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Chapter 103 The Battle of Portuguese Throne II: At Sea

 Just when the situation in Portugal was vague, Spain on the side soon got the news.

At this time, European countries sent a large number of spies to other countries, and the two countries were very close to each other, and could quickly access land and water. However, even so, it would be ten days after the news reached Madrid.

But the Spaniards are still second only to the Truchens who received news.

In the northwest corner of the Kingdom of Spain, it is the Ganesa region, which is the later generations of Ganesa Autonomous Region, including a series of cities such as La Cruña, Vigo, and Lugo. Among them, Lugo was the capital of Ganesa during the Roman Empire. The tall and majestic castle built has been preserved until later generations.

Vigo City is located at the innermost part of the Bay of Vigo, and the Bay of Vigo is Spain's largest port and naval base in Ganesia. Historically, Spain and the French coalition had encountered British and Dutch coalitions here. The ships of the first two were blocked in the bay by the latter two, and were finally destroyed by fire attacks.

This place is close to Porto, Portugal. It can be reached within one day, whether by sea or by land, and naturally it has become an excellent base for Spanish surveillance and attacks Portugal.

However, Ganesa is a special existence in Spain.

Later generations said that Spanish and Portuguese are very similar, but in fact they are all wrong. But if the Ganesa language is similar to Portuguese, it is almost certainly true. Their languages ​​are very similar and they can fully understand each other.

This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Spain attaches great importance to this place and is afraid of being taken away by the Portuguese for language reasons.

After receiving the news from Portugal, the Spanish King Carlos III of Madrid immediately convened a state meeting and sent a huge fleet from the Gulf of Vigo five days later, carrying about 10,000 troops on the ship.

Their target is not Lisbon, but Porto!

Cardillo really guessed it correctly. They tried to take advantage of the chaos after the Porto earthquake and then ransacked it. They did such a thing in the Lisbon earthquake decades ago.

But this has been half a month since Queen Maria's death.

Ten days ago, a fleet was also driven from Bogda City (Istanbul).

Naturally, the number is not as large as the Spaniards, but it is the fourth iron-clad fleet of the Truqins, accompanied by twenty Tengis, which is equipped with a guard division, with Deng Hengxue's cousin Zhang Muxun as the division commander, and the fleet commander is Shen Muhua's brother Shen Muhan.

Also accompanying the Imperial Foreign Minister Yesmu, Mediterranean Intelligence Director Ahsan (the brother of intelligence officer Judd, who was killed by the assassin in Istanbul), and European Intelligence Director Aruna.

This weight is obviously not enough. In order to compete for the throne, Qitad also sent his princess, Maria's sister Anna and a pair of children.

They are: thirteen-year-old daughter, Anna Minna, who was named Princess Crete by Qitad, and eleven years old, the only fifth son William Dunrobu who did not have a Chinese name. Both of them have been baptized by the Catholicism under the arrangement of their mother since childhood, but at the same time they were studying in Truchen. It is a mystery what they will grow up to in the future under such a complex background.

However, when Ye Simufu saw these two people, he was shocked.

"Apart from these two, all the remaining children of His Majesty are Changchun church members. Did he expect this scene more than ten years ago? This is incredible"

Also shocked is Princess Anna, who is forty-three years old this year.

But when she took her children to a Tengis, which was originally used as a luxury cruise ship, she quickly calmed down.

Originally she insisted on living in Kafa City, which had a strong European style, but since the empire took over Istanbul, which was once the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, she moved there because the Sultan's palace was really big enough that it could accommodate hundreds of Sultan's concubines, which was very spacious.

What's more, as soon as Istanbul was taken down, Qitad restored the Sophia Qing Dynasty to a "Sophia Cathedral". This move was obviously praised by European countries.

After settling in a luxurious bedroom, Anna lay down on the bed. As the long whistle sound of a fleet leaving the dock came from outside the window, the ship began to shake slightly.

