Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 471 Big Appetite

Bai Mingxiu was not surprised at the Portuguese's sudden pleading.Although Portugal had achieved independence in 1640, had its own king, and was no longer under the control of the Spanish Habsburg royal family, Spain was "death to death" and had waged many wars.

The Portuguese spent more than ten years contacting Spain's enemies, Britain and France, standing on their side, fighting Spain, and winning a series of battles.Especially in the Battle of Monte Carlo this year, Portugal defeated the Spanish army with the help of the British army, causing more than 10000 enemy casualties.

However, in this time and space, Spain was hit by Ming, lost Luzon, and became more possessive of Portugal, so it was still planning a bigger offensive and achieved some results.After all, Portugal has no way to compete with Spain as a big country. Before Spain truly recognizes the independent status of the Kingdom of Portugal, the Portuguese dare not relax.

It just so happened that the Global Fleet of the Ming Dynasty came to Europe with thousands of the most elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. The Portuguese, who had become accustomed to pretending to be powerful in Asia, wanted to take advantage of the Ming Dynasty again.

After Bai Mingxiu listened to Prince Pedro's words, his whole body had a particularly pleasant atmosphere, which made Prince Pedro feel a little baffled.

Bai Mingxiu, who played the role of the commander of the naval fleet, said to the Portuguese prince very briskly: "Da Ming originally had the idea of ​​punishing Spain. It is not a problem to defeat the Spanish army together with Portugal, but the appearance fee of our Ming army is very high. .”

Prince Pedro was pleasantly surprised at first, but then hesitated. He asked, "Does the Ming army need military expenses? I think if we drive out the Spanish army, we should have a good chance to demand a high amount of military compensation."

"Drive away the Spanish army? Haha, Prince, I think there is a little misunderstanding between us." Bai Mingxiu waved his hands with confidence on his face.

"Well, what do you mean, Your Excellency?"

Bai Mingxiu smiled: "To punish Spain, Daming is not as simple as simply helping you drive away the Spanish army in Portugal. This is too little challenge and a waste of our energy. To defeat Spain, of course we must go all out to defeat them. Completely defeated. For example, our army marched into Madrid, completely destroying the rule of the Habsburg royal family over Spain."

Pedro was shocked, "You want to destroy Spain, my God!"

For Pedro, Spain is such a powerful presence that it even exists as a matter of course.The Portuguese wanted to gain their own independence, but they did not consider destroying Spain in turn.

Bai Mingxiu smiled slightly and said: "It's not necessary to completely destroy Spain. After all, I, Ming, don't plan to exist in Spain for a long time. But it is still necessary to gain some benefits from Spain. After all, Spain still controls a lot of land, isn't it?" ?"

Pedro exclaimed: "You want Spanish land?"

The prince had heard of Ming's obsessive love for the land. They defeated the enemy, seized the colonies, and even loved to develop these colonies and build them better than Europe.

"Yes," Bai Mingxiu said without hesitation, "every war must have spoils of war. Our Ming Dynasty has occupied Madrid. If the Spaniards want to restore their country, they will naturally have to pay a certain price. After all, this is why they provoked Ming Dynasty. price."

He spoke in a tone as if the Ming army had already invaded Madrid, it was so natural and logical.

Prince Pedro regretted a little bit. He felt that he might be asking for the help of a devil. Even though Spain was destroyed, he finally brought the devil into the world.

"Well, I would like to ask you, if the Ming army really captured Madrid and the Spaniards surrendered to you, what land in Spain does Ming want?"

Bai Mingxiu didn't think about this issue at all before, but now he just played it on the spot: "Spain still owns the Spanish Netherlands, some islands in the Mediterranean Sea, and even some places in Italy? There is some interest from the colonies as well."

Prince Pedro was shocked: "Then you are going to take away almost all the land outside Spain!"

Bai Mingxiu tilted his head and asked: "What's the matter? Can't it? In fact, the so-called Spanish mainland can also be discussed. For example, like your Portugal, the Catalans and Basques also have their own autonomy. It’s not satisfying to be restricted.”

Prince Pedro was so surprised that he couldn't speak. This military commander from the far east actually knew the situation in Europe so well. This only showed one problem, that is, Daming had already developed a certain degree of interest in Europe.

Bai Mingxiu has also considered the issue of using troops in Europe. The main benefit is to help Daming increase his world influence and complete his main mission. On the other hand, it can be regarded as training troops.As for the land and so on, even if Da Ming took it from Spain, it would be troublesome to manage it, but Bai Mingxiu was happy to give the people in those places a certain amount of autonomy, and then let these places belong to Da Ming in name.Bai Mingxiu didn't quite believe that facing such a powerful Ming, these European colonies that nominally belonged to Ming dared to say no to Ming.

After all, the number of the Ming army was a little smaller. Although it was easy to defeat Spain, Bai Mingxiu thought about this, and he already thought of a completely different event.

Henceforth, Bai Mingxiu said: "In the crusade against Spain, Ming hopes to form a military alliance. If Portugal has no objection, it can participate. Even Portugal's current allies, including Britain and France, can also participate. Well, Recently, the Dutch are also quite obedient. If they are willing to cause electrical damage to the former suzerain, I welcome them to join us. Speaking of which, Ming is going to hit Spain hard, and we want to take Catalonia as a Secretary of Consolation, in addition, we want to take away all the Italian lands owned by Spain, including the Principality of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily, and we also want the Spanish South American colonies including Panama .”

He smiled brightly, and said: "If the other alliances contribute enough, I will also agree with you to take part of the Spanish territories."

At this time, Pedro had already heard it clearly—Da Ming simply wanted to dismember Spain, the European power.

(End of this chapter)