The royal family of the Kingdom of England was, historically, a mash-up that felt like a "mess". Since the Middle Ages in Europe, the royal succession relationship has been complicated, and many aristocratic families have rubbed on the throne of the king of England.

Mary. Stuart, the saddest queen in British history, became Queen of Scots six days after her birth, and then married a French prince and became the queen of France. Within two years of marriage, her husband died, and Mary had to return to Scotland to continue to be her queen. Because of his belief in Catholicism, he was deposed by the Scottish Protestant aristocracy a few years later. She finally escaped to England for refuge, and was placed under house arrest by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England. Finally, in 1587, he was guillotined by Elizabeth I on charges of treason, and directly led the Anglo-Spanish War that had thrilled the English people for hundreds of years.

Known as the "Virgin Queen", Elizabeth I was single all her life, and worked hard to make England a major European power, but the Tudor dynasty was cut off. Dramatically, Elizabeth I ended up choosing the son of her cousin, whom she had executed, as her heir. James I, who was already the king of Scotland, also hung the crown of the king of England, founded the Stuart dynasty, and achieved the historical goal of the royal families of Scotland and England as one.

Although England and Scotland were still internationally recognized as two independent states in the 17th century, this game of succession was the first step towards the unification of the British Isles.

James I, "the smartest fool in Christendom", a learned and lazy vain to the extreme, also became the first king of England to preach the "divine right of kings". The dissolution of Parliament was commonplace, setting the stage for the English Civil War decades later.

At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War in Europe, at the instigation of the domestic aristocracy, he gave his son-in-law Elector Frederick V of the Palatinate, but after several ugly and sloppy defeats, James I, who was not a good person, began to refuse to participate in the European War. This has to praise the cleverness behind the vulgar appearance of James I in the eyes of outsiders. European diplomats ridiculed James I's timid nature as "Europe's smartest fool," but it is a fact that England experienced economic recovery and social prosperity in the years of the early 17th century when it avoided war.

When the magnates of all Europe were in a state of agitation over the European war, which began in Bohemia, the calm and unusually peaceful course of James I, who was the most entitled to a piece of the pie, became incredible. And continued until his death.

Monday, March 10, 1625.

Two major events took place in the Azores after the beginning of spring, and the first thing was that the Portuguese governor García was finally leaving. Perhaps it was jealousy from Lisbon, or perhaps Garcia himself had an idea after he had eaten and drunk, and the Duke of Bragança officially appointed García as governor of the Portuguese West African colony.

The second major event is the official opening of the "Atlantis" resort and entertainment city built by Swenbo in the beautiful waterfront area south of the American Concession in Heroes-for-Heroes. Even Shi Wenbo, who returned from a visit to the Iberian Peninsula, was intoxicated by his own generosity.

luxurious, quiet and intoxicating oriental gardens, elegant and beautiful Greek-style palaces, simple and dignified Gothic castles; Beautifully patterned tree-lined gravel paths with neatly paved verdant shrubs. The garden is full of purple and red, and the hot spring baths are paved with white bricks and stones with statues. Fruity orchards...... The entire resort cost more than $600,000, and Svenbeau's "Atlantis Entertainment Group" pulled almost all kinds of private financing objects that could be pulled in, and his wife's dowry also advanced most of it, and the construction took two years, and almost every detail was the result of Swenbaugh's painstaking work.

Unfortunately, although the opening day was very lively, there was not a single Spanish copper peso in the receipt, because the first customers of the casino were not the corrupt aristocrats from the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, whom Swainbo had been waiting for for a long time. Nor a tycoon from the Netherlands, but a group of capitalists who have just arrived from China.

A group of 21st century otaku and otaku Wenqing dicks, as soon as they entered the entertainment city, they were as presumptuous as if they had arrived at their own home. All kinds of occupation, all kinds of enjoyment, and forced Shi Wenbo to offer all kinds of free big rewards, so the whole Atlantis Entertainment City is extraordinary. In one day, it was transformed into a veritable 17th-century version of a farmhouse.

Fortunately, Shi Wenbo still paid a little thought, and some special services were absolutely not open, so the people who entertained the tasteless local tyrants were all decent waitresses who looked young and polite, otherwise. Some of the male nouveau riche who are preparing to head the country's business ventures in England are hard to say won't change their minds at the spur of the moment.

In a hot spring hidden behind a statue of a fruit tree, Shi Wenbo and Su Zining snuggled up to face to face in the hot spring, enjoying the characteristic comfort of the Azores.

