Chapter 349: Marriage
PS: This chapter is a bit messy, because some things are shadowing, and some hearts are confused. It's best not to subscribe to this chapter
Yu Bowen left his marriage to his future father-in-law, which made Fili IV very satisfied. It is said that the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye, and when he comes to him, it is quite pleasing to the eyes of the father-in-law who looks at his son-in-law.
In addition, they are polite and fluent in Spanish, so that the two do not need a translator to relay at all, so the conversation is naturally much easier.
Since the future son-in-law handed over the right to host the marriage to himself, Fili IV will naturally not be sloppy, as the most powerful country in the world today, the princess will naturally marry grandly, originally Spain was in an economic crisis at this time, and it should not happen to hold an overly grand wedding to spend a lot of money.
But this time is different, Yu Bowen's identity is the Australian Consul General in Europe, and his status is a noble and noble who can speak in Australia.
Spain needs such a campaign to let the people in Europe know that Spain is the king, and it is not something they can challenge, especially the hillbillies in the Netherlands.
The news of Yu Bowen's wedding is like a torn piece of paper blown to all corners. Soon Dutch England learned of this important news.
The marriage of an Australian magistrate like Yu Bowen to a Spanish princess is definitely not as simple as a marriage with a son, and the political significance here is very ordinary. It is likely that there will be changes in the way Australia handles its relations with other countries.
In particular, the relationship between the Netherlands is likely to undergo an important strategic adjustment, and Australia and the Netherlands are now strategic partners, and the two sides cooperate in various fields in addition to economic exchanges.
Although the Dutch had an unpleasant relationship with the Australians in the early stage, the cooperation between the two sides was more than confrontation, and with the visit of the Governor of Batavia, Van Diemen, to Australia, the two sides can be said to have been recognized as partners in the European world.
And, most importantly, there is military cooperation in the Far East. The main command of the Combined Fleet was in the hands of the Australians and the Dutch, while the Spaniards and Portuguese were more like a soy sauce player.
The nature of the cooperation is different, and it also makes the Spaniards feel that it is not so simple to get closer to the Australians, after all, the Dutch transport capacity is indeed much stronger than that of Spain, and their ships that travel around the world can easily sell Australian goods to various places and earn the greatest profits.
It would be difficult for Spain to get closer to Australia if it did not take some other approach, and there was not much Spain could support other than land, and in the Far East they were suppressed by the Dutch. It's too late to even care about your own territory, let alone help Australians.
Since it could not provide much help to the Australians militarily and economically, it had to go the other way, Spain had the most, of course, colonized the most as the former empire on which the sun never set, even if now Portugal's overseas colonies were his nominal territory.
The Australians seem to have some interest in that part of the Americas, so give the Australians a little benefit, so that they can apply for the Americas, which can not only block the Dutch from England but also make friends with Australia.
This policy has proved to be the right one. Australians are very interested in those small islands, and the relationship between the two sides has become much closer because of these small islands.
In addition, knowing that Yu Bowen likes beauty a little, he launched the princess policy, and His Majesty the King gave away all his beloved daughters. Are you still afraid that you will not be able to charm you, an Australian boy, it turns out that Fili IV and Sophia are very successful, and even her belly is very powerful, so she is pregnant.
Even if Yu Bowen doesn't want to marry Sophia. That also has to take care of the child in the belly, and the face of the Spanish royal family, even if it is a declining royal family. He also needs to be respected, not to mention that the most powerful army on the European continent is the Spanish Legion at the moment.
Even the Netherlands, which is strong at sea, does not dare to directly confront it alone, and wants the alliance to help its small partners together, which is enough to prove that Spain still has a certain strength.
Yu Bowen took this into account, and Australia also needs Spain to maintain the status quo, suppress England and France, and contain the Dutch, once it falls, it will inevitably accelerate the rise of these countries, and Australia's plan to delay and suppress the West will inevitably have a certain impact.
It can be said that he is old enough to take care of the overall situation, Yu Bowen brazenly wrote in the telegram sent back that the government should give him a certain compensation, President Zhou Aiguo ignored his telegram, and it is said that he privately commented that this kid was cheap and behaved, and he married a princess, which must be enviable.
However, on the other hand, Lao Zhou is still very satisfied with Bowen, after all, he can consider the overall situation to show that he is still a very responsible person, and Lao Zhou welcomes and congratulates him on behalf of the Australian government on behalf of the Spanish royal family.
Of course, when he returns home, he will definitely have a lavish wedding for him, at least a wedding that is different from the 17th century.
It can be said that all countries have different ideas about this wedding, and the countries with the Spanish Habsburg Alliance as one side are naturally rejoicing, as long as there is a deeper alliance with Australia, there is absolutely no problem in the supply of weapons.
The supply of Australian weapons is mainly provided by two countries, one is the Netherlands, which has a close cooperative relationship, and the other is Spain.
The Netherlands were the main agents of Australian weapons in Europe, and the anti-Habsburg side received all their weapons from the Dutch and the Habsburgs from the Spaniards.
First, the relationship between the Netherlands and Australia is not ordinary, with many connections, and secondly, Australia's imported cargo ships are all provided by the Netherlands, so there will naturally be natural differences in supply between the two sides.
In Spain, on the other hand, they only have a certain cooperative relationship with Australia in transporting migrants, and they are very weak in other aspects and cannot be satisfied at all.
Now that there is a marriage, through the relationship with Bowen, the cooperation between the two sides will inevitably increase, which is affirmed by Fili IV, and the early cooperation of the steamship project has been going very well, and the Australians are also interested in increasing the cooperation with Spain, and they do not want to put all their chips on the Dutch. Of course, this was not a one-man analysis by Philip IV, but an analysis by his think tank based on the reaction of the Netherlands to the delay in the delivery of the ship. (To be continued......)