After hearing Loi's words, Louis XIV fell into deep thought, and his face showed a look of pain from time to time. Since he took power, all national affairs have been at will. He is the richest monarch in Europe and controls the most populous and most powerful France in Europe, but now he has fallen to the point of begging others and being merciless.

Loi looked at Louis XIV uneasy. As the king's close friend, Loi knew the king very well. He was very worried that the king would continue to be stubborn. Accepting the conditions of the Chinese prince or ending the war would be beneficial to France. However, Loi was very worried that the king would choose to continue fighting and put France's interests and even life and death behind his personal dignity. Loi has heard countless times of Chinese envoys, or found out from other channels that the Chinese prince was very impatient with the king. The prince had said more than once that only a big defeat could make the king recognize himself.

Loi knew that this was the case. The huge failure could make the king calm and rational, but the price he paid was to be borne by the whole of France.

After a long period of silence, Louis stood still, clenched his fists, and had made up his mind. From his angry eyes, Loi knew that perhaps the king would choose the worst path. At this time, Mrs. Mantenon held Louis's hand and placed it on his chest, and said gently: "Dear, do you know that the pot of iris that was hit by the heavy rain bloomed again. Perhaps it was because of the special fertilizer applied by gardeners from China, or because it had experienced wind and rain, it was not only more beautiful, but also stronger. Do you want to go and see it?"

When Louis XIV heard this, he stood there in a daze. He knew that Mrs. Mantenon was giving advice in his own unique way, and Loi also understood. But this was his favorite way, moistening things silently... In that moment, the volcano that was about to erupt in Louis XIV was extinguished. He kissed Mrs. Mantenon's hand and said with a smile: "No, my dear, we should enjoy it after dinner. Loi and I, and we must take care of our iris, our France."

Mantenon smiled slightly, and after saluting, he left with a smile. Louis XIV said with emotion: "This is really a woman in fate."

Turning his head, Louis XIV asked Loi, saying, "Suppose I suspended the conquest of the UK this year and postponed it for one year, will the Bank of France provide military expenditure to conquer Britain?"

Obviously, Louis XIV also had some extravagant expectations for his Bank of France, but as the Minister of War, Loire fabricated the so-called Bank of France. He knew it well and naturally knew that the Bank of France could not match the Bank of England it imitated.

The Bank of England is essentially a product of handing over the right to issue currency and British fiscal policy to private management. This was established by the situation of the British Parliament Act and monetizing the long-term interests of the royal family in a short-term manner. However, similar powers cannot be handed over to domestic merchants.

Because of the establishment of the Bank of England, William III no longer needed British nobles and merchants to submit "donations" and no longer added new taxes. What did the Bank of France solve after its establishment? Nothing was solved. Louis XIV even asked the bank to reduce the silver content of the newly minted Riverli so as to create more currencies. This bad idea is enough to prove the failure of the Bank of France.

Loire could not express these things. Loire said: "Of course your wishes can be met, but the problem is that we can concentrate financial strength and our opponents can do it. The British can now spend 5.5 million pounds a year on war, and our funds are limited. If we invest in the navy, the army will relax. In this way, Britain can also draw military expenses to strengthen the navy, but in fact it cannot solve any problem.

Even if Turville has sufficient funds, we still have to consider the gap in technology and personnel quality between the two sides. The easiest way is to buy Chinese armored warships, which can quickly and effectively improve the naval combat effectiveness. But now the Prince of China has not allowed Europe to purchase warships. If he can convince him to agree, what can we do if we have a deeper cooperation?"

"In other words, do you agree with the cooperation plan of the Prince of China?"

Loi immediately said: "His Majesty the King, it doesn't matter whether I agree or not. Your will is the will of France."

Louis XIV fell into deep thought again. In his previous strategies, his primary goal was the land in the German region on the east bank of the Rhine, the second was the lowlands such as the Netherlands, and the third center of gravity was Britain. But now it seems that the strategic focus was wrong from the beginning. The leader of the Holy Alliance was William III. Britain was not only the biggest enemy at sea, but also the party that provided the most funds in the Holy Alliance, and also showed considerable diplomatic influence in Europe. Louis XIV now even believes that if there were no Britain, he might have won long ago.

The problem is that regret is useless, but there is an excellent opportunity to be put in front of you, that is, to cut off Britain in advance for the next conquest, or even pull Britain on its own chariot.

In the small manor outside Lisbon, Bai Jingyu and Li Su walked to King Yu's bedroom, but saw the attendant just coming out of the room and holding a cold breakfast. Li Su asked, "What, haven't you got up yet?"

"I didn't sleep at all." The attendant whispered.

Li Su was surprised and thought about the time King Yu was in North America. Although he met many beautiful women and learned a lot of foreign languages, he was still attracted to bees and butterflies. Does anyone make him miss it so much? The attendant obviously also saw the clues from Li Su's expression, and suppressed his voice even lowered, saying, "The prince received a red box of secrets last night."

Li Junwei and Shen Jing's letters and official documents were all secret documents, but only the documents with the Supreme Emperor were at the level of red box. There was only one servant around Li Junwei who had a codebook for deciphering secret documents. However, this unlucky guy unfortunately suffered from cholera in North America and was isolated for a long time, so when he arrived in Lisbon, he changed to a new servant to decipher.

"What is it?" Bai Jingyu asked.

"Honey, are you kidding, how do I know?" the attendant said with a smile.

