The closest place on earth to heaven!

For the Europeans of this era, whether they are nobles or civilians, in their opinion, the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly the most perfect country in the world. After all, the other countries in this world except the Ming Dynasty are dark and barbaric.

This darkness and barbarity are real. The division system is unimaginable to later generations. This is why after Europeans learned about the civilization of the Ming Dynasty, they described this country as a country ruled by the philosopher king. Almost all European scholars are full of yearning for this sacred country. It is precisely because generations of European scholars have absorbed the essence of Chinese civilization and thus started the Enlightenment in Europe.

It is unknown whether the country on the American continent will be a beacon of civilization hundreds of years later, but for Europeans in this era, Daming is indeed a beacon of civilization in the world.

However, for some people, this lighthouse has seen the threat of the lighthouse...

That night, Castro kept thinking about this issue. What he was thinking about was the threat from the Ming Dynasty. As for civilization, it was not within the scope of her consideration.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, he had to admit it was a fact. He even thought of the Egyptian dancer he had met in Nanshilou. In the past years, Castro had also visited many countries in the world and had explained to all kinds of people, but what was his experience?

Except for a few countries, the others are at most Tumen tribes. Can those countries be considered as texts?

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Even all countries, including Spain, have become a joke and a group of country bumpkins compared to the Ming Dynasty.

Even he thought of Liu Ming's former compatriots, who were a bit like those scum who sold their faith for gold and silver, but Liu Ming seemed to have made the right choice... Castro couldn't believe that he would think so. Of course, he knew that Liu Ming betrayed Spain, but his choice might be the right one.

After all, in the face of such a civilization, it is difficult not to think of resigning...

Although he was shaken in his heart, Castro also knew that he would never make a similar choice. Not only would he not make the same choice, he saw the "threat from the Ming Dynasty".

Cortez is right!

In Europe in this era, urban riots were frequent, and what was the reason?

It's food!

Any king must prioritize how to provide enough food for his subjects!

And how to provide 130 million foods to fill the stomach?

This is a problem that the Ming emperor had to face. Moreover, the riots of hungry people had already caused them to lose an emperor.

For food and land, the Ming Dynasty went to the ocean!

Now the Ming Dynasty has chosen Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia is becoming their granary. What about the future? They will inevitably be involved in the New World. With their large population, they will sooner or later become the overlords in the Pacific...

This is even unstoppable!

Even if Spain puts all its strength into the ocean, it will not be able to stop the Ming Dynasty from moving towards the ocean!

After all, the gap in strength between the two sides is too big.

Castro sighed, and once again thought of the crowds of people in Nanjing, people next to the streets and alleys. The figures of Westerners appeared in his mind. They were definitely not geeks or prostitutes, most of them were wearing gorgeous Ming-style clothes, and some wore Ming-style gauze hats.

“There are Europeans here too?”

Castro asked.

“There are some,”

Cortez said,

"There are about one or two thousand people, and there are some Europeans in the "Laibin Tower".

Now Castro has moved into the "Laibin Building", which is similar to a state guesthouse and is specifically used to receive foreigners. However, the "Laibin Building" is not very tall, it is just a rather magnificent hotel.

"Oh, who are they?"

Castro asked.

"There are all kinds of people, including mercenaries like Liu Ming, some scholars, even craftsmen, and even horse breeders from Europe in the northern horse farms."

Cortez said with a smile,

"Perhaps, the Ming Dynasty seems to be very prosperous now, and its technology is far ahead of Europe, but they do not exclude European technology. Whether it is military technology or construction technology, especially His Majesty, the Emperor, had hired thousands of people in Europe through various channels as early as in Liaodong. Among them were all kinds of people, including engineers from all aspects, the most ordinary sailors, and some scholars, even the Jesuit missionaries, must have enough knowledge. In the schools in Nanjing, there were hundreds of such scholars.

The Ming Dynasty may not allow European ships to enter the land directly, but these people can go directly to the Ming Dynasty through the South Gate of Heaven. However, our missionary in the Ming Dynasty was not smooth. The Ming Emperor even issued an order that all newly built churches must obtain the royal permission..."

