The Spaniards here in Madrid, the former capital of Spain, are now depressed, and they have long thought that they have the unbeatable pride they had before they could see it.

After the occupation by the French army, the momentum of the Spaniards disappeared without a trace.

The old empire, which had been at sea since the 15th century and pioneered the Age of Sail, is no longer in its former glory.

The Spaniards could not understand what they had done wrong to get to such a situation.

However, no matter how much they reflect now, there is no way to change the fact that the country is now dead.

France and Portugal were dividing up Spain, and they wanted to bring about the de facto demise of Spain, giving no one else the opportunity to help Spain.

For both France and Portugal, neither of them wants to see Spain on the European map again, which is not good for either of them.

Spain had always been a potential rival for France, so the French were very keen to see the fall of the Spanish kingdom.

The Portuguese and Spaniards had a grudge against annexing their lands, and they also wanted to drive the Spaniards into the abyss.

In addition, the two companies cooperated to kill Spain, thus offending the church group, so in this case Portugal and France had common enemies and interests.

The envoys of both sides met frequently in Madrid and quarreled over the border of the country.

First of all, Madrid was captured by France, so the French thought that the border should be drawn from somewhere outside Madrid.

But the Portuguese don't think so about this.

The Portuguese were also fighting the Spaniards on the outskirts of Madrid, but because of some military factors, the Portuguese did not capture Madrid.

Therefore, the Portuguese believed that Madrid should be divided into two and that the two sides should be co-administered.

It is then bounded by Madrid as the central axis, dividing Spain into two sides.

For this proposal of the Portuguese, the French, of course, would not agree.

Because if you agree to this proposal of the Portuguese. Then the French would have given away a large part of the occupied Spanish territory to the Portuguese.

The French would never do such a brain-dead thing.

It is too whimsical that the Portuguese want to get the benefits that they did not get on the battlefield.

That's what the French think.

But don't say it, the Portuguese did have that idea.

For them, there is nothing wrong with mentioning this opinion.

There is a saying that there are dates and no dates, and the first three shots are hit, in case the French agree to this matter with their brains.

In that case, Portugal will have picked up a big bargain.

With this mentality, the Portuguese began to quarrel with the French.

However, in the face of such Portuguese, the French also showed patience and farts with those people every day. But for the actual benefits, the French did not give up at all.

The expatriate administrators of the Americas in the Lisbon and Marseille Concessions have been closely following the negotiations and progress that are now taking place between the two sides.

Therefore, they are quite aware of the tension in the negotiations between Portugal and France.

In order for them to come to an agreement as soon as possible and build a stronger alliance.

The concession passed on the information it had obtained to Portugal and France.

The matter of the British jumping up and down has been completely grasped by the intelligence officers of the concession through bribery and other means.

Therefore. This news is very important for Portugal and France.

It can be seen that it will not be long before they have to face the joint strangulation of several countries.

So, after all, they are now coming up with a plan as soon as possible. to reach an agreement.

In this way, we can focus our energy on dealing with future troubles.

When the Portuguese got the news, they took a breath from top to bottom.

Originally, they were just a small country, and their combat effectiveness was not very strong.

This time the recovery of the country with shit luck was successful. It was mainly dependent on the Empire to provide funds and weapons, and to help them train soldiers and deliver intelligence.

Otherwise, it would be the rebels who had turned from farmers to soldiers. It was impossible to fight against the elite Spaniards.

At the same time, most of the military strength of the Spaniards was held back or defeated by the French.

Otherwise, Portugal would have ended in tragedy.

It can be said that by coincidence, coupled with the help of France and the Song Empire in the Americas, the Portuguese are now shaking.

However, there are people at the top of the Portuguese hierarchy who know what is going on.

So, they are not blindly arrogant.

Now, according to the intelligence sent by the Song Empire, it will not be long before the British will join forces with the Church military corps and begin to besiege themselves and France from land and sea.

Faced with the military strength of so many countries at once, the Portuguese are really at a loss for what they are feeling now.

Fortunately, on behalf of the Song Empire, the concession promised the Portuguese that weapons and intelligence could be provided, and as long as the Portuguese and the empire signed an arms agreement, then everything would not be a problem.

If you don't have money, you can sign a loan and pay it back slowly.

In this way, there will be money to buy weapons.

