Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became a little excited.

Just like the first time a novice driver was on the highway, Emperor Chongzhen, who was standing on the bow of the ship, looked at the warships ahead and escorted left and right, and an infinite sense of pride suddenly surged in his heart.

Fearless? Invincible? I came to this sea to tell you what can be called a real navy!

A few small black dots appeared on the sea level in the distance, and the lookout hand on the mast immediately waved the flag in his hand, constantly conveying information to the deck and the helmsman's cabin.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to know the small black dot opposite, and it was easy to pick up the telescope in his hand. After scrapping countless lenses, the Shaofu finally created the telescope that Emperor Chongzhen used.

Even though they were very far apart, Emperor Chongzhen still saw clearly what the small black dot on the opposite side was.

The flagship of the South China Sea Fleet in the Suez Canal Squadron, plus two escort warships.

After the two fleets met, Liu Wenbing also arrived at the flagship of the "Son of Heaven" where Emperor Chongzhen was. After the meeting ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen asked directly: "How is England now?"

Liu Wenbing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, England is now completely in chaos. Charles I and Cromwell have officially started war. The two sides are now facing each other with the Edinburgh part."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and then asked, "What is the voyage?"

Liu Wenbing said: "Speak to Your Majesty. The journey along this journey must first pass through Crete. The scenery of this island is good. Your Majesty can stop and see it."

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen showing an interesting look, Liu Wenbing explained: "Crete is an island dominated by rugged mountains, with several natural harbors and coastal plains, and is called "the crown on the southernmost side of the Aegean Sea."

According to the barbarians, the cradle of Western civilization was in ancient Greece, and the source of Greek culture was in Crete. This place not only has the most romantic lighthouse, but also the only pink beach in Greece. It is not dark in color, giving people a dreamy feeling.

Crete originally belonged to Greece, but later Greece was ruled by the Eastern Roman Empire. Four years later, Yingzong Tianshun belonged to the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire adopted the Albanian provincial governor to rule Greece, and Greek bureaucrats ruled the Romanians and Slavs.

The Greeks, who were not willing to destroy their country at the hands of the Ottomans, are now gathering their strength in secret to restore their country and independence in order to get rid of the Ottoman rule."

Emperor Chongzhen immediately understood.

The so-called scenery and culture are basically nonsense, the focus is that the Greeks intend to overthrow the Ottoman Empire in order to establish an independent country.

In the eyes of the West, the Ottoman Empire is definitely not a good role. The difficulty of trying to defeat the Ottoman Empire is not on the same level as the difficulty of the Ming Dynasty planning to kill England.

If the Ming Dynasty was a strong adult, bullying a small English luoli with a light body and a soft body, then the Greeks wanted to overthrow the Ottoman Empire as a strong adult, and they wanted to rub a strong adult on the ground.

This position exists theoretically, but there is no possibility of success in military terms.

Because the Greek little luoli was originally pressed to the ground by the Eastern Roman Empire, it has now fallen into the Ottoman clutches, and it has no army, no equipment, and even buying arms is difficult.

In this case, it is basically a fantasy to try to defeat the Ottoman independence.

Liu Wenbing, the big cousin, obviously didn't know where the news came from, and didn't know how he got it online with the Greeks. Now he has the idea of ​​Greek, or the Ottoman.

Because it is actually very simple to make Emperor Chongzhen interested in the Ottomans.

In addition to the Suez Canal, the geographical location of Crete and the scenery on the island are obviously also the focus of attracting Emperor Chongzhen.

As long as Emperor Chongzhen showed his position on Crete, the difficulty for the Greeks to overthrow the Ottoman would almost plummet.

Are you short of silver? The Ming Dynasty treasury has gold, silver and treasures. You dare to send money to you if you say an account. You will be very confident about the interest rate of nine out of nine and thirteen, so you will not be charged for the money.

Are there any arms shortage? The Northern Ordnance Industrial Group and the Southern Industrial Group of the Ming Empire have arms, as long as there are labor and money, everything is easy to say!

Even if there is no money or labor, is there no problem with minerals? Do you need to build roads? Do you need to build a port? The Foreign Trade Department under the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Empire can solve all problems for you!

However, Emperor Chongzhen was not interested in Crete.

The location of Crete is of course important. Whether it is landing in Europe through Crete or Africa through Crete, it is a very good choice. Even Turkey in the northeast and the Ottoman Empire in the southwest are within the radiation range of Crete.

In other words, as long as it occupied Crete, the Ming Dynasty almost had an aircraft carrier that never sinks, although this aircraft carrier could not sail.

But who belongs to Crete now?

Crete is now ruled by the Ottoman Empire, and the Suez Canal is also ruled by the Ottoman Empire, but now the management and operation rights of the canal are in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

However, as long as the Ming Dynasty did not intend to break up with the Ottoman, it would not be able to attack Crete for a day, and it would not be able to blatantly support the Greeks to restore the country.

After all, there are three kilograms of nails in the broken ship. No matter how bad the Ottoman Empire is, it is still a huge empire. If we are determined to be in a dilemma with the Ming Dynasty on the issue of the Suez Canal, the Ming Dynasty will feel it will be difficult.

Of course, it is just a tricky one, and it is still not a big problem to completely kill the Ottoman Empire.

But is this necessary?

Of course, killing the Ottoman Empire is not a big problem. The question is what kind of reaction will the Ming Dynasty trigger after killing the Ottoman?

Emperor Chongzhen did not bring people from the think tank when he traveled, and even the big guys from the cabinet were not brought with him. It would be troublesome to deduce the consequences of killing the Ottoman. So why are you still having trouble with the Ottoman?

As for supporting the Greeks' restoration, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen did not participate, and Emperor Chongzhen did not agree, so don't talk nonsense!

