When Dutch envoy William was eager to visit His Royal Highness of the Chinese Crown Prince in Rumanet, he had no idea that the prince was still on the road and on the sea. On the sea thousands of miles away from the Red Sea, a huge fleet was sailing on the sea.

In this vast fleet, in addition to the Ming-style fast cruisers and schooners, there were more than a dozen Spanish-style large sailboats. These ships included soldiers, merchants, and civilians. Standing on his deck, they would always turn their eyes around and turn to the Ming-style merchant ships.

That's it?

Even twenty days after driving out of Manila, Diego de Salquedo, the former governor of the Philippines, was still a little dazed and ended like this?

Twenty days ago, at the decision of the king's special envoy, Earl Gaspar, he handed over Manila and the Philippine colonies to the Chinese, and at the same time withdrew from Manila.

Why did this decision be made?

"I have signed a treaty with the Chinese!"

"This is for Spain's benefit!"

"Diego, you are just the governor of the Philippines now, but do you want to be the governor of Jerusalem? By then, the whole world will know that you, Diego de Salquedo, is the governor of the Holy Land, and the first governor of Jerusalem, and the whole of Madrid will be crazy for you!"

Once again, the persuasion of the little Earl Gaspar appeared in Diego de Salquedo's mind. Faced with the temptation of "the first governor of Jerusalem", he was moved.

Diego de Salquedo is a believer. He also longs for fame and honor, especially when his family is just a small family in decline, he is even more eager to gain fame. The Philippine Governor will not bring him any reputation, nor will he even bring him much wealth. After all, the Philippines is declining day by day, and even the sailing routes are increasingly declining because the Chinese have opened up the Pacific Ocean, and they have even reached an unsustainable situation.

Perhaps, he will be the last governor of the Philippines.

In fact, long before the Earl persuaded him, Salquedo had already had such a thought that Spain would give up on the Philippines, it was only a matter of time.

Now... although it is a little earlier, it can be exchanged for Jerusalem!

Jerusalem!

That's a holy place!

Not to mention that he was moved, even the missionaries of the Jesuits expressed their agreement to regain the holy land! Is there anything more important in this world than this?

After all, Europeans have lost Jerusalem for five hundred years!

If Jerusalem can be recovered, both missionaries and officials will have the opportunity to be remembered in history. Missions may be able to be sacred, and officials will naturally become heroes in Europe!

And what about the conditions?

It's just giving up on the Philippines... It's simply not worth mentioning. What the hell is the Philippines? It can compare to a holy place.

What is Jerusalem?

It's everything!

But the question is, can Jerusalem be recaptured with one thousand soldiers from the Philippines?

Surely not, the only thing they can rely on is the Chinese!

"I hope the Chinese will keep their promises!"

While Diego de Salkoy was praying in his heart, on another ship, the little Earl Gaspar was excited to discuss the plan to "recover Jerusalem" with Zhu Heyu, the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

That's right, it's "recovery".

Jerusalem is the holy land of the world of Christ, occupied by the Tianfang believers, and it belongs to Christians. So of course it was regained, at least for the little Earl of Gaspar, but for Zhu Heyu, he didn't care whether it was "recovery" or "occupied".

What is the most important thing?

Of course it is a benefit! There has always been only interests between countries. The Ming Dynasty exchanged Damascus province, including Jerusalem, for the Philippines and North American plains, and even a large area of ​​land such as the Isthmus of Panama. For the Ming Dynasty, it was equivalent to exchanging sand for gold, but even so, these Spaniards still thought it was a "very good deal" business, religion... indeed, it was not a good thing.

"...After your army landed, they launched an attack on the north. After capturing Gaza, they launched an attack on Jerusalem and continued northward until Istanbul..."

Once again, the Earl of Gaspar introduced his plan to the noble His Highness in front of him. Along the way, he had already come up with no less than twenty combat plans, all of which were centered around a core to seize Jerusalem.

Does Little Earl Gaspar understand military affairs?

Understand a little!

But why are you so concerned?

The reason is simple. He was for the title of "Liberator of Jerusalem". Perhaps he led not many Spanish troops, only more than a thousand Spanish soldiers under the command of the Philippine Governor, but this did not prevent him from becoming "Liberator of Jerusalem". As long as the plan was formulated by him, it would be fine. Even if the Chinese did not adopt his plan in the end, it would not matter. The Chinese implemented it under his influence in the process of regaining Jerusalem. He was the veritable "Liberator of Jerusalem".

With this title, his family will be the most prestigious family in Spain in the next few hundred years, and he will also become the pride of the whole of Madrid and will be deeply welcomed by the noble ladies of Madrid. Well, this is the most important thing.

But unfortunately, His Royal Highness Zhu Heyu, the Crown Prince, was not interested in his plan at all. Compared to how to recover Jerusalem, he was more concerned about other things.

"Earl, you know, in recent days, there are a lot of soldiers on the ship talking about setting up garrisons in Anatolia and Baghdad in the future, and many of them seem to be very conflicted."

Zhu Heyu smiled and changed the topic.

"Hmm? Why is this?"

"Because the Ming Dynasty's military households had honor fields and family members in China. If they set up guards here, it would mean that they would abandon their hometown's family business and would be hard to leave their hometown!"

After sighing for a long time, Zhu Heyu smiled again.

"But they hope to set up a guard here, and many people even long for it."

"This... Your Highness, why are they so conflicted?"

Little Earl Gaspar asked in confusion, and now he had forgotten his previous combat plan.

"In the Ming Dynasty, young people in the Ming Dynasty often have two major hobbies, football and jackass!"

The Crown Prince's answer made the little Earl Gaspar stunned. What?

Football and Orchids?

What kind of hobby is Orchid?

