Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became a little high-spirited.

Just like a novice driver getting on the highway for the first time, Emperor Chongzhen, who was standing on the bow of the ship, looked at the battleships in front of him and the escorts on the left and right, and his chest suddenly swelled with infinite pride.

Fearless? Invincibility? I came to this sea to show you what a real navy is!

A few small black dots appeared on the sea level in the distance, and the lookout on the mast suddenly waved the flag in his hand, constantly transmitting information to the deck and the helmsman's room.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to know the small black dot on the opposite side very simply, just pick up the telescope in his hand - after scrapping countless lenses, Shaofu finally got the telescope used in Emperor Chongzhen's hand.

Even though they were far away, Emperor Chongzhen still saw clearly what the small black dot on the opposite side was.

The flagship of the South China Sea Fleet's Suez Canal subfleet, plus two escort warships.

After the two fleets converged, Liu Wenbing also went to the flagship of the "Son of Heaven" where Emperor Chongzhen was, and after the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen asked directly: "How is England now?" ”

Liu Wenbing bowed and said: "Your Majesty, England is now completely in chaos, Charles I and Cromwell have officially started a war, and the two sides are now facing off with the Edinburgh part as the boundary. ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted, and then asked, "How is this voyage?" ”

Liu Wenbing said: "Your Majesty, this voyage must first pass through Crete, the scenery of this island is good, Your Majesty can stop and watch." ”

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen showed an interested look, Liu Wenbing explained: "Crete is an island dominated by rugged mountainous terrain, with several natural harbors and coastal plains, and is known as the southernmost crown of the Aegean Sea.

According to the barbarians, the cradle of Western civilization is in ancient Greece, and the source of Greek culture is in Crete, where there are not only the most romantic lighthouses, but also the only pink beach in Greece, which is not dark in color and gives people a dreamlike feeling.

Crete originally belonged to Greece, which was later ruled by the Eastern Roman Empire, and four years later by the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire adopted Albanian governors to rule Greece and Greek bureaucrats to rule Romanians and Slavs.

The Greeks, who were not willing to die at the hands of the Ottomans, were now secretly gathering forces to seek independence from Ottoman rule. ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly understood.

The so-called scenery and culture are basically nonsense, and the point is that the Greeks intended to overthrow the Ottoman Empire in order to be able to establish an independent state.

From the perspective of the whole West, the Ottoman Empire is definitely not a good character, and the difficulty of overthrowing the Ottoman Empire is not on the same level at all compared to the difficulty of the Ming Dynasty's plan to kill England.

If Da Ming is an adult strong man who bullies a little English loli who is light and soft and easy to push, then the Greeks want to overthrow the Ottoman Empire is tantamount to a little Lori wanting to press an adult strong man to the ground and rub it.

This position theoretically exists, but there is not the slightest chance of success militarily.

Because the Greek little Lori was originally pressed to the ground by the Eastern Roman state, and now it has fallen into the clutches of the Ottomans.

In this case, trying to overthrow Ottoman independence is basically tantamount to fantasy.

And Liu Wenbing, the eldest cousin, obviously didn't know where to get the news, and he didn't know how to get on the line with the Greeks, and now he started the idea of Greece, or rather, the idea of the Ottomans.

Because if you want Emperor Chongzhen to be interested in Ottoman, it is actually very simple.

In addition to the Suez Canal, the geographical location of Crete, as well as the scenery of the island, is obviously also the focus of the Chongzhen Emperor.

As long as Emperor Chongzhen showed his position on Crete, the difficulty for the Greeks to defeat the Ottomans would almost plummet.

Is there a shortage of silver? What the Daming treasury has is gold and silver treasures, and if you say an account, you will dare to give you money, and the conscience interest rate of nine out of thirteen will ensure that there is no reminder.

Is there a shortage of arms? The Northern Ordnance Industry Group and the Southern Industrial Group of the Ming Empire have arms, as long as there are laborers and silver, everything is easy to say!

