France, Versailles Palace, and the French royal family fled here after losing the war with Spain. At this time, on the throne were the Queen Mother of Austria Anna and French King Louis XIV, listening to the imperial prime minister Massalin reporting on the Ming army.

"I learned from the Ottoman Empire that this is how the Ming army was. They destroyed the countries such as Dongwu, Mughal and Persia in a row!" Masalin said with a very serious expression, "I am also surprised. How did they do it in just over 100,000 troops? In just a few years, they could actually capture so many territories!"

"How did it do it?" Austrian Anna asked curiously, "I don't know whether Donggo is strong or not, but I have heard of the reputation of the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire. Their territory seems to be very large, so why can it be so indifferent?"

After hearing this, Masalin replied seriously: "Indeed, generally speaking, just occupying the land and losing forces can hold this army back for many years. However, their attack on other countries was to kill the local nobles and share the nobles' land and property to those untouchables, so they won the support of the untouchables, so they fought very smoothly!"

"What?" Anna of Austria was shocked when she heard this, "Why do they want to conquer so many countries in the Ming army?"

In her opinion, the first thing to do is to plunder the wealth of these countries is to save the local untouchables? This practice is completely different from that of European countries in colonization elsewhere!

"I don't know!" Masalin frowned and guessed, "But I guess, the Ming people did this to quickly stabilize the newly occupied places and get human resources. Maybe they will only take back the wealth from the untouchables after they occupy the places they want to occupy in the future and stabilize them?"

Speaking of this, he paused and had to say with emotion: "This move is indeed amazing! I heard that with the help of those unfamiliarities, the Ming army not only avoided the unfamiliarity with other countries, but also had all the manpower and materials. Not to mention anything else, just as Persia, who knew the most, when the Ming army fought, the unfamiliars under the Persian emperor fled to a place controlled by the Ming army, and there were many Persians in the Ming army, who became very brave and often rushed to the front."

After saying that, he remembered something and added: "By the way, there were more than 10,000 Persians in the Battle of Baghdad."

After hearing this, Anna of Austria said with great concern: "It turns out that the country is digging the Suez Canal. Once it can be opened, the Ming naval fleet can directly enter the Mediterranean. If they come to attack our France, can we block this trick?"

Louis XIV next to him kept listening. After hearing this, he couldn't help but interrupt and said, "It's okay, our territory on the Mediterranean has been occupied by Spain. The headache is Spain, it's best to let them bite the dog!"

Hearing this, Austrian Anna and Masalin couldn't help but turn to look at him. They didn't expect that the little king would express such a view.

After coming back to his senses, Anna of Austria scolded: "What do you know? We are fighting with Spain, which is our family business, but the Ming army is different. They are outsiders, do they understand?"

She is really qualified to say this because she is the real sister of King Felipe IV of Spain, and isn't she a family!

When Louis XIV heard this, he turned his head and refused to answer.

When Masalin saw this, he quickly smoothed out and said, "Isn't there a truce with Spain now? The land occupied by Spain may be brought back. I will send someone to contact Dakong Dai in the near future. As long as an agreement is reached with him, there will be no problem."

After hearing this, Anna from Austria came back to her senses and quickly explained: "I mean those Ming people look different from us and do not believe in God. They are completely foreigners."

"Yes!" Masalin followed, "and the means of the Ming army was to kill all the local nobles and share the land and wealth of the nobles to those untouchables. Once the Ming army came, we had no way out. However, even if the war with Spain was defeated, at most we would give them some land and recognize their overlord status. The Queen Mother and His Highness would not be a problem!"

Speaking of this, he and Anna of Austria couldn't help but remain silent.

It can be seen from this that the Ming people are the beasts of European countries. Their approach will seriously threaten them, the European rulers. This is a fundamental interest that shakes theirs and is something they will never accept.

After a while of silence, Anna of Austria asked Masalin worriedly, "You are the prime minister of the empire. You have to think of a way. If the Ming army really needs to fight, what should we do?"

