Daming Crazy Emperor

Queen Anna is indeed a rare strong woman in Europe. It can be said that she created France, the overlord of Europe in history.

However, no matter how strong a strong woman is, there is nothing she can do in the face of such a corrupt situation.

Neither Spain nor the Holy Roman Empire can beat other mercenaries, and they still have sharp weapons against iron-clad warships, not to mention that there is a more powerful Ming Empire standing behind their mercenaries, how can this battle be fought?
She frowned and pondered for a while before seriously asking: "Do you know the attitude of the Ming Empire towards this matter, or how much support they have for these mercenaries?"

Philip IV said cautiously: "I have already sent Duke Goodman to Lisbon to protest, but the Ming Empire said they did not know."

When Queen Anna heard this, she couldn't help being surprised and said, "I don't know?

what do you not know? "

Felipe IV said helplessly: "The Ming Empire said they don't know anything, and what happened in Africa has nothing to do with them."

is it possible?
Queen Anna frowned and pondered for a while, then said decisively: "You order someone to call Duke Goodman, I want to have a better understanding of the situation."

Goodman was really taken aback when he heard that His Majesty the King was making a move.

Queen Anna is coming, of course he knows.

He also knows how powerful this woman is.

As soon as Queen Anna arrived, His Majesty the King sent someone to look for him. He was really a little scared.

He was afraid that Queen Anna would find out what he was doing inside and out!
When he was on loan in Lisbon, he said a lot of things that shouldn't be said, and revealed a lot of secrets.

As a result, the black mercenaries took Cairo in one fell swoop.

This matter has nothing to do with him!

Queen Anna came running over suddenly, couldn't it be to settle accounts with him?

After all, the 40 French troops are stuck in Africa and cannot return.

What to do now?

It is absolutely impossible not to go.

Although he is the favorite of His Majesty the King, it is no longer a question of whether His Majesty favors or not favors Queen Anna. He is obedient to this sister!

If he dares not to go, Queen Anna can deal with him with a word.

There's no way, he can only lie and cheat at this time, hoping to fool him.

When he came to the palace full of anxiety, he faced the cold eyes of Felipe IV and Queen Anna.

At this time, the two siblings had already arrived in the hall of the palace, and Felipe IV specially ordered someone to move the throne of the study to be placed beside him, so that Queen Anna could sit on it side by side with him.

Duke Goodman gave a chest caress carefully, and then stood there silently like a prisoner waiting for approval.

To be honest, Queen Anna does not like this Duke Goodman a bit.

Because this Duke Goodman is too incompetent.

Although the Duke of Richelieu is bad, he can bring benefits to France. This guy is a waste and knows nothing!

She stared at Duke Goodman for a while, and then said coldly: "Tell me about your meeting with the envoy of the Ming Empire in Lisbon this time.

Remember, say it carefully and clearly, there can be no omissions. "

Sure enough, Queen Anna came to him for Lisbon matters.

Duke Goodman took a deep breath, suppressed his throbbing heart, and then pretended to introduce seriously: "When I arrived in Lisbon in a carriage, I was greeted by the Governor of Lisbon of the Ming Empire.

I protested to his face that they secretly supported the mercenary forces that were sieging our Spanish and the Holy Roman Empire.

But he said that he was very busy all day and didn't know anything about Africa at all.

Immediately afterwards, he sent a fast boat to America to pick up the envoys of the Ming Empire, while I stayed in Lisbon and waited for about a month.

The envoys sent by the Ming Empire were those two shameless little dukes. They said that the Ming Empire had already had an employment relationship with those black mercenaries.

Because the Ming Empire has no more battles to fight, and the 50 mercenaries consume at least 50 pounds of silver a month to support them, which is 600 million pounds of silver a year. The employment relationship was broken, and all the family members were sent back to Africa.

They also said they didn't know anything about what happened in Africa, and they couldn't command the mercenaries anymore.

I asked them again, where did the mercenaries get so many muskets and cannons, and where did they get their secret weapons, and they set our ironclad warships on fire.

Their explanation is that these black slaves were hired by them to produce muskets and cannons. Later, when the Ming Empire fought against the anti-Habsburg alliance, they equipped these people and turned them into mercenaries.

These people should have learned the technology of producing guns and artillery, and went back to build a lot of guns and artillery by themselves.

As for the secret weapon that ignites the iron-clad battleship, they said that the Ming Empire didn't even have one, and they didn't know what it was. "

Hmph, it was pretty clean.

After listening to Duke Goodman's introduction, Queen Anna couldn't help but groaned in her heart.

Who would believe this kind of nonsense?
Queen Anna thought for a while, and then asked, "How is Lisbon's defense?"

uh, this?

When Duke Goodman heard the words, his mind was instantly in a mess.

He thought that Queen Anna was asking him about the tricky relationship between him and the Ming Empire, and all he could think about was how to clear this matter up.

Unexpectedly, Queen Anna asked about Lisbon's defense again.

