I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Cheng Shijie looked at Cheng Jialong and said, "Did you see it? Each of these foreign devils has eight tricks and tricks!"

Cheng Jialong asked doubtfully: "Dad, do you mean that they attacked Venice to test our Ming Dynasty's attitude?"

"You could say the same!"

"Venice is too small, but they are too rich. Over the years, Catherine has carried out all-round trade with us. Most of the goods are handled by Venetians. They have made a lot of money, and some people are jealous!"

Cheng Shijie laughed and said: "The problem is that Venice is not only rich, they are also the creditors of almost all of Europe. They are now using force to solve the debt problem. As long as the creditor dies, the debt will be canceled naturally!"

"Is it so simple and rude?"

Cheng Jialong felt that his three views were about to be overturned. Of course, this can only mean that Cheng Jialong's level is not high enough. If he does not reach that level, he will naturally not understand so many secrets and unspoken rules.

Just like people who don't understand the film and television industry, they always make excuses for the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry. But the problem is that the most indispensable thing in the film and television industry is handsome guys and beauties. There are a few ugly ones who can pass the exam or be good at acting. ? Basically, there are Reba and Nazha per capita. That place is a place where handsome guys and beauties gather together.

What's more, the medical beauty industry is really developed now. If you have enough money, what kind of surgery can you do? Watching beauties and handsome guys every day will cause aesthetic fatigue. What most people in the industry fear most is actually pornographic news. Of course, the entertainment industry and the film and television industry are two different circles and cannot be confused.

Cheng Jialong really didn't expect that he could still play like this.

"How noble do you think those pirates are?"

Cheng Shijie picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip and said, "They have actually done this many times by forcing creditors to cancel their debts by force, but this time it's a little different!"

"Why is it different?"

Cheng Jialong reacted: "Is it because of our Ming Dynasty this time?"

"That's right!"

Cheng Shijie said: "They all want the opportunity to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and they also want to get huge profits from the trade. They also want to see the Ming Dynasty's attitude towards Europa!"

Cheng Shijie's intelligence sources are much faster than Catherine's. This is the efficiency of the radio station. It can be said that if the electric energy does not need to be moved from later generations, Cheng Shijie can learn what is happening on the other side of the earth in one day. Today's radio stations are not like So convenient for future generations.

However, because Jiang Wenhua had benefited and knew that Cheng Shijie needed these gadgets, he no longer simply rummaged through electronic waste to assemble electronic components. Instead, he directly obtained the goods from Huaqiangbei. The radio was more powerful and larger. Small.

At this time, Catherine was like an angry female leopard, roaring at Siegfried: "How could they do this?"

Nice is just a city-state and has no power to compete with these behemoths.

If Catherine hadn't learned Cheng Shijie's approach, they quietly immigrated from the Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, using high-paying employment and human trafficking to make the city-state of Venice, which originally had a population of less than 250,000 eight years ago, now have a population of less than 250,000. exceeded one million people.

In particular, they saw the bravery and prowess of the Normans, and even formed three foreign fleets, even though the country's strength was stronger than at the same time in history.

It is so powerful that all countries in Europe feel fear. They cannot defeat the Spanish Empire and are bullied by the Spanish Empire. But the problem is that Venice is only a tiny place. Now that it is so rich and developed so well, it has become the envy of the entire Europe. Object.

If a child holds hundreds of dollars, no one will rob him even if he is walking on the street, because a child's money is not worth mentioning in the eyes of adults.

However, as the population increases and the strength becomes stronger, when this small European city-state republic suddenly has tens of millions of dollars, it becomes worth taking action.

Siegfried gritted his teeth and said: "They are not using all their strength to force us to write off our accounts, they... are determined to destroy us!"

Catherine's body trembled violently and she almost fell. Her rosy complexion turned pale, the hands holding the two letters were shaking slightly, her body was swaying, and she might faint at any time. Venice has long seen the short-sightedness and greed of Western Europeans. These barbarians who came together in the name of God and brandished swords joined the Venetians in capturing Constantinople and occupying Constantinople for five years. ten years;

When Byzantium fell, only Venice sent a navy to support it. The whole of Europe remained unmoved and allowed the Ottomans to capture Constantinople, causing Europe to lose its strongest fortress... Now they actually joined forces with the Ottomans. Against Venice?

Catherine couldn't believe it!

More terrible news is yet to come:

"They were fascinated by the wealth and territory of Venice, and they threw the most fragile conscience and morality of the extremists behind. They brutally slandered us as extremists and launched a jihad against us!"

