open sea

Chapter 1121 Bypass
Compared with the letter of credence from Philip II who coveted the Portuguese throne for two years and finally got his wish, and wanted to marry a daughter to the Ming emperor as if he was celebrating, the ship from Daming Port in Seville made Chen Mu look forward to it even more. He believed that Li Dan can bring him answers about where Spain is going next.

But the flames of war on the other side of the sea have not yet been extinguished.

For half a month at the beginning of the ninth year of Wanli, Chen Mu had been anxiously waiting for a letter from Daming Port, Seville...Fei Laoer sent a letter from Spain to Panama, and the messenger entered Peru from the west coast to the south, and then from Peru The governor sent someone north to deliver the letter to himself.

The time difference between this was enough for Li Dan's sailors to send over more convincing news.

But it didn't. The messenger from King Ailan Zhu Xiaoen came faster than Li Dan's messenger. A Xiaoqi of the Fuguo Army who used to be under Fu Yuan's command came to Changsheng with a message to inform Chen Mu of King Ailan's The troops landed in the port of Ireland in August last year, and the land in the south has not been captured by England, so there is no direct war. The time is in favor of the king of Alan, which will allow him to effectively integrate the chiefs of the ministries and gradually erode north.

"England didn't know about it before you came back?"

Xiaoqi of the Fuguo Army smiled shyly, and responded to Chen Mu's question: "How can we know whether they know or not? It's all said by merchants. They said that the king of Portugal is dead, and England is busy rescuing the new king of Portugal. Even merchants It doesn't matter if you enter the country of Alan."

The king of Portugal is dead, busy rescuing the new king?
Chen Mu frowned and thought about it, but couldn't figure out the relationship between them, and turned to look at Zhao Shizhen who was sitting in the second seat.

What he couldn't even figure out, the mechanics unit didn't even understand, and asked, "What are they doing to rescue the King of Portugal? It's so far away."

"This humble official knows that when I returned to Bordeaux, I heard from Xiao Chen Shuai's subordinates that it seemed that England and Portugal made an alliance between the two kings two or three hundred years ago. They said that they believed that if the two kings and their descendants urgently needed each other's support, it was agreed according to this agreement. , to be able to help them with all their strength, to protect their borders and property, and to stick to this alliance."

The little flag officer said with a little smile, and said: "The two warships under General Jiujing chased the escorting Franzii ship to the port, but failed to catch up."

Chen Mu raised his elbows to support the tea table, pursed his lips and tapped his temples slowly, it was difficult to collect these small pieces of information to let him know the battle situation on the other side of the ocean, so he just asked: "How many months did this happen?"

"Just two months ago."

From the New World to England, it takes [-] days if the wind is smooth, but from England back to the New World, the north is against the wind and the current is the fastest route. The fastest route is to go south to Spain and North Africa, and return from the equator.

Although the route will be nearly half as far away as this, it can avoid the wind, waves and dangers at sea.

Chen Mu asked a few more questions, but Xiaoqi of the Restoration Army didn't know much at all. Even if he heard it occasionally, he was more concerned about Ireland or England, and had no clue about the situation in Spain and Portugal that he wanted to know. Help, at most, is just something about the cowardice of Portuguese soldiers, and the surrender of important border guards.

However, just when Chen Mu wanted to let the small banner of the Fuguo Army go to rest, he heard him inadvertently say with a mocking tone that England had done a favor and made great efforts to save people, but the new Portuguese king stayed in France Paris became the guest of honor of the Queen Mother.

"It was a surprise to me that he didn't go to England."

After the little banner officer left, Chen Mu spread his hands helplessly and said, "Until now, we don't even know the name of the new Portuguese king. The envoy sent by the military government to Brazil still hasn't seen the Brazilian governor?"

Zhao Shizhen shook his head and said: "The envoy has been waiting in Rio for two months, and the latest letter is still a letter of plea. There are not a few sailing ships."

"The expedition has not returned, and the governor has not returned from the expedition?"

