Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 196 Control the entire Europe!

Old Modrelli believed that the treaty signed by Little Mod and Ming Dynasty was too unfair to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Why did the Ming Dynasty ask the Kingdom of Sardinia to lower taxes on Ming Dynasty merchants?

Moreover, they have to station troops in their country. There are large armies of other countries in their own country. This situation will only happen to weak countries.

Perhaps Sardinia was indeed weak in the past and was even on the verge of subjugation, but now with repeating muskets, the Kingdom of Sardinia is already one of the top military powers in Europe. A country ranked at the top must be independent and complete!

The Ming Dynasty stationed troops in the Kingdom of Sardinia. If this kind of thing spreads, the Kingdom of Sardinia will never be recognized by surrounding countries.

They will feel that the reason why the Kingdom of Sardinia is what it is today is entirely dependent on the Ming Dynasty. This will make old Modrelli feel embarrassed and unacceptable.

To put it bluntly, Old Modrelli just wanted to take advantage but didn't want to pay the price.

If it hadn't been for the Ming Dynasty's assistance, the Kingdom of Sardinia might have completely disappeared or become a puppet of the surrounding powerful countries. The Kingdom of Sardinia would also have no face at all.

But at that time, he was forced to do nothing, and the old Modrelli really had no choice.

Now that he has weapons in his hands, Old Modrelli wants to really straighten his waist.

"Father, I still think it would be better if we don't provoke Ming easily..." Little Maud said carefully.

Old Modreli has never been to the Ming Dynasty, has never seen the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, and has never seen the Ming Dynasty's powerful military strength, so he dared to have the idea of ​​resisting the Ming Dynasty.

But Little Maud had seen it, and he knew deeply that the Ming Dynasty, an extremely powerful country, was terrifying. The Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ming Dynasty were simply not on the same latitude!

Old Modrelli felt that the Ming Dynasty would not send a million troops to the Kingdom of Sardinia, but little Mod did not agree with his father's idea.

In order to demonstrate its military power, Ming Dynasty invited countries from all over the world to visit the military parade. This shows that Ming Dynasty cares about its own reputation and reputation.

The Ming Dynasty’s military parade had just passed, and the Kingdom of Sardinia went to find Ming Dynasty’s displeasure, and it was only after relying on Ming Dynasty’s assistance!

This is equivalent to treating Ming Dynasty like a monkey. Little Maude believes that Ming Dynasty will definitely not give up!

"Child, you are worrying too much," Old Modrelli still looked like the old god was there.

At this time,

Someone came to report outside the palace.

"King, our craftsmen from the Kingdom of Sardinia tried to make a repeating musket, and finally succeeded! I compared it with the repeating musket made by Ming craftsmen, and it is almost the same!"

"Hahahaha," Old Modrelli laughed and looked at Little Maud again.

"How's it going? Now our Kingdom of Sardinia can also make repeating muskets. Can you rest assured now?"

"But..." Little Maud, Prince of Sardinia, was about to speak, but was interrupted by Old Modrelli with a wave of his hand.

Then he stood up and ordered to the person in front of him:

"Go ahead and tell all the craftsmen to make repeating muskets. We must have enough muskets to compete with the Ming Dynasty!"

"Yes!" The man put his hands on his chest, bowed respectfully, and then withdrew.

Old Modrelli turned around and looked at his son.

"Don't worry too much. My father is not a stupid person and will not break up with the Ming Dynasty directly. After all, we still need the power of these Ming armies to help us expand our territory, but we can no longer do what we did before. They let it slide.”

After listening to this, little Maud's face turned dark for a while, and finally sighed.

He knew that no one could change what his father decided...

In May of the third year of Yongwu,

Lan Yu led the army to follow the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia back from the Venetian Kingdom in the east, and soon discovered something was wrong.

The old King Modrelli of Sardinia, who had always been submissive to him before, now dared to say something that did not agree with him!

Venice is a big country, at least in Europe, with a land area that is almost twice the size of the current Kingdom of Sardinia.

This time Lan Yu went on an expedition with the army and captured one-third of the territory of Venice. He did not return until the food and grass were exhausted.

According to Lan Yu's idea, the Kingdom of Venice should be completely defeated first, and then only the Papal Kingdom and the Kingdom of Naples in the south would be left.

