Nanming: I can build wonders

"Kangxi Khan's urgent post sent good news. The Ming Emperor has agreed to persuade the Ottoman Empire to accept the reality of defeat in Versailles!"

After hearing this, Grand Duke Miloslavski smiled again.Polotsky, who was standing next to him, was also overjoyed, and said to Sophia: "Your Majesty, congratulations to you and the Raksha Kingdom, you have won the future for the Raksha Country!"

"More than that!"

Sophia grinned and said, "The Ming Empire also proposed a grand plan, which is to build the Suez Canal to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea!"

“Connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea?”

Grand Duke Miloslavski was just surprised, this Ming man also dared to think and do.

He is obviously too old to realize the importance of the Suez Canal to the Rakshasa Kingdom.

Polotsky had already made the sign of the cross on his chest: "Thank God, Your Majesty the Tsar, we are going to get rich, and Rakshasa is going to take off!"

As expected of Sophia's teacher, he immediately realized it.

"Your Majesty, Grand Duke, with the Suez Canal, the distance between Sophia Grad and Tianzhu Diu Port will only be three or four thousand nautical miles!"

Polotsky analyzed.

Sophia nodded, "The teacher is right. Fort Sophia will become a trade center that can radiate Eastern Europe! Rakshasa's wheat and livestock can be continuously sold to Tianzhu, and then exchanged for Tianzhu's cotton cloth, spices, and sugar. Daming's Silk, china, tea, cigarettes, perfume, wine, soap!"

Maybe it won't be too long, this emerging Fort Sophia will definitely become a very prosperous city, and the northern shore of the Black Sea will also prosper along with it!
Sophia added with a smile: "Not only that, Kangxi Khan also obtained the right to dominate the Mongolian Ocean, which was the Indian Ocean in the past! Rakshasa's merchant ships can go directly to Tianzhu for trade in the future!"

The trade route to the east is really lucrative!Before the Industrial Revolution, the rise and fall of those European powers was directly related to whether they mastered the trade lines between the East and the West!

Grand Duke Miloslavski now has a feeling that happiness has come too suddenly.

How come the poor Raksha country will become a rich country overnight?
"Grandpa, there is good news!"

Sophia is also excited!
"and also?"

Both Grand Duke Miloslavsky and Polotsky became short of breath, "Sophia, is there any good news?"

Sophia said: "Da Ming has caused a lot of trouble for Louis XIV!"

Grand Duke Miloslavsky originally thought it was Emperor Kangxi who was sending money to Rakshasa again, but it turned out that Louis was in trouble.

Grand Duke Miloslavski was stunned. What does Louis' trouble have to do with Rakshasa?
But Polotsky knew that the dominance of the Frankish country would be "a lot of pressure" for the Raksha country!

France is now the largest country in Europe, whether it is economic or military, if Louis wants to find a "second child" in the European camp to clean up, Rakshasa must be one of the candidate countries!

In other words, only two countries may become candidates, namely Rakshasa and Prussia.

"Your Majesty Sophia, what is Daming doing?"

asked Polotsky.

Sophia then told about Daming's request to investigate the extinction of the Yin people in North America and the request for King William III to kowtow.

"This is the big trouble for Louis!" Sophia laughed. "England is a European country. England is troubled by Daming. Can Louis not come forward to defend it? Otherwise, where will he put his face as the boss of Europe?"

On the other hand, William III was in a rather depressed mood.

A few years ago, in Scotland, supporters of James II formed a rebel army, trying to overthrow the rule of William III and rebuild the autocratic rule of the royal family.

The rebellion became known as the "Royal Mutiny War".

The rebel army fought a series of battles and guerrilla warfare in Scotland and Ireland, but William III managed to get them settled.

During the rebellion, some towns and villages in Scotland fell into chaos and destruction, and many people lost their lives and property.

The suppression of the rebellion also led to population loss and economic decline in parts of Scotland and Ireland.

Although the rebellion was suppressed, it demonstrated dissatisfaction and opposition to England in parts of Scotland and Ireland.

The unscrupulous people in these areas believed that the reigns of William III and Mary II did not solve their problems, but only exacerbated their plight.

This delayed William III's plans to annex Scotland for a few more years.

But now there was a big problem. James II had to flee to France!
This means that the Scottish and Frankish empires are likely to go hand in hand.

What's even more damning is that the damned Louis XIV formed a North Atlantic alliance without bringing Britain and the Netherlands into the group.

Isn't this clearly looking down on him, the king of England, and the ruling of the Netherlands?
But the arm can't twist the thigh, he still has to find a way to hold the thigh, and he can't be isolated by the whole of Europe!
Britain and France are close together, separated by the English Channel. If the Frankish Empire continues to expand, what if one day they focus on his throne?

So William III ran a lot to Versailles this year, crazily courting Louis XIV, and paid for the repair of several palaces in Versailles, one of which was next to Louis XIV's Palace of Versailles.

Fortunately, under the courteousness of William III, Louis XIV has agreed with Britain and the Netherlands to join the North Atlantic Alliance, as long as they don't just want to please Ming and send troops to fight against the Ottomans.

That's easy to say, anyway, since William III became the king of England, the relationship between Ming and Britain has become more and more dull, and the relationship between the British East India Company and Ming has been better.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Louis has come to welcome you."

The voice of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, rose.

However, he has not been made a duke yet, just an earl.

This Churchill is one of the top talents in Britain, so William III brought him to visit France.

It turns out that Churchill and William III had a very bad relationship.

John Churchill was highly regarded by the king to a certain extent because of his great contributions to William III in the Glorious Revolution.

However, William III preferred to reuse foreign generals such as the Netherlands, which virtually hurt the self-esteem of English generals, which made John Churchill and the English generals of the same position dissatisfied, and launched a voice in the army and parliament to reject foreign generals such as the Netherlands. Thus aroused the hostility of William III.

The conflict between Churchill and the king really came about because of the struggle between women.

At that time, Sarah Churchill, Countess of Marlborough, maintained a close relationship with Princess Anne. Sarah had a high degree of strategy, and as Anne's chief maid and personal adviser, she encouraged Princess Anne to go with her eldest sister, Queen Mary (William William) Wife) struggled for power and Princess Anne's "due rights" as the heir to the throne, which led to sharp conflicts between Anne and William.

The Williams were worried that Anne's financial strength would become the most powerful competitor, thereby threatening their royal power.

After these things, Queen Mary believed that Sarah Churchill was sowing discord beside Anne and destroying their sisters' feelings.

In fact, including British politicians such as Churchill and Princess Anne, they had been in contact with the deposed James II at that time, asking James II to forgive their betrayal in the Glorious Revolution, and to prepare a retreat for the unpredictable future political situation.

William III knew this well, and tolerated the self-protection methods of the English with an attitude of turning a blind eye, but the arrogant and conceited William still couldn't bear this kind of behavior.

As a result, William III dismissed Churchill from all military posts.

The relationship between the two fell to a freezing point.

It's just that the relationship between the two seems to be very good now, what's going on?
"My dear Churchill, do you mean that Louis greeted me himself?"

(End of this chapter)