On January 11, 1654, two ships sailed into the commercial terminal of Dongfang Port at the same time, then got off the anchor, waited for the port authority to send personnel to register and inspect, and organized unloading.

Both ships are common 650-ton flute-type transport ships on the east coast, but they are obviously from different places. The ship on the left should belong to the Ministry of Immigration, which is filled with more than 500 migrants from Ming countries transported from South Africa; the other ship is a merchant ship from the South China Sea Transportation Company, which is loaded with a small number of materials imported from Europe, and also transported 300 female slaves from Moldavia, of course, were produced by the Azov Chamber of Commerce.

The two ships were parked so close that the immigrants on the ship could clearly see each other's eyes. Especially those Ming immigrants who came from the distance from the sea, they looked at the Slavic women who were disembarking one after another under the organization of the officers, and were still communicating quietly. Perhaps even they knew that there were too many men on the ship they were riding on, and they were basically 2:1 ratio with women. Then perhaps those Slavic female slaves would have to marry many of them in the future.

However, they were obviously wrong. In today's East Coast Republic of China, there are quite a lot of bachelors. These female slaves basically came to fill the pitfalls of the past, and it is not their turn to do so. After all, who said that the members of the Executive Committee were too impatient? Most of the men and women who were attracted from the Far East were men who could immediately create great value? The ratio of men and women among immigrants is about 2:1, which is actually considered good. You should know that five or six years ago, the ratio was even more exaggerated, basically around 3:1, so the huge gap in women in China was mainly solved by introducing female slaves from Europe. However, with the increasing number of immigrants in the Far East, limited to transportation capacity, funds, supplies and other factors, the number of female slaves in Europe is increasingly unable to meet the gap. In no way, the Executive Committee could only order to give up some immediate interests. Adjusting the gender ratio of the Far East immigrants is now 2:1, and it may be adjusted to 3:2 or even 1:1 next.

Contin, who acted as the Florence Trading Station, stood on the messy dock and looked around. After a brief identification of the direction, he took a carriage and walked towards the city. His destination was the Ministry of Trade, which was located in the city. This time, he was commissioned by Mo San, the plenipotentiary of Europe, and brought some texts such as contracts, secret contracts, agreements and reports. He returned to the country and reported some information collected from Europe to the State Intelligence Administration for information.

The Trade Department arrived soon. Kang Ding took out the letter of introduction and work documents from his arms, and then came to an office together under the guard's suspicious gaze. A young official sat in the office with black curly hair, but his eyebrows were vaguely characterized by oriental people. Kang Ding looked at the nameplate on his desk: Bai Yutang (sector chief) of the Economic Investigation Section of the European Department of Trade Department.

"It turns out that it is the chief of the white stock company, I'm lucky. I'm the Florentine Merchant Station's website manager Kang Ding, working under the envoy of Mosanmo. This time I'm back here, there are some important documents to be handed over to the Economic Investigation Section of the Ministry of Trade. Please trouble you." Kang Ding looked at the handsome young man and thought about the eldest son and nephew of the boss, while saying politely.

"Website Manager Kang, are you polite." Bai Yutang stood up, shook hands with Kang Ding, then took the documents in his hand, and without looking at them, he skillfully put them in a large envelope and prepared to hand them over to the department.

"Is there any advice from Envoy Mo?" Bai Yutang asked again.

"Enter Mott said that the contents of the instructions were in the documents. Please study them carefully. If you have to say something, it is that Enter Mottt is very worried about Britain. This country is different from other places. Naturally, there are fewer land nobles. After the civil war, there are even fewer. The development of trade and the growth of imports have eroded the economic creed and monopoly status of many handicraft guilds. You must be very careful. This country has the innate conditions for rising. Of course." Speaking of this, Kangding smiled and said, "They are looking for it."

I have not completely got rid of the restrictions of the backward guild system. Industrial enterprises can only operate within this framework. Although many people are trying to break through this system, such as the off-site production of rural handicrafts, because the conservative forces are still very strong, this possibility will not be seen in a short period of time. But I still have to say, but I must pay attention to the British. Their industrial system is already at the forefront of Europe. If there is a country in Europe, then Britain will definitely be the first, not the Netherlands. I am very sure of this."

"Thank you for your advice. I will report it to my superiors truthfully." Bai Yutang said. As the eldest son of Bai Siwen, the "famous" veteran of the East Coast, Bai Yutang has been working for several years and has now risen to the position of chief of the trading department. He is also one of the leaders in the second generation.

