Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 879 Who do you think is a fool

The Royal Palace of Madrid, in the huge meeting room.

Felipe IV sits on the throne, on his left is Queen Maria Anna of the Holy Roman Empire, and on his right is Queen Anna Maria Morisia of France.

Well, they are actually a family, Queen Anna is his eldest sister, and Queen Maria is his younger sister.

The identities and status of these two sisters are among the best in the entire European continent. Even the Duke of Richelieu and the Prince of Orange can only sit obediently behind them.

Representatives from other countries in the anti-Habsburg alliance can only be ranked further back. Anyway, as long as their emperor or king does not come, no one will have a noble status.

Moreover, women in continental Europe can also hold great power these days. When the emperors or kings of many countries were young, their biological mothers were usually regents. Even when there were no male heirs in many countries, women could also inherit the throne or even be the king. The seat of emperor.

In short, there is no distinction between male and female nobles in Europe these days. As long as they are nobles, they will be born with great power.

This is also a rare large-scale alliance meeting in Europe for hundreds of years.

At this moment, there are not as many countries in Europe as later generations. It can be said that apart from the Habsburg Dynasty and the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, there are not many countries left.

Moreover, the remaining countries such as the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, the Republic of Venice, and the Italian Federation have little strength.

It can be said that as long as the Habsburg dynasty forms an alliance with the anti-Habsburg alliance, it can represent the entire European continent.

Of course, when both sides have their own ghosts, this alliance is not so easy.

As the host, Felipe IV was also the person with the highest status present. He spoke first, "Guys, I heard that you want to form an alliance with our Habsburg dynasty?"

What are you talking about?

If we don't want to form an alliance, what are we going to do here, to deliver food to you!
This guy is just pretending to be confused, trying to make the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance beg him.

As long as the anti-Habsburg alliance begs him, the initiative is completely in his hands.

Of course the Duke of Richelieu was not so stupid, he said calmly: "Your Majesty, after all, we are on the same continent and have a very close relationship.

The Ming Empire is an outsider from the Far East. If we continue to fight, then this world will not belong to us but to the Ming Empire.

We can't take advantage of the Ming Empire for nothing, we have to unite to control the whole world.

Therefore, I suggest that everyone form an alliance, form a European Union, and jointly deal with the Ming Empire and seize control of the world. "

Hmph, that's pretty cool.

Felipe IV couldn't help snorting coldly: "You still know that we are closely related, who started the wars of these decades?

Now that you are defeated, you say you want to unite. If you win, will you think of unity?
You probably only want to bite off a few more pieces of meat from our Habsburg dynasty. "

Everyone is a beast in the jungle, and they talk about unity, do you want to have a face?

The Duke of Richelieu is really shameless, he continued as if nothing had happened: "If there are no foreign enemies, it is normal for us to fight ourselves.

Now that the Ming Empire has invaded Europe, we can no longer continue to fight. We must be united. "

Return us.

Felipe IV still said coldly: "You have the nerve to say that we are our own people?

When you besieged our Habsburg dynasty, did you think that we were our own people? "

hair can have.

Why are you like eating gunpowder?
No matter how thick-skinned the Duke of Richelieu was, he couldn't continue talking. He could only look at Queen Anna at the side.

Seeing this, Queen Anna pretended to agree and said, "Your Majesty, let the past go. Now our common enemy is the overlord of the Far East, the Ming Empire."

Felipe IV pretended to be angry and said: "Sister, you also know how excessive these things used to be.

Now they were defeated by us, and they were about to cede land and pay compensation. They were so poor that they came to talk about forming an alliance.

They just want to renege!
What good does an alliance do us?
If we are not aligned, we still have millions of pounds of silver reparations income every year. "

He's just pretending. In fact, their siblings had discussed it two mornings, and they should give these guys a big shot first, so that they can take the lead in the next negotiation.

The representative of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance Alliance heard the words, no matter how thick-skinned they could not help but blush.

They could only look at Duke Richelieu together.

Didn't you say that Spain will definitely agree to form an alliance, you old fox?
How is this going?

The Duke of Richelieu could only bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, it is of course beneficial for us to form an alliance."

Felipe IV pretended to be disdainful: "What good is our alliance?
You have a lot of benefits, I am afraid that our Habsburg dynasty can only give you benefits, right? "

What is this?

Didn't Queen Anna make it clear to this guy?
The Duke of Richelieu could only bite the bullet and explain: "Your Majesty, you should know how powerful the iron-clad warships of the Ming Empire are.

If there is no ironclad battleship, there is no need to fight naval battles at all, and we will lose.

Once the entire sea area is controlled by the Ming Empire, the world will basically be controlled by the Ming Empire.

