Chapter 590: Jenny's Thoughts
The crushing defeat of the Eight-Nation Coalition in the East was a mixed affair among European countries, but most of them were gloating. But everyone also knows that in the future, the East is the Far East. The trade between Europe and the East is also firmly controlled by the Far East, and the next question is how to get along with the Far East.
The first person to react made the Far Eastern Capital Trade think that it was actually Joao, the Duke of Braganza, a Portuguese who had just been defeated. A few years later, King João IV of Portugal established the Bragança dynasty. Now he is actively organizing forces to overthrow the Duchess of Mantua and her Minister of State, Miguel. Morality. Vasgoncellos, wishing to break away from Spanish rule.
Portugal gained independence in 1640 under João's leadership, followed by a 28-year war of liberation between Portugal and Spain. It was not until 1668 that the war ended and the Treaty of Lisbon was concluded, in which Spain returned all of Portugal's former territories and overseas possessions, with the exception of Ceuta.
After research, the Far East Company decided to agree to the request of Joao, Duke of Braganza, to make a deal with the Far East. After all, the Far East has already torn its face with the Holland, the sea coachman, and offended the future maritime hegemon Britain to death, and now the strategic center of gravity of the Far East is still in the East, and for the time being there is no energy to organize a large-scale merchant fleet to sail to Europe. Although the company has established a trading channel with France, it must not let France monopolize the trade between the Far East and Europe.
Historically, although Portugal was restored, it was no longer the Portugal that was strong at the beginning of the Age of Discovery. A few years later, due to the counteroffensive of the Spanish army, the weak Portugal had to find the support of powerful countries, mainly including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and other major Protestant countries in the northern half of Europe, as well as the more distant rivals of the Spaniards, the French. The support needed for this reconquest diplomacy also came at a heavy cost to the Portuguese.
Although the Anglo-Portuguese alliance has a long history. But it was just as the King of England fell, and Cromwell reigned. The Portuguese had to abandon the remnants of the British royalists in exile in Lisbon and accept Cromwell's harsh conditions, a new treaty of alliance, which was very detrimental to the long-term development of the Portuguese economy.
The Netherlands is more fucked up. Although they accepted the Portuguese goodwill, it was only on a European scale. The overseas Dutch continued to attack the Portuguese colonies. In 1661, Portugal relented by relinquishing the overseas possessions of the Dutch occupation at the time, and granting Dutch merchants trading privileges similar to those of English merchants in Portuguese possessions. As for the French, France simply ignored the hopes of Portugal.
In this era, in the face of Portugal's predicament, the Far East can completely change history and make a big fuss in Portugal. Fostering the Portuguese against Spain. Helping Portugal deal with the aggressive Dutch overseas. Strive to let the company lay a nail in Europe as a bridgehead for the company to enter Europe in the future.
Jenny and her husband also came to the East with the ship, and since Song Tao left France, her heart was also taken away. Although Jenny has married someone who has not been perfect over the years, and her life is not happy, she has never been emotional about anyone, let alone messing around.
In the aristocratic circles of Paris, it was all an alternative. Although there are many people who beat her idea. But no one succeeded. But since she met Song Tao, she has fallen into a situation where she can't extricate herself. She likes Song Tao's ruffianism, and she also likes Song Tao's manliness. In fact, when it comes to home, Jenny's temperament is not suitable for the circle of aristocrats.
She followed the fleet to the East, and the voyage of several months made her live like a year, and now that the fleet finally came to the East, her heart was even more eager. Tired of suffocation in the cabin. Jenny came to the deck, and the salty sea breeze was blowing on her, and she was about to see and admire, and the thought of this made her more and more excited.
Then. There was a burst of laughter behind him. The Marquise de Rambouillet and a group of noblewomen also came to the deck, all dressed in bright dresses, with beautiful hats, and carrying incense folding fans, showing their charm to the fullest.
The sailors on the deck saw a large group of warblers and swallows, their eyes straightened, and this large group of plump breasts and buttocks writhed in front of them, and the sailors who had been holding on to the sea for months were shamelessly hard. And a group of ladies faced the eyes of the ** on the boat, but they did not feel the slightest discomfort, but enjoyed talking and laughing with each other very much, and occasionally whispered with their girlfriends around them, covering their faces with folding fans.
Of course, the noblewoman's side is of course indispensable to protect the flower messenger, several noble gentlemen stood politely beside him, and said a few words from time to time, which made the noblewomen laugh and tremble. As the ladies came to the deck, well-dressed noble gentlemen also appeared one after another, and the deck suddenly became lively.
These ladies have a full schedule every day, and it takes half a day to put on makeup, and then they appear on the deck every day to attract bees and butterflies. In the evening, he attended aristocratic dinners, salons and other programs, and in the dead of night, he waited in bed for the arrival of his lover #husband.
Of course, there is no fixed number of people who come every day, it depends on the communication occasions during the day to find targets for each other. Anyway, in the circle of the aristocracy, there is one word "chaos".
Jenny didn't participate in the various programs among the other nobles, she stayed in the cabin every day to read, or silently looked forward to the scene of meeting Song Tao, and then happily committed nymphomaniac and sat in the cabin for a day.
She watched a group of aristocratic men and women on the deck get together to talk and laugh, flirt and scold, and her heart suddenly flooded with disgust. Jenny knew that her decision to come to deck at this time was a mistake in itself, and her good mood was gone, and she turned to leave the deck and go back to her cabin.
Suddenly, the battleship's bell rang rapidly, and the captain of the schooner and a group of men ran onto the deck. The observers on the mast shouted at the captain to report, and they noticed the sails of several sailboats in front of them.
The captain and a group of people stood at the bow of the ship and picked up binoculars, constantly observing the scene on the sea. Then turning back, the sailors on the ship gave the order to be on guard. Hearing the captain's words, all the sailors let out a long breath, and from the tone of the captain's voice, they knew that there was no large fleet on the other side, it could be a few pirate ships or merchant ships, and there was no threat to a fleet of a dozen sailing ships like them.
The nobles on the deck, who had been a little chaotic, were about to come here, but when they found that there was no threat, they all decided to stay here again. After all, this is the time for the nobles to chat with each other, set their goals with each other, and then continue to flirt at dinner or at the salon, and then communicate deeply at night.
At this time, Jeanne and the nobles on board were attracted by the noise of the sailors around them, and they looked to the side of the ship where the sailors had gathered, and saw two galleons speeding past the side of the fleet, and the speed was unbelievably fast, which caused the sailors on board to exclaim.
The tall white sails and slender hull of the boat are fast on the rough sea, and the hull of the ship is constantly undulating, like a swordfish jumping flexibly on the sea. It was amazing to everyone on board, because they had never seen such a strange sailboat in Europe. (To be continued......)
PS: Something happened this morning.,The first chapter wasn't updated on time.,Please forgive me.,The two updates together.。 Thank you for the support of the monthly pass that sees the flowers blooming and falling in front of the door. Thank you for your tips.