Daming Crazy Emperor

With Ceuta won, Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen can finally set off for Lisbon on loan.

Originally, it would take about ten days for the Cape Verde Islands to rent and return to Lisbon, but they dragged on for more than ten days before they set off.

In this way, Duke Goodman had been waiting for a full 20 days when they rushed to Lisbon for lease.

However, Duke Goodman was not angry at all.

Because he's having such a good time these days.

They offer him delicacies from mountains and seas every day, and he can eat whatever he wants, and every meal is worth at least a hundred pounds of silver.

There are coffee, chocolate, old wine and so on, that is, he can eat whatever he wants and drink whatever he wants.

As the saying goes, "Eating others' mouths is soft, but taking others' hands is short.".

In twenty days, he ate five or six thousand pounds of silver from others. How could he be angry with others?

Besides, when he was on loan in Lisbon, he didn't just eat and drink. The rest of the time he was idle and had nothing to do.

There is a dance in the ancient city of Lisbon every day, and there are a lot of ladies there. Basically, as long as he likes it, he can accompany him back to the luxury suite to have a good time.

During this period of time, he really didn't want to go back to Madrid.

After all, there are too many nobles in Madrid.

Although his status is honorable, those noble ladies in Madrid may not necessarily take a fancy to him.

There is no way, this will happen if there are too many monks and too little food. Who doesn’t like young, handsome, and energetic women? An old man like him really can’t compete with those young people with royal blood.

It's different here, the Portuguese royal family has already broken down, the Duke of Braganza has also gone to South America, and Lisbon doesn't even have an earl.

His status is the most honorable, and the noble ladies here are still throwing themselves at him!
In fact, he misunderstood.

This is just a trick played by Wang Chong, De Xie La and others.

After Portugal was annexed by Spain, most of the nobles who stayed in Lisbon lost their source of income. Except for the Duke of Braganza who had joined the Spanish royal family, the descendants of the original Portuguese royal family basically had a hard time.

The ladies here haven't enjoyed a luxurious life for a long time.

Now there are people who spend money and effort to organize balls, eat whatever they want, drink whatever they want, and play however they want. The level of luxury is even far higher than the balls organized by the Portuguese royal family. These ladies naturally flock to them.

As for why they went back to play with the old man Duke Goodman, it was all because of money.

Someone give them money!
They can get one hundred pounds of silver for a day with the old man.

Anyway, this kind of thing is not unusual among nobles. If you are lucky, you might be able to conceive with royal blood.

After all, this old man is the oldest descendant of the Spanish royal family after all.

Adding these factors together, they naturally don't mind playing with the old man.

Duke Goodman was indeed having fun, and when Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen ran over, he even felt that they had come early.

Doesn't it take at least a month?
Why did you two little guys come here in only 20 days?
Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen naturally knew who this Duke Goodman was, and those who were greedy for money and lust were the best to deal with.

They had already prepared for it, they brought a lot of all kinds of luxurious ingredients, and they ordered someone to prepare a big table when they came here.

There are also all kinds of precious stones that European nobles like most, and they even carefully prepared a sack.

These are actually worthless.

All kinds of luxurious ingredients are only luxurious in Europe, but in America and even Africa, most of them are artificially raised, and the cost is not too low.

If it is not artificial breeding, the cost is lower, and it is enough to send people to hunt or gather directly, without spending any money at all.

As for gems, there are many in South America and Africa. Every time Zuma pulls them to the capital city of Western Yin one by one, they pick up a sack that is just a drop in the bucket.

Not only did Zuma not want their money, but he kept asking them to get more.

Of course, these gems were not packed in sacks.

They just took a sack to pack it when they were picking it, and ordered someone to polish it after picking it back, and then packed it in various exquisite wooden boxes.

As a result, a sack became a whole wagon.

Duke Goodman didn't know that the two little dukes would give him such a big surprise. Just seeing the luxurious ingredients on the table made his eyes light up.

There's no way, he's been exercising a little these days and eating a little too much.

If this table of precious ingredients is calculated at the current price in Madrid, it may be more than a thousand pounds. He has never had such a luxurious lunch.

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen's mouths were even more capable of coaxing the dead back to life. After a lunch, this guy almost called them brothers and sisters.

Looks like it's time for an explanation.

Duke Goodman was a little embarrassed to speak, but Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen cordially invited him to a luxurious mansion.

In fact, this place was temporarily decorated by Qi Panzong according to Taichang's request. The interior decoration is really quite luxurious, such as glass, porcelain, gold leaf, silver leaf, various precious stone and wood sculptures are simply unnecessary. Money is like money, covering the entire mansion.

Good guy, the Spanish royal palace is not so luxurious!
Duke Goodman walked into the mansion and looked enviously, "Whose mansion is this, so luxurious?"

Zhang Zhiji said nonsense: "This palace was originally prepared for His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, but our Emperor does not like this style, and our Emperor has no plan to come to Europe, so it is empty here.

If Your Excellency the Duke likes it, we will give it to you at the discretion. If you are free, you can come and play or live here.

