Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1443, Pirate Alliance

"Lagos and Luanda are also lost?"

Manuel I's eyes were red, and he grabbed the person and asked fiercely, like a wild beast that chooses to eat people.

"Lost~"

"It was done by the Japanese. Their two fleets attacked Lagos and Luanda. Our two most important Portuguese colonies on the Gold Coast are gone."

The minister nodded and replied, his heart was also bleeding.

Portugal's overseas colonization and overseas trade are generally supported by the royal family, nobles, and businessmen. They all have shares in these overseas colonies.

Now being robbed by the Japanese people is equivalent to losing important property all at once.

"Japanese people~"

Manuel I quickly came to the map, found the location of the East, and soon found the location of the Wa Kingdom.

"It's fine to rob our Sao Tome Island, but now we are robbing our Lagos and Luanda, and selling us Portuguese as slaves to the Ming Empire."

"They made the stupidest decision, and I will make you regret it!"

When Manuel I said this, he almost gritted his teeth, gnashing his teeth with hatred.

Portugal originally had very few colonies left in West Africa, and the remaining colonies and colonial points are the most important wealth in the hands of Portugal.

All of a sudden, Sao Tome Island was gone and was taken by the Spaniards, and then Lagos and Luanda were gone and taken by the Japanese.

What's even more damning is that in the past, according to the Pope's meridian, the area east of this meridian belonged to the Portuguese colony, and the west belonged to Spain.

It's all right now, everyone is flocking to the African continent in the east, so that Portugal, which is small and weak, can't compete at all, and can only watch other countries' colonial strongholds and colonies bloom everywhere in West Africa and North Africa, compressing Own colony and trade space.

Originally, Portugal could happily live a good life relying on overseas trade and overseas colonization, but now, Portugal, which does not have any advantages, is in an increasingly difficult situation.

"Everyone is talking about how we can take back our own colony?"

After the anger, Manuel I quickly regained his composure.

Anger is useless, only when you calm down can you find a way to take back everything that belongs to you.

"Your Majesty, for the current plan, we must build a strong sea fleet as soon as possible. Without a strong sea fleet, we are not qualified to take a share of the golden coastline."

Duke Afonso thought for a while and said.

"Hmm~"

Manuel I nodded solemnly, but when he thought about the cost of building a ship and the huge amount of money spent in building a fleet, he couldn't help feeling distressed.

Portugal is poor!
At least Portugal was really poor during this period.

Lost to Spain in the previous two wars, although the father-in-law did not embarrass Portugal too much for the sake of his son-in-law, he just cut off some land and some indemnities symbolically. If, like England, faced huge war indemnities, Portugal would Even worse.

But it is still a huge expenditure, which has brought huge pressure to Portugal. What's more, the cost of the two wars is very huge, and military expenditure is not a small amount.

Now Portugal does not have much money up and down, that is to say, it can earn some money back by relying on overseas colonization and overseas trade. Otherwise, if you want to build a new fleet, just dream.

"It is definitely necessary to form a new fleet~"

"Without a strong fleet, we can only shout angrily on the Iberian Peninsula."

Manuel I thought for a while and said: "Since the Spaniards and the Japanese, they don't follow the rules, they don't abide by the principle of first come, first served, they wantonly attack and seize other people's colonies and wealth, and they act like pirates first, then Don't blame us for being rude."

"After losing Lagos and Luanda, we have a few colonies in West Africa, and we have nothing to lose. If this is the case, let's be straightforward. If you don't talk about principles, then we won't talk about principles."

"Get me in touch with England and France, and Holland and Denmark."

"If you eat from our Portuguese, I will make you spit it out twice as much."

"Your Majesty, you want to learn..."

When Duke Afonso heard it, he immediately understood what Manuel I meant.

Who are the Englishmen?

In this era, there is the word "pirate" behind the English people, the object of everyone's contempt, scolding the English people and saying that they are English pirates.

As for the Netherlands and Denmark, they are all descendants of pirates and Vikings, so naturally there is no need to say more.

As for the French, they claimed to be the descendants of the knights, but the French king and the French nobles coveted the huge wealth owned by the Knights Templar, and even ransacked the Knights Templar without shame.

Hypocrisy, rogue, and shameless are synonymous with the French. When French merchant ships face weaker regions, they are more vicious than pirates, and they don’t even spit out their bones when they eat them.

