It's just that the Ottoman Empire's counterattack against the Tatars was not very effective and did not cause much trouble to the Tatars. Instead, they themselves suffered a lot of casualties.
This is true for the Ottoman Empire, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, etc., not to mention France and other frontline areas. Almost every European country is at war with the Tatars.
The war that has lasted for many years has long destroyed the people's livelihood and environment in Europe.
Even with huge overseas trade profits and colonial gains, the Spaniards, who had always been at the rear, felt great pressure and urgently needed support from the Tang Dynasty.
This marriage is very important to the Kingdom of Spain!
For the Kingdom of Spain, marriage was very important, and for the Tang Dynasty, it was actually also very important.
Because this means that almost the entire central and southern regions of South America can be completely controlled without a single blow.
Among Elizabeth's many dowries, in addition to carrying various curiosities and even cash worth more than 200,000 Tang Yuan, there was also the Principality of Chile.
The Principality of Chile was specially divided from the Viceroyalty of Peru by the Kingdom of Spain, and its area is very large.
Roughly including later Chile, most of Bolivia, Paraguay, and part of Argentina.
If the above-mentioned areas are connected with the southeastern region of South America controlled by the Tang Dynasty, that is, parts of Argentina and Uruguay, then they will be the entire central and southern regions of South America.
This was very important for the layout of the Tang Empire in South America.
In recent years, the layout and development of the Tang Empire in South America have mainly focused on three aspects.
On the one hand, it controls waterways and ensures supplies. Specifically, it means controlling some coastal ports to provide supplies for passing merchant ships. At the same time, it controls the sea lanes in southern South America, including the Strait of Magellan. For this reason, the Tang Dynasty even stayed in this cold land.
, Mao also established a military base on Tierra del Fuego.
It was to ensure that Tang Dynasty's ships could smoothly sail around South America and travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
This waterway may not be a big deal to European countries and other seafaring countries, but it is very important to the Tang Dynasty, because if the Tang Dynasty wants to cross the Pacific and enter the Atlantic Ocean, and go to the eastern part of South America or the eastern coast of North America, it needs
through this channel.
In other words, this is why Datang worked so hard to open a canal in Panama.
The second aspect is the development of agriculture by immigrants, mainly the plain areas in southeastern South America, that is, the Argentine Plains and the Uruguay Plains. The geographical and climatic conditions in this area are also very outstanding. The Immigration and Reclamation Department of Datang intends to make this area
The plain area became the second largest immigration settlement of the Tang Dynasty in the Americas.
The third aspect, which is a bit special, is to develop and obtain the two major materials of guano and saltpeter from parts of the western coast of South America.
Guano is naturally used as a fertilizer in agricultural production. Datang has long begun to mine guano on various overseas islands and use it for agricultural production. In recent years, the focus of development has been on South America.
In the area, it was common to see ships laden with guano returning across the Pacific to the Empire.
Not to mention saltpeter, which can be said to be the most important raw material for contemporary chemical industry, especially the national defense industry.
Although Datang itself and other overseas territories also have saltpeter minerals, they cannot cope with Datang's huge demand for saltpeter. Therefore, in recent years, Datang's demand for saltpeter from South America has been very large.
Once the central and southern regions of South America are completely controlled, the above three major problems can be completely solved.
More importantly, the arrival of Elizabeth made the solution to this problem extremely simple. There was no need to fight, or even engage in naval gun diplomacy, or spend money to buy colonies. They just brought such a large area as a dowry.
Even for the sake of the Principality of Chile, it is necessary to give Elizabeth enough respect.
The welcome ceremony on the pier was completely based on the specifications set by the Palace Affairs Office. The standard ceremony for welcoming concubines in the harem, although not as good as concubines, was still slightly higher than the ordinary Zhaoyi ceremony.
After setting foot on the pier, Elizabeth no longer had the same hesitation and anxiety as before. Under the arrangement of the Palace Affairs Office, she boarded a luxurious carriage with the royal dragon logo at the pier, and then left the pier.
After Elizabeth stepped onto the pier and got into the carriage, the huge Spanish delegation was disbanded on the spot.
Elizabeth will only bring more than sixty maids with her. Although these more than sixty maids are all Spaniards, as dowry maids, they are actually with Elizabeth, and from now on they will all become Tang people.
But the other dozens of Spanish officials, entourage and hundreds of knights only appeared during the welcoming ceremony. After the ceremony, they would go to the barracks specially prepared for them by the Tang Dynasty military to rest temporarily.
In a few days, there will be a special ship to transport them to Chile. These people were previously regarded as the Spanish envoys, but now, they have become Elizabeth's subjects. They will serve in Chile and directly work in Chile.
Be loyal to Elizabeth.
In the future, their allegiance will be to Elizabeth and the prince or princess of the Holy Emperor!
According to the agreement between the two parties, the Principality of Chile can only be inherited by the descendants of Elizabeth and the Holy Emperor. If Elizabeth has no children, the inheritance rights of the area will be taken back by the Kingdom of Spain.
However, this situation will definitely not happen, because even if Elizabeth has no children, Philip II has other daughters. Even if he does not have daughters of the right age, he still has granddaughters and so on. At that time, he can directly marry the Holy Emperor or so on.
Marry the Tang Prince or another prince.
In short, the Principality of Chile cannot escape from the clutches of the Tang Dynasty!
In this case, Datang had actually already prepared to establish a governing body in Chile, but in order to show respect for Elizabeth.
In Chile, there were no traditional administrative agencies of the Tang Dynasty such as the Governor-General's District, the Governor's Office, and the Affairs Office. Instead, it continued to rule in the name of the Principality of Chile, and the Principality of Chile was established to handle the affairs of the Chilean region.
After all, strictly speaking, this place is not part of the Tang Dynasty, but an independent principality, a private principality belonging to Elizabeth. It is inappropriate for you to directly turn someone else's principality into a province.
However, the specific administrative management model will still be the same as other overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty. It is just that the principality government has the authority to freely develop local internal affairs. For example, in terms of economic development, people can do whatever they like.
While Elizabeth's knights and other entourage were waiting to leave for Chile, she herself boarded the royal train arranged by the Palace Administration and went directly from the naval base to Jinling City.