"What did you forget?"

Wu Xin was a little surprised, the other party had only been gone for less than a quarter of an hour, why did he come back again?

"Your Highness, I suggest that the activities of the Knights Hospitaller in the port of Tripoli be monitored more closely!"

"Valletta just appeared in my room and asked me to help him convince you to spare the Portuguese representative. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"If you do not agree to the French Portuguese, he asks to cooperate with him and let the marquis go."

Villefort did not hesitate to make this decision, he hesitated and hesitated for several minutes..............

"Very well, Villefort you did not disappoint me, you are indeed loyal." Wu Xin was not very surprised by this, in fact, this was his arrangement, killing a few Portuguese people, just to inspire the French to jump out, "What benefits did Valletta promise you?" ”

"Nothing good, just rhetoric." Otherwise, Villefort wouldn't have come to report it so quickly, what saved you, who are you fooling?

"Oh, that's right." Wu Xin nodded, "Probably because I am short of money at the moment." ”

For a man of high morals like Valletta, the motherland is forever, and for a gang member like Villefort, only the pursuit of power and profit is forever.

Wu Xin really hopes that he can get someone like Valletta to work for him, but the position of these noble people is extremely difficult to change, and realistically speaking, a subordinate like Villefort is not bad.

Wu Xin suddenly laughed dumbly, he told Villefort to use ideals to develop spies, but Villefort himself was a complete realist.

"Your Royal Highness, no matter how much money he gives me, I will not waver." Villefort was a little nervous by Wu Xin's expression, "I am no longer a subject of the Kingdom of France, but a subject of the Grand Duchy of Tripoli!" ”

He said it loudly, and Wu Xin also smiled and nodded in agreement.

He, the Grand Duke, is still relatively competent.

The ceremony is very simple, but with Juana attending as the emperor's representative, and the Medici family's archsteward attending on behalf of the true pope, the specifications are still good.

But they were just spectators.

Dejurely, he was not a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire or the Roman Church.

The Grand Duke, unlike the Duke, is a sort of Europa-style delayed king, indicating independent sovereignty, but not being king, so as not to attract too much attention.

Moreover, the crown must be worn on Wu Xin's head from the hand of a cardinal archbishop, and the crown of the Grand Duke does not need to be like this, just be brought by Juana.

Juana's service is completely free, as long as Wu Xin works hard to fight the infidels in the Black Continent and does not return to Europa.

Her status is very noble, and she can confuse the Spanish side, so that the emperor and the Spanish nobles think that Wu Xin is actually a vassal of Madrid.

However, the Church did not think that Juana, who had not been Empress of the HRE, was qualified to represent the Holy Roman Empire, and that it was impossible for Spain to canonize a Grand Duchy.

This vague situation is exactly what Wu Xin wants.

His economy was integrated with Italy and Spain, and the stability of the Spanish fleet was inseparable from it, and the development of Italian immigrants was inseparable from it.

Although the Austrian side had the intention to support Wu Xin, the Austrian fleet, Wu Xin had never seen before, was inferior to the Florentine Republic and the Roman Church State, let alone with second-rate naval powers such as Venice and Liguria.

Shylock basically relied on the Jewish Chamber of Commerce to trade in the Mediterranean, and had no military support at all.

So the limit in Austria is to let Sherlock make a little money on his own, and then occasionally show his presence.

Of course, this has changed recently, and with the arrival of the Adamantine Dragon, Austria has a little more chips.

However, this does not improve the biggest problem of Wu Xin and Ladislas, which is the population, and the hard fact is that Vienna itself needs immigrants, especially Germany to stabilize the Danube territory, and after the last time the most stubborn Flame Church immigrants were sent, there was no follow-up.

It's good to change the cage for birds, but Ladislas doesn't have many new birds, so except for the most annoying old birds, he still has to hold on, otherwise the Turks will stand in the cage.

The real attraction of immigrants is the Italians in the Apennine Peninsula, where agriculture is more developed, there is little control over the life of the peasants, the oppression is not excessive, even the tenant farmers can feed more children.

At the same time, it is politically fragmented, has no control over the flow of population, and there are many people who cannot inherit the land, and are willing to try their luck in the new principality of the Black Continent.

After sending off Villefort, Wu Xin had just sat down on his butt when Delia came, not alone, but with Joel.

The two of them were different from Villefort when they turned around and sold, they both thought for hours before they came to Wu Xin.

Delia needs the support of the Dark Sun Church to save her uncle.

The old fisherman is considered Valletta's apprentice, and he is begged by the teacher, and he really can't refuse.

They all came to persuade Wu Xin not to support the Spaniards in intercepting and killing the Portuguese representatives, and quietly let the people go.

They all knew that the Portuguese were actually scaring themselves, and that Galileh did not have the ability to transform again in a short period of time, and that a few Spanish ships outside the port alone could not stop the Portuguese ships.

"I saw the representative of Portugal, he was holding that big stamp, and he was already nervous." Delia felt that Wu Xin didn't care about the fate of the Portuguese, "What if he goes to ******?" ”

Go to ****** to find Hayreddin, then head west by land and along the coastline to Ceuta, Portugal's stronghold in North Africa, is also an option.

"Wouldn't this be, this thing is so valuable, can he guarantee that Hayreddin will not be tempted?" Wu Xin shook his head, "And even if the Haireddin thieves have a way, that is, to give him a pass, so many tribes along the way may not all give him face, and there is a relatively powerful Moroccan kingdom, can he guarantee that there will be no accidents?" ”

Hayreddin's face is still easy to use among ordinary tribes, whose survival depends on his decision, but this is not the case with the Kingdom of Morocco, an organized state, a sworn enemy of Portugal.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this, you can all tell Valletta, and the Grand Steward Medici, just say that I'm still hesitating, let them pay you some tribute." Wu Xin also replied to Villefort like this, "Try to get some benefits, money, nutrients, and best things, all of which are not limited, if Valletta can't pay for it, it's okay to have a personal debt." ”

Wu Xin's reply made his subordinates breathe a sigh of relief, which was the best.

This is an opportunity to reap the benefits for them.

Wu Xin's delay and intimidation were only to buy time for the Spaniards, and if the Portuguese were treated exactly the same as the French, it would be extremely dangerous after all.

Portugal's hostility towards Spain was objective, but Portugal was still cautious to maintain neutrality as much as possible, and did not openly ally with France, but took advantage of the opportunity of the Franco-Spanish hegemony to make a fortune for itself.

So not only did Wu Xin not plan to rob, but the final instruction that Little Bazin got was also to negotiate a settlement.

After eating the giant owl, the emperor was waiting for Paris's revenge, and the conditions in Portugal were very conciliative, much lower than Wu Xin and Little Bazin had expected.

Acknowledging the Portuguese monopoly on trade with China as a whole, it demanded only the distribution of a limited amount of porcelain and tea to Spain, and allowing local hunters to sell hides to Spain, with no mention of the vital raw silk and silk.

Wu Xin thought that this was a reasonable request, and even a little too conservative, and did not meet the requirements of most Spanish merchants.

But on the whole it is still sensible.

The Kingdom of Portugal is at its heaviest moment in history, and whoever deals with her will have to be weighed. (To be continued.) )