The pressure from Spain was getting stronger and stronger, and Joao IV was getting more and more worried day by day. He even had plans to give up the Portuguese land and strategically retreat to the South American colonies.

At this moment, suddenly, someone came to report that a Spanish envoy was visiting secretly.

"What?" Hearing this news, Joao IV could not believe his ears and couldn't help but confirm again, "What did you say?"

"The Spanish envoy arrived at the port on an ordinary merchant ship and is currently waiting for His Highness to receive him at the dock!" When his subordinates saw Joao IV's incredible expression, they added, "The identity has been verified. He is indeed the Spanish envoy, and he is under the will of the King of Spain."

After hearing this, Ruo Ao IV could not understand it.

If the Spanish king sent people to threaten and demanded that he surrender unconditionally, there was no need to visit secretly. The land was open and upright, it would better hit the morale of Portugal and disintegrate the Portuguese within the Portuguese.

But since it was a secret visit, what exactly did the Spanish king want to do?

After thinking for a while, Ruo Ao IV could not understand it, so he stopped thinking and ordered to meet him.

He wanted to see what medicine was sold in the king of Spain?

Not long after, a man dressed in an ordinary businessman was brought in by the guard.

When Ruo Ao Fourth saw this person, he was shocked and quickly stood up and said, "Why are you here?"

Yes, he knows this person and is very close to him.

As he spoke, Ruo Ao IV quickly brought a stool over and ordered: "Go, call the queen immediately!"

"No need, I have official business and come according to the will of Your Highness!" The man immediately shook his hand and then sat on the stool for granted, as if he was at his own home.

This man is the father of Joao IV's wife, his father-in-law, the Duke of Medina Sidonia of Spain.

At this time, when Ruo Ao IV heard his father-in-law's words, he drove everyone out of the palace, and said with a bad look on his face: "You can't be here to persuade him to surrender, right?"

Speaking of this, he answered first without waiting for his father-in-law to speak: "I cannot surrender. Otherwise, I would not have been the King of Portugal in the first place."

Hearing this, his father-in-law waved his hand and said, "You are wrong. If you persuade me to surrender, I will not come."

"Oh?" When Joao IV heard this, he was immediately surprised and stared at his father-in-law and said, "If you don't persuade me to surrender, what else can you do in this situation?"

The Duke of Medina Sidonia immediately smiled and said to him: "The two countries shake hands and make peace, and Spain officially recognizes Portugal's independence!"

"This..." After hearing this, Ruo Ao IV couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Don't joke anymore. If there is anything, just tell me!"

Just kidding, how could Spain recognize Portugal's independence? If this is the case, it will take so much effort to mobilize troops from all over the country to surround Portugal?

"I'm not kidding!" The Duke of Medina Sidonia immediately said with a serious expression, "Do you think I'll come here to joke?"

"..." When Ruo Ao Fourth Emperor heard this, he was speechless.

Logically speaking, his father-in-law really couldn't run away from Lisbon to joke.

However, in theory, the Spanish king did not need to spend so much effort, and finally said that he recognized Portugal's independence!

After a while of silence, Joao IV finally came to his senses and immediately sat back to his seat, looked at his father-in-law and said, "The King of Spain has spent so much effort and then said that he would recognize Portugal's independence. It must be conditions, right?"

When the Duke of Medina Sidonia heard this, he nodded in praise, and then said to Joao IV: "Yes, there are conditions."

When Ruo Ao Fourth heard this, he showed such an expression. There is no free lunch in the world!

He didn't say anything, and listened to his father-in-law's offer.

In fact, he did not think he would agree to the conditions of the Spanish king. Because in this situation, the conditions must be very harsh.

Joao IV was thinking, and his father-in-law smiled and said to him: "Also, His Highness the King confessed that in addition to acknowledging Portugal's independence, he could also promise Princess Marie Theresa to your son Duke Braganza."

Joao IV was even more shocked when he heard this. What was the Spanish king crazy? He could not keep up with his thoughts at all.

He faintly said, "What do you want to do with such generous treatment?"

After hearing this, the Duke of Medina Sidonia stopped hiding it and immediately solemnly said to Joao IV: "You must hand over the new guns and cannons, and the trade rights from the Far East!"

When he heard this, Ruo Ao IV suddenly realized that he was interested in this.

"How is this deal worth it?" The Duke of Medina Sidonia smiled when he saw him like that.

