My Daming New Empire

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This Alfonso V liked to travel around in the original history and has been to many places, so he got the nickname "Prince who set off to the world seven times".

He and his younger brother, Prince Enrique, vigorously developed the maritime industry, and they were the main contributors to Portugal's becoming a world hegemon.

But in this time and space, Portugal's navigation business encountered many setbacks. They could not enter the Atlantic Ocean at all, and so far they can only trade along the Mediterranean coast.

For Portugal, which is weak on the mainland, their desire for maritime trade is the strongest when Spain is gradually driving away the Arabs and moving towards unification.

However, Daming will monopolize ocean trade and will never give Portugal any chance.

Although Alfonso V came here in person this time, Da Ming would only give him some trade benefits at most, and Da Ming would not agree to entering the ocean.

After Louis XI left the palace, he couldn't help looking back at the majestic palace city.

A train around the city let out a long sound and stopped on the platform on the right outside Chengtian Gate.Watching the flow of people up and down, Louis XI sighed.He said to his entourage: "The advancement of Ming Dynasty is not only the advancement of technology, you can see that their people are full of energy, like the master of this country. And the people of France don't care who sits on the throne of the king at all. superior.

France needs a revolution and the overthrow of the church. Only in this way can Daming sincerely help us and France can become a civilized country. "

"However, Your Majesty, we are not strong enough to fight the great nobles and the church at the same time."

"I know, so we need to borrow Da Ming's power. You say, if I face assassination right after I return to France, what will Da Ming, who promised to guarantee my safety and the safety of the throne, do?"

In history, Louis XI has one of the most famous nicknames called "Universal Spider".

The nickname "Universal Spider" refers to Louis XI who is known for his deceit, wit, sophistication, and amazing mobility.

Facing the enemy, he doesn't like to directly resort to force. He prefers to use inheritance and diplomacy more as a means to use both soft and hard tactics to achieve the goal of maneuvering.

Moreover, he is cruel and cunning, and never shows mercy to his enemies.

In the West, nobles have the right of immunity. Even if they are defeated in battle, they will generally not be sentenced to death.But he not only tortured the rebellious feudal lord, but even wiped out a famous big family like Amanek.

Several subordinates looked at each other, but they didn't know how to persuade him.

At this time, Louis XI showed a gentle smile again. Everyone looked over and saw Zhang Han walking from the square.

He still had some grains of wheat in his hand to feed the pigeons on the square. When he came over, a group of pigeons flew around him.

"My friend, at this moment, I wish I had a camera in my hand to take pictures of this scene. At this moment, you are like a god."

Zhang Han smiled inwardly. This scene was suggested to him by a Taoist propagandist. Not far from them, two photographers holding cameras had already photographed this scene.

In the future, they will choose the most exciting photos to develop, and then use them as publicity pictorials.

Hearing what Louis XI said, Zhang Han threw out all the remaining wheat grains in his hand, and a group of pigeons boarded and flew back and forth around them.

"His Royal Highness, did the discussion with His Majesty go well today?"

"It went very well. His Majesty the Emperor is indeed the most powerful person in the world. Although he is in Ming Dynasty, he still has a clear understanding of the situation in France. He told me many useful strategies. More importantly, he is willing to sell Gunpowder to France."

"Is it just gunpowder?" Today's Ming army is changing from flintlock guns to repeating guns, and millions of flintlock guns will be retired.At this time, even flintlock guns should be able to be sold to France. "

Louis XI froze for a moment, he had never considered this requirement before, because it was impossible before.

but now……

More importantly, due to the difference in steelmaking technology and manufacturing process, Daming's muskets are more powerful and have a longer range than European muskets.

Louis XI quickly grabbed Zhang Han's hand, and hurriedly said: "I have shown my loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor just now, but I have not mentioned the musket. If I can buy a musket, I will not hesitate..."

