Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 954 Cromwell's Countermeasures

Thinking of this question, even though he didn't want to admit it, the answer he finally got made him shudder!
At this moment, the chief shipbuilder who was summoned by Cromwell came over.After hearing the description from Robert and the others, they immediately scolded: "It's ridiculous. Could it be that you guys found an excuse for your own defeat? How could there be such a battleship!"

Speaking of this, he turned to Cromwell and said, "If the shell is covered with iron, there is no problem. However, the maneuverability of the battleship will be lost. But what he described is that the entire battleship is made of iron. The mast is broken. They are all faster than sailing warships, unless they are driven by manpower, but how is this possible! Not to mention, warships are the most taboo to light fire on board. If there is an accident during a battle, they will burn and sink without being bombarded by the enemy's artillery... "

The more he talked about it, the more confident the chief shipbuilder spoke.The implication is that it is absolutely a lie to accuse Robert and others.

Cromwell heard it and almost believed it.

Thanks to the situation on the Persian Gulf, he interrupted the chief shipbuilder with a wave of his hand, and said impatiently: "If you say it's false, then why did this kind of thing appear on the Persian fleet? Iron-clad smoking battleship? It’s impossible for both of them to lie, and they still tell the same lie, right?”

Hearing this, the leader of the shipbuilder couldn't help being very surprised, and turned to look at the two sailors.

"Yes, there really are such iron-clad smoking warships!" The young sailor quickly swore again, and then added after hesitating for a moment, "There are iron-clad warships, but they don't smoke. The iron-clad smoking warships are only one."

No matter how many, as long as there are, it means that the accusation of the chief shipbuilder is unfounded.

After listening to it, he fell into deep thought, racking his brains to think about the possibility of this iron-clad smoking warship!
After hearing this, Cromwell and others did not speak, for fear of interrupting his thoughts.One by one pinned their hopes, and hoped that this professional could find out the answer.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, the leader of the shipbuilder was still puzzled, shook his head and said: "I haven't heard any news about this beforehand, so I really can't figure it out, how did this iron-clad smoking warship be built? "

That's for sure, on the European side, the advent of the steam engine is still early!And Daming's train didn't come over either.The one closest to Europe was built from the Tianshan Luntai side to the Mingwei Fort side.However, this line is still under construction and has not been opened.

Besides, the UK is an island country after all, so the news should be a little more closed.Unless they know that there is a smoking guy who can pull a long carriage, then they may think of what is the smoking thing on the boat?
It can be said that at this time, Daming's technology on warships is a century ahead of European countries!If the propeller is counted, it is more than a century ahead.

Unable to figure it out by himself, the leader of the shipbuilder craftsman immediately came up with an idea: "Then send someone to find out what's going on? Or use various methods to find out what's going on from their shipyard!"

On the European side, as long as a country is a little ahead of other countries, it can be caught up by other countries immediately.In fact, these countries are interpenetrated with each other, including their kings and queens, they are all related to each other.

After hearing this, Cromwell nodded at first, as he had no choice but to do so, but then he shook his head and said, "We don't even know where the Ming Kingdom can build this kind of warship? And it's too far away. , even if there are no accidents on the road, the time spent going back and forth is too much!"

Hearing this, the leader of the shipbuilder spread his arms and said, "Then what should we do?"

It means that there is nothing I can do!
Cromwell thought for a while, but couldn't think of any solution, so he said, "Send someone immediately to contact the Dutch countries to see, your side..."

When he said this, he said to the leader of the shipbuilding craftsmen: "Go and contact their shipyard and see if they can find anything? If we can decipher the armored and smoking battleship, no matter what the cost, we must know."

Seeing that the leader of the shipbuilder nodded in agreement, he turned his head to look at Robert and William and said, "Go to various European countries and tell them how powerful the Chinese fleet is, and see how they react? If you can get other news, that is Best."

"Okay, let's go right away." After listening to Robert, he quickly replied, "There are ships from many countries returning to Europe this time. I believe they also know about the iron-clad smoking warship in Ming Dynasty."

After hearing this, Cromwell nodded and said, "But their king may not believe it, you still need to go for a trip!"

If it weren't for the fleet sailors from the Persian Gulf who just escaped back to report that there were also iron-clad smoking warships, he wouldn't have believed it.It can be deduced from this that even if the pirates from other countries fled back, it is estimated that not many people would believe it.

