Listening to Kigi's words, Philip IV's long face suddenly stretched longer.

The world empire of Zhisibania is the empire on which the sun never sets! How is it possible that only 100 years of hegemony remain? Is this what God means, or is you, the usurious cardinal, cursing the great Ishbanian world empire?

Kigi saw Philip IV's face stretched, and thought that it was the Habsburg "loan king" who was worried about the lack of money to fight the war - he didn't expect Philip IV to feel like that, not to mention the hundreds of millions of usury?

Even the military strength of Žesbania did not look very reliable, the navy was beaten by England and the Netherlands, and the army could not beat France, and the legion of Flanders, which was claimed to be the most powerful, was defeated by the fledgling Prince Condé in the Battle of Rocroix in 1643.

Moreover, the Japanese Philippines itself is not stable, and there is a Catalan Republic that has not been settled.

The European powers of this era did not have the consciousness of being at home and at home, and they were all busy fighting wars with other countries without being settled at home, and Europe was busy grabbing colonies all over the world without being settled!

Of course, the kingdom of Zhisibania was no exception, and King Philip was not the king of the unified Zhisibania, but the king of Portugal, Aragon, Castile, Valencia, and a mess of dukes, marquises, and lords of the countydoms. The various territories are also not united with each other, and they fight with each other for a greater share of the benefits, and conflicts arise from time to time.

And the Catalan independence incident is a big state conflict! The Catalans, who did not want to bear the huge taxes brought about by the Thirty Years' War and did not want to participate in the expeditionary force of the Kingdom of Zhispania to attack France, revolted in 1640 and established the Republic of Catalonia, and even colluded with the French next door, and even gave Louis XIII the title of Count of Barcelona (the name of the lord of Catalonia) in exchange for French reinforcements.

This chaos within Sibania has been going on for more than ten years, and it hasn't subsided yet!

Kigi thought to himself: the internal chaos has not subsided, and the war with the Portuguese (the chaos in Portugal can also be seen as the civil strife in Sibania) and the French is still going on, this Philip IV must be super short of money, right?

Thinking of this, he said to Philip IV: "Your Majesty, the Great Qing Mongols in the East and the Mughal Empire in India both possess astonishing wealth, especially the Mughal wealth to the point that the whole of Europe covets it. If the kingdom of Zhisbania could conclude an alliance with these two countries, it would certainly give great confidence to the money lenders of all Europe...... At that time, the kingdom of Žesbania will be able to borrow a large sum of money at a lower interest rate! ”

"Can you really borrow a lot of money?" Philip IV became interested at once, but in fact he didn't care about the interest - he only cared about the interest if he planned to pay it back, and he didn't plan to pay it back. The problem now facing Žesbania is not to repay the debt, but to find it difficult to borrow new debt.

"Of course!" Kigi nodded heavily, "No moneylender in Italy wants to see the Kingdom of Zhisibania bankrupt again...... As long as the kingdom had any hope of making large profits from the East, they would be willing to lend more. ”

"How can you make a big profit from the East?" Philip IV asked.

"Of course, the Indian Trading Company and the Pacific Trading Company will be formed," said Kigi, "and if Italian money lenders can be allowed to take shares, it will not be a problem to borrow 10 million escudos!" ”

One gold escudo is equal to about 1.4 taels of silver, and 10 million gold escudos is 14 million taels of silver.

Such a large sum of money is difficult to come up with at once even if it is a maritime and salt merchant bank of the Ming Dynasty, but Italian financiers can easily come up with such a huge amount of money. It can be seen that the Italian merchants are rich!

And it was not for nothing that Italian merchants were willing to lend money to the debt-ridden kingdom of Zhisibania. In fact, the world empire of Zhisbania did not have a strong manufacturing industry or a well-developed financial industry, but only a vast colony and a strong military force.

The handicrafts, financial services, and international trade needed for the world empire were all in the hands of the Germans and Italians.

In a way, Žesbania was an economic colony of the Germans and Italians! The dirty and tiring work was done by the Sibanians, and the oil and water were all Italians and Germans.

It is precisely because of this symbiosis and co-prosperity that Italian financiers (most of whom are Protestants in Germany) are willing to lend out the debts they have lent to Zhisbania, knowing that it will be difficult to get them back.

The greatest dissatisfaction of the Italian profiteers with the Kingdom of Zhisibania was not the difficulty of collecting debts, but the incompetence of the Kingdom of Zhisibania in opening up overseas trade routes and strongholds.

Not only is he incompetent, but he also does not learn from the British and Dutch to set up a chartered trading company, leaving the merchants to work their own.

As the spokesman of the Italian merchants, Archbishop Gigi of course had to fight for his countrymen the opportunity to monopolize trade in the Pacific and India.

Philip IV thought for a moment, "If there can be 10 million, then well, I can agree to set up a joint-stock Indian trading company and a Pacific trading company."

However, the Pacific Trading Company was not allowed to import raw silk and other silk products, and its ships were not allowed to enter the ports of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Raw silk was an important commodity in the galleon trade, and was imported from the Ming Dynasty, then partly processed in the American colonies and partly transferred to Italian merchants. The chain of interests has been formed and cannot be changed casually.

"As you wish," Bishop Kigi laughed, "your decision will be very beneficial to the spread of the Lord's gospel to the East."

Your Majesty, I also have a request to negotiate the missionary issue on behalf of the representatives of the Universal Church in Seville and the Qing Mongols. ”

"Of course," said Philip IV, "that is your power!" You're with Fernando, Duke of Navarre. Go with Alvarez, you can stay in the Royal Palace in Seville. ”

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty."

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In the royal palace of Seville, the Duke of Navarre, Fernando. The first thing Álvarez and Archbishop Kigi met was not the "Mongolian ministers", but Caballero, who single-handedly promoted the "establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Mongolia".

Foreign Secretary Fernando. Álvarez first announced to Caballero the good news that the king was going to canonize him viscount of Manila, and only then asked about the "Mongols".

"Judge, why do you want to package the Qing Kingdom as the Great Mongolian State?"

Because of the reports of the Dominicans and the Jesuits, the Holy See and the court of Žesbania were still able to distinguish the difference between the Qing Dynasty and the Great Mongolia.

"De jure," Caballero said, "the Qing Dynasty is the heir to the Great Mongol State...... The current emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty ascended the throne twice in the steppe and in Beijing, and the former inherited the legal system of the Great Mongolian State and became the Great Khan of Mongolia. The latter, on the other hand, regarded himself as the successor of China's legal system and was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

But China's rightful dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, still exists, and still rules over most of China's land, as well as over 130 million people...... 10 times more than the population under the Qing Dynasty! Under these circumstances, the Qing Dynasty's ownership of China was untenable. However, on the Mongolian side, both Eastern Mongolia, Western Mongolia, and Mongolia proper, now submitted to the Qing Dynasty and recognized the Qing Emperor as the Great Khan of Mongolia. Moreover, the Timurid Empire in India now also recognized the status of the Great Mongol Khan of the Qing Emperor.

Now there are only one or two small states left in the Golden Horde system that have not yet recognized the throne of the Qing Emperor, but they have no intention of challenging the throne either. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty is the legal heir of the legal system of the Great Mongolian State! ”

In the end, he is a judge, and he is really very clear on the issue of jurisprudence!

"Okay," Fernando. Alvarez nodded, "Do you have any suggestions for negotiations?" ”

"Yes, Duke, I have been consulting with the Qing envoys for several months, and have prepared a draft of the Japan-Mongolia Entente, and I would like to bring it to you for your review."