This time, Spanish court doctors dared not mention bloodletting anymore.

King Philip was still not over fifty years old, otherwise Salcedo's death letter would have pissed him to death. Even so, he was so angry that he fainted from anger and achieved the doctor's goal.

His Highness the King's mood was much more stable.

The reason for his irritability comes from the collapse of the huge empire and the concern that it is about to lose its land.

Now he doesn't need to worry - the Philippine Islands were stolen by General Ming named Chen Mu, and he really lost his land!

“Isn’t it bad enough to arrive in Spain via Mexico without a Manila sailer?”

Philip was lying on the bed, and the Geneva velvet quilt gave him a great sense of comfort. Looking at the portrait of himself when he was young hanging on the wall, he remembered the debt that had not been paid to the painter Titian, and closed his eyes in annoyance.

European velvets are different from big tomorrow velvets.

Chinese velvet refers to velvet silk fabrics, such as the earliest Han Dynasty velvet ring brocade, Southern Song Dynasty velvet back brocade, yarn and other objects. Now the Ming Dynasty velvet refers to velvet, which is a silk fabric developed based on the Yuan Dynasty shiny brocade.

The first crusades in the West appeared in the first time. They brought muslins, canopies, brocades, plain twill, five-color silk satin, velvet, silk, and satin from Central Asia back to Europe, and were very popular.

Later, with the progress of the war, Europeans became skilled weavers. In Italy and Avignon, mature textile centers gradually emerged, and Genetic velvet became a specialty, but Genetic velvet was not a silk fabric, but cotton lint made using crafts originating in Egypt.

"I don't want the Philippines, can't he? He even said that I owe him 260 tons of silver?"

Mr. Philip had a big chin and a little bit of a gloomy look, looking like a bald man with a successful hair growth. At this time, he showed a contemptuous look to the court adviser and sarcastically said: "Why do idiots far away from the ocean think I need Manila and are willing to redeem the Philippines with 260 tons of silver?"

The court adviser stood upright and said expressionlessly: "His Royal Highness, we do need Manila. In order to purchase bulk goods, if the Philippines mortgages the trade route to the banker, it will be able to form an army to suppress the Netherlands and send troops to France..."

For Spain, which wants to rule the world, every year is a turbulent year. King Charles IX of France has just passed away. This is an opportunity for Philip II to seize the opportunity of Sarenzo, Toulon and Marseille.

Although this is more legally difficult, it doesn’t matter. As a human being, the most important thing is the spirit of contract. Based on the principle of complete equality and voluntaryness, when the army is at the city, they will be willing to sign a treaty to accept rule.

Philip didn't move much. He just raised one hand and pointed his palm upward at the court advisor with a very noble demeanor, saying, "Since that's the case, please give me 260 tons of silver to the one named Chen Mu. As the king, I will write letters, and I will ask the Pope to write letters and sign a contract. As long as you get the silver, it will not be a problem."

Of course, this is just a joke. Philip shook his head slightly and said, "I want to report, all means of obtaining information, collect all the letters sent to Madrid by Manila. I want a report, what they believe in, what they have, what they eat and what they use, call up consultants and give me a report that analyzes Mingguo."

As he said that, he lifted up the velvet quilt and wore the stockings of this era, that is, the stockings of the trousers, and said, "Let the Chancellor of the Exchequer count all my debts. He wants to prepare a new loan and tell everyone that our land... has been attacked!"

"Uh... In fact, His Highness the King, the Governor of Mexico has sent troops to attack Chen Mu."

Philip's black shirt buttons were not fastened yet, and he heard this and kept his movements fixed. He turned his head and blinked his eyes. The governor-general district under the jurisdiction of Mexico, including the Philippines, does have such power.

but.

"Great, great. The damn English protesters attacked my fleet at sea, the Netherlands rebels claimed that the sea guerrillas attacked my soldiers on land, and the pagans of Constantinople occupied Tunisia as if I had not had enough trouble." Philip widened his eyes, "My Governor is now going to declare war on a country of five thousand miles!"

Although Philip had the law of the kings of England and Ireland on his head, his wife, who had the same faith as him, was called Bloody Mary, had long passed away, and the current Queen of England was Elizabeth, who supported the Protestantism.

Mr. Philip had failed to propose to Elizabeth, and the Protestants of England attacked their fleet at sea.

Due to the lack of natural resources, the Netherlands, people engaged in business activities to make money, making the Netherlands one of the richest regions in Europe and Philip's main tax tyrant. However, many people in the Netherlands are now fighting for independence.

Philip was also thinking of taking this opportunity to kill all his creditors in the Netherlands.

In addition, his enemies also had the powerful Ottoman Empire.

When did the Spanish Empire begin to decline? There is no doubt that now, the fleet called the great and lucky navy, known as the Invincible Fleet, has ended its rising golden year in the midst of internal and external troubles and endless wars.

In fact, Philip knew better than his Chancellor of the Exchequer how much loan he owed, and that number exceeded 60 million Ducat.

Each Ducat has 3.56 grams, which is close to the full gold, which means that his debt is as high as 213 tons of gold.

The exchange rate between gold and silver is much higher in Spain, but despite this, Chen Mu's debts were very exaggerated, which was 10% of what Mr. Philip had owed over the years, which was higher than his interest.

The principal of his debt is not important, because half of the taxes are mortgaged to the creditors, and the silver mines and other assets in the Americas are mortgaged, so he only needs to pay the interest, but now the interest is almost over, and there is an enemy.

Being able to quietly eliminate the Philippine Governor-General means that the enemy has great strength.

Philip scratched his chin when summoning the court ministers, and finally decided to cancel the matter temporarily and summoned several ministers alone.

It's true that Philip now wants the army sent by the Mexican Governor to be defeated.

If there is no war, the Philippines will not be considered a treasure land. Once it fights with the Ming Dynasty, it will become a quagmire, dragging its troops and financial resources... He does not think that Spain can dispatch a partial division to attack the Ming Dynasty.

From this point of view, losing the Philippines is not a bad thing, and it may be a good thing.

"I want to send a fleet to the Philippines to negotiate with Ming General Chen Mu. Maybe he is an opportunity to reverse the royal finances. Ming, Madrid, England, the Netherlands..."
Chapter completed!