After Zhao Hongyu and Zhang Tie chatted about the situation on the European continent, they immediately turned the conversation back to the visit of Louis XIII Jr.

"I'm not going to touch Louis XIII the Younger, he is not the Emperor of France, and the government is still controlled by Marie. So I don't need to see him, you just have to come and receive him. ”

Zhao Hongyu said to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie nodded: "Yes!" Zhang Tie, who agreed, asked: "But I estimate that these little Louis XIII must have some of his requests, as your Highness you guessed, if you don't know if he asks us for weapons, food and financial assistance, how much authority do I have in this matter?" ”

Yes, Zhang Tie should ask so.

Since Zhao Hongyu let him get in touch with Louis XIII Jr., it is very likely that he will encounter such a thing.

If Louis XIII Jr. really brought this up, Zhang Tie would need some permissions.

Zhao Hongyu smiled and said: "You have the right to deal with it independently, and you can handle the materials, weapons and funds." But there is one thing I want to warn you about, don't give too much, come a little bit. I don't want to see the Portuguese and French victorious over the Church, but I don't want them to be defeated, and the best outcome is a stalemate, as in the Netherlands. ”

When Zhao Hongyu said this, Zhang Tie still didn't understand.

He smiled evilly and said to Zhao Hongyu: "I understand, Your Highness." Rest assured, it is only right to keep the Europeans for a few years, and to buy us some time for development. ”

Zhao Hongyu nodded: "Yes, these Europeans can't let them be idle, as long as they are idle, they may cause us some trouble." Let them fight, the more they fight, the more they will pay attention to our side. When the time is right, we can also help the Church Alliance, after all, it's not easy for them to be defeated, can they? ”

Zhao Hongyu just wants chaos in Europe.

On this point, Zhang Tie has the same opinion as him.

"Your Highness, what about our volunteer army in France?"

Zhang Tie thought of the volunteers sent in the early stage. Had to ask.

Zhao Hongyu thought for a while and said, "After all, it has been dispatched, and it is difficult to withdraw it now." In addition, the vassal states of the church have begun to reorganize their armies and are about to attack. If we withdraw the Volunteer Army at this time, what will the French think? So, we can't withdraw and merge, but we can't increase our troops. ”

He raised his hand and stroked it on his smooth chin as he mentally pondered what to do.

To be honest, it is not in the interests of the empire to help the French fight against the allied forces of the Church.

The reason why volunteers were sent earlier to help the French fight. That's because the French couldn't fight on two fronts.

In order to ensure that Spain could be killed and that the Caribbean could be easily occupied by the Empire, the Empire had to ensure that the Holy Roman Empire could not influence France.

But now that the Caribbean had become the territory of the Empire, and the French and Portuguese had defeated the Spaniards and captured their capitals, the Spanish crown had fled without being heard from.

Therefore, it is not very in the interests of the empire for the Volunteer Army to continue to help the French in the war.

But the problem is at this juncture. It would also be unwise to withdraw.

It's going to make the French very unhappy.

When the time comes, it will not be good to cause a backlash from the French, and there will be some surprises.

So, on the issue of targeting the Volunteer Army. Zhao Hongyu had a little headache.

Zhang Tie looked at Zhao Hongyu's face, and then said, "Your Highness, if you want me to say, let's withdraw the volunteers to the Marseille Concession first." Excuses are easy to find. It's a break, a break, a break. The French have to make them suffer a little, or they won't know how important we are, don't you think it's a little too easy for them to beat the Spaniards? ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the Volunteer Army withstood the attack of the Holy Roman Empire of fifty or sixty thousand men. It will not be easy for the French to win Madrid. ”

Zhang Tie's reminder made Zhao Hongyu's heart move.

Yes, the French beat the Spaniards, they won the war too easily.

Therefore, the French will certainly be a little complacent.

They will think that this is because of their strong fighting power, and they will not even think that there is a contribution from the Americas.

Don't look at the fact that little Louis XIII has come to ask for money and weapons and supplies, I don't think they would have taken such a situation into account.