What does this mean?
He was stunned for a while, and then carefully said: "I am restricted in my movements over there, and I cannot walk around, so I am not very clear about the defense over there.

However, I vaguely saw that the Ming Empire built several cities around the bay of Lisbon, and the city I entered had at least [-] garrisons.

I haven't been to other cities, but I guess they are similar.

In addition, I also saw dozens of armored warships and hundreds of armed merchant ships parked at the port pier, as well as some small warships.

There are too many small warships of that kind, and I can't count them clearly. I guess there should be at least a thousand ships. "

This strength is already terrifying, a small Lisbon has stationed hundreds of thousands of troops, and thousands of ships, the Ming Empire is too powerful, and now they are no match at all.

Queen Anna frowned and pondered for a while, and then sighed slightly: "Your Majesty, it seems that we have to negotiate with others first and delay the time.

Our current strength is incomparable with others. We have to find a way to build more warships and recruit more troops. "

negotiation?

When Felipe IV heard the words, he couldn't help being confused.

Duke Goodman was even more confused when he heard the words.

What to talk about?
Felipe IV froze for a moment before asking: "Shall we negotiate with the Ming Empire?

This matter doesn't seem to have much to do with us. Is it useful for us to negotiate with the Ming Empire? "

Queen Anna shook her head slightly and said, "No, it's not you negotiating with the Ming Empire, but France negotiating with the leader of their mercenary army.

Didn't the Ming Empire say that they can no longer control those mercenaries?
Then let them help, contact the leader of the mercenary army, and ask the Duke of Richelieu to negotiate with him.

The Duke Richelieu had provoked the matter, and he settled it himself.

In any case, we can no longer fight with others like this, we must find a way to delay time and strengthen our own strength. "

It turned out that it was the Duke of Richelieu who went to negotiate with the leader of the mercenary army.

Hearing this, Philip IV nodded repeatedly and said, "Well, this matter was completely caused by the Duke of Richelieu, and he should be allowed to negotiate by himself."

Queen Anna then said to Duke Goodman: "You have been in Lisbon for a month, you should be very familiar with people from the Ming Empire, right?

You go to ask people from the Ming Empire to help, contact the leaders of those mercenaries, and set a date and place for negotiations. Is there any problem? "

What exactly is going on?

Duke Goodman is still a little confused at the moment.

However, he really wanted to go to Lisbon, where there are still many ladies waiting for him.

As for whether the Ming Empire will help and contact the leader of the mercenary army to negotiate, he can't guarantee that.

He thought for a while, and then carefully said: "I'm not very familiar with the people of the Ming Empire, but I can go over and communicate with them, and try to ask them to help contact the leaders of those mercenaries."

What else can you do?
When Queen Anna heard this, she couldn't help but coldly said: "Can't you even handle this matter?

If you can't do it well, then don't come back. "

Uh, don't come back?
Is this a bit too much?

Although he really wanted to stay in Lisbon, he couldn't stay there and not come back.

If he, the Prime Minister of Spain, fails to do so, he may be of little value in the eyes of the Ming Empire.

Upon hearing this, Duke Goodman could only pretend to look pitifully at Felipe IV.

King Felipe IV was stunned for a moment, then looked carefully at Queen Anna, then gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, this matter must be done!"

Well, maybe, I can sell the plan of these two siblings in exchange for the help of the Ming Empire.

Anyway, it's just a meeting and negotiating, it's none of my business whether you can talk or not.

Duke Goodman thought for a while, but still pretended to nod solemnly and said: "Okay, Your Majesty, if they don't agree, I'll stay there. No matter what, I will definitely let them help to contact the mercenary leader for negotiation. "

That's more or less.

After hearing this, Queen Anna waved slightly and said, "Okay, get ready and go to Lisbon."

Upon hearing this, Duke Goodman hurriedly bowed and left.

Felipe IV looked at his back, but couldn't help asking: "Mom, is negotiation useful? Do we still have hope?"

Queen Anna sighed slightly: "I don't know if negotiations will be useful, it depends on Duke Richelieu's ability.

As for whether we still have hope, we have to fight to know.

After I go back, I will ask the Duke of Richelieu to contact the countries of the anti-Habsburg alliance and immediately mobilize for war.

At that time, the armored battleship will still be built by your side, but the anti-Habsburg alliance will have to build more other warships.

Don't worry about this, let them make as many as they can. "

Mobilize for war!

Is this ready to go all out?
The problem is that Spain and the Holy Roman Empire seem to have nothing to mobilize, and they have basically recruited all the young and strong that can be recruited.

Perhaps, it was precisely because Queen Anna knew this that she did not allow Spain and the Holy Roman Empire to mobilize for war.

However, Felipe IV still had some ideas.

Although he can't recruit more troops, he can find a way to build more warships.

Now that the ironclad battleship has a nemesis, don't go all out to build it, and build more other warships to attract a little firepower.

As for the manpower to build the warships, the war in Cairo has nothing to do with them anyway. It is impossible for him to send the army to participate in the battle. The hundreds of thousands of troops recruited are also idle. Just let them build other warships.