On August 2, 1637, the temperature in St. Vicente remained at about 15 degrees warmer. Gaomo, wearing a slim black Zhongshan suit, Bai Siwen and the other sat dejectedly in the residence arranged by Blanco, crossing mountains and ridges, and rushed over with great difficulty. The negotiations had just begun but had ended. Such a result was too bitter for the two.

The British firmly clenched the latest textile technology, but repeatedly relaxed the conditions in other aspects, and finally even suggested that the East Coast people could still retain the original South French market, provided that they shared textile technology with the British.

Unfortunately, Gao Mo and the others did not have the right to agree to the British such conditions. And there is no doubt that the Executive Committee, especially the military, is even more unlikely to agree to the British conditions. The differences between the two sides were too big, so the negotiations could only end in a bad mood.

But surprisingly, the two sides who broke the negotiations were still lingering in the city of St. Vicente, as if waiting for something.

Time passed day by day, and the weather became warmer day after day. St. Vicente, a city with a population of less than 2,000 white, lazily bloomed in the late winter and early spring season in the southern hemisphere. Many ships from various countries in the port are moored here, most of which are British trading ships and Dutch whaling ships.

Portuguese merchants at the port took large groups of black slaves to pick and choose among the goods brought by the British, and bargained from time to time; the powdered romance and the rude sailors teased unscrupulously, and disappeared into the corner of the street after the price was negotiated; the poor sailors lay lazily in the sun, waiting for someone to come and hire him.

Another ship entered the port, and these people were suddenly cheered up. Whether it was a merchant, agitating girl or a sailor waiting to hire, they stretched their necks at this moment. This merchant ship from Britain brought them great hope.

"Does go, dos go!" Chris pushed away the passionate girl who was approaching him with disgust. The unpleasant smell and shriveled body of the passionate girl made him unable to get any interest, and he had no intention of having fun at this time.

When he saw that it was a rich passenger, the merchant immediately withdrew his gaze and continued to select the goods he needed. Every time he selected a batch, he put it in the hands of the black slave who stood respectfully behind him.

"Sir, do you need to hire someone?" The sailor dusted the clothes and then came forward and said, "I can act as a sailor, porter, bodyguard and even guide. I think you must have a comprehensive person like me for you."

Chris, who had already walked out a few steps, stopped hearing this, and saw him take out a coin from his pocket and said, "These are two shillings. Just take me to the residence of Mr. Blanco de Sosa Almeda, and it will be yours."

The sailor nodded in surprise, and then and Chris and he soon arrived at Blanco's mansion in the city.

After paying the sailor, Chris and Blanco's servant briefly negotiated, and then was welcomed into it.

"Tony, why are you?" Russell Smith looked at Tony Chris Chris with a dusty face in surprise, looking very embarrassed, with a tired look on his face, and his beard seemed to have not been shaved for a long time. He was wearing a dress that was obviously not suitable, which was lent to him by the captain of the British armed merchant ship "Strait". As for his original clothes, they had been ragged on the way to escape.

"I just came from the Gambia on Captain Kelly's cargo ship." Chris said concisely: "I won't say anything extra. What I want to tell the gentlemen now is that the East Coast fleet has appeared!"

"Where?" Coward stepped forward and asked anxiously: "We should dispatch a large fleet to encircle them! The fleet of the East Coast people must be eliminated so that they will surrender!"

Chris shook his head, looking a little depressed: "On July 21, they appeared at the mouth of the Gambia River. They had 8 ships, two of which were battleships, and they also carried hundreds of troops. These troops captured the coastal defense fortresses built by our company at the mouth of the river, and then captured the merchant stations that we had operated for ten years. The warships of the Banjul Merchant and the Wanderer who were anchored at the docks of the East Coast were sunk by the fleet of the East Coast people. A transport ship full of gold was also stranded and sunk in Hanoi, Gambia, and the gold on the ship was looted. All the goods and slaves in the merchant station were kidnapped by the East Coast people. The merchant stations we had finally built had a hard time, and the villages and fortresses were burned by the East Coast people. In short, our ten years of efforts in Gambia were wasted and wasted..."