These countries are on an island extending out of the European continent. The only places bordering the land are the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Venice.

As long as the Kingdom of Venice is defeated, the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples will become a turtle in the urn, and it will be a matter of time before they are captured!

However, after listening to Sapphire's idea, Old Modrelli expressed a different opinion.

He believes that after this battle, Venice must be very afraid of them and will be honest in a short time.

Taking advantage of this gap, they should first march south to attack the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples. By then, the entire coastline will be under the control of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and it will be easy to attack the Kingdom of Venice.

Lan Yu first sneered at Old Modrelli's remarks.

This old man simply doesn't understand that battles that can be fought must be fought quickly.

Venice has suffered a big loss this time and will definitely not sit still and wait for death. It may seek help from other powerful European countries.

Even if the sacrifice is not small, it is not a bad idea as long as the country can be saved.

Although Lan Yu is not afraid of Venice's alliance with other European countries, he does not want to cause trouble.

Once Venice finds a few countries to join forces and fight with Lan Yu, the situation will become much more difficult.

In addition, Old Modreli also conducted many tests overtly and covertly, wanting to see where Ming's bottom line was.

This also made Lan Yu react belatedly after initially scoffing.

Old Modrelli, what does this mean? He is going against himself? How dare he!

What the hell is old Modrelli? When will you be able to discuss tactics with me as an equal? Why? Just with those broken guns in your hand?

Sapphire even found it ridiculous.

The small kingdom of Sardinia is not even worthy of carrying shoes for the Ming Dynasty, and now it dares to dictate what the Ming army decides!

It can be said that the Kingdom of Sardinia was a dog that Cao Wei casually rescued on a whim. This dog's life was given by the Ming Dynasty. Now it actually wants to get rid of its owner's control?

Realizing that the Kingdom of Sardinia was a little swollen, Lan Yu wanted to give them a beating.

Originally, Lan Yu's brain was unable to come up with any good solutions, but he had more contact with Cao Wei and learned more or less some ideas.

Ordinarily, since the Kingdom of Sardinia has shown signs of resisting the Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu should directly lead his troops to destroy the Kingdom of Sardinia!

But he remembered that Cao Wei once said that the best way to deal with a dishonest person is to find another enemy for him and let them bite the dog. Only when the dog suffers will he become honest. Lan Yu felt that Cao Wei was right. It was far easier and more convenient to find another enemy for the Kingdom of Sardinia than to lead troops to attack the Kingdom of Sardinia.

But now the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia also has repeating muskets. If these European countries take them alone, they may not be able to defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia...

After much deliberation, Lan Yu finally thought of a way.

He first ordered all the craftsmen in the Kingdom of Sardinia to stop their work and move them all to the camp of the Ming army.

Later, Lan Yuchao released news to all European countries at the same time: Daming came to Europe to do business. Whoever can give Daming enough benefits, Daming can consider cooperating with him.

When the news spread to European countries, these countries couldn't hold it any longer!

That’s the Ming Dynasty!

He single-handedly brought the Kingdom of Sardinia back from the brink of destruction and cultivated it into one of the strongest powers in Europe!

Even the Kingdom of Sardinia turned from a pheasant into a phoenix with the help of the Ming Dynasty. If these countries can win the friendship of the Ming Dynasty, they will definitely become the most powerful country in Europe!

Now that the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ming Army have joined forces, it is already difficult for them to support them. If they continue like this for a while, they may all be wiped out one by one by the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Now the news released by Lan Yu makes them feel like they have seen an oasis in the dry desert. That is their life!

The fastest moving countries are Germany and the United Kingdom, the European powers.

They first sent envoys and respectfully asked to see Lan Yu, saying that their country could provide much better conditions than the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Lan Yu did not answer them directly, but asked them to wait for a while while receiving envoys from other European countries one after another.

There is no end to it, no end at all, and the gifts sent by the envoys are one after another. This is the strength of Ming Dynasty!

As for why Lan Yu didn't reply to these messengers immediately...

This is the same as going to the wet market to buy vegetables. If you hang them out for a while and wait for a price, people will always cherish hard-won things more.

Compared with Sapphire who was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, Old Modrelli, the king of Sardinia, was dumbfounded after learning the news that Sapphire had released to other European countries!