I heard that you have made a lot of friends here, as long as you say hello, we can organize a dance for you every day like in the ancient city of Lisbon.

Wouldn't it be great if you could invite all your friends over and play together for a few days? "

When Duke Goodman heard this, his face flushed instantly.

How would it feel if you could invite all the ladies you met these days over for a few days?

Just thinking about it makes my blood boil!
Question, this is the palace of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire!
He couldn't help asking: "Can you really decide to give this to us?"

Zhang Zhiji nodded without hesitation and said: "Of course, this is the palace that our Emperor does not want, and we are the close ministers of His Majesty, who are specially responsible for handling affairs for His Majesty.

Think about it, when negotiating with the anti-Habsburg coalition, we can decide the compensation and loan of millions of pounds a year. What is an abandoned palace? "

Well, these two young dukes are indeed famous for their great power. They can represent His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire to negotiate with the anti-Habsburg alliance. This small matter is really nothing to them.

Of course, the shamelessness of these two little dukes is even more famous, and those who oppose the Habsburg alliance grit their teeth when they mention these two shameless little dukes.

However, Duke Goodman automatically ignored this point.

Because the two little dukes were so kind to him, giving him such a luxurious palace, so what if they were shameless, anyway, they were not shameless in front of him.

This place is simply too good, and he must find a chance to come and play several times every year in the future.

More than ten or twenty noble ladies are all invited here, how does it feel?
Thinking of this, Duke Goodman blushed with excitement and said, "Then I would like to thank the two young dukes."

Zhang Zhiji shook his head slightly, then pointed to the carriageway not far away: "This is nothing, Your Excellency, what do you think of that carriage?"

Duke Goodman turned his head to look, and there was a hint of greed in his eyes. The carriage was much more luxurious than his son's carriage.

He said without hesitation: "That carriage is very good, I have never seen such a luxurious carriage."

Cut, isn't it just wrapped in some gold leaf, luxurious ass.

Zhang Zhiji looked around, then pretended to be mysterious and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, that carriage is actually nothing, only the things inside are good.

The carriage and its contents are a small gift from us, do you want to go and see it? "

There's still good stuff in the wagon!
Wouldn't she be a great beauty?

Duke Goodman couldn't wait to walk over to take a look, and he was stunned.

There are no big beauties in the carriage, but a bunch of delicate wooden boxes inside.

With some curiosity, he reached out and took out a box from the window to open it, and his whole body trembled with excitement.

The wooden box contained gems, and gems the size of pigeon eggs!

To be honest, this carriage is really nothing in front of gems. I don’t know how many carriages can be exchanged for such a gem.

The wooden box of this car will not contain gems, will it?

He shoved back the box he had taken out with trembling hands, and took out another box and opened it to see that there were indeed gems inside, and they were gems the size of pigeon eggs!

This time he really got rich, the value of this cart of gems is simply incalculable!

Seeing this guy's excited look, Qi Panzong couldn't help asking: "Zhiji, the carload of gems you give away won't mess up the price of gems from Western companies, right?"

Zhang Zhiji said lightly: "Don't worry, it won't happen, we have selected all these gems, basically they are not of the same kind.

He didn't have a large quantity of similar gemstones in his hand, so how could he mess up the prices of gemstones in Western companies.

On the contrary, if he puts it out to show off or sell it, it will be an advertisement for Daming Western Company, and the gem business of Daming Western Company will only get better and better. "

The reason why they were so generous to the Duke of Goodman was because they wanted to buy him off.

This guy is the favorite of Felipe IV, the Prime Minister of Spain. If he can be bought over, the value is simply inestimable.

The little money they invested is nothing at all. If they can take down Spain without bloodshed, Daming can save at least tens of millions of taels!

This is also Taichang's latest strategy after careful consideration.

Qi Panzong was not idle these days, he not only prepared delicious food and noble ladies for Duke Goodman every day, but also reported this guy's every move in detail.

Taichang also discovered this guy's greed, so he decided on this latest strategy.

Those who are greedy are the easiest to win.

Originally, if this guy didn't come to Lisbon on loan, he still didn't know how to help Carinho win Spain.

In the past, they seemed to have no other way but to attack hard.

The problem is that there is a price to be paid for a hard attack, especially for an attack on a powerful country in Europe like Spain, I don't know how much it will cost.

It's different now.

As long as the Spanish prime minister can be taken down, they can take down Spain by sneak attack or even a palace coup!

Felipe IV was not a diligent emperor. This guy basically stayed in the palace to give orders, and the specific execution was done by Duke Goodman and his cronies.

Wang Chong and the others had already found out this point.

In other words, as long as they take down the Duke of Goodman, Felipe IV will lose his hands, feet and even his eyes.

In this case, it is not too easy for them to win Spain.

So, can they take down the Spanish prime minister?

This depends on Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen.

Originally their task was to come and explain to others.

However, now their task has changed, and the explanation has become secondary. Their main task is to take down this Duke Goodman!

Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen were too idle, they seemed to have nothing to do when they were not negotiating.

Therefore, they are still very interested in this extremely challenging task.