Although Portugal does not control the Kingdom of Navarre in the current Imbian Peninsula, it does not prevent it from being the overlord of the Imbian Peninsula.
After all, the Kingdom of Navarre is only a small area by the sea in the northwest of the Imbilia Peninsula and cannot affect the entire Imbilia Peninsula.
The Kingdom of Navarre, apart from its enmity with the Kingdom of Castile, does not have many grievances with the other three countries, and the restoration of Navarre cannot be separated from the support of Portugal.
As a small country, the Kingdom of Navarre, from the royal family of Orleans to the citizens, is very self-aware and does not have any ambitions for hegemony. It still cherishes the present very much. They are pro-French, but they are not yet pro-French.
France challenged Portugal's hegemony on the Imbian Peninsula.
At present, France and Portugal have recognized their respective spheres of influence. The Kingdom of Navarre belongs to France, and the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Andalusia belong to Portugal.
France and Portugal have also completed the division of spheres of influence in all border areas around the world. There is not much conflict of interest. On the contrary, the two sides are very complementary.
Although France is currently forced to form an Allied Alliance with Britain due to the threat from the Allies, it has not forgotten to be on guard against Britain.
As an emerging power, Portugal has a bad relationship with the United Kingdom, but has good political, economic and diplomatic relations with France. This is equivalent to having an additional assistant to contain the United Kingdom.
At present, Portugal is the unquestionable hegemon in the Imbian Peninsula, and no one from other countries challenges it.
Although the Kingdom of Castile, which emerged after the collapse of Spain, has been striving for revival and actively expanding its diplomacy, it hopes to receive support from the great powers to fight against the increasing oppression of Portugal.
But this world is real, and all colonies have been lost. Although there are two seaports in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean, Murcia and Cantabria, to communicate with the world, its value no longer exists.
The world powers knew very well that the fate of the Kingdom of Castile was completely in Portugal's hands.
Murcia and Cantabria are now autonomous regions, and Portugal has invested a lot here and excludes other powers from intervening in these two areas.
If the Kingdom of Castile really wanted to do something to threaten Portugal, the Imbilia Peninsula would probably have two more small countries.
The Kingdom of Castile is surrounded by hostile countries and has no room to resist Portugal.
As the controller of the Portuguese Empire, Pedro III did not completely attack Castile, his enemy.
Instead, they began to support their industrial and agricultural economic development.
If a region is impoverished, refugees will appear. Tangning Pedro knows the dangers of refugees.
Castile has a population of nearly 9 million. If the economy collapses, the refugees will be the first to hit the surrounding countries of the Imbian Peninsula.
For these refugees, Portugal can't kill them hard and get rid of them completely. This will affect the country's image too much.
Rather than turning the Kingdom of Castile into a mine, it would be better to turn it into a pool of blood to provide nutrition to Portugal.
The industrial and agricultural development of the Kingdom of Castile today is better than that of the Spanish period. This situation occurs because it is advancing according to the blueprint planned by Portugal with the injection of capital from Portugal.
Today, the Kingdom of Castile's industries are mainly wool spinning, mining, primary metallurgy, and civilian shipbuilding, and its agriculture is mainly livestock farms and large farms.
Although the Kingdom of Castile is prospering in industrial and agricultural development, their national capital has suffered a major blow. Nowadays, the most active people are Portuguese compradors, whose wealth and life depend on Portugal.
Facing the naked infiltration of Portugal, the Kingdom of Castile began to slowly accept the reality after seeking foreign aid to no avail.
After all, if they were obediently controlled by Portugal, their upper class would still have vested interests, and they would have no worries about food, clothing, and wealth, while the lower class would only suffer.
Because the state machinery is weak and the existence of large landowners cannot be suppressed, a large number of farmers have gone bankrupt in the Kingdom of Castilla, and slums have begun to appear in cities.
The emergence of slums also means the existence of a large amount of cheap labor. Comprador enterprises are thriving. Even Portugal has received a large amount of cheap labor.
The cheap labor from the Kingdom of Castile is much cheaper than the labor from Andalusia and Aragon in the Imbian League.
At the beginning, due to the existence of the Labor Protection Law of the Imbilia League, it was difficult for cheap Castilian labor to enter the Portuguese market.
The Imbian Union Labor Security Law stipulates that migrant workers in Portugal will be given priority in Imbian Union countries and will have equal wages with local workers. Migrant workers from other countries must be registered. Violators will be subject to heavy fines or even closure.
enterprise.
The existence of the Labor Protection Law of the Union of Imbilia has dealt a blow to migrant workers. However, with the economic development of the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Andalusia, the number of migrant workers in Portugal began to decrease, and Portugal also began to relax restrictions on migrant workers.
Today in Portugal, labor dispatch agencies, also known as intermediaries, are popular.
Migrant workers can find jobs in the Portuguese market through qualified intermediaries with legal and compliant labor dispatch agencies.
Portuguese labor dispatch agencies are not benign institutions. Although state-owned enterprises do not operate them, recognized private agencies must be audited, pay high taxes, and are subject to government review from time to time.
Since February 22, 1913, Portugal has promulgated the "Equal Pay for Migrant Workers for Equal Work Law". From now on, when foreign workers come to the vineyard, except that they cannot enjoy Portuguese national welfare and insurance premiums, they will be paid the same as local citizens.
The "Equal Pay for Migrant Workers for Equal Work" law seems to care for migrant workers, but in fact it is all a superficial trick.
Because of the existence of labor dispatch agencies, migrant workers are charged a commission, and this commission is stipulated to be a maximum of 45. The government levies a uniform tax on labor dispatch agencies of 50.
If the Portuguese government was not afraid that what labor dispatch would do would be really ugly and discredit Portugal, then the labor dispatch agency would take more than half of the commission, or even more.
The Kingdom of Castile, as a member of the non-Imbian League, is now very restricted on the Imbian Peninsula. More and more Castilians are asking the government to join the Imbian League.
The Imbilia Alliance is a highly circulated alliance of countries, which was formed by Tangning Pedro based on the later European Union, Schengen, and NATO.
The Imbilia League consists of the Portuguese Empire, the Kingdom of Aragon, the Kingdom of Andalusia, and the Kingdom of Navana.
The Kingdom of Navarre actually only signed the "Imbrian Military Alliance", and in fact it can only be said to be a member of the Pan-Imbrian Alliance.
A total of nine treaties had to be signed for the true Imbilia Alliance.
The Portuguese Empire, the Kingdom of Aragon, and the Kingdom of Andalusia, all of the true Imbian Alliance countries, have signed the Imbian Military Alliance, the Imbian Border Integration Regulations, the Imbian Free Movement Agreement of Citizens, and the Imbian Customs Integration Union. , "Yumbia Unified Market Agreement, "Yumbia Unified Legal Organization, "Yumbia Monetary Union..."
This chapter has been completed!