From Chief to Ball

As for how it is legal and reasonable, these second batch of countries participating in the great voyage are highly consistent on some issues.The reasoning in this thing is not absolutely legal and reasonable, but if someone is not legal and reasonable, let him understand what is legal and reasonable, and then it will become absolutely legal and reasonable after a long time.

Obviously, it's a bunch of idle academics, aristocrats or politicians talking nonsense.

In fact, it is the embryonic form of an "anti-Habsburg alliance".

Chapter 100 Small things now, big things in the future ([-])

This discussion of sovereignty, or whatever, is just an aperitif for the European melee to come.People in the Republic don't take some things seriously at all from the bottom of their hearts, they just want to be the rule-makers.

Whether it was the sailing fleet or the "voluntary mercenaries" sent to the Netherlands later, they all looked like a very strong young man, showing off his muscles in the simplest and rude way.

The chaos in Europe is no stranger to these people in the Republic. The domestic unification war has only been in the past few decades. The current system has been broken, and the new system has not yet been established, so a war or even a war lasting hundreds of years is urgently needed to establish a brand new system that everyone agrees with, whether voluntarily or forcedly.

While this meeting and discussions were still going on, a major event happened in Paris, France.The cause was not because of this meeting, but this meeting became the fuse of this matter.

King Henry IV of France became the king of France from the monarch of a small country. He experienced the massacre of Protestants in Paris. An edict of Nantes, which greatly displeased Catholics, was also issued.

No matter what France believes, if it wants to gain European hegemony, it will inevitably conflict with Spain at this time.The Habsburg family claimed to be the guardians of Catholicism at this time, fighting against the Ottomans in Austria on land, and fighting the Sudanese navy in the Mediterranean Sea at sea. for closeness.

The king is a heretic, the king was a heretic, the king and the guardian of God went to war, the king sent people to a meeting that was not good for Spain, the king sent people to a heathen country to learn agricultural technology...so the king should die.

There was a Joan of Arc in France, and a man afflicted with migraines and paranoia decided that he was the Chosen One, a figure like Joan of Arc.

Because of this illness, he often felt the singing of heaven and God bathed in holy light.Since I am the chosen one, I must complete a major mission.From beginning to end, he believed that he was another Joan of Arc, sent by God to save Catholics.

In order to complete this grand mission, he came to Paris from his hometown.Before making up his mind to protect God with my blood, he found a priest to complete his final confession.

The priest told him that it was wrong to do so, but he only relieved him, and told a few people who should be told by the way.So soon several people found him, gave him a delicate flintlock pistol and a bomb, and a piece of highly poisonous pill that looked like wax, and made him firm in his belief: the king was decent at this time. If people come into contact with pagans, if this continues, they will go to war with Spain, the common spiritual motherland of Catholics.

So a strange car accident happened on the streets of Paris.The gentleman, who thought he was chosen by God, took advantage of the confusion and rushed to Henry IV, shot the king in the chest, dropped the powerful bomb, and then shouted: "I am An act of justice called by God! Judgment of heretics!"

After chanting the slogan of sacrifice, he bit the pill wrapped in paraffin and died.The pro-Spanish queen mother and the nobles were weeping, while quickly regenting, and set up a special review team, and were ready to find a Spanish wife for Louis XIII who ascended the throne.

The result of the review is: the bombs and flintlock guns used by the murderer all come from the republic that has just appeared on the European stage.The poison taken was also a novel and incurable poison.

The whole country fell into mourning, and deeply suspected that this was done by the Habsburg family, just like the conspiracy to kill the king and the parliament that happened in England not long ago, it is impossible not to have them.This behavior of assigning blame is too obvious, but there are enough excuses.

Some nobles declared that flintlock guns were an ominous thing, and used this as an excuse to strongly oppose the use of flintlock guns in France.After the death of Henry IV, the aristocratic forces whose power was greatly weakened by the religious civil war quickly rose up, and various policies close to Spain were also in full swing: We nobles do not want a strong France, because that has nothing to do with us, we want A France with a feudal system and a weakened monarchy.

France, which had just started to improve, fell into the dark cloud again. Just three months after the assassination of the king, thousands of Puritans fled to the Netherlands, or went to the New World archipelago by sea.

