362, Your Majesty, your study is not easy to enter
Among these countries, the Venetians and the English are the most active, especially the English messengers, who presented to Tim the evidence of friendship and mutual assistance between the English and the Portuguese nations for many years, and their intentions are self-evident.
In addition, the King of England and a number of nobles also publicly announced that the Kingdom of England had previously supported Duarte and others as wrong. The Kingdom of England always recognized that Tim was the only ruler of the entire Kingdom of Nepton. The Kingdom of England was willing to make compensation for the mistakes made before, and sincerely hoped that His Majesty Tim could give the Kingdom of England an opportunity to reform.
Compared with the British implicitness, the Venetians were more direct. Their consuls announced that as long as the Kingdom of Nepton is willing to form an alliance with the Republic of Venice, the Port of Venice will be open to the Kingdom of Nepton forever, and the Kingdom of Nepton can freely enter and exit the waters of the Republic of Venice.
Looking at the invitations sent by these two countries, Tim scoffed at it.
The Venetians seemed to be thinking about the Kingdom of Nepton and were willing to share their interests with the Iberian Peninsula, but the intention behind this was insidious. It was obvious that the Venetians planned to bring the Kingdom of Nepton on board to jointly fight against the increasingly powerful influence and threat of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the eastern Mediterranean.
For Tim, the Ottoman Turkish Empire must be suppressed, but this matter can only be done by himself. He doesn't want to join an ally for no reason.
Allies do not exist. All allies are just for immediate interests. Moreover, most allies are fence-between and will not be in the same position as themselves. Who knows one day he might stab you in the back! It is better to ask for others than to ask for others, so allies cannot be asked for things like allies, let alone do things with him.
Moreover, whether it is England or Venice, the national conditions of these two countries are similar to their own. They both promote the development of the navy. Both the English Navy and the Venetian Navy pose a strong threat to them, and allies in this competitive relationship are even more unbearable.
In Tim's mind, perhaps only the Kingdom of France after Louis XI became king can barely become a qualified ally!
When Tim was about to reject the alliance of all countries, the Kingdom of Denmark also sent an envoy to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Nepton.
Facing the Danes, Tim suddenly hesitated. He could unswervingly refuse to abandon England and other countries, but he had to consider Denmark.
The Kingdom of Denmark is also a powerful country in the Nordic region. It still rules the northern Jutland Peninsula and the entire Scandinavia Peninsula. Its land area includes today's Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland.
Of course, what Tim values is not the strength of the Kingdom of Denmark and its huge territory. Tim considers that the Kingdom of Denmark still controls the entire Norway, Sweden and Finland.
I had previously provided a loan to the Kingdom of Sweden, through which I obtained the Kiruna region in the northern part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Kiruna is located in the inland area in the northern part of the Kingdom of Sweden. It can be said that the transportation is extremely inconvenient. If you want to get the iron ore there, you must use another mode of transportation to communicate with the port.
The closest route to the ocean in Kiruna is to start with the Troms port in northern Norway, and then follow this port to walk westward into the Swedish border and finally arrive at Kiruna.
This plan is the most appropriate and practical, but if this plan is implemented, there must be a prerequisite: obtain the consent of the Kingdom of Denmark. As long as the Kingdom of Denmark agrees to build a road west of Troms, the iron ore in the Kiruna region can be transported to Lisbon unimpeded.
Therefore, watching the Danes visit, Tim's little abacus in his heart was quick.
The Kingdom of Denmark is mainly located in the Nordic region. Its military power is far inferior to the traditional European powers, the Kingdom of France, the Kingdom of England, the Holy Roman Empire and other forces. Moreover, the focus of the Kingdom of Denmark is mainly concentrated in the North Sea and the northwestern Prussia region, and there is never any intention to enter the Atlantic Ocean.
In history, the Kingdom of Denmark did not gain world hegemony at a certain period like its two neighbors, the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of England. Overall, the country is still easy to get along with.
Thinking of this, Tim finally made up his mind: "Let the Danish envoy come to my study tonight! Also, if you reject the proposals of the Kingdom of England and the Republic of Venice, you must be tactful when rejecting it, and not too direct."
"Yes, your majesty." Warren Grutte agreed.
After the election some time ago, Warren Groot once again remained in the position of state adviser. Although the nobles were disliked by Warren Groot and the Warren family behind him, they all wanted to choose their own people to be state advisers.
But after choosing, the nobles suddenly found that the conflict between them seemed to be greater and disagree more. They had no choice but to continue to elect Warren Groot as the national advisor. Fortunately, this time Tim allowed these nobles to insert their people into the national advisory group, otherwise they would never make such a choice.
In this way, the conference chose Warren Groot to continue as the national advisor. Then, in the national advisory group headed by Warren Groot, the nobles successively inserted their own personnel, and the conflicts between the people were temporarily eliminated.
Tim was quite satisfied with this result. Although he also hoped that the newcomer could take over, Warren Groot had been with him for a long time, and it might not be used to changing people suddenly. At least Tim is still very used to Warren Groot being there.
In the evening of that day, the Danish emissary group led by the Danish prince finally got his wish and entered Tim's study.
"See the great His Majesty Tim, it's really not easy to enter your study." The Danish prince bowed and saluted to Tim. Although Tim was younger than him, this Danish prince was also a person who respected the strong, so this gift was very pious.
Tim smiled slightly: "Why, is it difficult to get into my study?"
Chapter completed!