The next day, early in the morning.

Getting up from the bed, Zhu Zhanyan glanced at Leonor beside him with a smile.

From the other party's fluttering eyelids and eyelashes, you can know that she has actually woken up, but she is unwilling to face it for some reason, or it should be said that she doesn't dare to look at Zhu Zhanyan for the time being.

As for what this "partial reason" is, Zhu Zhanyan didn't have the leisure to investigate it deeply.

For him, this Leonor is just a way for him to relieve his emotions, but the status bonus of the future Holy Roman Empress will make Zhu Zhanyan more enjoyable.

But for Zhu Zhanyan, the premise of everything has to be based on Leonor's obedience, if she is disobedient......

It doesn't matter, it's just a channel to relieve emotions, and without Leonor's channel, he has something else.

got up and dressed and washed, walked out of the door, and as Zhu Zhanyan closed the door, Leonor on the bed finally opened his eyes.

This bed, which originally belonged to her and her husband, was now serving others in this bed, which made her feel deeply humiliated.

But at the same time of humiliation, Leonor's eyes also revealed excitement and anticipation.

She knew that compared to Frederick III, who had long since known where he died, Zhu Zhanyan was the one who achieved her goal in her heart and became a ...... Even the one above everyone.

After all, in a certain position, she can also sit on top of the only one who can hold her down.

Compared with Frederick III, who had not yet become the Holy Roman Emperor, it was obvious that Zhu Zhan Yan had greater potential, because now Zhu Zhan Yan had occupied half of the whole of Europe.

As for how to get Zhu Zhanyan to help her achieve her goal...... Although Leonor was worried about this problem, he was not particularly worried.

She firmly believes that what she can't accomplish alone can also be done with the help of others, but if she wants to help herself win Zhu Zhanyan, or even let Zhu Zhanyan obey her, the person who helps her must be of the same mind as her, or even take her as the main one.

Years on the run, combined with what he had seen and learned in the Duchy of Burgundy and the Habsburgs, made Leonor believe that no man could escape that shackle.

If a man can escape that shackle, there are only two possibilities.

First, this man is not a man, and he can't do what a man can do by instinct alone.

Second, this man is a crippled man, with more than enough heart and not enough strength.

……

Habsburg Manor, Council Chamber.

This manor, which originally belonged to the Habsburg dynasty, has now been occupied by Zhu Zhan's magpie's nest.

Not only has a place like the council hall been taken over by Zhu Zhanyan, but even the position of the owner of this manor, and even the female birds in the nest have been occupied by him.

"Xing Kun, then we will hold off the advance, you first take 40,000 people back to Mohachi, hold the pass of the Danube, and at the same time form a flanking attack with me, and gnaw Buda and Pace down first."

"In addition, you find a prince to escort you, take 30,000 Ah San, and go to clean up the cities along the Danube."

"In this matter, I don't look at the process, and I don't care what they have done, just let them release their nature, I only look at the results."

"The result I want is that the people of the lower and lower Danube plains will either sincerely surrender to the Ming and become slaves of the Ming Dynasty and be sent to open mines, or they will be sent to meet their so-called masters."

"Yes!" Xing Kun's heart tightened, and he bowed his head to accept the order.

In fact, Zhu Zhanyan's order is very simple, that is, let those Ah San go out to the wild for a while, release the release of temperament, so as not to cause any trouble in the future.

However, the main thing is to clean up the unrest along the Danube, after all, as soon as Viana is taken, it is equivalent to surrounding Budapest and other places.

The Ming army occupied the lower Danube plain in the east, the middle Danube plain in the south, and Vienna in the west.

If you want to break this pocket formation, the only possibility is to set up a formation on the west side of Vienna, first break Vienna occupied by the Ming army, and then slowly advance south and east, and slowly regain the place occupied by the Ming army.

In other directions, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Black Sea to the east, under the threat of the Ming army's sea power, the Holy Roman Empire had no possibility of attacking from these two directions at all, so only the west of Vienna remained.

Of course, everything in this world is mutual.

The formation of this pocket formation means that Vienna, which is the only one that can be breached, will have to resist more pressure, after all, if the enemy wants to counterattack, this is the only opening.

However, Zhu Zhanyan didn't think this was a problem, the white phosphorus egg siege was very useful, and the defense of the city was also very useful.

Even if it is not good, the Ming army can abandon Vienna and let the enemy recover a ruined city burned to ruins by white phosphor eggs, and then play guerrilla warfare with them.

Fighting in a foreign country, supply is a big problem, but in the same way, the Ming army doesn't need to pay too much attention, anyway, for them, if they take it down, it will be harvested, and if they can't take it, they will be destroyed.

The enemy will always be more distressed than they are.

"Other than that......"

Just as Xing Kun lowered his head and stepped aside, thinking while waiting for Zhu Zhanyan's other orders, Zhu Zhanyan spoke again.

"Zhu Ling, send scouts to inquire about the news, remember to bring a few more translators and let them spread a message."

