When the Ming Dynasty expedition army annexed the Spanish territory in the Americas, Europe was also not peaceful.

Although Felipe successfully took up the position of the king of Portugal, it was different from the results expected by the Portuguese nobles.

Not only did Felipe not bring benefits to them, he instead lost their territory in Asia and America one after another, and interrupted the trade between Europe and the Ming Dynasty.

Especially because Felipe took the initiative to get into evil with the Ming Dynasty, Portugal not only lost the agency rights of Nanyang spices, but also lost the most important trading partner of the Ming Dynasty.

This is true for people, and they often know how to cherish after losing them.

Although they have made a lot of money in Europe as an agent in the Ming Dynasty over the years, whoever thinks that the money is too much, they are undoubtedly bleeding in their hearts at this moment.

After the huge losses in trade and the loss of overseas bases, not only did the Spanish civilians become hostile to the new king Felipe, but many nobles who originally supported Felipe also changed their minds.

It was in this atmosphere that the two Portuguese influenced the direction of the situation.

Antonio, who was originally ordered to be executed, successfully escaped from prison with the help of some forces, and then took up the banner of anti-Felipe as the king of Spain.

Simon, who was born into a noble family, was one of the first merchants to go to the Ming Dynasty to make gold. Over the years, thanks to his good relationship with Lin Shiran and the United Business Group, he resolutely became the biggest profiter in the trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Even when the war between the two countries broke out, the Simon family caravan, who was still staying in Xiangshan Port, did not suffer from the Ming Dynasty, but allowed them to return smoothly.

However, Felipe won the Portuguese throne, and Felipe even sent troops to expedition the Ming Dynasty. Portugal and the Ming Dynasty had become enemies, and Simon's fleet could not go to the Ming Dynasty to trade again.

Simon had a very good understanding of the Ming Dynasty's practice of interrupting trade, but he was very angry at Felipe, the culprit of this incident.

Whether for personal interests or the overall interests of the Portuguese country, he needed to force Felipe to step down and restore his relationship with the Ming Dynasty.

Just as Felipe was preparing to send troops to England, with the support of Simon's financial resources, Antonio led the reorganized Portuguese army to attack the capital Lisbon.

Thanks to the support of the Portuguese people for Antonio and the position of the Portuguese aristocracy is no longer so firm, Antonio quickly captured the capital Lisbon.

Later, Antonio once again crowned himself as the new king of Portugal in the church, and regions such as Santalon and Setubal expressed their support.

"Damn Antonio, I must watch you hanged with my own eyes!"

After learning about Antonio's crowning, the Spanish King Felipe gritted his teeth and sent the Marquis of Santa Cruz to lead the Spanish army to "put the rebellion."

Although the two countries are on the Iberian Peninsula and are connected to each other, the Marquis of Santa Cruz does not intend to attack from the junction of the two countries.

With the help of the Spanish Navy, 20,000 people were successfully transported to the northern shore of the mouth of the Tagus River, which was only thirty kilometers away from Lisbon.

A few days later, the Marquis of Santa Cruz led his troops into the valley of Alcanta, west of Lisbon, where the two sides began the war.

"Heroic Grape Warrior, please follow me to kill the enemy and protect our territory!" After Antonio took a trip to the Gate of Hell, he resolutely became more brave and fearless, and led the army loyal to him to shout loudly.

Although the Spaniards have a large number of people, they do not have much advantage in equipment. In addition, Antonio is the defensive side, so the battle is very stalemate.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunshots continued, and personnel from both sides were shot and fell down.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Fighting endlessly, the soldiers on both sides splattered blood.

The grudge between Portugal and Spain has been around for a long time. Although Portugal is the weaker side, Antonio knew that there was no way out and led his men to resist Spain's attacks again and again.

Both sides were ruthless in the killing. Although Europe had unspoken rules that no one would kill any nobles, but instead used prisoners to exchange for money, now they would be killed directly if they were caught.

Especially Antonio has been living in civilian areas since he was a child. He almost died at Felipe's hands earlier. Now he only wants to repel the Spaniards, so he naturally won't take this bullshit rule to heart.

