As the Saadid army of 10,000 men approached, the Berbers finally gave in, deciding that after paying the Ten Peaks of Gold, they would cede the area around Ceuta to the English if they were victorious.

And if it goes well, after this war, the Ceuta area will soon reach 60 square kilometers, equivalent to two Macau areas, and will greatly expand the influence of the English in the Mediterranean.

On the other side of the contract, the English were to provide five hundred arquebuses, five bronze cannons, and a thousand mercenaries for the Berbers, who were to be paid for their salaries, of course.

Although muskets and artillery cost a lot of money, the production of arms in England matured, arquebuses began to be phased out, prices plummeted, and His Majesty began to prepare to dump them throughout Europe.

So, apart from these expenses, England made a total profit of close to ten thousand pounds, which is really staggering.

However, it also made the English understand one thing, Morocco has a lot of gold.

With the help of the English, the Berbers quickly organized a united army of 5,000 Berber tribes, as well as a 1,000-strong German mercenary army, which was waiting for the Assad army.

At this time, the Portuguese soon learned that the English occupied their port of Ceuta, and the Portuguese ambassador personally met with His Majesty the King.

"Your Majesty, your country's invasion of our territory for no reason, does this mean that your country is ready to fight with my Portugal!"

After the Portuguese ambassador saw the young king, he cocked his sexy beard and said directly to the point, in a very heavy tone.

Presumably, he thought that Portugal was in the period of the great empire a few decades ago!

His Majesty smiled in his heart.

"Your Excellency, Ambassador, please have a cup of tea, sit down, and we'll talk slowly!"

His Majesty Edward had a very good attitude, and did not care about the domineering attitude of the ambassador, but spoke very kindly.

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person when you stretch out your hand, and His Excellency the Ambassador faced the king of a country with such a treatment, and his originally stiff face immediately relaxed a lot.

"Your Excellency, the port of Ceuta that we have taken from the Berbers, how can we say that we have invaded the territory of your country?"

After taking a sip of tea, His Excellency the Ambassador faced King Edward's explanation and said in an orderly manner:

"Your Majesty, the Ceuta region is only temporarily occupied by a group of infidels, but de jure it is still our Portuguese territory, and it is really rude for your country to occupy it without reason!"

"Huh! Your Excellency the Ambassador is also too vexatious, we in England do not know if the Ceuta region is Portuguese, anyway we took it from the infidels, and we did not see half of the Portuguese at that time! ”

His Majesty Edward sneered, without the kind expression he had just had, but with a playful expression on his face.

"Does Your Majesty think that our country is easy to bully? Our hundreds of Portuguese warships are not decorations! The ambassador immediately jumped to his feet and said angrily.

"Humph!" The young king also stood up, raised his chin, and said disdainfully: "We are not vegetarians in the United Kingdom, and in the past few years, if nothing else, a hundred warships can be taken out, and even a thousand tons of warships are quite a few!" ”

"The strength of our two countries is almost the same, fight to lose both, your country does not have the English Channel! And Spain has been coveting your country for a long time! ”

His Excellency the Ambassador was a little angry in the face of His Majesty's troubles, and he said in a loud voice:

"Although the warships are equal, we in Portugal have more skilled sailors, and naval battles do not only require ships!"

His Excellency the Ambassador said a big truth with some pride, which made the young Majesty blocked for a while.

"Even so, your army can't!" His Majesty said with a calm face.

"We Portugal have a lot of money and can hire a lot of mercenaries!"

"You army can't do it!"

"We Portugal are united!"

"You army can't do it!"

………

No matter what the ambassador said, His Majesty the King still smiled and said a sentence and directly retorted.

Portugal is a country with a large population of navy and merchants, not only the lack of an agricultural population, but also the incomplete army.

Of the population of 2 million, the army is only 20,000, and most of them are sent to protect colonies around the world, and the local force is extremely weak.

And its neighbor, Spain, has the most elite army in Europe, and there are 200,000 of them, which is a frightening number.

Therefore, Portugal would rather lose some interests than lose its military power, even if it is a navy.

After all, the Spanish Navy is the largest in the world.

"Your Excellency, I have a method here, I wonder if you would like to adopt it?" His Majesty looked at the Portuguese ambassador with a constipated look on his face, and said in his heart.

"Please speak, Your Majesty!" The ambassador said with a somewhat evasive look in his eyes, without the slightest hint of the domineering attitude at the beginning.

"The United Kingdom is willing to pay five thousand pounds to buy Ceuta from your country! Moreover, aristocratic businessmen can enjoy most-favored-nation status if they dock at the port of Ceuta! ”

"Most favored nation?"

"That is, of all foreign merchants, Portuguese merchants enjoy the lowest tax rate!"

When His Excellency heard this proposal, he could not help but fall into thought.

"Your Majesty, I don't have the right to make a decision, please allow me to report back to the country!"

"Yes, I'm waiting for your good news!"

Bingo! Mission accomplished!

Looking at the departing Portuguese ambassador, Edward couldn't help but congratulate in his heart.

In exchange for five thousand pounds in exchange for Ceuta, the mercenary and timid Portuguese would have agreed to it nine times out of ten.

Although they lost the Ceuta area, they wanted to throw off their arms and fight the English, especially when the difference in strength was not too big, and the Portuguese, who had been lying down to make money, did not want to try.

And His Majesty Edward's offer to buy Ceuta with money not only saved the face of the Portuguese Empire, but also made up for some of their losses.

In particular, the subsequent most-favored-nation treatment was a relief to the wounded hearts of the Portuguese merchants, and in this case, how could they not agree.

Sure enough, as Edward had expected, the Portuguese broadly agreed to the United Kingdom's proposal, but demanded that the United Kingdom grant the same most-favoured-nation treatment to several Portuguese goods.

In this way, His Majesty Edward did not hesitate to propose an alliance between the two countries to give each other the most favored nation treatment.

Subsequently, the diplomatic departments of the two countries held a month of consultations and finally reached an alliance agreement.

Among them, in addition to MFN status, the most important one is that if an ally is attacked by another country, the other country must unconditionally retaliate militarily and automatically join the confrontation.

Portugal was looking for an ally in order to prevent the invasion of the Spaniards.

And England fought alone, not only for the sake of the Portuguese gold market, but also to prevent helpless defensive counterattacks, as in the history of being attacked by the Armada.

This treaty, which benefits both countries, was unanimously approved by both governments.

Of course, in order not to arouse the dissatisfaction of a certain big country, the military content was naturally hidden and became a secret treaty.

The Treaty was signed in Lisbon, Portugal, and is known as the Lisbon Treaty.

And because the treaty began in King Edward's study, the Treaty of Lisbon is also known as the Study Treaty.

Internationally, Britain and Portugal, which had just been on the verge of a new show, abruptly reconciled again, which puzzled the European countries.