"Let's just say that we need a lot of young and strong slaves, and we will trade with them at a fair price, and at the same time we will regard them as allies, and we will bypass the cities of our allies in future wars."

"If some people provide us with enough slaves, it will be more than just mentioned, we will trade with them, selling them valuable goods such as spices, silk, and tea."

"Yes!" Zhu Ling did not hesitate at all, and directly bowed his head to receive the order.

However, Zhu Ling's lack of hesitation is because he is Zhu Zhan's personal guard, and Zhu Zhan's order is the highest order for him, and he doesn't need to think about why there is such an order and whether the order is reasonable.

But for others, they don't need to carry out the order, they will subconsciously think about why Zhu Zhanyan gave such an order.

It's okay if they don't want to, this thought reminded them of Zhu Zhanyan when they were in the Wa Kingdom before.

This plan is called the anti-room.

As I said before, many people think that the trade of is the earliest trade of people, but in fact the white slave trade is actually the earliest, and the white slave trade is carried out by the Ottoman Turks, but the executor is the white man himself.

At the beginning, it was the Ottoman Empire that offered the barbary pirates to enforce it, and finally the European countries had to pay for the redemption of these trafficked people.

Later, with the advancement of time and the huge profits of the white slave trade, many whites also participated.

They sold their compatriots to the Ottoman Turks, and then their own country was redeemed at a high price, and finally formed a cycle of harming the country, benefiting others, and benefiting themselves.

Moreover, they sold it at a low price, the Ottoman Empire collected it at a low price, and in the end their country had to buy it back at a high price.

This is actually not unusual, because Europe is not monolithic, and they themselves divide Europeans into Luxembourgers, Dutch, Walloonists, Bretons, and so on.

Under this classification, it seems that the European white pigs are infinitely close to the fratricidal human trade, just as the Central Plains people treated the Siamese and Nanzhang people as slaves, and there is no guilt for them.

Moreover, in order to accumulate capital, the nobility was most likely involved, after all, Frederick III's family was the Elector of Saxony, a Saxon; Sigismund was the Elector of Luxembourg and many more.

In the case that it was not monolithic, and the Habsburg and Luxembourg dynasties were secretly competing, Zhu Zhanqi's order would be able to achieve the goal of exchanging a large number of slaves for money alone, which would greatly weaken the vitality of Europe.

As for whether the nobles will fall for it......

Desire is eternal for human beings, and it is also the biggest flaw, driven by desire, human beings often choose the path that will eventually lead to destruction.

"That's right."

Just when everyone thought that Zhu Zhanyan's order was over, Zhu Zhanyan's reopening made everyone sober up instantly.

"Send the same message to the kingdoms of Aragon, France, and England."

"To the Kingdom of Aragon, we need to buy from them some young slaves from the Kingdom of France, to the Kingdom of France we buy slaves from England, and to the Kingdom of England we buy slaves from France."

"Tell them that if they don't have a special status, they only need young men, and if they have a special status, such as the daughter of a duke or even the daughter of the royal family, then the woman wants it too."

"Yes!" Zhu Ling lowered his head and wrote down Zhu Zhanyan's words.

"Alright, that's it for now." Zhu Zhanyan waved his hand and gave the last order.

"Kun Tashi, you take 20,000 men down the Danube with those Asan, but your mission is not to clean up the Danube, but to go east to support Jian Xiao and them."

"Remember." Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanyan stood up, with a stunning gaze in his eyes.

"This winter, I want to see Eastern Europe perish and Central Europe devastation."

"At the beginning of next spring, I want to see bright flags planted everywhere except Western and Northern Europe!"

"Yes!"

Everyone bowed their heads in response, and the sound was so loud that the entire council hall seemed to be shaken.

Zhu Zhanyan nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand to let Xing Kun and them step back.

"Zhu Ping." Seeing everyone leave, Zhu Zhanyan beckoned Zhu Ping over.

"Send a letter to Yolanda of Aragon and Joan of Arc of the Kingdom of France, each with the same content, saying that I have captured the niece of the Duke of Burgundy and told them to see the price."

"The one with the highest price wins."

"Yes!" Zhu Ping bowed his head and took orders.

Zhu Ping seemed expressionless, but he actually knew how ruthless Zhu Zhanyan's hand was.

The Kingdom of Burgundy has always been something that both the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Aragon wanted to annex.

If the Kingdom of France annexed the Duchy of Burgundy, the Kingdom of France would have grown in strength and would not have been beaten everywhere in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War, and even Paris would have been occupied by the English.

Conversely, if it were the Kingdom of Aragon, after the annexation of the Duchy of Burgundy, their territory would officially cross the Pyrenees and enter the plains of Western Europe, with a bridgehead to advance northward.

Of course, it's just a Leonor, and it will still be a little light to use as a bargaining chip, after all, it's just a niece and not a son, not even a daughter, and the Duchy of Burgundy is not necessarily willing to pay the price.

However, Zhu Zhanyan has other cards in his hand.

(End of chapter)