Nanming: I can build wonders

The part of Egypt is the territory of the Tianfang believers. The French army will not only encounter supply problems if they are stationed for a long time, but will also be endlessly harassed by heretics.

Louis will not do this kind of loss-making business for the time being.

Zhu Kezang nodded: "Okay! The Suez Canal, our Ming Dynasty has fixed it! In addition, the "Ottoman Rakshasa Secret Treaty" Ming Dynasty can also give more support."

"Yes."

Yingtian Mansion, Honglu Temple office building conference hall, after the mutual secret agreement was negotiated, the summit of the three countries officially started.

"Emperor Ming means that wars belong to wars, and making money belongs to making money. It is wrong to delay making money for the sake of fighting."

Ye Xingde, Minister of Honglu Temple, talked eloquently, "Everyone, why do we fight and carve up the world? Isn't it just to make small money?"

Ye Xingde speaks Chinese.

This is Daming's home court, and it is also a formal diplomatic negotiation. There are a lot of translators, stenographers, etc. on the scene!

It's not the same thing as secret discussions in private, so they have to use their respective official languages.

And when his words were translated into Latin, people in the Frankish Empire and the Holy See were a little stunned.

How did it become profitable? It's not that it's good to carve up the world.

"His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ming Dynasty, what exactly do you want to say?" asked the Archbishop of the Holy See.

"Archbishop," Ye Xingde said, "what I want to say is that our three countries should work together to build a canal that can bring us huge profits and prosperous trade!"

"Excuse me, is it the Suez Canal?"

French Foreign Minister Jade immediately understood.

Jed thought to himself: If France can also participate in the stock, it seems good, a project with great potential.

Ye Xingde nodded, "Yes, it is the Suez Canal. As long as there is this canal, the trade route between the East and the West will be greatly shortened, which will benefit the trade between the Ming, Qing and Frankish Empires. And we can also use the canal to cross the river. If we use money to make a profit, then the money from other countries will be enough for us to make a lot of money!!"

French Foreign Minister Jed shook his head again and again: "If this is the case, the Frankish Empire is willing to participate, but the Ottoman Empire is the sworn enemy of the Frankish Empire. Will they agree?"

Frank is more worried that after Osman built the canal, he would turn his face and deny anyone. After all, the canal is in the hands of others, and he has nothing to do.

Ye Xingde said with a smile: "What's wrong with the enemy? We are enemies now, so we won't be able to make money together in the future? Can France really go all the way to Istanbul?"

"If not, don't we still have to do business together? Besides, this canal is also considered a share of Emperor Louis XIV. The four of us share the money and control it together. Whoever passes there will have to pay tribute to us. Isn’t it a good business to collect money?”

"With Ming as the host, if Osman dares to take out the toll for dividends, my Ming soldiers will directly confiscate the Suez Canal."

As soon as these words came out, the archbishop of the Holy See was unhappy, "Your Excellency, that's not Istanbul, that's Constantinople!"

Or the people of the Holy See will deduct the details.

Ye Xingde didn't bother to talk to him, calling him the same thing, he continued: "In addition, by taking advantage of the opportunity of building the canal, we can launch a United Nations conference. In this world, there are not only our three superpowers, but also England, Spain, etc. , Sweden, Rakshasa, Ottomans, the Netherlands, and the vassal states of my Holy Ming Alliance, etc., can you really ignore them?"

This is the unique version of the United Nations of Ming Dynasty, which is different from the United Nations of later generations.

Regardless of what the United Nations of later generations actually does, it will always use its lips in the name of upholding justice and protecting the weak.

And the UN conference proposed by Daming is of a completely different nature.

What upholds justice, what protects the weak, who would be so boring in the 17th century?

The 17th century was the era of the weak and the strong, and the whole world was a dark forest. If the weak and small countries were destroyed by others, they would deserve it.
But the law of the jungle does not mean that there is no need for order, nor does it mean that the contradictions between the great powers and the small powers cannot find a place to sit down and talk.
It is necessary to give Xiaoqiang a chance to participate in the predation of the weak, let them eat some minced meat and drink some soup, lest they get impatient and fight with the big powers.

Of course, Zhu Kezang didn't have such good intentions. His main purpose was to set up an international stage to divide and disintegrate the opponent's camp, and also to give Daming a chance to intervene in the world.

Daming wants to be the world policeman!

Where there is oil in the future, there will be soldiers of tomorrow!

Louis XIV's foreign minister, Jed, was probably one of the most outstanding diplomats of this era. He certainly understood that the Suez Canal and the creation of the United Nations would definitely do more harm than good to the Frankish Empire.

Thinking of this, Jed turned his attention to Suo'etu, the envoy of the Mongolian Kingdom of the Qing Dynasty: "Suo Zhongtang, do you think the proposal of digging the Suez Canal and holding a United Nations meeting is feasible?"

Suo'etu smiled. He and Daming had already got through with each other, and replied: "Daming's suggestion is fully approved by Qing. With this Grand Canal, the goods shipped from Tianzhu to France can be reduced. Run more than 2 miles! How much silver dollars will I save?"

"And it would be nice to have a United Nations meeting to discuss things like digging a canal. Otherwise, something as good as digging the Grand Canal would not be done at all!"

After Suo'etu's words were translated into Latin, Jed felt a little thumping in his heart.

He always felt that something was wrong. Did this cunning Manchurian Suo'etu really think that the Suez Canal and the UN conference were very good, or had he reached some secret agreement with Daming in private?
Thinking of this, he glanced at the archbishop of the Holy See again, winked at him, and wanted him to say something to stop him.

As a result, the archbishop didn't understand what he meant at all, and said with a smile: "I think it's pretty good too. With this Suez Canal, Italy will be able to prosper! And with the United Nations Conference, our pope can give Ottoman The Empire has demanded that Jerusalem be opened for Catholic pilgrimage!"

The French really think too much, and the Holy See is also happy to see the success of the Suez Canal.

I think that before the new waterway was opened, Italy was very popular in the trade between the East and the West, and it was really rich.
Those in England, Holland, Portugal, and Spain were all poor ghosts back then!

The Holy See in Italy looks down on these countries at all.

Moreover, the Holy See has always wanted to organize believers to go to Jerusalem for armed tourism, which is a lucrative business!

I think that the Knights Templar, which was rich and powerful in many countries, started by serving as bodyguards for pilgrims.

They used this money to start financial services, and many poor kings even borrowed money from the Knights Templar when they were in short supply.

For example, King John of England needed loans to pay the salaries of soldiers, and King Louis VII of France needed loans to conquer the lords... Bishops in poor places such as France and England had received huge loans from the Knights Templar.

Even in the seventeenth century, tourism was promising.

"Pilgrimage is a pilgrimage, it is a matter of course!"

(End of this chapter)