Even if there is no silver, no labor, then there is no problem - are there minerals? Do you want to build roads? Do you want to build a port? The Foreign Trade Department under the Ministry of Household of the Ming Empire can solve all the problems for you!

However, Emperor Chongzhen had little interest in Crete.

The location of Crete is of course important, whether it is to land in Europe through Crete, or to land in Africa through Crete, it is a very good choice, even Turkey in the northeast and the Ottoman Empire in the southwest are also within the radius of Crete.

In other words, as long as the island of Crete is occupied, the Ming will almost have an unsinkable aircraft carrier, although this aircraft carrier cannot sail.

But to whom does Crete belong now?

Crete is now under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and the Suez Canal is also under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, but now the management and operation of the canal are in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

However, as long as the Ming Dynasty did not intend to tear up his face with the Ottomans for a day, he would not be able to attack Crete for a day, let alone blatantly support the restoration of the Greeks.

After all, there are still three catties of nails in the broken ship, and the Ottoman Empire is still a huge empire even if it is finished, and if it is difficult to deal with Daming on the issue of the Suez Canal, Daming will also feel tricky.

Of course, it is only tricky, and it is still not a big problem to completely kill the Ottoman Empire.

But is it necessary?

Of course, it is not a big problem to kill the Ottoman Empire, the question is what kind of reaction will the Ming cause after killing the Ottomans now?

Emperor Chongzhen didn't bring people from the think tank when he traveled, and he didn't even bring the bigwigs of the cabinet, and it was troublesome to deduce the consequences of killing Ottoman, so why was he embarrassed by Ottoman?

As for supporting the restoration of the Greeks, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know, Emperor Chongzhen didn't participate, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't agree, don't talk nonsense!

As for what the scum of the East India Company did, it was their own business, after all, the merchants were profit-seeking, and it was difficult for the Ming Dynasty to find out who they sold the arms to, right?

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Chongzhen spoke: "Regardless of Crete, Xinlehou can sort out the relevant information and send it to the Zhongji Hall in the capital, and the scholars of the Zhongji Hall will take a group of great sages to play the consequences related to this."

As for now, it's better to go to England first, and it's more important to kill England completely. ”

When Liu Wenbing bowed down, Emperor Chongzhen's face showed another look of interest, and he said with a smile: "If I look at the map of all countries, isn't Spain just on the route of my Ming fleet to England?"

Earlier, when I was in Java, those Spanish barbarians had a holiday with my Daming, and now that my Daming is going to pass by their doorstep, the barbarians don't say anything? ”

Liu Wenbing bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the whole of Europe is now targeting the Hasburg family, and Philip IV, who is also the lord of the South Netherlands, is no longer able to maintain his rule and has been forced to recognize the independence of the Netherlands.

And now the war between Spain and France under the rule of Philip IV has been going on for nearly ten years, and Spain's national strength has long been strained, even if France has now broken out in civil strife, but Spain still cannot win.

Also, in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Portugal also got rid of Spanish rule and completely became an independent kingdom, and the whole of Spain declined even more.

Now that my Ming is in full swing, I passed through his Spanish door to give him a Spanish face, so that their barbarians could have the opportunity to see the majesty of the Celestial Empire, where would they dare to jump out and stop my Ming fleet? ”

Emperor Chongzhen hummed again and said, "What about France?" They also didn't jump out because of civil strife? ”

Liu Wenbing bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Cromwell didn't send someone to contact France, and even specially sent Xizuo to France to spread rumors, in order to win over France to fight against our great soldiers."

But now France is in the dynasty of the young lord, and his young king Louis XIV's prime minister, godfather, and also the regent's lover Mazarin, in order to meet the needs of the war, advances money to private firms, in exchange for allowing them to collect taxes and collect state revenues.

These tax collectors made huge profits from this, causing the envy of the French aristocracy and the anger of the common people, and now civil strife is rife in France.

