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In 1552, Charles V of the Habsburgs, then Holy Emperor, was forced to sign the Treaty of Van Bassau in the Protestant War to extinguish the Reformation in Germany.

Disheartened, Charles V gave his Spanish and Dutch possessions to his son Philip II, and soon after, to his younger brother Ferdinand I, and the Habsburgs became the most important political empire in Europe.

In the past 1629, 11 years have passed since the Thirty Years' War, and the gradual clarity of the war situation has finally made Emperor Ferdinand II raise his eyebrows, and the shame of his ancestors seems to have finally been washed away. Ferdinand II could not wait to announce that the German Protestant nobility and local princes must return the ecclesiastical estates that had been swallowed up in the Treaty of Van Bassau. This hard-line attitude of not giving a way out of life suddenly cast an even darker shadow over the second phase of the war, which had come to an end.

With the defeat and withdrawal of the Kingdom of Denmark, French Prime Minister Richelieu, who had recovered from a religious rebellion at home, became worried again. Just a few months after the signing of the Treaty of Lubeck between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire in June 1629, Richelieu, who resolutely regarded the Habsburgs as the first imaginary enemy in Europe, decisively approached Sweden, a new power in Northern Europe, and paid money and interceded to make peace between Sweden and Poland, which had been in a state of uninterrupted war, and pulled the latter two to sign the "Altmark Armistice".

The Kingdom of Sweden, which had always regarded the Holy Roman Empire as its own front yard and had extended its tentacles to the Baltic Sea, hit it off with France, promising to give German Catholics freedom of worship, financed by France and the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Sweden sent troops to war. Under the leadership of the ambitious and talented King Gustav, the Kingdom of Sweden, which pioneered the modern armament system, began to fight with great force. Prepare to intervene in the German war.

At this time, there were only a few months left before the historical Kingdom of Sweden entered the war.

……

March 1, 1630, Azores, Terceira, Porto Sangra.

In the American Concession, the vast Atlantis resort has added a lot of tricks in recent years, and the electric lights brought from the Chinese mainland have made this extravagant health resort even more magnificent.

Slippery hot spring side. Shi Wenbo, who is 35 years old, still looks like a little white face, squatting on the edge of the pool in a suit and leather shoes, looking at a mother and daughter in the water with a smile.

"Gaffyne, the child can't soak in the hot springs for too long, let Marianne get up."

Shi Wenbo did not show his usual chic and cool appearance. He only smiled at the beautiful woman in the water, and touched the little brown-haired girl who was playing in her mother's arms like a loving father.

"Daddy hug." The little girl raised her head and stretched out a pair of small hands, Shi Wenbo couldn't help but hug her in her arms and kiss each other's little faces.

Marianne. Shi, or the Chinese name Shi Anling, is the illegitimate daughter of Shi Wenbo and the Norwegian aristocratic woman Ge Feien, who was once caught and raped in bed by his wife Anna. I'm 5 years old now. From the age of 2, Marianne was fostered in a convent in the American Concession of Port Heromas, living with her father under the nose of Swenbo's wife, Anna.

"My dear. I'm going back. Graffin walked up to the pool bank wrapped in a bath towel, and looked at his daughter with the "negative man" with a sad face, and said in a low tone, "Marianne can be with you." I'm so happy ......"

"Marianne has already gone through the 'adoption' process, and you can live here forever." Swenbo casually wiped his daughter's hair. But there was a hint of unbearability in his eyes.

"Won't you be bothered? And I've made a pact with my father to go back and marry that guy. Graffin said softly, smiling wryly, "This is the last time I've come to see you, and I hope you'll treat our baby like any other child." ”

"Of course, Marianne will grow up healthy!" Shi Wenbo nodded hurriedly, and the cheekiness that had been hidden for a long time reappeared, "This will always be your home, if you are tired of life there, you can come over at any time!" ”

Looking at the oriental lover in front of her, the Norwegian woman shook her head slightly, kissed her daughter for the last time, and walked to the villa not far away.

"Daddy, I'm hungry." It doesn't seem to have much affection for the mother who can only see her once a year, and little Marianne doesn't show much affection for her mother's departure, but just mutters milkily.

"Well, okay, I'll go to dinner with my younger siblings later." Shi Wenbo smiled, held his daughter in his arms, and strode out.

……

In the villa in the backyard of the consulate, a special nursery has been built, and nine illegitimate children, including Marianne, are living in it. The eldest of them is Shi Wenbo and Anna's 7 and a half years old eldest son Shi Anwen, the youngest is only 3 years old, and Shi Wenbo's other two biological daughters are still raised in the local kindergarten.

On either side of the wide dining table, nine children and a couple were preparing to eat, and several maids were carefully serving. At one end of the table, Anna, who is only 25 years old this year, is looking at the children on both sides with an indifferent expression.

