"How?"

Felipe IV, who had been watching the play on his elbow on the throne, sat up slightly straighter.

"We asked them separately, and they were all right. And it's all the same as Franco's."

By this time, Felipe IV had already believed Franco's words.

He looked sharply at Oraza and asked coldly:

"Oraza, you don't have to swear. I'll just ask you! Is what Franco said true or false? You know, I can make you die faster than the Lord!"

Listening to Felipe IV's words, Oraza shook his body.

He knew that His Majesty had begun to doubt himself.

"Your Majesty, I really haven't seen any steel warships. Besides, even if there are any steel warships, can seven invincible warships defeat us?"

"Oh?" Felipe IV smiled.

"How do you know there are seven steel ships?"

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Oraza is like falling into an ice cellar, careless!

Didn't Franco just say?

What to do?

How round back?

But he sadly found that it seemed that it couldn't be rounded.

And, judging by the expression of His Majesty the King, he is no longer trusted at all.

How did this damn Franco escape the blockade he sent out and escape Mexico City?

"Your Majesty, when I returned, I had brought with me a warship and more than 200 sailors. As a result, we were attacked by an unknown fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, and the warship was destroyed, and I and a few of my men were rescued by the merchant ship with a wooden plank, and we survived and quietly came to Mexico City to meet Your Majesty!"

"Franco, don't talk nonsense!"

Oraza panicked.

He did instigate the pirates in his family's captivity to keep an eye on the ships returning from the East, and as long as the people who came back to report the news were intercepted, no one would know what was really happening in Luzon in a short time.

In his opinion, the fall of Manila was necessary, and no one could escape from the hands of the Great Ming, including Serrezo.

When the time comes, after a long time, won't you still have the final say on what happens in distant Luzon?

Because as long as it is not those few important people, they are not even qualified to see His Majesty, and those little people who are lucky enough to be alive cannot have the courage to offend themselves.

Auraza's calculations were so loud that he racked his brains to cover up his mistakes.

Because he knew that with His Majesty's character, if he knew that he had single-handedly caused the fall of Manila, he would probably never let himself live.

Therefore, his seemingly perfect, but in fact full of loopholes, lies were weaved.

"Franco! You were punished by me for losing the battle, that's why you held a grudge and deliberately slandered me in front of Your Majesty!"

He still wanted to quibble, but Franco didn't bother to look at him again.

"His Majesty the King may decide!"

"Your Majesty, I really didn't mean to lie to you, it's him! He colluded with Serrezo to seize my governorship." Oraza had become incoherent.

"Pull it down!"

Felipe IV waved his hand irritably.

Now that Franco has been confirmed to be true, Luzon must have indeed fallen.

….

Manila is Spain's most important port in the East, and it is an important joint between the country and the East.

What's more, judging from Franco's words, it seems that they have no power to fight back?

Felipe IV rubbed his head, looked at Franco, and asked in a softer tone:

"Franco, what kind of battleship are you talking about? Can we make it?"

"I can draw it."

Soon, an oil painting depicting the First Fleet was painted in Franco's hand.

"That's the biggest

That's the ship?" Felipe IV asked, pointing to the Dingyuan ship.

"Yes, Your Majesty! This one is the biggest, and the others are slightly smaller."

"These are all cannons?"

"It's all cannons! The caliber is not the same, the range and power are not the same. But each one is powerful!"

"What are these two smoking chimneys for?"

"I don't know." Franco shook his head. "Your Majesty, I don't know what many of these things are for. I don't even know how many people they have to drive such a big steel ship to reach that speed. That's the scariest part."

Then, relying on his memory, Franco painted a close-up oil painting of the Dingyuan ship.

Throughout the morning, Felipe IV and Franco sat in front of two paintings, discussing the terrible warships built by the great power of the East.

In the end, Felipe IV stood up in a daze.

He found that there were some things, let alone imitations, that he had never even seen.

Take those two tall chimneys, I don't know what they do, but they are not for soldiers to cook, right?

He let out a long sigh of relief and said to Franco beside him:

"Franco, we have to build such an advanced warship!"

Felipe IV quickly adjusted his mentality.

His knowledge of the Ming Dynasty only stopped at the exquisiteness of porcelain and silk fabrics, and he never thought that they already had such advanced warships and firearms.

If one day, if they are no longer satisfied with dominating the East, will they be able to resist it with their current strength?

Take these seven warships as an example, without considering supplies, they can simply penetrate the fleet of any country in the world, right?

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