"It seems that their governor doesn't want to see me..." Chen Mu gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, narrowed his dangerous eyes and shook his head and said softly, "How dare you?"

Originally, he thought that in the face of Spain's annexation, Portugal would be eager for Ming's protection, but now it seems that the development of things is contrary to his ideas.

The Portuguese did not seem to expect his protection and were unwilling to answer him.

Brazil seems to be out of control—of course, this is just Chen Mu's wishful thinking. He couldn't control Brazil in the first place, but in his heart, the whole New World belongs to Daming.

This was not only about the governor of Portugal and Brazil's reluctance to meet his envoy, but also about the discrepancy between cognition and reality. This feeling made Chen Mu feel an unknown fire in his heart, and he was very angry.

In his eyes, Brazil is not just the little place where the Pope's meridian belongs to Portugal, but the entire southern part of the New World. The Oriental military government has already unified the caliber to call the land occupied by Ming Dynasty North Asia. Can they call it South America?
Chen Mu raised his hand, tapped on the table, and said with a sudden realization: "I know why Philip is in a hurry to send the marriage certificate."

His premonition was right, the most difficult part of Philip's union with Portugal was the irony—it had nothing to do with Portugal.

Now that the French and the British have been involved, Da Ming can't stay out of it. As long as Chen Mu still wants Brazil, he can't keep himself out of it.

At this moment, the sound of leather boots from far and near came from outside the main hall. After a while, Juniper opened the door and came in. He took a deep breath and clasped his fists and said, "Commander, the ship at Daming Harbor in Saicheng has docked. The governor's envoy is still on the way, and the horseman was sent to deliver the letter first."

"Get it now!"

Chen Mu almost used the movement of 'snatching' to hold the letter in his hand and unfold it.

Li Dan's letter is very long, covering all the circumstances of the current confrontation between Spain and Portugal. In Li Dan's words, there are many differences between the Portuguese people and the dignitaries on the matter of the king.

Among the three heirs, the duchess has no support, and hastily withdrew from the competition for the throne; due to long-term border conflicts, the common people and lower-level monks are extremely disgusted with Spain. Portugal is not a normal European feudal country, and its land can be roughly divided into three parts.

There is rich but scarce land in the northern mountainous area, which was the fiefdom of the old nobles; in the central part where Lisbon is located, the sea trade has driven the prosperity of the handicraft industry. Under the business owners, more common people have obtained wealth through labor, which almost destroyed the original feudalism. In the south, like Andalusia in Spain, the land is vast, the management is rough, and it is ruled by new nobles and large manors.

According to Li Dan, Philip won before the war by promising to abolish border tariffs; provide a loan to profligate Portugal to pay for the redemption of captured nobles in Morocco; and allow Portuguese to enter Spain for study and sightseeing.

The most important thing, and what Chen Mu is most concerned about, is Philip's promise to Portugal that the Portuguese territories can conduct free trade with the Spanish territories, and the Spanish territories cannot trade with the Portuguese territories.

Chen Mu raised his hand and pressed the letter and nodded one after another, spreading his hands to Zhao Shizhen: "The last one is the reason why the Governor of Brazil doesn't want to see my envoy, and France, which has not been beaten enough."

"The letter said that the Portuguese King Antonio, who was supported by the people, collapsed in Lisbon, and was picked up by an English ship on the way to the north and sent to Paris. He promised the Queen Mother of France to bring Brazil, my Brazil. Give my Brazil to the French!"

Chen Mu's complexion became normal, but in Zhao Shizhen's eyes, his expression only felt extremely vicious. This is a very classic look of "small strength sees great strength". He watched the handsome man who had just taken Brazil as his own. The fingers roll the names one by one, and finally point to themselves.

"Philip of Spain, Antonio of Portugal, Catherine of France, and the last Brazilian governor who doesn't deserve to have a name... They think that they can bypass my Eastern military mansion and play by themselves?"

(End of this chapter)