Chapter 464: Eight-Nation Alliance
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!
Not to mention whether their princess worships Enrique or not, even if the troubadour sings about Enrique's deeds to the princess, the princess will not fall in love with a fictitious character.
Enrique, who was born as a time-traveler, was not so narcissistic, but said, "Father, we have never released the news that we are going to attack the Ottoman Empire, right?" ”
"No, we only want to turn the Ottoman Empire, as well as those countries and lands in the East, into our colonies and create wealth for us, and we never thought of encroaching on their lands. Moreover, we have not yet fully digested the Kingdom of France, and the decision to attack the Ottoman Empire has not yet started. ”
At this moment, a mechanical female voice suddenly appeared in Enrique's mind, "World news: the Ming Dynasty of the East has built a nuclear reactor!" ”
What's that? Also, why has the system been giving him this kind of hint and telling him about the Eastern Ming Dynasty?
Enrique, who traveled from the nineteenth century, only knew that there was a decaying dynasty in the East, which was the Qing Dynasty, and as for the Ming Dynasty, it was the dynasty before the Qing Dynasty, and their level of industrial development could be called nothing, and Enrique knew that there was a lot of wealth there.
Enrique's previous life was British Vice Admiral Seymour, he can be regarded as a China expert, once participated in the Second Opium War, invaded Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, attacked Dagukou twice, and fought many classic battles with the Taiping army.
Seymour has extensive experience in fighting against China.
And this experience, along with the advanced industrial technology of Britain at the time, was owned by Enrique.
The world system bound by Enrique can be said to be no different from Zhu Gaoxian's system, with two major functions.
Although Enrique traveled to five or six hundred years ago in his previous life, the nineteenth century and the twenty-first century, although there were only two hundred years apart, there was a gap between science and technology and industry.
Enrique took the lead in launching the industrial revolution in Portugal, vigorously developing industry through the manufacture of Jeanne spinning wheels, steam engines, the use of coal, etc., and increased Portugal's military power through yellow powder and firecrackers, forming a powerful force that was enough to conquer and unify Europe.
In these years, Enrique did exactly that, first commanding large swaths of Spain's borders with Portugal, and then eagerly adding France to his territory.
Half east of Madrid, Spain finally became part of the Kingdom of Portugal during this war.
In the final analysis, the industrial production of the Kingdom of Portugal was just starting, and compared with the Ming Dynasty, it did not yet have the rudiments of assembly line production.
Although Enrique can also make drawings by thinking about it, but he was a vice admiral in his previous life, and marching and fighting is his old profession, while Zhu Gaoxian is different, he has the way of thinking of a science and engineering person, and has accumulated rich experience in design and production in the factory for ten years, so that he can drive the entire social industry through the automobile industry.
On the basis of having a certain social industry, he also fed the social industry through the development of the military industry and some derivative products, thus forming a virtuous circle that complements each other.
At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, nuclear reactor was a term that had not yet been born.
At that time, although scientists discovered the nucleus of the atom, and many scientists, including Roentgen and Marie Curie, discovered some radioactive materials, they had not yet developed to the stage of application.
Therefore, Enrique was stunned for a while, and then he did not take this seriously, as before, but said to his father, "Then send someone to inquire, what is going on?" ”
Portugal's territory and strength today are all due to the contribution of the third son, who has no interest in politics, which is a reassuring thing for João I.
King João was not ignorant of this truth, but everyone wanted to be a prophet, and he asked, "What kind of countries are there in the east?" What state are they in now? ”
"To the north of the Ottoman Empire is the territory of the Golden Horde, which should now be in a period of decay, and the small principalities in the country are rebelling, to the east is the Kingdom of Timur, and the Kingdom of Timur is encroaching on three sultanates to the south, and further east is the Ming Dynasty."
Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, Enrique was a little excited, he couldn't wait to know the situation of the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, that piece of eastern land was rich in treasures more precious than gold.
"Father, what about those from the Ottoman Empire? Has he ever been to the East? What's the situation there? ”
By this time, Ibrahim had already taken to the streets, and he saw a powerful commercial center, where Portuguese explorers had gone to various parts of the world, and countless quantities of gold had been shipped to Lisbon.