Now, we have mastered the technology of iron-clad warships, but the resources are insufficient. As long as you provide enough resources, we can build iron-clad warships to compete against the Ming Empire.

That's the biggest benefit. "

Felipe IV expressed doubts: "You really know how to build iron-clad warships?"

Duke Richelieu said without hesitation: "Of course this is true. It's useless for us to lie to you, isn't it? At that time, we must build iron-clad warships."

Felipe IV asked again: "Then how will the ironclad battleship be divided?"

The Duke of Richelieu said without hesitation: "We provide technology and skilled craftsmen, and you provide materials and labor costs. After the production is completed, it will be divided in half. You Habsburg Dynasty will share half, and we will share half. Is this okay for the head office?"

You guys are trying to be empty-handed white wolves!
OK is OK.

However, my mother said that I can't promise you so readily.

I still have to take care of you guys.

Hearing this, Felipe IV snorted coldly again: "You have a good idea, but we pay for materials and money, half of you are for nothing!"

Words cannot be said that way.

Duke Richelieu said shamelessly: "Your Majesty, we have produced technology and skilled craftsmen. Without our technology and skilled craftsmen, you would not be able to build iron-clad warships, right?"

Felipe IV pretended to hesitate for a while, and then sighed slightly: "Okay, why are you so poor.

We can pay for the materials and labor costs, but you have to promise me one condition. "

What does it mean that we are too poor?
All right, as long as you are willing to pay for materials and labor.

Duke Richelieu couldn't help asking: "What conditions?"

Felipe IV said lightly: "The condition is very simple, that is, all factories that build ironclad battleships must be located in Spain."

What?
How does this work!
How can we fool you if all the factories that build ironclad battleships are located in your Spain?
Duke Richelieu shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, this condition is too ridiculous."

He had already thought about it, all the factories that built ironclad battleships were located in France, so that they could secretly pick out half of the ironclad battleships.

At that time, France will be the strongest in Europe. As long as they defeat the Ming Empire, they will be able to dominate the world!

Felipe IV got the guidance of Queen Anna and already understood the old fox's mind.

He snorted coldly again: "This is not okay, what the hell are you trying to do?

Don't you know, you must open all coastal port cities to the Ming Empire.

At that time, no matter where you build your ironclad warships, you will be discovered by the Ming Empire.

Will the Ming Empire watch you build iron-clad warships?

Also, the materials are all provided by us. We can just bring them back to the mainland from the Americas. Why do we have to travel thousands of miles to send them to you? Isn’t that troublesome?

Also, now all the shipyards in the Netherlands have been destroyed by the Ming Empire, and Spain has the strongest shipbuilding capabilities in the entire European continent.

Do you have as many shipyards as we do in Spain?

You don't care about these at all, you just don't want to set up the shipyard in Spain, what do you mean? "

Uh, this.

When did the stunned young man Felipe IV become so shrewd?

The Duke of Richelieu thought for a while, and then argued: "We must open the existing coastal port cities to the Ming Empire, but we can also build new port cities in other places.

As for material transfer, it's simple, we have ships, just come and pull them.

Regarding the issue of shipyards, our single country certainly does not have as many as your Spain, but all countries combined must have more than your Spain. "

Hmph, do you still think I'm a fool?
Now, Felipe IV really snorted coldly: "Are you still building a new port city?

How long does that take?
Also, isn't your original shipyard in the original port city?

You even have to build a new shipyard. How long will it take?
What other ship transshipment, do you think the Ming Empire is blind?
You drag the materials around like this, even people who are blind can see it!

Duke Richelieu, is this what you call a benefit?
Who do you take for a fool?
Are you stupid, am I stupid, or are you all stupid?
I've heard that anyone who listens to you will suffer a lot. Who of you anti-Habsburg alliance has never suffered from you! "

What this said, the other countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance are deeply touched.

The old fox, the Duke of Richelieu, really made them miserable.

It's like this time, everyone listened to him and had nothing to do to provoke the overlord of the Far East, the Ming Empire.

As a result, the Ming Empire rushed over and beat them all over the ground, and the Netherlands was almost wiped out by the Ming Empire!
What's more, they also bear the indemnity that will never be paid off, so they have to follow the old fox all the way to the dark.

This old fox is really too hateful!
When Duke Richelieu saw everyone's eyes, he couldn't help but secretly sighed.

Alas, it seems that there is no way to fool these fools this time.

All right, I'll fool them again next time I have a chance.

He pretended to hesitate for a while, then gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, then set up all the shipyards that build ironclad warships in your Spain, so that's all right?"

That's more or less.

Felipe IV nodded slowly and said: "That's fine, if all the factories that build ironclad warships are set up in Spain, our Habsburg dynasty can consider forming an alliance with you.

Next, let's discuss the details of the alliance. "

(End of this chapter)