At the banquet, Margaret looked at the conversation between a general and a king in the hall, and her head was a little confused.

Through some side details, she has a little less comprehensive understanding of Chen Jiujing's family.

At first, she was ridiculous at King Alan, a European royal family who came out of nowhere, especially after hearing that the so-called king Zhu Xiaoen was just an earl who crossed the sea from Ireland to flee to the Ming Empire, which deepened her contempt.

No wonder he doesn't seem to have the slightest royal pride, and he toasts Chen Jiujing, the head of the soldiers, from time to time, it turns out that he is just an earl, or an earl of Ireland.

At the same time, Margo was also full of ridicule for the emperor of the Ming Empire, with only an edict, it was like establishing a country on an island on the edge of Europe, is it possible?

But then she didn't think so.

Zhu Xiaoen, the king of Alan, revealed in his words that Chen Jiujing's father managed more than a dozen kingdoms on behalf of the Son of Heaven through a military institution called the Nanyang Military Mansion at sea, and the kingdom of Juleiman, the king of Luzon, whom they mentioned earlier, was called the Philippines in the past and was controlled by the Spaniards.

It is now known that the Ming army not only defeated the Spaniards in the Philippines, but also tore the Spanish-controlled New World in two.

And now, Chen Jiujing, who drank some wine at the banquet, smiled at King Ailan and asked King Ailan between pushing the cup and changing the lamp: "In a few days, Chen is going to lead the army to the north for a turn, does the king want to train the army?" ”

Chen Jiujing lacked the main purpose of the strategy, because Chen Mu did not give him clear instructions, and the direct order was to let him get a port that could dock, but this seemed too easy to achieve.

However, in the larger direction, his father-in-law Chen Mu still set a little restriction for him, that is, to remove the new and help the old, this four-character rule cannot be said to the trusted general Carlos or his beloved lover Margaret, it is his biggest secret.

The so-called "removing the new and helping the old" means that in the dispute between the nobility and the nobility, the old nobles who have fiefs will always be protected, and the new nobles who will develop commerce and handicrafts will be attacked; In the strife between nations, we will always help those old kingdoms that are rotten and oppose those new kingdoms that are pioneering and enterprising. In the conflict between religions and religions, we will always support the old religions that do not conform to the times and make changes, and oppose the new religions that try to make changes.

That's why he was more willing to go against the Protestant forces led by Navarre, and Li Dan was willing to stay in Spain and make friends with the court.

This is a secret that only belongs to them, who is good to the Ming Dynasty, then in a macro sense, it can only show who is really finished.

"Do you want me to join the royal army after the war begins, and then persuade me to join the Protestant army when it is feasible? It was to ask me to defect on the battlefield, just to obtain the right to garrison Pau for me through the peace treaty between the royal army and the Protestants after the fact. ”

In fact, this is also a benefit to Marguerite, who has always been frightened by the experience of being trapped in Paris for so many years and not being able to move freely, and during those years in Paris, it was only after her younger brother the Duke of Anjou escaped from Paris that she really put her heart back in her stomach...... At that time, she knew that she would not be killed by Henry, because she had a strong and affectionate brother outside of Paris, who could raise an army for herself against the royal family at any time.

Now she wants to consolidate and even enhance her influence in France, and the best way is naturally to let the whole of France know that there is such a person with heavy troops who can fight for her, so for her, Chen Jiujing is in urgent need of an important town that can be used to garrison, which needs to be easily transported by sea ships, and it is best to be close to Spain to facilitate foreign aid - Bordeaux is an excellent choice.

There is only one point, it is very difficult to hand over the garrison of Bordeaux to Chen Jiujing, who is close to Spain, and the French royal family has always been very worried about the influence of Philippe, the Catholic chief, on France, and it is enough for Henry to be uncomfortable with the Duke of Guise, a strong contender for the throne, even if the southern gateway is a territory controlled by Protestants, Henry will not hand it over easily.

Moreover, the Protestants would not be willing to accept this outcome, and the Catholic Guise and Spain were the more terrible enemies than the royal army.

Therefore, Margaret thought that this was an extremely difficult thing for Chen Jiujing, and he could only compromise if both forces recognized him as extremely brave and good at fighting.

When Margaret finally couldn't hold back her pride and made a request to Chen Jiujing, he didn't simply agree, and said: "Da Ming pays attention to treating people with sincerity, being famous and being loyal to people when entrusted by others, and what I promise to anyone, even if I die, I must do it." ”

In fact, his idea was much simpler and cruder than Margaret's suggestion.

"If you want, I have an army of 7,000 in Bilbao, and I can raise a flag for you on the battlefield, say, oppose your brother's rule and support you as king, and throw the royal army and the Protestant army that entered the province of Guiena into the river and drown."

If it weren't for the fact that they were lying on the bed, if Chen Jiujing's hands hadn't moved around, his current appearance would be like talking to Prince Zhu Xiaoen at a banquet: "When you lay four hundred miles of rivers and mountains, you will be the queen and I will be the prime minister, and I will be loyal to the Son of Heaven first, but the road by sea is very long, and before that, I can openly support Catholicism but do nothing, so that I can get one or two more legions from Spain as reinforcements." ”

"When the Celestial Army comes across the sea, we don't need any of us...... Forget it, it's not interesting to be the prime minister for you, although Navarre is only a country of a hundred miles, but Navarre is still a king. I can recruit you from within the country the right man from a thousand miles to govern the place, if it is only Bordeaux, one tribute is enough; If the whole province of Guyana were to have to work hard, it would take at least two people to do it, and the five or six deputy officials below would be able to recruit from the New World. ”

Margo looked at Chen Jiujing's serious imagination and showed a sweet smile, of course she didn't believe that what her lover said could come true, and she didn't care if it would come true. But she had heard so many sweet words, and what could be more beautiful and moving than to build a kingdom for her?

For example, her brother Duke of Anjou's love letter to Queen Elizabeth of England, 'I want to kiss every inch of your mind', what kind of nonsense is it compared to what Chen Jiujing said?

"If you don't want to fall, turn back? Then join the Protestant army, and if the royal army is scared by you, I can convince Navarre to hand over Bordeaux to you as a fortified security zone, but your argument is fantastic. Margaret smiled like a child: "Six hundred miles of rivers and mountains? I love the word, you use rivers and mountains instead of land, it's so roman! ”

What Marguerite wants to say is romance, the original word for romance is Rome, everything beautiful and poetic is Rome; Everything that is bad and anti-anachronistic is called Gothic.

But her words made Chen Jiujing fall into deep thought, and only after a while did she say very seriously with a straight face: "How do you know that my troops are mules and horses, do you have spies among my people?" Margot, you must tell me the source, or such a mistake will be doomed on the battlefield. ”

"And if you plan to send troops in winter, your people must now find a way to provide me with intelligence support, who the enemy is, where he is, how many troops there are, and how much you want to be a flag. By the way, you'd better work out, then put on your armor and get on your horse, and we'll beat them to the ground. ”