The rebels in his capital, Paris, had erected 1,200 barricades overnight, they had used catapults to shoot at the homes of their supporters, and a large number of rebellions had broken out in the provinces, with Louis XIV now out hunting and Mazarin in exile.

Now that the whole of France is in chaos like this, how can they care about mixing with the barbarians of England to fight against the Great Tomorrow soldiers? ”

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh a little.

It's not easy for the barbarians in Europe, the fart is a big place to mess up like this bird, it's almost just in time for the melee in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period!

However, no matter how chaotic the Central Plains Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was, the brothers who still belonged to their own family were fighting in the nest, and whoever lost and won cared about the people the same, because they were all their own families.

And these European barbarians are different, where did they come from the concept of their own family, even if they look like a bird, don't they still sell their captives to Daming as piglets?

Sell it, sell it, anyway, what Daming lacks now is labor, even if the barbarians arrest all of them to sell piglets, where does Daming have spare time to care about their life and death!

One question, one answer, and the fleet soon arrived on the Isle of Wight.

Of course, the current Isle of Wight can no longer be called Isle of Wight, because Liu Wenbing has already named this island Xinhua Island on his own initiative, taking the meaning of newly naturalized.

The barbarians on the island are very lucky, they did not get the household registration of the Ming Dynasty, but unless the barbarians die by themselves, there is no risk of being caught as laborers, let alone the risk of facing war, I have to say that it is another kind of luck.

It is precisely because of these two reasons that the barbarians of the Ming Dynasty have been poured into Xinhua Island, and the Ming people who were originally scattered in England and France have also fled to Xinhua Island.

For the barbarians, there may not be any feeling, but for the people of the Ming Dynasty, the status of Xinhua Island is probably equivalent to that of Xinming Island.

Anyway, it is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the garrisons and patrol warships on the island give the people of the Ming Dynasty a great sense of security, and the people of the Ming Dynasty identify with Xinhua Island from the bottom of their hearts, because this is their home overseas!

So when Emperor Chongzhen's flagship arrived at Xinhua Island, the docks of the entire Xinhua Island were already crowded with people, not only the soldiers responsible for security and guards, but also a large number of Ming people and a large number of barbarians also flocked to the docks.

The people of the Ming Dynasty want to see what Emperor Chongzhen looks like, just relying on the portrait on the Chongzhen treasure banknote is really a little less meaningful, where is it better to see the real person? Especially since this emperor is still alive......

The barbarians, on the other hand, came to see what the new ruler of the Isle of Wight, the master of the world, the "true king of the world", the "god who walks in the world", and the "invincible sun king", to see if they can see what can be seen in the words and deeds of this ruler.

However, the plans of the barbarians were doomed to fail.

For Emperor Chongzhen, the people of the Ming Dynasty on Xinhua Island belong to their own people, and as their emperor, standing up for the people to see can increase the sense of identity in the hearts of the people and their sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty to a greater extent.

As for the barbarians? What is the matter?

Emperor Chongzhen, who left in a hurry with just a show on the dock, soon appeared in the military camp on Xinhua Island, and the horses brought by his subordinates stood under the hall one after another.

After glancing at the many horses, Emperor Chongzhen directly set his eyes on Liu Wenbing and Zhang Zhiji: "Now that the warships and supplies are in place, as well as many guards and soldiers, I plan to directly declare war on the barbarians in England and then immediately attack, do you have any different opinions?" ”

Liu Wenbing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know who to send an envoy before the declaration of war?" ”

In Liu Wenbing's view, since Emperor Chongzhen has already declared war, it means that the Ming Empire's war against England cannot be the same as before, and it is very undeclared.

However, to Liu Wenbing's surprise, or to everyone's surprise, Emperor Chongzhen did not say who to send to officially declare war, but said lightly: "Let my Ming artillery declare war on them!" ”