Siegfried continued: "The most terrifying thing is that city-states such as Genoa, Naples, Milan, and Turin have also joined their camp covertly and covertly. Now we have been isolated by the entire Europe! We cannot resist the attack of the entire Europe, Consul Let me take these two letters and rush to the east. He has written the cause and effect of the incident clearly in his letter to you. As for the other letter, it is a letter of distress for you to forward to the Ming Emperor!"

Catherine did not dare to waste time. She knew that Venice had no time. If the whole of Europe besieged Venice, Venice would not be able to hold on for long without the Ming Dynasty's artillery and shells. But the problem was that once these shells were used up, they would not be able to hold on. .

If you want to ask for the support of the Ming Dynasty, given Cheng Shijie's temper and character, it may be difficult to persuade him to send troops to help Venice. If you cannot get the help of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that Venice will really be exterminated.

"Please, let me in, I'm Catherine, you know me!"

Catherine thought that it was not easy to see Cheng Shijie. Only if Cheng Shijie was willing to see her could she see Cheng Shijie. If Cheng Shijie was not willing, it would be difficult for her to see him.

"It's not that I won't let you see him. Our king is taking a bath right now. We can't let him..."

Catherine played a trick and said behind the guard: "Alas, Your Majesty the Emperor..."

The guards did not dare to look up and stood at attention subconsciously. Then Catherine broke through the first perimeter of guards and ran towards the inside.

The guards were definitely going to stop her, but the problem was that Catherine just pushed her chest forward. Those guards knew that the relationship between Cheng Shijie and Catherine seemed unusual, so they didn't dare to take action.

Under the threat of death, Catherine broke through the siege of the guards one after another.

The guard was also anxious: "I can't deal with her even with the fishing net!"

In fact, if these guards really take action, they can subdue Catherine in an instant, because Cheng Shijie is watching the joke not far away.

Receiving secret instructions from Cheng Shijie, these guards played hawk-catching chickens with Catherine, which alarmed the entire palace. Seeing that she could not see Cheng Shijie, Catherine was so anxious that she collapsed instantly and sat directly on the ground, howling loudly. cry.

"I'm sorry, what's going on?"

Cheng Shijie has known Catherine for so many years, but he knows very well how powerful this foreign girl is. When watching the four-inch cannon, his fingers were squeezed by the cannonballs, and the fingernails fell off. You must know that this is ten fingers connected to the heart, and the pain is unbearable. Even men find it difficult to remain calm.

However, Catherine did not cry at that time. In order to comfort Cheng Jiayue, she angered the giant panda and was slapped by the giant panda and sent her spinning in circles, but she did not cry either...

But now, Catherine is crying very sadly...

Cheng Shijie had no choice but to appear, holding a tissue and saying: "Wipe it, see if the mucus is coming out of your nose, it's so disgusting..."

Catherine said as if changing her face: "I don't use this method, will you come forward?"

"Did you see me?"

"I saw the reflection of the glass, and I knew you had to observe in secret, on purpose!"

Catherine followed Cheng Shijie to the study. She said straight to the point: "Now the whole of Europe is besieging Venice. Our doom is coming. No one is willing to save us. I can only count on you! You...can you save us? Please It's gone!"     Cheng Shijie pretended not to know, and after asking about the ins and outs of the matter, he frowned and said, "Things are difficult to handle... Europe is too far away from us, and it is difficult for me to persuade the cabinet to send troops to fight for a country thousands of miles away. Fighting in the city-state of Venice outside!"

Catherine's voice choked up: "I know all this, but we really have no choice. The whole of Europe is besieging us. We can't find even one ally willing to help us. We can only ask you! As long as we can win this Let our city-state survive the war, and we are willing to give you all the gold in the city-state as reward!"

"How much gold do you still have in your treasury?"

When Cheng Shijie traded with Venice, he only accepted gold and silver. Catherine took out more than five million ducats one after another. You must know that Venice only mints a few hundred thousand ducats every year. These gold coins have been used by Venice for decades. accumulation.

"There really aren't many left! The fallen soldiers need to be compensated, and we also need to build warships and buy artillery and artillery shells!"

Catherine said with red eyes: "Please, no one can help us except you!"

Cheng Shijie turned his back and didn't look at Catherine.

In fact, as Catherine said, the current Ming Dynasty has strength and ability, but the question is, why should it help Venice? Fighting a war with Ming Dynasty that is destined to have no interests?

Catherine began to undress, her clothes falling off one by one until nothing was left.

When Cheng Shijie turned around: "Damn it, what are you doing?"

"We can't give you anything valuable now to reward Ming!"

