Over the next few days, Philip's court received letters from Almansa from New Spain, informing them of all the information they had received from the Ming army when they had landed in New Spain two months earlier.

Except for the first letter, which is a bit scary when a small company captures the Emperor's flag in battle with the Indians, the rest of the matter is a good thing under the analysis of the palace advisers.

Although his advisers thought it was a bit aggressive for the Ming army to negotiate in New Spain from the landing to the Chen soldiers on the California Peninsula, to Philip, he could understand it.

Especially in terms of the terms of negotiations, the initial minor frictions became insignificant - the Ming Dynasty was able to provide Spain with cast-iron artillery and gunpowder, which must have been numerous enough for the Spanish war according to the known Ming territory.

"The right to mint the coinage can be pressed first, and the Fugger family, who holds the right to mint the coinage, needs to be further informed, and there is nothing wrong with the land."

Philip was halfway through the sentence, and the courtiers were waiting for him to say the following, only to find their king suddenly turn around and pray, clutching the cross necklace and praying to the huge cross among the piles of gold and silver on the table behind him.

It was a long time before Philip turned around and said, "Those lands are almost mineral, worthless, deserts, forests, volcanic islands, and half of Panama? ”

"The treaty can continue to be negotiated, and it will take a year or two to set the future borders, or even no borders at all - the Ming Dynasty and Spain can complement each other, and I am willing to rule New Spain with the Chinese monarch."

In the dull countenance of a courtier, Philip jerked up a hand and said, "Greater New Spain!" ”

If there was no such sentence, the courtiers would have thought that the king's 'sickness of not being able to walk' had grown into their minds, but having this sentence in front made them feel a little reassured.

It seems that the king they serve is still the same king who has a vast army and is more ambitious than the army.

"What did the Chinese monarch need, silver, gold and the land of New Spain? I can give him whatever he wants, I need an army that can fight and a lot of trade, royal trade. ”

"Bypassing all the merchants, once a year, as they have agreed, silk, porcelain, military uniforms, weapons, artillery, warships, thirty percent of the total merchandise, at a price lower than ten percent of the merchants, the royal family is the exclusive possession."

"Three points are needed to reach an agreement, the Ming fleet will destroy the French in the north of the New World, in case of the recurrence of Arctic France, allow the Spaniards to enter the Ming Dynasty lands, and allow my missionaries to preach."

There is no Arctic France in the world, but there was Antarctic France, which was a colony established by the French in the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, which was recaptured by Portugal ten years later and established Rio de Janeiro on the basis of its colony.

Philip nodded, confirmed that he had made a good price, and said, "As long as these three points, everything else can be compromised." ”

The royal family's monopoly on trade was able to finance Spain's military and repay part of the loan, which solved Philip's urgent need, and he would be bankrupt again without new financial resources.

The reason for the expulsion was that there were only four powers in the New World: Spain, which occupied the most territory, Portugal, which included Brazil, France in the north, and the Ming Dynasty, which seemed to be preparing to take a ticket from Philippe.

Philip was not such a talker, but the Ming agreement gave him an unprecedented sense of respect for the Chinese monarch.

The French, like the French, never thought of seeking his consent in the New World in the form of a treaty.

In his opinion, the Ming Dynasty was asking for his consent at this moment, an incomparably large and powerful country asking for his consent and wanting to share the New World with him.

This is definitely not a bad thing.

As for the English pirate Drake entering the west coast of the New World? Forget about England, Philip didn't care about that little island at all, and one day he would kill Elizabeth and reclaim the title of King of England.

But there is a stumbling block.

The military adviser who had followed Tang Juan to participate in the Nanjing Peace Conference said: "During the Nanjing Peace Conference, we asked the Spaniards to enter the Ming Dynasty, but Zhao Shizhen, who was in charge of the negotiations under Chen Mu's subordinates, prevented us. ”

"It's still Chen Mu who is negotiating with us this time, and it will be difficult."

"Drag on the negotiations, until then I grant the Chinese monarch the legal possession of all the lands in the northern part of the California Peninsula until the end of the war between Portugal and the Moroccans."

Philip said this, full of confidence, and said: "It is not surprising that I will get the title of King of Portugal this autumn, and I will invite Chen Mu to Madrid at the ceremony, and I will talk to him personally." ”

As soon as the words fell.

"It's too dangerous!"

"How can you get that brute to the court!"

The old iron-blooded Duke Alva pushed away the courtiers and stepped forward and said, "It is too risky for the king to meet Chen Mu, I should go to see him, monarch and monarch, general and general." ”

That posture seemed to be about to share life and death with Chen Mu on the battlefield.

The corners of Philip's mouth went up, and these letters from the New World made him very happy, and it seemed that the gradually worsening condition had been weakened.

He has always wanted to pull the Ming Dynasty into his chariot, and the reason why the Nanjing Peace Conference was able to reach an agreement quickly was because of the beautiful blueprint made up by Chen Mu - the two most powerful countries in the world formed an alliance!

According to the news from the Portuguese, the Ming pirates had forced the Portuguese away from the Arabian Sea, which meant that their sphere of influence had been able to reach the Ottomans, and if the two sides were more connected, the Ming could act as a restraining force behind them.

All this is based on the fact that Philip did not know the friendly trade relations between the Ottomans and the Ming on land.

In fact, the so-called Rumi and Lumi are the transliterations of Rome, because the official name of Constantinople has always been Rome, and the Ottomans also claimed to be the Roman Empire.

Of course, if everything can be carried out according to Philip's ideas, it is likely that Europe will be unified in his hands, and both the Ming Dynasty and Spain will be very rewarding.

But how do you say that?

The development of things does not shift by the will of man.

The letters received by the court in Madrid then took a turn for the worse, and Almansa did not continue to send them, but instead sent them to the West Indies Council, which said that Almansa had defected to the California Peninsula.

That island was now renamed the Boundary Peninsula by the Ming Dynasty, and the commander of the Bernal Army gathered the forces of three legions to confront the Boundary Peninsula?

Philip couldn't understand it, it was normal for Almansa to go to the demarcation peninsula, why did the West India Council use words like betrayal and escape?

Bernal, lead the troops to confront?

Things seemed to be moving in a direction he didn't want to see.

By the time he received his last letter, Bernal had been elected acting governor by the West Indies Council, and the Ming army landed and defeated Herrera's legions—the war officially began.

"Come on, the king has fainted!"