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Chapter 1669 Royal Marriage
"I firmly believe that if one of the three countries urgently needs his support, according to this agreement, we will be able to help it with all our strength to ensure that its borders and property are safe, so that this alliance will not be revoked."

Chu Yun officially signed the new "Treaty of Windsor" with England's Queen Sophia and Portugal's King Joao IV, establishing a holy alliance.

Although there are only three countries in the alliance, they have their territories or colonies from the East to Europe, to North America and South America.

In addition to the permanent alliance oath, they also open ports to each other, agree on tax rates, and establish military alliances.

Originally, the Treaty of Windsor was a permanent treaty signed by the kings of England and Portugal in the 14th century. Now Chu Yun intervened in it and established the Holy Alliance of Windsor to control the whole of Europe.

England was out at sea as a hound to watch over the Continent, while Portugal provided ports for Allied forces to land on the Continent.

And with the Windsor Alliance, the Portuguese colonies in Africa and South America were fully open to Chinese businessmen.

With the help of the "Treaty of Windsor", Chinese merchants can conduct trade and find supply ports on any continent except Antarctica.

In fact, the Portuguese also had many strongholds in India, but they were all taken away by the East India Company under Chu Yun’s order, such as Mumbai, Goa, and Malacca. Many Portuguese who were reluctant to leave the colony were allowed to stay in the Colonial life.

Now that the three parties have signed the Treaty of Windsor, Chu Yun still hasn’t returned Mumbai, Goa, and Malacca to the Portuguese. It’s fine if he didn’t pursue the Portuguese for occupying Macau, but he still wants to return these places to them?

King Joao IV knew that he was beyond his reach, even if he had the cheek to ask Chu Yun to return Mumbai, Goa, and Malacca, the sparsely populated Portugal would not be able to maintain its rule.

"I can sit back and relax with this."

After Joao IV confirmed the content of the treaty, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the pressure brought by the Spaniards was relieved.His current allies are China and England, which defeated the Ottoman Empire, plus this time it is Portugal defending and Spain attacking.Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, is also close to the ocean. As long as the coalition forces have command of the sea, reinforcements will be able to arrive in Lisbon continuously from the sea.The difficulty is comparable to defeating the Ottoman Empire.

"By the way." Joao IV seemed to have thought of an important matter, "My third daughter, Caterina, is my apple of the eye. If possible, I hope to marry Prince Henry and strengthen the alliance. "

marriage?Chu Yun looked at Caterina, the third princess of Portugal who was playing with Linger, Xiner, and Xueer. Except for Linger who was a little older, the other three children were all about the same age.

If it is really agreed to allow the second son Chu Zixin to marry Joao IV, then there will be a big problem.

In case England and Portugal are accidentally merged due to marriage in the future, a huge empire may emerge. This is something Chu Yun is not very willing to see. He can allow an opponent to exist to divert domestic conflicts, but he is unwilling to have a powerful empire. opponent.

Alas, what was I thinking.

After Chu Yun discovered that he had the ability to change the direction of history, even when he was thinking about his son's marriage, especially after the strange play of the Stuart royal family's ability to annex the territories of other kingdoms through marriage, the new son couldn't help but think about utilitarianism. To think, not the son's own opinion.

"We have a saying in Huaxia that children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Before they study poetry and books and understand things, they should not be forced to marry for them. Now that the two are still young, let's talk about it later." Chu Yun did not directly categorically Reject Joao IV's idea of ​​marrying, for fear that he will become angry from embarrassment.

"Forget it, the two of them are indeed very young."

King Joao IV looked at his eldest son, Ling'er, and asked Chu Yun, "Is this your eldest son?"

"Exactly, Ling'er, came to meet the King of Portugal." Chu Yun said to Ling'er.

Ling'er came over, neither humble nor overbearing: "Ling'er has seen His Majesty the King."

In his eyes, the Portuguese king with a big forehead in front of him was just a king, and there was nothing to be afraid of.

His youngest mother is the Queen of England, his younger brother is the Crown Prince of England, and his father directly or indirectly captured countless princes and nobles. The emperor of the Mughal Empire died of illness, the emperor of the Ottoman Empire was deposed, and the king of Bengal bowed his head and became a vassal. A Portuguese king did not Nothing to be afraid of.

"Good boy, I have a gold pocket watch here as a gift for you." King Joao IV got a promise of protection from Chu Yun, so he took out a handmade pocket watch made of gold from his bosom, and handed it to Ling'er with some reluctance .

Ling'er looked at her father, a little hesitant to accept Joao IV's gift.

"Since it's a gift from the king's uncle, then accept it." Chu Yun said.

King Joao IV took the initiative to cut off love, if Ling'er was not allowed to accept it, it would be a disgrace to him, after all, the other party is a king.

"Thank you, Uncle King." Ling'er accepted the gold pocket watch, took it to show to his younger siblings, and shared this rare thing with them.

In fact, it is very simple for Chu Yun to ask craftsmen to make a pocket watch, but he does not have this habit, so Ling'er has rarely seen a pocket watch, and it is a gold pocket watch.

"Actually, I still have a second daughter. It might be a good thing if I can marry your eldest son. I can use Rio de Janeiro as a dowry to promote this marriage." King Joao IV saw that Chu Yun had nothing but new Er and Ling Er have a new idea.

Chu Zixin is the heir to the Stuart royal family and the Prince of Wales in England. Chu Yun will definitely not let him interfere in China's affairs.In Joao IV's view, if his daughter marries Ling'er, the relationship with Huaxia will be even closer.

Chu Yun's head was full of black lines, how could King Joao IV seem to be in a hurry to sell his daughters, but he had quite a few daughters and wanted to marry his two sons.

"Ling'er is not yet an adult. When he becomes an adult, maybe we can arrange for them to meet. If they are both satisfied with each other, it's okay to marry again at that time." Chu Yun only wrote a blank check to the other party, anyway. It's time to say that you are not satisfied, just refuse.

His country is strong, and he doesn't need to protect his country through marriage like a sparsely populated country like Portugal.

In addition, from a psychological point of view, Chu Yun hopes that Ling'er will marry a woman from Huaxia, rather than the whole family becoming members of the European royal family, which is too...

"Okay." Joao IV felt sorry for Chu Yun's refusal to marry him, and he even took out Rio de Janeiro as a dowry.

(End of this chapter)