The buildings here are all very magnificent, shops, tobacconists, cafes, bookstores and clubs are very lively, with arched doors and windows on both sides of the street, and the trees and flowers come alive in the sunshine of the three springs.
Let's try it soon, everyone. 】
It was full of education, and there were sailors coming and going, all of them well-dressed, with confident and arrogant expressions on their faces, and the girls inevitably cast their eyes when they saw them.
Ibrahim, who had been to Lisbon, knew that the Kingdom of Portugal could not be what it is today thanks to Prince Enrique, a great navigator, educator and inventor who built huge warships and ships for Portugal, led Portuguese sailors and conquerors to many parts of the world, and brought great wealth to the country.
Ibrahim carefully observed this western city, with a stronger sense of superiority than other cities, if the city of Daming does not belong to this world, from the divine realm, then Lisbon is a city that really comes from the future world, it still retains some traces of this world.
"Greetings, Your Excellency Envoy, our King and Prince await your audience with many questions to ask."
Ibrahim was overjoyed, knowing that the most important moment had come.
In a very lavishly decorated room, with bright gas lamps hanging from the walls and noble Persian carpets on the floor, King João and Prince Enrique were drinking coffee and nodded slightly when they saw Ibrahim come in.
"Your Majesty the King, Your Royal Highness the Prince, Ibrahim greets you on behalf of my Majesty the Ottoman Emperor!"
After saluting, King João seated Ibrahim, "We will consider what you said about the marriage, and we hope that you can tell the truth, what happened in the Ottoman Empire?" ”
"You know, if you don't say it, we can find out, it's just a matter of time." Prince Enrique reminded.
Ibrahim pondered for a moment, then got up and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Prince, we may have to face the same enemy, and although it is far to the east, this country will become the common enemy of our whole world. ”
"Are you talking about Da Ming?" Enrique asked with a frown.
"Yes! They were able to send a satellite into the sky, saying it was to protect their country. ”
"A satellite? You mean, a star? Enrique was shocked.
"Yes, a star!" "They sent a star into the sky with something called a rocket, which I saw with my own eyes." ”
Enrique closed his eyes, still in disbelief, but where did the star that came out of the sky, the star that could be seen occasionally, the star that moved in a given orbit, come from?
Just then, a guard officer rushed in, "Your Highness, Your Highness, Eyanes is back, he's back!" ”
Enrique stood up suddenly, and he believed in astrology, and he had to believe that the return of Eyanes, who had been missing for a year, at this time must have a great relationship with Ibrahim and the Ming Dynasty in the far east.
He couldn't help but look at Joao, "Father, let Eyanés come in and talk!" ”
Ibrahim was invited to the next room, and he wanted to eavesdrop, but unfortunately, the walls were well insulated, and the door was guarded.
Eyanés, the captain of a fleet that had sailed two years earlier, was second only to Gil by Enrique's side, and was supposed to return a year earlier, but he never heard from him, and went out to look for his ship and found no trace of him.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, we sailed south along the eastern coastline, and after a short stop in Tangier, we continued to move forward, and a large expanse of desert disappeared before us, and just as we reached the end of the world, we were met by an unknown fleet, and they attacked us, and all our ships were sunk, and there were basically no survivors."
"I was shot in the sea and shot in one arm, and a few days later I woke up on a beach and met an indigenous man who cut off my rotting arm, and it was only half a month later that I came back to life from the ghost gate."
At this time, both Joao and Enrique could see that the right sleeve of Eyanés was empty, and the man who had not seen him for only two years was gray-haired, haggard, and lifeless in his former self-confident eyes, and he seemed to have been robbed of his spirit. “
"An unknown fleet, what kind of fleet is it, that can compete with our fleet?" Enrique suffered the biggest setback of his life, and he thought that when he returned from the twentieth century, he had the system to build an empire on which the sun never sets.
Stronger and invincible than Britain in the past.
"Your Highness, I suspect that the Tristang father and son have encountered a fleet from the same country, and they may not have had the luck of mine, and they have already sunk into the sea."