Smith and Coward lost their voices after hearing the news. This was too horrible. The battle between the East Coast people seemed to be the usual trick of the East Coast people. Smith, who had a little understanding of the battle between the East Coast people and the Spaniards, quickly recalled the tactics used by the East Coast Navy. Yes, the battle between the East Coast! He never faces you head-on. He adheres to the tradition of you fighting you and I fighting me, and launches a bloody and cruel sea battle with the enemy.

"How is the casualties of the trading station?" Smith took a deep breath and calmed down the throbbing that this amazing news brought to him.

"Almost all the troops were wiped out." Chris's face became even more depressed, "The three ships lost hundreds of sailors, and the rest were also captured by the East Coast people. The coastal defense fortress, some of the soldiers and company employees stationed in the Merchant Station were killed in battle, and some surrendered to the East Coast people. Moreover, our company's Senator Mr. Eksette and the Knights of Heywood were captured by the East Coast people, and they should have been taken away from Gambia. My loyal adjutant James was also killed in battle. The only ones in the Merchant Station and I and a few sailors fell into the water and fled in the chaos..."

"God!" Smith, Coward and the other two couldn't help but exclaim, "This is really unfortunate news! So, Tony, does your uncle know about this? What will he do?"

"I haven't had time to go back to report the news," said Chris. "This time, the company not only suffered heavy losses in personnel, ships and facilities, but the losses of gold on the merchant stations and transport ships were the most serious. I can only say that the value of this gold is no less than 50,000 pounds, and there are also a lot of fur, food and slaves. The company only has fourteen ships, and now three have been lost. The remaining ships are likely to be unable to match the main fleet of the East Coast people. I don't know what uncle will do, but I know very well that the strength of the Guyana traders company is unable to seek revenge on the East Coast people."

Smith and Coward looked at each other, and they knew in their hearts that the Guyana traders company suffered such heavy losses and now it seems that they are unable to continue to enforce the blockade of the East Coast people. They still have several logging camps in the Guyana area and run the expensive Brazilian sumu (namely Brazilian redwood, commonly known as South American teak). Since the East Coast people's fleet showed extraordinary raid combat capabilities, it is reasonable for them to withdraw their warships in the South Atlantic to preserve their own interests. Moreover, their losses are so serious that others are indeed not able to speak to stop them.

Shameless East Coast people! The two lamented in their hearts.

After expelling the East Coast people from the North Atlantic, the trade and immigration routes of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay and Bermuda companies were finally safe. They gradually became dissatisfied with the large amount of money to surround the East Coast people, but due to the original agreement, they still sent their warships to the South Atlantic. Now the fate of the Guyana Merchant Trading Company gave these colonial companies a great excuse, perhaps they would withdraw their warships back to the North Atlantic after they got the news.

Chris, who was tired, was soon arranged to rest, and then Smith and Coward were left with big eyes.

"I said Cheney, are the East Coast negotiators still here?" Smith asked suddenly. "I remember they haven't returned to their homeland yet, and it seems they are eager to reach a peace agreement with us."

"I know what you mean, Russell," Cheney Coward replied. "One of them has gone back. It seems to be communicating with the country, but it has not yet come back. But I have to say that their attitude towards exclusive textile technology is much more determined than we imagined, and this matter may not be negotiable. Unfortunately, the gentlemen of our company and some of your company's senior executives are very enthusiastic about this new technology that may bring about a critical change to the textile industry, and even threatened to get it at all costs. It is really tricky."

"Who made the lowlanders (Dutch, Frandal) products more competitive in quality and price than the products of the Kingdom?" Smith shrugged and said, "The Dutch imported wool and cotton from Turkey, and then processed them into exquisite new wool, blankets and cotton cloth, and then sold them to France, Germany and even Iberia. This greatly hit the kingdom's textile industry, so the gentlemen had the idea of ​​obtaining advanced technology from the East Coast people.

Actually, I have to say that the Dutch's technology is not much more advanced than ours. As far as I know, the Dutch adopts a centralized workshop production method similar to those of the East Coast. In other words, their workers are no longer part-time farmers, but full-time textile workers, which is crucial to improving the production technology of workers and the quality of products. Now many gentlemen who run handicraft workshops have realized this. To compete with the enemy, they must first learn about the advantages of the enemy."
Chapter completed!