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Chapter 1673 Continental Conference

"This time, the King of France contacted the ambassadors of various countries, aiming to deal with the Windsor Holy Alliance established by China, England, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Scotland and Ireland. I believe you have heard more or less that there is a marriage between the consuls of the East and the Queen of England, and England has inevitably been eroded by the East. This holy alliance is also the alliance they called for."

French Archbishop Mazaran personally presided over the meeting of continental countries and scanned the big men sitting on the round table.

This time the roundtable was attended by famous figures on the continent.

The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III, the Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, Friedrich William, Duke of Bavaria, Maximilian I, Elector of Saxony, John George I, Queen of Sweden, Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau, William II, commander of the Spanish Flanders' Legion, General Demero, and important figures in the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth and Tsarist Russia.

It can be said that the number of senior officials in this peace talks is rare in the 17th century, second only to a grand gathering later!

"With the acquiescence of the Chinese rule, Queen Sophia of England sent troops to attack our Spain in Haiti and Jamaica in the West Indies, and also ransacked our Americas treasure ships in this operation, causing heavy losses to our Spain. Our Spanish King Philip IV has withdrawn all ambassadors to England and ordered the confiscation of all the property of England within our Spanish territory and expelled them from the country." said General De Melo of Spain.

The big men present heard that Spain was so unlucky that the lost colony was looted, and the treasure ship was looted. They were sympathetic and gloating on the surface.

"They can attack our Spain this time, and in the future they can also attack other European kingdoms. It is hard to say no one will be the next turn. If it weren't for dealing with the crisis brought by the English, our Spain wouldn't have been so easy to negotiate with you. We still have the power to fight." General De Melo was unwilling to give up.

As a colonial empire, Spain mined a large amount of gold and silver in the Americas. Although it declined, the lean camel was larger than a horse and could still be consumed with France.

But the English stabbed the sword in the back completely angered the Spanish king. At the same time, they did not want to fight on both sides, so they urgently wanted to negotiate with France and the Netherlands and fight with England to protect their colonies.

Others who were already gloating about the Spanish representative suddenly felt a sense of crisis when they heard this from the Spanish representative.

Yes, the Holy Alliance began to form. They were able to loot the treasure ships of the Kingdom of Spain today and the merchant ships of other kingdoms tomorrow.

"This is also our France's concern. Otherwise, we would not need to spend a lot of effort to summon you to come for the negotiations. We need to deal with the pressure brought to us by the Holy Alliance." said Mazaran, the Archbishop of the French Column.

"In fact, our East India company in the Netherlands overseas has also suffered a fatal blow to China. Yizhou, Batavia, and several Indian business stations were stolen by them. Our East India company went bankrupt because of this, and many creditors complained." said William II, the ruling Dutch countryman.

China's expansion activities in the Southeast Asia led to the bankruptcy of the Netherlands East India Company, which was a relatively long time ago, but it caused an uproar in the Netherlands at that time because many people invested in the Netherlands East India Company. The bankruptcy of the Netherlands East India Company made many Netherlands businessmen complain.

"Our Spain was also taken away in Manila, Luzon, the island of East," General de Melo added.

"The Tsar's Siberia was stolen by them." The Tsarist Russian envoy interjected.

Faced with the pressure of the Holy Alliance, the bigwigs present couldn't help but consider their own interests after gloating.

Among the forces present, Spain, the Netherlands, and Tsarist Russia all had festivals with China, while the Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, France, and Poland and Lithuanian Commonwealth have no festivals for the time being.

"As soon as Denmark was defeated by our Sweden, he couldn't wait to join the Holy Alliance. I suspect Denmark had the idea of ​​reprimanding the war in Nordics." Swedish Queen Christina broke the silence.

Everyone looked at the young queen, and they also knew the conflict between Sweden and Denmark. Now Sweden is the largest country in Nordic countries. Denmark wants to eliminate the threat brought by Sweden and repeatedly wants to provoke Sweden's authority.

Now that the Kingdom of Denmark has joined the Holy Alliance, Sweden will have to confront the Holy Alliance.

"First of all, before establishing the Continental Alliance, we need to resolve our previous wars and resolve all disputes in order to work together to fight against the sacred allies such as China, England, and Denmark." Mazaran said.

Under the leadership of the French Cardinal Archbishop Mazaran, several major kingdoms that participated in the Thirty Years' War began fierce negotiations.

"The Holy Roman Empire needs to recognize the legitimate status of the German Protestant princes in the Holy Roman Empire and recognize Switzerland as an independent state. The Kingdom of Spain needs to recognize the Federal Republic of the Netherlands as an independent state."

"The Holy Roman Emperor had no right to decide on issues such as declaring war, making peace, taxation and conscription."

"Part of the Austrian territory controlled by the Holy Roman Emperor was given to France, Sweden, Brandenburg, Saxony."

"The Principality of Pafalz was divided into two parts, partly merged with Bavaria, and partly returned to the sons of the former Pafalz electorate."

"France and Sweden have the right to represent the Holy Roman Empire, and the Duke of Bavaria was named the Elector."

"The Holy Roman Empire should pay 5 million tale to the Kingdom of Sweden."

In order to end the war as soon as possible, Ferdinand III, the Holy Roman Emperor, had to sign a treaty to cede land and pay compensation, which made Germany unable to unify it into a great empire.

Because the Kingdom of Spain still has spare energy, France, Sweden and other kingdoms dare not bully Spain too much, but only let them recognize the independence of the Netherlands.

Prince Carl, who was once stranded in England, regained part of his father's fiefdom in Germany and became the Elector of Palatinate Palatinate of the Holy Roman Empire.

"Carl, your younger brother Prince Rupert is playing for Queen Sofia of England. It is said that he commands the Royal Army. Can you draw a line with him?" After Mazaran asked Carl to have Paladins, he asked Carl about his position on behalf of the Continental League.

"Rupert is Rupert. His choice for the Queen of England is his, but it has nothing to do with me, Carl. I am the Elector of Palatinate and will stand on the Holy Roman Empire." Carl promised.

Although part of his father's territory was distributed to the Duke of Bavaria, it was already great that he was able to retrieve half of the territory and transform from an exiled nobleman to an electorate.

Archbishop Mazaran nodded: "Then, we will now start formally discussing the establishment of the continental alliance to fight against the sacred alliance dominated by China and England."
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