The news of the defeat of the Invincible Armada by the Ming Royal Navy was transmitted back to Portugal at the first time.

In the evening of the next day, the triumphant Combined Fleet returned to the port of Lisbon and was greeted by the Portuguese citizens with enthusiasm and almost frenzy.

Since Portugal's independence from Spain, its international status has been low, and it has often been discriminated against and bullied by European powers.

At this time, the Portuguese people can be said to be the most patriotic in a hundred years, deeply ashamed, this time I heard that the Ming Royal Navy helped Portugal defeat the Invincible Armada, the whole city was jubilant.

When the Ming navy soldiers marched into the city to rest, the welcoming crowd almost overwhelmed the procession.

The enthusiastic Portuguese kept stuffing gifts into the arms of the Ming soldiers, and some even brought their daughters to forcibly arrange a blind date on the spot.

A Catholic bishop who leans towards the Portuguese royal family personally greeted you with a group of priests and offered a prayer: "Thank you, warriors of the East, you are our protectors of all battles, and may the protection of the Lord always hang over you!" ”

However, the naval officers of the Ming Dynasty didn't have time to listen to his fart, and they responded one after another to the beautiful girls around them waving flowers.

These Yanmars are very open, and some of them come up to hug, kissing the Ming soldiers without scruples, and ruthlessly taking away the first kisses of many Ming soldiers.

A young and handsome soldier of the Ming Army wiped his moist mouth and complained to his comrades-in-arms: "My first kiss is still going to be left for my future wife, this time the loss is big!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, another large Yanma galloped over, wrapped his arms around him, and kissed him like a throat.

"Hmm......"

The handsome soldier was caught off guard and almost fell down by the impact, and he subconsciously hugged the small waist of the big Yanma.

This time, the handsome soldier came to feel and wanted to see the stitches......

That night, Lisbon was in the mood of spring, leaving behind many touching love stories, even more touching than the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

After all, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can still date once a year, and it takes a year for thousands of Ming Navy soldiers and Portuguese women to cross the South Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean......

According to later Portuguese official statistics, the birth rate of Lisbon in the 11th year of Tianwu increased by 100 percent from the previous month.

That year was also the beginning of the Portuguese becoming popular with Chinese names.

Of course, there were also some Ming soldiers who were "as guarded as jade" because they didn't like some Yanmar that didn't like to bathe.

During this period, due to the epidemic of the Black Death in the 14th century, the church and the kings of various countries closed the public baths, and Europe launched a vigorous "no bathing movement" and entered the dirty age.

However, not all Europeans did not bathe, for example, the "Astronomer's Witch Case" records that Frederick I, after discovering the hot springs, immediately sent the royal architect to the site to build a large bath and park, which became a very popular place for the aristocracy.

European merchants also liked to bathe, "Private Life History" records that in Nuremberg in the early 16th century, merchants separated a small room from their bedrooms, placed a bathtub, and covered it with a taut cloth to prevent steam from escaping, and bathed in their homes.

In fact, the non-bathing of Europeans was limited to some nobles and clergy, such as King Louis XIV of France, who bathed only once in more than twenty years, Louis XV bathed only three times in his life, and a certain queen, who bathed twice in his lifetime......

Most of them are European civilians or bathing, and the naval officers of the Ming Dynasty are not to the point of starvation, on the contrary, they not only show off the prestige of the country on the battlefield, but also do their best to win glory for the country on the board!

On the third day of June, at 9 a.m., the Royal Palace of Portugal.

In a matter of days, Lisbon was the focus of attention across Europe, and now, an official ceremony for Portugal's big brother recognition, presided over by King João IV of Portugal, is about to begin.

The ceremony was a bit of a high standard, not only the envoys of various countries in Portugal, but also the reporters of several major newspapers made an exception to enter the palace hall.

João IV's little calculation is very fine, he wants to take advantage of this moment to announce to the whole of Europa and even the world: Ming is the eldest brother of Portugal, and the emperor of Ming is my son-in-law!

In the palace, the lights were bright, and nearly 100 nobles and generals were crowded.

The main people who participated in the ceremony were: Portuguese nobles, Portuguese admirals, war ministers and other senior generals, as well as the generals of the Ming Royal Navy.

As King João IV and Wu Zhong and Zhu Chenggong had not yet entered the finale, all the nobles and admirals present were talking to each other about the recent naval battles.

In addition to the defeat of the Armada by the Ming and Portuguese fleets, the Anglo-Dutch War also ended a few days ago.

The Dutch navy concentrated on a decisive battle with the English navy, and after several days of bloody battles, it was finally defeated, and the British took control of the English Channel, forcing the Dutch to throw in the towel and recognize the British Navigation Regulations.

A Portuguese admiral who acted as a commentator commented on the Anglo-Dutch war in detail, and he felt that the defeat of the powerful Dutch navy was due to improper strategic deployment, focusing only on the English Channel and ignoring the life-and-death Strait of Dover and the North Sea theater.

Moreover, the Dutch navy was not all concentrated, and many of its warships were scattered to escort the merchant ships of the East India Company, and they did not exert their full strength in the decisive battle.

Portugal's War Secretary commented on logistical supplies, saying that Britain had strong industrial strength and could quickly replenish its combat strength, and that their naval equipment, numbers, firepower and even tactical level were superior to those of the Dutch Navy.

Speaking of tactics, the well-informed Portuguese admiral spoke again, and talked about the tactics used by the British, which were exactly the same as the battle line tactics used by the Ming Royal Navy!

His words immediately aroused the interest of the surrounding nobles and generals.

Shi Lang said proudly: "Speaking of battle line tactics, the first person to put forward this tactical idea was His Majesty the Tianwu Emperor of my Ming Empire!" ”

Someone questioned: "Your Excellency, I have heard that at the Battle of Gravoline seventy years ago, the British fleet used a similar tactic when defeating the Invincible Armada. ”

Shi Lang, who was slapped in the face on the spot, naturally wouldn't admit it, and he said with disdain on his face: "Fart!" I haven't heard of it! When I was in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty had already boldly used this tactic and defeated the strongest naval division in East Asia, the Zheng family naval division, which had a great advantage, in the naval battle of Eastern Australia! ”

Exposing his own old bottom, Shi Lang didn't blush at all, and kept saying that the Ming Royal Navy wrote this tactic into the naval regulations ten years ago, this is the tactic of the Ming Dynasty, and the British are plagiarism!

At this time, Shi Lang looked like an old Korean.

The surrounding Portuguese nobles were stunned, because there were few knowledgeable people, and they didn't know what period the Ming Chongzhen Dynasty was, many people even felt that the Ming Dynasty had adopted this high-end tactic in naval warfare a hundred years ago.

Think about it too, if the British are, why not continue to use this advanced tactic for decades? Didn't use it until now?

Several invited reporters hurriedly wrote down these words and asked the legendary emperor of the East.

When it came to Emperor Tianwu, the admirals of the Ming Dynasty suddenly became energetic, and began to popularize with them, praising and praising them, and the more they talked, the more legendary they became.

Zhu Cihong led the army at the age of eight and participated in politics at the age of nine, turning the tide of the tide, supporting the general of the building, saving the empire, and creating a prosperous era, which is full of legends, and after the deification of the generals of the Ming Dynasty, it is more attractive.

Through this wave of epic publicity, not long after, the prestige of the Tianwu Emperor of the Ming Empire gradually sounded in European countries.