After Tim learned of the sudden departure of his father Joao I in Algarve, he felt sad and sad. After all, Joao was his father in this era. He gave him the status of prince and aristocratic status of this era. Tim was still very grateful.

However, when he read the letters sent by Ferrero, the grief and sadness in his heart disappeared like a passing cloud, and replaced by resentment and injustice.

Good guy, do you have such a cheap father? I worked hard to accumulate wealth for Portugal in Algarve and also obtained the important port of Selivia for Portugal. As a result, my cheap father would not praise him, but he also blamed him for not sending his wealth to Lisbon. He even planned to send the eldest prince Duarte to eat food and take over Selivia.

It’s better if my father doesn’t want such a biased and cheap one, but he even left a few tears for him. He was really a big loss.

"So, the eldest prince is already in Lisbon?" Tim crumpled the letter paper into a paper ball, his teeth clattering.

The envoy nodded: "Yes, Your Highness, Lord Ferrero also asked me to bring me a message to Your Highness, so that His Highness can hurry up and prepare as soon as possible, because the Queen and the Great Prince have mobilized their troops to gather in Lisbon, and the Great Prince has sent people to custody England, and I am afraid that the English Navy will be invited to Lisbon soon."

"Duarte intends to attract the power of England?" Tim frowned, feeling a pain in his head.

At this time, the strength ranking of the Western European navy was temporarily the most powerful, so it ranks first. If the English navy really entered Portugal like this, then I would have to raise my hand to surrender.

After all, the Portuguese navy is in Lisbon at this moment and he cannot control it at all. It can be said that he has no navy around him at this moment. Without the involvement and support of the navy, the English Navy and the Lisbon Army will cooperate with each other and the Algarve will be able to fall in almost a minute.

When the messenger reported the situation in Lisbon to Tim, Nathan hurriedly ran in and said excitedly: "Your Highness, Earl Warren has come to Algarve with the Navy and the nobles of Lisbon. Now he is marching outside the palace. I wonder if Your Highness wants to see them?"

"Of course I have to see you." When Tim heard that the Warren family arrived with the Portuguese Navy, he breathed a sigh of relief, and felt much more at ease. With the army, he would be no longer afraid of anything. It seemed that the Warren family was indeed trustworthy.

In a short while, Earl Warren and everyone came in: "See Your Highness, Lisbon is in an emergency and has arrived without having time to report to Your Highness, so he came by himself. Please don't blame him."

"The Earl is here at the right time. How could I blame me? You are tired from rushing from Lisbon. Let's have a good rest first. Let's talk about anything tomorrow." Tim smiled and let everyone get up, then waved his hand and asked Nathan to arrange for the nobles to stay in the house first.

He turned around and sent the messenger sent by Ferrero, and told people not to disturb him easily. After that, Tim plunged into the study.

My father, Joao, died at this time, which can be said to have completely disrupted his plan.

According to the original plan, he planned to develop the Algarve and Selibia first, accumulate enough strength for himself, and then start to form a new army and navy to deal with the final battle for the throne.

Now, with the death of his father Joao, the eldest prince Duarte has taken the lead in Lisbon and has gained the advantage. At this moment, he has rushed to introduce the English Navy. Obviously, he does not intend to give Algarve any opportunity to develop and is ready to kill himself directly in the cradle.

However, Tim still has some idea and confidence in the upcoming war.

First of all, the Portuguese Navy was confident about the combat effectiveness of the Portuguese Navy. Although the English Navy was powerful and one of the best in Western Europe, the Portuguese Navy was not a vegetarian.

The absolute combat power of the English Navy is mainly based on galleys, and galleys have limitations. If they fight in the straits, near the seas and in the Mediterranean, their combat power is very impressive.

However, once it enters the deep sea of ​​the Atlantic Ocean, the early Carac ships are the main force at this time. Portugal had five early Carac ships, and there were two and a half-time early Carac ships in service, so the number of large ships in Europe is among the top.

As for the English Navy, it also has five early Carac ships. In other words, once the navies of the two countries meet in the deep sea of ​​the Atlantic Ocean, it is hard to say who will win with the combat effectiveness of the early Carac ships of both sides.

"It seems that if we deal with the English Navy, the battlefield must be suppressed in the deep sea so that the threat of English galleys can be limited." Tim slowly wrote on paper.

As long as the Navy is in good command, it should be able to resist England, but Tim will have a headache for the Army.

Today, there are nearly 40,000 troops in Portugal, nearly 10,000 troops in the Algarve, nearly 5,000 troops in Bella, nearly 8,000 troops in Porto, nearly 13,000 troops in Lisbon, and nearly 3,000 troops in Ceuta.

I believe Duarte has controlled the army in Lisbon at this moment, and with his Porto Army, he already has more than 20,000 troops. If the second prince Durovede also stands on Duarte's side, he will be very passive by then, because Duarte will have nearly 30,000 troops.

In other words, I am really at a disadvantage on the battlefield of the army. If England sent army support, I am afraid I would be even more deadly.

Tim looked at the map with great worries, and suddenly Ceuta and North African countries attracted his attention.

"Yes, why didn't I expect to gather North African mercenaries?" Looking at Ceuta, a piece of information quickly emerged in Tim's mind. Historical records show that the mercenaries in North Africa are famous.

They are strong and have high fighting spirit, especially the mercenary cavalry in North Africa, which is even more famous. They have completely gained the upper hand when fighting with European troops. It seems that it is time to introduce North African mercenaries to Portugal.

Since the food was sold to neighboring countries such as Castile, Aragon, Granada and Morocco, Tim has made several times the profit.

In addition to the food sold to Castile, Aragon and Granada, the Algarve also had enough food to support this army.

It can be said that with Tim's current family background, it is not a problem to piece together an army with money and food.
Chapter completed!