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Chapter 1713 France's Response
"Brother, why are you here?"

Hannah saw her brother again, Castella, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, appeared in London, she was somewhat surprised.

"On behalf of the Knights, I came here to sign a cooperation agreement with that big man. Our Knights will provide doctors and logistics personnel for his fleet in the future. Originally, the purpose of the Knights was to take care of the wounded. Our members don’t have to take any risks to go to sea to plunder the merchant ships of the Ottoman Empire, so it’s good to be a doctor and logistics. In addition, we have the territories of Rhodes Island and Chios Island, and we can live well with taxes life," Castella said.

"The treaty..." Hannah didn't expect that the entire knight order would be annexed.

In the naval lecture hall, she probably guessed the strategic intention of the Ministry of the Navy, which is to deploy weapons all over the world. The island of Malta of the Knights Hospitaller is one of the strongholds coveted by the Ministry of the Navy.

The Knights Hospitaller does not have a direct suzerain, if there is one, it is the Pope of the Papal State.But the Pope does not seem to be able to shield their interests in the Mediterranean.

"The other side seems to want to build a small Mediterranean fleet to protect their interests in the Mediterranean. Maybe you can apply to join their Mediterranean fleet, so that you can continue to maintain contact with our Knights." Castella said again.

"I will apply to be assigned to the Fourth Fleet, but the details still depend on the arrangement of the Ministry of the Navy." Hannah replied.

The Knights of the Hospitaller secretly established an informal oath with Huaxia, and decided to attach themselves to the new economy and break away from the struggle with the Ottoman Empire.It is too difficult for them to maintain ships that compete with the Ottoman Empire with the power of an autonomous knight order. The transformation from military power to service industry may be an opportunity to improve living standards.

After the 17th century, there have been few disputes that broke out mainly for belief, and more for survival. If you can live a good life without fighting, few people will choose to fight.

Except for the Knights of the Hospital, both France and Sweden reluctantly opened up, allowing Chinese merchant ships to enter their ports except for prohibited goods.

Other kingdoms still refused trade or imposed heavy taxes.

Portugal, which joined the Holy Alliance, was protected by the alliance, and Spain did not dare to cross the border to recover Portugal for a while.After losing the richest Netherlands, and then Portugal, the kingdom that produced navigators and sailors, the decline of Spain was inevitable.

Barely opened the doors of France, Sweden, the Ottoman Empire, Venice, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Portugal, and Denmark. In fact, nearly half of the western territories have compromised.

After gaining the command of the sea, Huaxia's merchant ships can also arrive at the ports of the above-mentioned kingdoms for trade.

Capital has no borders. Merchants in France, Sweden, Ottoman and other places basically ignored the previous wars after the royal family publicly announced that they could trade, and traded with the occasional Chinese merchant ships.

In the past, they needed to go to London or India to buy tea, spices, and porcelain from the East, but now that Chinese merchant ships have arrived, they don't have to travel thousands of miles to the above places to buy.However, this also damaged the share of some sea merchants engaged in ocean-going trade. They originally ventured to places such as the Spice Islands, and transported the spices back to the mainland to resell the profits. In various countries, ocean-going merchants in various countries have indeed lost their business.

Chu Yun, who is behind the scenes of the Holy Alliance, planned to leave after the end of the cold winter. When the various countries learned about it, the ambassadors of the various countries couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, the oppressed countries were ready to move.

The Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of France once again regained their powerful positions in the West.

Although their two countries have been taught badly, Constantinople and Paris fell, but they are undoubtedly the two most powerful countries in the West.As soon as Chu Yun leaves, they will find a way to get rid of the shackles of the unequal treaties and continue to pursue European hegemony.

King Louis XIII of France returned to the Louvre after the Holy League returned Paris.

The aristocrats and commoners of Paris were troubled by the fact that Paris was occupied by the Holy Alliance, and they seemed dissatisfied with the fact that their king had fled Paris.

Louis XIII didn't feel dissatisfaction among the citizens. He just felt sorry for the treasures taken away by Sun Chuanting and others, including oil paintings including the "Mona Lisa", and a large amount of war reparations.

In the winter, Louis XIII received a notification from the ambassador to the City of London, calling in Cardinal Mazarin and other ministers: "The Chinese, that is, the manipulators behind the Holy Alliance, sent an invitation to me to go to the eastern capital to participate in their A grand event, a grand event called the World's Fair. They invited not only us, France, but all the other kingdoms, great and small, do you think I need to accept their invitation?"

The archbishop in red and the ministers looked at each other. They didn't know whether to agree to Huaxia's invitation to go to the unknown east to participate in the World Expo.

"A country cannot be without a king for a day. Now people in France are fluctuating. I don't think you can go to the eastern capital in person, or the situation in the country will get out of control." Archbishop Mazaran said.

"Archbishop, do you mean that we should refuse their invitation?" Louis XIII had always relied heavily on the Cardinal. Seeing what the Archbishop said, he was also a little afraid of spending a lot of time traveling to the East.

The king would leave his kingdom only in rare cases. Usually, he would visit other related royal families in the west. If he wanted to go to the mysterious east, what should he do if the other party imprisoned the king and demanded a ransom?
The imprisoning of the king did not happen. For example, during the Crusades in the 12th century, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI imprisoned King Charles the Lionheart of England and paid 15 marks to England. 15 marks was a lot of money in the 12th century.

"I don't mean that. Five years later, I can take your place in the East to participate in this World Expo. Only by knowing the enemy and knowing the enemy can I defeat them. In addition, I can let His Royal Highness go to the East with me, when he will be 12 years old , should be able to understand the truth. Let His Royal Highness understand the East, and he will be able to deal with the East better after he is crowned in the future." The archbishop in red said.

The prince of the Kingdom of France, Louis XIV who should have been called the "Sun King", is destined to be shrouded in the glory of China in this world.

(End of this chapter)