“…… Anna, maybe I've done a lot of wrong things, but the children are innocent. Shi Wenbo also had a cheeky face of a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water, and argued for the illegitimate children he had gathered in the name of "adoption", "I promise, the children will definitely respect your attitude at home!" ”

"What a nobleman with high morals...... You can bring them back to China without caring about my face, how do you let me accept this choice! Anna touched her forehead, unable to complain, "God, you're so shameful......"

"No one will really despise them, I can protect them and maintain the dignity of our family!" Shi Wenbo put away his smile with a stern expression, "They are the next generation of the Shi family that I recognize...... In any case, taking care of children is an oriental virtue, dear! ”

"Well, virtue. But I must state that apart from Oscar (Ann Lee), Julia (Ann Lee), and Perona (Ann Bell), they don't have any family inheritance! And they can't be in our family in any public place! Anna snorted coldly, stood up, and exited the restaurant without looking at Shi Wenbo, the three children in her mouth were her own sons and two girls.

"Dad......" The eldest son, Shi Anwen, was sitting on his knees, and when he saw his parents arguing to this point, he finally couldn't help but shout softly, while the other children lowered their heads timidly one by one.

"With so many of your younger siblings at once, your mother may not have gotten rid of her joy." Looking at the dazed eldest son under the strict tutor, Shi Wenbo smiled awkwardly, and then raised his hand to the children on both sides, "Okay, children, start eating!" ”

"Your Excellency the Consul, someone has come to visit, it's French." As soon as Swenbo picked up his wine, he saw a clerk of the consulate general walk in, still holding a scroll in his hand.

"French? They arrived at a good time. Shi Wenbo was slightly stunned, and then gradually showed an expression of sudden realization.

……

Svenberg, who had to give up his meal, had a secret meeting with the French envoy for most of the day.

Any diplomatic attitude expressed by Swenbo in the Azores was seen as the focus of the trip by the French envoy, and it was not until the evening that Swenbo hungrily sought out Dai Botong, who was stopping in Porterto Sangra to visit Europe.

“…… That Frenchman, Baron Reims, wants to get our arms from the Quebec side. What did he say? Is this a united will of fellow Catholics? Hell, I was kidnapped by Anna and her father to be baptized in a convent! Swenbo crossed Erlang's legs, and from time to time a broken French phrase came out of his mouth, imitating the conversation of the guest at that time, "I am afraid that it will not be so easy for you to visit Spain, France, the Netherlands and Frederick V for Su Zining this time." ”

"Well, the Prime Minister and Sugo have already explained that this time France must come forward and get Spain and the Holy Roman Empire to recognize the legitimacy of Frederick V's new territory on the coast of Lower Saxony. And let France, like England, have to use our loans to buy arms. Dai Botong flipped through the diplomatic minutes in his hand, his expression was still a little nervous, "Do you say it's a little too tough?" ”

"France and England are both our direct competitors and imaginary enemies in North America. But you can tell the French that we are actively signing a business partnership with the Kingdom of Sweden, and the old fellow Richelieu would love someone to help the Swedes. Swenbo lit his cigar and grinned and pointed to the diplomatic minutes in the other party's hand, "You now have all the long-term loans of the Bank of the Atlantino in your hand, a full $6 million!" The Swedes and the French will treat you as God. The deal was a good deal, and Sweden would extort $25 million worth of war reparations from Denmark in the future. ”

"Will Spain be unhappy about such a blatant transfer of military spending to Sweden?" Dai Botong frowned, still a little uncertain in his heart, "Although Brother Yan gave Spain a lot of sweetness at the Oriental Conference, Europe and the Caribbean are the focus of their concern. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, Spain currently supplies more than 60% of our domestic industrial and agricultural raw materials, and we will not offend them at this stage. I have informed the Spanish side through Guò Anna's father that we can accept the request to amend the Seville Mutual Assistance Treaty, but they wish that there would now be someone who could share the burden of their Caribbean defence. Shi Wenbo smiled proudly, his face was full of confidence, "The treaty will expire in a few years, and the European war will be fought to this extent, and it is estimated that no one will touch the cake of the Spaniards during this period, we actually have no capital to buy, haha." ”

"Hehe, do you want me to help you go see Miss Isabella in Nantes this time, Brother Shi?" Speaking of which, Dai Botong also made a joke.

"Hmm...... It seems necessary. If she is willing to forgive me, at least help me take the child over......" Shi Wenbo was stunned for a moment, his smiling expression quickly faded, and his feelings fell again, "I'm not God, God knows that she has already given birth." ”

"Uh...... There is another ......" Dai Botong was speechless for a moment.

(To be continued)