My Daming New Empire

In the past, Meng Yuan only relied on the harassment tactics of the light cavalry to win one after another, but in the end he had no choice but to face the strong cities in Europe.

But the Ming Dynasty was different. This completely different war power made the Europeans powerless to resist.

The Germans, Poles, Lithuanians, and the Russians, who are called barbarians by Europeans, almost already represent the strongest firepower in Europe.

But they suffered a crushing defeat in front of the Ming people.

Now the whole of Europe is in panic, for fear that the Ming army will advance westward.

Their fortified city was unable to withstand the artillery of Ming Dynasty. They were so numerous that they could shoot muskets hundreds of meters in front of Ming Dynasty, but they were only delivering food.

Can't fight at all.

However, Ming Dynasty is a more civilized country than European countries, and His Majesty the Emperor prefers negotiation to war.

The Hanseatic League was originally only afraid that Da Ming would destroy Novgorod, so they tentatively negotiated with the commander of Xizheng, but they did not expect that Da Ming accepted their conditions, not only did not destroy Novgorod, but also Let the Hanseatic League continue to rule that city.

The only difference is that the grand duke of Novgorod will accept the canonization of the Ming emperor in the future, and will pay one-tenth of the tax to Ming every year.

After getting rid of the church's tithe, the more powerful Ming's tithe was more acceptable to Europeans.

Because of this, Monte has been valued by more and more European countries. Even Lithuania, Poland, and several small Germanic countries have now sent envoys to Cologne to seek peace.

But at this time, Monte refused to intervene. He was only willing to act as an envoy from various countries to communicate with the two admirals of Gibraltar and Crete, without daring to make any promises.

In the following months, Monte never had the opportunity to return to Daming. At a time when European countries were panicking, trade had almost stagnated.

On the bright side, Monte acted as a messenger between European countries and the two admirals of Ming Dynasty, and received the attention of all countries.

But when almost everyone didn't notice, his "dandy" heir has become the idol of the younger generation in Europe.

If Meng Zheng is a dandy, he does have a lot of money that ordinary dandies can't match, and he spends money like water.

When he first arrived in Milan, Duke Sforza had already provided a piece of land to build a football field. He spent [-] Ming silver coins to buy the family castle of Charles I, Duke of Orleans in San Siro, the western suburb of Milan.

After the extinction of the Visconti family, Charles I was originally the legal heir of the Duchy of Milan, but Sforza first declared Milan to be a republic, canceled Charles I's right of succession, and later changed back to the Grand Duchy, acting as Grand Duke and ruling Milan .

Therefore, the castle of Charles I was abandoned, and only the dense forest and gardens could still see the glory of the past.

After buying the castle, Mengzheng spent no less than [-] silver coins on repairs, turning it into a beautiful manor.

Moreover, he helped Maria set up a Milan football club and helped him train players. Later, he funded the construction of a football field that could accommodate 5000 people on the edge of the family's forest, and established the Inter Milan football club.

The gold coins and silver coins of Ming Dynasty weighed one tael, which is about 33 grams, while the current gold coins in Europe are only four grams each, and even England issued aristocratic gold coins, each only eight grams.

In other words, the gold content of Daming gold and silver coins far exceeds that of European gold and silver coins, not only with higher purity, but also with better production.

In today's Europe, the Ming currency is stronger and more popular than the gold and silver coins of any other country.

On the island of Crete, there is a currency manufacturing center of Ming Dynasty. European countries are now transporting various raw materials to Crete Island, and let Ming Dynasty help them stamp them into currency.

The actual gold content of the [-] silver coins is stronger than the [-] gold coins of French gold egus.

In addition to buying luxury houses and spending a lot of money on the football team, Mengzheng also built the first racetrack in Europe next to the football field.

Racehorses from all over the world are trained to compete. Mengzheng also cooperates with the Sforza family to conduct gambling and sell lottery tickets.

After a few months, Mengzheng has made a lot of money. It is said that he has already earned back the cost of buying a luxury house.

The racetrack, football field, and spinach made Meng Zheng the most famous dude in Europe, and also the most capable dude.

Before him, there had never been a dandy who could earn countless money just by playing.

Not only in these aspects, Meng Zheng is also an all-rounder. He bought a large piece of land on the shore of Lake Como and built a sailing club.It is said that he also planned to develop spinach into sailing competitions, which also attracted many nobles to build villas around Lake Como.

Because of his publicity, in Europe, the younger generation of heirs are very curious about him, the heir to the earl who was canonized by the Ming emperor, and they come to Milan to make friends with him.

Especially after Daming defeated the European coalition forces, many families regarded Monte as a reliable backer, and he was also valued.

The heirs of many families came to Milan one after another, bought properties here, and made friends with him.

This has also driven Milan's economic development to a certain extent, making the Sforza family attach great importance to the relationship with Mengzheng.

However, compared to Mengzheng's success, Zhang Han's development in Europe has been full of twists and turns.

Last summer, Zhang Han came to Europe with the dream of saving European civilians.

He preached in Venice that class is not constant, and that every commoner has the opportunity to pursue a higher level, and he called on commoners to study hard and change their destiny.

This theory is very much in line with the real situation in Venice, and the big merchants in Venice admired him, a thinker from Ming Dynasty, very much at first.

However, when he called on civilians to abandon ignorant religious beliefs and believe in their ancestors and themselves instead of religion, this behavior was like stabbing a hornet's nest.

The Holy See lodged a strong protest, and they directly complained to the Admiral's Office in Gibraltar and the Admiral's Office in Crete.

However, the two admiral's offices believed that this was Zhang Han's personal ideological tendency, and did not represent Daming's intention.In Daming, there are not only Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism religions, but also truth religions!

Regardless of the two admiral's houses, Zhang Han's influence is getting worse and worse, and the church has to come forward to argue with Zhang Han.But the church's ignorance of the people was defeated after Zhang Han only needed to do a few experiments.

After receiving the education of physics knowledge, the backward ideas of the church cannot be justified at all.

At this time, the church can only use administrative power to expel Zhang Han.

From Venice to Milan, Zhang Han became a scourge, and the Sforza family could not resist the pressure of the church. Under the secret arrangement of the Secretary of General Administration, Zhang Han could only go to France.

Although France has ended its great split with the Holy See, France has been fighting for the orthodox status of Catholicism. In Avignon, there is still a Pope's Council of Cardinals.

Seeing that Zhang Han made the Pope miserable, they thought they could take advantage of it.

But they didn't expect that Zhang Han was a sharp double-edged sword. Before they could hurt each other with this sword, they hurt themselves first.

The French are notoriously romantic and unreliable in history. Although the Renaissance took place in Italy, the real rebellion will always be the French at the forefront.

Zhang Han's variable class theory, religion is the ignorance of the people, which is the foundation of directly digging the church.

Therefore, Zhang Han had not been in Avignon for two days before he was expelled from the church again.

This time, Zhang Han went to Paris.

The new king of France, Louis XI, betrayed his father, Charles VII, when he was a prince. After he ascended the throne, he has been fighting endlessly with the church for secular power.

In history, France was unified in his hands, but this time and space has a butterfly effect due to the emergence of Ming Dynasty.

The proliferation of muskets led to the early end of the Hundred Years War and the early unification of France.

In other words, Louis XI, who already had the spirit of resistance, now has far more strength in his hands than in the original time and space.

Therefore, when Zhang Han arrived in Paris, his ideas were recognized and supported by Louis XI.