This battle was extremely fierce, and both sides suffered heavy losses.

The Marquis of Santa Cruz thought it would be an easy war, but he only looked at the casualties on his side, but decided to ask for reinforcements from the country.

Felipe did not firmly sit in Portugal after all, and his identity as the king of Spain was disgusted by the Portuguese people, resulting in the voices against Felipe in Portugal not falling but increasing.

When the war was in a stalemate, more and more Portuguese took the initiative to join the defense battle and chose to help Antonio resist the "invaders".

Simon was determined to help Antonio get to power, and also constantly provided a steady stream of help to Antonio, resulting in sufficient supplies for Antonio's army.

The war was actually money. The reason why Spain is so powerful is mainly because they get a steady stream of gold and silver from the Americas. It is just that the gold and silver in the Americas are now cut off by the Ming Dynasty, which makes Spain very passive.

In the political ecology of Europe, the king's power is actually greatly restricted.

On the one hand, they were subject to the church to a certain extent, and on the other hand, there were many vassals with territory and army, who could not obey the king's orders at all.

For example, the treasury was also exhausted, Jiajing could continue to continue practicing Taoism through extra taxes, while the kings of Europe could only issue national bonds by mortgaged local taxes and other means.

Felipe has owed a lot of money to maintain a luxury life over the years. Now, facing such a stalemate war, he has to bite the bullet and continue to borrow from the bank.

But if he continues to fight like this, even if he wins the final victory, he will not be able to fill the financial hole of the royal family, so he hopes to resolve the battle in one fell swoop.

It is precisely because in the face of the Marquis of Santa Cruz's request for help, he immediately borrowed from the bank and sent an army of 10,000 to support, intending to end the war in one fell swoop.

But at this time, under Simon's constant lobbying, Antonio resolutely won the support of all the Portuguese nobles.

The Portuguese nobles were originally very hesitant, but they learned that once Portugal escaped from Felipe's control, the Ming Dynasty would re-establish friendly relations with Portugal, and the spices from Southeast Asia would still be handed over to Portugal for distribution.

Faced with such huge benefits, the Portuguese nobles no longer hesitated, as if they were injected with chicken blood, and invested more manpower and financial resources to support Antonio.

With the full joining of the Portuguese aristocracy, although Spain received reinforcements from 10,000 people, the war between the two sides returned to a stalemate.

That's why there is no victory or defeat in this war, but the number of casualties in the army on both sides continues to increase every day.

"Damn Simon, a bunch of ungrateful guys!" Felipe was so angry that he cursed in anger after learning that the Portuguese nobles had joined the war.

I originally planned to win this war quickly, but after seeing that Portugal's nobles and civilians stood on Antonio's side, I knew that the plan to annex Portugal would go bankrupt.

In order to avoid increasing losses, although I felt very uncomfortable, I had to choose to end this money-burning war.

The war lasted for a month and a half, and the casualties on both sides exceeded five digits, and they paid a lot of money for it.

Felipe was undoubtedly the biggest loser. Not only did he lose the Portuguese throne, but he also damaged his troops and dismantled his generals in this war, which also increased his own debt.

Since Antonio had won the support of Portugal, after being recognized by the Pope, he became the legitimate new king of Portugal.

From prison to the king of Portugal, Antonio undoubtedly staged a legend.

But he knew in his heart that if it weren't for Simon's full support and the attractive promises given by the Ming Dynasty, he would never have been on the throne.

After taking the throne, Antonio appointed Simon as foreign minister, but sent envoys to restore relations with the Ming Dynasty and paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty as a vassal king.

In fact, as early as the war began, the Portuguese had already made their position and even took the initiative to ask for help from the nearest Ming Navy branch in Goa, India.

Fortunately, they met the navy led by the Ming envoy who came, and not only won the promise of restoring trade, but also received the support of ten flintlock rifles.

