"Your Royal Highness, the contemptible person is the Port of Lisbon Guiding Officer, Pei Kelai, and I am deeply honored to have you here."

After Zhao Hongyu and Wang Shan chatted for a while, the guide boat finally came to their side.

A guide officer boarded the Sea King, met with Zhao Hongyu and the others, and immediately became extremely humble after knowing their identity.

Zhao Hongyu, Emma and Sara also put on a proud look in their clothes, like big peacocks.

But Sara said that the aristocracy of Europe was like this.

If you are pleasant, those people will not look up to you.

Well, Zhao Hongyu, who had to follow the customs, also knew that Lu Dao raised his head and became proud.

As Zhao Hongyu's entourage official, such a trivial matter of dealing with it must be handed over to Wang Shan at this time.

Therefore, Wang Shan said to this guide officer: "Don't waste time, hurry up and guide us into the port to arrange berths for us." We will probably be in Lisbon for a few days and will also be visiting the royal family of Portugal. It's best that you take charge of informing your superiors that His Royal Highness Zhao Hongyu, the crown prince of the Song Empire, has arrived here with his wife. ”

"Are we going to stay in Lisbon for three days?" , Sara asked Zhao Hongyu in a low voice.

Zhao Hongyu nodded: "Almost, I want to meet the Portuguese royal family." ”

Sara was a little curious, she didn't know what to see about the Portuguese royal family. Now Portugal has been annexed by Spain, although Portugal is still an independent country on the map, everyone understands that Portugal is a puppet of Spain.

Therefore, as a puppet royal family of a puppet state, what is there to see.

Sara didn't quite understand.

"My dear, maybe you don't know much about the situation here in Europe. In fact, Portugal has existed in name only, and the Spaniards have annexed Portugal, although on the surface Portugal is still an independent country. But in private, their royal family is already a puppet of the Spaniards. ”

Sara, who was worried that Zhao Hongyu was not very clear about this, explained to Zhao Hongyu in a whisper at this time.

"Instead of seeing these useless puppets, it is better to go directly to Spain and meet those great nobles. Even if they coughed, they were more effective than the Portuguese nobles. ”

There is such a thing, although he knows the general history of Lu Dao, but Zhao Hongyu does not know much about these detailed histories.

If Sara hadn't said this to him today, Zhao Hongyu really didn't know that there was such a thing as Lu Dao.

"Isn't Portugal still independent of Spain on the map? If the Spaniards did annex Portugal, then the Spaniards should incorporate it into Spain's territory. ”

Zhao Hongyu whispered with some curiosity and communicated with Sara.

Emma, who was on the other side of Zhao Hongyu, was pretending to be serious with a small face at this time.

So. She didn't care about Zhao Hongyu and Sara who were muttering.

"What the hell is going on, you can tell me in detail. I really don't know much about Europe, you have lived in Europe for a long time, you can tell me. ”

Wang Shan and the guide officer were communicating, so they didn't need Zhao Hongyu and them.

Therefore, Zhao Hongyu, Sara and Emma walked to the top of the aft attic and found a sofa to sit down.

After doing it, Zhao Hongyu turned to Emma and said, "I'll talk to Sara about things in Europe, and now I don't know much about the situation in Europe. So you can play with your maid for a while. ”

Emma nodded, "Hmm." ”

Then, Zhao Hongyu turned his head and looked at Sara again and said, "Now you can tell me, why did Spain annex Portugal." ”

After Sara bowed her head for a moment, she said to Zhao Hongyu: "Decades ago." In Spain's past, Philip II was crowned King of Portugal, nominally possessing the legitimate rights and interests of Portugal, and at the same time receiving the interests of the Portuguese colonies. However, there was a lot of opposition in Europe at the time, and he needed the recognition of the church, so he did not dare to go too far. So Portugal is still ostensibly independent. ”

Sara made a long story short and told Zhao Hongyu the reason.

And after Zhao Hongyu listened to Sarah's explanation, he suddenly came to his senses.

Not really. European royal families of this era were most likely to be crowned kings of several regions to prove their dominion over the region.

How did I forget about it?

According to Sara, it is nothing new that Philip II of Spain was in possession of the past, and that he was both King of Spain and King of Portugal.

This kind of thing happens a lot in Europe, and it's already a normal thing.

