chapter eight hundred and eighty seventh.
Politics really cannot be seen in appearance. Tens of thousands of people were pulled out in a fierce manner and were fully armed. In China, if the capital dared to rebel, it would have been massacred for a long time. However, when we arrived in France, we ended up with a peace agreement.
On October 11, 1656 AD, the hustle and bustling rebellion of the Stone Party finally came to an end with the peace between the palace prime minister Massalin and the robe-clad nobles in the courts across the country and the sword-holding nobles in the army. However, the occurrence of this rebellion pushed the entire European continent to twist a rope.
First of all, even if there is peace, the king's autocracy and aristocratic rights have reached a point where they are incompatible. The simplest method of an old politician is to transfer domestic conflicts with foreign wars. He was hesitant about the royal squandering and finances were not enough to support a war. But now, the Dutch took the lead in providing interest-free loans to the French government. Italian bankers were tempted and immediately approved the loan. The children of the nobles were recruited into the army one after another, preparing to obtain new rights and fiefs on the British land. The French war machine was ready.
On the other hand, Spain was originally a feud with Britain. The allies who attacked the Ming Dynasty could also satisfy the desire for war in China. After dividing the British Caribbean colonies, Spain could also start a new triangular trade, Lisbon, the Black Coast of Africa, and the Caribbean, which was used to supplement the gap in Eastern trade and lay the groundwork for the future war against the Ming Dynasty, so the Duke of Parameson did not refuse.
As for the more than 30,000 troops gathered by the Holy Roman Empire, they did not leave, and the troops were all gathered, but the war was not fought. The military expenditure was vain. How could the feudal lords so easily admit their losses? As mercenaries, they were repatriated to the ranks of conquering Britain. While eating French military pay, they were waiting to go to Britain to rob and make a vote.
Old Curt's political vision is really precise and ruthless. France is enough to reverse the turning point of the entire situation. Seeing that the largest countries and political consortiums have joined the war, Norway and Sweden have simply come in and join in to join in the fun and get some benefits with the flow. As for fighting the same Protestant country, it doesn't matter now. Who told you to commit the crime and kill the king? The word "maintaining feudal order" is enough to be an excuse to start a war.
The peace meeting was held in Paris, France. On a large round table, there was an agreement prepared by the Pope as a notary. France, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, and Hungary. Representatives of powerful and powerful countries signed the names on the documents in circles. After following the French robed noble Berkluson, they signed the names heavily. Curt couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his old face finally shone with some glory.
The Netherlands has tried every effort to promote the major alliance. Is it really such a deep hatred with the Ming Dynasty? No, Old Curt is also helpless, the Netherlands is to protect itself!
The largest and most profitable colonies in the East were lost, and the huge main fleet was also destroyed. If France, Spain and other countries do not fight against the Ming Dynasty or go to war with Britain, who will be the next soft persimmon they annexed?
After all countries attacking Britain, they not only shifted the war targets, but also obtained some spoils from the British land to make up for the losses. Moreover, after conquering Britain, the strategic goal of balanced power between the East and the West can be achieved. In the East, Spain defended the Strait of Hormuz and the Cape of Good Hope in the Red Sea, which was enough to resist the Ming Dynasty east of Africa, to the west, to the north, the Arctic Circle, and France's colonies in western Canada. The Ming Dynasty could not get around, Mexico and South America were Spanish colonies. The Ming fleet, which lacked docking supplies, could not get around, and the world was perfectly divided into two pieces.
After all, war cannot be the norm. Any greedy Mao monarch in the East also longs for European trade. As long as the Ming Dynasty is forced to the negotiating table, as a maritime coachman, the Netherlands, which owns nearly 15,000 merchant ships of all sizes, still has the opportunity to rise!
On the first day of November, the famous Paris contract in later generations was signed. Twenty-six countries, large and small, dominants joined the war and brought the agreement back to Rome by the pope. Then it was serious. Before the troops were moved, the whole of Western Europe turned into a huge arsenal and began to build warships and weapons for the first time in history of the European coalition.
The outpost that attacked the British Peninsula was set up in the small town of Bren, France. On the one hand, it was the closest place to France to Britain. On the other hand, Caesar in Rome set out from here and conquered Celtic Britain at that time. The cold winter with snowflakes flying all over the sky, but more than 100,000 shipbuilders and workers from Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and France came to this cold land.
Hundreds of miles away, trees on the Alps were cut down one by one and transported here. An extremely spectacular transportation line was long displayed on the ground. In the cold weather, the recruited French farmers gritted their teeth and swung their hoes, digging the lock port on the hard land. In the arms of Bren, surrounded by mountains on three sides, the extremely huge lock anchorage slowly revealed its outline.
Thousands of kilometers away, Italy.
Since the fall of the Roman Empire, this land that has never risen again has become a busy group. From the Hannonen Alliance in Central Europe and Germany, steel and coal are continuously transported here. The armor workshops in Milan and the artillery workshops in Genoa are all running at full capacity, and craftsmen are constantly driving the boiler.
