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- "Your Highness, I have something not very good to tell you here. I hope you won't be angry after hearing it."
After chatting with Zhao Hongyu for a while, Megan said to Zhao Hongyu in a somewhat awkward tone.
Zhao Hongyu retracted his gaze at the sea level in the distance. After saying "Oh" softly, he looked at Megan in confusion and said: "What's wrong, Megan. Why did you say such a thing? Could it be that the cooperation between us has appeared?" What¡¯s the problem?¡±
Although he asked this question, Zhao Hongyu quickly started thinking about it in his heart.
¡°It can be heard from Megan¡¯s words that maybe her plan has become a little uncertain.
Thinking about it, there must be changes to the concession plan.
If there is really a change in this matter, then it means that Spain has not approved it.
Megan was silent for a moment, and then said to Zhao Hongyu: "Your Highness, Madrid has replied. The royal family does not agree with your concession proposal, but they did agree with the criminals' business. Although Count Sethis has been working hard to deal with it, with the north The nobles represented by Grand Duke Hagner strongly opposed the concession. Therefore, the royal family took their objections into consideration and refused."
Zhao Hongyu slowly narrowed his eyes and his expression became a little grim.
"Who is Archduke Hagner, and why does he oppose my proposal? If we don't go through Madrid and directly demarcate a piece of land as a concession, do you think it is okay? Of course, I will still give the money that should be paid. I I don¡¯t think the royal family will refuse.¡±
Zhao Hongyu said to Megan slowly.
At the same time, he was also a little surprised. It stands to reason that the Spanish royal family is so poor that they are almost like pants. Facing the income of 30,000 gold pesos a year from the concession, they should be tempted.
Why did you refuse?
You must know that if this money is converted into silver pesos, it can maintain the salary expenses of an Army Corps of 10,000 people for a year.
Your offer is not unkind, and the other party should not refuse it.
And in this era, it is impossible for anyone to clearly see the harm caused by the concession.
So, what is the problem?
Grand Duke Hagner, why do you object?
Zhao Hongyu felt a little strange.
Seeing that Zhao Hongyu¡¯s expression turned cold and he squinted his eyes as if he was looking very sinister, Meghan knew that His Highness was angry.
He quickly replied: "The Grand Duke Hagner is the cousin of the British King. He represents the interests of the northern Spanish nobles. And what I know is that the reason why he suggested that the royal family reject your concession proposal is because they There are no benefits and all the revenue goes into the pockets of the royal family.¡±
Megan told Zhao Hongyu the truth about the reason he knew.
There is no need to hide anything from Zhao Hongyu on this matter.
After dealing with Zhao Hongyu for so many days, Meghan learned that the most important thing in dealing with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is integrity and candor.
¡°Besides, he still needs to cooperate with Zhao Hongyu in the sugar trade, so he must do what he likes.
¡°Anyway, it was not Zhao Hongyu who refused, but Archduke Hagner and the others.
Therefore, even if Zhao Hongyu wants to hate him, he will still hate Archduke Hagner. It has nothing to do with Meghan, right?
"Thirty thousand gold pesos per month is not a small amount of money. It can support the salary and expenses of an army regiment of ten thousand people for a year. Don't they understand the Spanish royal family?" Zhao Hongyu's face was a little gloomy, "I I heard that the royal family is currently strapped for funds, so there is no need for them to refuse funds from the concession."
"And I heard that the two Spanish infantry regiments and one mercenary regiment were not doing well in the Netherlands. This put more pressure on the royal family. Don't they understand?"
Zhao Hongyu was really confused.
Meghan smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you may not know much about the aristocratic circles in Europe. The things you mentioned are not things that the great nobles should consider." Meghan said these words Finally, he let out a long sigh. Then he continued: "All they care about is their own interests, and in order to limit the expansion of the royal family, they will use whatever means they can."
¡°Something¡¯s wrong,¡± Zhao Hongyu heard something a little bit wrong from Megan¡¯s words.
"What's the point of restricting the royal family from becoming bigger?"
"Meghan, did I hear you correctly? Did you just say that those nobles rejected my proposal in order to restrict the royal family?"
Zhao Hongyu thought this thing was a bit strange and didn¡¯tAnd make him unable to understand.
Meghan nodded: ¡°Your Highness, you heard me right, I did say that.¡±
"You don't know much about things in Europe, so it's normal that you don't know this. You must know that the royal family seems to have great power, but the nobles in Madrid have greater power, let alone the church." Meghan looked at it seriously. Zhao Hongyu said to him. "The imperial power is too strong, which is not a good thing for them. So a weak imperial power is what everyone wants to see, right?"