They had to be afraid that in Geneva they killed Catholics in a variety of ways.In the same way, in Paris decades ago, the Catholics used all sorts of tricks to kill them.Killing behind closed doors, killing while saying Mass, killing by ringing a bell, killing by drawing a sign on the door.After killing the poets, the poets wrote sonnets of praise, the city of Rome rang the bell to thank the Lord, and issued silver coins to commemorate...

The memory of the Puritans in France is still fresh, and Henry IV fled one after another after his death. For the time being, it seems that the Netherlands is a pure land where the Puritans exist.

However, with the signing of the West-Dutch truce, external conflicts were suddenly eliminated, and internal power struggles were also unfolding in the Netherlands. A dispute about doctrine among Protestants swept the Netherlands in full swing: Is God foreknowledge? ?Or book?Does human free will matter?Or is the so-called "free will" of man also the will predetermined by God? What you think is free is actually predetermined?

The Netherlands is free of religion, and any faction in its parish should have its own armed force to protect its freedom!Such slogans spread in some cities, and the flintlock guns that were most suitable for civilian riots and the perfectly formulated black powder copper wire glass powder cable grenades or explosive ore detonators were shipped to the Netherlands in batches for sale.

The era of matchlock guns is not suitable for riots at the bottom; the era of breech-loading guns is not conducive to riots at the bottom.The era of the most popular flintlock guns for riots at the bottom and liberalism has come. With the flintlock guns, there will be an inextinguishable liberal fire.

Massive copies of the Practical Handbook of Barricade Warfare, printed in Flemish, were circulated in some Arminian parishes.The great speaker who supports or sympathizes with this faction has grown in prestige after signing the truce agreement. Morris is extremely dissatisfied. One is famous, the other has military power, one wants a free federal province, and the other wants a centralized Netherlands.

France is in chaos, Spain is in trouble, the Netherlands is about to have civil strife, the Protestant League and the Catholic League in Germany have been formed...

In the chaotic clouds, a clear stream quietly appeared.

Just before the signing of the Armistice Agreement between West and Netherlands, after a battle between West and Holland, a group of people holding the banner of "International Association for Healing the Wounded" in square characters, Latin, and Flemish crossed the battlefield. He treated some wounded soldiers regardless of the two sides on the battlefield, but as Chen Jianlin said when he left Amsterdam, he gave priority to helping the nobles.

A large number of surgeons hired from the Republic or who really have the heart to save lives and heal the wounded use the wounded soldiers on the battlefield to continuously improve their amputation, suturing, and blood transfusion skills.After several times, I have accumulated valuable experience that cannot be tested with living people.

The female civilian nurses trained in two or three years took care of the wounded soldiers on the battlefield. According to the "Regulations on the Management of the Wounded Soldiers", the death rate of the wounded soldiers on both sides dropped sharply. language, and some horrible "reactionary propaganda" for women's liberation.

The wounded mercenaries never thought that they didn't need too much medical progress, just some careful nursing and care could reduce the death rate so much. They called these people in white clothes angels in white, and the mercenaries for the first time Once there was respect for women.

However, the life and death of the wounded soldiers did not have much impact. The important thing was the nobles who were treated first, and they expressed their approval for the behavior of these people.

Finally in The Hague, after the truce agreement was signed between the West and the Netherlands, the representatives of the Netherlands, Britain, France, Spain and the Republic jointly recognized the existence of this organization and promised not to shoot or attack this group of people. Walk freely through the battlefield, and soldiers will not rob these people.

There is still a long way to go before Chen Jian plans to try the crime of massacre or treat the massacre of civilians as a crime, or at least let the mainstream think that this is not correct, but the first step has finally been taken.Once the time is right, when the power is strong and can interfere, you can stand on the moral high ground and arrest some people for trial, and use this as an opportunity to involve the country on the other side of the world, get involved in the formulation of international law, and complete the investigation of Manila. massacre trial.

The organization was initiated by Chen Jian, and the internal management is naturally also within the party. This place is closer to the homeland, and it is easier to deploy additional staff.

The first cultural export was carried out in such a weird way. Some nobles who were rescued donated their property, and some nobles also won the title of "honorary member of the committee" because of the large amount of donations.This title is not too expensive at this time, but the value of the title will become higher and higher as time accumulates.