In Genoa's gun shop, a large piece of dry land was filled with moulds for soil watering. Cast iron blocks from Germany were melted into molten iron in a high-temperature boiler. Under the guidance of a veteran master, the apprentices hung iron furnaces and reserved holes one by one to pour over. Then after three or four days of cooling waiting, these cast iron gun molds were knocked open, and solid cannons weighing several tons were inserted vertically into the trough of the riverside workshop. The drill bit connected to the huge water truck began to buzz at the core of the cannon.
On the other end, Westerners learned a lot of new things in the Ming Dynasty. In the warehouse of the musket workshop, boxes of newly-built muskets were called oil and wrapped in straw. The firing device was suddenly replaced by flintlock machines from the flintlock machine, and there were two slightly flat slots on the musket. There were no more two more sleeve bayonets tied with the gun with the rope.
Just as the whole of Western Europe was grinding his fists and palms for war, the Ming Dynasty seemed to be behind in the relay race in the New World.
When Li Dingguo arrived in North America, it happened to be the spring after Mao Xingjian's Knee Valley War that changed the fate of others.
After a cold winter, the Ming Dynasty's colony here was not only not destroyed by the cold, but also became prosperous like spring flowers. The biggest change was the gem sea in Seattle in later generations. Now it can be called the city from the town. Almost most of the dilapidated wooden houses were demolished. The steel bars imported from Ma Bao from the north were accompanied by the volcanic ash cement of Mount Rainier. Mao Xingjian also began to walk Mao Jue's old path, building a port, and doing business.
However, the Confucian empire he had once imagined was destroyed, and the Ming Dynasty's regime in the New World became oppressive. On the entire construction site, the coolies deceived by the Mughal Empire and the local natives captured in the war worked hard under the whip of the remaining troops of the rebel army, carrying stones and cement, causing small buildings to rise up.
In three months, most of the port has been completed. Standing at the bow of the boat, Li Shuai looked at the telescope, three-story buildings with cement grey original colors were lined up one after another, neatly arranged on the street market like chessboards. Although it did not have the colorful floor decorations of Hangzhou City, it was much better than the desolate he imagined before.
Having a warm house to live in can always make the drifting visitors feel much more at ease. After six months of sailing, more than 30,000 immigrants were finally able to step on the land that would not shake. They got off the boat and stretched out. Many generals from the Western Army and the old generals of the Chuang Army were still old acquaintances. They even recognized each other with each other. They got off the restaurant with their arms around and were just immigrating. The Hakka brothers from Guangdong and Guangxi, who were still short of money, lined up to receive the special fish and vegetable porridge from the Sea of Gems.
After handing over with the officials at the port, Li Dingguo rushed to the Governor's Mansion in Haicheng with a gift at the first time, but unfortunately he was stunned here. The two giants of the New World are not here!
"Governor Adrena led the fleet south to set up an anchorage. His Highness and General Liu Zongmin crossed the Rocky Mountains and went to the Missouri Plain to hunt. However, calculating the days, we should be able to come back in four or five days. We also asked Mr. Li to take a few days in the Gem Sea."
Now I don’t even know where his fiefdom is Haitianzhou. The fleet also needs to hand over to Mao Xingjian. I can’t leave the Governor’s Mansion. In depressed, Li Dingguo turned around and entered a tavern not far away.
Here I feel like a small western restaurant in American western films. There are dried fish and dried venison hanging on the walls, and there are more than a dozen round tables inside. The soldiers on vacation are drinking wine while playing cards easily. There is no atmosphere of fighting. There is a round counter at the bottom, and the chubby boss is smiling and mixing wine there.
"Welcome to adults, what to order? Beer, Tequila? Or rum?"
None of the three wines knew Li Dingguo. Looking back, a large group of soldiers and gangsters had a thick and deep amber wine in their cups. Li Dingguo, who was not short of money, simply waved his hand: "Give each one a bottle! Collect two more side dishes!"
All the soldiers served were anxious soldiers. In less than half a minute, the wine and food were all on Li Dingguo's table, a plate of salted peanuts and a plate of grilled fish. Seeing a bearded crusade army next to him simmered half a cup, Li Dingguo also picked up the wine bottle with a large leaf painted in the middle of the three bottles with a lot of foreign writings, and drank half a bottle in one bite.
However, in just a moment, this famous general on the battlefield, who started to fight against China at the age of thirteen, suddenly squirted out his face like a monkey's butt. Compared with the soft Sichuan sauce-flavored wine, these foreigners' wines were really too strong.
Seeing him coughing in a mess, a group of gangsters who had no idea about Taishan suddenly burst into laughter. The guys who were closest to Li Dingguo were still wiggling their little fingers.
However, just when Li Dingguo was furious and filled himself with a big cup, another troublesome thing that was about to cause him a headache happened quietly. He squeezed out from the crowd lined up to receive the porridge. The young man in a silk robe looked around the street excitedly. When he looked up, his beautiful eyes fell behind the sea of gems. On the towering mountains around the coast, his delicate red lips were opened with interest.
"This is the territory of the prince! Isn't it very much? It's much worse than Hangzhou! But the scenery is pretty good!"
"Princess, let's go and find the prince quickly! We've been running out for six months. Your Majesty and the Empress should be mad!"
"Anyway, I'm so angry, so what if I play with it more?"
Seeing the little maid beside her crying expression, Miss Yu'er briskly grabbed her little hand and trotted with interest.
Chapter completed!