Perhaps, it should really be as Zhang Tie said, and it should let the French know that the Tao is powerful.

"But there is no danger in this way, and it would be a bit unfortunate if the French were to be defeated by the Church coalition at once."

For the combat effectiveness of the French, Zhao Hongyu did not dare to look up to it.

Although from the time of Louis XIII all the way to the time of Napoleon, the French were a great power on the European continent.

But now there is a butterfly effect, and Zhao Hongyu does not guarantee that the French are really as powerful as they were in history, right?

In case of...... If there is a case or something, Zhao Hongyu is really not sure.

When Zhao Hongyu told Zhang Tie what he was worried about, Zhang Tie smiled and said to Zhao Hongyu unconcernedly: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry about these problems at all. The French are not so bad, and after they get the funds, they can also hire a large number of mercenaries, you must know that the mercenaries in those small places near Switzerland will sell your life as long as they have money, and their combat effectiveness is very considerable. ”

"We can completely propose that the French hire those mercenaries to replace the volunteers, and at the same time remove the volunteers to rest and recuperate, and the French will not refuse in terms of the materials we help."

Zhao Hongyu pondered for a moment and felt that this was indeed the case, so he nodded and agreed to Zhang Tie's proposal.

"Well, when you meet Louis XIII the Younger, talk to him about Europe." , Zhang Hongyu to Zhang Tiedao. Zhang Tie responded, and then asked Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, since Louis XIII Jr. may mention the matter of increasing aid, we can't always give them loans, this time I even estimate that the amount of loans he wants is very huge, so do we need them to come up with some collateral?" ”

For this question, Zhang Tie, who is in charge of the empire's economy, has been thinking about it for a long time.

For him. It doesn't matter if you give a loan to the French, it's just that the French have to come up with a little collateral.

The empire doesn't run a charity, and if you say it's a loan, you'll get money.

What if I can't afford it later?

In the earlier loan, France ceded a piece of land in Marseille in exchange for the concession.

Now, Louis XIII Jr. is about to visit, and he will definitely have to take out another loan.

It's just that this time the French will come up with what collateral.

At this time, France did not have so many colonies.

Originally, there was a Quebec coming, but it had already been taken by force by the Empire.

So. Now France simply has no collateral to get hold of.

This is also the reason why Zhang Tie reminded Zhao Hongyu after thinking about it.

But because Europe still needs the French to fight with the vassal states of the Church, there is really no way for the Empire to refuse the loan requests that the French may make.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhang Tie felt that he still had to see what his Royal Highness thought.

Because of such a thing, he really has no right to call the shots.

He, like Wang Shan and Song Hu, did not think that many things could be decided just because he was Zhao Hongyu's confidant.

It's okay if Zhao Hongyu isn't there, but Zhao Hongyu must listen to Zhao Hongyu's opinion here.

In addition to loyalty. Of course, there are also reasons why they have set themselves right.

Hearing this, Zhao Hongyu thought for a while and said: "The collateral must be wanted, who will give them a loan without a mortgage, and I am not a fool." But you'll need to talk to the intelligence services. Look at what the French have at their fingertips, and at the same time paraphrase the words of Louis XIII Jr., as you said, we are not a charitable organization. ”

With Zhao Hongyu's words, Zhang Tie had a bottom in his heart.

He nodded and said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness." Then I get it. ”

"Now that the ships in the shipyard have been launched, I don't want to delay any longer. In the next few days, preparations will be made and preparations will be made, and the trip to the East and the population plan will be implemented immediately. The Caribbean has been incorporated into the empire, and now that we are about to occupy South America, it will take a large number of people to fully occupy and develop. ”

Zhao Hongyu sighed and said to Zhang Tiedao.

Zhang Tie nodded and agreed: "Yes, with the incorporation of Central America into the empire, now we can also focus on South America. The whole American continent will belong to us, but we will be seriously underpopulated, which is a very troublesome thing. ”

It is obvious to everyone that they are facing a small bottleneck now, but there is no way to solve it for the time being, so we can only take it step by step.

