When Philip IV heard the news of Portugal's independence, he was furious. At this critical moment, at the critical moment when Spain sounded the counterattack horn, Portugal set fire in the backyard!

It's really unforgivable. He really wanted to mobilize the army immediately to deal with these rebels, but where to transfer it? The army was all gathered on the Western Front, and the Navy was confronting Dunkirk and the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. No side could move, and it would be possible that the entire line would collapse if it moved!

Just when he was wandering and unable to make a decision, officials of the Ming Empire in Valencia sent someone to send news that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire would arrive at the port of Valencia in a few days and ask Philip IV to go to a gathering.

If it were normal, Philip IV would generally refuse this inexplicable invitation, but at this critical moment, he had to give up his pride and go to the appointment.

Now the only powerful country that is willing to help the Habsburg dynasty is the Ming Empire. If this ally is offended, the Habsburg dynasty will really be enemies of the whole world.

When Philip IV arrived in Valencia, the entire Ming Dynasty Commercial City had been protected by soldiers of the First Army of the Imperial Guards, all shops were closed, and all trains surrounding the Commercial City were also suspended. Countless Jinyiwei guards were densely scattered on the walls around the Daming Commercial City, which was very conspicuous. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire had arrived.

Philip IV was quite jealous of the Ming Dynasty Commercial City, a building complex that far surpassed contemporary technology. The Ming Empire had many incredible technologies. If Spain could have these technologies, it would have dominated the world long ago. Of course, this is just a dream. To this day, the Spanish Empire has not yet understood any advanced technology of the Ming Empire.

Just as he was in deep thought about the Ming Dynasty Commercial City, a young man wearing the military uniform of the Ming Empire marshal met with a group of Ming officials. He knew this young man, Zheng Chenggong, the most powerful prince of the Ming Empire, and the heir of Zhennan King of the Ming Empire.

Zheng Chenggong respectfully greeted his chest as soon as he came up, and then said aloud in standard Spanish: "Hello, Your Majesty the King, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire, I would like to express my warmest welcome to your visit. Please follow me."

Philip IV looked at his poor guards, then looked at the densely packed guards and Jinyiwei in front of him, and felt bitter in his heart. The Ming Empire was really powerful. It would be great when he could have a guard of hundreds of thousands of people. Of course, this was just a dream.

He pretended to be calm and nodded, smiled and said to the commander of the guard: "You are waiting here." Then he followed Zheng Chenggong into the Ming Trade City with a group of accompanying ministers.

Seeing that he was so free and easy, Zheng Chenggong couldn't help but secretly admire him in his heart that the Spanish king was really a figure. Although the Ming Empire could not have come here bored to set up a Hongmen Banquet for him, there were really no few in the world who could face the elite 100,000 Ming Imperial Guards calmly.

The Ming Dynasty Commercial City was not very big. The group soon came to the front of a magnificent building. This was the continental semicolon of the Royal Rixing Bank of Ming Dynasty. Of course, no one in the semicolon was at work today. No one in the building could see except rows of eunuchs and idle people.

When he arrived downstairs, Zheng Chenggong stopped and slowly raised his right hand. All the Ming officials accompanying him were lined up neatly on the right side of the gate, as if he was not going to enter. Philip IV couldn't help but glance at him curiously. He really didn't understand what this meant.

Fortunately, Zheng Chenggong immediately spoke, "Your Majesty the King, our Emperor has important matters to discuss with you."

After saying that, he also made a gesture of invitation.

Philip IV was really free and easy. He immediately raised his hand to the accompanying officials and said, "You are waiting here too."

After saying that, he raised his foot and walked in. Zheng Chenggong respectfully led him to the door of a conference room, then made another gesture of invitation, and stood there respectfully, stopping.

What is so important that even His Highness is not qualified to participate!

Philip IV walked into the conference room with a strong curiosity.

There were only three people in the conference room, and they were standing there waiting for him with a smile. However, Philip IV could not laugh at this moment, because the two people around His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire were the new Portuguese King Joao IV and the new Portuguese cabinet Prime Minister Schvira!

Zhu Cijiu pointed at the first seat under the conference table without waiting for him to get angry and smiled: "Your Majesty the King, please sit down."

After saying that, he sat down at the top, and Joao IV and Schvira also sat down immediately. They were sitting on Zhu Cijiong's left and right heads!

Philip IV's face slowly became cold. According to his previous temper, he might have left with his sleeves. However, at this critical moment, he really didn't want to offend the Ming Empire, so he did not leave, but sat coldly in the lower position, staring at His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire opposite, waiting for him to give an explanation.

Zhu Cijing did not explain, but smiled and said, "Your Majesty the King, I came here this time to discuss with you the alliance of the Three Kingdoms."

What are the Three Kingdoms? Portugal is just his vassal state. Is it possible to form an alliance with these rebels? He snorted coldly: "His Majesty the Emperor, I think you have made a mistake. Portugal is just my vassal state. They are not qualified to form an alliance with us."

When Ruo Ao Fourth heard this, his face changed and he was about to refute. Zhu Cijiu raised his hand and stopped him, and continued to smile and said, "Your Majesty the King, I think you know better than me. What Spain needs now is friends, not enemies."

Philip IV was really angry, and he immediately retorted: "Being friends with them, I might as well be friends with the Netherlands!"

This made Joao Fourth's face turn green. He wanted to slap the table and point at Philip IV's nose and scold him. However, Zhu Cijiu raised his hand again and continued to smile and said, "You are right. The Netherlands is very strong now, but are they willing to form an alliance with you? If they form an alliance with you, how can they seize your colony?"

This sentence also directly touched the pain of Philip IV, and he couldn't think of anything to refute for a moment!

Zhu Cijing continued to smile and said, "Not to mention the Netherlands, Britain, France, Sweden, Denmark, and Russia, these countries cannot form alliances with you. They are still counting on dividing your colonies!"

This is indeed the fact that the Anti-Habsburg Alliance has fought against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire for more than 30 years. Why? It is not for the sake of fighting for maritime hegemony or overseas colonies!

Seeing that Philip IV was speechless, Zhu Cijiu continued to strike the railway while it was hot: "It's different from Portugal. They also have huge overseas colonies and have no conflict of interest with you. On the contrary, they also have to resist the robbery of the Anti-Habsburg Alliance. Do you think it's better to unite Portugal to resist the Anti-Habsburg Alliance, or force them to fight to the death?"

Philip IV really didn't think about this issue carefully. What would happen if he mobilized the Western Front troops to recover Portugal? What would happen if they fought to the death?

As he thought about it, his face gradually turned pale, and the final result was that the two countries were destroyed at the same time!

I have to say that Philip IV is actually smart, and it is indeed the case in history. After Portugal's independence, the two countries fought endlessly. As a result, the Netherlands and Britain and France were spared in vain. In the end, the two countries were kicked out of the ranks of the great powers at the same time and never recovered!
Chapter completed!