Daming Military Empire

Chapter 383 Alliance Treaty
For Philip IV, this peace talk is really a two-pronged world. At the beginning, when His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Empire asked him to go to Valencia for a meeting in person, he was already very upset, especially when he saw King Joao IV and Shi When he was with Villa, his mood dropped to freezing point.

However, as the peace talks deepened, his heart became more and more fervent, and even later, he didn't care about Portugal's independence at all, and only thought about forming an alliance. Why is this?

The reason why he thinks this way is actually not surprising at all. The problem that Spain is facing now is not the problem of Portuguese independence, but the endless threat of war from the anti-Habsburg alliance and the plight of the empty treasury and no money to spend. It was precisely these points that Zhu Cijiong saw correctly, so he dared to go to Europe to mediate in person. If he ran over without any confidence, it would not be mediation. Philip IV may turn his face in a minute!
Now the attitude of Philip IV has turned 180 degrees. Naturally, the atmosphere of the tripartite peace talks has become more and more harmonious. After nearly a day of negotiations, the three parties finally drew up and signed the famous "Valencia Alliance Treaty". A military and economic alliance centered on the Ming Empire, the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Portugal was formally formed.

In terms of economy, the treaty stipulates that the mainland, colonies and vassal states of the three countries are fully open to the merchants of the three countries, and the merchants of the three countries can trade freely in any area under the jurisdiction of the three countries; Regularly organize exchanges and learning activities, coordinate business activities of the three parties around the world, avoid disputes, and cooperate for development.

In terms of military affairs, the treaty first stipulated that any country declaring war on any of the three countries would be regarded as declaring war on the three countries at the same time, and the three countries were obliged to assist the allies in fighting against the enemy.

The treaty also made a detailed plan for the military operation in Northern Europe:
Spain will send [-] troops to garrison Dunkirk and Calais, and send the Armada to block the Strait of Dover, preventing any enemy ships from passing through!

Portugal will send [-] troops to garrison Dover and be responsible for the supply of food and grass for the three garrisons in Dover, Dunkirk and Calais.

The Ming Empire will send the North Sea Fleet to transport [-] laborers to build twelve bastions in Dunkirk, Calais, and Dover, and provide [-] artillery pieces to build a long-range firepower network for the bastions.

The treaty also planned the colonies of the three countries:

Spain will make every effort to develop the American colonies, and in the Far East, Luzon will sell it to the Ming Empire according to the original arms procurement contract to compensate for the purchase of [-] super battleships. Spain will withdraw from the Far East and no longer develop colonies in the Far East.

Portugal will make every effort to open up African colonies, and its colonies in the Americas and the Far East will remain basically unchanged. At the same time, it promises that it will no longer open up colonies in the Americas and the Far East. Moreover, all the colonial strongholds between Luzon and Batavia will be handed over to the Ming Empire , to facilitate the Ming Empire's attack on Batavia.

The Ming Empire will go all out to develop the Far East colonies, and at the same time promise to send fleets to assist Spain and Portugal in defeating colonial opponents in the Americas and Africa at an appropriate time.

The treaty also proposed a plan to jointly build the Eurasian Canal:

After the battle against the anti-Habsburg alliance in the Far East is over, the Ming Empire and Portugal will send troops to occupy the junction of the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, and then the Ming Empire will provide labor, and Spain and Portugal will provide food and grass to jointly dig a road connecting the Mediterranean Sea. And the Grand Canal of the Red Sea!
After the canal is completed, it will be operated jointly by the three countries, and tolls will be collected from all passing ships, and the tolls collected will be shared equally among the three countries.

In the end, the three countries also made a promise to advance and retreat together in the military, and never sign an armistice agreement with the enemy alone!

After the "Valencia Alliance Treaty" was signed, Philip IV was the happiest. First of all, he didn't have to worry about fighting the anti-Habsburg alliance. According to the plan of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Send the fleet and laborers to start building the bastion from Dunkirk. In three months, the twelve bastions in Dunkirk, Calais and Dover will be completed!
There are four connected bastions in each city, each bastion is garrisoned by 5000 people, and is also equipped with [-] of the most advanced howitzers of the Ming Empire. What is the concept?
You must know that the bastion has many firepower points, many shooting dead angles, and the height advantage can increase the range of the artillery. Generally, it is difficult to break through ten times the enemy army. That is to say, this kind of steel defense line can resist at least 20 troops. And can the anti-Habsburg alliance assemble an army of more than 20 in one direction?

France has this ability, but the Spanish army on the western French border is not a vegetarian. They will never dare to attack Calais with all their strength, so the direction of Calais is safe.

As for the Netherlands, its total strength is less than 20. Of course, if you add Denmark and Sweden, it can also make up 20 troops, but Denmark and Sweden will never dare to do their best to help the Netherlands, because they still have to face the Holy Roman Empire Well, so the direction of Dunkirk is also safe.

As for the United Kingdom, it is not bad for them to have an army of [-], so Dover is also safe.

In other words, as long as the twelve bastions of Dunkirk, Calais and Dover are built, the anti-Habsburg alliance should cry, and the Spanish Armada relies on the bastions of the three cities, that is the real battle. It is invincible. As long as the Strait of Dover is blocked, the countries along the North Sea want to go out, then they have to detour to the ice sea further north. Can they bear it?

Unbearable and unable to fight, they finally had to choose peace talks, and at that time, hehe.

Not only do you not have to worry about the battle with the anti-Habsburg alliance, you also don’t have to worry about the money issue. According to the development ideas of the Ming Empire, at most five years, the annual income of companies under the Spanish royal family can exceed [-] million taels of silver , plus the income of the colonies, and the income of the Asia-Europe Canal as a base, will Spain still be short of money?Philip IV couldn't close his mouth from laughing!

In fact, Zhu Cijiong was happier than Philip IV. Building twelve bastions was simply too simple for him, and the personnel were all ready-made. You must know that the 50 captives of the Peasant Rebel Army had experience in building more than 20 bastions .

Of course, the twelve bastions don’t need to bring 50 people here. Besides, the hard labor of the 50 captives is almost finished. Zhu Cijiong originally planned to release them all back to their original places, allocate land to them, and let them live again. But many of these 50 captives envied the treatment of the regular army of the Ming Empire and wanted to join the regular army!

This is naturally impossible. They have a precedent for rebellion. It is too unsafe for them to join the regular army. In the end, Zhu Cijiong simply decided to pick out [-] strong laborers to form a construction army, specializing in railway repairs and city building without fighting. , still give the treatment of the third-class legion!
One can imagine the construction capabilities of a construction corps composed of [-] strong laborers. Building twelve bastions within a month is not the same as drinking porridge. Once the defense lines of Dunkirk, Calais and Dover are completed , the anti-Habsburg alliance let alone trouble him, contact and going out have become a big problem!
Once the anti-Habsburg alliance powers are blocked in northern Europe by Spain, Ming can freely fight against the Mughal Empire, and it is not impossible to take Batavia by the way. By that time, the entire Far East will be destroyed. Become Daming's territory!
As for King Joao IV, this time he came to accompany the two princes to study, and he would be thankful that Spain didn't bother him. The other benefits were all windfalls, purely unexpected surprises!
(End of this chapter)