He felt a little embarrassed, because Daming had too many good things, and the funds he brought over this time had already been used up, and he even asked Zhang Han to borrow [-] silver coins.Now, he has no funds at all.

"My friend, I need your help now. I don't know how much money you can transfer from there. When I return to France, I will pay you back with [-]% interest."

Zhang Han hesitated for a moment, and said, "I will try my best. You must know that in my family, the resources I can mobilize are limited."

They returned to Liang Guogong's mansion. To Zhang Han's surprise, when he found Zhang Hai, he wanted to transfer another batch of money.This time, Zhang Hai didn't go on and on for a long time like last time, he just sighed and asked, "How much money do you want?"

The funding problem was solved so smoothly, which made Louis XI overjoyed.

The next day, he asked Zhang Han to contact the Ministry of Defense of Ming Dynasty, and made a tentative request to buy muskets.

Although several officials of the Ministry of National Defense did not directly agree to him, saying that they would apply to the higher-ups, they could also feel from their attitude that they did not mind selling the flintlock gun to France.

After a few days, the reply came down.Daming is willing to sell a batch of flintlock guns at the price of five silver coins per flintlock gun, and each musket is equipped with a catty of gunpowder.

Moreover, Daming is also very considerate of France's transportation capacity, and is willing to make a deal with France in Le Havre.

At that time, whether France uses gold, silver or other minerals as settlement, Daming will accept it.

This made Louis XI overjoyed, and now he can pay for the goods without having to borrow money from Zhang Han.

But Zhang Han understood that these muskets should be muskets eliminated by the Gibraltar Navy and the Admiral's Mansion in Crete.

It would take a lot of energy to transport these muskets back to Daming, but now they can make a lot of money by disposing of them directly to France on the spot.

Although he doesn't understand economics, Zhang Han also knows that due to the intensive manufacturing of Daming, the cost of a musket will not be higher than three silver coins.Now an old gun can be sold for five silver coins, and it saves a lot of shipping costs, so it's not worth it.

However, after all, he remembered which side he was from, and did not disclose the details to Louis XI.

For him, Louis XI is just a tool he uses, and he has no friendship with this cunning king.

His love will only be given to those helpless poor people, they deserve sympathy and pity.

Not only Louis XI, but representatives from every country basically achieved their goals when they came to Daming this time.

Daming is going to start exerting cultural influence on Europe. This kind of influence cannot be done by coercion. If you want the other party to follow their own pace, you must give them some sweetness.

Like Hungary, a big agricultural country in Europe wanted tractors, and Ming sold them a batch of tractors and harvesters that could plow the land, and at the same time guaranteed to provide them with gasoline and diesel.

Norway faced the threat of Sweden, and Ming mediated in the middle, making Sweden promise not to invade Norway.

As for Sweden, Daming will provide them with exploration support and carry out iron ore exploration in their country.

On the British side, Daming is also willing to transfer converter steelmaking technology to them. Of course, high licensing fees are indispensable.

Other countries have their own demands, and Da Ming tries his best to satisfy them, and try his best to make them go back happily.

Returning to Europe with the European delegation was Xie Yun. Although he was not a high-ranking official, he was a favored minister of the Ming Emperor and he was open-minded, so he was highly valued by the representatives of European countries.

Everyone thought that Xie Yun went to Europe this time to promote Confucian culture, but only a few people knew that he had another very important purpose this time, which was to investigate the situation in Xizhou.

In the first year of orthodoxy, Ming Dynasty was feudal, and there were sixteen princes in Nanzhou at that time.Because of the harsh environment in Xizhou and the need for war, only two princes were arranged to go there.

This also caused Jinwangfu and Hanwangfu to be the most powerful in the prince's mansion.

Jinwang Mansion is located at the southern tip of Africa, occupying a territory equivalent to that of South Africa in later generations.

The Hanwang Mansion occupies most of the area south of the African equator, that is, south of the Congo rainforest.