July 15, 1655, Xiaoxue.⊙,

The weather has been getting colder and colder in the past two years. Even in New Dundee Town, a place that should be very warm, it is surprisingly cold in winter. It has already snowed several times after the beginning of winter, and today is no exception.

Blanco de Sosa Almeida stood on the bank of the Palahana River with a gentle water level, not knowing what he was thinking. His loyal servant, Silva, who was originally sent to the Border Trade Market in the east coast, was not far away, and was striding and strolling about what he was talking to a group of Indian servants. Maybe he was teaching them how to tie goods in different categories. These natives were always stupid, and it was normal that they could not do these things well.

The goods were transported by mules and horses, and they looked like hundreds of horses. The scale was quite large. The types of goods were nothing more than pins, fish hooks, buttons, cables, standard skins, wooden barrels, brushes, hammers, candlesticks, scissors, insoles, hat brims, whetstones and other daily commodities. They were basically exported to the east coast, and a considerable part of them were produced at the request of the East coast people. For this reason, this settled town originally under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Portugal gathered a large number of handicraftsmen from the old continent. They (including newly collected apprentices locally) rely on their hardworking and clever hands to create various small commodities that are indispensable in daily life, and then exported to the east coast for money or to maintain their own production and life.

Originally this was a mutually beneficial business model, but now it seems to have been greatly affected: because of the agreement reached between the East Coast and Portugal, these Portuguese, who were originally scattered in many towns between the Gerard Mountains, were also affected. Whether to stay here or move north to the Portuguese Brazilian area has become a very realistic problem facing these craftsmen. After all, the Gerard Mountains were promised to the East Coast pagans!

Many Portuguese with pure religious beliefs plan to respond to the call of the Brazilian colonial authorities and return to the mainland of the north to settle down and live, where they can still eat with their own skills. Although their living standards may not be as good as those in the town of New Dundee, they can go to churches to worship every week. It is much better than the east coast of the east coast, which is known as a religious prison. After all, the redemption of the soul is equally important than the comfortable life in the present world.

However, there are also a considerable number of craftsmen who are not willing to leave, such as the local number of Scottish immigrants, the local name is "New Dundee Town", so the name means. The early local immigrants mainly came from Dundee, Scotland. The disaster-ridden Scots are much more flexible than those Portuguese Catholics. The years of displaced life made their attitude towards life more flexible and flexible, so they are ready to stay in the local area to settle and trade. In their opinion, they are East

The shore people were in charge of the jurisdiction, and they did not completely ban Christ (for example, there is a cathedral in Ping'an County opposite). So what does it matter if you stay in a familiar place and rely on a familiar way to continue your life? Humph, the East Coast people may be more tolerant in religious policies than some countries that cruelly treat heretics, such as the English, French, Spanish, Germans, etc. You should know that the Thirty Years War has just ended for a few years.

This is true in the new Dundee town, and the other places are like Captain Ricardo, Blacksmith, and Slave towns. Some people want to leave, while others are willing to stay. In early June, the East Coast Gendarmerie sent personnel to these places and reiterated the principles of "autonomousness" and "voluntary" to local Portuguese officials. That is, the Portuguese must not force the local residents to do anything, and everything is up to them to decide. Therefore, by mid-July this month (July), the statistics were made, and the four towns were willing to stay and continue their work and life.

There are 1,939 residents, most of whom are immigrants, and most of them are Scots, Irish and Germans; there are more than 4,000 residents who have moved away, of which about 40% are Portuguese and Italian immigrants, and the remaining half are mixed-race whites or Guarani. They all know that the East Coast is not very popular with people of Indian descent. Therefore, they simply do not make fantasies and move all to the inland Brazil to avoid discrimination in the control areas of the East Coast in the future.

Of course, when these people moved away, they also took away most of the easy-to-carry property. As for those that were inconvenient to take away, such as simple pedal machines, forging hammers, real estate such as houses, farmland, orchards, blacksmith shops, timber workshops, quarries and other enterprises, they could only sell them locally for 30% without any money. However, it was cheaper for those who were willing to stay. Of course, East Coast United Industrial Credit Bank also specially sent people to issue low-interest loans to local craftsmen or workshop owners, encouraging them to eat these things to restore the food. Of course, East Coast United Industrial Credit Bank also specially sent people to issue low-interest loans to local craftsmen or workshop owners, encouraging them to eat these things to restore.

