Daming Crazy Emperor

The second batch of Spanish reinforcements arrived again, still with 20 horses.

Oquindo received a secret letter from Felipe IV when he led the fleet back to Valencia, and then took the fleet to the Holy Roman Empire, picking up 20 horses.

He didn't know that Wallenstein had also received a secret letter from Philip IV. After the fleet arrived at Port Isabel in the northeast of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, he ordered someone to ride a fast horse to invite Wallenstein. come over.

As soon as the two of them sat cross-legged in the temporary tent set up on the shore, he pointed to the map on the blanket and said, "Your Excellency, Marshal, the reinforcements for this time are only 40.

What His Majesty the King means, let us first cooperate with the water and land to try to raid everywhere in the Governorate of Peru, the Governorate of La Plata and the Governorate of Brazil.

Where do you think it would be better for us to raid first. "

Hearing this, Wallenstein couldn't help but look at him with a complicated face, and then said solemnly: "I have also received the secret letter from His Majesty the King, what he means is that these rebels are likely to be supported by the Ming Empire. do you know?"

This one.

Oquindo said embarrassingly: "Your Majesty the King also told me, I really didn't expect that the Ming Empire would play tricks behind the scenes."

Alas, do you know why you are not as good as me in leading the army?
If we talk about facing the enemy head-on, our level may be about the same, but if we talk about playing tricks behind the scenes, you are a dishonorable dish!
You are only suitable to be a general commanding a battle, not a commander in chief.

Of course, Wallenstein would not say that.

He just sighed secretly in his heart, and then pointed to Bahia on the map and said: "In this case, we can only go to the Brazilian Viceroyalty to try.

Because the Governorate of Peru is on the west coast of South America, the Governorate of La Plata is at the southernmost tip of South America.

If we go to the Viceroyalty of Peru, the fleet must pass through the canal opened by the Ming Empire.

In this case, we will definitely not be able to hide it from the Ming Empire.

If we go to the governorate of La Plata, it will take at least three or four months to go back and forth. With no supply points along the way, it is too dangerous to run so far with 20 troops.

So, we had to go to the Viceroyalty of Brazil to try.

If the muskets and artillery of the rebels were built by the Portuguese, then their military factory is likely to be in Bahia.

We only need to take Bahia to know where the rebel weapons are coming from. "

Well, this Marshal Wallenstein is worthy of being a famous European general, and his analysis is too reasonable.

Oquendo nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, then let's go to Bahia first.

Your Excellency Marshal, tell me, when shall we set off? "

What are you in a hurry for?
Wallenstein pointed to the Western Yindu Islands on the map and said: "If we want to succeed in the surprise attack, we cannot be noticed by the Ming Empire.

Therefore, we must plan the route carefully.

We must not get close to all the islands within [-] miles, let alone the coastline. "

Uh, the routes at this moment are usually as close to the islands and coastlines as possible, and basically they will find a port to resupply after walking for a while.

What people mean is that they will come in the opposite direction, not close to the coastline, let alone go to the ports along the way to replenish.

This kind of route really needs to be carefully planned, because there is no such a wonderful route at the moment.

Ocundo had no choice but to summon a few admirals who were more familiar with the waters here to carefully plan the route.

Wallenstein summoned a group of army generals to arrange tactics.

The 20 reinforcements were drawn from the Holy Roman Empire. Many generals were originally his subordinates, so he commanded them with ease.

To be honest, Wallenstein still has a little bit of ability, otherwise it would be impossible for him to stand out among hundreds of generals from more than a dozen European countries and become the famous European duo.

However, compared to the absolute strength of the Ming Empire, his ability is really not enough.

For example, if he wanted to escape the monitoring of the Ming Empire and lead his army to Bahia without anyone noticing, that would be impossible!

Taichang had known for a long time that others might use this trick, and he had already figured out a countermeasure.

The slow pace of Spain's dispatch of troops just gave him enough time to prepare.

At this moment, Indian tribes all over South America are gathering young and strong to guard their homes, and the military factories in the Western Yin Capital City are also working hard to cast coastal defense guns loaded with ammunition in the front.

