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    As Zhenwu's condition stabilized, both inside and outside the capital, the government and the public were relieved. Kangxi also felt much more relaxed, and then moved into the West Garden. However, he was determined not to interfere in the government affairs of the court and central government.  In addition to treating students and studying, they also supervise and inspect the homework and studies of several emperors' grandchildren.

    However, in more than a month, Zhenwu's condition gradually improved, and he was able to get out of bed for a walk and review important memorials. The Qing Dynasty gradually returned to normal operations. Because of this sudden serious illness, the rectification of official affairs was delayed.  In a blink of an eye, the summer harvest was approaching, and Zhenwu did not dare to act rashly. On the one hand, he was worried about being too tired, and on the other hand, he was worried that local officials' unintentional government affairs would affect the summer harvest.

    Apart from issuing an edict to abolish the levy of fire consumption, Zhenwu did not have any follow-up measures. In fact, with the large amount of silver coins circulating, the abolition of fire consumption has been abandoned without causing much fluctuation. The Qing Dynasty and the public were clearly divided.  Calm outside.

    The Qing Dynasty was peaceful, but Europe was in chaos at this time!

    The Nanyang Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Qing Dynasty joined forces with the Spanish fleet to annihilate the Portuguese-British combined fleet in one fell swoop at the Battle of Sagres. Later, the Nanyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty stationed at Tangier Port on the south bank of the Strait of Gibraltar. Spain took back the island of Gibraltar ceded to Britain. In fact,  The Peace Treaty of Utrecht, signed only a few months ago, has been unilaterally torn up.

    Under the encouragement and guarantee of Prince Yong of the Qing Dynasty, Spain worked tirelessly and gathered 8,000 land troops to join the Qing Dynasty's Nanyang Fleet and more than 5,000 marine marines to form the 13,000-strong Qingxi Allied Forces. Yu Zhenwu II  On the first day of May of that year, Portugal launched a massive land attack on Portugal, which was still at war with Spain.

    The Qing and Western Allied Forces advanced all the way westward from the city of Badajoz, seizing the city and territory along the way, with overwhelming momentum, and headed straight for Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

    The whole country of Portugal was shocked, and European countries were also in an uproar. They immediately turned their attention to Portugal. King Joao V of Portugal mobilized heavy troops to defend Lisbon, while recruiting a large number of troops and mercenaries. He also immediately sent an order to the United Kingdom, which had signed an offensive and defensive alliance with him.  Ask for help.

    Britain was extremely dissatisfied with the island of Gibraltar, which had been abandoned before it was overheated. In addition, it had signed an offensive and defensive alliance treaty with Portugal. There was no reason to sit idly by in any way. It immediately dispatched a fleet and mobilized 15,000 people.  The army of men went straight to Lisbon.

    On June 12, the Qingxi coalition forces crossed the Tejo River and were intercepted by more than 30,000 British-Portuguese coalition forces at Moshecavedi outside Lisbon.

    In the battle of Moshkavedi, Lin Wei and Fu Anding concentrated more than 200 artillery pieces on a saturation bombardment, which taught the Europeans a very vivid lesson. The status of artillery as the king of war was also established in this battle.  However, the British and Portuguese paid a price of twelve thousand men.

    Two days later, Lisbon fell. King Joao V of Portugal and a group of ministers and nobles boarded a British warship and fled to Britain. The Qing and Western Allied Forces then looted Lisbon. Lin Wei and Fu Anding were quite modest and only wanted gold and some merchant ships.  The sailors, crew, and other spoils of war were all given to Spain.

    In the Battle of Moshkavedi, the Qing and Western Allied Forces defeated the weak and the strong, and completely defeated the Anglo-Portuguese Allied Forces, which was three times their own strength. The news spread, and the whole of Europe was shocked. France was even more shocked by it. Even in Northern Europe,  Sweden and Tsarist Russia, who were fighting fiercely, also looked sideways. Of course, Tsarist Russia was very happy about this. Such a change in the war situation was very beneficial to him.

    After suffering heavy losses, the humiliated and angry Britain once again gathered the Netherlands, the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Portugal, Brandenburg, Savoy and other countries to form an alliance and declared war again on the Qing Empire, Spain, and France.

    France's war with Charles VI and the Holy Roman Empire has never ended. No matter whether they are willing to fight or not, there is no way out. They have to bite the bullet and win over their younger brothers to fight hard. At the same time, they send ministers to the port of Tangier urgently to make strong demands.  Form an alliance with the Qing Empire and request troops for assistance.

    The Nanyang Fleet of the Qing Dynasty not only performed with great prestige in the battle of Moshkawedi, but also collected 600,000 taels of gold and more than 20 merchant ships. It can be said that it was a fruitful return. Prince Yong Yin naturally would not refuse to form an alliance.  However, for landing assistance, he said that he was unable to help at the moment, citing the need to rest and recuperate his troops and insufficient logistics supplies such as ammunition and food. However, he still sent an observation group of officers to France. Of course, the large Qing envoys were then  They have been put to use and have been sent to allied countries one after another.

    In addition, Yin did not show any signs. He signed a series of trade treaties with France and stated that he would do his best to help in critical moments. France naturally knew that this was a bargain and had to patiently send an envoy.  One trip after another we rushed from Marseille to the port of Tangier to discuss it in detail.

