While Liu Ruguo and Uesugi Keikaku joined forces to soar in the north of England, the sea in the eastern part of England was reacting violently due to sudden changes in the region.

Since the Spanish Legion landed in England, people in the six northern provinces of the Low Countries have been covered with a layer of haze.

For a long time, the Kingdom of England and the six northern provinces, the so-called Dutch Republic, have always supported each other in the struggle against Spain.

No one has the ability to fight against a behemoth like Spain alone, but these two countries have the ability to fight against Spain by geographically supporting each other.

If the Netherlands is broken, England will be attacked from both sides; if England is broken, the Netherlands will also be attacked from north to south.

Tang Xianzu handled the only government affairs about foreign affairs two months ago, and received an envoy from the Dutch consul William.

For them, the Ming Dynasty may not be a friend, but will be an enemy to a large extent. Therefore, William did not have much request, and only hoped that the Ming army would not allow the Spaniards to rent a port.

In fact, this is not an extravagant hope, and Tang Xianzu did not directly refuse.

Although for the decision of the Oriental Military Office, it is recognized that it supports Spain to unify the continental country with backward and decayed and extremely poor handicraftsmanship capabilities to invest the continuous trade income into war, destroy the land, and interrupt the development of culture and technology.

However, Tang Xianzu believed that Spain was the strongest in the continent. Even if we wanted to advance such a strategy, we should try our best to slow down the steps and expand this great cause that can be completed in ten or eight years to twenty or even thirty years, which is more beneficial to the empire.

Unfortunately, things went against my wishes.

Tang Xianzu's suggestion was carried by the messenger from Puzhou, and bad news came from the Netherlands on the other side of the sea - William the silent one was killed.

People believe that the murderer is Philip of Spain. In the past three years, the murders against William have occurred five times, including when William was shot during the assassination the previous year and was lucky enough to die.

This time, William was shot dead by a Spanish assassin who sneaked into his home.

The distance from Amsterdam to London is much closer than to any capital. Almost the same week as the assassination, the bad news of William's assassination came into the ears of the Dutch ruling envoys in London. Immediately afterwards, the young Dutch envoys came to the London prefect angrily to ask for an explanation.

When the Dutch envoy started to make trouble outside the yamen, Tang Xianzu was reviewing the number of Chinese literature schools needed in Xinna, the north, which brought him great work pressure.

For seventy Chinese literature schools, more than seven hundred school buildings are required. The project volume is large or small. The most important thing is seventy senior talents who are familiar with Chinese and Yi.

The students of the Chinese Literature School in London have not yet started their education, and the talent gap is huge.

At this critical moment, the Dutch envoy came to ask for an explanation, but did not make Tang Xianzu angry, but only made him confused.

"What does the Spanish assassinate your consuls have to do with the Celestial Empire?"

Just as the London idle man Wei Jinzhong visited the yamen, Tang Xianzu simply sent him to deal with the envoy.

Since Tang Xianzu started writing scripts, Wei Jinzhong met Tang Xianzu for a few times, and after that, he often went to the yamen to visit him.

This person is quite interesting and doesn't bother Tang Xianzu.

However, if Wei Jinzhong has any enthusiasm for drama, he may not be the case. He is a serious idle man.

Now that the regular army in London has stopped the military affairs, Ying Ming and the Beiyang Banners still have to supervise the baggage, but Wei Jinzhong is really idle. His enthusiasm for boxing is much higher than that of drama.

Although Wei Jinzhong's boxing skills are really not top-notch, he cannot resist being the highest among the people who like boxing.

The best skills of boxing, sword fighting, and the Spanish, retired Spanish sword and shield infantry are often the Spanish.

Even if the Beiyang Banner Army under Ying Ming's command ended, there were only a few cavalrymen who were in charge of the army who were able to rank up.

Others don't practice this thing.

The old Spanish sword and shield soldiers must have physical fitness and experience, which means that they have a little less physical strength. They call swordsmanship the supreme technique. While swordsmen learn swordsmanship, some people will assist in learning geometry to master the sense of distance between human sword fighting.

This kind of thing is extremely lethal, and if it is in the eyes of the prefect Tang Xianzu, it will be rejected directly.

However, Wei Jinzhong likes to play and hires an old Spanish swordsman as his teacher. He wants to play but doesn't want to die, so he discusses with Tang Xianzu how to keep the sword fight without dying.

As for the reason, we must find a high-sounding one. Wei Jinzhong said that boxing, swordsmanship, and guns are a good means of self-protection for the people of Daming who are traveling around the world.

It's politically correct at once.

Now in London and Puley County, there are boxing rings and sword fighting arenas. When boxing, you need to wear thick cotton gloves and cotton hats, and when sword fighting, you need to wear cotton armor. After the tip of the sword is dull, you have to put a wooden shell on it. Most of the people are immigrants playing this.

Wei Jinzhong is also working on the rules and procedures of the competition.

He plans to bring these two competitions back to China when they are regular in the future.

The world is an amusement park for the people of Daming. In this amusement park, protecting yourself from harm is the top priority.

However, the pleasant boxer Mr. Wei Si was not so happy to see the young Dutch envoy.

At first he was a little confused, like Tang Xianzu, thinking that this matter had nothing to do with us. What's the use of you coming to us to say this?

If you die, you go to Spain, right?

But when the half-hour conversation ended, Wei Jinzhong, who was covered in dust, returned to the yamen and knocked on Tang Xianzu's study door, and he was as sad as ever.

"Master, things are not that simple. I'm afraid the letter you wrote to the military palace has already started before the commander."

Tang Xianzu put down his pen, frowned and looked at Wei Jinzhong, and said, "The Netherlands is going to start a war with the Celestial Empire... is crazy?"

Wei Jinzhong didn't say anything more. While recounting the news he received, he pulled out a picture from his sleeve and spread it on the table, saying, "According to their calendar, on the tenth day of July, Spanish assassin Gerald, a Catholic born in the Netherlands, received a gift from the Spanish royal family and a gun."

"He sneaked into William's house and killed William with this gun. Three bullets, two hit the stomach and one hit the right chest."

Listening to Wei Jinzhong's explanation, Tang Xianzu stared at the drawings placed on the table. The drawings were drawn with a firearm, a firearm that Tang Xianzu was very familiar with.

"You are right. This is what the assassin uses. Even if the Spaniards made some modifications to it, the fire was flintlocked, and the gun rod was replaced with a grip, any Ming Dynasty person could recognize it. This was a three-eyed gun."

"There are inscriptions on it, the Shandong Commander-in-Chief Tianjin Right Guard Weapon Bureau."

Tang Xianzu asked, "This thing is not even a few shots in England, how could it fall into the hands of the Spanish?"
Chapter completed!