Processing this kind of artillery is not too simple for the current Ming Empire. After precision casting, you only need to hinge and grind the barrel of the gun, which is basically the same.

As for ammunition, there are too many to use up.

Therefore, at this moment, the port cities and forts along the coast of South America are basically equipped with at least a hundred coastal defense guns, and there are at least tens of thousands of young and strong Indian tribes guarding the cities and forts everywhere.

The generals of Shenji Battalion and Shenwu Battalion are stepping up their efforts to train these newly recruited Indian tribe soldiers.

It is impossible for them to reach the level of charging into battle in just a few months, but it is more than enough to just defend cities and fortresses and control coastal defense artillery.

Taichang also specially mobilized 20 elite troops from the Amazon Tribal Alliance as reinforcements, stationed in Xinma City and Lima City on standby.

Once the Spanish fleet sets off, they will follow from a distance on the ships of the Daming Navy.

If the Spanish army landed to attack somewhere, they would immediately land within fifty miles of the Spanish fleet and rush to support.

In other words, no matter where Spain wants to raid, it will not only have to face at least tens of thousands of defenders and at least hundreds of city defense artillery, but also face [-] reinforcements from the Amazon Tribal Alliance.

Of course, the [-] elite of the Amazon Tribal Alliance may not be able to do the Spanish Army.

However, it doesn't matter, if the Spaniards really want to work hard there, they will also pull the coalition forces of Indian tribes from all over South America.

At this moment, the South American Indian Tribal Alliance has more than a million troops, and the Spaniards have only brought in a total of 40 reinforcements. It is no wonder that they can capture the coastal port city!
Also, it is impossible for Wallenstein to escape Da Ming's monitoring and carry out a surprise attack.

Because at this moment, the Daming Navy has several Flying Dragon warships and Spike warships monitoring their fleet on the sea thirty or forty miles away.

From such a long distance, even if the Flying Dragon battleship is equipped with a telescope with a viewing distance of more than fifteen miles, it can only see a black spot, and it is almost impossible for others to see them.

Anyway, as soon as their fleet leaves the port, they will be watched by the Flying Dragon Warship from a distance, and they can't escape the eyes and ears of the Ming Empire wherever they want to go.

Early the next morning, the Spaniard's fleet really set off, and the course was obviously wrong.

If they want to go to Europe to continue to bring reinforcements over, they should head east, but after the fleet left the port, they headed south.

In other words, they are likely to go to a colony in South America to carry out a surprise attack.

Naturally, Taichang received the news soon.

However, he was not in a hurry, because the northernmost point of the governorship of New Spain was nearly ten thousand miles away from the northernmost point of the governorship of Granada.

In other words, even if someone is going to raid the Governor-General of Granada, it will take about ten days to arrive.

At this moment, there are quite a lot of people stationed in the governorate of Granada. The combined number of Carinho's men, De Sierra's men, and the Amazon Tribal Alliance is more than 20.

Moreover, the Indian tribes in the governorate of Granada also gathered more than [-] horses.

Together, they have 40 troops, and they still have the advantages of cities and fortresses. Even if Spain sends all 40 reinforcements there, it may not be able to take them down.

Taichang also just informed Luo Sigong, Carlinio and De Sierra who were stationed in the governor's area of ​​Granada and left it alone.

Because right now he is considering the issue of borrowing 5000 million taels of silver.

Obviously, the anti-Habsburg coalition is not prepared to repay these loans.

As for Spain, it is a pure gain. As long as the silver is sent over, Spain's 200 million taels will probably be available soon.

After Spain has received so much compensation, it will be able to call up more troops.

At this moment, Felipe IV must be eagerly looking forward to them sending the money over.

He still can't let others hold it so comfortably.

In the conference room of the Emperor, Zheng Zhilong, the director of Daming Western Company, and Sheng Huaixuan, the shareholder of Daming Qianzhuang, each sat with a few big shopkeepers in front of them.

