Restart Spain

The marriage of Hepburn and Alfonso is all set, and Canovas and Joao are still in the process of discussing the alliance.

Although King Louis I was the king of Portugal, he had little power. If he wanted to do this, Joao's opinion was also very important.

But the iron-fisted Joao did not object to this, and Joao was not interested in acting as the British younger brother.

The negotiation between Canovas and Joao can be described as needle-to-point. The two sides are scrambling for a little profit.

Alfonso also returned to Madrid after explaining the matter, and Daimler and Benz also formally invested in the research.

At the same time, the anti-Turkish coalition in the Balkans also found Spain.

Not long ago, Serbia, Montenegro, Wallachia and Moldova declared their independence from the Ottoman Empire.

In order to meet the counterattack of the Ottoman Empire, the leaders of the four countries, while eager to obtain the support of Russia and Austria-Hungary, sent ambassadors to Spain to buy new machine guns and artillery.

After the failure of the Crimean War, the Russians fully supported several countries in this independence movement against the Turks to expand their sphere of influence in the Balkans.

In the end, with the support of the Russians, 5.8 million match towers were spent to buy 200 artillery pieces, 200 Maxim machine guns and matching bullets.

This was a little surprise for Alfonso.

September 10

The Portuguese Prime Minister Joao, and the Spanish Prime Minister Canovas, replaced the two kings,

At the Palazzo Decaz in Portugal, the contract representing the military alliance between the two countries was officially signed - the "Iberian Alliance Treaty"

The two countries officially formed an alliance.

1. Spain and Portugal have formed an offensive and defensive alliance. Either side is attacked by a third country, and the other side must join the defensive war.

2. Both Spain and Portugal respect the current territorial boundaries of the two countries and recognize their territorial sovereignty.

3. Spain and Portugal will completely open the border between the two countries for trade and commerce.

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The next day Le Monde immediately reported the heavyweight news and called on all Spain to put aside their prejudice against the Portuguese and get along well.

The Portuguese media, at the behest of the government, also carried out similar reports.

The reason why the reports of the two countries are relatively unified is that both countries are in decline, and the Spanish and Portuguese are brother countries with the same origin.

Under the background that the Western bloodline theory is still in full swing, this statement is worth exploring.

There is not much difference between the two countries in terms of race, language, and living customs. Many people have begun to study this issue.

Generally speaking, the people of the two countries are not very disgusted with the alliance. Although the number of wars between the two countries is numerous, it did not have any impact on the alliance.

However, the reactions of the European powers were not the same.

The world hegemon of the British Empire, British Prime Minister Disraeli, who takes imperialism as the truth, said angrily that the Portuguese were a group of traitors.

At the same time, Disraeli began to make speeches all over the country, announcing that aid to Portugal would be suspended immediately, and threatened to make the Portuguese pay the price.

And Spain also made a sound in time. King Alfonso XII gave a public speech in the main square of Madrid:

"The Portuguese are our brothers. Although we are not the same country, we are of the same race. We can understand each other's language. Isn't it something that everyone in the world wants to see?

We will never sit idly by the British threat to Portugal, and we will face the challenge together with the Portuguese! "

King Alfonso XII's speech can be said to have pierced the sky. The British Empire is very powerful, and there are very few people who dare to openly confront Britain in this era.

When the news spread to Portugal, the Portuguese were stunned, because King Alfonso XII of Spain actually stood up first when the Portuguese government did not speak out.

The Portuguese took the lead in recognizing the "Iberian Alliance Treaty". Like the Spanish, the Portuguese have not kept up with the first-class European powers in recent years.

But it does not mean that they have lost their self-respect and confidence as a foreign power. When the British were arguably a naked threat to their heads, the Portuguese reacted more violently to the British.

King Luis I of Portugal also made his speech after Alfonso,

"We were moved by the Spanish people's righteous words, which had to let us put down some prejudices between us and formally face our alliance.

As a global colonial empire, we Portugal are not a small indigenous country in Africa. The Portuguese have their own dignity. We are not the "little brothers" that the British call around.

As our friend His Majesty Alfonso XII said, when the power of the Iberian Peninsula gathers, we are not afraid of any challenge. "

The voices of Spain and Portugal thoroughly angered the British, and the British folk slogan of "teaching the Iberians" became more and more serious.

For this reason, the Queen of England had to stand up to quell the incident.

The British are planning the title of "Queen of India", and Queen Victoria obviously attaches great importance to this title and does not want to cause more trouble at this juncture.

In his speech on behalf of the Queen, the British Prime Minister said that Great Britain would teach them a lesson. uukanshu. com this matter is slowly subsided in British society.

And the British cabinet, Prime Minister Disraeli, summoned the American ambassador, Sid Lamin.

"Mr. West Germany, we know that your country now has some ideas about the Spanish Cuban colony, and our country can support you."

Disraeli spoke bluntly and didn't beat around the bush. The little tricks of the Americans could not be concealed from the British eldest brother.

"Haha, I don't know about this matter. Why don't I send a telegram back to China and invite the president of our country to talk to you in detail." West Germany didn't answer, but made a haha.

The British and the Spaniards are blatantly fighting a war of words these days, and West Germany knows that this kind of thing should be left to higher-level people to discuss.

"That really doesn't bother His Excellency the Ambassador. I will discuss this issue with the President of your country in detail."

Disraeli was expressionless. At this time, the British did not take Americans very seriously.

The U.S. executives also hated the blatant act of splitting the U.S. by the British, but they did not show it because of the might of the British Empire.

Negotiations between the two countries are about to begin...

On the Iberian side, the matter seems to be coming to an end, and the people of the two places are gradually returning to normal life with pride, but they don't know that a big storm is about to wait for them.

And in Russia in Eastern Europe, the Russians were very happy with the British slump, claiming that the Spaniards had won a great victory.

The Russian government also had great confidence in launching a war against Turkey.

Under the circumstances that the French, who suffered heavy losses in the Crimean War but did not gain much benefit, made it clear that they would not intervene,

With the British's pocket army, and the posture of talking but not practicing, it is not enough to scare the Russians.

The Ottoman crisis…

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