Daming Military Empire

Chapter 254

The negotiator of the European mission this time is the governor of Manila, Spain, Coquian. Since he successfully purchased [-] flintlock guns from Ming Dynasty last time, and persuaded His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to send a fleet to the continent, the King of Spain and The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire valued him very much. He not only entrusted him with full responsibility for the negotiation, but also promised that if he could buy all the weapons and equipment needed by the two countries, he would be awarded the title of Earl!
Earl!An earl may not be a big deal in Daming, but it is a big deal in Europe. You must know that a duke in Europe is eligible to fight for the throne of a country, that is to say, an earl is already the largest noble title below the king. How is that? How noble is the glory!
After Coquian got this promise, he felt as if he had taken a stimulant, and he was full of energy. In order to win the title of earl, he even planned to use his private property to befriend the favorites of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and begged them to give him the title of earl. say good things.

Before coming to Daming, he was in a very urgent mood, because this batch of weapons and equipment not only related to his personal title, but also related to the outcome of a great war. Now almost the whole of Europe knows that because France does not listen to the Habsburg dynasty He insisted on participating in the war between the Catholic League and the Protestant League. The Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire had already decided to send troops to attack France. Maybe this year, maybe next year, maybe the war started after the mission's fleet left the continent.

This battle can be said to be a key battle that determines the outcome of the two major alliances. You must know that France is a traditional European power. Before the age of great navigation, he was the well-deserved overlord of the European continent. Now Denmark and Sweden, the main force of the Protestant Alliance, have lost. Still insisting on refusing to end this war, it is because they still have France, and they believe that France can lead them to come back!

The Catholic League also knows that as long as France is overthrown, the European hegemony that lasted for more than 30 years will be over, and the Habsburg dynasty will rule the entire continent!Therefore, they eagerly dispatched envoys, even at the expense of Princess Anna, the jewel in the palm of the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, in order to obtain a large number of weapons from the Ming Empire as soon as possible.

Ke Kuian's mood is quite urgent, but His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire was not in the mood to talk to them at that time. They were notified as soon as they arrived in Daming that the emperor is not free at this time, so you can go to various places in Daming for a while.

When the basin of cold water was poured down, Coquian's heart was exhausted. Seeing that Oulu was about to start a fight, how could he be in the mood to travel? The coalition forces that swam the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire were defeated, so wouldn't his earlship be ruined!

He is not in the mood to travel, but the other envoys in the company are quite interested in the scenery of the Ming Empire. Of course, some people may have other tasks, such as spying on the military technology of the Ming Empire. Whether they are willing or not, they all embark on a journey.

There were many things that surprised them during this tour. The first thing that surprised them was that their tour guide turned out to be a Portuguese nobleman!

This Portuguese aristocrat is naturally the Earl of Shivira. During this period of time, he went to America to purchase rubber, and went to Ceylon to plant rubber trees. It can be said that he was exhausted, so he gave himself a vacation and came to the capital. Rest for a while, I am resting now, I heard that the envoys from Oulu are here, and the emperor intends to let them go to Liaodong for a trip, he just wants to know about the current situation of Oulu, and also just wants to visit Liaodong An old friend, so he volunteered to be a tour guide.

Portugal is also considered a country under the rule of the Habsburg dynasty, so the people of the missions still welcome Shivela's arrival. It is better to have their own people lead them than to let those officials of the Ming Empire who do not understand the language lead them. many.

As soon as they set off, they were surprised again, because this time they went by train!In fact, when they first arrived in Daming, they had seen the train from a distance, but at that time they set off for the capital with His Royal Highness the Regent of the Ming Empire. Naturally, it was impossible for a huge team of nearly a hundred thousand people to take the train , and the translators along the way were arranged to serve Her Royal Highness Princess Anna, so although they were curious, they didn't know what the big moving iron box was.

It was only when they got on the train that they realized that this thing was a carriage that could run by itself. Of course, the name of this carriage was not very appropriate, because it didn’t need a horse to pull it at all. As for how it ran by itself, Shivela didn't know this either.However, Shivela's knowledge of the Ming Dynasty is not just bragging. It can be said that he doesn't know how the train runs by itself. .

If it is said that they were all shocked if they didn’t see a novel thing, then they were at least [-] surprised along the way!Under Shivela's explanation, they finally realized how powerful the Ming Empire was.

The first stop, Beidaying, is where the Tianxiong Army and the First Frontier Army Corps are stationed. Under the leadership of Shivela, they visited the barracks, visited the houses, and stopped on the city wall full of artillery. some.A city is 20 troops, and a city can accommodate millions of people. This is equivalent to a medium-sized country in Europe!
The second stop, Shanhaiguan, the most powerful pass in the world, was shocking enough. Shivela also introduced to them the history of this grand pass for thousands of years, and how many wars it has experienced. Well, thousands of years, 1000 years ago in Europe Most of the area is still barren, this grand pass is older than their ancestors!
At the third stop, Ningyuanwei, Shivira introduced to them the guard system of the Ming Empire. Ningyuanwei is considered to be a relatively large guard in the Ming Dynasty. There are more than ten thousands of households, tens of thousands of guards, and general guards. Below are five thousand households, more than 5000 people, of course there are tens of thousands of people, like Jinyiwei, there are 300 to 300, and there are more than 150 such inner and outer guards in the entire Ming Empire!What a shame, there are more than 150 such guards. Doesn't it mean that the Ming Empire has at least [-] million troops, and there are only a few countries in Europe with a total population of more than [-] million!

At the fourth stop, Haizhouwei, they saw the endless green ocean. According to Shivela, this crop planting area alone covers tens of thousands of square kilometers!Buy cakes, tens of thousands of square kilometers, all planted with crops, this is just one piece, how many countries in Europe have this big farmland!

At the fifth stop, Guanning City, Shivira took them to commemorate the great battle on the city wall. It is said that the total number of soldiers from both sides in the battle exceeded one million, and the number of deaths alone exceeded 30!This seems a bit exaggerated, but they couldn’t help but believe it, because next, Shivira took them to the Liaodong Martyrs Cemetery outside the city to commemorate the martyrs who died in the war. Just by the size of the cemetery, at least they could With an army of 50 million troops stationed, and the densely packed tombstones that can't be seen at a glance, the number of soldiers killed in the Ming Dynasty alone may not be less than [-]. As the defeated side, the casualties must be even greater!Buy cakes, this is really a great war, if it is in Europe, even if it is the most powerful Spanish Empire, if so many soldiers were killed in battle, the country would have been destroyed long ago!

(End of this chapter)