Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 873 The Phantom of Madrid

Haishi is approaching, and the dinner on the Emperor is still going on.

The war is over, and an armistice agreement has been drawn up.

The representatives of the anti-Habsburg alliance all took the sample agreement and went back to ask their respective kings or emperors for instructions.

The leading generals such as Zhang Yuanfang and Qin Yiming seldom relax for a while, so naturally they want to drink to their heart's content.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen also toasted frequently, drinking happily.

Ocundo was really touched at the moment. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire and the nobles treated him so well that he didn't even know what to say.

He knows how to keep drinking, and he will drink when people toast!

As a result, he was naturally drunk.

Looking at Oquendo's drunk appearance, Taichang couldn't help sighing secretly in his heart.

Alas, this man is too honest, he will probably suffer a lot this time, so let him have a way out.

Taichang took advantage of the fact that this guy was still a little conscious, and asked casually: "General Oquindo, you are not from aristocratic background, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Ocundo shook his head regretfully and said, "No, I'm just called an earl."

Taichang immediately said earnestly: "Then you have to be careful, sometimes you fight well on the battlefield, or even win a big victory, what you get in exchange is not necessarily a reward.

You should understand better than me what is going on between you nobles. "

This!
Oquendo was stunned when he heard this.

He really hadn't thought about this question before, but now that he thought about it, what greeted him was not necessarily a reward.

Because the Queen of Spain is the sister of King Louis XIII of France, and the Queen of France is the sister of their King Felipe IV of Spain!

What is the relationship between them!
He is catching France like this and beating him to death. Whether it is the Queen of Spain or the Queen of France, he may be angry!
What happens if people get angry?
He couldn't imagine it.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help sighing slightly: "If something happens at that time, you can find a way to escape to Lisbon, and I guarantee you will be fine!"

Oquindo didn't know if he understood, he nodded in a daze after hearing Zhang Zhiji's translation.

Early the next morning, he set off with the fleet of the Daming Navy.

Five hundred merchant ships, plus five hundred Spike warships and ten Aegis ships for protection, the entire fleet is really huge and scary.

Standing on the deck of the huge merchant ship, Oquendo looked at the Aegis ships like giant steel beasts on both sides. He couldn't help feeling secretly that the navy of the Ming Empire was really too powerful. It would be great if Spain had such a powerful fleet.

He was an officer of the Spanish Armada back then, so he naturally understood the power of warships. Ironclad warships like the Ming Empire are invincible at this stage.

The fleet of the Ming Empire is the real Armada.

How much he hopes that Spain can also have such an invincible fleet!

Unfortunately, no.

He could only look at other people's Armada with envy.

This journey in Taichang was properly arranged for them. After the fleet arrived in Lisbon, the general of the Shenwu Battalion helped him borrow hundreds of high-quality war horses from the North American Indian tribe stationed there.

He just took forty or fifty guards and the food and tents provided by the Ming Empire, and rode straight to Madrid.

Lisbon is more than [-] miles away from Madrid. If you lead an army there, even if you march quickly, it will take at least half a month.

Now that each of them has two horses to transfer, it is naturally different.

They can travel at least 300 miles a day, and they arrived in Madrid in less than four days.

The King of Spain was very happy to see the sample of the proposed agreement.

The fact that the anti-Habsburg coalition was willing to pay 4000 pounds of silver was beyond his expectation.

And the territory of the Netherlands, the Ming Empire would actually hand it back to them, which he never expected.

There are also colonies in Africa, the French and Dutch colonies south of the Strait of Gibraltar, the Ming Empire did not want much, except for the Cape Verde Islands, French West Africa, the Gold Coast and the Slave Coast, all other colonies belong to them!
He didn't even think of this.

He couldn't help but nodded excitedly: "Very good, this agreement is very well drawn up, let's sign it like this."

Seeing that His Majesty the King was so happy, Ao Kundo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, please pass on a message.

He hopes that the distribution of indemnity can be as agreed in advance, the Ming Empire and our Spain will be split in half.

Because they need to lend 500 million pounds of silver to the countries of the Habsburg Alliance every year, the investment is too great. "

Is there something wrong with the emperor of the Ming Empire? He lent so much money to others in a year.
Of course, this has nothing to do with Spain.

Spain only needs to be responsible for collecting the money. With 320 million pounds of silver a year, Spain's income has doubled in an instant!

Originally, they could barely maintain their current expenses. With another 320 million pounds of silver a year, they could form an invincible fleet in a few years!

At that time, Spain will not be invincible!

As for the Ming Empire being foolish, that's their business, he doesn't care.

Anyway, they will inevitably fight in the end, and at this moment, the Ming Empire naturally loses as much as possible!

Thinking of this, Felipe IV nodded slightly and said: "Yes, but we accept cash in Spain, we don't care about any loans."

So treat allies, okay?

Oquindo sighed secretly, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire specifically mentioned the last clause of the second paragraph.

They returned the Netherlands to us with a condition. "

Are there conditions?

No wonder the Ming Empire returned the Netherlands to us so generously.

Okay, let's see what the conditions are.

Anyway, the Netherlands must be obtained.

