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Chapter 1668 Portuguese Royal Family

Chu Yun met King Joao IV of Portugal, who was about the same age as him.The Duke of Bragança was a branch of the Portuguese royal family, and the Portuguese rebelled against Spanish rule, so they pushed the Duke into the position of king.

In addition to coming to England in person, Joao IV also brought a six-year-old little princess with him.

"It's an honor to meet you."

When King Joao IV saw Chu Yun, his tone was very respectful.

In Lisbon, Portugal, there is still a 4000-strong Indian servant army under Chu Yun stationed to help them protect the royal city.

At this time, Portugal was squeezed out of its wealth and young and strong population by Spain. The country was dominated by old and weak women and children, and it needed foreign soldiers to protect their kingdom. It has to be said that it is a kind of sadness.

They were drinking afternoon tea on a lawn outside the palace. In front of them was an artificial pond, and some oriental dim sum made by the chef brought by Chu Yun was served on the dining table for people to enjoy.On the dining table is also the best black tea specially provided by Chinese merchants to the royal family.

During the conversation between Chu Yun and Sophia King Joao IV, the little prince and princess were playing on the lawn.

Because the West does not distinguish between prostitutes and concubines, only children born to the only wife can inherit the family name, plus dystocia and premature death, so the number of royal families has always been small, but there are not so many people.

Joao IV had several children, but he only brought one daughter with him.

In the royal family of England, there is only Xin'er, the heir who is half of the Stuart family blood.

"After I became king, I collected more taxes from the whole country, and used the tax money to form a legion, build fortresses on the border, rebuild the navy, build arsenals and shipyards, etc., to resist the Spanish army's counterattack. Originally, I also I thought that the practice of raising taxes would be protested by the nobles and common people, but the same increase in taxes, compared to handing over to the Spaniards, neither the nobles nor the common people expressed any objection. The expectations of the common people led to Portugal's independence from the Spaniards."

Joao IV told Chu Yun about Portugal's attempt to protect the achievements of independence during this period.

Chu Yun nodded silently.

It is estimated that the Portuguese couldn't bear the King of Spain, so they insisted on independence.

When the Spaniards levied the young men and taxes, the Portuguese complained, but Joao IV's tax increase was loved by the Portuguese, which can be seen in the determination of the Portuguese.

"Spain didn't aggressively attack Portugal, right?" Chu Yun asked.

"Philip IV is at war with Louis XIII. They have no time to take care of us Portugal. There are only some frictions on the border, and many innocent villagers have died. Now I hear that Spain intends to cease war with France and the Netherlands. I feel sorry for that. I am very worried. Because once Philip IV transfers the troops fighting against France and the Netherlands back to fight with us in Portugal, we will only suffer a complete defeat in front of the powerful Spanish army. Fortunately, Queen Sophia sent a squadron to capture the Some Spanish colonies in the West Indies, let us stand side by side against the Spanish Habsburg family." John IV said with a fluke.

As the new king of the Portuguese kingdom with a small population, he faces the threat of re-annexation of Portugal by the Spanish Kingdom, a first-class country, and he is under great pressure.

If it hadn't been for the English to provoke the hegemony of the Kingdom of Spain, the pressure on him might have crushed him.

France is unwilling to help Portugal, and it is difficult for the Portuguese to face the pressure brought by Spain alone.

Chu Yun looked at Sophia with reproach in his eyes.

To be honest, Chu Yun thinks it is not a very good time for England to provoke Spain at this time.

It is not difficult to defeat the Spanish Armada, the question is how to make Spain submit?The Spaniards had a large number of armed privateers, and they could plunder merchant ships on the routes of Chinese merchant ships and English merchant ships while avoiding powerful warships.

In addition, the capital Madrid is in the hinterland of Spain, and a large number of bastions were built halfway, and the Spanish Legion protected Madrid.

It is not impossible to capture Madrid and make Spain surrender, but before the emergence of mechanized troops, it is not a good choice to go deep into the hinterland of the Iberian Peninsula to capture Madrid.

The fleet may encounter hurricanes from the Atlantic Ocean during the operation. There are still a large number of bastions and forts in the local area, and logistical supplies are also a problem. Fifty years ago, Queen Elizabeth organized an expedition to Spain with 50 large and small ships and 150 personnel. However, England failed, with tens of thousands of casualties and prisoners, and the loss of more than 2 ships.

If it was not necessary, Chu Yun would try to avoid going deep into places where there are a lot of fortresses and where the hearts of the people are concentrated, so as to avoid letting his troops fall into the quagmire of endless wars...

Of course, Chu Yun wouldn't mind teaching Spain a lesson in blitzkrieg if he had mechanized troops and could easily go deep into the interior to fight.

Sophia saw Chu Yun's slight reproach, and remained calm in front of King Joao IV, but her eyes begged Chu Yun for mercy.

Isn't it because she has Chu Yun's escape route, so she doesn't have so many worries in her actions.

As if seeing her trust, Chu Yun had no choice but to turn his head and said to Joao IV: "The three of us have signed the Treaty of Windsor, and we are allied countries to fight against the Habsburg Dynasty together. If Spain treats you Portugal To declare war is to declare war on our Windsor Alliance, China and England will send troops to fully support you against the Spanish invasion."

"Thank you so much!" King Joao IV burst into tears when he saw Chu Yun's promise to fully support Portugal's independence from Spain.

There was no kingdom in Europe to support Portugal, but when he coveted Portugal and its colonies, Chu Yun took the initiative to throw an olive branch to him, wanting to be Portugal's protector, and João IV's favor was greatly increased when he sent charcoal in the timely manner.

Chu Yun is also very willing to help a small country against a big country. Portugal has a small population and its territory is very small among many European kingdoms, only one-fifth of Spain.

Let Portugal break free from Spain and weaken the influence of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, which is in line with Chu Yun's strategy of trying to disrupt the situation.

Anyway, except for the great unification of China, no one else wants to form a powerful and unified empire.

Chu Yun saw the matter of European countries carve up the American colonies, but he didn't seem to be too worried.

Quite simply, colonies cannot last long. These colonies will become independent if they have their own ideas, and they will eventually part ways with European countries.The only thing that can be relied on is the local.

(End of this chapter)