At present, Black and Joseph, who have obvious awareness of "sea power", should not say anything about Black. He is an outstanding representative of the British Navy, while Joseph represents the Baltic nobles and merchants, and the actual rulers of the Teutonic Knights with a strong religious consciousness (that is already a little thin by this time). Their trade paths all come from the Baltic Sea, and their outlets are also spread all over Europe, so naturally they also have a strong sense of sea power.

Just now, Sun Xiutao proposed a "cooperation agreement" that was not forced to be classified on the surface but actually divided into several categories. If the Daxia Kingdom sincerely reached, the future development prospects of the corresponding country will be completely different.

Because Black knew that in today's Europe, it was a time of great difficulty to unite and deal with a pagan country. Now it was the age of great navigation. Everything was based on the interests of the country and nation (which had already taken shape) first. After the Thirty Years' War, it was unlikely to fight another war with a strong religious color. Therefore, some of them dared to risk the great defiance of the world and secretly united with the former Ottomans, but they were just trying to explore each other. They could not do it in all aspects and could not do it, but they were just using each other.

In this way, a single European country or these countries should not have the possibility of defeating Daxia in the military in the next few decades. Under such a general background, integrating into the Daxia system and obtaining everything they can promote the rapid development of their own country is the wisest choice.

If the tough fight against the Great Xia Kingdom and their current strength really go to war, countries like Britain will probably be able to do it in one month - because the British model army currently has only 22 regiments of more than 20,000 people, but the Great Xia Kingdom has at least hundreds of thousands more professional army than the Model Army, and has more powerful firepower, not to mention that they are their superior cavalry.

Black also roughly understood why they only took Jamaica Island, not the area, and produced better Cuba Island and Haiti Island, because they had no intention of making a big move in the Caribbean Sea. Jamaica Island was just a springboard for them.

Then their next goal is about to come out!

At present, the southernmost part of the east coast of North America is New York, a place where the British had just taken over from the Dutch. The Duke of the National Guard didn't care much about the Americas, but it was different now. With the entry of the Great Xia Kingdom, it would be too difficult for other countries to get a share of the pie.

"We must seize more land in front of the Daxia Kingdom."

Black thought secretly, but then lamented in his heart, "With England's population, after several major plagues, it will be a problem to fill the island, let alone foreign lands?"

"What's more, with the strength of the Daxia Kingdom, even if you snatch some more places at the beginning, you still can't hold on in the end."

"Everyone!"

Just as Black frowned and wandered outside the sky, Sun Xiutao spoke again.

"After friendly consultation with various countries, the following agreement was initially reached on the division of ownership of the Caribbean islands"

"First, the Kingdom of Spain still retains the largest and best island of Cuba"

Hearing this, Mendoza cursed in his heart, "Is it good that all the islands in the Caribbean in the past belong to Spain? If you say this, Spain will still be the target of public criticism. Their heart can be punished!”

"Second, Puerto Rico is under the jurisdiction of France"

Fukai breathed a sigh of relief. This time, he accidentally planted willows and became a shady island. With this big island, his next prime minister's position is almost certain. However, "Mazaran's private secretary, Korbel, is highly favored by the upper class of the kingdom, including Mazaran. It is not natural for him to succeed to the next prime minister. With this big island, plus Guyana and the Windward Islands, after returning, he must recommend that the king set up a governor in charge of various places. I must personally elect the candidate for the governor."

"A country known as the most powerful in the continent will still become a laughing stock if it does not join the ranks of the Caribbean hegemony."

"Haiti Island is divided equally by Romania, Ukraine and Minsk. How to divide it is decided by the negotiation of the three countries"

Although Sun Xiutao said this, in fact, there had been a plan long ago that the Grand Duchy of Minsk occupied the places near Port-au-Prince, the Grand Duchy of Ukraine occupied the places near Santo Domingo, and the Santiago Valley in the north will be occupied by Romania.

“The Bahamas are governed by the Kingdom of Portugal”

This is also expected, but Haiti, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas are all places with pirates. These countries can't do it if they want to easily occupy these places. However, since the Great Xia Kingdom has become the host of dividing the Caribbean sphere of influence, it is naturally obliged to complete this matter.

In the sailing era, even if you are a country, you will not be able to encircle a certain pirate with all your strength, because even if others can't beat you, you can still run away. When you occupy the island, you will be unable to station heavy troops there for a long time due to financial resources. So the pirates will make a comeback. This is the current situation of the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and other islands.

But with the machine ships of the Han Navy of the Great Xia Kingdom, it would be difficult for these pirates to escape. In order to firmly control the Caribbean, the Great Xia Kingdom also needs to understand the surrounding geographical and hydrological structures clearly, otherwise how can they enter the east coast of North America with confidence?

Louis was thinking, "Even if the Great Xia Kingdom drove away or annihilated the pirates in the Bahamas, there was no special production here, it was just a supply location, but it was better than nothing. I lost Natal in Brazil, and I couldn't lose the Bahamas anymore."

Black was shocked in his heart, "Britain has a naval base in Bermuda, and the next stop is to take the Bahamas, but unfortunately Portugal took the lead."

