The Kingdom of Kandy and the Kingdom of Xia share a common language.
That is Buddhism.
When it comes to Tianzhu, religion has always been the focus that cannot be avoided.
In other words, as long as the religious problem can be solved, the problem of Tianzhu can be solved.
As the only remaining Buddhist country in the land of Tianzhu, the Kandy Dynasty naturally had a good impression of China.
Although Buddhism is also flourishing in nearby countries such as Siam, those countries are too weak and have limited strength to help Kandy.
Only the Kingdom of Xia is Kandy’s hope.
Especially the warships docked in the port made Rajsingh II realize that the hope of revitalizing the country was just around the corner.
Facing the Western colonists, the Kandy Dynasty had few options.
The main thing is to find new allies and deal with the enemies in front of you.
Then the new allies become enemies again, and we look for allies again.
Now they are pulling the Dutch to fight the Portuguese, but a hundred years later they will pull the British to fight the Dutch.
In the end, no new allies could be found, so they had to fight the British alone.
As a result, it lost strength and became a British colony.
"The Dutch have bad intentions, and we are in urgent need of Xia Guo's help."
Unlike those monks, Rajsinghe II was more concerned about the national situation.
Although the Xia people came with the Dutch, as a politician, Rajsinghe II did not believe that the relationship between the Xia country and the Netherlands was truly indestructible.
Not to mention, there are religious connections between the Kingdom of Kandy and the Kingdom of Xia.
This is the problem caused by lack of knowledge.
The people of Kandy think that Buddhism is so great in Xia!
Will Xia help the Kingdom of Kandy to deal with the Netherlands for this reason?
Obviously not.
The Kingdom of Kandy was not important to that extent.
But Xia Guo wanted to get involved in Tianzhu affairs.
Where to start?
Liao Zhongjian thought about it for several days, but couldn't find an angle.
Just when he was confused, the Portuguese brought a bright opportunity.
Although Ceylon is a large island, no matter what happens, it cannot be hidden from anyone.
The Portuguese on the west side of the island learned the news that Xia Kingdom and the Netherlands had arrived together.
After all, that huge and terrifying fleet cannot be hidden at all.
The Portuguese can't sit still.
Although they control the situation on the island of Ceylon and stir up changes in the situation, the actual strength of the Portuguese is only a few hundred people.
There is no problem in dealing with the weak natives.
If they were to fight against the combined fleet of Xia Kingdom and Holland, the only outcome would be annihilation of the whole army.
Portugal's highest official here, Anthony Lopez, was really frightened and quickly sent an envoy to come over to inquire about the movements of Xia Kingdom and the Netherlands.
"We in Portugal have always attached great importance to friendly relations with China, and we still have many compatriots serving in Xia State. We have absolutely no intention of becoming an enemy of Xia State, and we sincerely ask Xia State to maintain our friendship."
The Portuguese envoy Eli Arno looked at the warships in the bay with fear, and his voice was trembling as he spoke.
When did the conservative and closed Middle-Earth actually possess such terrifying battleships?
He even saw that thousands of Xia army soldiers were practicing on the shore.
Those muskets and artillery made him understand that Portugal here had no capital to resist.
There is no other way but to use emotion and reason, hoping that Xia Guo will not take action.
"Even if the Xia Kingdom does not interfere with the affairs here, can Portugal withstand the pressure of the Netherlands?"
Liao Zhongjian asked a heart-wrenching question.
Eli Arnold was even more powerless.
The Netherlands has already taken the initiative on the island of Ceylon, and the Portuguese have been reduced to a small corner. It is only a matter of time before they lose this place.
Is it possible that hundreds of years of hard work will be completely lost like this?
Eli Arnold was a little reluctant, but he knew better that it was useless to struggle in the face of absolute strength.
Opposite him, Liao Zhongjian's thoughts were wandering.
Liao Zhongjian is recalling information about Portugal.
The more he thought about it, the more he realized that there seemed to be a lot of things that could be done.
The Kingdom of Kandy can become an outpost for the Xia Kingdom to enter Tianzhu, and Portugal may not be an enemy.
Even the relationship between Portugal and the Netherlands may not be able to turn enemies into friends under the mediation of Xia Guo.
The premise of all this is that the three parties have a common enemy...
That's Spain.
The Xia Kingdom has now completely occupied Luzon, and the only remaining enemies are some natives.
Spain already knew about the situation in Luzon and sent a small army from the Americas to take back the colony.
The results can be imagined.
On the way, they encountered Zheng Zhilong's expedition fleet. A bloody battle broke out between the two sides, and the entire Spanish army was wiped out.
The Spaniards in the Americas would definitely not be able to organize new forces to come over if they didn't have three to five years.
Maybe it will never come through.
Now is the time when Spain is in decline.
However, for a big empire to completely decline, it is actually a very long process.
Even the conservative Ming Dynasty spent hundreds of years before and after.
And Spain has vast colonies in the Americas, which can provide the native land with endless wealth, enough to squander for a long time.
Therefore, in the minds of many people, Spain is still the world hegemon today.
As we all know, world hegemons are always hated.
There are many people who want to kill the world hegemon.
With this common goal, Liao Zhongjian felt that Portugal should not be an enemy.
The relationship between the Netherlands and Portugal should not be hostile.
"Mr. Eli Arno, based on your perspective, do you think Portugal can resist Spain's comeback?"
Just last year, taking advantage of Spain's fall into the Thirty Years' War and the Catalan Uprising, the Portuguese, who had long been dissatisfied with Spanish colonial rule, launched a riot.
They drove away the Spanish governor and elected John IV as king, officially embarking on the road to independence.
But it is obvious that Spain, as the side of the bed, will definitely not be willing to let Portugal escape control.
The situation before Portugal is to deal with Spain's renewed attack.
Compared with Spain, Portugal is too weak.
To this end, Portugal on the one hand mobilized resources from various colonies to strengthen its homeland; on the other hand, it also sent people to Britain in the hope of receiving support.
However, the domestic situation in Britain at this time was already very tense, and civil war could break out at any time. No one was sure how much help it could provide to Portugal.
"We deeply sympathize with Portugal's experience and can provide considerable help. We always believe that weak people all over the world should unite to defeat the hateful powerful enemy. If Portugal is willing to change its strategy and cooperate with the Dutch
As enemies become friends, I believe that we will be able to accomplish great things."