But who knew that, Ruo Ao Fourth shook his head and said, "No!"

"Why?" At this moment, the Duke of Medina Sidonia couldn't figure it out and asked immediately.

When Joao IV faced his father-in-law, he said to the truth: "The new guns were not invented by Portugal, and I have no right to agree to this request. In fact, Portugal is just a copy now and has to pay."

When the Duke of Medina Sidonia heard this, he was surprised and asked curiously: "Who invented it? Who do you want to give?"

"The Ming Empire in the Far East!" Joao IV said slowly, his tone was very powerful, showing the correctness of this statement.

"The Ming Empire in the Far East? How is this possible!" When the Duke of Medina Sidonia heard this, he immediately said with a little dissatisfaction, "My daughters have married you and have given birth to children for you. Are you just fooling me like this?"

Ruo Ao Fourth, he quickly replied: "It's true, I didn't lie to you, how dare I fool you!"

Seeing his expression very seriously, the Duke of Medina Sidonia couldn't help but wonder and immediately said, "I know a little bit about the Ming Empire in the Far East. Their artillery was all about to imitate our Europe. At that time, the Spanish Governor to Luzon all wrote letters saying that he could occupy the Ming Empire with 10,000 troops. Can such an indigenous country invent such a powerful new gun? "

Joao IV looked at his father-in-law's expression, but he still looked disbelief.

So, he had to say, "You are looking at people with an old look. This is something that happened a long time ago!"

"No!" The Duke of Medina Sidonia immediately denied, "It shouldn't have been many years, and it was not a long time ago?"

After hearing this, Ruo Ao IV had to modify his words and said: "To be precise, it should be that over the past ten years, the Ming Empire in the Far East has changed a lot. What I am talking about refers to the things that happened in the past ten years."

Speaking of this, he remembered something and quickly added: "By the way, weren't the Spaniards in Luzon, the Far East, destroyed by the Ming Empire? Do you always know this?"

"That was because they relied on the large number of people and used the sea of ​​people to flood them. It cannot be explained anything!" The Duke of Medina Sidonia immediately shook his head and replied.

"..." When Ruo Ao Fourth Emperor heard this, he was speechless.

Even if it is a human-sea tactic, it does not prevent people from using new guns and cannons. It is different to destroy the Spaniards in a devastating manner!

When he came to his senses, he said to his father-in-law seriously: "So, this new gun was invented by the Ming Dynasty. Their strength suddenly exploded over the years and was invincible. If you were not wrong, today, if you want to talk about strength, you will definitely be the best in the Ming Empire!"

When he heard this, the Duke of Medina Sidonia was dissatisfied again. The indigenous people in the Far East were just, even if there was any change, would it be even more powerful than the Spanish Empire where the sun was not set?

Seeing him like this, Joao IV had to decide what he had heard about the Ming Empire and what he could say, and he had the final say with his father-in-law.

For example, the affairs of Japan, the Dutch of the Master, the affairs of Togo, etc. This is still the delay in the news, otherwise, the expulsion of the Dutch of Batavia will also be discussed.

The Duke of Medina Sidonia listened quietly, he had heard of Japan in the Far East, but in his impression, he only knew that it was the object of trade. Spanish treasure ships passed by an island country in the Pacific Ocean, with a land area similar to that of Britain.

He had never heard of Togo. But if Joao IV introduced it, he would have a basic impression.

In short, if it is just a single country, the Duke of Medina Sidonia actually doesn't care.

However, it would be different that so many countries were conquered by the Ming Empire in the Far East in such a short period of time.

After hearing Joao IV say this, the Duke of Medina Sidonia connected the Ming Empire in the Far East with the Ottoman Empire in Europe, and felt that it was almost the same.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was still very powerful. When the Ottoman Empire invaded the west, many European countries needed to jointly send troops to resist.

Therefore, when Joao IV finished speaking, he said indifferently: "Even so, at best, it is an Ottoman Empire, and it is still 108,000 miles away from our Europe. What can I be afraid of?"

As a veteran empire, Spain's last underwear was not yet time to take off, so he would not be afraid of the Ottoman Empire.

After hearing this, Joao IV immediately sneered: "Just based on the Ottoman Empire? To put it bluntly, I don't deserve to carry shoes to the Ming Empire!"

If the Ming Empire was the same as the Ottoman Empire, he might not have agreed to sign an agreement and become his vassal state!
Chapter completed!