Production will reduce the impact on Ping'an, Dingxi, Yiling, Shenwu and other counties to the lowest level. Most of the daily necessities of local residents are imported from the Geral Mountains. As for the orchards, pastures and farmlands left behind, the Northwest Reclamation Bank specially sent personnel to redeem them at a low price, preparing to store them in their hands first, and then wait for the immigrants organized by China Railway Company to arrive in these four places (to dilute the local Old Mainland European immigrants), and then sell them to them for years of cultivation through mortgage loans, so naturally there is no need to worry about buyers.

In short, after the negotiations on the northern border were settled, due to concerns about various policies on the east coast and the vague instigation of the Portuguese colonial authorities, the Portuguese residents living in four towns including New Dundee fell into panic, which caused a hasty and tragic migration. Blanco came here to inspect (see if there is no need to continue opening his own shop), and he witnessed the migration with his own eyes, and his heart was naturally filled with endless humiliation.

"After selling this batch of goods to the East Coast people's security town, they sold the local shops, and then bought a farm tool, printed cloth, medicine and steel bars. There is no need to continue the business there in the future." Blanco looked at the quietly flowing Palahana River and said in a low tone. After the Geral Mountains returned to the East Coast Pagans, this kind of border trade business was indeed impossible to continue in a short period of time. The East Coast people ate a large number of craftsmen from New Dundee and other places.

The demand for daily necessities will be greatly reduced, and the basis of bilateral trade will no longer exist. What we should worry more in the future may be that the ships of the East Coast will go upstream along the Sinos River (i.e. Baoan River) and directly enter the Geral Mountains. The Geral Mountains have many hills with extremely gentle slopes. There are few broken places in the winding and twisting rivers, and there are too many shallows, so the navigation is still possible. The East Coast people can rely on their steam flat-bottomed boats to maneuver quickly, which is extremely important for tightly controlling the entire mountain area.

What a pity, the steam engine developed by the family in Lisbon has never been successful. Although it has made some progress compared to before, it is still far from practicality. Now many people in the family are complaining. Of course, they have spent huge amounts of research and development funds, but they have never been successful. It is normal for such noise to appear. Now, Blanco hopes that the family can solve the technical difficulties as soon as possible and create the practical steam engine as soon as possible, so that their Almeida family will obtain unimaginable huge returns, and Blanco's status in the family will be more stable.

"Yes, sir, I will do these things." Silva said immediately, "Do we trade with the British in the future? I heard that their goods are also very good, especially Birmingham's metal products, machinery and weapons, although they are inferior to those of the East Coast people, but they are also rare fine products. Now their maritime transportation capacity is also very strong, and His Majesty has also given them many trade preferential measures. It seems that the general trend is to trade with the English."

"In the future, no ships needed by the family will be ordered from the East Coast people. London ships are very good, and the prices are not much higher than those of the East Coast (British labor is cheaper than the East Coast, and the Portuguese also gave them extremely preferential tariff rates), which is enough to make us make a choice. Many other families have the same view as me. There is no need to let the East Coast people earn money in the future, because we can use them to make real friends, rather than evil wolves like the East Coast." Blanco said this, and there was a clear hint of anger in his words, and it can be seen that his opinions on the East Coast people seem to be getting bigger and bigger in recent years: "We export to the East Coast.

In addition to the agreed quota, we should give priority to the English, French and even Italians. Since the East Coast pagans bullied us so much, we naturally do not need to accommodate them. I will return to Lisbon in a while, and some things are necessary to publicize to the Lord’s people. The New World is given to believers by the Lord, but the pagans are extremely arrogant here. Some evil and depraved heresy are also in love with them. This is simply intolerable. The true face of the East Coast people must be exposed and the majority of the Lord’s people have a clear understanding. Hum, I don’t believe that all the Dutch are depraved heresy, and there will always be people who are resentful to the Pagans…”
Chapter completed!