In order to prove this, Cromwell immediately wrote a proof of the existence of the iron-clad smoking warship, which he brought to Robert and William respectively, so as to convince the kings of European countries.

When he saw that Robert and the others were about to leave, Cromwell thought of something again, stopped them, and said to them: "Our biggest enemy of Britain today will probably be the Ming country in the Far East in the future. And Spain Being captured by the Ming Dynasty, America must be a deadly enemy. You also go to contact Philip IV to see if there is any news from him?"

Compared with Europeans, they can fight shit with each other, but once they encounter foreign enemies, such as the Ottoman Empire and Ming Dynasty, and they feel the danger, they will often let go of their relationship with each other first. problems combined.

The same is true. The battle of Vienna that was about to take place in history was interrupted by several other countries rushing to help, which interrupted the Ottoman army.

Robert and the others nodded immediately after hearing this.Among them, Robert hesitated for a while, and said to Cromwell: "Based on what I saw, I feel that Spain should not dare to go to America to seek revenge from the Ming Dynasty. At least it is impossible in a short time!"

It is impossible for Spain not to know the strength of the Ming fleet.Unless Spain is sure of defeating the Ming fleet, they will take the initiative to seek revenge from the American Ming army.

"Don't worry about that, what we need is news from Spain, to see if they have news that we don't know about." Cromwell said to him immediately after hearing this.

After hearing this, Robert felt that it made sense, and he had nothing else to do, so he was ready to leave.

But before they went out, there were hurried footsteps outside the hall, and a messenger hurriedly appeared at the door of the hall.

Seeing this situation, Cromwell couldn't help but feel a little headache, what happened again?

To be honest, he felt that the current situation was bad enough, what else could happen?
"Spain sent troops to Portugal, captured Lisbon, and Joao IV's family was wiped out!"

"What?" Cromwell couldn't help but confirm in surprise.

Although he also looked down on Portugal, because Portugal took in the British royalists and was in a hostile relationship with Portugal.But when he heard the news, he was still very surprised.

When the messenger asked, he explained the situation in more detail.

"So that's how it is!" Cromwell couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he heard it, and more of it was gloating, "The royalists who were taken in, only to be bitten by them, really deserve it!"

Otherwise, he was still a little surprised, how could King Joao IV's family be wiped out? If it didn't work, he could escape to other countries by boat, or even escape to the colonies in America.

As soon as he thought of this, he was startled suddenly, he was a bit afraid to confirm, so he asked others: "Did King Joao IV have a daughter who married to the Ming Kingdom?"

Hearing this, several people looked at each other, then nodded in unison.

The Portuguese became the exclusive agent of the Ming Dynasty. They have been selling Far Eastern specialties for these years. I don't know how much money they have made. Because of this, they have attracted a lot of attention.Of course, the news about the alliance between Portugal and the Ming Dynasty, and the fact that Catherine married the prince of the Ming Dynasty also spread along with it.

Proving that what he had heard was correct, Cromwell immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Now the Spaniards are in trouble. Regardless of the relationship between Portugal and the Ming Dynasty, Spain will definitely bear the wrath of the Ming Dynasty!"

Before this news, the Spaniards probably would not seek revenge from the Ming Dynasty, but now the situation has changed. The Spaniards are not good enough to shrink their heads. The Ming Dynasty may take the initiative to come to the Spaniards to avenge Portugal!

In this way, the United Kingdom will come to the door, and based on the common enemy, they will definitely be able to cooperate with each other.

After hearing this, Robert, William and others did not hesitate any longer, and immediately left with Cromwell's letter of guarantee.

Facing a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty, they were under a lot of pressure.

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On the Spanish side, they captured Lisbon. For them, they suppressed the rebellion and obtained the wealth of Portugal, which made Philip IV happy for many days in a row.

Seriously, this has greatly eased Spain's fiscal crisis.Let Spain, the deficit owed by the war for many years, be supplemented to a certain extent.

In this regard, Philip IV even had a little regret.It would be a long-term solution if we kept the fat sheep of Portugal and smelted its wool from time to time.Now it's a one-shot deal, and there will be no more in the future. It's a pity!
Back in Madrid, Philip IV was in a good mood when he saw that there were many specialties of the Ming Dynasty in the palace, such as beautiful silk and exquisite porcelain.

But at this moment, Robert Cromwell's messenger arrived.

Hearing the news, Philip IV didn't want to understand it, and asked coldly, "The traitor who killed Charles I has the nerve to send someone here?"

(End of this chapter)