"The Englishmen have finally figured it out, and are in such a hurry to invite us?" Swenbo wrung out the towel, put it around his neck, and grinned and pointed to a letter on the stone table not far from the hot spring, "I thought they were still making trouble for the Azores Peace Treaty, but in fact, they were also played by the French." ”

"It's not that they figured it out, it's that they're having a hard time riding a tiger now. Although England was historically dragged down by the French and sent troops in the second phase of the Thirty Years' War, I am sure that this time England will work harder than the historical counterparts of defeat and retreat. Su Zining smiled and took a fruit and took a bite comfortably, "With the advance news of the European Intelligence Division, plus you are a god stick in Spain, it is estimated that the whole of Europe now knows that Frederick V has appeared in London!" That Duke of Buckingham had even more reason to toss, which is why they would be in such a hurry. ”

"Duke of Buckingham?" Swainbo felt that this title was very familiar, but he just couldn't remember what it had to do with whether England participated in the Thirty Years' War.

"Well, James I's male darling." Su Zining smiled, and deliberately pointed at Shi Wenbo's half-cut body that exposed the hot spring, "George. Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, the first favorite of James I, is said to be very 'enchanting'. James I was extravagant and lazy all his life. This Villiers became a powerful minister who held almost all the powers of the English court, and he was also a man who liked to show off power...... In the latter part of his reign, when James I was aging and losing his normal judgment, he spared no effort to use James I's influence to compete for power with the National Assembly. Well, he should be the biggest promoter of the English Civil War in the future. ”

"He's useful to us now?" Swainberg liked this gossip the most, especially some of the erosive black records among the European aristocracy.

"It's not just useful, it's all up to him!" Su Zining walked out of the hot spring, grabbed a towel to wrap his body, and lay down comfortably on the bench, while holding a glass of wine, "This Duke of Buckingham is a well-known radical in the English royalists. There has been an attempt to change the pacifist policy of James I. Especially when James I was away from court affairs in his later years, he was basically alone in manipulating national policies, such as the second phase of the Thirty Years' War, which was being fought. Unfortunately, he was a mediocre man with extremely little military talent, and none of the military operations he planned were successful...... James I was so poor that he asked Congress for military spending, which was inseparable from him. ”

"The Earl of Mansfield, sent by Villiers, though tenacious, is no match for Wallenstein at all, and the attack of the English mercenaries on Bohemia will lose badly. Moreover, in history, England suffered when it sent troops, and immediately made peace with Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. He hid to the side again. But this time, Frederick V openly appeared in England. Spain and the Holy Roman Empire would not have let England go so lightly, and they would have to fight a few times. ”

"Hehe, that's why I said that you and Liu Yun are so bad, send Frederick V to England and make it public, so that England can have such a chicken rib." Svenbo burst out laughing like a snowstorm, and the resentment that had been disgusted by England and France a few months ago was finally gone.

"We can't be too optimistic, the new aristocrats and big businessmen in the English National Assembly will definitely try desperately to prevent the royal family from entering the war, especially now that we have a conflict of interest in North America. They would not agree to expend England's national power on the Continental European Theater. Therefore, with the help of the French anti-Habsburg coalition this time, it will be more difficult to make England bleed than in history. If I'm not mistaken, at the end of this month, James I will run out of oil...... I wonder how these big businessmen in the English National Assembly will react to the desire of the English royal family and the royalists to send troops. ”

Su Zining drank wine. His gaze turned to the east, thoughtful.

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In the Azores, the capitalists are still waiting for the final departure instructions from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while at home. The real protagonist of this trip to England has just begun. The reason for this was that the light cruiser Republic, which was on the duty of military strength and escort, had an accident during the last temporary maintenance before sailing, and a small fire caused the foremast sails were burned to the ground, and the repair of the damage caused by the fire and the replacement of the sails were delayed for a week.

As the war in Europe has once again entered a fierce stage, in order to prevent accidents and to show muscles to potential hostile opponents in Europe, in addition to the light cruiser Republic, the naval escort force escorting the commercial delegation has also temporarily added two light cruisers, the Silver Valley and the Shuangwan, which have been completed and put into service, to accompany them.

At the side of the military port, hundreds of officers and soldiers of the three light cruisers were waving goodbye, and Dai Qingqing, a second lieutenant dressed in a Western-style dress, accompanied by Liu Yun, the minister of homeland security, was walking to the board, followed by Major Bai Jun, the captain of the Republic, and Captain Zhou Kemin, the first mate.

In addition to the representatives of the enterprises who had arrived in the Azores on the large flying scissor merchant ship Ao Shun in the early stage, there was also a medical team of up to 20 people who set off with the naval fleet this time. The leader of the team is Lao Zhao, a ship doctor who has followed Su Zining out many times, and now Zhao Fang, director of the emergency department of the Capital National Hospital.

As for why he mobilized the public to call a noble medical team, Su Zining just smiled mysteriously, which made the old man Wang Suhong, the director of the Capital National Hospital, puzzled.

Another special team is the radio band led by Cheng Daxiong, the head of the music program of Manchester City Radio, and the popular singer "Miss Jenny Forever" in China. Jenny and Cheng Daxiong were married last spring, and now Jenny and her husband are going to England to take on the important task of spreading the culture of the Chinese American Republic to Europe.