To contact these people, isn't it necessary to do some business with the pirates?
Thinking about the current situation in Portugal again, Duke Afonso nodded solemnly.

Without a powerful fleet, Portugal temporarily lost its powerful sea power. Without a fleet, it is impossible for you to compete head-on with such powerful countries as Spain, Wa, and Ming.

In the process of scrambling for the colonies in West Africa, you will fall behind and cannot win.

That being the case, it might as well learn from the English pirates and engage in sneaky things.

You Spaniards have worked so hard to plunder the wealth in the colonies, and I will rob your merchant ships directly. Robbing a merchant ship is equivalent to robbing the wealth produced by a colony for a period of time.

In this business, the English and French used to work very vigorously.

That is, in the past few years, the Hong Kong Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet, and Atlantic Fleet of the Ming Empire have been patrolling everywhere to hunt down pirates, which has seriously affected their business, otherwise the English pirates would have made a fortune long ago.

It is definitely impossible not to grab it.

Watching others eat meat and starving yourself is definitely not okay.

To rebuild a fleet also requires a lot of money. There are no colonies anymore. Where does the money come from?
Of course it is to grab it back from the sea.

The key is that the robbery can also focus on the Spaniards and the Japanese, retaliate against them, and cause them huge losses, so that it is happy.

"Just do it~"

"We should also learn from England and issue privateer licenses to some people~"

"It was they who messed up the rules and order first, so don't blame us."

Manuel I said lightly that he seemed to see the future turmoil in West Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, and the waters of Western Europe.

It seemed to see countless pirates galloping on the sea, and saw merchant ships loaded with gold and silver being ransacked by pirates.

It seems to see the Spanish colonies, Japanese merchant ships, etc., fleeing desperately at sea under the robbery of Portuguese pirates.

Well, the richest people are the Ming people, and you can get more wealth by robbing the ships of the Ming people.

But soon, Manuel I came back to his senses.

Daming people are not easy to mess with, you can't mess with them.

If you really robbed the ships of the Ming people, the Ming fleet would probably go directly to Lisbon, and the Ming people would not care so much about you, and it would be a disaster if you ran and bombed at that time.

"Your Majesty, this is really a good idea~"

"I think they should be very happy to work with us."

Duke Afonso smiled, and quickly started to deal with the matter.

……

In London, England, Henry VII looked at the Portuguese envoy in front of him, pondered carefully and smiled and said, "I am very interested in His Majesty Manuel I's proposal."

"We, England, are willing to form an alliance with your country to jointly defend our interests at sea and jointly develop more colonies overseas!"

The Portuguese envoy, who received an affirmative answer, went back happily.

As for Henry VII, he fell into deep thought.

His life is not easy. Compared with Manuel I, his life is even more difficult.

The disastrous defeats in two consecutive wars not only caused England to lose two important pieces of land, one was ceded to the Ming people and the other was ceded to Spain, and it was also burdened with heavy war reparations.

War indemnity of millions of taels of silver every year is undoubtedly a heavy mountain for the poor and clinking England.

For this reason, Henry VII also had to ask the Holy See for help, borrow money from the Holy See to form an army, and then use the domestic aristocratic rebellion as an excuse to gradually clean up these big feudal nobles in the country and rob them. Wealth, this is barely supported.

But when the nobles are always robbed, the key is to find ways to increase income from outsiders and support pirates to rob. This has always been a coquettish operation in England.

It is naturally better to be able to form an alliance with the maritime power Portugal now.

In the wave of dividing up the colonies in North Africa and West Africa, the English were considered backward, and there were only two poor colonies in West Africa.

However, even the two colonies gave Henry VII a taste of the sweetness of plundering the wealth and population of the colonies, so naturally he would not miss the opportunity now.

At the same time, Louis XII of France also received the Portuguese envoy within a similar period of time, regarding Portugal's proposal.

The French also expressed a strong interest, and readily agreed to form a maritime robbery alliance with the Portuguese. At the same time, they also agreed to cooperate in developing colonies in West Africa and North Africa, and work together to share benefits and benefits.

As for the Danes and the Dutch, they readily agreed to the Portuguese's proposal.

These two small countries are weak and weak, and they are unable to rob colonies and wealth overseas on their own. Now that someone is taking them, there is no reason to disagree.

So soon, in less than two months, a pirate alliance was quickly established, and soon they were ready to make a big deal.

　Discovered a truth, shameless people live well~shameless countries also live well~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)