"In Nanjing, in many brothels and taverns in the Ming Dynasty, the curly golden hair and brown hair from all over the country are like waves, which have a different style than the black straight hair of the Han people. As their dancing sways, there are countless Ming men's hearts. When the beards look up at them with their big green eyes as green as lake water, many people will write poems such as "Jade Jiongjiu's eyes, golden fists and red temples" to praise them..."

Zhu Heyu, who had slightly closed his eyes, seemed to be sighing at Hu Ji's softness. In fact, there were also foreign Hu Ji in his palace in the East Palace. However, the sudden action of the prince's prince driving made Little Earl Gaspal a little at a loss.

"This, this, Tianfang women are indeed unique."

"Indeed, otherwise the officers and soldiers would not yearn for it, so they would be a little confused. It would be difficult to deal with whether to return to China or stay here!"

What is really difficult to deal with?

There was Hu Ji's temptation. For Zhu Heyu, what he was concerned about was how the Ming Dynasty would rule Turkey's huge territory in the future, how to establish effective rule here, establish garrisons, and military immigration, which were undoubtedly the most effective way, but how many soldiers were willing to stay here?

All of this is still unknown. What should we use to keep those soldiers here? Land? Most of them are military families. They have a land that they can inherit in the Ming Dynasty. They use land to tempt them. Let them leave their hometowns and leave the Ming Dynasty. This is obviously unrealistic.

Use oriole?

For them, leaving their hometowns for a few gurus is also not realistic. After all, they only need to spend dozens of taels of silver to buy one in China.

For those military children, there is no temptation, whether it is land or Hu Ji. The reason why they rush to participate in this war is nothing more than the honor they receive in the war.

Compared with their parents, honor is the most important thing for young military children. After all, they grew up in a different environment. Compared with their parents who have experienced hunger and suffering, they have never experienced hunger and suffering, and they even live an extremely wealthy life. After all, the land of military families is enough to allow them to live a wealthy life.

It is precisely for this reason that what they pursue has changed. What the children of military households are longing for is military merit and honor.

Let those people stay in Türkiye? Are they willing to stay in Türkiye?

For them, there was no temptation to the land, and Hu Ji didn't have any temptation to do so. In this way, wouldn't it mean that after the war ended, they would leave Türkiye and return to their country?

As the saying goes, if one is not a clan, his heart will be different. If there are not enough wise people here, then even if the Ming Dynasty seized this land, it would be meaningless. Sooner or later, I will give up here.

People are the most fundamental basis for ruling this land. Only when there is enough Ming manpower on that land, can the Ming Dynasty rule that land forever, and there is no other way.

Do you force them to stay here? As the saying goes, forced melons are not sweet. If they are unwilling to stay there willingly, sooner or later, they will try their best to leave there.

No, I have to think of a way.

Of course, the little Earl Gaspar didn't know what the crown prince was thinking. He said wisely as he listened to the meaning of the crown prince's words.

"Your Highness, the beauty of Turkish women in Europe is well known."

"Um?"

Zhu Heyu looked at Little Earl Gaspar in confusion.

"I think your officers and soldiers will definitely enjoy their days in Turkey, after all, they are the occupiers."

Finally, Zhu Heyu understood what he meant and laughed.

"That's right, but that's their business. Earl, during the Ming Dynasty, I once heard a saying, "Once greening, greening forever", and the only exception is Spain, right?"

"certainly!"

Little Earl Gaspar said proudly.

"In the world, Spain is the exception. Two-thirds of our land was once ruled by the Moors for hundreds of years. They forced our people to change their faith. Many people have forgotten God for a long time. They even regarded themselves as Moors, at least as part of the Moors. But after we regained our land, it took us a full 100 years to finally change all this."

Although the little Count Gaspar did not use much language to describe the process, Zhu Heyu could still understand the difficulties. After all, he had contacted those Lulu. They all regarded faith as being higher than anything else. It is precisely because of this that even the Ming Dynasty still prohibited Lulu from going to sea to prevent them from colluding with the so-called Tianfang people.

But in this case, the Spaniards can make many people change their beliefs. This is indeed not easy.

"Then what method are you using?"

Zhu Heyu asked with a smile.

"The solution is very simple. For heresies who are unwilling to change their faith, there are laws to punish them. For those who have changed on the surface but have not actually changed, there are Inquisitions to judge them."

What is behind a seemingly simple sentence? Everyone knows it very well. But Zhu Heyu did not rub it. After all, some things were indeed a last resort.

"Do you think this is our cruelty?"

He noticed that His Highness the Crown Prince did not speak. Little Earl Gaspar asked back.

"I can tell Your Highness very responsibly that we have only done what the Moors have done once. When they occupied Spain, their cruelty was far beyond the imagination of human beings. Compared to them, we were merciful."

Fearing that this highness did not have a clear understanding of those people, the little Earl Gaspar said again.

"Just like the southern Europe under Turkey's rule, in the Balkans, in Greece, in Armenia, the sins they committed were equally unimaginable, the Turks massacred the people there, snatched their children, and forced them to change their faith..."

Listening to the little Earl Gaspar there telling the crimes committed by the Turks. Zhu Heyu didn't say anything, but just looked at him with a smile. For a moment, anyone would think that these Spanish people were pure like angels, but what about it?

The crimes they committed during the colonization of America and the Philippines were probably no less than those of the Turks.

Of course there is no need to expose him. After all, Spain is an ally of the Ming Dynasty. When they deal with Daming, they were pure like angels. Otherwise, how could they give up such a large area of ​​land?

It was not until the little Earl Gaspar's words fell that Zhu Heyu spoke seriously.

"It is precisely because of these sins they have committed, for the sake of human justice and for the peace of the world! We have to completely erase this country from the world. This is the purpose of our troops!"
Chapter completed!