But the question is, how can a title alone control Portugal, Europeans can't be so brainless as to think that just a legitimate name can control a region.

This is a very unrealistic thing.

It's as if Sara has the legal name of the lord of Quebec, but at the end of the day, she still has to send her own army to really control the situation.

Therefore, Portugal is now privately controlled by the Spaniards, so the Spaniards will definitely garrison troops or use other means to truly control Spain.

Subsequently, Zhao Hongyu asked his own questions.

At this time, the Sea King, led by the guide ship, began to sail towards Lisbon.

Looking at the distance, we are still some way from arriving at the port of Lisbon.

Therefore, Sara had time to explain Zhao Hongyu in detail and let him solve the doubts in his heart.

"Officials in Portugal are now held by Spaniards, from top to bottom. The royal family of Portugal is a puppet, they have no real power. And the nobles all over Portugal also married with the Spanish nobility, in fact, Portugal was already Spanish territory. ”

At this point, Zhao Hongyu really understood what was going on.

It's good to dare to be in love, the Spaniards will also play this method.

Sara continued: "But the annexation of Portugal by the Spaniards was not without cost, and their practice led to resentment among the European countries and to war. The end result was the defeat of the Armada and the great weakening of the Spaniards' naval power. ”

When she said this, Sara shrugged her shoulders helplessly, which seemed to her to be worth the loss.

Of course, the Spaniards lost more than the Armada, many, many more.

It's just that Sara doesn't have to do it now, and she doesn't have time to explain Zhao Hongyu in detail.

"Oh, I see, I see." , Zhao Hongyu nodded. "But I still want to meet the Portuguese royal family, even if they are puppets." "That's right, Sarah. Don't you have a lot of relatives, all in Spain. Suddenly, Zhao Hongyu thought that Sara's father was a Spanish nobleman, and Sara was a Spanish before marrying Count Samuel.

"Don't say that they are my relatives, I don't have such relatives, they are all inferior guys." Sara's face suddenly became very ugly, which made Zhao Hongyu realize that there must be some reason for this.

Usually Sara is reluctant to talk about this topic, so Zhao Hongyu didn't ask too much.

But now he felt compelled to ask.

Regardless, Sara is now his legal wife. As his husband, it is necessary to know about his wife's past.

Even if there is no love affair between him and Sarah, they have a physical relationship, don't they?

Zhao Hongyu stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around Sarah's shoulders and whispered to her: "Is there anything unforgivable between relatives, have they done something very excessive." You are my wife now, and if you have anything to say, I can protect you from the wind and rain, and don't worry. ”

Comforted softly by Zhao Hongyu in his arms, Sarah's face finally looked better.

"My father was originally a Spanish nobleman, but he was indeed an alcoholic and a gambler, and my mother died when she gave birth to me, so I didn't see her." , Sara lowered her head and began to tell Zhao Hongyu about her past for the first time.

"My father also died early because he was too drunk. My relatives took me to them in the name of taking care of me, and I was too young to know anything. ”

When Zhao Hongyu heard this, he already roughly understood the Tao and understood.

Plotting to seize the family property, a little girl has such a rich family property behind her, and it is not uncommon for a group of unscrupulous relatives to want to seize it.

Bastards exist no matter what age they are.

"My father, despite his extravagance, left me a large fortune." Sara continued, but her eyes were already a little moist, as if she remembered the sad past.

This can also make people understand, no one can feel comfortable with this kind of thing.

"Those relatives of yours have taken all their possessions away."

Zhao Hongyu had already guessed what was going on.

Sara nodded, proving Zhao Hongyu's guess. Then she continued: "Not only that, but my cousin tried to insult me, but every time I avoided it. After they took away all the title and property that my father had left me, they even made up my mind, do you know how I married Count Samuel? ”

Sara raised her head and looked at Zhao Hongyu with teary eyes.

Zhao Hongyu shook his head.

"Three hundred thousand silver pesos, they sold me."

Zhao Hongyu hugged Sara tightly and comforted her: "Now that everything is over, there will never be such a thing in the future." I promise you that everything they took will be returned, I promise. ”

"Why is Sara crying, what are you talking about?" At this time, Emma noticed that something was wrong, she walked over and leaned over to look at the tearful Sara and asked Zhao Hongyu. (To be continued.) )