"Your Majesty?"

Thanos called back to reality with a soft call. He smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, please continue"

"Okay. Besides, Spain, the current king of the country is Carlos III, and both belong to the Bourbon family and the two countries have formulated an offensive and defensive alliance to jointly deal with Britain"

"However, compared with France, Spain's financial situation is obviously much behind. They rely entirely on gold and silver mines in South America to support the huge empire. Every year, fleets carry gold and silver back to Spain from America"

"Not long ago, a big debate occurred in the UK, all of which were formed within the Whigs. The two sides led were incumbent Prime Minister John Stewart, and the opposition was William Pitt, and William Pitt proposed to attack Spain's golden ship.

Team, but Stewart objected, this incident caused a lot of controversy in the UK”

"It's not that Stewart is merciful, but because the current Spanish Prime Minister Gampos and Minister of Finance Peidinando are famous reformists. They have dominated the Spanish Army and Navy from mercenary system to conscription system, and their combat effectiveness has increased significantly"

"The British were digesting their colonies that they had just obtained from the French in America and India, and the main navy and army were also arranged there, obviously not wanting to cause trouble, which they supported Prussia very little in the seven-year war not long ago.

You can see that"

Qitad smiled and interrupted: "You must have members in the House of Commons in the UK."

Thanos continued without commenting, "When talking about Portugal, their main source of finance is Brazil. The king on stage is José I. Ten years ago, a major earthquake destroyed its capital Lisbon, and José I rebuilt it.

Lisbon has almost spent all the kingdom’s savings for many years”

"At present, they are the poorest country in Europe"

Qitad seemed to realize something and asked quickly: "Your Excellency specifically mentioned the financial situation of Portugal, obviously, what is it? By the way, you mentioned Goa before, do they want to sell Goa colonies

?”

Thanos said: "It's not just this."

"Joze I now has no son, but has four daughters. The youngest daughter is at the age of marriage. But the royal family is very strange. His eldest daughter Maria is the prince of Brazil, but she married him.

Uncle"

"The marriage partners of his other daughters are all their closest male family members. It is really weird. Obviously, except for Maria, the remaining three daughters are firmly opposed to the strange marriage arranged by their parents.

Now that they are not married”

Qitad stared at him for a long time, and then said for a while: "One of them is obviously your member, or someone who is influenced by you at times. Let me think about it, his second daughter, Anna, and his third daughter, Doro

Teya has never left Portugal, only her four daughters, Benetita, have been to Rome and received the baptism of the pope”

"Then they were educated there until they were ten years old and didn't return to Portugal. If anyone among their sisters might be members, it must be Benetita!"

This time Thanos did not deny it, "I don't know what Jose thought in his lifetime, because his eldest daughter would definitely inherit the throne, so he would marry him and let his grandson, Mary's talent

The four-year-old son married Benetita when he grew up”

"Benetita obviously refused, but it was still early, and Maria's son would take at least ten years to get married"

"Several daughters refused to get married when they were old, which made Jose very distressed. In addition to domestic financial difficulties, they even had the idea of ​​selling foreign colonies, claiming that if his daughter married anyone, she would become the prince and governor there.

, The colony is her daughter's dowry”

Qitade smiled and said, "He obviously has the conditions"

"That's natural, the other party must be a Catholic first"

"Did he have an ideal partner?"

"Of course there are. Most of them are the children of hereditary nobles from European countries. However, as your country defeated the Ottomans not long ago in the Black Sea, he also asked him to release His Majesty's family, but the premise is to convert to Catholicism."

Qitad asked again: "He will definitely not sell Brazil. That is their lifeblood. It is naturally a colony of Africa and Asia. It is most likely an unimportant place. Tell me quickly, I can't wait."

Thanos finally smiled: "Is Your Majesty also moved? He is a Catholic and is monogamous, but His Majesty already has three princesses, which is obviously impossible"

Qitad also smiled and said, "I know who he likes. My third brother, Timur. He is exactly nineteen years old this year and is the same age as the fourth princess Bennettita, but before that I want to know what they are.

Available for sale”

"Well, now the Portuguese have Cape Verde in Europe, Sao Tome Principe, Guinea, Angola, Mozambique, India has Diu, Goa, the Far East has Timor Island, Macau, America has Brazil, several

They obviously won't sell big places"

"That is, Cape Verde, Sao Tome Principe, even if there is no princess, they are willing to exchange it for a large amount of money. However, in order to demonstrate the status of the princess, except Brazil, the rest are considered."

Qitad suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Why weren't these colonies sold later, nor were they sent as princess' dowry? Could it be that the Europe I came to was a little different?"

"No matter how much, Africa is not very good, it is all in tropical areas. My people will definitely not adapt to it when they arrive there. Moreover, there is no coal in these places. They are all places to capture black slaves, so it is useless to take it over."