After leaving the Ministry of Trade, Contin rushed to the Ministry of Army. This time he brought many military purchase contracts signed by Zheng Yong, which were all archived in the Ministry of Army, such as the weapons and military funds ordered by the Principal of Moscow, the purchase of three thousand rifles from Brandenburg Prussia introduced by Dutch merchants (Prussia is still under Poland's control and is not yet completely independent), the purchase of Polish King **, represented by Trip and Deher family (referring to the blessing of the Dutch, this is the first time that the East Coast people entered the Polish market in recent years), and the East Coast people sold an arms worth more than 40,000 yuan, and the buyer was the Principal of Kurland.

From these procurement contracts, we can see that there are probably an amazing war between the countries along the Baltic Sea coast. Everyone is sure that when and where this war started, they will start, but one thing is certain that it is likely to be a major battle involving multiple parties, with a scale of more than 200,000 people (perhaps close to 300,000). Judging from the current war preparations, Brandenburg, Sweden, Poland, Kurland, Moscow, even Denmark, Pomerania, etc. will be involved. Countless people fight on the vast plains of Northern and Eastern Europe, and the scene must be extremely grand, and this undoubtedly means that countless businesses include both industrial goods transactions and population trade.

"Haha, what a big scene." A second-class staff officer from the Army Department received the stationmaster Kang Dingkang. The unshaven official who obviously retreated from the field troops laughed and laughed. He greeted his comrades to come and see: "The ship that returned from Europe a while ago had just sent Ukrainians and Tatars' military purchase orders. We also said that several countries on the Black Sea were going to be involved in the war. Unexpectedly, the scene in the north was not inferior at all. Tsk tsk, maybe it was a war of hundreds of thousands of people, so don't make it bigger than the scale of the Thirty Years' War."

"The ministry just said that it would send an army tour group to the Southern Russian plain to watch the battle. If the fight starts in the north, it would have to organize a second battlefield tour group. Well, the student soldiers of Dingyuan Military Academy are blessed. They caught up with such a big scene just after graduation, which will have many benefits for their future military career. If I hadn't been older, I would have wanted to travel across the ocean to Moscow and follow their Tsar to meet the scene of a large-scale battle. I heard that the Tsar brought more than 100,000 troops every time he went on the battle, which was hard to see in the New World." Another older officer came over and looked at it, and then said in a sar.

Kangding stood there and laughed, thinking that war was better. The more fierce the fight, the greater the demand for weapons and military funds, the more materials and money it would need to resume production after the war. For commercial countries like the Netherlands and the East Coast, which had no territorial ambitions in the Baltic region and only wanted to do business, it was the best.

I believe that after these documents are submitted one by one, the Executive Committee will instruct relevant units to immediately formulate corresponding plans to maximize the benefits. What? What is this so-called "interest"? There are a lot of them, money, population, market, and materials, and even strengthening the influence of the East Coast in the region can be regarded as a benefit. Not to mention, the East Coast did not sell military funds to the Swedish Kingdom at the request of the Netherlands. After the war, the Dutch will also open the market of Brandenburg Prussia (including Pomerania) to the East Coast. This market is actually a trivial matter. It has further deepened its relations with the Netherlands. This is what the Executive Committee officials are more willing to see.

After leaving the Army Department, Kangding, under the guidance of an enthusiastic officer, came to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and submitted the request of the Duchy of Kurland to the east coast to send an ambassador to the east coast. Speaking of which, after receiving Zheng Yong's reminder, Grand Duke Jacob, the head of the country, felt that the Baltic Sea was indeed covered with clouds, so he immediately started to transfer important assets. For example, many technicians and their families in the shipyard in Wendao were sent to the New Kurland Colonial by him. Of course, there were more technicians in Wendao who were unwilling to leave, so there was no way. In addition, some important factories such as iron smelting workshops, iron processing plants, glass manufacturing plants, etc. will also begin to gradually relocate, and the destinations are all New Kurland Duchy of Kurland. It is really too weak. Whether it is Sweden, Poland or Moscow, they can easily step on their feet. If the battlefield is set up in the Duchy of Kurland at that time, it would be even more miserable.

In short, while transferring assets and personnel to overseas colonies, Grand Duke Jacob began to call on the people of the country to go to the colonies to open up the land and promised to allocate land free of charge. This undoubtedly attracted many people with nothing. Even some Polish serfs were trying their best to go to Wendao after hearing this news, intending to take a boat to New Courland to try their luck.
Chapter completed!