The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 120 Military Action Plan
Five days after Zhu Jianxuan finalized the deal with the UK, Spanish representatives also returned from Europe.

Zhu Jianxuan once again met with the returning Spanish representatives in Chengyun Hall.

Spanish Prime Minister Redondo came to New York in person and brought back the authorization and approval letter from King Carlos III of Spain.

Authorize the Prime Minister of Spain to sign an agreement with the King of Wu of the Ming Dynasty, the Governor of the Ming Dynasty's North American Governor's Office, and the King of America.

Exchange one thousand square kilometers of land around Taranto for the island of Jamaica in Central America.

The island of Jamaica covers an area of ​​10,000 square kilometers and has a large number of plantations growing sugarcane, cocoa, and coffee. At that time, it was a very valuable colony.

It is only because Jamaica, as a colony of the New World, is naturally inferior to the lands of the Old World that it is able to conduct such transactions.

The exchange agreement was accompanied by a friendly alliance agreement between Spain and the Ming Dynasty.

The contracting parties recognize each other, non-aggression, free trade, and maintain friendly exchanges both officially and privately.

If one party takes the initiative to provoke a war with a third party, the other party does not need to take the initiative to join the war.

However, they may not assist the enemies or allies of the contracting parties, let alone join the enemy's camp.

If one party is actively attacked by a third country, the other party needs to join the defensive war and assist the contracting party in resisting the attack of other countries.

The land exchange period is permanent and the friendly alliance agreement is valid for twenty years.

There are no other requirements besides this.

After reading the Spanish authorization letter and listening to the conditions for friendly alliance proposed by Spain, Zhu Jianxuan directly did not mention cooperation with Britain, the Habsburgs and France.

This friendly alliance condition has already covered these requirements. If the Ming Dynasty assists the Habsburgs in their war against Prussia, Spain must at least remain neutral.

Spain's position on the European continent has always been relatively marginal, and now the country's overall strength is continuing to decline.

Now the Spanish top leaders generally tend to maintain stability and have no interest in interfering in the affairs of continental Europe.

Zhu Jianxuan arranged for officials from the Ministry of Rites to work with the Spanish Prime Minister's entourage to draft an agreement.

After both parties checked and confirmed that everything was correct, they signed it directly.

Redondo also brought the authorization and approval letter directly from the King of Spain.

Zhu Jianxuan had the imperial edict of the Ming Emperor and could directly sign and approve agreements that only involved Europe and North America.

Both parties can immediately begin to implement the contents of the agreement.

But the formal agreement itself still had to be sent back to their respective homelands for approval by the emperor and king and then archived.

Zhu Jianxuan first arranged for 3,000 Ming expeditionary soldiers to sail to the Mediterranean under the escort of the North American Governor's Navy.

Responsible for first taking control of the Tallarn town and port.

It will not interfere in the specific affairs of Taranto for the time being, nor affect the lives of ordinary people in Taranto.

Even temporarily continue to retain the original power of officials and nobles.

Only responsible for maintaining order and public security.

In the future, we will gradually send immigrants from Wei to Taranto, allowing Ming immigrants to become the main population there, and then slowly build Ming-style cities and ports.

Taranto will become the future trade center of the Ming Dynasty in the Mediterranean and a cargo distribution center in southern Europe.

The island of Jamaica will also be handed over to the Spanish colonial army at the same time.

After completing the transaction in Spain, Zhu Jianxuan breathed a sigh of relief and started to deal with bigger transactions.

On September 1782, the 10th year of the reign of Emperor Xianning of the Ming Dynasty, October 10, in the Western calendar, Zhu Jianxuan summoned representatives from Britain, France, the Habsburgs, and the Palatinate at the Chengyun Hall.

Formal discussion of military action against the northern German states, led by Prussia.

Britain, Ming Dynasty and Hanover sent troops and deployed sufficient land forces in the German region to deter and force the German states led by Prussia to remain calm.

Then complete the territorial exchange between Ming Dynasty and Britain, and complete the territorial exchange between Habsburg and Margrave of Palatinate.

The full start of the operation was tentatively scheduled for before the summer of 1783.

In the next few months, all parties will complete the final communication and confirmation, complete the documentation procedures, and make full military mobilization and preparations.

Zhu Jianxuan signed an imperial decree to confer the title of Duke of Belgium County of the Wu Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty on Karl August, the illegitimate son of the Elector Palatinate.

All the land in the former Austrian Netherlands, except for 2,000 square kilometers of coastal areas, was granted to the Duke of the Belgian County.

The Habsburg monarch, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II signed a transfer agreement transferring ownership of the Austrian Southern Netherlands to the King of Wu of the Ming Dynasty.

The Elector Palatinate signed an agreement ceding the Bavarian succession to Joseph II.

King George III of Hanover signed an agreement with King Wu of the Ming Dynasty to exchange two thousand square kilometers of land in northern Hanover for Quebec, Montreal and the land to the north.

Zhu Jianxuan signed an order to transfer a string of islands in Central America, including St. Vincent, the Nadine Islands, Grenada, and Barbados, to France.

In fact, strictly speaking, except for the islands that Zhu Jianxuan directly gave to France, all other transactions were illegal.

At the very least, it does not conform to the existing customary law of the Holy Roman Empire and will not be recognized by the Holy Roman Empire Court.

There is no problem in forcing it to be waste paper.

However, the countries that signed the agreement will mobilize a total of about 200,000 troops to jointly endorse these agreements, making them the legal basis for the future.

Britain organized 30,000 troops from its homeland and Hanover to guard the Hanover area.

France deployed 30,000 army troops to station them on guard near the border of the southern Netherlands and the border of neighboring German states.

Zhu Jianxuan mobilized 10,000 Ming Dynasty American Expeditionary Force and led 20,000 U.S. Continental Army troops to Europe.

With the support of the Habsburg and Hanoverian garrisons, the areas controlled by the Habsburgs and Hanoverians were traded to the port areas of the Ming Dynasty.

Joseph II directly mobilized 50,000 troops and entered Bavaria in the name of an invitation from the current monarch of Bavaria.

The remaining main armies of the Habsburgs were used to defend and deter states such as Saxony and Prussia.

The number of troops directly invested by France, Britain and Ming Dynasty was not large, but the participation of these three countries was an attitude, expressing their support for the Habsburgs.

This operation would be basically completed if Prussia and other states could remain calm and restrained until they found sufficiently qualified allies to offset the threats from the three countries.

Prussia and other states will most likely be patient, but they still need to be prepared for war.

If Prussia and other states decided to declare war directly on the Habsburgs due to the relatively unfavorable future situation.

Then Ming Dynasty, France, Hanover, and Britain will also declare war on Prussia and other states, and dispatch more troops to fight.

The official operation will begin before next summer, when the second group of American immigrants should have arrived.

If Zhu Jianxuan's prediction is correct, the scale of the second batch of immigrants will be larger.

Worldwide floods and droughts may have begun now.

(End of this chapter)