In the southern waters of India, a fleet of more than a dozen sailboats is sailing at full sail, and their destination is the port of Colombo in Ceylon. The fleet came from France, and was accompanied by representatives of several French families, including Jeanne's.

There were also many representatives of the French merchant group on board, and Jeanne's family had made extremely considerable profits in the more than a year of cooperation with the Far East. If it is just a simple economic benefit, it is not enough to explain anything, what makes everyone jealous is that in order to promote the tobacco, alcohol and narcotics goods of the Far East, the Jenny family gave away a lot of the goods left to them by the Far East for free, which set off a wave in the upper class society of Paris.

Even the royal family received gifts from the Jeanne family, King Louis XIII and Queen Anna of France praised the goods of the Far East, and the aristocratic circles gave them a high evaluation. Other nobles and big merchants followed suit, and the goods in the hands of the Jenny family were simply in short supply.

Nowadays, in the aristocratic trading occasions in Paris, France, both men and women are willing to hold an acrylic cigarette holder and light a cigarette, and then swallow the clouds and smoke there. If you don't have a beautiful acrylic cigarette holder and a few boxes of cigarettes, you're embarrassed to mingle in aristocratic circles.

Not only cigarettes, but also other goods such as spirits and snuff were also admired by the Parisian high society. Even peripheral products such as lighters, cigarette holders, pipes, drinking utensils, snuff bottles, etc., have been speculated to sky-high prices.

Jeanne's family has also gained a high reputation in the aristocratic circle, and there are many interests in it, many families will form an alliance with Jeanne's family, because Europe is not only France has aristocrats, and the business opportunities are huge, and the major nobles can certainly see it clearly.

So the Jenny family gets more than just commercial profits. There are also many olive branches of big families, which are more important to the Jenny family. Not only did he gain fame and fortune, but he also strengthened the family's position in French high society.

The owner of the Blue Salon of the Rambouillet House De. The Marquise de Rambouillet also came to the East with the ship this time. Since she reached an agreement with the Far East, de . The estate of the Marquise de Rambouillet became the most popular place for Parisian ladies. Several auctions a year are held with a large number of dignitaries, and even King Louis XIII and Queen Anna of France are frequented by them.

Make Duc. The Marquise de Rambouillet became the fashion godmother of Paris, influencing the fashion trends of Parisian ladies. This also earned her an extremely high reputation and an unimaginable gold louis, which can be said to be both fame and fortune. This time. The Marquise de Rambouillet came to the East at the invitation of the Commercial Department of the Far Eastern Company.

And she also wanted to appreciate the charm of the Pearl of the Orient, after all, Manila had been praised by European businessmen to the sky, and all kinds of information had become miraculous after being disseminated again and again. It's very desirable.

He was accompanied by many Parisian aristocrats and well-known ladies from Parisian high society, all of whom wanted to see the legendary Pearl of the Orient. It is rumored to be a paradise for shopping and a place for vacations, and Paris and even many European aristocrats have long wanted to visit Manila.

In fact, the Jenny family came to the East this time, and the in-depth cooperation with the Far East is only one of them, and there are more important tasks. That is, they were commissioned by King Louis XIII of France. Represented France in contacts with Far Eastern companies, King Louis XIII. An envoy was also sent to accompany the ship.

More than 100 warships from Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and other countries blocked the "ghost fleet" led by Song Tao in the English Channel, not only did not block them, but also allowed the "ghost fleet" to wreak havoc in Europe.

Burning London, destroying Portsmouth, shelling Lisbon, attacking the coast of Europe, sweeping the New World, sweeping the Azores and Madeira, a small fleet of only a few sailing ships managed to achieve such a brilliant record on European soil. This incident also caused a sensation throughout Europe.

But what happened next made Europe boil over. The "Ghost Fleet" incident is nothing compared to this.

The East India Company of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark and other countries gathered hundreds of warships and merchant ships, as well as hundreds of pirate ships of the British Royal Pirates, Caribbean Pirates and Barbary Pirates. Raid on Manila of the Far Eastern Company.

Such a huge operation actually concealed the whole of Europe, and by the time the European countries got accurate information, the fleets of the eight-nation coalition forces in Europe had already rushed to the Strait of Malacca. Almost all of Europe's magnates believe that the Far East is doomed this time.

Hundreds of warships and merchant ships, tens of thousands of elite European mercenaries, and hundreds of pirate ships, tens of thousands of murderous pirates. With such a huge force, even if it invades Europe, it can go sideways for a while. Although they still do not understand the military strength of the Far East, in their eyes, no matter how strong the Far East is, it will not be able to withstand the attack of the Eight-Nation Alliance, not only Manila will definitely not be able to hold it, but if they can't get the Far East's sea power in the East, they will also have to be controlled by the Eight-Nation Alliance.

After this war, the Far East will inevitably sign various unequal treaties with the eight European countries, and the interests of the East will inevitably be completely controlled by them. At that time, the silk fabrics and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, the high-end luxury goods of the Far East, and the spices of Southeast Asia will inevitably be monopolized by these countries, and the benefits of this will definitely exceed people's imagination.

The kings and grand dukes of European countries couldn't help but be full of envy and jealousy, especially King Louis XIII of France, as one of the military powers in Europe, did not participate in this operation, which made him very regretful.

Although he coveted the benefits of this, France was already mired in the Thirty Years' War and could not get out, and was fighting on two fronts with the Habsburgs and Spain, and he could only watch Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries eat this fat meat.

Just when the European countries were envious and jealous, several sailing ships fled back to Europe, and the news of the crushing defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance spread all over the European continent in an instant.

This explosive news immediately stunned everyone. That's hundreds of ships, nearly 100,000 elite European mercenaries and fierce pirates. How did this battle be fought, such strength did not defeat the Far Eastern Company, and it was a fiasco, and it can be said that the whole army was wiped out.

The whole of Europe was shocked, the strength of the Far East once again subverted everyone's cognition, how powerful is this power in the East?

This time, the Eight-Nation Coalition was completely annihilated, the most tragic of which was the British, not only the British East India Company suffered heavy losses, but more than 100 pirate ships with privateer warrants signed by the British king were also folded in the East. And London and Portsmouth were also destroyed by the "ghost fleet" in the Far East, which was a huge loss.

Then there was the Netherlands, which not only suffered heavy losses to the East India Company, but also lost the spice islands in Southeast Asia, and the spice trade, which was originally monopolized by the Dutch East India Company, also fell into the hands of the Far East Company. There was also Portugal, which was simply driven out of the East, and the colonization of the East was only left on the coast of East Africa. (To be continued......)

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