He didn't expect that Lan Yu could do this!

Seeing Lan Yu receiving envoys from European countries one after another, he finally realized that the Ming Dynasty could support the Kingdom of Sardinia to become stronger, and he could also find other European countries!

Old Modrelli finally started to panic!

He had just shown signs of breaking away from Ming's control. He originally thought that Lan Yu would be furious and even lead his troops to attack their Kingdom of Sardinia, but Old Modrelli was already ready to resist.

But he never expected that Lan Yu could have such terrifying power just by releasing a message!

One sentence can cause turmoil throughout Europe! And the person who said this was just a general of the Ming Dynasty!

Is this the Ming Dynasty?

Little Maud directly became an ant on the hot pot. For the Kingdom of Sardinia, they have made so much effort and sacrificed so much. Will it all come to nothing in an instant?

Old Modrelli also regretted not listening to his son's words and not to provoke Daming.

Now that it's all right, Lan Yu turned to look for other European countries. The Kingdom of Sardinia may soon be the only European country that doesn't have repeating muskets!

"Father! Father! What should we do?"

Little Maud was so anxious that she was pacing back and forth in front of old Modred.

Old Modrelli's expression was as embarrassing as it was. It was precisely because of his insistence that he led to today's situation.

"This... How could Lan Yu go back on his promise like this? At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty said they would help our Kingdom of Sardinia expand its territory..."

Little Maud turned his head. If the person in front of him was not his father, he would have cursed her!

It was agreed at the beginning that the Ming Dynasty would help the Kingdom of Sardinia overcome the difficulties and even expand its territory, but the Kingdom of Sardinia wanted to give the benefits to the Ming Dynasty.

Now that you are always contradicting Lan Yu, and Lan Yu talks about the East and you talk about the West, it is naturally impossible for others to hang you on a tree with a crooked neck like yours.

Three-legged toads are hard to find, and there are plenty of them in European countries!

Do you really think Daming is here to do charity? Can pie really fall from the sky?

"Father, it's useless to say all this now. The top priority is to think about how to make up for our relationship with the Ming Dynasty!" Little Maude actually looked at the old king of Sardinia with an expression of hatred that iron could not be transformed into steel...

While Old Modrelli and Little Maud were scratching their heads and worrying, Lan Yu finally began to negotiate with European countries.

The content of the discussion was also very simple. Based on the principle that if you don't do too much, you won't make mistakes, Lan Yu told the European countries.

If you want to establish diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty, or even obtain direct assistance from the Ming Dynasty, it is very simple. Just like the Kingdom of Sardinia, sign a treaty! Open the port, and Ming Dynasty will have the final say on tariffs! The control of domestic kerosene belongs to Ming Dynasty! As well as the garrison... this matter also needs to be discussed again with the Ming court.

As soon as these words came out, the European countries could not sit still.

It's easy to talk about kerosene. It's worthless and can be given to Ming Dynasty for free.

But the garrison directly affects the integrity of their country!

And there are tariffs...

Why did the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ming Dynasty conflict? Isn't it because of the tax policy required by the Ming Dynasty that the Kingdom of Sardinia lost a lot of money?

If they agree to sign a treaty with Ming Dynasty, they will also lose a lot of money! Can they accept this kind of economic loss?

No one is willing to lose money, but not signing a treaty means giving up establishing diplomatic relations with Ming Dynasty, and will not be able to obtain the support of Ming Dynasty's advanced weapons.

The most terrible thing is that now all European countries are sitting at the same table negotiating with Ming Dynasty, and they are all watching each other.

If other countries signed treaties with the Ming Dynasty and all had repeating muskets, but our own country did not, then there would be no place for our country in Europe!

In other words, if they do not agree to sign a treaty with the Ming Dynasty, the former Kingdom of Sardinia will be their example and can only wait to be destroyed!

Don’t talk about tariffs or economic losses, it’s really nothing!

Sapphire has inadvertently caused many European countries to enter a weird state of involution.

If the roll is won, everything will be as normal; if the roll is lost, the body will be dead!

The lesser of two powers harming each other, it is better to sign a treaty with the Ming Dynasty than to destroy the country and destroy the species.

Although they didn't want to bow their heads, the situation was stronger than the others, so they couldn't help but refuse to agree.

(End of this chapter)