After hearing this, Masalin frowned and said, "I heard from the Ottoman Empire that the untouchables on their borders now have secretly run to places controlled by the Ming army. Because after they run over, they can live a better life! This situation must not happen."

Speaking of this, his thinking became clear and immediately said, "We must promote that the Ming people are demons, demons from hell. They eat people without spitting bones, kill people and rob people, and do everything they want to do. In short, they can say whatever they are bad. In this way, those untouchables dare not hope that the Ming army can come. At least we can stabilize them in the local area."

"You are lying!" Louis XIV heard that he couldn't accept this method at such a young age, so he spoke up and sprayed.

"..." Masalin was stunned when he heard this, and turned his head speechlessly to look at the king, feeling that his image was a little broken in front of the little king.

But when he came to his senses, he quickly explained: "Your Highness, this is politics, there is no good or bad, and this is done for the good of France and for the good of Your Highness!"

After hearing this, Anna from Austria immediately scolded her son and said, "What do you know at a young age? Could it be that you really want to be caught and killed by the Ming army?"

Louis XIV stopped talking after hearing this, and of course he didn't want to die!

When Anna of Austria saw this, she turned around and looked at Masalin and said, "What?"

After hearing this, Masalin quickly replied: "I can be sure that they are also very resistant to the arrival of the Ming army. Therefore, I think people can be sent to contact the Vatican. Moreover, the royal families and nobles of other European countries will also be very afraid of the Ming army, and they can also contact them. I don't believe it. If we European countries unite, how can the Ming army win?"

"Their muskets are powerful!" Louis XIV seemed a little rebellious. Although he knew what his mother and Godfather said were actually for his own good, he still couldn't help but interrupt.

After hearing this, Masalin nodded and said, "Indeed, I heard from the Ottomans that the range of the firearms of the Ming army was farther than the range of the rifled guns in our hands. Especially the artillery, because of the error in the range of the range, the Ottoman army lost all the artillery at the beginning of the war. Otherwise, the Ottoman Empire might not lose in the Battle of Baghdad!"

"What should I do?" Anna from Austria immediately became worried when she heard this.

Before, when France fought against Spain, the winning rate was relatively high. However, after Spain suddenly used guns with longer ranges, the French army was defeated, and she had to give up Paris and ran to the Palace of Versailles.

Later, France also purchased a large number of new artillery from Portugal, which was considered to be a blocking the Spanish attack.

From this, she knew that whether the firearm was powerful was really critical to the war.

When Masalin heard him, he frowned and said, "This firearm is indeed a problem. However, Ottoman said that the range seems to be much longer, but it is not as strong as it cannot resist."

"We can buy it again, the Portuguese must have it!" At this time, Louis XIV suddenly opened his mouth and interrupted.

When Anna of Austria heard this, her eyes lit up: "Yes, there must be new guns and cannons on the Portuguese side, right? We can take the lead and equip first. Not only can we not be afraid of the Ming army, but we can also have a chance of winning even if we start a war with Spain!"

After hearing this, Masalin still frowned and shook his head and said, "This time, it is very likely that he will go to war with the Ming army. Ming is not a fool, so he may not give it to Portugal again..."

As soon as he said this, he suddenly saw someone hurried into the temple and reported to them: "The latest news has been heard from Lisbon, Portugal!"

As he said that, he submitted a document.

When Masalin heard this, he immediately took it and felt like he was looking.

There have always been spies arranged there in Portugal.

This is not only done by France, but also by other European countries.

It is really important to Portugal today. Not to mention other things, if you have a good relationship with Portugal and can buy new guns in large quantities, and if your opponent can't get it, the outcome of the war may be different.

Even though European countries are now equipped with a lot of new guns and cannons, their countries are working day and night to counterfeit new guns and cannons. But no one can ignore Portugal. They must have spies arranged there to grasp the situation in Lisbon so that they can feel more at ease.

"ah……"

Just as Masalin saw that he was shocked when he saw that the document was just seen, he lost his voice in front of the emperor.

When Anna of Austria heard this, she was shocked and asked quickly: "What's wrong? What's the big deal happened in Lisbon?"
Chapter completed!