“The Greater Inagua Island is governed by the UK”

Black finally breathed a sigh of relief. With the West Indies with the Greater Inagua as the core, plus the leeward islands, it could perfectly replace the Bahamas.

“As for Pine Tree Island…”

Because Joseph rejected Nikan's proposal to use 50,000 troops to use some of his "secret skills" and the Pine Tree Island to exchange Konisburg, Nikan had no need to use his hot face to put on his cold butt.

"Shelf the dispute and do not occupy it for the time being. Let's wait until the conditions are ripe"

Joseph thought to himself, "How much face has I left for me? I'm very serious. After going back to discuss with the Grand Duke, I must get the Pine Tree Island."

"To the west of Jamaica is the Turtle Islands, which are currently unoccupied, so..."

Sun Xiutao paused. No one except the Spanish knew about this unknown small archipelago. At this time, if there was no famous island, or it was too small, barren, or the geographical location was not important, then Europeans thought that there might be many islands like Turtle Island.

Turtle Island, later called Cayman Islands.

But Joseph knew that because the first German to set foot on Venezuelan territory had also visited Turtle Island, and because he did not get any island this time, he was both nervous and somewhat anxious.

"It's under the jurisdiction of the Grand Duchy of Prussia."

Joseph was very grateful inside, and he accidentally drew a cross with the unique gestures of the Teutonic Knights.

After Sun Xiutao finished speaking, everyone applauded.

But Nikan also agreed and felt a little dissatisfied.

"The Caribbean islands are all areas with frequent earthquakes, including the west coast of America. In short, the east coast is more comfortable. It is enough for the Daxia country to have Jamaica as a transit station."

...

After the new Tianjin City finalized the preliminary agreement with the countries, Nikan arranged a grand dinner to entertain them. On the second day, Fukai, Louis and others left one after another, but Joseph and Black deliberately fell to the end.

Joseph found Nikan again.

"Your Majesty, the matter about Konisberg is too big. I dare not make any decisions. But before I came out of Europe, the Grand Duke repeatedly warned that the relationship between the Grand Duchy and the Grand Xia Kingdom should be raised to another level..."

Nikan laughed and said, "Your country is already a 'comprehensive partnership'. Although the relationship was very good in the past, it was not implemented on paper. Now it is about to be done, which should be considered a 'also height'."

Joseph nodded, "I am talking about this matter below. Since it is a comprehensive partnership, in addition to trade, there is also military and technological cooperation, this..."

Nikan said: "Before you come, Grand Duke William will definitely explain to you. Tell me, if you can impress me, you will not be able to travel."

Joseph quickly said, "Since you know the Teutonic Knights, you understand the significance of Konisburg to the Prussians. If there were no special circumstances, the Grand Duke would not have given up this place. However, before coming out, in order to allow your country to have a port in the Baltic Sea, the Grand Duke was preparing to give up a small island in the Rügen Islands. Now it seems that Your Majesty should not care too much about such a place."

Nikan nodded, "I have also heard of Rügen Island. There is no good port, let alone a small island? Forget it, it is not easy for you to come to the Caribbean. I will give you a briefing. If you can give up Konysburg, our country can equip your country with 50,000 light weapons for free, and let Daxia Bank provide low-interest or interest-free loans, equip them with heavy weapons, and some horses."

"Every year, we can provide priority support for the 50,000 troops to buy food. Although you can arm 50,000 people at present, it is not easy to support them. I promise to provide them with five years of conditions for priority procurement of food. After five years, I believe that you have acquired more land and have greater financial resources, so we don't need our country to provide support."

Joseph was shocked, "He was already very thoughtful. If he wanted to equip a standing army of 50,000 people, the Grand Duchy gritted his teeth and could barely do it, but to maintain and support this army, it would be absolutely impossible without external support."

When Joseph left, Black hurried in.

"Blake", Nikan spoke first this time, "Your army stayed on Cuba Island will discuss with the Spaniards with the mediation of our special envoy..."

"Your Majesty", Black smiled, "Since I'm here, I have to solve this matter and negotiate with the Spaniards. We British have conditions, of course, not necessarily in the Caribbean. There are many exchange conditions in Europe, so your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it."

"What you want to say about Ireland?"

"Yes,……"

"Let's do it, as I said first, the fifty miles of the Shannon River can be exchanged for your people and ships. If the rest of the place except Northern Ireland and Dublin are left to the Great Xia Kingdom, the two countries can immediately be elevated to a "comprehensive partnership."

"What if there is a difference? Well, I'm talking about the specific location. The part close to the country is probably a bit difficult, but you see..."

Black took out a small roll of paper, and after opening it, it turned out to be a hand-painted map of Ireland.

"Your Majesty, you see, this is Dublin, this is Galway. It is unlikely that you want to take down all the land south of this line, but one hundred miles west of Dublin and the southmost point, including Watford, or England, the remaining land, including Galway, are under the jurisdiction of the Great Xia Kingdom. What do you think, if this is the case, the relationship between the two parties..."

"What do you mean?"

"Hehe, I dare not think about military cooperation, but can it be upgraded to technological cooperation?"
Chapter completed!