The betrayal of the Netherlands made their Habsburg dynasty lose face. This time, he must get this face back!
Felipe IV said seriously: "What conditions?"

Oquendo quickly explained: "The Ming Empire wants to lease Lisbon for 100 years on the condition that it is returned to the Netherlands.

After all, they had to lend 100 million pounds of silver to the countries of the anti-Habsburg coalition every year for 500 years.

With so much silver, they had to have a reliable place to store it. "

Lease?
What if he doesn't rent it?

The Ming Empire will not use this as an excuse not to lend money to the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance!

If the Ming Empire did not lend so much silver to the anti-Habsburg alliance countries, they would never be able to collect 320 million pounds of silver a year to pay them back.

Hearing this, King Felipe IV frowned and pondered for a while, then slowly nodded and said: "All right, I can lease Lisbon to them for 100 years.

However, you have to ask the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to make a written statement that Lisbon must be returned to Spain after 100 years. "

This is of course no problem, the script has been written by others.

Oquendo hurried back the next day.

It took him nine days to go back and forth. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Lisbon, the fleet of the Ming Empire was still waiting for him!
After he arrived, the fleet of the Ming Empire set off for Amsterdam.

In fact, his road is one of the farthest roads. Except for the Ottoman Empire, the eight countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance are not far from Amsterdam.

Especially with the Clippers, it doesn't take a few days to make a round trip.

In order to sign the agreement as soon as possible, the Duke of Richelieu did not even let the representatives of the Ottoman Empire go back.

Anyway, the agreement related to the Ottoman Empire was only 15 pounds of silver a year. He simply signed an agreement privately with the representatives of the Ottoman Empire. France was responsible for this part of the compensation, and the Ottoman Empire did not care!

In this way, the entire land cession and indemnity agreement has nothing to do with the Ottoman Empire, and the representatives of the Ottoman Empire naturally do not need to go back to ask for instructions.

As for other countries, the Duke of Richelieu also made a private promise to ensure that they would not lose money. As long as they listened to him, they would definitely be able to defeat the Ming Empire.

In this way, not only did they get back all the lost money, but they also grabbed countless gold and silver from the Ming Empire.

If everyone doesn't listen to him, let the Ming Empire continue to fight against them. Anyway, it is impossible for France, Britain and the Netherlands to participate in the war this time.

If the country is wiped out by the Ming Empire at that time, no wonder they will be blamed.

Under such circumstances, who would dare to oppose the kings and emperors of other countries?

Opposition is very likely to be the end of destroying the country!

Under his operation, the agreement was quickly passed unanimously within the anti-Habsburg alliance.

When Oquendo hurried back to Amsterdam, everyone was already waiting there.

Soon, the Ming Empire, Spain and the eight countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance signed the "Amsterdam Armistice Agreement".

According to the agreement, the eight countries of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance must pay up to 4000 million pounds of silver as reparations to the Ming Empire and Spain.

Moreover, all colonies in Africa except the Cape Town colony must be ceded, and all coastal port cities must be opened to the Ming Empire and Spain!

This is already a rather humiliating agreement. It can be said that there has never been such a humiliating armistice agreement in history.

If the eight countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance really follow this agreement, they will never stand up.

Why is the Duke of Richelieu in such a hurry to sign?

Does he really have a way to persuade Spain to deal with the Ming Empire together?
After the two parties signed the agreement, they naturally went back to their respective homes. Daming also began to defend the entire Netherlands at the border with Spain.

Everything seems to be normal, and everyone seems to have ceased the war sincerely and stopped fighting.

However, at this time, an extremely beautiful lady quietly appeared in the Alcazar Palace in Madrid.

When the Spanish King Felipe IV received the news, he ran outside the gate of the palace himself, hugged the lady and shouted excitedly: "Mom, you finally came back to see me."

The word "mother" does not exist in the official languages ​​of most countries.

However, many countries have the pronunciation of "mama", which is generally a child's affectionate name for their mother.

Of course this lady is not Felipe IV's mother, his mother died more than 20 years ago.

This lady is his eldest sister, Queen of France, Princess of Spain and Portugal, Grand Duchess of Austria, Anna Maria Morisia!

She is the mother of Louis XIV, one of the most famous women in Europe, Anne of Austria.

However, she was not born in Austria, she was born in the Alcazar Palace in Madrid, and she was called Anne of Austria only because she was the Grand Duchess of Austria.

In fact, before marrying King Louis XIII of France, she lived in the Alcazar Palace in Madrid.

Moreover, because their mother died early, several younger brothers and sisters, including Felipe IV, were brought up by her.

Therefore, these younger brothers and sisters call her mother affectionately.

Her younger siblings are incredible, her younger brother Felipe IV is the king of Spain, her younger sister Maria Anna is the queen of the Holy Roman Empire, and Prince Carlos, Prince Fernando, and Prince Alonso and many more.

She can be said to be the most noble woman in Europe today. In history, the reason why the Sun King Louis XIV was able to shine in the whole world was because of her support.

Question, what is she doing in Madrid at this time?

You know, Spain just held down France and beat him up, and his precious brother is really desperate for France!

(End of this chapter)