Taichang took the original armistice agreement and looked through it carefully.

He looked at it for a while, then raised his head and said, "Feihong, how is the business in the European countries? Is there any sign of decline?"

Zheng Zhilong hastily introduced in detail: "Your Majesty, the business of European countries not only shows no signs of decline, but is still growing slowly.

At the moment, the most profitable Spanish Continental Trading Company earns almost 20 taels a day, and the British and French semicolons also earn about a hundred thousand taels a day.

Although the semicolon business in other places is not as popular as these three countries, it still earns tens of thousands of taels a day.

These European nobles are really rich, and some European commoners don't spend their money as money. It is too easy to earn their money. "

To be honest, this speed of making money is really scary, because most of the goods sold by Oulu have increased their prices by more than ten times.

In other words, the cost of many things is less than [-]%, and the profit is [-]% to [-]%.

Spain earns 20 taels a day, and that is more than [-] million taels a year, and the profit is at least [-] million taels!

These European nobles are really not ordinary rich. A Spanish is enough to offset their 5000 million taels of loans and still have a surplus.

As for why they are so rich, it is naturally stolen.

Spain has robbed it for more than 200 years, and Britain and France have also robbed it for decades. The wealth they robbed is indeed quite amazing.

Naturally, it doesn't feel bad to spend this kind of stolen money.

Of course, if they were asked to pay Daming the money for nothing, they would definitely feel distressed to death.

People are like this. If they spend their own money to enjoy it, they don't feel bad about how much money they spend. As long as they enjoy it, they don't feel bad about money.

However, once they are asked to take out money to do something that has nothing to do with their enjoyment, they will be stingy to death.

The Chongzhen Dynasty in history is an obvious example.

Chongzhen was forced to borrow money from the ministers in the court. As a result, he couldn't borrow 100 million taels of military expenses.

After Li Zicheng captured the capital, he directly caught these people and tortured them, and beat out a total of 7000 million taels of silver!
These European nobles are obviously the same, they have a lot of money in their hands.

You guys want to keep it to yourself and enjoy it, don't you?

Just in time, give it all to us!
Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked again: "Huaixuan, how much silver do you have in the Oulu Branch of Daming Bank at this moment?"

Sheng Huaixuan quickly introduced in detail: "We not only collect silver, but also gold coins and copper coins, so we not only have silver deposits, but also a lot of gold and copper coins.

At this moment, Lisbon has a full deposit of 100 million taels of gold, 1000 million taels of silver, and [-] million new copper coins.

In addition, the semicolons of European countries have stored more than 50 taels of gold, more than 1000 million taels of silver and more than 2 million new copper coins.

As for the rest, we will all come to the semicolon on the capital city of Xiyin.

The gold, silver, and copper coins stored here are not only earned by Western companies from European countries, but also mined from gold, silver, and copper mines in North and South America. These are all stored in our Daming Bank. of.

This amount is quite astonishing. Gold has already exceeded tens of millions of taels, and silver has exceeded [-] million taels. We have made one billion copper coins and then have not made them.

There are too many to use up, and European countries are still trying their best to send money to Western companies. We all pull here, and there is no need to pull to Europe. "

Uh, the wealth of the Ming Empire is quite astonishing at this moment. There are so many gold, silver and copper coins stored in the capital of Xinyin alone!

Taichang is not in the habit of trying to save money.

The money has to be used to be valuable.

He thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Well, let the semicolons of all European countries start lending business, whether it is a commoner or aristocrat in Europe, as long as they have enough assets as collateral, they can lend money to them.

In addition, send a telegram back and ask Jian'er to print 5000 million taels of gold notes and [-] million taels of silver notes. We will start issuing gold and silver notes in Europe, gradually turning the gold and silver in the hands of the nobles into paper.

In this way, they will have to consider the consequences of going against our Daming.

Once the gold and silver tickets in their hands cannot be exchanged, their assets will be emptied! "

This trick is really poisonous!
Both Zheng Zhilong and Sheng Huaixuan have realized that sometimes the power of money is scarier than muskets and cannons!