Li Xiao never thought of attacking London or other places in the UK.

These days, the Ming Dynasty's navy keeps swimming in the Atlantic Ocean. The target shooting behavior last month has stopped.

Now the Ming army is like a tiger that circles its prey all day long, seemingly ready to pounce and take a bite at any time.

Of course, these things are all done by destroyers. The main force of the Ming Dynasty fleet has returned to Porto Port in Portugal.

After negotiations between the Ming Dynasty and the Portuguese government, this largest port in Portugal has now officially become the Ming Dynasty naval base.

This naval base is of course rented in name. However, the lease period is relatively long, five hundred years.

The people of the Ming Dynasty had to pay the Portuguese government an annual rent of 10,000 Ming Dynasty silver coins.

Of course the Portuguese don't care about rent. Moreover, for such an important and well-equipped natural harbor, renting it for only 10,000 silver coins is simply a bargain.

What the Portuguese care about is being able to board Ming's ship. From now on, all they have to do is hold on to Ming's thick legs.

Neither Spain nor other countries can bully Portugal anymore.

Portugal is no longer the overlord of the sea. In recent years, relying on the gold and silver plundered by its ancestors in the American continent, Portugal has indeed lived a good life for a period of time.

King Fernando II of Portugal was a very farsighted man.

Although Portugal is also a Christian country, they did not participate in the war against the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Portugal has always remained neutral during the war.

This made European countries look down upon, but considering Portugal's weak defense strength, no one said anything.

When the war situation became increasingly clear, Fernando II immediately made a choice.

Not only did he lease Porto to the Ming Empire as a naval base, he also signed a series of agreements with the Ming Dynasty.

By giving huge discounts to Ming Dynasty, Portugal gained a lot of benefits.

One of them is that Daming has the right to build a factory in Portugal. Moreover, as long as Daming fairly buys the factory land and starts construction.

Within three years, Daming will not collect any taxes from the factory.

For the period from three years to five years ago, only half of the tax will be collected.

Driven by Zheng Sen, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the Ming Dynasty has sent a large delegation to Lisbon to prepare for negotiations with the Portuguese.

As soon as the Strait of Gibraltar is opened, a large amount of capital from the Ming Dynasty will enter Portugal, turning this small country in a corner into the light industry center of Europe.

Of course, what Ming Dynasty transferred to Portugal was only some low-end industries. For those high-end industries, Ming Dynasty would never let them leave the country.

Besides, the Ming Dynasty’s high-tech enterprises were all business of the Ming Dynasty government.

They will never go overseas to expand their territory.

Li Xiao could hold his nerve, but Asch could no longer hold his breath. He really wanted to kill England, which was the last stumbling block for Germany to dominate Europe, and even the world.

He really wanted to kick the old British man in the crotch right now, but unfortunately, the German navy was too weak.

Without the help of the Ming Navy, the military operation to land in Britain would have been a disaster.

Through Ribbentrop, the Germans had urged the Ming people several times to help them land in England.

Every time, Daming found various explanations to solve the problem.

Finally, Axi used a trick.

He once again promised that all German-occupied areas would be open to the Ming Empire, further weakening tariff barriers, and promising to allow Ming companies to invest in German state-owned enterprises.

Enterprises from all walks of life have no barriers to the Ming Dynasty. As long as the Ming Dynasty people want it and are willing to spend real money, they can obtain shares of German enterprises.

Matters including building factories, building toll bridges, as well as railway companies and shipping companies have all been put on the agenda.

The most important thing is that Axi promised Ming the right of military passage and the right to garrison troops.

Of course, friendly consultations with Germany must be conducted before garrisoning troops and military passage.

This was already a transfer of German sovereignty, which shows how urgent Asch was feeling.

Li Xiao looked at Axi's conditions and felt that Axi was indeed a crazy person. A person who would do anything to achieve his goals.

In order to kill Germany's last opponent, all the money was spent.

After investing so much money, the rewards in the end are also very impressive.

As long as England is eliminated, Germany will become the most powerful empire in Europe.

Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and other Nordic countries will all follow Germany's lead.

Although Russia in the east is still very powerful, this war has severely weakened Russia. For at least twenty years, Russia will not pose any threat to the huge German Empire.

The only thing we need to be wary of is the Ming Empire, but the Ming Empire is far away in Asia. It is impossible for them to occupy European land on a large scale!

Judging from the current situation, it means occupying several small islands in the Mediterranean Sea and establishing some naval and army bases on land.

At most, it controls a few puppet countries.

For example, a country like the Ottoman Empire has now become a dog of the Ming Empire.

Since the power of Ming Dynasty is not enough to radiate to Europe, or the strategic focus of Ming Dynasty is not in Europe.

Then, Germany will have opportunities for development.

As long as the newly occupied land is firmly digested and vigorously developed for twenty years, when Russia takes a breath, they will be surprised to find that Germany at that time is already a behemoth.

Although Germany is not small now, it is still much smaller than Russia.

After seeing Axi transfer so much sovereignty, Li Xiao happily agreed to Axi's request.

Ming Dynasty will send naval combat troops to cover the German army's attack on Britain. However, although this time it is said to be a joint operation, Ming Dynasty's funds are limited. How many artillery shells Ming Dynasty needs to fire will definitely not include lakes.

Just the money for the shells needs to be paid!

In other words, if the British put up fierce resistance and the German soldiers couldn't take it down for a while, the Germans would have to pay for every shell fired.

Moreover, German soldiers took large paddle steamers to cross the sea. The cost of crossing the sea also had to be spent by Germany.

Of course, you can also choose not to spend any money and organize a German ship to transport it!

However, Ming Dynasty had already reserved a hand, after unilaterally turning the waters surrounding the UK into a war zone.

Li Xiu ordered to cut off the British Empire's overseas channels. At the same time, no foreign ships were allowed to attempt to approach the British Isles.

In fact, the British Isles have been blockaded by the Ming Dynasty. It is impossible for German warships to even get close.
Chapter completed!