The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The Carlos rebellion was quelled, and most of the soldiers of the two northern legions took a long vacation, which lasted one and a half months.

Waiting for the vacation to end, they will stand by on the east coast, waiting for shipment to Rome at any time.

After the throne war and the prisoner-of-war incident, the relations between the two countries have deteriorated greatly. Alfonso's attitude towards the Roman garrison is different from the past, and his attitude towards cooperation is much more positive.

Of course, allowing religious reform is the basic principle, and concessions are also in other places, such as lowering the cost of garrison.

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After the local war ended, the military's attention immediately turned to overseas. The 50,000 troops were continuously assembled in Valencia. Only after the preparation was completed, they would cross Gibraltar and then across the Atlantic to counter the Cuban rebellion.

However, the Cuban War did not arouse much attention at home and in Europe. In addition to being too far away, there were too many rebellions in the colonies this year as an important reason.

Apart from Spain, the only power that is concerned about this is the United States.

Behind the Cuban War of Independence were American arms dealers.

Fortunately, the United States has just ended the Civil War. Even though their GDP has been on par with that of the United Kingdom this year, they still have a sense of awe for the European powers.

According to the report of the Governor of Cuba, no traces of American volunteers were found, and the few poorly equipped Americans should have acted spontaneously.

Therefore, the 50,000 troops only need to deal with the Cubans. Although most of the Cubans emigrated from Spain, they cannot be the opponents of compatriots on the other side of the ocean without training and organization. This war will not be very difficult. .

Alfonso did not care about them anymore. The real counter-insurgency war started probably in January or even two months later. At this stage, he has more important tasks to deal with.

The cause of the incident also talks about Rudolf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He may be too strict in control and lack of suitable peers of the same age. It is obvious that the two are not very familiar, but he writes to Alfonso from time to time. letter.

In France and Catalonia, this phenomenon was not too serious. Now when I return to Madrid, I don't know if it was instructed or not. Rudolph's frequency of writing letters is much higher, almost more than four.

Now I finally saw it, even Queen Isabella wrote a letter, wanting Gisela Louise Marie, Rudolph’s sister, to communicate with Alfonsodo. It’s already obvious. .

Alfonso's feelings about this matter... how to put it, he personally doesn't care who he marries, after all, this matter will never be avoided.

Anyway, aristocratic couples usually respect each other's hobbies, as long as they are not too bad, they can accept it.

And Gisela is not good-looking but not too ugly, and does not have some of the genetic characteristics of Habsburg, also, at any rate, is the daughter of Princess Sissi, one of the two greatest beauties in Europe, so ugly is not much ugly.

So when Isabella talked to him about this, he said that he could contact him first.

"Very well, take the initiative to treat girls and write more letters." Queen Isabella is satisfied with Alfonso's attitude. She doesn't have too many thoughts. It is entirely out of the right thoughts of Bourbon and Habsburg. .

The Bourbon dynasty has a history of nearly 400 years. Although there are many families in Europe that can match him, most of those families exist in Protestant countries. If possible, Isabella would like to marry a Catholic country.

Many families in Britain and Germany were eliminated at once, and Isabella didn’t like the French very much either. The rest of the power and qualifications matched the candidates, and the Princess of Habsburg was undoubtedly the best. that.

Moreover, the two have historical ties, and the relationship has always been good, which is really a good thing.

Alfonso discussed the matter with Campos, who was quite supportive. Like Alfonso, he was more out of political considerations.

The two monarchies are married, getting closer and closer to each other, and even forming an alliance with the same interests is normal.

It just happened to have annoyed Italy recently, one-on-one, Italy may not be afraid of Spain, but if the two countries are in line, Italy will definitely not dare to act rashly.

"Your Majesty, you have to take the initiative." Campos was more anxious than them.

"If this matter can be preliminarily settled before the Franco-Prussian War, we will have more say in the affairs of the Papal State. At that time, we can bring France and Austria to Hungary. We will have a four-nation conference, and maybe we will not move. The gun solved the problem."

Alfonso shook his head, disapproving of this idea.

Sifao supports the Pope, and Italy will certainly not wait for the slaughter. The British will most likely be attracted by the time. The Four-nation Conference will evolve into the Five-nation Conference. Russia and the United States will come together again. The Seven-nation Conference and the Eight-nation Conference are all possible. .

Anyway, it’s about the Pope. It’s a Christian country that can say a few words for good reasons.

If it is all here, what little Spain has the right to say, and the religious reformation will not even think about it.

"We do not have an advantage in diplomatic negotiations. Our only advantage is that we are very close to Rome and Italy. If you can do it, don't talk." He retorted, secretly determined not to involve too many countries in this matter.

Campos hesitated to speak but stopped. Alfonso's attitude meant that he definitely wanted to take something from the Pope or Italy, and the picture was not small.

Alfonso hasn't talked to him about his thoughts yet, but through his daily dealings, he is vague and somewhat guessing, and he no longer speaks at the moment.