King Alfonso's words were translated into Urdu. After hearing this, Aurangzeb nodded and said with a smile: "Now that the King of Portugal has made up his mind, then I can provide funding for the restoration of the legitimate king of Portugal! Of course!

Yes, the funding is not unconditional and I need to take back Goa!”

King Alfonso became a little anxious when he heard that he wanted to use Goa in exchange for funding. He only has Goa now! If he handed it over, he would become a landless king.

"Your Majesty Alamgir"

As soon as King Alfonso raised his objection, Aurangzeb raised his hand to stop him. Aurangzeb said again: "King Alfonso, Goa belongs to India! And Portugal belongs to you! As the monarch of India, I have an obligation.

Take back every inch of land that belongs to India, just like you are obliged to take back the Kingdom of Portugal. And now there is an opportunity for you to return to Portugal and regain power. As long as you can come up with a large amount of money, a component can be used

Expeditionary army!"

Aurangzeb's words were quickly translated into Portuguese. King Alfonso seemed a little moved and asked: "Your Majesty Alamgir, can you tell me what opportunity you are talking about?"

Aurangzeb nodded, "My ambassador in Istanbul wrote to tell me that the Ottoman Empire has completed most of its war preparations. By next spring at the latest, the six-horse tail flag and the flag of the Six Horsetails will be erected in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace.

A holy war aimed at occupying Vienna and destroying the Habsburg dynasty in one fell swoop will begin!"

The Six Horsetails flag is the flag of the Ottoman Sultan, while the Three Horsetails flag belongs to the Grand Vizier. If the Six Horsetails flag and the Three Horsetails flag are raised in the courtyard of Topkapi Palace at the same time, it means the war has begun!

King Alfonso was so surprised that he could hardly speak. He just looked at Aurangzeb with his mouth open.

Aurangzeb was silent for a while and said: "As an emir who believes in Allah, I must contribute to this holy war. King Alfonso, this is also your chance to return to Europe and become the King of Portugal again."

Chance!"

Aurangzeb's words were translated into Portuguese, and King Alfonso was so stunned that he couldn't even speak for a while.

"Alfonso," Henry Zhu saw the expression of the Portuguese King, and said to him in French quickly, "This is the only opportunity, you can't miss it, otherwise Maria will never be able to become the real Queen of Portugal!"

Maria's full name is Maria de Albuquerque, and she is a native of Goa with Persian and Indian ancestry. In the hierarchy of the Portuguese in Goa, Macanese with Persian and Indian ancestry are considered

Those who are relatively low-level are not qualified to marry the exiled King Alfonso.

But this Maria is an exception! Because her surname is Albuquerque, her ancestor is the conqueror of Goa and Malacca, the Duke of Goa, Alfonso de Goa, who laid the foundation for the Portuguese Kingdom's hegemony in the east.

Albuquerque!

The Goa colony was opened up by Maria's ancestors for the Kingdom of Portugal!

During the years when Alfonso de Albuquerque ruled and built Goa, he worked hard to promote intermarriage between Portuguese colonists and local women, making Goa branded as "the sacred and indivisible part of Portugal".

, it was this policy that made the Portuguese Kingdom's rule in Goa very consolidated, and it was maintained until the end of 1961 in history.

Of course, the Duke of Goa himself had to take the lead in intermarrying with local women! So regardless of his old age and frailty, he resolutely married the daughter of a Persian businessman (who converted to Catholicism) who was doing business in Goa, and married her.

She gave birth to a son.

Although this son did not inherit the title of Alfonso de Albuquerque (the Duke of Goa had other sons), he was a legitimate legitimate son, so he could inherit the Albuquerque surname and also received

Acquired all the properties owned by Alfonso de Albuquerque in Goa.

In recognition of the Duke of Goa's achievements, the later King Manuel I of Portugal rewarded the mixed-race man with a large amount of land and made him a knight. This is an authentic nobleman!

After that, the Albuquerque family developed and expanded in Goa. By the time King Alfonso went into exile in Goa, the Albuquerque family was already the most wealthy family in Goa, and Maria was the daughter of the previous Albuquerque family.

The only surviving legitimate child of the Alburquerque Knight (the leader of the Alburquerque family in Goa) is naturally the current Alburquerque Knight.

When King Alfonso arrived in Goa, this Goan beauty was actually married when she was only 23 years old, but her husband died of malaria not long ago, so she was a widow.

With the help of Paolo and several other wealthy local Portuguese families in Goa, Maria became the wife of King Alfonso.

King Alfonso is a powerless wandering king with no foundation in Goa. Now he can live like a king only because of Maria's money. Moreover, Alfonso has a lot of Goan albuquerques around him.

The illegitimate knight knight of the Erke family. Rich and powerful Portuguese men in Goa generally have concubines, so they all have a lot of illegitimate children. The Albuquerque family is of course no exception. Even though Maria is the only legitimate descendant,

The side line composed of illegitimate children and their descendants is powerful in numbers, and there are many "mercenary captains" among them, enough to form an army for King Alfonso!

The huge Albuquerque family married their mistress to the troubled King of Portugal, of course, in order to have a chance to "make fortune". If King Alfonso is unwilling to cooperate, then he may have to do it a second time.

He was abandoned by his wife, and the Portuguese in Goa are much more ferocious than the Portuguese in Portugal. Then he would not necessarily be a prisoner, but "suffered from malaria"!

King Alfonso, who had already suffered a loss once, was frightened when Henry Chu reminded him.

He immediately swallowed up the words of rejection, but he did not dare to agree immediately. Instead, he asked carefully: "What does this matter have to do with me? I am a Catholic! It is impossible for the Portuguese to accept a

A king who converted to Tianfang religion"

Aurangzeb shook his head and said: "No one wants you to convert, and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire does not intend to expedition to Portugal. It is too far away for the Ottoman Empire. But he is willing to support an orthodox Portuguese king to regain his power.

To do this, he can develop the North African Passage, allowing you and your army to return to Portugal through the Strait of Gibraltar!

King Alfonso, I don’t think you think there is another route back to Portugal, do you?”

Indeed not!

If King Alfonso still wants to return to Portugal and re-assume the throne, then he can only pass through North Africa. What else can he do? Take the Indian Ocean-Atlantic route?

This is simply impossible!

"I understand, this is indeed an opportunity that cannot be given up." King Alfonso was still a little uneasy, "But what benefits can the Ottoman Empire get from it?"

This is obvious!

Once King Alfonso returned to Portugal, King Louis of France had to clean up the mess for his distant niece, Lea Francesca.

This will contain France's power to a certain extent and help the Ottoman Empire stabilize the situation after defeating the Holy Roman Empire.

However, Aurangzeb was unwilling to talk nonsense with King Alfonso, who seemed to have insufficient intelligence, so he pointed at Henry Chu, who looked very pleasing to the eye.

"King Alfonso, let King Henry go to Goa to recruit a mercenary army, and then let King Henry take them to join the Ottoman Sultan's army."

After saying this, Aurangzeb did not wait for King Alfonso to answer, and said to Henry Chu: "King Henry, after thinking about it again and again, I feel that an Indian expeditionary force is not enough to give the Ottoman Empire the maximum impact.

Encouraging, but a Chinese expeditionary force will have such an effect! I can sponsor and help you recruit mercenaries to Goa. There are many Macanese in Goa who are willing to work hard for money. They can help anyone who is willing to pay.
Chapter completed!