Jenny's long trip will inevitably make the domestic die-hard audience have to face at least a quarter of "empty time". It is said that such an arrangement even caused dissatisfaction among the army command. Because the officers and men of the army who fought far away in Guadeloupe have long regarded the music program every Monday, Wednesday and Friday night as indispensable spiritual food. The front command had made many requests for Jeanne to go to Guadeloupe for a condolence show in the field, and the Army Command was worried that the morale of the officers and men who had lost their "musical supplies" would plummet.

Such a small episode has also prompted a number of domestic technical dicks to promote the speed of self-developed phonographs and amplifiers, ready to solve a number of production and manufacturing problems of wired telephones and telegraphs, and launch the research and development project of drum phonographs, if the voice of Jenny's golden singing age cannot be recorded, it will be one of the most regrettable things in this country. Moreover, if the research and development of similar "first-generation electrical equipment" cannot be completed, even if the electrical parts are dismantled from various scrapped locomotives and cargo ships after the crossing and carefully preserved in the classified warehouse, sooner or later they will be exhausted.

Holding the hand of his beloved wife, Jenny. As soon as the members of the radio band led by Cheng Daxiong appeared at the pier, the crowd erupted in enthusiastic cheers. Jenny was dressed in a solemn dress, waving gently to the crowd around her, with a quiet smile on her face, still as pure and beautiful as ever. Many girls shouted Jenny's name hoarsely, causing tension among the police who kept the docks going, for fear that some crazy fan would break through the cordon and make something out of control.

Chang Kun was also present at this time, and said to his future son-in-law Bai Jun with a serious look: "Jun'er must protect his own safety on this trip. Don't let Yan'er worry at home. ”

"Uncle Chang rest assured, it's just a routine escort." Bai Jun endured the impatience in his heart. The tone is flat. Looking at the crowd in the distance, behind a cement lamppost, his fiancée Chang Ziyan was showing half of her silhouette looking at the ground in a daze.

"Qingqing, there has been a change in the plan for this visit, Brother Su will go to the town in person, and we must listen to his arrangements during the operation." Looking at the expression of Chen Liwen, the newly promoted army commander next to him, who was about to eat people, Liu Yun touched his nose and said embarrassedly.

After more than a year of preparation, Dai Qingqing's public identity is now the helmsman of the "Bank of the Atlantic" of the American Republic of China, a Bai Fumei who inherited a huge inheritance at the age of 22. And Dai Qingqing also has a European name. DAI Lin. Morality. Wittelsbach, because "his ancestors were the illegitimate son of Georg, Duke of Landshut of Bavaria, Germany".

Historically, Duke Georg of Bavaria-Landshut became the heir of the Wittelsbach family as part of the Duke of Bavaria-Munich. Therefore, from the perspective of genealogical relationship, Dai Qingqing's family background is closer to the current Duke of Bavaria, Maximian I, of course, of course, it also belongs to Frederick V's distant niece. Think twice. Dai Qingqing's religious identity is still positioned as Catholic, so that she may have dealings with the Holy Roman Empire or the Kingdom of Spain in the future.

In order to package this unwarranted private bank and the little rich woman, the European Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Homeland Security not only registered the signboard of the Bank of the Atlantic in China a year in advance, but even prepared more than $300,000 in cash and silver coins for Dai Qingqing. Carry a fortune of £30,000 with you. It may not be worth mentioning for a country, but at the beginning of the 17th century, a European first-class aristocrat may not have earned more than 10,000 pounds a year. It is said that Su Zining's appearance plan for Dai Qingqing is "a low-key entry and a high-profile appearance".

"Hey, hey, know, know! If you have any questions, look for Su Zining! Dai Qingqing was impatient to get on the boat, and secretly pulled the hem of Zhou Kemin's military uniform, "Zhou Kemin, let's go quickly!" ”

Zhou Kemin seemed to be looking in other directions, and was pulled by Dai Qingqing like this, so he suddenly woke up, quickly turned around, helped Dai Qingqing lift the suitcase, lowered his head and helped the other party's hand onto the board.

In the distance behind Zhou Kemin, in the middle of the farewell crowd, Dama lowered his head and held a strange thing with a bunch of colored fibers in his hand.

The cheers of the people around him reached a climax, and when Damar raised his head, the light cruiser Republic had already left the dock several meters under the snow-white sails. Dama's whole body trembled slightly as if he had been stung by something, and then suddenly separated the crowd and ran towards the battleship.

Standing in front of the cable pile, Dama opened his mouth, but did not say a word, and just stared blankly. Except for a string of strange soldiers wearing navy sailor uniforms on the deck, Zhou Kemin did not appear in sight. In the past, whether it was going to sea or returning, Zhou Kemin would stand on the deck and wave to himself.

Seeing that the battleship had slid out more than ten meters away, Dama woke up like a dream, raised his arms, and threw the things in his hand towards the deck of the ship.

Unfortunately, Dama's strength was too small, and the Deraware amulet with colored fibers just lightly smashed on the hull of the ship, and then quietly fell into the water, swaying a few times with the swaying splash, and then slowly sinking into the water......

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