Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 500 Fooling Louis XIV
Europe is no longer what it used to be. An eastern empire appeared on the sea, and it knocked an old powerful country, Spain, out of the clouds and into the mud indiscriminately.It may take more than 100 years for Spain to rot and decline automatically. The appearance of Ming Dynasty has accelerated this process at once.

The spoils party in Madrid is over. Except that it will take some time for Ming to reorganize the territories in Europe, it doesn't take much effort for countries like England, France and the Netherlands to receive Spain's territories.

The Portuguese asked Daming if he wanted to continue to occupy Spain, but Bai Mingxiu directly refused.He didn't even garrison troops in Barcelona or Bilbao. Even if Da Ming had troops, he couldn't spread them everywhere. Moreover, the Spanish war this time was just right, and Bai Mingxiu achieved many goals.The Spanish people and even some progressive aristocrats did not even have an obvious aversion to Daming, and people of insight also proposed to grasp the context of the times, learn from Daming, and carry out reforms.

In fact, not only Spain, but almost all European countries have seen the strength of Ming Dynasty this time. Liang Haisheng has already handled hundreds of investigation requests. These European countries sent personnel not only to inspect market trade, but also to inspect politics. They want to investigate almost everything about the system, education, and almost anything.

Although the European civilization may be inferior to the Chinese civilization in terms of foundation, there is a reason why the other plane is powerful and even dominated the world for centuries. Europeans pay great attention to absorbing other people's things and turning them into their own use.

Bai Mingxiu himself also felt that it was impossible to control Europeans not to imitate Ming Dynasty, but as a young man in the new era of Ming Dynasty who had received education in the era of the great strategic deception bureau, Bai Mingxiu felt obliged to let Europeans see something, Then go off track and go sprinting on some not-so-right paths.

However, Bai Mingxiu is not worried. Europe will immediately become stronger after learning from the Ming Dynasty, because the feudal aristocrats fundamentally control the state power, and they naturally resist the rise of the emerging bourgeoisie and working class.Bai Mingxiu was able to successfully build an enlightened monarchy under state capitalism with some improvements and socialist characteristics in Ming Dynasty. In the final analysis, it was because his recovery destroyed the original Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty destroyed the former Ming Dynasty. He has a lot of system support and talents, so that he can carry out reforms directly and vigorously, almost making the country look like it by forcibly reversing it.

The Ming Dynasty Global Fleet visited the French port of Marseilles after leaving Portugal. King Louis XIV of France gave them a very high courtesy, and even left Paris to come to Marseilles to welcome them.

When Bai Mingxiu saw Louis XIV, he was somewhat surprised, because Louis XIV was too short, only 1.5 meters four.Bai Mingxiu's emperor body is considered to be of medium stature. Now, with a height of 1.7 meters three, it is estimated that the possibility of continuing to grow taller is not too great.His other two avatars, Bu An and Wang Kai are both big and tall. Bu An is 1.8 meters tall, and Wang Kai is also 1.8 meters five.So when Wang Kai, the commander of the global fleet, met Louis XIV, the disparity in height still made Louis XIV feel a little embarrassed.

Louis XIV even shipped high heels.

"Let us welcome our great and prosperous Eastern ally! May our friendship last forever!" Louis XIV said very auspicious words. He is a king who is not yet the third king, but he has already shown his own Some extraordinary talents.

It can be seen that Louis XIV is very interested in the achievements of Ming Dynasty.The war against Spain can be said to have completely refreshed European countries' perceptions of national power, world politics, and even technological power. The powerful firepower of the Ming army made it impossible for them to encounter any rivals.Louis XIV wholeheartedly hopes to dominate Europe, so the successful experience of Ming Dynasty is very important to him.

Louis XIV said gently to Bai Mingxiu: "In order to express my admiration for the monarch of your country, I have prepared some gifts, which are not respect."

In fact, the gift that Louis XIV was going to give to the Ming Emperor was extremely valuable. It not only contained a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, but also many works of art in his collection, some important books in Europe, and even a colony - France. The island of Haiti.

Ming has already taken over the eastern part of the island of Haiti in the Caribbean Sea from Spain, which is the land of the later Dominican Republic, and the part of Haiti is still in the hands of the French.Louis XIV, who loves face, believes that this time in the war against Spain, the French army did not perform well, and gained his long-awaited Franche-Comté and part of the Spanish Netherlands, which is considered to be a big advantage. .In order to get close to Daming, Louis XIV decided to give Haiti, which was of little use, as a gift to the Emperor of Ming.

This was really beyond Bai Mingxiu's expectation, but since the other party was willing to give it, Da Ming was also willing to accept it.

Louis XIV also said: "Please be sure to let the Global Fleet stay in France for a longer period of time. I think the exchanges between the two countries will definitely produce some wonderful results!"

It's easy to make people think wrong, for example, the crew left a seed in France.Bai Mingxiu's management of the Global Fleet is quite strict.

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said, "It just so happens that a group of our businessmen also hope to go to a big city like Paris for some investigation, and if possible, they also hope to invest."

Investing in other countries was originally something that European countries were very strict with, but Louis XIV never refused to come: "This is all welcome! By the way, Your Excellency Commander, I heard that your Ming Empire has a large number of state-owned companies. They Not only serving the emperor, but also creating a lot of value, can you tell me what's going on?"

Bai Mingxiu could clearly see the strong thirst for knowledge and ambition in the eyes of Louis XIV. This small French king hoped to absorb any beneficial nutrients from Ming to nourish France and make it thrive.

Bai Mingxiu roughly explained Daming's ideas for him, which made Louis XIV suddenly enlightened. Bai Mingxiu said: "Actually, we have many places where we can cooperate in business. For example, some state-owned enterprises of Daming can come to France. For investment and cooperation with your country, the two parties agree on the proportion of shares. If necessary, we can also design an exit mechanism so that the shares of France can fully occupy the company. Our company will leave some useful experience and knowledge, and we can both reap the benefits."

Finally, Bai Mingxiu added: "I believe that by building a new batch of enterprises, France's fiscal revenue can at least be doubled."

(End of this chapter)