After becoming a Portuguese diplomat, Simon personally led a delegation to the Ming Dynasty in order to express Portugal's sincerity, and also brought Antonio's letters and the sincerity of establishing friendship between the two countries.

The conversation was divided into two parts. When Portugal was trying to strengthen its relations with the Ming Dynasty, Felipe launched a war again.

Although it lost control of Portugal, Spain had a fascinating persistence in maritime hegemony, which was also the foundation for Spain to dominate the sea.

Faced with the growing English Navy and the desire to regain Spain's reputation in Europe, Felipe sent Donia to lead more than 30,000 soldiers to launch an expedition to England as planned.

After the War of the Roses, England has ended its civil strife. Now England has ushered in Queen Elizabeth, and is working hard to develop maritime trade, and its footprints have already been traversing Africa and other regions.

But they never thought that before they could find an ideal maritime trade model, they were attacked by the Spanish fleet.

This war started as scheduled in the English Channel. Although the artillery fire in Spain was fierce, England seemed very tenacious after the baptism of the War of the Roses.

Although England's warships cannot be compared with Spain, their maneuverability is their strength.

With Spain's underestimation of the enemy and the outstanding performance of the English command army, England reversed the situation in one fell swoop, and the attacking Spain was hard to part with.

Boom!

Just when the war was in a deadlock, a Ming navy suddenly broke in and bombed the Spanish fleet.

The originally invincible Garen ship ignited a raging fire at this time, and the Spanish soldiers on the ship jumped into the ship to escape, and the Spanish fleet was in chaos.

Since the Ming Navy seized Goa, India, the Ming Dynasty adopted a more active foreign policy.

After appointing Jiang Ronghua as a European diplomat, Jiang Ronghua led a navy to Europe, intending to establish good relations with European countries.

Since the Suez Canal has not been opened, Asia and Europe cannot avoid Africa, so the fleet on missions needs to bypass the entire African coastline.

After sailing in the second half of the sixth year of the Palis, after more than half a year, he finally arrived in Europe. After the meeting with King Antonio of Portugal, Jiang Ronghua's second stop was England.

After arriving in England, he met with Elizabeth, England with Lin Shiran's handwritten letter, showing his attempt to establish friendly relations with England.

England is now just a small European country. Facing the olive branch thrown by the Ming Dynasty, how can there be no reason to accept it?

It was so coincidental that news came that the Spanish fleet had invaded England.

At Elizabeth's plea, Jiang Ronghua decided to help England, so he intervened in the battle.

First, the Ming Dynasty and Spain are already incompatible, and second, he also wants to announce the strength of the Ming Dynasty navy to Europe through this war.

Under the powerful firepower of the Ming Navy and the English Navy became more and more brave, the Spanish fleet had no power to resist. Seeing that the situation was not good, Commander Donia immediately led the remnants to flee the battlefield.

Although Donia led the remnants to escape back to Spain, more than half of the soldiers and warships were lost in this battle.

After these two battles, the Spanish king was already in debt.

But the news of his complete loss of America came back, and the bank refused to provide a loan to Felipe.

Felipe was like a gambler who lost his eyes and used his only remaining strength to send troops to retake America. As a result, he encountered a storm on the way, and in the end his only combat power was also hidden in the sea.

"Lend me ten million gold coins, I want to build an invincible fleet, I want to take back the Americas!" Felipe roared loudly in the face of constant losses.

After bank assessment, Spain was unable to repay the debts that had been owed over the years after losing gold from America, and now the Spanish royal family has gone bankrupt.

At this point, Spain not only lost its maritime hegemony, but also gradually emerged from the world stage among European countries.

In contrast, Portugal and England formed relations with the Ming Dynasty, and the two sides carried out good trade exchanges, which led them to take the opportunity to rise slowly in Europe.

China's products have gradually entered Europe through agents from various countries. Even small nail clippers can be popular throughout Europe, and the various clothing designed by the Ming Dynasty has become the fashion pursued by Europe.

At this point, China's footprints came to Europe, and the Ming Dynasty was no longer a mysterious Eastern country, but a desirable country of creation.
Chapter completed!