On the evening of the fourth day of the first lunar month of the first year of the Great A.D., Zhu Jingyuan held another large-scale banquet in the garrison of the Zhoushan Military Port.

The banquet invited the people who participated in the parade, including the guests of the Ming Dynasty and overseas, as well as the Taixi Zhu, and more importantly, the generals of the navy, army and air force.

The atmosphere at the beginning of this banquet was still very harmonious and smooth.

This is the banquet at the end of all the ceremonies of Zhu Jingyuan's enthronement hall.

However, when it came to the free activities, someone soon came to Zhu Jingyuan to report some things that were not very harmonious.

It was the Prussians who reacted the fastest, and they were the first to get permission to meet Zhu Jingyuan.

William III and Gneisenau met with Zhu Jingyuan, and then directly said their own things:

"Your Majesty, it is a great honor for us to be able to participate in His Majesty's enthronement ceremony, as well as all the military parades and ship parades.

"Very, very reluctant, but we can't continue to delay Your Majesty's time.

"Your Majesty governs the largest and most prosperous Dynasty in the whole world, and it is a real day, and all the time is very important.

"After this banquet, we will be returning to Europa.

"In order to avoid further misunderstandings and troubles, I will report to Your Majesty the plans of Prussia for the next period of time.

"I hope Your Majesty can give permission or advice......

"When we return to Prussia proper, we will issue an ultimatum to Denmark for its annexation to Prussia.

"If Denmark refuses, Prussia will declare war on it directly.

"Of course, if the Ming Dynasty resolutely opposes it, we will not carry out this operation......"

Zhu Jingyuan sat on the throne for a long time, and there was no surprise that Prussia wanted to make a move against Denmark.

Disposing of Denmark was a natural choice for the Prussians......

Of course, it may also be the memory of Zhu Jingyuan's previous life that gave Zhu Jingyuan this cognition.

It's hard to say whether the Danes themselves have this kind of perception.

Zhu Jingyuan was still a little curious, and also with a bit of a joking mentality, and suddenly asked rhetorically:

"Are you going to do it to Denmark first? I thought I was going to declare war on Austria directly......"

William III was visibly stunned:

"This ...... This one...... We don't have this plan for the time being......"

Zhu Jingyuan asked rhetorically with a smile:

"Is there really not? Isn't your goal in Prussia all the time to unify the whole of Germany?

"Others may think that you are talking in vain, but I don't think so, and you yourself probably don't feel that way.

"And this goal requires you to destroy the Austrian state, because the core territory of the other side is the recognized German region......"

William III was directly helpless.

I didn't expect Zhu Jingyuan to ask about these situations so directly.

Prussia's desire to destroy Austria and completely unify Germany is now well known.

So there's no way to deny it now.

William III was silent for half a second, and said as much as possible in words that did not let Zhu Jingyuan misunderstand:

"We do intend to defeat Austria once and for all, and thus to completely unify the German regions of Austria.

"But that's not what we're going to do right away......"

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand lightly:

"It doesn't matter, I don't care about the war between you, but you all remember what I said.

"How you deal with countries outside the alliance is your own business.

"But the countries within the alliance must follow the rules of the alliance.

"Da Ming does not have clear rules, you can deal with and deal with it according to the actual situation.

"But what the Ming Dynasty has set the rules for, you must follow the established rules.

"Otherwise, Daming will not rule out the possibility of using any means to impose punishment on violators with any surname."

Zhu Jingyuan's tone of speech was not too harsh, and his tone was quite natural and even relaxed.

But William III subconsciously shuddered, and almost stood up and retreated.

Zhu Jingyuan, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the person with the greatest power in the world, has just demonstrated these powers to the outside world through a military parade.

Now Zhu Jingyuan has erected the majesty of a very powerful ruler.

There is no so-called momentum in fantasy, and there is no magical coercive energy like substance.

But as long as others think of his status and what he has at his disposal and can use, they will instinctively cringe and panic.

Zhu Jingyuan's words were full of warnings and threats.

Even the slightest threat can make William III, the monarch of the Tessie powerhouse, involuntarily feel flustered and short of breath.

Because the power of the other party is really capable of destroying oneself easily.