Many of the Spanish shipyards were divided between the Portuguese and the French.

The Song Empire could also inject funds to revitalize these shipyards and sell a large number of manufactured warships to the two countries.

As for the money, you can also sign a loan agreement first and repay it slowly later.

For the Song Empire, there is nothing else now but more money.

Anyway, this thing can't be eaten, and it still takes up space to keep it, so it's better to spend money to find some benefits.

Gold and silver, you say it's useful if it's useful, and if you say it's useless, then it's useless at all.

To tell the truth, gold and silver are not as good as real food in troubled times.

With the guarantee of the Song Empire, the Portuguese finally settled down.

As long as there is money and weapons, in fact, there is nothing to fear against the coalition forces of so many countries.

As for the French, it was much simpler, the Song Empire promised to leave the American Volunteer Army behind, and when the time came, help the French fight against the enemy on the eastern front, and at the same time provide war funds and food for France.

With money and food, what are the French afraid of.

For the Church Alliance. The French are not at all stunned.

Besides, the French have long had ambitions to become a European power.

Now this is a good opportunity for France.

Isn't it just a multinational coalition, what's so remarkable.

As long as there is money and weapons, this war can be fought.

But this is not necessarily the case with multinational coalitions.

The information sent by the Song Imperial Concession shows that if the Church Alliance reaches an agreement, then the issue of military spending and materials will be their biggest headache first.

After all, the Spanish Empire had now been effectively divided between Portugal and France, so it was likely that the Church coalition would be fighting this war at a loss.

And the other side and the Protestant coalition have been facing each other for so long. It already made their domestic economy not very good.

Therefore, France and Portugal, as long as they can withstand the early attack, then the back will become easier.

In the absence of funds and materials, how long can the Church coalition hold out?

What's more, after the fall of Spain, the estuary of the Mediterranean Sea has been controlled by Portugal and France, so it can be said that if the European countries on the east want to import something, then they need to look at the faces of Portugal and France.

As long as Portuguese France blockades the Mediterranean. These countries will become even more scarce.

Because they could no longer get the war materials they needed from the colonies.

Of course, after the blockade of the Mediterranean, the North Sea side will become their supply channel.

And because of the presence of the British. It is certainly not so easy for the North Sea to blockade.

In any case, it would have been easy for Portugal and France to deal with the Ecclesiastical coalition.

As long as the Song Empire could provide enough military spending, there would also be enough food and supplies. Then all is not a problem.

Money, materials, it's simply too simple.

The policy of the Song Empire was to keep Europe at war. Give him a good mess.

The current situation is exactly what the empire wants.

The Church is now going to make a truce with the Protestant coalition, but the problems between them have not yet been resolved, leaving a big hidden danger.

Therefore, according to the analysis of the Song Empire's intelligence officers in Europe, even if the Church defeated Portugal and France, they would still have to go to war with the Protestant coalition forces in the future.

If the Church coalition can't defeat the Portuguese and French alliances, then they will also suffer from the Protestant coalition, after all, everyone can fight the reservoir dogs, right?

Therefore, even if the Church coalition attacked Portugal and France, it would not be possible to use all its strength.

They must have left a little strength behind to defend against the Protestant coalition.

In this way, it will be much easier for Portugal and France to deal with the coalition of churches.

Therefore, for possible future wars, Portugal and France do not occupy a disadvantage, but have many advantages.

For such an analysis, the Imperial Intelligence Department in Europe communicated with Portugal and France, and let them know about it.

After reading these intelligence analyses, the high-level leaders in Portugal and France suddenly became more confident.

Yes, the analysis of the Ministry of Imperial Intelligence is not wrong at all, it is all true.

Just think about it a little and know that this will definitely not be fake.

Soon, Portugal and France drew their borders, and then they began to fight with each other.

French and Portuguese merchant ships began to sail across the Atlantic to Manhattan in the Americas, where they obtained large quantities of weapons and food supplies.

As the empire encroached on the Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, the Dutch began to have fewer merchant ships.

Of course, this is only on the surface, after all, isn't it okay for merchant ships to change their flags?

For these maritime merchants, they can't manage and don't manage things at the national level, they want to make money.

Therefore, for a time, there were more Dutch merchant ships flying the Portuguese and French flags...... (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )