When Pope Innocent X and Maidarzini were at the same time, the debate within the Holy See continued.

One side insisted on punishing the Ming Dynasty and then preaching; the other side wanted to gain friendship from the Ming Dynasty through friendly relations, so they came to preach.

The latter side has proved to be useless and cannot help but be short of breath. Faced with the aggressive words of the tough "war pros" and was at a disadvantage.

The church where Zhu Youjian and others were located was quietly adding guards around, and the silent murderous aura spread.

Zhu Youjian sat firmly on Diaoyutai and ignored external affairs. From morning to noon, from noon to evening, he moved a chair and sat there for half a day, reading quietly.

The lively atmosphere in the Pope is increasing. I don’t know how many people are waiting to watch the show, but there are also many people who are quick-witted and quick-witted.

On the Hongwu ship, Zheng Zhilong welcomed a special guest. This was the first person to request to board the ship and visit the Ming Dynasty fleet.

Maynard, a member of the United Nations in the Netherlands, is a handsome man in his thirties who is full of spirit and energetic. He stood on the deck of the Hongwu, his eyes swept over, his expression calm, and there was a bright flash in his eyes.

The Hongwu horn is seventy feet long, and today the whole world is a giant, especially some designs that combine East and West, which seem to be strong and powerful, as if they cannot sink.

Maynard felt the hard and flat steel under his feet and said in surprise: "General, I really didn't expect that your country would have such a huge warship, which is really eye-opening?"

Regarding the Maynard MP who suddenly visited, Zheng Zhilong received very little news, only knowing that he has a great influence in the Netherlands.

"my country has only five such warships, and they cooperate with 100 small and medium-sized warships to form a formation. Although my country can build two ships a year, the cost is too high. Secondly, it is inconvenient to operate and it is not built on a large scale." Zheng Zhilong smiled and said half-true.

Maynard did not doubt Zheng Zhilong's words, and then held a telescope and looked around the formations, combat ships, motor ships, supply ships, etc. surrounding the Hongwu, all of which were neatly arranged at the sea, which looked daunting alone.

"General, I heard that your country's territory is larger than that of the whole of Europe," Maynard walked forward calmly, reached out to touch the cannon beside him, and said, "There are cultural prosperity there for thousands of years, the land is rich, and the country's fortune is strong..."

Zheng Zhilong ignored Maynard's actions and smiled and said, "It's not entirely true. Our country is suffering from unprecedented natural disasters and its national strength has become much weaker."

Maynard touched the cannon, felt the warmth above, blinked, and said, "I heard that your cannon can have a range of ten miles?"

Zheng Zhilong glanced at the translator, pressed one hand on the other side of the cannon, and said, "It's not that far away, the rumors are a bit exaggerated."

Maynard turned to look at Zheng Zhilong, his brown eyes could not see his expression. He was half-believing and half-doubted about Zheng Zhilong's words, and suddenly said with a smile: "As far as I know, your prince is in trouble in the city of Rome. I wonder what you have to do?"

Zheng Zhilong did not look back, looked at the city of Rome from afar, and said, "Our cannons are enough to protect our prince from invasion."

Maynard followed his gaze and vaguely saw the Frank flag. He frowned and said, "General, I think your military exercise should start as soon as possible, otherwise there will be more trouble."

"Frank?" Zheng Zhilong also saw it, with a slightly strange color.

The disdain on Maynard's face flashed, and he said, "A proud, arrogant, bluffing iron rooster."

Zheng Zhilong vaguely heard something from his words, laughed without saying a word, and watched the ship keep approaching.

"Antonio, I've seen the general." This is a middle-aged man with a restrained look and a proud look in his eyes.

This is a governor of the Frank Kingdom, born into a noble family and a confidant of Frank Louis XIII.

Zheng Zhilong looked at him, raised his hand with the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and said, "You are polite, Mr. Governor, the visitor is a guest, please speak in the cabin."

Antonio had observed it before uploading it, and swept it on the Hongwu account again, his pupils shrank slightly and looked solemn.

This fleet is too powerful. The Frank Kingdom was not good at naval and could hardly resist Spain at the sea. Therefore, there were no colonies overseas. However, with the continued strength of the Frank in recent years, it was gradually provoking Spain's hegemony. But if Spain had a powerful helper like the Ming Dynasty, Frank would be in danger.

Antonio glanced at Maynard and followed Zheng Zhilong into the cabin with a smile.

I had prepared a sumptuous Chinese meal and had a meal with Maynard and Antonio. I was naturally chatting and laughing during the meal, each telling interesting things, and laughter came from time to time.

The only disadvantage is that it is a beat slower and can only express its emotions after the translation, so it seems a bit weird.

Antonio ate delicious food, raised his eyebrows from time to time, exclaimed a few words, and after half of the meal, he said inadvertently, "General, I am very interested in your country's fleet. I don't know when I can start acting. I can't wait."

Zheng Zhilong drank the soup, his expression calm and calm, and said, "Although I temporarily manage the fleet, the exercise requires the prince's orders and still need to wait."

Antonio and Maynard could hardly help looking at each other. The room was quiet for a while. Maynard said: "General, I am forbidden, the Holy See has completely different attitudes towards your visit. If you can perform military exercises as soon as possible, maybe the Holy See will change its attitude after seeing it."

Zheng Zhilong glanced at the two of them and picked up the wine glasses.

Both Frank and the Netherlands are enemies of Spain, and they want to find out the strength of Spain, an Eastern ally, to assess the resulting impact and possible policy adjustments.

Zheng Zhilong could think about their thoughts and kept pondering.

King Xin is now trapped in the city of Rome, and may be equipped with swords and axes at any time, and their career is in danger of destruction. What Maynard said makes sense. If the Roman Catholic Church saw the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it might not dare to act so rashly.

"I will discuss with the prince." Zheng Zhilong said.

Maynard smiled a little more and said, "General, you should invite more people from the Pope, they will be interested."

Zheng Zhilong glanced at him and suddenly realized in his heart.

The so-called multi-provincial United Nations has not been recognized by the Pope, so this country is illegal and any country led by the Pope can be conquered.

The so-called kingdoms led by the pope cover almost all Europe. No kingdom is not recognized by the pope. No one is illegal and is a abandoned person of God, and everyone will oppose it.

Maynard hopes that the Ming Dynasty can cause trouble for the pope as much as possible, so that they will be very happy.

Between the Ming Fleet and the Roman City, there were more and more ships coming and going, and there were endless people who wanted to observe this fleet from thousands of miles away. The Hongwu specially set up an observation tower for this for these people to look at the fleet.

Roman city, in a church.

"Zheng Zhilong plans to exercise in advance to shock the Holy See?" Zhu Youjian looked slightly surprised and then pondered.

Feng Zhu could understand Zheng Zhilong’s plan, but if the military exercises were hasty, they might not be able to achieve their goals and there was not enough time to prepare.

Feng Zhu thought for a while and looked at Zhu Youjian and said, "Prince, I'm not waiting for time. General Zheng's idea may be a try."

Feng Zhu and others asked Zhu Youjian that they were just a routine expression of respect, not asking him to make a decision.

Zhu Youjian's mind was twisted around and said, "Then let's do it in advance, and you must not smash it, otherwise we may not be able to go back..."

Feng Zhu nodded, turned around and asked, "You mean, the people from England have never appeared?"

The Jinyiwei who reported the news said: "No."

England was also one of their important goals for this visit. Feng Zhu's eyes flashed slightly, and then he said, "What's going on in the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Russia?"
Chapter completed!