Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1046, Friendship of the Habsburgs
In Xiji Port, as the Black Sea Fleet led by Tian Erniu officially arrived at Xiji Port, the whole port began to become lively. After sailing for many days, the exhausted sailors and crews urgently needed to rest, and disembarked in groups of three or four , began to appreciate Xiji Port with great interest.

As for the many locals working in the West Pole Port, they all looked at the big ships in the port curiously. These big Mings were huge, bigger than any ships they had seen before.

With such a powerful fleet stationed in the Black Sea, the safety here will be more secure in the future, and once again let them feel the strength of a powerful empire.

You must know that the Black Sea Fleet was dispatched from the extremely distant east to Europe, and then entered the Black Sea through the Mediterranean Sea. The voyage was tens of thousands of miles. Such a terrifying distance is simply beyond imagination.

In the barracks at Xiji Port, Huo Ying prepared a banquet for Tian Erniu, the Spanish envoy Anthony, and the Hungarian envoy Ivan.

After drinking and greeting each other, the Spanish envoy Anthony couldn't help asking anxiously: "Your Excellency, will this place become an important port for Ming Dynasty to Europe in the future?"

"Of course, our Ming Dynasty has worked so hard from east to west, all the way to expand the land here, naturally in order to open up the land trade route between the east and the west."

"Now the South Caucasus region is included in the territory of our Ming Dynasty. From here, go east and pass the Khazar Sea to reach the Hezhong region, and then pass through the Hezhong region to our Daming's Western Regions. After passing the Western Regions, we enter the Hexi Corridor, which is almost ours. There are two capitals and thirteen provinces in the mainland of Ming Dynasty."

Huo Ying nodded solemnly and said.

For a long time, Daming has been committed to opening up the land trade route between the East and the West, and now it has basically achieved this goal. From then on, Daming's goods can be continuously sold to Europe and West Asia through this route. Daming brought a lot of wealth.

Hearing Huo Ying's words, Anthony's face changed uneasy, because this is really not good news for the Spaniard.

Without this route, Ming's goods could only reach Europe by water. Even if Ming did not form an alliance with Spain, Spanish merchants could still earn huge profits on this trade route.

Because no one can replace Spain's presence at sea now, especially when Portugal, England, and France were severely hit last year, it has strengthened Spain's presence and power at sea, at least on the European side, they position is unassailable.

But there is an additional land trade route, and these countries along the way can get a share of it. Spain does not have any advantages on this route, and because of the Ottoman Empire, it may be difficult for Spain to participate in the trade brought by this route. great wealth.

Compared with Anthony's face, Ivan's face is full of smiles, and with Huo Ying's confirmation, then his trip will not be in vain, and Hungary can quickly become rich by relying on this new business route .

Of course, the premise is to be able to obtain the friendship of Daming people.

Obviously, there is no contact between Hungary and Ming Dynasty, and they are very strange to each other, while the relationship between the Spaniards and Ming people is much better, and they are even allies now, and each side sends troops for each other.

"Your Excellency the Marquis~"

"This is a gift from our Hungarian King Vladislas II to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and I ask His Excellency the Marquis to pass it on to His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

Ivan stood up very formally, ordered someone to bring a few things, and at the same time took out a letter: "This is a letter written by our king to His Majesty the Ming Emperor. Our Kingdom of Hungary hopes to establish friendship with the Ming Empire. relationship."

"At the same time, we, the King of Hungary, hope that His Majesty the Emperor of Ming will allow us to send a mission to Daming."

Hearing Iwan's words, Huo Ying, Tian Erniu and other Ming people all stood up very respectfully, especially these generals who came from the army, they were all respectful.

In their daily study and training, they have been instilled with the idea of ​​absolute loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. To the Son of Heaven, even if they just say these words, they must respect them.

Huo Ying and Tian Erniu looked at the gifts presented by Ivan, the wolf fur from the Alps, a whole piece of snow-white wolf fur, without any damage; a scepter inlaid with various gemstones; This thick looking very old book plus some miscellaneous things.

"Thank you very much for the gift from the King of Hungary~"

"I will report this matter to our Emperor of Ming Dynasty, but this place is far away from the mainland of Daming, it may take some time to get news."

