"Ah! Those who destroy the six kingdoms are not Qin. Those who clan Qin are not Qin, not the world..." In a green courtyard in San Juan Harbor, Anda Fifteen, deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Mixed Battalion of the East Coast Army, wrote brush calligraphy in strokes. As a real warrior, Anda Fifteen has always insisted that calligraphy is the essence of Chinese culture. Only by seeing the skill of brush and understanding the true meaning of calligraphy can one truly understand Chinese culture.

Soldiers (warriors) not only need to be brave and unparalleled in battle formations, but also have certain attainments in calligraphy and poetry. This is an absolutely indispensable basic quality. Otherwise, they are reckless and cannot be called real soldiers. Due to the unremitting training of two generations of army leaders of Peng Zhicheng and Mo Ming, there are many young officers on the East Coast who hold this view, especially the militarist base army. A bunch of people in it are capable of fighting to kill enemies, and can practice calligraphy and nourish their energy, which makes the white shirts of the Executive Committee stunned.

After writing the entire "Abang Palace Fu", Anda Shiwu breathed a sigh of relief, then walked to the basin placed beside him, picked up the towel inside and wiped his hands. At this time, the orderly soldier Minamijiro brought his breakfast, a bowl of millet porridge, a stack of pickles, and a salted fish. This was his unmovable breakfast.

After spending fifteen minutes to finish breakfast, Anda Fifteen looked at the Dorado fish that had been gnawed with a pile of bones, and sighed in his heart that there was not much inventory and he would probably not be able to eat this delicious fish in the future. Dorado fish and Suluvi fish are new foods that Major Anda Fifteen liked during the training session in the Hejian team. The fish produced in the local rivers are beautiful in meat, which is indeed a rare delicacy. Before leaving, Major Anda Fifteen specially asked his orderly soldiers to purchase some.

After breakfast, Anda Fifteen walked into the yard and took a walk, took a breath of fresh air, and then walked to the study room next door, looking at a large hand-painted Caribbean map hanging on the wall, and was calmly showing off. After a long time, he reached out and stroked the island of Jamaica under Cuba. The movement was gentle as if he was stroking the face of a lover.

"Oh..." He sighed and murmured to himself: "I cherish the lack of troops, otherwise I could seize this island as a base for my operation on the East Coast. There is also Nabarbados. The Englishmen opened sugarcane plantations on this island and generated profits for London day and night. It was really hateful, and they would take them away in the future."

This time, the East Coast fleet launched a large-scale entry into the Port of San Juan. Although there is nothing to see at present, as time goes by, the impact on the situation in the region will become greater and greater. Although the lineup of the six guard gunboats is not very luxurious, it is enough to affect the balance of the situation between the various regions.

In addition, the Caribbean shipping company fleet consisting of four decommissioned guard gunboats and two old flute-shaped ships also successfully anchored in the Port of Mobile, and sent people to explore the terrain, inspect the soil hydrology, and define the plantation scope. From then on, this will be the territory operated by the Caribbean shipping company. They have already paid a certain fee for the Indians for this. Of course, this fee is ridiculously cheap to the East Coast people.

Having said that, I have to say something off topic. Since the East Coast people visited this area four years ago and contacted the Mobile, Naziz and Choctaw people one after another, these Indian tribes have not changed at all. At least, now they know that cotton, tobacco, flax, fur, and oak can be sold to the East Coast people in exchange for their urgently needed food, medicines, weapons and ammunition, so their social structure has also begun to undergo a slow transformation, just like those in the New Netherlands because of business.

The Indian tribes that are prosperous and dedicated to business, handicrafts (meaning giving up hunting, fishing and gathering) are the same. Not to mention that more than a dozen members who have gone to study in the East Coast have returned to their tribes (hundreds have been sent one after another, except for those who are still studying, dozens of people died of illness in the middle). They brought back the fire of civilization from the East Coast, and in the future they will burn all over the entire North American continent. At least, the Indians' agricultural technology will make rapid progress, and feeding more people will become a reality in the future.

The Black Eight Banners of the Free State also acquired a piece of land in the estuary of the Mississippi River. The location is roughly near New Orleans in later generations. The first batch of more than 3,000 black people (including the families of Black Eight Banners officers and soldiers) are currently logging and building houses, and they plan to settle down first. Some local experts from the Ministry of Agriculture will stay there for a long time to help these black people cleverly use sand dams to build the terrain of the mane so as to drain the marsh water as soon as possible and then start agricultural production. In order to ensure their early life, the Executive Committee also instructed the New World Friendship Mutual Aid Bank to issue two low-interest loans to the Free State, mainly for purchasing grain from the neighboring New Spain. As for how to return it, it depends on the future output of the land to pay off the accounts.

