Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 444 Fine-tuning ([-])

"Isn't this nonsense!" Shi Qinjie stood up suddenly and said loudly.Because he got up too fast, he even accidentally knocked over the teacup in front of him, and the warm tea spilled on his pants, but he didn't realize it.

"The sincerity offered by the Ottomans is so full, how could it be rejected just because of a little Spanish madness?" Shi Qinjie said anxiously, "The Ottomans promised to provide 4000-5000 school-age students at preferential prices every year. Women to us, two, this can solve our big trouble. Don’t you know how many bachelors are in the executive committee in China? Just like this, where can we find so many women to balance the gender ratio? ? Poland? Only three to five hundred a year! Livonia? There are still more men than women! Right now, we can only ask those Muscat businessmen to buy some extremely unstable quantities of Persia and Bibi Besides Luchi female slaves, only the Ottoman Empire can provide a large and stable supply? Ladies and gentlemen, this is our core interest! Helping Ming immigrants solve practical difficulties is definitely the best way to win the hearts of the people. How can we just veto it like this? What? This is a fucking country thief!"

"It's useless for you to yell in front of me!" Jin Kela rolled his eyes at Shi Qinjie, and said, "After going out to sit in town for a few years, how can I learn to be as virtuous as those gangsters now? Talking about national thieves, Are you talking about which of the 11 members of the executive committee is a national traitor?"

Shi Qinjie was suffocated, didn't say anything more, and then reluctantly sat back on the chair under Zheng Bin's pull.

In fact, there is still a reason for Shi Qinjie to be so anxious now.Once the East Coast Republic reaches a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Ottoman Empire, the domestic headquarters will benefit the most, but the New China Colony will also get a god-given opportunity to accelerate development.For example, if an agreement with Ottoman is reached, the railway will not talk about it first, and the construction of the road from Istanbul to Edirne will require a lot of construction materials-mainly cement, sand and lime.At that time, no matter from what point of view, it will be a matter of course to expand the original cement kilns, lime kilns and other facilities in the New China colony on the spot.

And it is said that there are some port facilities construction, mainly including Suez, Smyrna, Alexandria, Thessaloniki, Kaffa and other Red Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean ports, which also need to use a large amount of cement, lime, sand, gravel, Timber and brick.The profits are astonishing. Shi Qinjie feels that if he fails to seize this opportunity, the development of New China may have to be delayed for many years.

As for these materials exported to the Ottoman Empire, the New China region can also supply them nearby.After all, it won't take long to travel north from Xinhua Port to the Ottoman Empire's Red Sea port of Suez.If the production base of various building materials supplying Ottoman is placed in Xinhua Port, then the cost will be reduced to a very low level.And this is also of considerable benefit to the industrial development of the Xinhua colony. Investment in personnel, equipment, ships, etc. will follow one after another, and Xinhua Port will develop rapidly in the process.

As the pioneer and founder of the New China Colony, Shi Qinjie's affection for the New China Colony is beyond doubt.At the beginning, the French and the Dutch built strongholds on the southeast side and west coast of Xinhuaxia Island (Madagascar Island) respectively, which made him very unhappy. He completely regarded the fourth largest island in the world as his own child and Work hard and never allow others to get involved.Similarly, he will never allow others to suppress the island's development space and deprive the island of its development opportunities.

"After working outside for so many years, I have improved a bit." Jin Kela held a teacup with a smile, looked at Shi Qinjie and said, "In addition to darker skin, you also have a good temper. What about the honest and dull guy. Hehe, it seems that it really makes sense to say that the environment changes people. You are doing nothing in such a hurry. The matter of Osman will happen sooner or later. The conditions they gave are so generous, the executive committee did not The reason is not to agree. It’s just that the current situation is a bit chaotic. The Executive Committee wants to wait and see. You also know that there are many enemies in our country now, such as the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Venice and our country. The relationship between them is not good, it can even be said that the relationship is not good, so many things have to be more cautious."

It is said that the East Coast Republic of China has been negotiating with the Dutch one after another for more than two years. Although the progress has not been much, some consensus has been reached at last, which has eased the tense relationship between the two parties.At least in the sea area of ​​Xinhua Island, the Dutch also canceled their hostile actions against the people on the east coast in this sea area after seeing the East and Portugal forming a joint fleet for regular cruises.Just kidding, the Dutch East India Company has a total of 56 large ships, most of which are merchant ships with little armament, and most of them are still sailing at sea busy making money, while the combined fleet of the East Coasters and the Portuguese already has seven or eight large ships In addition, there are a considerable number of professional warships among them. I am afraid that they will suffer losses in a fight, and it is not cost-effective economically.

