"Your Highness, I have something not very good to tell you here, I hope you will not get angry after hearing it."

After chatting with Zhao Hongyu for a while, Megan said to Zhao Hongyu with some embarrassed words.

Zhao Hongyu withdrew his gaze from the distant sea level, and after a soft 'oh', he looked at Megan suspiciously and said, "What's wrong, Megan." Why do you want to say such a thing, is there something wrong with our cooperation? ”

Although he asked so, Zhao Hongyu's heart quickly pondered.

From Meghan's words, it can be heard that her plan may have become a little uncertain.

Come to think of it, there must be changes in the concession plan.

If this is really a change, then it means that there is no approval from the Spanish side.

Meghan was silent for a moment, and then said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, Madrid has replied. The royal family did not agree to your proposal of a concession, but they did agree to the business of the criminals, and although the Count of Cessis had been trying to maneuver, the nobles, represented by the Grand Duke of Haganer in the north, were strongly opposed to the concession. Therefore, the royal family, taking into account their opposition, refused. ”

Zhao Hongyu slowly narrowed his eyes, and his expression became a little cold.

"Who is the Grand Duke Hagner, and why should he oppose my proposal? If we don't go through Madrid, we can directly demarcate a piece of land as a concession, do you say it's okay? Of course, I will still give the money that should be given, and I don't think the royal family will refuse it. ”

Zhao Hongyu said slowly to Megan.

At the same time, he is also a little strange, it stands to reason that the Spanish royal family is about to be poor as pants. Faced with the annual income of 30,000 gold pesos in the concession, they should be tempted.

Why did you refuse?

You must know that this money is converted into silver pesos, which can maintain the salary of a 10,000-strong army corps for a year.

His offer is not unkind, and the other party should not refuse.

Moreover, in this era, it is impossible for anyone to see clearly the harm caused by the concession.

So, what's the problem?

Grand Duke Hagner. Why object.

Zhao Hongyu was a little strange.

Seeing Zhao Hongyu's expression becoming cold, and squinting his eyes as if it was very gloomy, Megan knew that His Highness was angry.

He hurriedly replied: "Archduke Hagner, the cousin of the King of England, represents the interests of the nobility of northern Spain. What I know is that the reason why he advised the royal family to reject your concession proposal was because they did not get any benefits, and all the income went into the pockets of the royal family. ”

Megan told Zhao Hongyu the reason he knew.

There is no need to hide anything from Zhao Hongyu in this matter.

After dealing with Zhao Hongyu for so many days, Meghan knows the most important point in dealing with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. That's honesty and honesty.

Besides, he still needs to cooperate with Zhao Hongyu in the sugar trade, so he must perform what he likes.

Anyway, it's not Zhao Hongyu who he refused, but Grand Duke Hagner.

Therefore, even if Zhao Hongyu wants to hate, he will hate Grand Duke Hagner, and it has nothing to do with him Meghan, right?

"30,000 gold pesos a month is not a small amount, which can maintain the salary and expenses of a 10,000-strong army corps for a year. Don't they understand the Spanish royal family? Zhao Hongyu's face was a little gloomy. I've heard that the royal family is now stretched thin, and there is no need for them to refuse the concession's funds. ”

"And I've heard that two Spanish infantry regiments, a mercenary regiment, are not doing well in the Netherlands, which puts even more pressure on the royal family. Don't they understand? ”

Zhao Hongyu was really puzzled.

Meghan smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you may not know much about the aristocratic circles in Europe, and the things you said are not things that the big nobles have to think about." After Meghan said this. There was a long sigh. Then he continued: "They only care about their own interests, and in order to limit the growth of the royal family, they can't use any means." ”

Something is wrong. Zhao Hongyu heard the slightest thing wrong from Megan's words.

Restricting the royal family from becoming bigger, what's going on?

"Megan, I heard you right. You just said that those nobles proposed to reject my proposal in order to restrict the royal family? ”

Zhao Hongyu felt that this thing was a bit weird, and he couldn't understand it.

Meghan nodded: "Your Highness, you heard me right, I did say so." ”

"You don't know much about things in Europe, so it's normal not to know about that, you must know that the royal family seems to have a lot of power, but those nobles in Madrid have more power, not to mention the church." , Megan looked at Zhao Hongyu seriously and said to him. "The imperial power is too strong, and it is not a good thing for them. So a weak imperial power is what everyone wants to see, isn't it? ”

Zhao Hongyu fell silent when he heard this, and he carefully recalled the little historical knowledge in his mind.