But Anna was a little sad and couldn't help but start to think about it.

"After more than ten years ago, I promised it to the prince of France, and later to my nephew. Fortunately, I was married to Quitard, otherwise I would have become the hateful Jose's wife"

(José, Prince of Brazil, son of Queen Maria)

"And Benetita's fate is the same. If I don't marry Jose, it will be her turn. But he married Timur. Unfortunately, Timur died and was later taken over by Qitade. According to Catholic doctrine, he can only be monogamous, but Qitade doesn't care about these things. It's such a barbaric nation."

Suddenly, the image of Qitade appeared before him again.

"But, is it really barbaric? He is not only Tatar, his conversation, knowledge and demeanor are all above Europeans"

"In the past, when I was in Lisbon, I couldn't take a bath a few times a year, but when I got here, I had to take a bath every day as he told me. He couldn't sleep without taking a bath"

When she thought of taking a shower and thinking of something, the way Qitade did that was vivid in her mind, her body suddenly became hot.

But Aruna, who was accompanying her, changed her past melancholy, and her face became brighter under the bright sunshine of the Mediterranean in summer.

Since Truchen's senior spy, Omubu, married the eldest princess Tana, her world seemed to have collapsed briefly. Although she still held back and did things, her efficiency was obviously far less than before. Until Qitad talked to him a few days ago, she finally let it go.

Could it be that Qitade is going to find a marriage for her in person?

It's true, and this marriage is quite impressive.

By the way, the empire's crown prince Zahatai originally married Caroline, the sister of Corsican noble Caroline Bonaparte, and Napoleon's aunt. However, it seems that the Bonaparte's ancestors also have a tradition of getting married recently. Caroline's children who gave birth to several times died without exception, and she died of excessive blood loss after giving birth to her last son.

Although Truchen has developed medicine, he is helpless when facing this situation.

So Zahatai became single again, and he was already thirty years old this year.

The first heir to the throne of the Empire has no descendants, which makes Zahatai very worried. Since his younger brothers are all serving as governors in overseas colonies, none of them are hugging each other and have countless children, which further aggravates his worries.

Moreover, seeing the brothers being in water overseas and not having their parents' bonds made Zahatai a little envious. Moreover, although his father Qitad is fifty years old, the traces of time seem to have lost their service on him. It is completely fine to work for another twenty or thirty years.

When I thought of this, Zahatai was a little broken.

Nowadays, Qitade has six concubines: Abahai, Tolando, Jaen, Anna, Benetita, and Zhao Linger. The first few are old and obviously cannot have children, but Zhao Linger is only in her twenties and can obviously be reborn.

Moreover, over the years, Benetita and Zhao Linger gave birth to several children for him. In addition, the previous few born before, Qitade had no worries about his heirs.

So Zahatai no longer wanted to continue to serve as the prince's supervisor, but wanted to be transferred overseas to serve as a senior official. Unexpectedly, Qitad agreed and betrothed Aruna to him.

As for where the colony is, naturally I don't know anything.

However, as a supervisor, Zahatai had already made plans.

"Of course it's Australia. It has a vast territory and is surrounded by sea. It's easy to defend but difficult to attack. With the strength of our country, it's no problem to build it into a strong jurisdiction."

His competitor is Deng Hengxue, but he obviously believes that as an adopted son, he cannot compete with himself.

Standing on the deck, enjoying the blue sky, white clouds, and sea breeze, Aruna didn't think about this.

"I want to let Omubu take a good look, and I will become the crown princess!"

But on the Bogda of the Iron Armored Fleet, these things did not come to mind.

This is a newly built ironclad fleet by Truchen, which is exactly the same as the Third Fleet, but due to the addition of a new steam engine and transmission device and the use of new rubber, the performance has been improved a lot.

"The Spaniards probably haven't gotten the news yet. Even if they get the news, they can't react so quickly"
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