After pondering on the map for a while, Anda Shifu sighed softly, then picked up the saber hanging on the wall, turned around and left the study, shouted Nanjiro and took a bus to the dock together.

The "Swordfish" gunboat at the dock has been replenished. This gunboat belonging to the Caribbean shipping company has been around 25 years old, but it is still "heavy and strong", becoming one of the most important assets of the company's initial establishment. According to the plan, today they will carry a group of army soldiers and new cadres (mainly tax officials) to the Western land (i.e., New Granada under the Governor of Peru, roughly in the Port of Cartagena in Colombia and Venezuela). Since the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, Long Xu and some other officers have led people to St. Augustine, Havana, Villacros, etc., the trip to Cartagena can only be led by him, the deputy Anda Battalion, and there are 200 people accompanying him.

The soldiers took them with them because the East Coast people knew the complex situation. It was extremely difficult for the East Coast to gain a foothold and seize food from others. The elusive smuggling ships and pirates on the sea, the stolen stolen merchants who were hostile to the East Coast, the unpredictable colonial officials and the more difficult local religious forces, were all powerful challenges faced by the East Coast people. To settle these things, sometimes it was impossible not to rely on some force to deter them. Although the Spanish king never allowed the East Coast army to reach anywhere except the Port of San Juan, what if they took off their military uniforms and covered their ears and stole bells? With the current situation and the attitude of the Spanish upper class towards the East Coast, will the Spanish local colonial authorities take care of it? Do they dare to take care of it?

The "Swordfish" also left the port with the "Sail Cod", which is also an old ship affiliated to the Caribbean shipping company. You can see from the different colors on the hull, the old and new boards intertwined with new and old, which have been in service for a long time. In fact, this ship has participated in many naval battles and has also been to the estuary of the Amur River in the Far East. The "experience" can be said to be enriching the ship's mission is to go to the East Coast Merchant Station of Mobile Port to deliver a batch of supplies. There is no way. Now it is Air Canada's establishment period, and everything is difficult, so even warships have to use it to transport things.

After the soldiers boarded the ship, Anda Fifteen was invited by an Air Canada executive to the captain of the Swordfish for tea. Since both of them had served in New China Island, they had a more speculative conversation.

"Major Anda, this time we went to Cartagena to open a commercial station and customs office (many employees of Air Canada still serve as government offices, such as collecting tariffs or something). The future is difficult and unpredictable. Maybe, a handful of bones will be left there. Anda Jun should also pay more attention to the local Hidalgos and hurt people. After all, we are grabbing food from their mouths. Although we are trying to resolve this conflict by attracting some of them as agents, the interests can be redistributed.

There are always losers in the process, and we can imagine what they will do. I heard that a while ago, a Chinese official who went to Villacros for early contact was assassinated on the streets, and the murderer was also hiding. It was a headache..." An executive named Zhou from Air Canada, who was in his prime, said sighingly: "That young man just graduated from Dayuhe Youth Cadre School three years ago. He has outstanding talent and excellent abilities. Many people are optimistic about his future. Who knew that he would die in a foreign land at once. It's so pitiful."

"Cartagena is a military center in the Peru Governor's District. The Lima Army has garrisons here, but it is said that its combat effectiveness is very poor and has been beaten by hundreds of pirates. Don't worry, the men I brought will not withdraw for a while, and will definitely protect you well and not let you be hurt by the ill-hearted Hidalgos." Anda Fifteen put down his teacup and said, "As for the arrangements we will withdraw after the withdrawal, Mr. Zhou may have to worry more. I heard that your company intends to recruit a group of South African Eight Banners in South Africa and New China, and the Eight Banners soldiers from the island will serve as guards. This is a good thing. Mr. Zhou can fight for it."

"Then I would like to thank Anda Jun for your care." The senior executive surnamed Zhou stood up and bowed, "This time I brought 22 business station managers (most of whom had to work part-time customs officials), 4 intelligence personnel and 2 translators, and the staff were still quite insufficient. If you want to support the normal operation of the business station and customs, you still have to recruit people locally. However, it is difficult to say what background and any attempts are there, and there is no way to identify and test them for a while. Therefore, at first, Anda Jun and his officers and soldiers need to protect us. Zhou thanked me here."
Chapter completed!