British Royal Admiral John Brown. Jervis returned to the military port in Madagascar with twenty-one warships, almost half-crippled.

And soon bypass the Cape of Good Hope by clipper, and the news will reach London, and it will not be long before the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the British Empire in London will know that the power of the British Empire will completely retreat from the eastern seas.

This is really not good news.

But it wasn't London that got the news first.

It's Zhu Yichi, the crown prince of the Ming Empire, who is squatting in the Xingzhou municipality of the Ming Empire!

After a brief period of excitement.

Zhu Yichi quickly calmed down.

He knew that victory in the war was only one aspect.

How to get the most out of a war is the most important thing.

"Immediately prepare a fast ship, go north to Guangzhou, and send a telegram to the central capital!"

Zhu Yichi's voice just fell.

Another voice rang out: "Wait! ”

A young man stepped forward.

"Your Highness, sending a report to the Central Capital is naturally a top priority, but . . Does Your Highness have an idea of your own? ”

Zhu Yichi was slightly stunned, and then sat down.

"Yes, yes, Lone is really anxious! Gu Zaiz, Qi Liaozao, what do you think? ”

Gu Zaiz is Gu Song's third son, and he is Zhu Yichi's classmates in elementary and middle school, and his grades are not good, but he has an idea, and he can be regarded as Zhu Yichi's little staff.

And Qi Liaozao was Zhu Yichi's classmate in college.

The relationship with Zhu Yichi is also very good.

The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty has not yet become the emperor, and his connections in school have begun to play some roles

Gu Zaizi and Qi Liaozao looked at each other.

Gu Zaiz said: "Your Highness, the British lost the naval battle, and the Maldives became an isolated island, and they could only retreat to Madagasda, so . . Their 30,000 lives in the Maldives and more than 20,000 people in two bases in Australia are in the hands of our Ming Dynasty! ”

"That's our capital!"

"Money?"

"That's right! The capital to obtain greater benefits than on the battlefield! Gu Zaiz said.

Zhu Yichi nodded slightly.

"Thirty thousand plus twenty thousand, fifty thousand Britons, what can we bring? Or rather, what are the British willing to pay for these 50,000 people? Is it extortion for a ransom? ”

Zhu Yichi suddenly thought that after Lao Dou defeated the Dutch in Nanyang, he also captured many Dutchmen, but it is said that he could extort a lot of money.

But for the current Ming Empire.

A little floating wealth, I'm afraid it's too much to see.

"Your Highness, if you want to know what the British can give, you must first know what they are least willing to lose!"

Another dog-headed military advisor, Qi Liaozao, took over the conversation.

"So what are the British least willing to lose?"

"Global sea power, of course." Qi Liaozao laughed, "But they don't want to lose it now and can't do it, if I were an Englishman, the last thing I want to lose now should be the sea power in the Atlantic, and the influence among the European countries!" ”

Zhu Yichi was thoughtful.

"Your Highness, although the British are defeated, they cannot be wiped out for the time being, because if Britain is really completely decayed, then in the whole of Europe, only France will be left!" Qi Liaozao said.

Zhu Yichi nodded.

Of course, he knew what Qi Liaozao meant.

The current basic pattern of the world is the confrontation between the Chinese world with the Ming Empire as the core and the Europa world with Britain, France, the United States, Russia and other countries as the core.

This is a showdown between two civilizations.

The greatest advantage of the Chinese world lies in the existence of the absolute leader of the Ming Empire.

No country in the Chinese world could challenge the Ming Empire's position as the leader of the Chinese world.

The emperor of the Ming Empire is also the emperor of the Chinese vassals, a system of suzerains with the Ming Empire as the suzerainty and the rest of the small Chinese states as vassals.

It is by no means comparable to the current fragmented Europa world.

Although it is said that they are now forced to unite under pressure from the East.

But the contradictions between countries, nationalities, and religions are still difficult to bridge – not to mention Christianity, but now there is a gap between Protestantism, Catholicism, and Orthodox Christianity.

If you compare the industrial capacity, population, and food production of the two sides.

The advantages of the Ming Empire are not particularly large.

Especially given the enormous difficulties of force projection.

Therefore.

If the war is a beast chess, if the data of the two sides are compared, in fact, the Ming Empire may not have much advantage.

"The British are the-stirring sticks of the European continent, and it is beneficial for us to keep them in a certain strength!"

Gu Zaiz said.

"In addition, these more than 50,000 people can't let them take it back in vain, at least . They have to give something! ”

"Madagascar, for example!" Qi Liaozao Road.

If the prince in Xingzhou can take all of Australia in a war, he will get another Madagascar by the way.

That's enough credit to be justified.

At least it won't be compared to King Qin who sits in North America.

Zhongdu.

Jiangbei Palace.

Zhu Daohua woke up when the morning sun shone on the earth.

Beside him, Miria, the daughter of the Ottoman Sultan and another new favorite of Emperor Zhu, also hurriedly got up and waited for Emperor Zhu to dress.

Although there was never any alliance between the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire - as the Ming Guangfu Emperor said, the Ming only had vassals and no allies.

The Ming Dynasty is non-aligned.

But.

A paper pact was not at all necessary for the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire, which needed each other - if it were not for the prestige of the empire, the Ottoman Sultan would have even wanted to sign the Ming suzerainty treaty.

Because the current Ottoman Empire needs the Ming too much.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, the Ottoman Empire would have ushered in another "crusade" long ago.

Because.

At this moment, the French Empire ushered in a great emperor.

The emperor had France and Italy in his hands, Spain in his eyes, and the German states in his arms.

The Russians also allied themselves with the Emperor of France.

The last time the European continent was so "united" may have been back in Roman times

The new Rome of Europe was born.

The Ottoman Empire, the "modern Persian Empire", would fall as a result, almost predictably.

Therefore, the Ottoman side needs to cling to the thigh of the Ming Dynasty - this is a matter of life and death for the empire.

And for Daming.

They also needed an Ottoman Empire, which was large but not strong.

After all.

This empire was capable of threatening Europe directly by land.

The Ottoman Guard's Praetorian Guard is now almost completely "Ming-style equipment and Ming-style command".

If a world war breaks out in the future, the Ottoman Empire can at least help the Ming Dynasty contain a large part of the Europeans' power - there is a vicious dog at the doorstep, and the Europeans will naturally have much less power to distract from the Americas. (End of chapter)