Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 334
The Portuguese united with the Ming Dynasty to pull out all the strongholds of Spain and the Netherlands in the Far East, which has completely angered the two colonial powers, one old and one new.

They have nothing to do with the Ming Empire, which is thousands of miles away, but the Kingdom of Portugal, which is close at hand, has become the target of their revenge.

Among them, the Spaniards who are adjacent to the Kingdom of Portugal are the most resentful, because the Kingdom of Portugal was directly occupied and governed by them before, and Portugal gained independence due to the lack of time to take care of Portugal in the 30-year war.

But now the 30-year war has ended. Although Spain has suffered a lot in this war and its national strength continues to decline, compared with the Kingdom of Portugal, a camel is still bigger than a horse.

What's even more infuriating is that the Portuguese felt that they were attached to the Ming Empire, and they actually found trouble with the Kingdom of Spain everywhere in the Far East, and even extended their hands to North America, cooperating with the Ming Empire to continuously test Spain in places such as Mexica. The final bottom line of the kingdom, it's so damned.

Therefore, the Spaniards, who had been suffocated during the 30-year war, began to trouble the Kingdom of Portugal, and even brought in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which was also provoked by the Kingdom of Portugal.

It can be said that the loss of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was even greater than that of the Kingdom of Spain. After all, their interests in the Far East were much greater than that of the Kingdom of Spain. In the end, they were lost one by one by the Ming Empire. Behind this was the Portuguese. Constantly pointing the way.

The Dutch also had nothing to do with the Ming Empire, but it was not a big problem to deal with a declining Portuguese kingdom, let alone the Spanish kingdom.

Of course, their revenge on the Kingdom of Portugal was only one of the small reasons. After all, the Portuguese did not actually contribute much in the war in the Far East.

They just used this as an excuse to take the opportunity to plunder the Portuguese overseas colonies. After all, the Kingdom of Portugal has declined a lot, but they still hold a lot of colonial interests in Africa and South America. Who is not jealous?
Especially after the loss of the interests of the Far East, other interests are needed to fill the gap, and the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal are naturally a very suitable choice.

The Portuguese also understand this, and they also know that even if there is no matter in the Far East, the Spaniards and the Netherlands will rob them of their interests. Who told them to be weaker than others?

Facing the imminent invasion of the mainland, the Portuguese were also in a hurry. On the one hand, they sought help from Europe, and on the other hand, they urgently sent people to the Ming Empire for help.

In Europe, the Portuguese first turned to the Kingdom of England, because there has been a long-standing alliance between the two countries since ancient times, and it has been hundreds of years.

But by coincidence, the Kingdom of England was undergoing a revolution, and even the Kingdom of Portugal was involved. The Royalist Party of England directly sailed the fleet to the port of the Kingdom of Portugal in the name of the alliance.

This moment directly annoyed the revolutionary Cronwell, who sent a fleet to seal the port, cutting off the passage from the Portuguese King Sea to the overseas colonies.

Faced with this situation, the Portuguese had no choice but to compromise with Cromwell, and signed an agreement with him to open the trade territories of South America and Africa to England, and promised preferential tariff rates, and even promised that the Kingdom of Portugal would lease When renting a boat, only boats from England can be chartered.

Cromwell also forced the Portuguese to agree to the English businessmen in the Kingdom of Portugal to engage in their own religious activities, which was somewhat difficult for Portuguese with different religious beliefs.

But the situation was no one strong, and Kerenwell directly blocked the door with the fleet without saying a word, forcing the Portuguese to agree to these harsh conditions, but he was extremely unwilling in his heart.

Having received great benefits, the English did not do nothing, promising that when the Kingdom of Portugal was invaded, England would send troops to aid.

This is not to say that the English people are kind, but that they also covet the vast colonial interests of the Kingdom of Portugal, and there are also conflicts of interest between England, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Therefore, taking this opportunity to stand on the side of the Kingdom of Portugal can ensure that the interests of the Kingdom of England are maximized.

Compared to the English taking advantage of the fire, the Portuguese expected the Ming Empire to provide help.

In fact, the Portuguese wanted to introduce the Ming Empire, an external force, into Europe a long time ago to break the situation where the Portuguese Kingdom was everywhere restricted. Therefore, after uniting with the Ming Empire to sweep out all other forces in the Far East, the Portuguese immediately offered to send The Ming Empire opened up trade in Africa.

Because Africa, especially North Africa, is the closest to the Kingdom of Portugal, if the Ming Empire gains a foothold here, it will be able to respond to the Kingdom of Portugal and provide the most direct support for the Kingdom of Portugal.

Although this will also lose the interests of the Kingdom of Portugal, in their minds, the Ming Empire is unlikely to attack the Kingdom of Portugal before completely defeating other competitors, let alone directly annex the Kingdom of Portugal like the Kingdom of Spain.

Therefore, this is the fundamental reason why the Kingdom of Portugal hugged the Ming Empire tightly and spared no effort to introduce the Ming Empire to Africa and Europe.

And Tang Ning obviously also wanted to participate in Europe's affairs, because he knew that no matter how well Ming was developing, Europe's overall strength was already far ahead in the world at this time, and only the Ming Empire in Asia could compete with it.

If Ming wants to continue to prosper, it cannot develop silently in a corner of Asia. It must look at the whole world, especially the most powerful place in the world.

Only when the opponent is strong can he make up for the shortcomings and make progress.

If you stand still, feel good about yourself, and don't think about making progress, then no matter how powerful a country is, it will slowly decline in arrogance.

Furthermore, if the influence of the Ming Empire expands to Europe, it will naturally weaken the spread of European colonialism, which will also indirectly protect the interests and development of the Ming Empire in other places.

So when Tang Ning eliminated the strongholds of European forces in Asia, she was already preparing to use Africa as a springboard to participate in European affairs.

Now that the Kingdom of Portugal is taking the initiative to lead, it would be great. Tangning directly sent [-] troops to rescue Claudia's homeland, the Kingdom of Portugal, in the name of his wife Claudia.

Claudia is an aristocrat of the Kingdom of Portugal. This was an important reason why Tangning agreed to the marriage, but it came in handy at this time.

This army is nominally led by Claudia, but the direct command is Ye Dacheng.

In order to allow this army to reach Africa more quickly and safely, and then enter the Kingdom of Portugal to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, the Kingdom of Portugal has promised to provide half of the logistical support and half of the military expenditure.

After the army set off, the strongholds of the Ming Empire and the Kingdom of Portugal in Asia and Africa along the way were also making every effort to prepare various supplies, so that when the army arrived, it could be replenished in time.

(End of this chapter)