1667.

It is undoubtedly an extremely important year in world history, especially for Europe. In the summer of this year, the Ottoman Empire, which once seemed arrogant and had the power to swallow Europe, was hit hard one after another under the attack of the Ming Dynasty.

This is simply unimaginable for Europe, which has been constantly threatened by Ottomans for the past two hundred years!

It was in this situation that the Europeans once again truly felt the threat from the Ming Dynasty.

For the Netherlands, which was fighting against England, the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, they felt the most profound about the threat of the Ming Dynasty. After the outbreak of the war, the Dutch navy not only suffered consecutive setbacks. In the face of the Ming Dynasty, they could only stop attacking the English merchant ships. The Ming Empire clearly notified the Netherlands that any attack on the Ming merchant ships would be regarded as an attack on the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty would regard it as an act of war!

But the problem is that in order to protect themselves, the English merchant ships hung the Ming flag, so that even though the Dutch Navy knew it was an English ship, they could only let it leave. But what about the Dutch merchant ships? They had to face the attacks of the English Navy as soon as they went out to sea.

The war even burned to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. For example, in New Amsterdam, the English swept away the Dutch's power in New Amsterdam and other places. Even if the Netherlands could still send an expeditionary fleet, they would not be able to retake their fleet.

Even the English fleets appeared in Asia. The English squadron, based on the ports of the Ming vassal states, had carried out multiple shellings on Batavia. A large number of merchant ships were captured by the so-called "armed merchant ships". Heavenly Father can prove that those armed merchant ships in England were all China. Under such a blow, the Netherlands' colonies on Java Island and other places became the hands of the Celestial Empire...

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty did not even do it by itself. It just relied on the horse-boy in England to beat the Netherlands very hard.

Not to mention the Netherlands, even France became fragmented under the strategy of the Ming Dynasty. The great nobles represented by Confucius successively accepted the enthronement of the Ming Dynasty. With the support of the Ming Dynasty, they separatist areas and fought against Paris.

Whether it is the Netherlands or France, it is not enough to fight against the threat from the Celestial Empire.

As the two republics of Venice and Genoa surrendered to the Ming Dynasty one after another, and even invited the princes of the Ming Dynasty to serve as their king, this further increased Louis XIV's worries - the threat of the Ming Dynasty was imminent.

So after learning that the Netherlands suffered a crushing defeat at sea, Louis XIV proposed an alliance to him, which was something that the Dutch Grand Parliament could not refuse, nor would it refuse!

If you reject this strong aid, you don’t know whether the Netherlands can still exist.

In fact, after the group of "Two-Five" from Condor, and with the support of the Ming Dynasty, Louis XIV has been holding high the banner of "Ming Dynasty's threat theory" in Europe, but it's just a talk.

After all, the trade between France and the Ming Dynasty still needs to continue!

Because the distance between the two sides is too far from the means of transportation in the 17th world. Therefore, no one has the power to send a large-scale expeditionary force to the other party's homeland, so there is no possibility of destroying the other party's civilization. Even the confrontation between Christian civilization and the Celestial civilization is actually just a long-term competition.

Therefore, in Louis XIV's view, the confrontation and competition between the two sides will be long-term. In this process, France can not only make profits through trade, but also learn from the Celestial Empire and master Eastern technology.

All of this, including Zheng Sen, are well aware of all this.

However, they have never turned a blind eye to what Louis XIV calls the "Ming Dynasty threat theory".

As for the Ming Empire... how could he care about the howling of this European coyote in France?

But it was just a few barking sounds.

Moreover, France's barking was just Louis XIV's self-entertainment. His grand plan to "defend Christian civilization" was not recognized by the entire Christian civilization.

Even with the continental powers of this era, Spain, under the temptation of Jerusalem, had already compromised like the Ming Dynasty, and even joined the ranks of the Ming Dynasty and divided the Ottoman Empire together.

The Spanish got Jerusalem and Damascus. What did France get?

France saw the threat!

Louis XIV, who was in the Palace of Verse, looked at the not yet fully built palace in front of him and said in an extremely serious tone.

"The Chinese threat to Europe will be the biggest threat since the Ottomans, even far exceeding the Ottomans. When the Ottomans invade, the entire Christ world will stand up to resist them, but what about after the Chinese come to Europe?"

He paused, and he said again.

"Everyone wishes to surrender immediately to the Chinese emperor and exchange their dignity for China's favor, just like Confucius and others, the Heavenly Father can testify that if we allow all this to develop, soon, we will have to face a reality. Of course, when we realize the threat of the Chinese, Europe has become their Europe, and the kings of those countries will become all Chinese, just like Genoa, like Venice..."

Perhaps, France has not yet become the most powerful country in Europe, and with the division of great nobles such as Condor, France's decline has been led to. However, it is undeniable that Louis XIV, as the king, realized the threat of China earlier than others.

Pierre Segieu, as Chief Minister, is certainly very clear about this.

"Your Majesty, although the threat from the Chinese is imminent, if we are involved in this war and form an alliance with the Ottomans, we may be criticized by European countries."

In order to fight against the Chinese, Louis XIV not only decided to form an alliance with the Dutch, but even the Ottomans became his ally. Religion has never been important, but the country is the most important.

"The enemy is a friend. When the Ottomans perish, the next one is Europe, the entire Christ world. Now we support the Ottomans to resist the Chinese, just for the safety of Europe and for ourselves!"

After saying this, Louis XIV said to Pierre Segiere.

"Is the Turkish ambassador here? When he comes to the court, he tells him that we will become their most determined allies and let them kill each other with the Chinese. Perhaps this is the grace of the Heavenly Father, and let those pagans kill each other. Is there anything more wonderful than this?"
Chapter completed!