Chapter 157 Trust
In this era, Germany and Italy were both divided, just a geographical concept.
Chen Ju took the Wanli fleet around the world and entered Gibraltar under the protection of the Spanish Ming Port fleet.
Then he met with King Sutan and King Sanghai, Morocco, North Africa, signed agreements such as trade, sent envoys to stay and protect the emperor's fleet, and then led the crowd into the Mediterranean.
In the Mediterranean, his escort fleet became even stronger.
On his left wing, the Nantang ship led the Naples fleet from Spain; on his right wing, the Taiyue ship led the Satan Gallery from Morocco; the Shuanglin ship represented the eunuch as the front drive, visiting the Marseille, which belonged to the French.
Since Marseille did not have members of the Valois direct royal family, under the strong demands of the nobles and merchants in the city, Chen Ju could only sign a not-so-reliable treaty with the city. Of course, everything must be equal. Therefore, Marseille directly faced the Port of Daming in Spain, and the two sides traded and traded, and the Port of Daming was the Guard of the Port of Daming to the Marseille station to help the city defense.
The envoys of Marseille were stationed in Mexico City, the headquarters of the Eastern Military Palace.
Here, Chen Ju became the protector of Marseille again.
The fleet continued to go east, followed by Genea, where Chen Ju was warmly welcomed by bankers and financiers, as well as the weapons and armor merchants who came from Milan. Although Chen Ju's voyage was abnormal for the Ming Dynasty, he did not bring any gifts.
But in the eyes of others, he led the Ming Dynasty to defeat Spain and expand his power to the Mediterranean.
As long as he didn't fire, he would have brought a lot of things.
Chen Ju stayed in Geneva for a long time, and this place is richer than Marseille. The locals are willing and capable of providing supplies to their huge fleet, and he just needs some preparation.
This pair of people kept coming from Milan and Florence to see him. People were curious about China, the capital that had long existed in their ears.
In this era, sea travelers all over the world pointed their compass to the east, and the focus of the east was Yuan Dadu.
The flash in the new world attracted everyone's attention, and after Spain and Portugal lost the new world, people's wishes became effective, and the Ming Dynasty came to hear the news.
In "Feast of the Gods", the founder of the Venetian School of Painting and painter Bellini, who made Venice the center of the late Renaissance, the gods wore silk and used Yongle porcelain plates. The seventh Pope once called the Mongols the world conquerors. Now the Ming Dynasty took the vastest land in the world from the hands of the Spanish and stood in front of them.
Chen Ju was preparing to go to the Vatican in Rome, but he had not yet figured out the title of the Pope. Whether people want to do so or not, there is only one emperor in this world, and others should know how to avoid it.
In the past, the Ming people did not understand the outside world enough and were bewitched by the Portuguese, which made people think that the pope had the power of an emperor, but now they see that this is not the case.
He was killed by the French and besieged by the Spanish and almost starved to death. The only troops he had belonged to was mercenaries from Switzerland.
At best, the power is equal to the King of Zhou in the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, a decoration.
In Genea, his translation of the classics and found a suitable title in the "Church Law": Roman priests.
That's what others call themselves.
Chen Ju stayed in Genea for three months and finally said goodbye to the Genea merchants who signed the trade treaty. He brought the envoys of various kingdoms and city-states to the ship, leaving a hundred households of flag troops to the defense and continued to sail towards Rome.
Rome was very important to his voyage, and this was a heavy trust about Chen Mu.
Now, the purpose of the Wanli ship traveling around the world has changed, and Chen Ju is not just sailing to prove that the earth is round.
The earth is round and has long been proven by Yang Ce. His fleet brought the rum from the West back to the Eastern Military Palace and completed the great relay.
Before Chen Ju set sail from Daxi Port, Mexico, Chen Mu chatted with him all night and instilled in him a concept: he was sailing to establish a world order.
They needed messengers from various countries and city-states to formulate rules for the world that belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
Tell them a reality: The Ming Dynasty has the ability to send the Ming army to any corner of the world.
Chen Ju remembered very clearly that Chen Mu smiled sarcastically when he said this sentence, and then added: This sentence does not hold true, but it is true for those who hear it.
When you hear it, it means you meet the Ming people. When you see it, it means that this sentence is valid.
Like Germany, Italy is not a unified country, and Chen Ju believes that these two places may never become a unified country.
Because Germany has Holy Rome, Italy has Vatican.
Holy Rome wanted to unify Europe from the secular world. If it wanted to unify Europe, it could not form an independent nation. Without the concept of an independent nation, how could it form a secular power?
The Vatican wants to unify the world from the sphere of theocracy. To unify the world, one must pay attention to the right to church. The Vatican, which pays attention to the right to church, is also the biggest obstacle to Italy's formation of an independent country.
In this way, this fleet of armed parades at sea led by Chen Ju finally arrived at the gate of the Roman priests.
But they can't be welcomed much.
Under the notice from the Spanish Naples fleet, the Vatican had already known that the envoys from the Ming Dynasty came to visit as soon as Chen Ju drove into Gibraltar, and the Roman priest Gregory Thirteen refused.
It is rumored that he also wrote a letter to rebuke Fei Laoer, blaming him for allowing these thugs who attacked the Spanish New World to sail into Gibraltar and directly threaten Rome, and ordered Fei Laoer to assign the Naples fleet to escort the Wanli fleet to annihilate the fleet from the Ming Dynasty at sea.
Yu Guang, a bald man in black egg-tie trousers, saw this letter as if he had seen a Black Death patient.
He squinted his eyes and carefully pushed the letter from the corner of the table to the ground, and asked the palace servant to take the brazier over. His mother ordered the servant with her trembling hands: "Burn it, burn it all!"
Are you crazy? Sink the Wanli ship and Spain will be gone.
Even if Chen Mu, who was far away in the New World and the Ming warriors who were ready to go, Fu Yuan, who was stationed in the border between Spain and France, had completely guarded the gate of the Pyrenees, and could put Chen Jiujing, who was making a big fuss in France at any time.
Not to mention that there are pirates from Yang Ce in the west who make trouble with Spain all day to enter Gibraltar, and Li Dan from the Ming Port in the south smiles all day long. Who knows what he is thinking.
Sure enough, the Pope was not at all considerate about Spain. At this time, he still wanted Spain to sink the Wanli fleet?
Chapter completed!