Catherine said bluntly: "We can make a deal, I will have a child with you, of course a boy or a girl, we cannot decide until a boy is born, our son, who can become the King of Crete!"

"King of Crete?"

Catherine said: "Crete is the largest island in Greece. It is located at the southern tip of Greece. It is the largest island in the Aegean Sea. It has an excellent port and majestic mountains. The scenery is very beautiful. It is only three hundred meters away from the African continent. Kilometers, it is the transportation hub of the Mediterranean Sea and its strategic position is extremely important!”

Cheng Shijie naturally knew Crete. It was one of the birthplaces of Greek civilization and had extremely ancient palaces and sculptures. Byzantium once regarded it as the jewel in its crown.

Catherine said: "Crete was sold to us Venetians by the Byzantines more than 400 years ago. We loved this treasure land very much and worked vigorously on it. After 400 years of development, we finally turned it into The most prosperous overseas territory of the Venetian city-state!"

If Crete is the jewel in the Byzantine crown, then Candia is the crown of the Venetian city-state. It is precisely because of this crown that the Venetian career is so glorious.

"Put your clothes on first!"

Cheng Shijie hurriedly took the clothes and threw them directly to Catherine.

Catherine pushed the clothes from Cheng Shijie's hands: "Unless you promise me first!"

"I…………"

It is naturally impossible for Cheng Shijie to agree to Catherine's request. Personal feelings are personal feelings, but national interests are national interests and there is absolutely no way they can be confused together.

While Catherine and Cheng Shijie were fighting, Xiang Hui's voice came from behind: "It seems that I came at the wrong time!"

Xiang Hui looked at Cheng Shijie and sneered.

Cheng Shijie said: "It's really not what you think!"

"What do I think?"

Catherine knew that Cheng Shijie was afraid of his wife. To be precise, he should be afraid of Xiang Hui. Now it was over before she even started.

Catherine hurriedly caught up with Cheng Shijie and said, "If you are unwilling to send troops, please sell us some artillery shells. Without these powerful artillery shells, we will be completely finished!"

The artillery shells Cheng Shijie sold to Catherine were sulfur incendiary bombs, and they were the first-generation elementary version. More than three hundred artillery pieces were sold in succession. Of course, these artillery pieces were not equipped by the Ming Dynasty, but were front-loading smoothbore cannons. I understand it as a kicking artifact made by those talented people in later generations.

The only difference is that it is larger, has a shorter range, and is less powerful, the Fire Dragon Izuku, which is the primary version of the rocket launcher. In order to cope with orders from Venice, Cheng Shijie had to maintain this small factory. Only artillery and shells could achieve a trade volume of two to three hundred thousand ducats every year.

Even though it is an elementary version of cannonballs, those battleships with a displacement of thousands of tons will basically be destroyed after two shots. If you use water to extinguish the fire, it will only burn more intensely.

Both types of cannonballs require a strong chemical foundation to produce, and these are not possessed by the city-state of Venice, so of course they cannot produce them.

So when Siegfried fought his way through Africa and went straight to Asia, he also brought 1.2 million gold coins for Catherine to use as funds. The consul asked her to use the funds to buy as many cannonballs as possible. Don't keep a single gold coin.

She also knew the Ming Dynasty's difficulties and had no hope that the Ming Dynasty would directly send troops to support them. She only hoped to buy more cannonballs. ,

"There is no problem with the fire dragon coming out of the water. I can sell you 8,000 pieces!"

Cheng Shijie said: "Actually, I have a solution to the problem. I wonder if you are willing to buy it!"

"What plan?"

"The solution to Venice's problem!"

Cheng Shijie smiled lightly and said: "You are not allowed to attack Venice for at least five years. You can get at least five years of peaceful development."

"Is there still such a plan?"

Catherine was in disbelief.

"Yes, as long as you are willing to pay!"

Cheng Shijie said: "One price, no counter-offers, two hundred thousand ducats per year!"

"Two hundred thousand? Deal!"

Cheng Shijie directly ordered: "Pass the king's decree and ask representatives of Gallic Chicken and John Bull to come over... Forget it, I will not see them and send someone to tell them to stop attacking Venice from now on. Venice is the Ming Dynasty’s best ally, and anyone who attacks Venice will be regarded as an attack on the Ming Dynasty, and let them think about the consequences!”

"finished"

"It's over!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said, "You can do it and wait for the results!"

"If they don't obey..."

Cheng Shijie said: "Why don't they listen? There are now more than 200 warships of our Ming Dynasty in the Mediterranean Sea, ready to go into battle at any time!" (End of Chapter)