"Diu and Goa on the west coast of India are OK, but they are both within the attack range of the Marathas. I don't want to inherit the Portuguese and become their target"

"Besides, there is no coal there, so only Timor Island and Macau are left. Timor Island can be used as a base to guide Australia. Macau is its significance without any clarity"

"But Macau is their only colony beside the Qing Dynasty. Now that Guangzhou's foreign trade is extremely developed, how could they give up easily? Moreover, Macau is too small, and the British have not yet captured Hong Kong Island. Instead of spending huge costs to acquire Macau, it is better to be self-employed

Take down Hong Kong Island”

"But before that, it would be nice to have Macau as a buffer. Oh, it's really hard to judge"

He fell into deep thought again, and naturally closed his eyes, regardless of the fact that there was another person in front of him.

Thanos did not remind him at this time, but waited quietly.

After a while, Qitad opened his eyes suddenly and then showed his signature smile.

"I made up my mind, it was Macau. Not only that, I was going to make Timur convert to Catholicism and formally propose to his fourth princess Benetita"

"I just said, please transport all the gold coins given to us this year to Gozo, one million of which was for the Knights of Malta, and another million were for the gifts for Jose I, and

If he wants, of course, his daughters will, Anna and Dorothya can marry me together”

"You know that our country does not have that strict control over religious beliefs. After they come here, they can continue to believe in Catholicism. I will not interfere at all"

"This..."

Qitad ignored him and continued, "Since the Fourth Princess is a member or someone who is deeply influenced by the membership, then there are also your people in the top management in Lisbon. Please inform them as soon as possible."

Thanos waved his hand quickly, "Dear Your Majesty, even if you want to marry the Portuguese royal family, you don't need to send so much money. Five hundred thousand gold coins are enough. As for the other five hundred thousand..."

Qitade smiled again and said, "You must have arranged the source for him early in the morning, let me tell you."

Thanos nodded, "Netherland is the most developed business in Europe today, and it has a lot to do with their banking system. Unfortunately, in the stocks that are now popular, some banks in the futures market are also involved.

And on the verge of bankruptcy”

Qitade asked back: "If it weren't for the bank controlled by your association, you would probably be too lazy to manage it, so it would probably be the ones from your association."

Thanos sighed, "Your Majesty is a good thing. Although the major shareholder behind this bank is not from my association, the president who has just taken office is from this association. Now the Dutch people are concerned about this bank.

I was watching it very closely, and I could not do it by investing in it."

"Did they just allow the equity in a pagan country to enter?"

"Of course not, but it is not impossible to make it a major shareholder of the bank by increasing capital from the Netherlands East India Company. But the dozens of Dutch East India Company are still the only way to complete the injecting capital into the bank.

Yes”

"Haha, this shareholder is also yours. Wouldn't you just provide the funds to him directly?"

"Obviously not. In order to report on the unique achievements made by His Majesty in the founding of the Principality of Chishinau, the association mobilized the members of the whole Europe to gather 10 million gold coins, but only two million were taken out every year.

This is the conclusion that the thirty senior hereditary members of our association rushed back from all over the world and gathered together after a full three months of intense discussions to reach an agreement”

"It is impossible to operate the rest of the matter like this, not to mention that there are still some banks controlled by the association, and it is not necessary to save the bank."

Qitade also became serious, "Save a bank, or a bank with businesses all over Europe and the world is not something that can be achieved by just 500,000 gold coins, at least one more zero"

"It seems that you are not going to pay the remaining gold coins. I want to see what benefits can save this bank bring to our country"

Thanos smiled and said, "This bank is called Amsterdam Bank. It was originally the largest bank in the Netherlands. Their business is indeed spread throughout Europe, not only related to business, but also to the royal families of all countries. If your country becomes the big one behind him.

Shareholders, that's more of the benefits”

"First of all, although we doubled the sales of your country's products in Europe, it is still not enough. The nobles of various countries have long been deeply rooted in the guilds. This doubled the sales of this, and it was difficult for us to pry them out of our mouths.

Out”

"Your Majesty knows that if you want to join this society, you are enlightened people in religion. In Europe, whether it is Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, the traditional old forces are still very large, far above us."

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"But Amsterdam Bank represents the secular world, with guilds, trans-ocean trading companies, royal families, and great nobles. Moreover, although the strength of the Netherlands has been greatly weakened, the number of ships on the Atlantic Ocean can still be

More than half of it!"

"So, your goods can be increased several times, of course, first of all, the guild controlled by this association and the area where the company is located"

"If you can expel the Ottoman pirates on Gozo, save the Knights of Malta, and then marry the Portuguese royal family, in a few years, your country will enjoy fair tariffs like other European goods"

With such benefits, Qitad does not need to refuse.
Chapter completed!