Chapter 1022: Send the princess

Spain and the Netherlands were originally small lands, and they could not even stop the Ming Marines. How could they block the attacks of the Warsaw Pact Allied forces?

Under the attack of the navy and army of seven countries of Warsaw Pact, Spain and the Netherlands were captured in five days.

Zhu Youjian originally wanted to include Spain and the Netherlands into the Ming Dynasty this time.

Unexpectedly, the Warsaw Pact countries were so enthusiastic. When they saw the Ming Dynasty attacking Spain and the Netherlands, they immediately sent troops from land to attack these two countries.

After capturing these two colonial powers, the Ming Dynasty sent troops to occupy five cities including Ajax and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, including large shipyards and transportation companies, and other areas were divided up by Warsaw Pact countries.

Within two days, the sea coachman, the Netherlands, was divided up by eight countries. Of course, the harbor city with geographical advantages and manufacturing industries was all in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

Despite this, the other six countries in the Warsaw Pact were also so happy that they couldn't stop.

Wars often occur in Europe, just for that little territory, and sometimes for decades to occupy a piece of land.

But now they are following their elder brother, not only will they continue to expand their country's territory in every battle, but they even have overseas colonies.

The Emperor of Ming Dynasty was also good to these younger brothers. Every time he took over a country, as long as they participated in the war, the Ming Dynasty would never be stingy with benefits.

After dividing up the Netherlands, the Warsaw Pact countries began to divide Spanish territory again.

Of course, as the Warsaw Pact brother, Daming must first choose the place he wants.

The Ming Dynasty did not want to become a great empire like Mongolia. Too much territory was very difficult to manage. In the end, it would be known whether God could defend it.

Regarding the Spanish territory, the Ming Dynasty only had Barcelona and Madrid, and let the other six countries divide the rest.

Originally, as a small European country, Portugal was already panicked because of overseas colonization. He knew that the next target of the Warsaw Pact countries might be them.

In order not to be divided by the Warsaw Pact countries like the Netherlands and Spain, they immediately sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty, expressing their willingness to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and to give the Portuguese princess to the Ming Emperor as a concubine.

Zhu Youjian didn't expect that Portugal would give him the famous princess Catherine.

But at this time, the Portuguese princess was only twelve years old. Although Europeans were tall and big, the twelve-year-old girl was still too young for Zhu Youjian, and he couldn't speak!

Since they have all been sent, Zhu Youjian will not refuse him. He will be prepared to support him for two years.

The young Portuguese princess Catherine (1638-1705), young and beautiful, dignified and generous, slender figure, light body, full of traditional Western women's beauty.

As a European, Katherine has a somewhat unique living habit. She doesn’t like coffee and other drinks very much, and prefers Chinese black tea exported to Portugal.

Because Catherine, who later became the queen of England, liked to drink tea, she was called the first "tea queen" in British history.

In 1662, the beautiful Princess Catherine married King Charles II of England and became the queen of the British Empire.

At the grand wedding between Catherine and Charles II, the princes and nobles were all fascinated by the queen's natural beauty and charm. They raised all kinds of fine wines to express their sincere congratulations to Catherine.

However, the noble queen always smiled and refused, just raised her own goblet filled with red juice, clinked glasses with people, and expressed her gratitude.

What kind of precious drink is the red juice in this goblet? Catherine's actions aroused the great curiosity of the French queen who attended the wedding.

So she approached Catherine gracefully and wanted to taste the precious drinks in Catherine's goblet.

The intelligent Catherine saw the French queen's thoughts. Before she could make any requests, Catherine naturally and quickly raised her glass and drank it all.

The French queen who failed to achieve her goal was first disappointed, and then she felt a strong sense of jealousy.

After returning to where he was staying, the French queen immediately ordered the guards to find out what "red juice" Catherine drank was, and what "priced drink" it was.

So, the French guards who were ordered quietly entered the British palace. After careful search, they found the "red juice" that Catherine drank.

When the French guards wanted to steal some of the tea and offer it to the French queen, they were discovered by the British court guards and arrested him.

Afterwards, the French guards were executed. This was the sensational British "black tea case".

Early Chinese tea was mainly exported to countries such as the Netherlands and Portugal.

Therefore, people in the UK, France and other countries have far less knowledge and drinking tea than people in the Portuguese, the Netherlands and other countries.

At that time, most of the tea exported to Europe was planted and produced in Xiamen, Fujian. Therefore, the pronunciation of the word "tea" in English was based on the pronunciation of Xiamen's dialect, and tea was called "tea".

When the Portuguese princess who likes to drink Chinese black tea married to the UK, she also brought Chinese black tea to the UK as a high-end and expensive drink.

This was undoubtedly a rare "treasure" for people from Britain, France and other countries at that time, who knew very little about tea.

In addition, "stealing" is an illegal act, so an incredible "black tea case" occurred.

Stimulated by the "black tea case" and under the influence of Catherine, the British tea drinking fashion gradually affected the British royal family.

In order to satisfy the queen's hobbies, the British royal family arranged a luxurious "tea room" specializing in drinking tea in the palace.

This made the fashion of tea drinking more admirable. Therefore, people at that time respectfully called Catherine the "Tea Drinking Queen".

In 1663, Catherine's 25th birthday was also the anniversary of her wedding.

British poet Edmund Walter wrote a hymn "The Song of the Queen of Tea Drinking" to her to congratulate her:

The God of Flowers loves the autumn colors, and Chang'e curls the laurel. The beauty of the laurel and the autumn colors is hard to compare with tea.

One is the late Chinese and English, and the other is the most beautiful. The world is called the East, and it brings a sense of warriors.

I help me think in the clear and clear mind, and feel tired. I am happy to meet the banquet in the next day and wish me a birthday party.

This beautiful song "Song of the Queen of Tea Drinking" is not only a congratulation to Catherine's birthday, but also a praise for Chinese black tea.

When the queen was in full swing, Catherine invited some noble ladies to the palace to drink tea, making drinking tea a social project in the upper class.

Due to the queen's praise, aristocratic women also developed a trend of drinking tea.

As a result, some housewives from wealthy families also followed suit and built elegant, generous and luxurious tea rooms at home to show their taste in life.

After the 18th century, due to the rapid increase in imports and the price of tea became increasingly cheap, the trend of drinking tea gradually became popular among the people from the upper class, replacing coffee, cocoa, etc., and becoming popular beverages in the UK.
Chapter completed!