As for what the scumbags of the East India Company did, it was their own business. After all, merchants were seeking profits. It was difficult for the Ming Dynasty to find out clearly, right?

After pondering for a while, Emperor Chongzhen said, "No matter Crete, Xinlehou can organize the relevant information and send it to Zhongji Temple in the capital. The Grand Secretary of Zhongji Temple will lead a group of great sages to play the consequences related to this.

As for now, it’s more important to go to England first and completely kill England.”

When Liu Wenbing bowed to answer, Emperor Chongzhen showed another look of interest on his face and said with a smile: "I look at the map of all countries. Isn't Spain just on the route from our Ming fleet to England?"

When we were in Java, the Spanish barbarians had a festival with me, the Ming Dynasty. Now that I am going to pass by their doorstep, the barbarians have no expression at all?”

Liu Wenbing bowed and said, "Speak to Your Majesty, the whole of Europe is now targeting the Hasburg family. Philip IV, who also serves as the Lord of the South Netherlands, is unable to maintain his rule and is forced to recognize the independence of the Netherlands.

The war between Spain and France under the rule of Philip IV has lasted for nearly ten years, and Spain's national strength has long been in a state of difficulty. Even though France has caused civil strife now, Spain still cannot win.

Also, in the 13th year of Chongzhen, Portugal also broke away from Spanish rule and completely became an independent kingdom, and the whole of Spain became even more declining.

Now my Ming Dynasty is at its peak. I went past his Spanish door to give him the Spanish face, so that those barbarians could have the opportunity to see the majesty of the Celestial Empire. How dare they jump out and stop my Ming fleet?"

Emperor Chongzhen hummed again and said, "What about France? They did not jump out because of civil strife?"

Liu Wenbing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Cromwell has sent people to contact France, and even sent a detailed plan to France to spread rumors in order to win France over to fight against our Great Ming soldiers."

But France is now the young lord who is in charge of the dynasty. In order to cope with the needs of the war, Mazaran made advance payments to private merchants in exchange for allowing them to collect taxes and collect state income.

These tax keepers made huge profits from it, which aroused the jealousy of the French nobles and the anger of the people. Now civil strife in France is rife.

The rebels in the capital Paris built 1,200 barricades overnight. They used catapults to shoot the residences of their supporters. A large number of rebellions broke out in other provinces. Louis XIV has already gone to hunt, and Mazaran has also been exiled.

The whole France is in such chaos now, how can we still worry about getting involved with the English barbarians to fight against the Great Ming soldiers?"

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh.

It’s not easy for European barbarians. The bigger the place is like this bird, and it’s almost caught up with the melee of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

However, no matter how chaotic the Central Plains dynasty was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the brothers of their families still fought in their own houses. Whoever loses and wins will care about the people as they are all their own family members.

But these European barbarians are different. Where did they come from the concept of their own family? Even if they look like birds, they still sold the prisoners to the Ming Dynasty as piglets?

Just sell it. Anyway, what the Ming Dynasty lacks now is labor. Even if the barbarians catch all of them and sell piglets, how can they have time to care about their lives?

One question and one answer, the fleet soon arrived at the Isle of Wight.

Of course, the Isle of Wight can no longer be called the Isle of Wight, because Liu Wenbing has already made his own initiative to name this island Xinhua Island, which means new naturalization.

The barbarians on the island are very lucky. They have not obtained the Ming Dynasty household registration, but unless the barbarians are committed to death, they will no longer be arrested and work as laborers, nor will they have the risk of facing war. It has to be said that they are another kind of luck.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that the barbarians of the Ming Dynasty have poured into Xinhua Island, and the Ming people who were originally scattered in England and France also ran to Xinhua Island.

For the barbarians, they may not feel anything, but for the Ming people, the status of Xinhua Island is probably equivalent to that of Xinming Island.

Anyway, it is all the territory of the Ming Dynasty. The garrisons and patrol warships on the island gave the Ming people a great sense of security. The Ming people fully agree with Xinhua Island because this is their home overseas!

So when the flagship where Emperor Chongzhen was located arrived at Xinhua Island, the entire Xinhua Island wharf was already crowded with people. Not only the soldiers responsible for security guards, but also a large number of Ming people and a large number of barbarians also rushed to the wharf.

The people of the Ming Dynasty wanted to see what Emperor Chongzhen looked like. The portraits on the Chongzhen treasure banknote were really bad. How could they look at real people? Especially this emperor is still a living...

The barbarians came to see what this new ruler of the Isle of Wight, the master of the world, the "true king of the world", the "god walking in the world", and the "invincible sun king" looked like, and by the way, can we see what we can see from the words and deeds of this ruler.

However, the barbarians' plans are destined to fail.

For Emperor Chongzhen, the people of the Ming Dynasty on Xinhua Island belong to their own people. As their emperor, standing up for the people to see can increase the people's sense of identity and their sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty to the greatest extent.

As for the barbarians, what does it have to do with me?

Emperor Chongzhen, who had just shown his face and left in a hurry, soon appeared in the military camp on Xinhua Island, and the horsemen brought by his subordinates stood in the hall. Except for a few double-flowered red stick-level bosses who could get on a stool, the rest of the people had already squeezed the lobby of the military camp in Xinhua Island.

After glanced at the many horsemen, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Liu Wenbing and Zhang Zhiji: "Now that warships and supplies, as well as many soldiers from the garrison have been in place. I plan to declare war on the barbarians in England directly and then launch an attack immediately. Do you have any different opinions?"

Liu Wenbing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't you know who will send to the envoy before declaring war?"

In Liu Wenbing's opinion, since Emperor Chongzhen had already declared war, it means that the Ming Empire's war against England could not be the same as before, and it was a bit of a tacit war.
Chapter completed!