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- Just when Zhao Hongyu arrived at the Cook tribe's camp stationed in a depression in the valley, war was already raging on the distant European continent.
After several months of preparation, the church forces finally gathered an army of 100,000 people and entered France in a mighty manner.
France and Portugal worked together to defeat the Spanish Empire and occupied Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Even the Spanish royal family is missing, which the church cannot tolerate.
In order to help the Spaniards recover and prevent Portugal and France from rising, the church can now only start a two-front war.
Fortunately, the Protestant coalition forces in the Netherlands do not have enough stamina, and the eastern front has reached a state of truce. Although small-scale battles still occur from time to time, they will no longer cause any trouble.
Confrontation!
??Historically, such a confrontation would last for more than ten years.
It is precisely because of this that the church forces and the Habsburg vassal states have additional energy to deal with Portugal and France.
What is particularly important is that Portugal and France defeated Spain, which the church and Habsburg could not tolerate.
Because of the geographical location of Portugal and France on the European continent, if the church and the Habsburg family do not deal with it, they will be trapped in the Mediterranean and unable to escape.
This is an era of great navigation, and all countries are focusing on the ocean.
The ocean carries the dreams of a strong nation and the ambitions of wealth of all countries.
¡°However, the outlet of the Mediterranean Sea is controlled by Portugal and France. How can they tolerate it?
This is something that absolutely cannot be tolerated.
Besides, Portugal and France are on the west side of the European continent. With Spain gone they would have no enemies.
As long as the two countries are given a period of time to develop and at the same time stabilize the original Spanish land, their rise will pose an extremely dangerous threat to the Church and Habsburg.
You must know that when the Spanish annexed Portugal, the church played an extremely disgraceful role.
It can be said. The people in Portugal are very unfriendly to church personnel and even the church.
This is something that the church cannot tolerate.
Europe belongs to the Church.
The people are managed by the church on behalf of God, and they are just lambs.
And the territory of Portugal and France, which controlled Spanish territory, was extremely vast. It occupies almost one-third of the European continent.
If the two countries do not show color to the church, the financial losses to the church will be immeasurable.
You must know that in many cases, churches deceive people to obtain funds for themselves to squander.
Now, after the Portuguese re-established the country, the church has been unable to receive funds in Portugal.
Indulgences. Basically no one in Portugal would buy it.
Therefore, how can the church not feel sad?
For its own benefit, the church will also give the Portuguese some color.
As for the means, there is no effective way other than force, right?
In France, although the power of the church still exists, French church organizations have also split from the church.
The teachings of Protestantism are very popular in France.
at the same time. The pastors and priests in France are more open-minded and friendly than the Vatican, and they will not easily use God to talk about things, or accuse ordinary people of random things.
The most important thing is that the French church no longer wants the Vatican to hand over funds.
The nature of ** is very obvious.
Since this period of time, the Protestant Church has been continuously wooing church fathers and pastors in France. These situations are clearly known to the spies of the church.
All of this was carried out slowly under the leadership of the Queen Regent Marie of France.
Seeing that the French are likely to be won over by the Protestants, Portugal has signed an alliance agreement with France. It is also unfriendly to the church. Once the two countries turn to the Protestant side, it will be extremely disadvantageous to Habsburg and the church militarily.
Fortunately, France is always willing to win over the Protestant coalition forces.
"Otherwise, the Church and Habsburg will definitely become even more angry.
actually. No one knew that Portugal and France had no intention of joining forces with the Protestants to deal with the church forces.
Because they know that although Protestantism and the church have two ideas,?But the doctrine and belief are the same.
No matter which side wins, in the end it is actually God¡¯s men.
??And to put it bluntly, the war between Protestantism and the church is just a fight within the church that involves the internal interests of the Habsburg family.
¡°There is no benefit at all for Portugal and France to participate in such a matter.
In the end, the winner will definitely have to deal with Portugal and France when they look back. You know this even if you think about it.
Although the Habsburg vassal states are fighting each other fiercely now, they are all still relatives.
Therefore, Mary, who was well aware of this, worked with the Protestants to get as much preparation time as possible, and at the same time vigorously suppressed those opponents in Spain.
For France, only the alliance with Portugal is the most stable.
The reason is simple. Because of the destruction of Spain, the two countries have already boarded a warship. No matter who the enemy is, after defeating France, the next target must be Portugal.
Therefore, Portugal can only stand with France to fight against all storms.
And, if the Spanish Empire is really successfully restored, then the Portuguese will definitely have a hard time.
Besides, Portugal and France also have a link, and that is the Song Empire in America.
It can be said that with the existence of the Song Empire, the alliance between the two countries has become more stable.
At least, within ten years, the alliance between the two countries will be iron-clad.
After all, now they all have a common enemy.
And the same threats from the outside.
Under such a threat, the two countries can only work closely together to deal with all dangers and enemies from the outside world.
What¡¯s more important is that both France and Portugal¡¯s finances are extremely tight now.
Food! arms! clothing!
Now they all need assistance from the American Song Empire. Moreover, the Song Empire made it clear that only when Portugal and France were united could these aids be continuously delivered.
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?As the saying goes, the hand that takes someone is short, and the mouth that eats someone is short. Under such circumstances, how could Portugal and France not be closely connected?
France is doing pretty well, but its finances are also unable to make ends meet.
¡°And we still owe a lot of money to the Jews outside.
Fortunately, with the support of the American Song Empire, the usury has been completely repaid.
But in turn, France also owed a debt to the Song Empire.
Although the Song Empire was not a loan shark, the debt owed by France was enough for them to repay it for more than ten years without food or water.
Fortunately, France has fiscal revenue. As long as you tighten your belt and pay back the money, it won't be a problem.
As long as their nobles live frugally for more than ten years, they will definitely be able to pay off their debts.
It¡¯s just that such a thing is probably not possible.
But, there is hope after all, right?
Therefore, Portugal is a bit miserable.
Portugal owes more debt. Basically from the formation to the formation of the army, until the restoration of the country and the stabilization of the regime, the shadow of the Song Empire can be seen everywhere in Portugal.
¡°And Portugal has been ruled by the Spanish for decades, and the country has long been a mess.
After the restoration of the country, Portugal was really poor and full of waste.
Everything requires financial support. Only then can we stand up seriously.
At the same time, after the restoration of the country, the immediate thing the Portuguese government has to do is to find food to feed the people.
After all, the war caused many people to leave their homes, and many villages became villages. The peasants either fled or joined the army.
The land has become barren, and there is no one to farm it at all.
It¡¯s a big deal that no one is farming the land, because if there is no one farming the land, there will be no food, and without food people will be hungry.
? But any normal person knows that. If people are hungry and hungry, they will do some extreme things.
Therefore, Portugal needs a lot of food.
And food is also in short supply on the European continent.
??History, even Europeans discovered the American continent. and began to colonize.
However, the crisis of insufficient food has always been weighing on the minds of Europeans.
this problem,Only in the nineteenth century did some relief come.
And, it was not until a certain agricultural genius in China came up with high-yielding rice that the crisis was completely resolved.
In seventeenth-century Europe, there was not enough food for everyone.
Therefore, the Portuguese can only count on food aid and financial support from the American Song Empire.
Therefore, the debt owed is piling up.
Even so, the Portuguese had no choice but to keep signing new debt clauses and get assistance from the Zhao and Song Empire.
??Looking at it, the Portuguese will become vassals of the Song Empire if they are not protected in the future.
But the Portuguese had nothing to do about it.
Who makes them have no money?
Both Portugal and France now need the Zhao and Song Empire, and they both have common enemies and dangers.
Therefore, both countries know that the other is the most reliable.
¡°In addition, none of the countries on the European continent are trustworthy at all.
It is precisely because of this that Mary was neither salty nor indifferent to the Protestant side's wooing, while the Portuguese simply ignored the Protestant side's wooing.
Although it was not smooth for the coalition of vassal states on the Protestant side to win over France and Portugal, they were also very happy.
Because the church and the Habsburg princely states, which are now suffocating them, have turned their attention to Portugal and France, and have begun military operations.
In this way, there will definitely be fewer wars in the Netherlands, because the focus of the church's wars will shift.
It can be seen that the Netherlands can get a chance to breathe within three years. Isn't this a good thing or a bad thing?
The Protestant side can definitely take advantage of this opportunity to recuperate, right? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read it.) - 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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