This stream of clear water is slowly flowing in Europe. By violating the behavior of doctors regardless of the status of patients, it has gained a foothold in this place where nobles and commoners are two nationalities. The most primitive spirit of internationalism began to take this as a The center spread quietly, and the private propaganda about freedom, who to fight for, and massacre is wrong, etc. also began to spread slowly in the wounded barracks, infecting the hearts of these people like smallpox.

Thus, a strange mutiny broke out among Spanish mercenaries after a nobleman on horseback whipped a nurse for blocking the way.

It is normal for mercenaries to mutiny, because the military salary is not in place, because robbery is not allowed, because the time of stationing is too long, etc., they may mutiny.But for this reason—someone has been insulted and mutinied—it has never been the case.

Those soldiers who returned to the army after recovering and some soldiers who were worried about being injured on the battlefield shouted their anger and dissatisfaction, but it was not because of the military salary.

Eugenia and his wife personally came forward to appease the group of soldiers and "punished" the nobleman symbolically, which calmed down the chaos.

The real big shot is actually dissatisfied with this life-saving organization. If one more person dies, he can pay less severance pay. Now there are no battles to fight for the time being, and there is no chance to transfer these soldiers to other nobles.However, it is not easy to object explicitly, and can only silently accept the activities of this group of hateful people holding Yin-Yang flags.

This is the reality at this time. Anywhere on the earth, the mainstream values ​​that Chen Jian believes are non-mainstream.Including massacres, that is a grand ceremony where commemorative coins can be issued; including wounded soldiers, that is a number that can save part of the severance pay on paper...

Chapter 1 Small things now, big things in the future ([-])

After the treaties of many countries in Europe were signed, and at the time when the republic first entered European affairs with a huge body, a small two-masted ship was moored in a Spanish port.

A group of people on the ship were unloading some cargo from the ship. A young man in a long gown looked up at the sky, stretched out his spitting fingers to estimate the wind direction and speed, and frowned.

This young man went to sea with Chen Jian, and returned to the Republic after disembarking from Europe as a sailor. He also followed the follow-up envoys to witness the signing of some treaties in Europe.

At this time, he had just received the exact news that the Republic had signed a trade treaty with Spain, and impatiently came to the pier, unloaded the unnecessary cargo on board, and prepared to send the news back to the country as quickly as possible.

Another person on the boat persuaded: "Brother, isn't it too risky to go back at this time? The wind direction is not suitable."

But the young man said: "News is money! As long as we bring this news back earlier than others, this news can be worth thousands of silver coins. Everyone, there are opportunities everywhere now, and there are opportunities to make a fortune everywhere, but all These opportunities are all bought by life. Don’t you want to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune? The first pot of gold is too difficult. If it is slow now, it will become slower and slower in the future. As long as we go back alive , we can live a life of superiority, otherwise why would we go to sea?"

Some people objected: "But we unloaded these goods and sold them cheaply, did we lose money?"

"What's the loss of this little money? As long as the news is sent back to the country, the stock of Nanyang Trading Company will soon rise. Isn't this news worthwhile to those big speculators who squat on the stock and futures exchanges every day?" Thousands of silver coins? With thousands of silver coins, we can have our own big ship, or buy more stocks! Is there any way to make more money than this? Isn’t it possible to die? What is this? ?”

A few people gritted their teeth, nodded and said: "That's exactly the case, wealth and wealth are sought in danger, so let's fight this time to gain a future."

Having made up their minds, these people steered the two-masted clipper and crossed the Atlantic Ocean with a fearless spirit for money during the season that was not suitable for going to sea.

As they expected, when the news first reached Min County, the news sold for [-] silver coins.

In the next few days, a rumor about the failure of the signing of the trade agreement circulated in Min County, the stock price of Nanyang Trading Company fell rapidly, and some big speculators seemed to be selling these stocks...

However, a few days later, an explosive and definite news appeared in the newspaper with the most accurate news in Min County - the Republic signed a trade treaty with Spain, and the trade became legal!

In an instant, the stocks that were originally falling skyrocketed within a day, and those manipulative speculators spent [-] silver coins in exchange for ten times or even dozens of times the profit.For a poor sailor, six thousand silver coins are enough to change the fate of him and his brothers.