Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 875 Lisbon Concession

The reason why the Duke of Richelieu is full of confidence is that he can persuade Spain and even the entire Habsburg dynasty to form an alliance with them because of the existence of Queen Anna.

He has been fighting Queen Anna for more than ten years, so he naturally knows what this woman is capable of.

This woman's ability is really quite terrifying.

If it weren't for France, if it wasn't for the fact that he was a Frenchman and thus able to gain the trust of King Louis XIII, he wouldn't even be able to beat this woman!
He was also aware of the relationship between this woman and Philip IV, because his confidant or his most proud disciple, Mazaran, was the woman's favorite lover, and the two were so close that they talked about everything.

If this woman returns to her native Spain, it will be easy to convince Felipe IV.

Sure enough, Queen Anna convinced Felipe IV with a few casual words.

Felipe IV has already begun to consider the issue of dominance and interests after the alliance.

He thought for a while before asking, "Will they listen to us?"

Queen Anna explained in detail: "Whether you listen to us or not depends on your strength and skill, not on what others say.

You want them to listen to you very simply.

Because almost all of their colonies were ceded to the Ming Empire and our Spain.

Right now they have neither money nor resources, and they have to rely on us if they want to turn around. "

Felipe IV was puzzled: "We give them money back and give them resources?"

Queen Anna shook her head slightly and said: "Of course we can't give them money and resources for free, this is called benefit exchange.

They have what we need, we have the money and resources they need, and we can use money and resources to get what we want. "

Is there anything Spain needs from an anti-Habsburg coalition?

Felipe IV thought about it for a while and suddenly said, "You mean a steamship?"

Queen Anna nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, they not only have steam ships, but also have developed iron-clad warships.

We can exchange the money and resources in our hands for the technology of the iron-clad warships they make. "

The anti-Habsburg alliance actually developed the ironclad battleship!

Hearing this, Felipe IV couldn't help being shocked and said: "If they try their best to build iron-clad warships, wouldn't we lose to them?"

Queen Anna shook her head without hesitation and said, "No, because they don't have enough money and resources to build iron-clad warships.

We can use money and resources to control them, let them build ironclad warships according to our wishes, and they will build as many as we let them build. "

Is this possible?
Felipe IV was still puzzled: "How could they listen to us?

Will they help us build ironclad battleships, an artifact of sea warfare? "

Alas, you kid, I've been telling you for a long time, why haven't you understood yet?
Queen Anna could only patiently explain: "As I said, they don't have enough money and resources to build iron-clad warships.

Do you think ironclad warships are so easy to build?
First of all, building an ironclad battleship requires a lot of skilled craftsmen to build it, and the wages of these craftsmen are not a small expense.

Also, building ironclad battleships requires a lot of wood, copper, iron and rubber. They barely have enough wood, but copper, iron and rubber are not enough, especially copper and rubber. After they lose their colonies, these resources are basically gone. Law obtained.

As long as you control the supply of copper, iron and rubber, it doesn't mean that you want them to build as many iron-clad battleships as you want. "

It turned out to be that simple!
Felipe IV couldn't help but excitedly said: "Are they really willing to build us an iron-clad battleship?"

Queen Anna nodded without hesitation: "Of course, if they are willing to build us iron-clad battleships, why should we form an alliance with them?"

That’s right, if we don’t build ironclad battleships for us, we won’t form an alliance with you, and let you be crushed to death by the Ming Empire!
Philip IV also nodded without hesitation: "Yes, they agreed to build us iron-clad warships, and we will form an alliance with them, otherwise, let them be crushed to death by the Ming Empire!"

Alas, this child is still too naive.

Queen Anna sighed slightly, and then taught patiently: "If you want to completely control them and let our Habsburg dynasty truly become the dominant force in the entire European continent, you must force them to build all the ironclad warship shipyards in Spain.

This will ensure that we can make as many as we want them to make.

Richelieu, an old fox, just wants to use ironclad battleships as bait to lure you into the bait, and ask you to pay for them and resources to fatten them up.

You must be careful about this, anyway, the resources are in your hands, and the initiative is also in your hands.

You can use the excuse of avoiding the monitoring of the Ming Empire to ask them to build all the shipyards for the construction of ironclad warships in Spain.

The fact is the same now, their coastal port cities are all open to the Ming Empire, no matter where they build iron-clad warships, they will be discovered by the Ming Empire.

If they ignore this fact and must build the shipyard on their side, then they have ulterior motives.

You can cling to that and not ally with them. "

The Duke of Richelieu probably never dreamed that Queen Anna would play this trick with him!

At this time, Louis XIV hadn't been born yet, and Queen Anna was really thinking about Spain and his precious brother.

Felipe IV couldn't help being moved: "Okay, Mom, I understand.

Don't worry, Louis XIII will never dare to bully you again.

If he dares to bully you again, I will punish him. "

Queen Anna couldn't help being moved and said: "My little Felipe, you have finally grown up and can protect my sister. My sister has been waiting for this day for almost 20 years."

While talking, the two siblings hugged each other and wept!

Well, Taichang actually didn't expect that the Duke of Richelieu would be able to bring out such a person, and he convinced Philip IV in one go.

However, he is not completely defenseless.

At this moment, he is convening a group of civil servants and military generals to discuss on lease in Lisbon.