When Zhao Hongyu's administrative level is promoted, their authority can be relatively raised.

At that time, the increase in the number of people will be accelerated as the authority is increased and expanded.

After chatting with Zhang Tie again, Zhang Tie left Zhao Hongyu's place.

And Zhao Hongyu also left the office and went to find Emma and Sara.

After finding Emma and Sarah, Zhao Hongyu told them that they would leave for the East in a few days.

Sarah, who had always longed for the East, was very excited about it, but Emma was not so excited.

And this news, of course, Wang Shan's side also knew about it.

As Wang Shan, who is about to follow Zhao Hongyu and go to the East through South America, he will temporarily stay on the west coast to build a temporary base, and he must be notified.

Recently, Wang Shan has been tired of being with the active and enthusiastic little girl Annes.

Because of the little girl's active pursuit, Wang Shan has now completely fallen.

After all, there is a way for men to chase women across the mountain, and women to chase men for the layer.

In the face of the passionate pursuit of the cute and beautiful French little Lori, Wang Shan could not be so cold-blooded.

Between interactions, Wang Shan was also melted little by little.

His relationship with Anneth continued to heat up, and he got engaged a few days ago.

Wang Shan always thought that it was a shame to be engaged to Little Lori, but how did he know that this kind of thing was already very common in Manhattan.

Think of the ramen shop owner in the Manhattan Harbor, who married three Indian girls by himself, and he's a piece of here.

Empires need population!

Therefore, early marriage and early childbearing have become a national policy.

Besides, this era is not modern, so some modern concepts of the legal system are not very suitable.

At the same time, the French little Lori and the Indians cannot understand that they can't marry and have children early.

At that time, the engagement was very lively, and Wang Shan also had a thought.

Of course, the women of the Samuel family are the happiest about this.

After all, Wang Shan's status is very high in the empire, and he is Zhao Hongyu's cronies.

Anneth being able to be with Wang Shan is of great benefit to their entire family and Sarah.

Regarding the combination of Wang Shan and Annais, Zhao Hongyu's father-in-law, Black Bear, who has already undergone some transformation, also thought about some things.

He secretly found Emma, hoping that Emma could mention it to Wang Shan, and that she would have the opportunity to marry a Moxican's sister in the future.

It has to be said that black bears are very sensitive in a certain aspect.

His idea was also supported by Emma's mother.

It's just that Emma didn't take it seriously at all, and just agreed casually.

But in retrospect, she had forgotten about it.

As for whether it will be remembered in the future, only God knows.

After getting engaged, Wang Shan and Annes lived together openly.

In the city of Manhattan, King Hill originally had a nice villa residence.

And Anneth also became Wang Shan's fiancée.

Regarding the fact that Wang Shan found a French little Lori fiancée and was still chased backwards, Zhang Tie, Song Hu and Professor Liu all made a good-natured joke about this matter.

Professor Liu, an old man who is disrespectful to the elderly, actually encouraged Wang Shan and said that he was winning glory for the Chinese people.

Looking at Song Hu and Professor Liu's blessing letters, Wang Shan made a big red face at that time.

However, Wang Shan was not angry, because he knew that this was just a good-natured joke made by his brothers and elders.

Because Zhang Tie was here in Manhattan, when he saw Wang Shan, he inevitably had to make fun of him.

When Zhao Hongyu decided to leave in the near future, after the Praetorian Guard soldiers informed Wang Shan, Anes, who was tired of being with Wang Shan, showed a very reluctant look.

Because the long distance of this era is not as convenient as that of later generations.

Usually, a trip to the East like this, four or five years back and forth, is a normal thing.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the little girl will be so reluctant when she hears that her lover is about to leave in the near future.

Seeing his fiancée so reluctant, Wang Shan was also a little distressed.

After crossing that hurdle, there is no need for Wang Shan to deliberately be deflated.

He took Anes's little hand in distress and said softly: "Otherwise, I'll go and talk to His Highness, you can go with me." I know that you can't bear me, but in fact, I can't give up on you. ”

After tasting some tastes, Wang Shan is a little 'degenerate'. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )