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1122 Disadvantage
"Whether we want to or not, how can the Atlantic Ocean bypass Daming?"

After the war in Portugal ended, the Duke of Avar led an army to welcome Philip II into Portugal on the border of Spain and Portugal.

The king drove from the Royal Palace and Monastery in Madrid all the way to Lisbon in a black four-wheeled carriage, accompanied by as many as [-] palace guards and envoys from all over the world.

They are tall knights in black armor, sword and shield warriors with red silk on their breastplates, heavy musketeers in colorful yin and yang pants, nobles from Milan, Italy, and monks from Rome.

In addition, there is also a Ming army infantry guard composed of the Eastern Banner Army, with a red flag waving, following on the left side of the royal carriage, leading a group of envoys from all over Europe who are stationed in Madrid, following step by step.

Li Dan sat in the king's carriage, while his brother Hua Yu rode a speckled blue-and-gray Andalusian warhorse outside, while leading another.

Opposite him, the King of Spain, wearing a complex gold-patterned black plate armor, put a beige soft hat on his head, and took it off with some anxiety, pointing to the netless hair scarf on his head and asked: " How do you think this can block my disadvantage?"

"I will be crowned the first Philip of Portugal in a few months. Although the great nobles of Portugal had correspondence with the court before the war, most of them have not met me. I need to let them know , the new king is mighty, wise and perfect."

As he spoke, his index finger swung towards Li Dan in the leather glove under the iron plate armor.

"Don't worry about your highness, it can cover all the parts of the forehead with less hair. If you are still worried about it, you can tie another piece of this." Li Dan said and handed out a piece of round jade, saying: "This is called Yuguanzi. It makes the scarf tighter when tied on... we generally wear nets more."

Fei Laoer's baldness is getting worse and worse. Li Dan can't help but slander in his heart. Since he is bald, he should continue to grow his hair long and tie it into a bun on the top of his head. This way, wearing a net towel will not only make him look bald , It will also make people feel that the hair volume is sufficient.

But the court physician in Madrid instructed Fei Lao Er to shave his head again and again, until even the remaining hair was gone.

As he was about to enter Lisbon, he approached Li Dan to enter the palace to see what he could do. What could Li Dan do? He simply asked someone to make a net towel to cover him, but he didn't have a bun It'll just feel a little weird.

The result was unexpected. Philip likes the scarf, not only the scarf, but also the scarf, big hat, and black yarn. He even wanted to get a winged crown, but this crazy idea was stopped by Li Dan.

The Yishan crown can only be worn by the royal clan.

"If the marriage between the two countries is successful, then I can wear it. Then you must get me one, the best one." When Philip talked about this, his face was expressionless, and he was very serious in his heart: "It must be the best one." Yes, it may not be as good as the emperor, but it cannot be better than them like Korea, Annan, Sulu, Luzon, and Ryukyu you mentioned."

Are you thinking of marrying your daughter to the emperor just because you are wearing a winged crown?
Li Dan sighed and said, "My lord, I'm still a little worried. You should discuss the marriage with me first. That's your daughter. My father probably thinks it's an insult to Spain and Daming. He will I think you want to be the head of Ming Dynasty."

"Even though you've said that to me so many times, I still can't understand it."

Philip opened his hands in the carriage, his face full of doubts: "What an insult, marriage is the best way to strengthen friendship, me, why do you think this is an insult, can not marry make the country bigger? Daming is so strange .”

Li Dan leaned back, tilted his head and raised his hands to lift the curtains and looked out. What he saw in his eyes were the endless mountains in the distance on the border between Spain and Portugal and the nearby pastures.

How strange is Daming?
Are you surprised?I married my uncle's daughter, and I think it's normal.

Philip raised his hand and knocked on the seat annoyedly, and said, "Well, I can't help it. The situation was urgent. I had to tell your father the news of the crowning of the Portuguese king. Actually... I'm a little afraid of him making trouble. .”

"The matter of Portugal is already complicated enough. Da Ming also needs to deal with the relationship with France and England. There is no need to get involved in it. I don't want to pay tribute directly to Da Ming, but I can give the emperor a fortune in the form of a dowry in exchange for Dongyang Isn't it good that the military government doesn't get involved in this matter?"

Li Dan raised his eyebrows. The amount of information in this sentence was too much, so he couldn't help educating the ignorant Spanish king.

He said: "Spain should pay tribute to the emperor. The adoptive father often talks about rights and obligations. The merchants of Ming Dynasty benefited from the trade between Ming and West. Didn't the king benefit from it?"

Philip nodded. He was arrogant about this matter, and admitted: "Da Ming's goods can be sold at a good price. Every year, I can use half of the goods to speed up the speed of building a new fleet by one third."

"This is an obligation. Friendly commerce and trade, mutual exchange between the two countries, but this is only economic; what about military? If Spain pays tribute to Ming, disputes between Spain and other countries can be supported by Ming, and the suzerain has It is the duty of the tributary country to protect the tributary country, which is the right of the tributary country."

"But we already have an alliance agreement, and the two sides support each other. If Da Ming returns the Philippines to me again, Da Ming will support me in the Atlantic Ocean; I will support Da Ming in the South Seas... As I just said, the annual trade makes my fleet build Speed ​​up by one-third, and by next year at the latest, Spain will have a fleet of hundreds of large ships, enough to deal with all enemies in the Atlantic Ocean."

"Others are not as strong as Daming. General Chen in Bordeaux knows very well that French warships are vulnerable to Liujia warships. There are only two best warships in the world, Ming's Liujia warships and Spain's giant Galen. .”

As he spoke, Philip curled his lips and said, "And you didn't protect those heretics in Ottoman. Didn't you say that they also paid tribute to Ming Dynasty?"

What Li Dan could say, Fei Lao Er knew quite a lot. He couldn't say that before Emperor Wanli, no one cared about paying tribute or not, could he?
After organizing his words a bit, Li Dan said righteously: "Your Highness, Ming Dynasty has freedom of religion and there are no heretics. In the past, we were too far away from Ottomans. Even if we wanted to send troops to expedition, we couldn't help them. But it's different for Spain now."

"There is also the dowry mentioned by the king, which is delivered directly to the court. I think everyone doesn't care too much about the dowry, but if it is given to the adoptive father, maybe a dowry that suits his heart will make him go from opposing to intentionally promoting the matter. "

　Hey, sorry, the chapter is late.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)