Lisbon is actually not that big. If you just count the urban area, it is less than ten square kilometers, and there are only tens of thousands of residents in total.

Such a big place is naturally not enough to build ancillary facilities such as barracks and warehouses. Therefore, Taichang and Oquendo agreed that starting from the entrance of the bay, the surrounding fifty miles or so would be counted as the leased area of ​​Lisbon.

In this way, including the entire Gulf Lisbon lease, there are hundreds of square kilometers.

They gave away nearly 100 square kilometers of the Netherlands to others for nothing, and exchanged a piece of land of several hundred square kilometers, and it was still leased for [-] years. Oquendo was naturally embarrassed to disagree, and Felipe IV had nothing to say .

At the beginning, Taichang wanted to build a larger land as much as possible, so as to store enough supplies and garrison enough troops.

However, he ignored a problem, and that was the problem of defense.

This is the continent of Europe, and sooner or later the countries of the continent, including Spain, will turn their backs on the Ming Empire.

If the defense here is not tight enough and they are breached by others, their losses will be great.

The problem is that in such a large area, it seems a bit difficult to build it like an iron barrel.

Fortunately, Peng Bin and Du Linzheng still have a way to protect this area.

The plan they gave was to build six evenly distributed cities, and protect the entire concession including the entrance, the port terminal, and the city of Lisbon.

These six cities were all built on the scale of 10 people. There are not only military camps and forts, but also warehouses for storing food, ammunition, gold and silver, and goods.

If the Europeans were to build six such large cities, it would probably be a super-large project, and it would not be possible to build them in a few years.

However, for the Ming Empire, these six cities are nothing.

In the meeting room in the front hall of the Emperor, everyone nodded after seeing the plan, expressing that the idea is very good.

If the entire lease is to be surrounded, it will be a city with a radius of hundreds of miles, and the scale will almost catch up with Xinma City. I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent.

Moreover, such a large city is not easy to defend. How many troops are needed for a city wall that is hundreds of miles long?
Therefore, this kind of decentralized city is the best. A single city only needs tens of thousands of people to defend it. With the current strength of the European countries, it is impossible to break even a single city.

Taichang also nodded again and again: "Well, this plan is very good, let's do it like this."

Then there is the issue of city defense.

Taichang looked at the planning map and pondered for a while, then asked: "Do you think 5 people guarding each city is enough?"

This should be enough.

After all, they not only have artillery but also incendiary bombs and rocket launchers. With these weapons for defending the city, even if the European countries gather 50 troops, they may not be able to conquer a city.

All the leading generals nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is wise, a city of 5 people is enough."

Taichang nodded slightly, and estimated: "One city has 5 horses, and six cities have 30 horses.

At the moment, the East Day Camp only has a total of 50 people, and they still have to guard North America, South America, the Western Yindu Islands, and the Azores. It is naturally impossible to send 30 people to such a concession alone.

Therefore, this time, we have to ask the Indian tribe to help out with 20 horses. "

This time, Su Qiang and Zhao Hongniu, who commanded 20 horses from the North American Indian tribe, couldn't wait to say: "Your Majesty, the 20 horses are from the Su tribe."

"Your Majesty, the 20 people are from our Algonquin tribe."

Seeing this, Aluka, another general in command, quickly raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the 20 people are from the Amazon Tribal Alliance."

Uh, don't argue!
Su Qiang is his father-in-law, so I won't ask about it.

Taichang simply asked Zhao Hongniu: "After your Algonquin tribe transfers 20 young adults, will there still be people working?"

Unexpectedly, Zhao Hongniu nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have also accepted many people from the Amazon Tribal Alliance, and we have also ordered a lot of large farming machines and mining machines. There are enough people to work."

Well, there are indeed a lot of people in the Amazon River Basin, and they just filled the population vacancy after they were dispersed to the dependent countries of the North American continent.

However, Taichang still shook his head again and again and said: "You can't just look at whether there are enough people, you also have to consider these young and strong family members.

If they guard here all the year round, can they bear it themselves, and can their family bear it?

You're not going to let them move their families here. If you do that, all of you Algonquin tribes will be evacuated. "

This one.

Zhao Hongniu couldn't help being speechless.

Immediately afterwards, Taichang made a decision: "How about this, your North American Indian tribe and the Amazon tribal alliance each sent 10 horses.

The 20 horses are not permanent here, they are rotated every three years.

The five Indian tribes in North America took turns, and the Amazon Tribal Alliance sent younger ones as much as possible.

As for the food and salary, it will be calculated according to the food and salary of Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp, even if Daming hired them to stay here for three years.

In this way, you will not only train your men and horses, but also will not make the young and strong who come over suffer from being away from their families for a long time. "

Well, what the emperor said really makes sense.

Su Qiang, Zhao Hongniu and Aluka hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "I understand."

Seeing this, Zuma and Atlanta couldn't help but anxiously said: "Your Majesty, what about us?"

You really regard yourself as a regular army of Ming Dynasty!

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "You don't need to send people here, I will bring back the Gold Coast, Slave Coast, French West Africa, and the Cape Verde Islands for you.

Please help me first, build the six cities here as soon as possible, and when there is no problem here, I will arrange a fleet to send you back and take back your homeland! "

Great.

Both Zuma and Atlanta said with surprise on their faces: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

(End of this chapter)