Chapter 1286: The new crown
After Sir Andres said this, his face was filled with sorrow.
The Governor's Office was in a mess, and it would not take long for the angry soldiers and rioters to come here. The envoys and nobles of various countries had already escaped.
And I have nowhere to go.
Sir Andres said to his followers: "A chaotic or new era will begin. What awaits us is either a long night or a rising dawn, but all this means nothing to me. This is my end. Please bring my last advice to tell His Highness the King. At this moment, we must unite the French strongly and no longer confront the French. Only by forming them can we ensure that in the future, the rebellion of the Northern Province is quelled. If the Northern Province is allowed to be occupied by the rebels, then sooner or later, this place will become the birthplace of the plague."
The entourage was confused and did not understand the meaning of Sir Andres' words at all, but at this moment, he was obviously unwilling to continue to stay because there were already angry voices coming from outside, and the only few guards seemed to have conflicts with the rioters outside.
The followers didn't even look at Sir Andres, and then they hurriedly pressed their swords and disappeared.
Sir Andres looked at the direction the entourage was heading and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He knew that his entourage would not tell him.
Before coming to the Northern Province, he was just a nobleman who was like everyone else, who was devoted to attending palace salons and queuing, and occasionally jealous of women, but when he was entrusted with important tasks during the Northern Province, he truly realized that there was such a game in the world.
And now... he got enlightened.
It’s a pity that the game has ended and the winner has been decided.
The reason why he believed that Spain had to enter into an alliance with France at this time was naturally to ensure that the northern province was still in the hands of Habsburg and the rebellion must be eliminated.
Unfortunately, the Northern Province is close to France and is adjacent to the northern German states in the Holy Roman Empire.
France has been competing with Habsburg for European hegemony. Just over a decade ago, the Spanish army defeated the French army, so that the French had to choose to make peace with the Ottoman Empire. The two sides were tense and had the same situation. Even if they united this time, it would be temporary.
The French were obviously happy to see that Habsburg lost control of the northern provinces, after all, they were optimistic about anything that weakened the strength of the Habsburg family.
As for the German states, although they nominally surrendered to the Spanish king who was crowned the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, in fact, the emperor had limited control over them. These princes had always disobeyed the emperor's power. They were even afraid of the expansion of the emperor's power. The northern province next to them, the territory of the Habsburg family, had always made them restless.
And once the rebels get their condonation, the consequences... may be even worse.
At this moment, a large number of rioters rushed into the city hall in anger.
They hold all kinds of weapons.
Sir Andres stood straight until a rioter stepped forward and knocked him over to the ground with one punch: "He is a Spanish!"
He grinned in pain, but he didn't even have room to resist, and the rioters punched him again.
The rioters were also excited by the words "Spanish" and rushed towards him one after another.
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The fleet slowly followed the waves.
At this time, on the ship headed with the Portuguese flag, Liu Jin and Wang Xi both raised their eyebrows and showed joy.
Liu Wenshan looked down at the book. In fact, only God knows how much success this time was, because no one had time to count. All the gold coins and silver dollars were loaded on the ship in a hurry, and then ships were pulled out of the outer sea. On the outer sea, the Ming fleet was supported by the Ming Dynasty.
But there was no joy on Liu Wenshan's face.
Before coming, he worked hard to learn Franji's language with Wang Xizuo.
After that, at other times, he would read some books about Franchise. The entire Franchise obviously has different traditions. This is a brand new civilization, and there are too many complicated things on this continent.
China has long regarded itself as a country in the Celestial Empire and regards its countries as barbarians, but it is not so arrogant in its new study.
It pays more attention to pragmatism, and in terms of external affairs, it follows more of the system of knowing oneself and being an enemy.
What Liu Wenshan is reading now is a French knight. He read it all night, and then he looked up at the joyful Liu Jin and Wang Xizhu.
Liu Wenshan closed his eyes and opened them immediately. His eyes fell on Wang Xizuo and he couldn't help but sigh.
"Wang Xizhu."
"exist."
Liu Wenshan looked at him very seriously and asked word by word: "Have you ever thought about your future?"