Through recollection, Zhao Hongyu seems to understand a little.

Yes, the European royalty of this era, they seem to have a lot of power. But many times it was constrained by the aristocracy and the feudal church.

Most of the time, their edicts had no effect on the noble realms.

Therefore, in many cases, the royal family had to reach an agreement with the nobility and the feudal church in order to implement its own political ideas.

Of course, before that, several parties must have a distribution of interests in Andri.

It's really a poor European royal family, and it's really not worth it for them.

"I understand that with my 30,000 gold pesos, the power of the royal family will increase. This is not good for the Grand Duke Hagena, so they will suggest rejecting my proposal, and the royal family agrees to their proposal aggrievedly in order to prevent the Grand Duke Hagenager from making trouble, right? ”

After straightening it out, Zhao Hongyu understood the reason.

Viscount Meghan nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness." That's the way it is, and I can't help it. ”

Zhao Hongyu hated it so much that his teeth itched, and he also remembered this Grand Duke Hagenau, who was against him.

"Does this Archduke Hagenaur have merchant ships doing trade in the Americas?"

Since he let himself fail, Zhao Hongyu must also take revenge.

Megan guessed what Zhao Hongyu was going to do, and he was very happy to see it.

Because the Grand Duke Hagenager and the nobleman he took refuge in, he was very willing to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Americas make the Grand Duke Hagenauer suffer a loss.

"Yes, he has a fleet of fifteen seagoing ships, and he is engaged in the triangular trade from the Americas and Africa to Europe, and has made a great deal of wealth."

A trace of hideousness appeared on Zhao Hongyu's face, and he said viciously: "Put me together, and you still want to make money so smoothly, it's really beautiful for him." If I don't let him lose even his pants, I'll screw my head off. ”

After cursing a few words, Zhao Hongyu asked: "This guy will be unlucky sooner or later, what I want to know now is that if you don't go through Madrid, how about you demarcate a piece of land for me to be a concession?" Of course, I'll still pay for it, but we'll have to give it to the royal family secretly. ”

When Meghan heard this, she thought about it carefully before replying: "The problem is not too big, the royal family needs money to solve their financial difficulties." Since it was a secret delivery, they should not refuse. Because then they have many excuses to deal with the questioning of the Grand Duke Hagena. ”

Meghan thinks it shouldn't be difficult to do.

"When the time comes, if someone embarrasses me, the royal family and the people I have taken refuge in can also speak for it, but there are some people we need to take care of." , Meghan added.

This is not a difficult thing for Zhao Hongyu, as long as it can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

Zhao Hongyu has nothing else now, just a lot of money.

"Alright, let's settle it. But the specific things, let you do it yourself, I just need to see the results. But I won't wait until then, I'll start work on the Lisbon wasteland in a few days. ”

Zhao Hongyu didn't want to waste time needlessly.

Megan nodded and said, "Yes, there is no problem." I think that in this world, money is something that can solve all problems. ”

Ha Luha, you're right, I think so too.

Zhao Hongyu and Megan laughed at the same time.

Subsequently, Meghan left.

Zhao Hongyu began to plan the construction of the concession.

At the same time, 10 ships that had been on guard duty in the Manhattan waters were sailing in the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe.

These ships were captured by the pirates and sold to the Song Empire and remodeled.

They had only one purpose on their trip, and that was to pick up the criminals from Lisbon, who were to be transported back to Manhattan to do the most dangerous and arduous work in the construction of the road.

After receiving Zhao Hongyu's letter, Zhang Tie immediately reached an agreement with the European businessmen to help transport the prisoners through Lisbon on their way to Manhattan.

And Manhattan will pay a lot of money for it.

At the same time, Zhang Tie also sent a fleet to Europe to pick up those criminals.

Although the waters of Manhattan are in danger at the moment, the role of ten seagoing ships is not at all.

So, it's better to send it out of the country and to Europe.

In this way, two days later, Zhao Hongyu began to work on the one-square-kilometer wasteland in Lisbon.

A lot of civilians in Lisbon are hired to do things.

Zhao Hongyu bought a large number of cement and bricks and piled them up on the wasteland construction site.

Ed, the little fat man, served as the overseer and temporarily took on the task of the foreman.

Countless building materials have also begun to converge here from all over the vicinity of Lisbon. (To be continued.) )