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Chapter 456 The Lost Lamb 2

"Almighty Lord, please accept the praise from believers... Your Majesty's choice is extremely correct and wise. The British and Dutch can only bring endless disasters. They have blasphemed the gods!"

Seeing the emperor pull out a golden chain from his sleeve, with a cross hanging on it, Albrecht VII suddenly felt that it was superfluous to say anything else. He must first pray to the Holy Spirit, and then guide the lost lamb to the right path. Right path.

Of course, there is always a little dark side deep inside that has not yet been opened to God. If this trip can turn the Ming Emperor into a Catholic, it will be an unprecedented contribution to the Kingdom of Spain and the entire Holy See. This is a country about the same size as Europe and with a population of hundreds of millions!

When two people have reached a high degree of unity on the spiritual level, it will be much smoother to talk about material topics, and the subsequent talks will go extremely smoothly.

Although Albrecht VII was not a political novice, he was caught in a fatal trap without knowing it. Faced with the god-devoted and god-fucked emperor on the inside, there seemed to be no other option but to be cheated.

However, Hong Tao really didn't dig a bigger hole. He didn't want to gain anything from Spain and Portugal. Those two poor places seemed to have few resources except paella and wheat. The ultimate goal of forming an alliance to control the East Indies and even the entire Eastern maritime trade routes is actually only one, time!

He needed to let the Spanish and Portuguese hold back the British and Dutch from invading Southeast Asia and East Asia. Not more, two or three years would be enough. When the first batch of land forces are trained and equipped with combat effectiveness, and the imminent threat from the north is initially eliminated, there will be time, energy, manpower and material resources to develop the navy on a large scale.

At that time, the Spanish were the first to be driven out of the Asian waters. The British and Dutch merchants were very despicable, but they were still considered merchants, and their eyes were almost entirely on profits.

But having two teeth is not a bad thing. Not only do you want to make money, but you also have to carry out cultural invasion, taking up all the paths I want to take in the future. What should I do? It's so fucking useless.

If it weren't for Wang Chengen's repeated urging, sometimes saying that the queen was furious, and sometimes saying that the minister had urgent official reports, Hong Tao, who had become a lost lamb, almost talked with the Grand Duke all night long.

In the end, the two god-level men who had met so late had to say goodbye reluctantly, but they had already made an appointment. Two years later, Archduke Albrecht VII would go to Ming Dynasty to witness the world's largest God in Guangzhou. Churches rose from the ground.

If there are no special circumstances, he will have to bring at least one red archbishop along with him, preferably the Pope, but it is unlikely. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he also personally promised that he would use a large amount of the royal family's property to complete the church within twenty years.

This may sound like a prevarication in later generations, but in the 17th century, it was already a rhythm that led the country to work hard 24 hours a day. If you look for a church of some size in Europe, its construction time will always start in a few decades. One or two hundred years is considered a normal completion, and five or six hundred years is not unusual.

"Long live the Lord, why does Monk Xifan live so high? Will it make God angry?" Wang Chengen, who had been waiting on him the whole time, had his eyes opened today, and he had a complete experience of what it means to talk a lot.

Even if you know in advance that the emperor is going to deceive others, you can't help but believe a part of it. No way, the scene described is too delicate. Not only is it empty talk, but the drawings are even drawn, with various angles and various perspective effects. Just one look at it makes people's blood rush.

"That thing is not for people to live in, it is for Buddha statues to live in. If you live higher, you will be closer to the heavenly palace."

Hong Tao has never talked nonsense in front of others on religious issues, and he has never completely denied it even when faced with the little eunuch of the Cuju team. There is no way, the general environment is like this, trying to change is very difficult, if it is too fast, not only will it not be effective, but it will also easily cause backlash. "That's the truth... But Lord Long Live, I have never heard of anyone who can build a tower that high. The church is far away in Guangzhou. Lord Long Live can't go and supervise the construction in person, right?"

Wang Chengen thinks this explanation makes sense, but there are other issues he can't figure out, such as the construction method. If the emperor says it can be built, it must be built, but who should supervise the construction? Nanyang Governor Yuan Yingtai and Guangdong Chief Envoy Zuo Guangdou certainly did not have that ability.

"Yes, there are too few people around me who can be used... I usually try to push you to learn more. Look, retribution is coming!" This is indeed a very difficult problem, and Hong Tao's face was filled with worry. Then Wang Chengen was unlucky and received two heavy kicks on his butt. He didn't dare to ask if there was anything he couldn't figure out.

Will Ming craftsmen build European-style churches? The answer is definitely... no, I'm afraid it's too late to learn now. It only takes two and a half years. Even a genius cannot learn it in such a short time. Moreover, what is needed is not one person, but a large group, hundreds or even thousands!

So what to do? Two and a half years is neither short nor long. If the church construction site is empty by then and Albrecht VII really brings the Cardinal Archbishop, how should we explain it? Will it break up the alliance that has just begun?

It can be said that Hong Tao didn't worry about this issue at all. The wrinkles on his face were not from worry at all, but from suppressing it. He wanted to poop, but he didn't want to squat on the barrel to poop, so he held it in and planned to go back to the palace, specifically to Xiyuan School Ground to poop.

There is not only a dry toilet but also a simple flushing device. You can sit on the carved sandalwood toilet, light some spices, hold a small cigar in your mouth, and hold up a newspaper while reading it, what more can you ask for.

By the way, there are no flies or mosquitoes there yet. Whenever the emperor pays respects, Wang Chengen will arrange for the eunuchs to light wormwood in the surrounding area to repel insects. Anyone who dares to put a fly or mosquito in will be guilty of murdering the emperor. Although he will not be beheaded, it is still necessary to take off his pants and whip him ten times with a small bamboo stick.

As for what to do with the church, whatever he likes, Hong Tao has no intention of building a church in Guangzhou. The most majestic, gigantic, and towering thing in the fucking world is all bullshit.

A large area of ​​land on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary outside Guangzhou will indeed be expropriated and built with large stones to build a high platform. But that was not the foundation of a church, but the base of a coastal battery.

After more than two years, the main body will be almost completed. If Albrecht VII really comes, let him see it. It is indeed big and strong enough. After he leaves with satisfaction, more than ten giant shore guns will be placed. Anyone who wants to sail a boat into the Pearl River Estuary in the future will have to ask these cannons if they agree.

But regardless of whether the church foundation is real or not, the King of Spain will send an expedition fleet to Manila within a year, join the Ming Empire army to launch an attack on Batavia, remove the Dutch's largest stronghold in the East Indies in one fell swoop, and divide the spices equally interests of the islands.

This is only a verbal agreement reached with Archduke Albrecht VII. It is not yet completely certain whether it can be approved by the Spanish king and nobles. Therefore, the specific details of how the two sides will equally share the interests of the Spice Islands and how to deal with the city of Batavia cannot be discussed in detail yet.

If the King of Spain really approved this plan, would Ming Dynasty really want to send troops across the ocean to attack Batavia? There is a high probability that it will happen, but instead of the Ming Dynasty's navy and army, the most likely way is to send the guard troops from Fujian and Guangdong there, and at most let the navy assist in transportation.

It would be better not to let the Europeans discover the troops that all use thermal weapons for the time being. The power of the new naval battleships and naval guns must also be hidden, and they cannot be spread to Europe too early.

(End of this chapter)