"Future?" Wang Xi was wandering, and he looked at Liu Wenshan in confusion.
Liu Wenshan smiled and said, "It means, how will you live this life."
"I returned to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, I would own a lot of land and a lot of wives and concubines. I think I would get a good official position and I would have more children..."
Speaking of this, Wang Xizuo's eyes shone with a look of yearning.
Liu Wenshan shook his head: "No, you can get more."
Wang Xizuo looked at Liu Wenshan in surprise.
Liu Wenshan took a sip of white water and stared at Wang Xizuo with a smile.
"What do you think will happen in the Northern Province?"
"There will be a huge rebellion, and even this rebellion will have a risk of spreading."
"What's next?" Liu Wenshan instructed slowly.
Wang Xizuo thought about it carefully before blurting out the analysis.
"I think that next they will elect a new king, independent of the Spanish rule, and the Northern Province has been unfriendly to their Spanish kings before that, this time, a fuse. Or, they will become a republic like Venice or Geana."
Liu Wenshan clicked and continued to ask, "What's next?"
then……
Wang Xizuo was stunned. He could no longer continue to imagine. His eyes looking at Liu Wenshan were full of confusion.
Liu Wenshan's lips slightly outlined a curve and said lightly: "Then, I'll tell you, then, this new country will collapse soon. No matter who they elected, the people of the Northern Province may cheer him now. But you have to understand that the reason why people choose the new king is that they think that the new king can improve their situation, but in fact, it won't, because everyone's wealth has almost disappeared."
"Countless people will be burdened with debts. Most people will sell their property at a low price in order to compensate for their debts. But in fact, no one is willing to buy their property because there are no more gold and silver coins on the market, which will lead to a rise in gold and silver prices. The entire business has been uprooted. The soldiers there will continue to owe pay. The merchants there are desperately selling goods, but no one cares about them. The nobles and their real estate are now worthless... This new king will not take long to be knocked to the ground by those who once supported them. Then, the chaos will continue to begin, right?"
Wang Xizuo thought for a while and nodded.
There is nothing wrong.
The entire northern province has been completely drained, and the once prosperous land has now become a source of chaos.
This is not something that can be solved by a new king at all.
Seeing that Wang Xizuo had already understood what he said, Liu Wenshan continued to mention it.
"So at this time, you should go back to the northern province."
"Ah..." Wang Xizuo looked at Liu Wenshan in surprise, as if he didn't understand what it meant at all.
The source of chaos, what did he do?
Liu Wenshan smiled at him.
"In the current northern province, even the entire Franchise, whoever owns gold and silver is the master of the northern province."
Wang Xizuo was startled: "This...this...this...Mr. Liu, what will happen if I go, if someone sees it out?"
"It is to be seen through." Liu Wenshan said with a smile: "For the rebels in the Northern Province, what they need most now is to solve the current crisis, but who can solve this crisis? Whoever has the money and can stabilize the market is in the interests of the vast majority of people, so they are too lazy to care about it. What is the identity of the person who saves them?"
"Besides, after the rebellion, aren't you worried that the Spanish would quell the rebellion? At this time, if you claimed that you were ordered to leave, the Duke of Qi of the Ming Dynasty gave mercy to the common people of the Northern Province, I defeated the Spanish army not long ago, and someone had known this news in Franji. If your appearance at this time was enough to make the rebels think that they had a backer. Although the Ming and Franji were far away, these rebels were temporarily mobs. How could they not be afraid of the Spanish? Your appearance just catered to their needs for safety."
Liu Wenshan looked at the surprised Wang Xizuo, paused for a while, and then analyzed carefully and carefully.
"As long as these two problems are solved, will there be some people who have time to worry about your identity? At present, the only thing you do is to arrive there and control the rebels, and immediately make friends with the French. Now the French are in a hurry, and I am afraid they won't care about you. As for the Spanish, they are not able to protect themselves for the time being. Without years of hard work, they may not be able to recover. At that time, if you can gain a foothold in the northern province, the Duke of Qi will send a fleet to cooperate with you inside and outside."
Chapter completed!