After trying to stabilize his mood and posture, William III bowed again very honestly and promised:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reminder...... Prussia must strictly abide by the rules of the Union......"

Zhu Jingyuan listened and waved his hand lightly again:

"Well, I see, if you don't have anything else to do, go back to your business."

William III bowed again to sign his leave.

Hunched over, he slowly took a few steps back, until he reached the door of the lounge, and then turned cautiously.

Walked out of Zhu Jingyuan's lounge quickly.

Then he subconsciously touched his forehead, and sure enough, there was a lot of sweat.

William III looked back again to make sure he had left the door.

Then he let out a long breath, took out his handkerchief, wiped his forehead and hands, and walked briskly out of the area.

After William III, Zhu Jingyuan once again met with the royal families of the Taixi kingdoms and the monarchs of the overseas vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jingyuan casually chatted with them and accepted their personal thanks and resignations.

Lucian Emperor Nicolai, like William III, stated his intention to seize all of Scandinavia.

Zhu Jingyuan was not surprised by this.

The Lucian people have historically worked in several directions to gain access to their native warm coastline.

The first is to go northwest, towards the Baltic Sea and then continue westward, seizing lands from Finland and Sweden, and then heading towards the Atlantic.

The second was to the southwest, to seize Constantinople and gain access to the Mediterranean.

The third is the south, seizing Afghanistan and Persia and gaining a path to the Indian Ocean.

The fourth is the far east, where the road to the Pacific Ocean is obtained.

Zhu Jingyuan also casually reminded and warned them to abide by the rules of the alliance as he did with William III, and let him leave.

After that, the monarchs of other countries did not directly report any war plans.

It can now be seen that the two countries with the highest aggressive tendencies are Prussia and Lucia.

Now that there is no direct contradiction between the two countries, it is clear that they will separate their war plans against other countries.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the kings of Denmark and Sweden and didn't say anything superfluous.

They themselves do not seem to be aware of the immediate danger, or they may not believe that there is an immediate danger.

Probably, in their opinion, Prussia was definitely going to deal with Austria, and Lucia definitely wanted to take Constantinople from the Ottomans.

I don't seem to be the most dangerous one.

Of course, it is also because Zhu Jingyuan gave them the meaning of Daming when they met last time.

In order to obtain the direct protection of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

In the absence of a direct threat of war, it is difficult for the monarchs of these currently independent states to make decisions of this level.

So they naturally procrastinate and observe.

This time, the family of King Louis Charles of France was in penultimate position.

This meeting is a farewell meeting, so the closer the relationship, the more it will be arranged later.

In fact, Zhu Jingyuan's personal relationship with the Prussians is okay, but the Prussians are very anxious about what they are doing now.

So Zhu Jingyuan simply let them meet first.

Charles came to Zhu Jingyuan and bowed his hand to Zhu Jingyuan very respectfully:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your hospitality, and as much as I would like to stay here longer, I am also the King of France after all.

"The situation in Europa is so tense right now, so I have to go back to France as soon as possible after this banquet."

Zhu Jingyuan saw Charles's farewell, and also stood up from his throne and walked directly to Charles.

He patted Charles lightly on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry too much, I'm sure everyone knows about our relationship, and even a war madman wouldn't do anything to France."

Charles was taken aback by Zhu Jingyuan's movements.

Before Charles became the king, before Zhu Jingyuan became the emperor, the two could be regarded as rare aristocratic friends.

Xia Er also really regarded Zhu Jingyuan as a friend, so that he could sit on the same bed with Zhu Jingyuan without seeing anything and chat and joke.

But now, Charles didn't dare to do that at all, and didn't even dare to get too close to Zhu Jingyuan.

Zhu Jingyuan is now the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the most powerful person in the world, and can easily decide the fate of France.

Charles instinctively didn't dare to be too casual in front of him.

Now seeing Zhu Jingyuan's action, Xia Er also breathed a long sigh of relief after panicking for a few seconds.

feels that although Zhu Jingyuan is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he has not left his former best friend aside, and the friendship between the two sides still exists.

Then there is no need to worry too much about the future of yourself and France.

