of course, this is just a dream, so far the Spanish Empire has not penetrated any advanced technology of the Ming Empire.

Just as he was pondering the Ming Trade City, a young man wearing the uniform of the marshal of the Ming Empire greeted him with a group of Ming officials, this young man he knew, was the most powerful prince of the Ming Empire, the heir of the King of Zhennan of the Ming Empire, Zheng Chenggong.

As soon as Zheng Chenggong came up, he respectfully stroked his chest, and then said aloud in standard Spanish: "Your Majesty, hello, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, I would like to extend my warmest welcome to your visit, please come with me." ”

Philip IV looked at his poor guards, and then looked at the countless Praetorian Guards and Jinyi guards in front of him, and felt bitter in his heart, this Ming Empire is really powerful, when can he have a guard of 100,000 people, it will be good, of course, this can only be a dream.

He nodded calmly, smiled and said to the commander of the guard, "You guys are waiting here." Then he took a group of accompanying ministers and followed Zheng Chenggong into Daming Trade City.

Zheng Chenggong saw him so free and easy, and couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart, this Spanish king is really a character, although it is impossible for the Ming Empire to come here boringly to set up a Hongmen banquet for him, but there are really few people who can calmly face the 100,000 elite people of the Ming Praetorian Guard, there are really few people in this world.

Daming Trade City is not very big, a group of people soon came to the front of a magnificent building, here is the Daming Royal Nikxing Bank European Branch, of course, today the branch everyone did not go to work, in addition to the rows of eunuchs in the building, idle people and other people can not see.

Coming downstairs, Zheng Chenggong stopped, slowly raised his right hand, and all the accompanying Ming officials immediately lined up neatly on the right side of the door, as if they were not going to go in, Philip IV couldn't help but glance curiously, he really didn't understand what this meant.

Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, our Emperor has something important to discuss with you. ”

After that, he made a gesture of please.

Philip IV was really free-spirited, and when he heard this, he immediately raised his hand and said to the officials accompanying him: "You are also waiting here." ”

After saying that, he raised his feet and walked inside, Zheng Chenggong respectfully led him all the way to the door of a conference room, and then made a gesture of please, and stood there respectfully, not moving.

What is so important that even His Royal Highness the Prince is not qualified to participate!

With a strong sense of curiosity, Philip IV walked into the conference room with his feet raised.

There were only three people in the conference room, and they were all standing there smiling and waiting for him, but Philip IV couldn't laugh at this time, because the two people next to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire turned out to be the new King João IV of Portugal and the new Prime Minister of Portugal Svera!

Zhu Cijiong didn't wait for him to get mad, then pointed to the first place under the conference table and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please take a seat." ”

After that, he sat down on the top of the head, and Joao IV and Schvera also sat down closely, and they sat down on the left and right of Zhu Cijiong!

Philip IV's face slowly turned cold, according to his previous temper, I am afraid that he will go directly, but at this critical juncture, he really doesn't want to offend the Ming Empire, so he didn't leave, but sat coldly in the first place, staring at His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire opposite, waiting for him to give an explanation.

Zhu Cijiong didn't explain, but said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I came here this time to discuss with you about the alliance between the three countries. ”

What three countries, Portugal is just his vassal state, is it possible to form an alliance with these rebels? He snorted coldly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think you are mistaken, Portugal is just my vassal country, and they are not qualified to form an alliance with us. ”

When Joao IV heard this, his face changed, and he was about to refute it, but Zhu Cijiong raised his hand to stop him, and continued to smile: "Your Majesty, I think you know better than me that Spain needs friends now, not enemies. ”

Philip IV was really angry, and he immediately retorted: "I might as well be friends with the Netherlands if I am friends with them!" ”

Joao IV's face turned green when he choked on these words, and he couldn't wait to get up and point at Philip IV's nose and scold, but Zhu Cijiong raised his hand again and continued to smile: "You're right, the Netherlands is very strong now, but are they willing to form an alliance with you?" With an alliance with you, how can they rob your colony? ”

These words also directly poked at the sore spot of Philip IV, and he couldn't even think of a rebuttal for a while!

Zhu Cijiong did continue to smile and said: "Don't talk about the Netherlands, Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark, and Russia are unlikely to form an alliance with you, and they are still counting on carving up your colonies!" ”

This is indeed true, the anti-Habsburg coalition has been fighting Spain and the Holy Roman Empire for more than thirty years, for what? And not for the sake of supremacy at sea, but for the struggle for overseas colonies!

Zhu Cijiong saw that Philip IV was speechless, and continued to fight the railroad while it was hot: "Portugal is different, they also have a huge overseas colony, and there is no conflict of interest with you, on the contrary, they also have to resist the robbery of the anti-Habsburg alliance, do you say that it is better to unite with Portugal to resist the anti-Habsburg alliance, or force them to resist desperately?" ”

Philip IV really hadn't thought about this question carefully, what would happen if he had transferred troops from the Western Front to recover Portugal? What if they resist desperately?

Thinking about it, his face slowly turned pale, and the final result was very likely to be the end of both countries at the same time!

I have to say that Philip IV actually still had a brain, and this is indeed the case in history, after the independence of Portugal, the two countries fought endlessly, and as a result, the Netherlands and England and France were cheapened for nothing, and in the end, the two countries were kicked out of the ranks of the great powers at the same time, and they have been in a state of collapse ever since!

After weighing it again, Philip IV sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, I agree to the alliance of the three kingdoms. ”