King Philip IV of Spain, a so-called king of the earth, was indeed a rather powerful figure at first, because when he succeeded, Portugal was still a vassal state of Spain, and the Netherlands was also nominally a Spanish territory.

How big are the colonies of Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands?

It can be said that during this period, almost all the overseas colonies of the European continent were these three countries, and their colonies together accounted for a small half of the known continent, and the Holy Roman Empire, which occupies nearly half of the land area of the continent, also belonged to the Habsburgs, and he was the most powerful king of the Habsburgs, so the title of Philip IV, the king of the earth, was not bragging, according to the situation at the time, he really counted the king of the earth!

However, his life as king of the earth was not difficult, because when he took over, the Spanish Armada had already annihilated in five expeditions to England, and Spain had lost its position as the overlord of the sea.

The Netherlands was also struggling with independence, and the sea strength is getting stronger and stronger, as early as the beginning of his succession, the Dutch maritime strength has exceeded Spain, to the back, the Netherlands is the dominant sea, even Spain's treasure ships are robbed, but he can do nothing about it.

Moreover, before he took over, France, Denmark and Sweden provoked a war against the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Empire almost fell apart, and the Netherlands, Britain, Russia and other powers joined the camp of the anti-Habsburg alliance, almost all the European powers are fighting against him, he is the king of the earth simply singled out the world!

Portugal's independence made Spain even worse, and he was unable to even organize the army to clean up Portugal, because in Catalonia, Spain is fighting with France, the Netherlands and other powers, he simply has no time to control Portugal.

At this time, it can be said that Spain and the entire Habsburg dynasty was the most difficult time, because the Holy Roman Empire had been destroyed by the French, Swedish and Danish forces, the Spanish Navy and the Spanish army also lost the French and Dutch joint forces, he could not support, and even he was ready to sign a contract with the anti-Habsburg alliance, admit defeat, and cut the ground to peace.

Historically, it was at this time that the Habsburgs and the anti-Habsburg alliance began to negotiate, and then Spain and the Holy Roman Empire cut land to peace, ending the thirty-year battle for continental hegemony, from then on, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire withdrew from the stage of hegemony and slowly became a second-rate European country, and the rise of the British law replaced their hegemony.

However, Zhang Bin has rewritten history, just as Philip IV was considering whether to start peace talks, the governor of Manila in the Far East, Coquila, came back, and he brought a shocking news that the Daming Empire had allied with Portugal, and the Daming Empire was still interested in forming an alliance with Spain, and more importantly, the "Invincible Fleet" of the Daming Empire had covered the sea for tens of thousands of miles and came to the European continent!

Two hundred super battleships and two hundred powerful cruisers, that is the concept, at the peak of the Spanish Armada, there were more than a hundred super battleships and cruisers, that is to say, this force alone is more than three times that of the Spanish Armada.

What is there to hesitate at this time, since the Ming Empire intends to form an alliance with them, so a powerful ally is not only what Portugal needs, but also what Spain needs, because now he is no longer able to recover, only rely on external forces to have the hope of reversing the tide.

At the time of the intervention of the Daming Empire, he saw not only hope, but even the dawn of victory!

There is nothing to hesitate, the alliance, such a powerful ally who can change the situation of the war does not rush, it is really a problem.

At this time, what Portuguese colony, what king's dignity, he can not care, although he is arrogant, but not a crazy, such an opportunity to reverse the situation, he wants to miss, Spain is really finished.

After listening to Corquina's report, he immediately decided to ask the defender's government to come to Valencia to negotiate and sign a contract with the Daming Empire as soon as possible!

In fact, Zhang Bin is also wrong, he thought that the area of Spain is not large, Madrid is not far from the sea, Corquila should be able to quickly get to Madrid, in fact, Madrid from the nearest port of Valencia have seven or eight hundred miles.

Coquera was really tossed and miserable now, drifted at sea for three months without saying that after disembarking, he had to run for two days before he arrived in Madrid, which had just been reported, His Majesty the King asked him to go to Lisbon, please Zhang Bin to negotiate, and he had to fight back!

This guy, just ah, when he rushed back to Valencia, the whole people were about to fall apart, it was good, Zhang Bin sent more than ten light iron armor ships to him are still there, he just has to lie down on the ship.

Coquera lay on the boat for more than a day, and finally arrived in Lisbon, this time Zhang Bin has been waiting a little impatient, he originally estimated that Corquila only need three or four days to play back from Spain, did not think Coquela spent six or seven days.

This would upset his plans, for he had allowed João IV to negotiate with England and the Netherlands half a month later, and he would have to rush to Spain to negotiate with Philip IV, and if something went wrong, it would be too late to negotiate with England and the Netherlands.

Of course, he can also make the British and Dutch negotiating envoys wait in Lisbon, waiting for him to come back from Spain to start negotiations, but he does not want to give people an image of arrogance, after all, he also wants to play the role of "warmon".

Before meeting Corquila, he was a little angry, but when he looked at Coquela's haggard appearance, he suddenly disappeared, and then listened to Corquila explained that he was even more laughing, well, it turned out that he was wrong, but Philip IV was willing to come to Valencia to negotiate personally because of the rush to peace talks, otherwise, this half a month is not enough time.

After a detailed understanding of the situation, he decided to let Coquila take a day off in Lisbon and leave the next morning, because it would take Philip IV to reach Valencia from Madrid for at least two days, and a king would certainly not have to take a few people to run with him, and he must bring enough guards and relevant officials, so that Philip IV could get to Valencia in three days.

So he did not need to hurry, the next morning to go to Valencia at noon on the third day is the best, after all, Spain is the land of Philip IV, he hastened to go to Valencia and wait for his own monkey, this time the hurry should be Philip IV not him.