Bai Jingyu realized that he had lost his words. The attendant continued, "Go in and speak carefully, the prince is smoking."

"Smoke!!!" Li Su almost shouted out, because King Yu never smoked, or was not addicted to smoking, so he smoked purely for curiosity. For example, he tasted Cuban tobacco in the Caribbean Sea, and went to America and tried the authentic tobacco. He never smoked normally.

The two walked into the bedroom and found Li Junwei wearing pajamas, leaning against the balcony railing, with cigarette butts on his feet. Seeing the two of them in, Li Junwei rubbed his tired face and said, "I suddenly had an idea. Why not cancel the cooperation with France."

"No, Prince, how can this work?" Bai Jingyu exclaimed. Li Junwei was stunned at first and said, "Jingyu, are you collecting money to be a lobbyist?"

"This... isn't this what you allow." Bai Jingyu rubbed his hands and answered embarrassedly, but he didn't lie.

Li Su asked, "If it is cancelled, it will take a sufficient reason. You can't deliberately fool King Louis once because of his arrogant and rudeness. In fact, this time Mr. Bai came to bring the Turville you asked for. King Louis was full of sincerity."

"Is that so? It's hard to imagine that he would recognize the status quo before he had a major failure. It seems that this king is still worthy of it." Li Junwei didn't think of this.

Li Junwei suddenly changed his mind and wanted to cancel cooperation with France. The root cause was that he received a red box secret last night, which clearly expressed Li Mingxun's opposition to the plan. Of course, what Li Mingxun opposed was not this cooperation, but the cooperation two years ago. That time, Li Junwei wanted to form an alliance with France, form a joint fleet, destroy the British fleet, and then attack the British mainland, allowing James II to retake the throne and end the glorious revolution in Britain.

In Lee Myung-hoon's opinion, this plan is very feasible, but it will not be successful. The British have been fighting for so many years to get rid of the monarchy, and they will definitely not accept the new monarchy. Therefore, it must be a protracted war. Lee Myung-hoon reminded his son not to let the empire's army fall into the "great sea of ​​the British people."

This reminder made Li Junwei cautious. Before going to North America, he didn't quite understand what the "popular sea of ​​people" meant, but in North America, he saw that the colonies' Anza people never stopped fighting with the James Party for religious freedom and autonomy, which made tens of thousands of troops exhausted, and Fitz James was also in a state of great difficulty. Even the 200,000 Anza people were like this, but there were tens of millions of people in Britain.

Although the strategy proposed by Li Junwei this time was only naval cooperation, it was actually just a preliminary plan, because Li Junwei knew very well that Louis XIV was too arrogant and he would definitely not want to share Britain with the empire. If Louis XIV proposed the cooperation method of the previous year from the beginning, Louis XIV would not have considered it at all. This time, Li Junwei adopted a gradual approach. As long as the French fleet was formed, the strategic focus would be shifted to the British side, and then Louis XIV would not be able to do so.

Even Li Junwei had secretly contacted London to end the war between the Empire and Britain at any time, and then declared war again, so that he would not have to abide by the war rules he had formulated himself.

"Prince, I suggest you find a suitable reason. This is not only an explanation to France, so as not to let Louis think you are playing with him, but also an explanation to the country." Li Su reminded seriously.

Li Junwei nodded slightly. Since he returned to Lisbon, he had met the most empire merchants. They all had a demand to continue the war in Europe. The war made the imperial merchants make a fortune, and they were eager to fight forever. The suggestions put forward by these people were also very simple, authorizing the warring forces to sell national debts in the imperial financial market, so that there would be funds to continue the war.

Li Junwei and the Expeditionary Force Command have also been giving positive responses, because it is beneficial to the empire to continue to fight. The development of the Xijin area depends on the market demand brought by the European War. Otherwise, the development of the empire's financial investment alone would not have developed so quickly. Promoting the development of Xijin is an important strategy of the empire.

Li Junwei thought of this and suddenly started to take a cold breath. Bai Jingyu took out a box of cigarettes from his arms and handed them over. Li Junwei waved his hand and said with a smile: "I smoked here last night. I smoked half of it and the wind smoked half of it. I didn't care about the wind. Maybe Feng had the same troubles as me. But then I thought about it, why should Feng smoke my cigarette......"

After hearing this, Li Su thought something and thought that what Li Junwei said must have a profound meaning, but he did not understand the profound wisdom for a while. Bai Jingyu did not think much. Seeing that Li Junwei stopped talking, he asked, "So what?"

"So you saw it too, I'm a little scared." Li Junwei said seriously.

"Ah...? Hahaha..." Bai Jingyu understood before Li Su. This was just a joke, and he laughed out loud.

Li Junwei said: "Jingyu, go and entertain Turville, I'll make up for my sleep, see him in the afternoon."

Li Suwen: "That plan..."

"Continue to implement it, but there will be modifications later." Li Junwei said.

Li Suxin immediately relaxed, but he didn't know the follow-up plan anyway. He knew in his heart that as long as he went out the first step, he would explain to everyone. The first step of cooperation would mean that the war on the continent could be fought for at least two more years. This is what all parties are willing to see and is also one of the original intentions of the plan.

But this time, Tourville came to Lisbon secretly, and was quite happy. He was a loyal patriot, but also a person who knew the current affairs. For the sake of his future, he could marry a widow, and naturally bent over the empire for France. In fact, he not only knew the current affairs, but also believed in his heart that the Prince of China pulled him back from the road to hell.
Chapter completed!