These nobles who are vying for power have not reacted, that is to say, if the nobleman's territory is well developed and developed in a balanced manner, then he can be promoted and raised. The empire hinted at it like this, and these stupid nobles still didn't get the hang of it. It wasn't until the first batch of international students returned home that these guys realized the art of imperial domination. It didn't matter if you traded with the infidels, as long as you could pull the economy, even if you sold the ropes that hanged you, you had to go through, and as a result, a customs union appeared. The Reich hoped that the Northern Alliance would follow a path similar to that of the old time and space for German unification, combining rigidity and softness, and cross-infiltrating economic, political, and military fields to unify through bloodless and bloodless methods, rather than relying solely on war to eliminate separatist forces like Germany now. (The times are different, the national conditions are also different, the German unification of the old time and space has a strong Prussian foundation, and the elimination of external opposition forces can easily integrate the small states of the Holy Roman Empire, and now Germany is still an era of seven candidate emperors with balanced strength, it is difficult to achieve unification through dynastic unification wars, and only with the help of the external forces of the Chinese Empire to barbaric unification.) ）

By the time the two Muslim states in the South had reached a level of parity over religious disputes, the good days of the North were over. In order to deal with the Northern Alliance, which can change the situation, both sides sent envoys to demand that the Northern Alliance attack each other and cut off all commercial contacts, otherwise a large army will crush the border to destroy the Northern Alliance.

At this important juncture, the Empire once again lived up to expectations and signed a three-nation armistice and friendship treaty at Madrid, which stipulated that the three sides would stop fighting in the areas under their existing control and end all forms of hostilities. Establish normal diplomatic relations and jointly maintain peace in the Iberian Peninsula. Because the differences between the three parties in terms of political views and beliefs are ideological disputes, it is difficult to reach a permanent peace and set aside the dispute at the level of the existing superstructure, which is clearly a 20-year armistice.

In order to delay as much time as possible and ensure the Empire's interests and influence in this critical region, the Empire has prepared a large gift to the three countries. That is, to tie up the three countries with economic ties. The Northern Alliance provided commodities such as timber, minerals, building materials, fish and ships, Murabit provided leather, grain, fruit and iron ore, gold and silver from West Africa, and Muwahid supplied commodities such as hemp fibres, wine, metal handicrafts, handicrafts and salt, which were produced in the Maghreb region in exchange for Gibraltar's imports of spices, jewelry, luxury goods, dyes, glass products, furniture, daily chemicals and medicinal materials.

When all countries stopped civil and foreign wars, peace finally came to Europe and the Mediterranean world. This was the Empire's goal and means of control, and through a series of wars and mediations, all oppositionists, conservatives, extremist religious elements, and organizations and nobles capable of threatening the supreme authority of the Empire were eliminated. Although the new powers are more unified and prosperous than in the past era of declining royal power, their independence and sovereignty have been greatly weakened, and although the royal families of various countries have increased their control over the country, the Chinese military bases and leased places and advisory teams installed in various key regions and departments can control the lifeblood of the country at any time.

Throughout Europe, the Empire had a large number of leased territories, military bases, and territories in key areas that choked the throats of various countries. Not only were there as few battalions as many as one brigade stationed in the important ports and main transportation routes of each country, but there were islands under direct control in various important straits and seas such as the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean as overseas enclaves directly under the Empire. For example, the islands of Malta, Madeira, the Isthmus of Suez, Shetland, Bornholm (Baltic Sea), Gessin, Marmara and other key islands were bought by the Empire at a reasonable price and turned into Imperial territory.

At this time, Europe did not attach importance to sea power, and did not know the stakes of these islands being controlled by the Empire, and almost all sea routes in and out of Europe were covered by the artillery fire extended from these key islands, and it was impossible for any ship to enter or leave this sea area as long as the Empire wanted to.

Europe was militarily tied up like zongzi, economically it became a single subsidiary industrial state of the colonies, politically it was a centralized state that relied on the support and recognition of the empire, religion was also scattered because of the freedom of belief clause imposed by the empire, and the culture was almost completely sinicized.

Except for Italy, a country that hugs the thighs of the empire like Solomon, all European kingdoms rely on mercenaries, instructors and staff teams supported by the empire to unify the puppets, and there is no confidence at all and the empire is not as ugly as the imperialist powers in the old time and space, and it has also given countries a little bit of employment, welfare and tax soup caused by investment and technology diffusion.

Europe and North Africa became nominal allies and de facto colonies of the empire, a state of affairs that had a special term – a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. (To be continued.) )