Zhao Hongyu fell silent after hearing this. He carefully recalled the bit of historical knowledge in his mind.
Through memories, Zhao Hongyu seemed to understand something.
Yes, the European royal families in this era seem to have great power. But it was often restricted by the nobles and the feudal church.
Most of the time, their laws have no effect on the noble territories.
Therefore, many times the royal family needs to reach an agreement with the nobles and the feudal church in order to implement its own political ideas.
Of course, before that, all parties must reach a distribution of interests in Andre.
What a pitiful European royal family, I really feel sorry for them.
"I understand. With my thirty thousand gold pesos, the power of the royal family will increase. This is not good for Grand Duke Hagenna and others, so they suggested rejecting my proposal. In order not to let Hagen Grand Duke Na and the others were causing trouble, so he reluctantly agreed to their suggestions, right?"
After sorting things out, Zhao Hongyu understood the reason.
Viscount Megan nodded and said: "Yes, Your Highness. This is the fact, and there is nothing I can do about it."
Zhao Hongyu was so angry that his teeth itched with hatred. He also remembered the Grand Duke Hagenna who was against him.
"Does the Archduke Hagenner have merchant ships doing trade in the Americas?"
Since he failed, Zhao Hongyu must take revenge.
Megan guessed what Zhao Hongyu was going to do, and he was very happy to see it happen.
Because the Grand Duke of Hagena was at loggerheads with the nobleman to whom he had taken refuge, he was very willing to see His Highness the Crown Prince of America make the Grand Duke of Hagena suffer a severe loss.
"Yes, he has a fleet of fifteen ships under his command, conducting triangular trade from America and Africa to Europe, and has earned a lot of wealth."
A hint of ferocity appeared on Zhao Hongyu's face, and he said fiercely: "It's so beautiful that he still wants to make money so smoothly despite me. If I don't let him lose even his underwear, I will kill myself Twist off the head."
After cursing a few words, Zhao Hongyu asked: "Sooner or later, this guy will be unlucky. What I want to know now is, without going through Madrid, how about you designate a piece of land for me to make a concession? Of course I will still pay. , but we have to give this money to the royal family secretly."
Meghan heard this, thought about it carefully, and then replied: "The problem is not too big. The royal family needs money to solve their financial difficulties. Since it is a secret delivery, they should not refuse. Because this way they can have There are many excuses to deal with Archduke Hagena¡¯s questioning.¡±
Megan thinks this shouldn¡¯t be difficult to do.
¡°If someone makes things difficult for me, the royal family and the people I rely on can also speak for it, but there are some people we need to take good care of.¡± Meghan finally added.
This is not a difficult problem for Zhao Hongyu. As long as the problem can be solved with money, it is not a problem.
Zhao Hongyu has nothing else but a lot of money.
"Okay, let's make it this way. But I'll let you handle the specific things yourself. I just want to see the results. But before that, I won't wait. I'll start work on the wasteland in Lisbon in a few days."
Zhao Hongyu didn¡¯t want to waste time needlessly.
Megan nodded and said: "Okay, no problem. I think in this world, money is something that can solve all problems."
Haha, you are right, I think so too.
Zhao Hongyu and Megan laughed at the same time.
Then, Megan left.
Zhao Hongyu began to plan the construction of the concession.
At the same time, ten ships originally responsible for guarding the waters of Manhattan were sailing on the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe.
These ships were captured by pirates and remodeled after being sold to the Song Empire.
They have only one purpose for this trip, which is to pick up the criminals in Lisbon.And those criminals will be transported back to Manhattan to do the most dangerous and arduous work in building roads and mountains.
After receiving Zhao Hongyu¡¯s letter, Zhang Tie immediately reached an agreement with the European businessmen, asking them to help transport the prisoners via Lisbon when heading to Manhattan.
??And Manhattan will pay a lot of money for this.
At the same time, Zhang Tie also sent a fleet to Europe to pick up the criminals.
Although there are many crises in the waters of Manhattan at the moment, the role of ten sea ships is not big at all.
So, it¡¯s better to send it out and go to Europe.
Just like that, two days later, Zhao Hongyu started construction on the one square kilometer wasteland in Lisbon.
Many Lisbon civilians are hired to do things.
Zhao Hongyu bought a large amount of cement and bricks and piled them on the wasteland construction site.
The little fat man Ed acted as the supervisor and temporarily took on the task of foreman.
Countless building materials also began to gather here from everywhere near Lisbon. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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