However, Charles was still not too relaxed in etiquette, and still expressed his gratitude to Zhu Jingyuan quite seriously:

"Thank you for your support, and I and all of France will remember it."

Zhu Jingyuan bowed his head slightly, chatted with the Xia Er family for a while, and let him go back to rest.

The last person scheduled to meet was the British.

Zhu Jingyuan has a similar relationship with other people in Britain, but Charlotte is her de facto princess, and her son is also the future king of England.

This de facto relationship is truly unparalleled.

In fact, Charlotte was still living in Zhu Jingyuan's palace with her children last night.

Today is just a matter of meeting again.

Zhu Diyu took her sister and ran over to salute her father, and Zhu Jingyuan also hugged the two children with a smile.

finally hugged Zhu Yuewei and looked at Charlotte:

"Are you going too? You're not a king now, and your children are still young, so you can actually stay here for a few more years......"

Charlotte is also reluctant to go:

"But I have to let my children learn to be kings, in the case that the Ming can't understand the local area of England.

"Although it is said that even if Di Yu grows up in Daming, he will definitely be able to succeed to the throne normally.

"However, it is really difficult to say how much power a king who grew up in a foreign country can gain after succeeding to the throne.

"There is probably a reason why the ministers and nobles of the Tessie kingdoms like to invite kings from abroad.

"Foreign kings don't understand the local situation, so it's convenient for them to seize power......"

Zhu Jingyuan nodded helplessly:

"I see......"

Zhu Jingyuan chatted a little with Charlotte's father and daughter, as well as his two children, and didn't let them leave until very late.

The banquet lasted until midnight, but Zhu Jingyuan went to bed at ten o'clock in the evening.

The next morning, in the main hall where the ceremony was held in the military port, Zhu Jingyuan once again accepted the official farewell of all the foreign guests.

Zhu Jingyuan returned to Yingtianfu directly by car and began to officially continue to perform his duties as Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The representatives of the Taixi countries, the vassals of the Ming Dynasty and overseas also embarked on the journey home one after another.

All the representatives of the Tessie countries came by boat when they came, but when they returned, some of them did not take the boat.

including the monarchs and leading ministers of Prussia and Lucia.

They chose to return to their homeland on the Shenou Continental Bridge Railway.

On the external description, it is to visit the Ming Dynasty and experience the scenery inside the mainland.

The train is certainly not as comfortable as the boat.

On large passenger ships and battleships, life is not much different from on land, it is like living in a large castle that cannot be left behind.

But the width of the train carriages is really limited.

So the aristocracy and wealthy people, if they were not short of time, were more willing to travel on large passenger ships.

However, it is also an understandable statement to visit the interior of the Ming Dynasty.

If you want to go to the interior of the mainland, you can only take the train.

In addition, Prussia and Lucia were originally closer to the Ming Dynasty from the land.

By boat, you have to go around most of the Taixi continent.

So their choice didn't get too much attention either.

However, after the departure of the special car in which the two men were traveling, the two monarchs and their main ministers gathered.

Discussions began on the actual operational planning and coordination of the follow-up.

Gneisenau is limited to explain his thoughts:

"It was indeed a feasible plan for the two Majesties to return home early by train and to declare war on Denmark and Sweden at once.

"My suggestion, however, is that there is one possibility that needs to be considered.

"That is, after a small country like Denmark is on the verge of collapse and the whole territory is rapidly collapsing, their king has not yet returned to Tessie.

Then they may choose not to return to Taixi, but to turn around and go back to Daming.

"We can't tell if Daming will take them in.

"Even on the condition of becoming a vassal state, will they send troops to help them restore the country?

"It's not very likely, but it's definitely not impossible.

"The same is true of Sweden, and we must also consider the possibility that Lucia's army will be able to take all of Sweden in one fell swoop.

"According to the tactics of our latest research, the possibility of capturing the vast majority of territory in a month is not impossible.

"So, we should prepare for both.

"One is to do a good job of timing control, and if the progress is too fast, then control the speed a little.

"To ensure that the monarchs of both countries can return normally, and at the same time quickly destroy the remaining forces after returning to their homeland.

"The second is to prepare the navy to intercept the ships of the two sovereigns at sea."