As a Jesuit missionary, Cortez had some hostility towards the current Ming Dynasty, because here, he could not preach freely!

He could even feel that Emperor Zhu seemed to be wary of Catholicism.

"It's a pity that the people here are all pagans, but it's really incredible that they have mastered such a developed civilization..."

"Yes... more than 100 million pagans!"

Castro pondered,

"It's amazing!"

It's really worrying!

There is a similar country in Europe, the Ottoman Empire. From the day they occupied Constantinople, it became a nightmare for Central and Eastern Europe. They invaded Europe again and again, tens of millions of believers were enslaved by them, and large tracts of land were conquered.

The Ottomans were just a barbaric kingdom, and their army was filled with all kinds of Christians. Those Christians trained soldiers, operated cannons, operated warships, made muskets, cast cannons, and built warships. Without Christians, they were nothing.

But what about the Ming Dynasty?

The next day, Castro, who had not been sleeping all night, once again came to the industrial area on the riverside. Although it was early in the morning, it was still very busy. The towering chimneys were emitting rolling black smoke. Even through the towering courtyard wall, the roar of machines could be heard.

Finally, they came to the street in front of the arsenal, and there were various workshops on both sides of the street, which produced various guns.

"All these workshops produce weapons?"

Castro asked.

"It's different. They produce the Ming-style light flintlock rifle, which is the Sanqian flintlock rifle."

Cortez replied,

"The Ming Dynasty has a huge army of millions of people. This army uses a new type of rifled rifle. Unfortunately, I have never seen it, but it has a faster fire rate."

"Millions of people!"

Castro took a breath, and he didn't notice any new style or rifle at all.

"Everyone needs to be armed with muskets?"

"There are also a lot of field guns."

Cortez said seriously,

"Maybe this army is not targeting Spain at the moment, but it is certain that once a war breaks out, they will definitely be the most powerful enemy that Spain and even the entire European history!"

The only thing that is certain is this!

And all this is bound to happen!

After all, the Ming Dynasty's ambitions cannot be stopped!

The threat of the Ming Dynasty!

Millions of Ming troops operating new firearms are a threat to any country!

This is especially true for Spain, which owns the Philippines.

Walking into a gun workshop on the side of the road, Castro, as a foreigner, naturally did not buy a musket, but he still had to admire the exquisitely crafted flintlock rifles.

After leaving here, Castro, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said with some frustration.

"My God, how can we stop them?"

Castro said desperately,

"Father, we have witnessed their strength now, but how can we stop them?"

"Stop? Your Excellency, do you think children can stop a giant from moving forward?"

Cortez said, looking out the window,

"We can't see their sea boats here, but in Dalian, Keelung, in the estuary, in those areas with a large amount of wood, the Ming Dynasty was building hundreds of ships, many of which were large schooners with a load of about 1,000 tons."

"A thousand-ton ship?"

"It's a large schooner that can carry one thousand tons of cargo!"

Cortez explained,

"Its carrying capacity is almost the same as two Spanish sailing ships. Even if they are not warships and can only be equipped with a small number of artillery, it is certain that these large ships will speed up their colonization."

Thousand-ton sailboats are used to transport immigration and food. One thousand-ton sailboats seem to be very large, but in fact, many of the bird boats of this era are large ships with a load of more than ten thousand stones, with a load of about 600 tons.

The reason why schooners are now sought after is that their operations are similar to traditional hard sailing ships, and the other is that they only need about thirty or forty sailors to start, so they are extremely economical. They transport people on the way, transport goods, and load grains on the way. Such colonial trade and grain imports have long been formed, and thanks to this, the Ming Dynasty is becoming stronger and stronger day by day!

"this……"

Castro glanced out the window.

"It seems that the conflict between Spain and the Ming Dynasty is absolutely impossible to avoid!"

Despite his awareness, he had a concern in the face of this threat because he clearly realized what would be the end.

Defeated!

Because he is a soldier, he can clearly see the strength gap between the two sides. It is precisely because of this that he believes that this is the final result. But who will face such a result?

No one is willing to face such failure!
Chapter completed!