Huo Ying respectfully accepted the other party's letter, and also solemnly expressed his thanks.

"I can understand, I can understand~"

Ivan replied with a happy smile, and then looked at Anthony, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Anthony looked annoyed, but didn't show it.

Because of the friendly relationship between Spain and Daming, gifts had already been sent to each other, so he didn't prepare a gift when he came this time, which seemed a bit embarrassing.

"Your Excellency, this is a gift from the Habsburg family to His Majesty the Emperor Ming, and this is a letter from the members of the Habsburg family, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke Maximilian I of Austria to His Majesty the Ming Emperor." Personal letter, the Habsburg family hopes to establish a friendly relationship with Daming."

Ivan ordered someone to bring several boxes of gifts, took out another letter, and said to Huo Ying very solemnly.

"A member of the Habsburg family?"

"Holy Emperor of the Roman Empire?"

"The Archduke of Austria~"

"Maximilian I?"

Hearing Ivan's words, Huo Ying, Tian Erniu and the others were slightly surprised. The people sent by the Kingdom of Hungary actually offered the friendship of the Habsburg family at the same time.

They have heard of this Habsburg family not once or twice. They are well-known throughout Europe and have an extremely powerful influence. It can be known from this title alone.

Huo Ying had to solemnly accept the letter and gift again, and expressed his thanks.

As for Anthony on the side, his face was even more ugly.

If it's just the Kingdom of Hungary, Spain doesn't need to be afraid. The Spaniards have strong sea power. At that time, it will be a big deal to occupy a piece of land on the Black Sea side and struggle with a fleet to ensure Spain's wealth route.

With the strength of these countries around the Black Sea, Spain does not need to be afraid of anyone except the Ottoman Empire and Ming Dynasty. The Ottoman Empire was severely injured by Ming Dynasty, and it will be difficult to recover in a short time. Da Ming is an ally of Spain and has a good relationship with each other. , so there is nothing to worry about.

Anthony is even ready to write a letter to the King of Spain, suggesting that the King of Spain occupy a colony at the mouth of the Danube to safeguard Spain's interests.

But now that the Habsburg family is involved, things are not so simple.

The Habsburg family is too powerful and has great influence. Hungary is already in the pocket of the Habsburg family. The position passed to the Habsburgs for succession.

This is only the Kingdom of Hungary. The Habsburg family now controls the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. At the same time, the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and the Spanish King Fernando are relatives, and they are married to each other. The Spanish King will also be in the future. It was inherited by the Habsburg family, because the current Spanish king has no sons, only daughters, and the daughter Juana married the son of Maximilian I.

In addition, Maximilian also had great influence in France and Portugal. He himself married the only daughter of the Duke of Burgundy in France, so that the territory from southern France to the Netherlands was incorporated into the Habsburg family.

His mother was a princess from Portugal, and his son married a princess of Bohemia. Through his marriage with his children, he spread the influence of the Habsburg family throughout Europe.

Competing with the Habsburg family will put a lot of pressure on Spain, and Spain will also be included in the scope of the Habsburg family in the future. After all, it is actually a family.

A family belongs to a family, but as far as the country is concerned, the interests of Spain and Hungary are now in conflict. How to coordinate between them will depend on the meaning of the above.

It is very likely that Spain and Hungary will join forces to take this benefit into their stomachs and prevent others from intervening.

Spain knows too well how much profit there is in the trade with Daming, and once the land and sea routes are established, the scale of trade between them will be even greater in the future, and the wealth involved is enough to make People are jealous.

Daming is incomparably huge and rich, its territory is incomparably huge, the whole of Europe combined is less than one-fifth of that of Daming, the population of Daming exceeds [-] million, and the combined population of the whole of Europe is not even a fraction of that of Daming many.

Daming's annual financial revenue exceeds [-] million taels of silver, and the combined taxes collected by all European countries are less than one-fifth of Daming's annual tax revenue.

Ming's porcelain, silk, spices, tea, sugar, cloth, glass products, etc. are all popular in Europe, attracting people from the upper class. All these mean that trade with Ming is enough to earn huge profits. to unimaginable profits.

　Driving today, the update is late, there is another chapter~
　　
　
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