Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 476 Five Nations Military Alliance

Bai Mingxiu is not a social animal, and he doesn't hold many dinner parties in Ming Dynasty. He always eats and chats with his ministers in private, in a very relaxed and comfortable environment. He is in a place where all the Portuguese celebrities are unfamiliar. At the dance, Bai Mingxiu was still quite uncomfortable.

But he still sticks to the sense of etiquette as a guest.

The so-called dinner party, in fact, there is nothing special to eat, and the food of the Portuguese is basically lackluster.Bai Mingxiu ate a little bit, and appeared more as a mascot with great style.

Aristocrats and important figures who are not of a high level cannot say hello to Bai Mingxiu, because basically Prince Pedro accompanied Bai Mingxiu all night.For various dukes, earls and other ministers, Bai Mingxiu usually did not talk to them for more than a minute, and there was nothing to talk about.

Bai Mingxiu was very reserved, but also aloof enough.

Prince Pedro also tried to introduce to Bai Mingxiu some noble ladies whom he thought were beautiful and beautiful, but the commander of the Daming Global Fleet was not interested in these white girls at all, and just nodded in a very formulaic way.

The whole dinner was held in a moderate atmosphere, Bai Mingxiu didn't show much, but Liang Haisheng, a diplomat who can speak amazingly fluent Portuguese, won the favor and admiration of most people.This Ming diplomat is familiar with all kinds of anecdotes in Europe, even the royal family of each country, the family background of the nobles, and all kinds of anecdotes. His erudition and charm have attracted many ladies and ladies. look sideways.

On the second day, several diplomats from England, France, and the Netherlands, together with Prince Pedro of Portugal and Liang Haisheng, the chief envoy of the Ming Dynasty Global Fleet, gathered in the Portuguese Royal Palace, ready to formally sign the military alliance.

Compared with the progress of European affairs over the years, the speed of finalizing the anti-Spanish war this time is particularly fast.The main reason is that Daming requested this. In order to gain benefits, Britain, France and the Netherlands immediately made judgments.In particular, if Ming attacked Spain this time, the Global Fleet would be less likely to provoke wars against other European countries, and countries such as Britain, France and the Netherlands would be relatively safe.Although the fall of Spain may be a big event for Europe, it would be nice to be able to protect its own interests.

Bai Mingxiu and Alfonso VI were witnesses to the signing of the covenant. All the covenants were written in five copies, written in Chinese, English, French, Dutch and Portuguese.The meaning of this temporary military covenant is that in order to uphold justice and restore the normal order and morality in Europe, the five countries joined forces to attack Spain. Before Spain surrendered and handed over the corresponding compensation, the five countries formed a formal military alliance. After the war, the five countries returned to the relationship of friendly countries and signed a non-aggression pact, not maintaining a long-term covenant.

Bai Mingxiu thought that after killing Spain this time, Daming would have to digest the land he had acquired, and it was indeed unlikely that he would trouble these countries again.In particular, Ming also hopes to make money through trade, so it is still necessary to maintain a relatively stable and healthy European national order.

For the four European countries, although this war was sudden, and it helped a foreign country deal with its neighbor Spain, at least the rewards were generous, and there was no need to worry about being attacked by such a powerful eastern empire.Dead friends don't die poor people, so let Spain die.

After the diplomats from several countries signed and printed the covenant, they exchanged the covenant. After the ceremony was completed, Bai Mingxiu also showed a smile.

He told Alfonso VI: "This is a very important covenant for Europe and the world. Justice and morality will return to people's hearts, injustice and sin will be crusaded, and I believe Portugal will also have a A brighter future."

Alfonso VI could only respond submissively, and Bai Mingxiu just smiled.He understood that under this situation, the younger brother, Prince Pedro, would definitely follow the original track and launch a coup to seize the throne of Portugal.

After signing the contract, Bai Mingxiu hurried to the temporary military camp set up by the Ming army in Lisbon. When he got there, he saw Qian Erlang, the commander of the independent brigade, losing his temper.

"what happened?"

Qian Erlang said angrily: "You don't know, Commander. We informed the Portuguese as early as when we were in Morocco to prepare logistical support for us. We need more than 1 peasants, a large number of mules, horses and vehicles, but now The Portuguese provided us with [-] old, weak, sick and disabled, and the vehicles are also very old, and our heavy artillery is difficult to transport."

Bai Mingxiu said: "We have a special carrier for heavy artillery."

"Even so, the Portuguese didn't provide us with enough packhorses! I talked to their people and they said they couldn't provide that many things at the same time. Most of the supplies were on the front line and were used by the Portuguese army."

The Ming army relied heavily on logistics. The ammunition and supplies they used weighed several times that of the European army at that time.And this time, the Ming Fleet Independent Brigade will fight all the way from Lisbon to Madrid. There is a supply line. How to protect the army is the key to winning this battle.

Bai Mingxiu nodded: "I'll go talk to their prince."

Bai Mingxiu turned back and found Prince Pedro, who was also happy at the moment.After Bai Mingxiu explained the situation clearly, Prince Pedro was also a little embarrassed.

"Your Excellency, this time, after all, what you want is too urgent. Maybe the people still have these things, but it is difficult for us to gather them together at the moment."

Bai Mingxiu also understands that the mobilization ability of European countries at this time is not much stronger than that of the previous Ming Dynasty, and it is simply several generations behind the current powerful Ming Dynasty.

"No, the Ming army is the main force in the war. I believe you agree with it. If you can't guarantee the logistics, then don't fight this battle. I ask the Portuguese army to pull out some pack horses, carriages and logistics personnel, and give priority to supplying my Ming army. In addition, if the Portuguese people are mobilized, there are only two things to do: stimulate their patriotic enthusiasm, and at the same time give them enough benefits.”

Prince Pedro's eyes were bright, and he felt that he had learned valuable experience from advanced countries.

Bai Mingxiu said: "Well, let me come up with a propaganda plan. You send people to various places to promote it, so that the Portuguese people know that this is a glorious war. Portugal, which strives for independence and freedom, will launch the last Jedi Fight back, and destroy the evil Spanish Habsburg dynasty with your righteous partners. In addition, Daming will advance a sum of money for mobilizing civilians and using materials, and this money will eventually be paid off by the spoils of Spain.”

Prince Pedro kept nodding: "Just do as you say!"

He made up his mind that people must learn how Daming does things.He is eager to usher in a comprehensive reform in Portugal, and uses the slogan of learning from Ming Dynasty to make Portugal progress and develop.

(End of this chapter)