Now the Dutch East India Company is concentrating on attacking Ceylon Island, digesting the city of Malacca and some of the East Indies islands that have not been occupied for a long time.As for fighting, they had this urge, because whether it was the Hezhong Port of the people on the east coast or the Xinhua Port of Xinhua Island, they both posed a serious threat to the Dutch route.But they are businessmen, businessmen are always very sensible, and they always control unnecessary war expenditures very strictly, not to mention that the current Dutch East India Company's finances are not so affluent.Ceylon Island, the Kingdom of Mataram, and the Sultan of Johor have cost the East India Company a lot of money. In order to prevent their annual cash dividends from turning into spice dividends again, the company’s shareholders have always been cautious about whether to start a war with the East Coasters. manner.

The entire East India Company may have strong hostility towards the people on the East Coast alone, Governor Van Diemen.This man had been puzzled before why people from the east coast appeared in the northern congress and company lands (Eturup Island and Defu Island). For this reason, he sent the Tasman to explore the south twice, and finally discovered Here's the mystery.It turned out that they crossed the channel between New Holland (Australia) and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), then detoured and crossed the equator to the north.Although Governor Van Diemen has no direct evidence, and he has not found any strongholds or ports of the East Coasters along the coast of New Holland in the south, but his intuition tells him that this is the case, there is nothing wrong!

For this reason, he specially strengthened the strength of the Dutch fleet in the Formosa (Taiwan Island) area last year, and asked them to lead the fleet northward if the time is right, and then take a good look at the situation near the parliament.It's a pity that the current public opinion in the whole company does not support him to fight, and some of his subordinates are also very hesitant to start a full-scale war with the people on the east coast. If it is sunk, the loss will be huge.

All in all, after the people on the east coast gave up their coveting on the Strait of Malacca and the Banda Sea, the attitude of the Dutch has eased a lot, and they also agreed to continue to negotiate with the people on the east coast in the Fort of Good Hope and the Fort in the River to avoid the conflict between the two sides. unnecessary misunderstandings.

After temporarily stabilizing the Netherlands, the current diplomatic energy of the people on the east coast is mainly focused on comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with the Ottoman Empire and the textile dispute with the French.Especially in the French textile market, the current sales of calico on the east coast are declining step by step, and the situation is worrying.The French government didn't even bother to communicate with the East Coast government in this regard. Obviously they didn't take the East Coast people seriously.At present, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still trying to make the last effort. If it still fails, people on the east coast may have to take other measures, such as a trade war.As for deepening cooperation with the Ottoman Empire, this will inevitably directly lead to a strong reaction from the Venetians. At the same time, it will also offend the Habsburg dynasty (Spain, Austria), which claims to be the guardian of the world of God, and there will be a lot of trouble.

To sum up, in fact, life on the east coast is not easy at present.The sales of foreign trade goods have declined, the government's fiscal revenue has decreased, and at the same time, a large amount of materials have to be purchased, and there are still more than 70 yuan in debt to repay the principal and interest, and new ships and settlements have to be built. The Far East is still fighting. In short, the situation is not very optimistic. .Now it happens that the Spaniards come to ask the people on the east coast to cross the border for land reclamation, religious persecution, etc. It is easy to understand that the executive committee has become timid.After all, no one wants war to break out. What the country needs most now is time for development, and the most precious thing is a relaxed development environment.Let’s not talk about whether the Spaniards will start a new war with the people on the east coast without ending another war, or whether the Spanish government, which is actually financially bankrupt, has the money to fight the war. From the severe external environment that the East Coast Republic is currently facing, it seems that one contradiction can be eased, and the contradiction with the Spaniards obviously needs to be eased at present.

The sale of strategic weapons such as battleships to the Ottoman Empire will inevitably greatly stimulate the fragile and sensitive nerves of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty, and Spain, which wears a pair of pants with Austria, will inevitably have a strong reaction.When the time comes to see the people on the east coast in a mess, maybe the Dutch will tear off their hypocrisy and rush to bite the people on the east coast. This is unacceptable to the people on the east coast.

"The cooperation with Ottoman has been put on hold for the time being, but that doesn't mean it won't continue in the future. On the contrary, the executive committee is very interested in this, and they have even discussed the details of cooperation with Ottoman. It's just this time period It is more sensitive, and the Spaniard incident happened again, and the policy needs to be fine-tuned, so everyone in the executive committee feels that it would be better to wait for this matter." Jin Kela put down the porcelain cup, and said real considerations.

(End of this chapter)