Henry II of France, because he did not die accidentally, lived longer than in history.

France completely annexed the Republic of Genoa, then Milan (before it was also the king of Milan), and then ate the Principality of Modena. The Principality of Tuscany and the Republic of Sicily were all sworn to become vassals of France.

Except for the Papal States and Venice, the entire Italian region became a French force.

This is also the reason why Henry II and Wang Ji never fell out.

Even though Wang Ji occupied such a large territory, it was actually not as valuable as Italy, and its population was not as large. France expanded to the south, and Wang Ji expanded to the east, and the two sides did not interfere with each other.

However, although Wang Ji has many women, he has always worked hard to succeed.

Henry II gradually drifted away, began to build a large scale, indulged in various luxury goods, and introduced Ming opera and football to France. He even spent huge sums of money to hire Ming musicians and players, and traveled across the ocean to France to develop music and sports.

Some scholars of the Ming Dynasty were also invited to formulate court etiquette based on French traditions.

Paris thus became the center of European art.

With Italy as the hen that lays golden eggs, France began to rack up huge debts, and the lives of French farmers were miserable.

By the way, the French queen had already fallen out with the king and took her son to live in Germania. During this period, she secretly gave birth to a son and a daughter.

As for Queen Mary of the United Kingdom, she was still working on unifying the British Isles and sent several ships to colonize Northern Yinzhou.

Because of the excessive blood and cruelty, Queen Mary was assassinated and her son succeeded to the throne as Henry IX.

Henry IX was obviously of Eastern descent. He claimed to be the illegitimate son of the Ming Emperor. He highly admired Chinese culture and paid a lot of money to hire a Ming scholar (actually a Tongsheng) as a court consultant.

This old boy actually had two skills and suggested that the king vigorously develop industry and commerce. Britain's financial situation was far better than that of France at its peak.

Henry IX looked down on European barbarians from the bottom of his heart, so he asked to marry a Germanian princess, and happily became Wang Ji's son-in-law, which was also Wang Yuan's grandson-in-law.

From then on, Henry IX spoke of his father, the Ming emperor, and his grandfather, the Indian emperor. He ordered the British nobles to wear Ming Dynasty clothes, and ordered all his ministers to have Chinese names.

Henry IX also built a China Street in London. Although it was nondescript, it could be regarded as a British Little China.

Spain is in dire straits.

Sebastian, the grandson of the old king of Portugal, began to invade Spain's North African possessions after he succeeded to the throne. Then, he directly invaded the Spanish mainland, and the two countries continued to fight for more than ten years.

When the contract was finally signed, Spain was forced to cede Andalusia. Portugal gained the northern coast of the Strait of Gibraltar, expanding its territory by one-third.

However, Portugal’s Brazilian colony was lost and was all snatched away by Wang Ji, just because natural rubber was produced there!

Throughout Europe, France, Germania, and Russia are the first-order powers, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Poland-Lithuania are the second-order powers, and Spain has been reduced to a third world country.

What is really terrifying is the Ottoman Empire, which not only occupies half of the Mediterranean coast, controls two river basins and part of the Persian Gulf, but also almost turns the Black Sea into its own inland sea.
Chapter completed!