    The mission of the Nanyang Fleet is to provoke war in Europe. Now that war has broken out in Europe, Yin does not want to waste troops in Europe, and Shi Shibiao will not agree to the navy's large-scale landing operations. These people with actual combat experienceThe soldiers of the French army are all treasures in his eyes, and he is not willing to let them work for France.

    Naturally, there was no agreement, but the details of the trade were quickly finalized. France, Spain and other small countries recruited a large number of sailors and organized a large fleet to join the Nanyang Fleet. A small fleet set sail at the end of the year.  Started to go to Qing Dynasty.

    However, at this moment, a fleet of eight warships and twelve merchant ships slowly sailed into Tangier Port. The ships were all hoisted with the golden dragon flag of the Qing Navy. As soon as they entered the port, they saw the flag flying high in the port.  Golden Dragon Flag, cheers erupted one after another on the ship.

    The generals of the Nanyang Fleet came out to welcome the cheers. When they docked and asked, they found out that it was the fleet sent by Liu Zhisheng, the commander of the expedition to West Africa. In addition to supplies such as gun barrels, ammunition, tea, cloth, and medicinal materials, the merchant ship also  That's a lot of naval soldiers.

    When everyone saw it, they knew that Liu Zhisheng had sent someone to take over the captured warships.

    After hearing that Zhenwu had sent a large army to conquer West Africa and South Africa, and had begun to encircle West Africa, Yin and Shi Shibiao strongly supported this. They replaced half of the new soldiers they sent with veterans, and asked them to launch more than ten captured third- and fourth-level battleships.  to West Africa, and agreed to exchange small fleets with each other once a month.

    The war started in Europe, and Africa soon followed.

    Liu Zhisheng originally planned to proceed steadily and gradually expand with Accra as the center. He did not want to monopolize West Africa within a short period of time, so as not to arouse public anger and attract massive retaliation from maritime powers such as the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Now that he has learned that Europe has fallen into a melee.  , and with the support of a large number of third- and fourth-level battleships and experienced veterans, it can be said that it is even more powerful, and there is nothing to worry about.

    Immediately began to command the fleet to clear out all pirates on the Gulf of Guinea, whether they were real pirates or fake pirates, and forced all passing merchant ships to pay tolls and fly the triangular blue dragon flag. When encountering Qing navy warships, they all  The flag must be lowered in salute and the ship must be stopped for inspection, otherwise it will be looted.

    Of course, he has not stopped his conquests on land. Over the years, he has already figured out the situation. The number of European troops in West Africa is pitifully small, and they are basically mercenaries. Now he has no scruples and naturally will not continue.  Conservative, he immediately divided his troops into three groups, directly sent warships to attack the two ports of Lagos and Douala, and quickly took control of the entire coastal ports of the Gulf of Guinea. The slave fortresses built along the coasts of European countries were simply unbearable under the attack of sea and land.  With one blow, by the end of the year, the entire coastal ports of the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa were under the control of the Qing Dynasty.

    Countless European slave catchers who were captured have now become slaves themselves. However, Liu Zhisheng has no intention of selling them. Instead, he organizes them into countless small slave catching teams and allows them to continue their old business -  ¡ªSlave-catching, slave-catching for the Qing Dynasty.

    In South Africa, Fuhan immediately changed his approach after discovering that the local indigenous black people were completely vulnerable. He divided the large group of people into several small teams and went deep into the hinterland. While catching slaves, he also explored whether the local black people had gold on hand.

    After Garopa mobilized a second batch of reinforcements and a large number of mineral exploration and smelting craftsmen from the Japanese country, he opened a second landing point and established a stronghold at Matola in Maputo Bay on the east coast. He also adopted the same method.  The team's in-depth approach was to capture slaves and explore the gold in hand of local black people.

    However, his method did not work. More than half a year passed, and no gold was discovered at all by black people in South Africa. It was not until the spring of the next year that news of the discovery of a gold mine finally came from the Matola stronghold.

    When he arrived in Matola a month later, the news he heard was unbelievable to him. What he found was not just one gold mine, but four or five large gold mines were discovered in a row within a radius of a hundred miles!

    The first thought in Fu Han's mind was to kill people and silence them. After pondering for a long time, he gave up this unrealistic idea and immediately ordered to block the news and mobilize an army to station at the gold mine discovery site. After Pegasus inspected it on the spot, he  Flying Pigeon sent a message to Garopa and sent a fleet back to Garopa to report the news.

    In May and summer of the third year of Zhenwu, the Forbidden City.

    Zhenwu received a secret message from Garopa in the Yangxin Hall. A huge gold mine was discovered in South Africa, and it was a group of gold mines that was unimaginably large!  Putting down the pigeon letter, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that South Africa had large gold reserves, but he didn't know that South Africa's gold mines turned out to be a group of gold mines. It seemed that the country with the largest gold reserves really lived up to its reputation.

    ¡°I just don¡¯t know how much gold can be mined every year with the current mining technology. One ton is 32,000 taels. Is ten tons no problem?  This is only four million taels of silver. You have to mine 20 tons per year to be considered wealthy. Manual mining is still too slow. I don¡¯t know when the British steam engine improvement will be available. Now that Europe is constantly at war, I don¡¯t know if it will be available earlier.  It will still be delayed, ??? is a troubling question.
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