It was not Wang Quan who urged the Spanish merchant ships to leave Ireland as soon as possible, and although his words were easily reminiscent of the bravado-powerful Ming warriors in Daxi Harbor, the veterans of the Ming army who lacked arms and dozens of farmers who crossed the sea could not form the slightest deterrent to the Spaniards who fought the sea.

What really made the Spaniards leave this land was the faded sun and moon flag on the mast of the ship that ran aground on the shore.

News of the Ming occupation of the island of Ireland soon reached the ears of Philip II of Lisbon.

His Royal Highness Philip's background slowly darkened after hearing the news, and the mirror reflected the jeweled Portuguese crown on the head of the head tied with a black satin hairband, and it suddenly did not look good.

"Why can't they stay in the New World? I know that the royal businessmen only said that the Ming appeared at the mouth of the river northeast of the island of Ireland, but is this different from the Ming occupying the island of Ireland? ”

Fei Lao Er stretched out his hands and waved vigorously: "They will always suddenly conjure up tens of thousands of people, like in the New World, and then replace the faded Sun and Moon Flag with Xuanhe's Inlaid Dragon Flag and Huangming Flag...... What's the name of the knight who wants to replace the vanished earl, Ya, thank you for the reminder, Arthur, where is he, is he still alive? ”

Accompanying the king was Brother Acosta, one of the few people in Spain who knew enough about the Ming Dynasty, and this monk who had been sent to the New World as a missionary soon rose to the court after returning to China, becoming a high-ranking staff member of the king's court.

In return for this acquaintance, Acosta repeatedly asked the king to send him to the Council of Indian Affairs in order to reinvigorate Spain's authority in the New World.

Of course, on the premise of not clashing with Daming.

This is not only because of loyalty to the king, but also because of the fear of the king, His Royal Highness Philip has never been known for his benevolence and friendliness in the court and among the people, and after the defeat of the military competition and economic disputes between Spain and the Ming in the New World, the king who suffered from hair loss seems to have become more and more suspicious and moody.

Now, for example, after the merchant had just taken it upon himself to make up the news that the Ming Dynasty had appeared on the shores of Ireland to the Ming Dynasty, His Royal Highness the King had launched another unwarranted temper tantrum and issued an impotent rage in the rare seclusion of the court: "Ah, what am I talking about? Why would I say instead...... Monk, please don't tell me idioms in the future! ”

Immediately afterwards, the king changed his face, his tired eyes full of dark circles showed infinite sorrow and sorrow, and his voice was weak and soft: "I have been affected by them, and everyone, has been affected, which makes me extremely desperate. ”

Acosta was helpless against the king's emotionality, and could only agree like an echo worm, just as he could not refuse the king's retention of him at court instead of the Indian Affairs Council in Havana.

Everyone knew that the commission sent by the king had done a terrible job there, but no one had a way to change it, and Spain's strength was based on its invincible military prowess, and it had developed a stronger military power by plundering its economic advantage.

But when the Spanish array across Europe collapsed the Changsheng Gorge, the economic bubble with empty gold and silver mountains but without the slightest output was punctured by all kinds of strange goods?

All the memories of greatness and glory that the Spaniards could show were as meaningless as a thing of the past, except for the pride of the feudal empire.

Philip is trying his best to reverse all this, he has to face the fact that the New World has been captured by the Ming army, and he is also responsible for maintaining the Netherlands, balancing France, and defending against England.

In order to maintain its military superiority over the Dutch rebellion, to balance the Protestant rebellion in France, and to resist the incessant harassment and raids of the English pirates, Spain has never lacked excellent and huge warships and trained and experienced soldiers, but this requires money, but the soaring prices in Spain are beyond the power of the royal family, so they can only continue to drink more gold and silver to quench their thirst.

In order to obtain these gold and silver, you must cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, and cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, and you must watch the Ming Oriental Military Government do whatever it takes in the New World like an angry little daughter-in-law.

Whenever he thought about this, Philip felt that the hair under the crown wanted to run away from home and never return.

"The merchant didn't see him, Your Highness, I'm afraid Sir Arthur is gone, I should have found out earlier, King Alan."

When everything was put together, Acosta suddenly remembered that he had seen the red-haired and scarlet-robed King Alan at the banquet: "I thought that the Ming Dynasty, as a huge empire, was like Europe, there were people with all kinds of skin and hair, and I thought he was the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty in the Philippines or somewhere, but I didn't expect him to be the emperor canonized the king of Ireland." ”

"His name is Zhu Xiaoen, and the missing earl that Sir Arthur serves is Shaun O'Neill." Acosta nodded slowly, his face extremely ugly: "They are the same person. ”

The king looked in the mirror at the dark complexion of his face, turned his head to look at the little dwarf poking his head out of the bedroom door, and scolded them to leave, before looking up at the high ceiling of the monastery painted with religious paintings, he exhaled a long breath and muttered, "If only I hadn't signed a treaty with the Ming Dynasty...... Perhaps at this time, Elizabeth and Catherine both lost their hair for the sake of Daming. ”

What Philip said was a beautiful imagination that could only stay in his mind, he raised his hand to stop Acosta who wanted to speak, and said: "Don't remind me, I just think about it, four million and a half taels of money in Chen Mu's hands every year, I can only think about it." ”

Hearing this, Acosta felt a little more relaxed, it seemed that His Royal Highness the King was back to normal at this time, sitting at the desk and starting to open the letter to deal with government affairs, and sure enough, as long as he left the mirror and didn't look at his bald head, it was much more normal.

I don't know if it is useful to write to Zou Yuanbiao, who is also suffering from this problem, Acosta thinks that the Ming people are magical, and hopes that they can cure the king's baldness...... But at the same time, the monk also doubted in his heart, it seems that Zou Zhixian is more bald than the king, is this thing really not curable?

There is a way, what you are afraid of, what comes.

Philip had just opened his first letter, which was sent by the Viceroyalty of Peru, saying that a ghost who called himself Lautaro had appeared in Colombia and had incited the local Indians to rebel for more than a year, and that he had reported the casualties and losses caused by Lautaro's rebellion, and asked the king to send the legions remaining in Havana to quell the rebellion.

Philip squinted his eyes and pretended not to see it, and carefully placed the letter in the corner of the table, deciding to look at something pleasing first, and then deal with the letter that made his hair look like a runaway.

Then he unfolded the second letter with joy, and said as he opened it: "This letter is sent from the command ship by Admiral Marquis de Santa Cruz of Lisbon, so that it can be dissolved...... Put it aside and put it on the side. ”

Antonio, who was proclaimed King of Portugal by the people, contacted the English in France with the intention of mobilizing a fleet to intercept the silver ships that would sail from the New World to the port of Daming next year in the overseas Azores.

The last letter came from Brazil, from the Viceroyalty of Brazil in Portugal, and Philip thought to himself, this must be good news, right?

As a result, when he opened it, he knew that his hair couldn't be kept, and he was so angry that he slapped the table: "Da Ming, Da Ming, can't he stay in Changsheng honestly!" ”

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