It never occurred to him to attack London, or the rest of Britain.

These days, the Ming Navy is constantly cruising in the Atlantic. Last month, that kind of target shooting behavior has stopped.

Now the Ming army is like a tiger revolving around its prey all day long, and it seems that it is ready to pounce on it and bite it at any time.

Of course, these things are all done by destroyers. The main force of the Ming fleet has returned to the port of Porto in Portugal.

After negotiations between the Ming and the Portuguese government, the largest port in Portugal has now officially become the Ming naval base.

This naval base, of course, is nominally rented. It's just that the lease term is relatively long, 500 years.

Every year, the Ming people have to pay the Portuguese government an annual rent of 10,000 Ming silver coins.

Of course, the Portuguese don't care about rent, and besides, with such an important and well-equipped natural harbor, renting only 10,000 silver coins is simply the price of cabbage.

What the Portuguese care about is being able to take advantage of this to set foot on the ship of the Ming Dynasty. In the future, as long as you hug Daming's thick legs.

Neither Spain nor any other country can afford to bully Portugal anymore.

Portugal is no longer the overlord of the sea at sunset, relying on the gold and silver plundered by his ancestors on the American continent over the years, it has really lived a good life for a while.

King Fernando II of Portugal was a very visionary.

Although Portugal was also a Christian country, they did not participate in the war against the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, during the war, Portugal remained neutral.

This makes European countries look down on it very much, but considering Portugal's weak defense forces, no one says anything.

When the situation of the war became clearer, Fernando II immediately made a choice.

He not only leased Porto to the Ming Empire as a naval base, but also signed a series of agreements with the Ming Dynasty.

In the case of giving Ming a huge concession, Portugal has won a lot of benefits.

One of them is that Daming has the right to build factories in Portugal. Moreover, as long as Daming fairly buys the factory land after the construction starts.

For three years, Daming will not collect any taxes from the factory.

In the period between three years and before five years, only half of the tax is charged.

Under Zheng Sen's promotion, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Ming Dynasty has sent a large delegation to Lisbon to prepare for negotiations with the Portuguese.

As soon as the Strait of Gibraltar is opened, a large amount of Ming capital will enter Portugal, turning this small country in a remote corner into a light industry center in Europe.

Of course, what Daming transferred to Portugal was only some low-end industries. For those high-end industries, Daming will never let them leave their homeland.

Besides, the high-tech enterprises of the Ming Dynasty are all the business of the Ming government.

They will never go overseas to expand their territory.

Li Xiao was calm, but Ah Xi couldn't hold his breath anymore. He was very keen to take out England, which was the last stumbling block for Germany to dominate Europe and even the world.

He really wanted to kick the old British crotch right now, but unfortunately, the German navy was too poor.

Without the help of the Ming Navy, the military operation to land in Britain would have been a disaster.

The Germans, through Ribbentrop, had already urged the Ming several times to help them land in England.

Every time, Da Ming finds all kinds of solutions to it.

In the end, Ashi came up with a trick.

He once again promised that all German occupation zones would be open to the Ming Empire. Tariff barriers were further weakened, and Daming companies were promised to take a stake in German state-owned enterprises.

Enterprises from all walks of life have no barriers to Daming. As long as the Ming people want it, and they are willing to spend real money, they can get the shares of German enterprises.

There are also things that include the construction of factories, the construction of toll bridges, as well as railway companies and shipping companies, which are all on the agenda.

The most important thing is that Ashi promised Daming the right of military access and the right to garrison.

Of course, the garrison and military passage were preceded by friendly consultations with Germany.

This is already the transfer of German sovereignty, which shows the urgency of Ash's mood.

Li Xiao looked at Ah Xi's conditions and felt that Ah Xi was indeed a crazy person. A person who will stop at nothing in order to achieve his ends.

In order to kill Germany's last opponent, it can be regarded as a blood capital.

After spending so much money, the final return is also very impressive.

Once England is eliminated, Germany will become the most powerful empire in Europe.

Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries will all look to Germany.

Russia to the east is still strong, but the war has taken a toll on Russia's morale. For at least two decades, Russia posed no threat to the vast German Empire.

The only thing that needs to be vigilant is the Ming Empire, but the Ming Empire is far away in Asia. It is impossible for them to occupy European land on a large scale!

As it stands, it occupies a few small islands in the Mediterranean. There's also some navy and army bases on land and things like that.

At most, it controls a few puppet states.

Countries like the Ottoman Empire, for example, have now become a dog of the Ming Empire.

Since the power of the Ming Dynasty is not enough to radiate to Europe, or the strategic focus of the Ming Dynasty is not in Europe.

Then Germany will have an opportunity to develop.

As long as the newly occupied land is firmly digested, it will be vigorously developed for twenty years. When Russia breathed a sigh of relief, they would be surprised to find that Germany was already a behemoth at that time.

Although Germany is not small now, it is still much smaller than Russia.

After seeing that Ah Xi had cede so much sovereignty, Li Xiao happily agreed to Ah Xi's request.

The Ming Dynasty would send naval combat units to cover the German army's attack on Britain. However, although this time it is said to be a joint operation, Daming's funds are limited, and how many shells are needed from Daming will definitely not include the lake.

It's just that the money for the shells needs to be paid for!

That is, if the British put up fierce resistance. The German soldiers could not take it for a while, so the Germans had to pay for every shell fired.

Moreover, German soldiers crossed the sea on the Daming steamer. The cost of crossing the sea also had to be paid by Germany.

Of course, you can also choose not to break the bank. Organize a German ship to transport!

However, the Ming Dynasty had already left a hand, after unilaterally turning the waters around Britain into a war zone

Li Xiu ordered that the British Empire's overseas routes be cut off. At the same time, no foreign ships were allowed to attempt to approach the British Isles.

In fact, the British Isles have been blockaded by the Ming Dynasty. The battleships of the Germans, even close to it, were impossible.