Chapter 2724: The French take a fancy to the Spaniard's qualifications

The Spaniards of the seventeenth century AD were indeed astonishingly talented.

Starting from the late sixteenth century, the Spaniards suffered a series of blows. First, the "Invincible Fleet" was defeated by the British, and then the Low Countries became independent from the Kingdom of Spain. Catholic France was backstabbed in the Thirty Years' War in Europe. Spain. Furthermore, the Nanhua Navy defeated Spain in three Mediterranean sea battles.

Every blow is enough to bring down an ordinary country.

Also due to the extravagance of the king and nobles, Spain encountered a financial crisis and the country went bankrupt several times.

In such a difficult state, Spain can often get out of the predicament and rise again, with substantial national strength, and the king and nobles still live a happy life.

According to the information obtained by Leonardo, the Spanish navy has regrouped, and the lost first-class battleships have been replenished, and the naval strength has not declined much.

In addition, the Kingdom of Portugal also supplemented their fleet, enriched the crew, and restored a lot of naval strength.

The kingdom of "Two Fangs" was able to recover quickly, and it was the overseas colonies that were transfusing blood for them.

There is no way, there is a mine at home, and the flowers can't be spent!

Spain has a vast colony. Sadly, Britain has not yet risen, but it has been overthrown by the Chinese. Therefore, the boss of the western colonies still belongs to Spain!

They first found abundant silver deposits in Peru and Mexico, and then discovered gold and silver deposits in the New Grenada region (the Caribbean region such as Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador).

Previously, Spain’s gold and silver mines in the Americas had suffered serious production cuts. However, with the invasion of the South China Empire, the Spaniards increased investment and development in the American colonies, and gold and silver production also increased.

With gold and silver, the Spaniards have confidence, and now their fleet is powerful!

The same is true for Portugal, relying on the American colonies to recover blood, but not as powerful as the Spanish colonies.

Portugal’s colonial manpower and mineral resources are scarce (compared to Spain), and Portugal lacks a mythical and convenient road to wealth. The Portuguese mainly operate Brazil in South America and the west coast of Africa (after the Chinese reached South Africa, they did not rush north along the west coast of Africa ), the most important product of the Brazilian colony is Brazilian wood, which can be used as a source of dye and is worth a hundred times in Europe.

In addition, the Portuguese planted sugar cane in Brazil, developed minerals in Africa, and exported ivory to sell to the Chinese to make handicrafts and chopsticks. With their dedicated management, they still had a lot of income, but it was not as rich as Spain's income.

Leonard knew that if he wanted to defeat the Eastern pagans, he could not do without the participation of the Spaniards. Only by uniting France and Spain could victory over the Eastern pagans be possible.

Therefore, as a French foreign minister, he did not hesitate to condescend, and arrived in Madrid as a special envoy to spend time with the nobles there.

Give them gifts, often eat, drink and have fun together, and sweetly talk to the Spaniards: "The Spaniards and the French are the people of God. We should stand together and fight against the enemies of God. The eastern pagans are the enemies of God." , They want to bury the European countries and occupy the land of God, we absolutely cannot tolerate it!"

At first, the Spanish nobles didn't take him seriously, because the Spanish princess had just married to the Holy Roman Empire and became the queen of the Eastern Pagan Emperor Yan Changwu, and the queen was favored, and her power in the Shenluo Empire was increasing day by day.

Today, the Eastern pagans and those staunch patriots among the Spaniards are doing business in partnership, and the trade between the two parties, especially in the development of the Americas, is advancing by leaps and bounds!

In the past, the Chinese restrained their own strength and did not want to make themselves too nervous by attacking everywhere. Except for the land on the west coast of North America, they have never attacked the Americas, let alone made large investments and developments, especially in South America. The Chinese Almost never.

When the Spanish princess married Yan Changwu, there was a special "dowry" which was Uruguay in South America, so it was different!

The Spanish princess is the wife of Yan Changwu, the boss of the family. Under the family concept, the Spanish princess is everyone's mistress.

The land of the mistress, as the people, is of course qualified to run to settle down. Chinese people have rushed to Uruguay, and Chinese capital has also entered Uruguay in a large scale. Using this as a springboard, it is blooming in all directions in South America, developing and doing business everywhere. There are over 10,000 Chinese in South America at once!

Follow the emperor's words, money is endless, the key is to make friends, the Chinese are kind, don't eat alone, get rich with the Spaniards, everyone spends money!

Therefore, the Spanish nobles believed that the silver dollar was more fragrant than what the French said, and during the Thirty Years War in Europe, the French broke their promises, and they still had the face to mention God's people to them!

Fortunately, the influence of religion is deeply rooted. Although there are staunch Spanish patriots who sneer at the French, there are also many Spanish nobles and people who support the French. Those Chinese silver dollars are the temptation of the devil and must not be trusted.

The two views were entangled in the upper echelons of Madrid. The Spanish ruling queen mother, Maria Anna, was experienced and kept her cool. She allowed the French envoy Leonor to operate in the country, and did not agree to send a fleet to help France.

Leonard tried his best to pull out the Spaniard, and he arrived in Toledo to pay a visit to the Spanish Cardinal Otto Princeton.

The city of Toledo, 80 kilometers away from Madrid, was the former capital of Spain. There has been a splendid culture, earth-shattering wars and peaceful times.

When Leonard strolled through the streets and alleys of Toledo, he could see Mudéjar and Gothic churches, Visigothic or ancient Roman buildings, synagogues and literature and art blending Arab and Roman styles everywhere. The revival-style palace, people at the time commented on Toledo: "Toledo, you are the glory of Spain, the light of the city of Spain."

The most glorious king of Spain, Carlos I Carlosi (that is, Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire, 1500-1558), once wanted to make Toledo the permanent capital of Spain. Unfortunately, his son Philip II disagreed. The capital was moved to Madrid, and Toledo has since declined.

Even though Leonard is well-informed, he couldn't help but admire: "The city that can become Christ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is really the manifestation and blessing of Christ!"

The most famous religious building in Toledo, the Cathedral of Toledo, is the second largest church in Spain (after Seville Cathedral) and the residence of the archbishop of Spain. It can be called the most important cathedral in Spain. .

The church is 90 meters high, 75 meters wide and 113 meters deep, with an unprecedented scale. The towering cathedral is the most dazzling landmark in Toledo. No matter which angle you look at in the city, you will see this building symbolizing the boundless power of Catholicism in Spain. The chief cardinal, the head of the Spanish religion, still lives here , is where the country's deep religious tradition originated.

The Spanish Cardinal Otto Princeton, dressed in red, welcomed Leonardo. The powerful French minister knelt down in front of Otto Princeton. He was not a Spaniard, but a representative of God.

Otto Princeton was fully aware of Leonard's intentions and told him: "Be patient, my friend,

Leonard nodded again and again, and not long after, his patience paid off --- what is strange is that the French actually won the Newport naval battle in southern England!

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