In mid-February 1638, St. Vicente in the New World was still in the hot midsummer.

Fortunately, the cool sea breeze blowing from time to time on the sea has taken away some heat, making the temperature in the city not so unbearable. Gao Mo and Bai Siwen have been doing nothing recently and have talked with the British. At present, we can only wait for the final decision between the upper levels of both sides.

The minutes of negotiations were sent back last year, and the Executive Committee had a great disagreement on the results of the current negotiations. The results of the negotiations between the civilian party headed by Mahjong and the British were generally satisfied. They were eager to achieve peace to restore domestic economic development and even prepared to agree to give two thousand pounds of "humanitarian compensation" for the losses of the British during the war. However, this was fiercely opposed by radical forces led by the military headquarters. They firmly refused to agree to any reparations to the British, and for this reason they would not hesitate to continue the war.

The time travelers responded to the British's compensation. After traveling for so many years, they now know that with their current national strength, they are still far from those old European countries. Therefore, some people think that two thousand pounds are not a big amount, and the British only want face, so they just give it to them. As long as they can achieve peace quickly, they should be treated as beggars.

However, there are also some time travelers who strongly oppose it. They also have a strong sense of superiority from modern people, believing that they must not go to these indigenous lands in the 17th century, otherwise it would be a failure and a shame. Denying that their development achievements over the years is a reverse of history!

Due to inconsistent opinions, the Executive Committee was unable to form a unified opinion. Just when Ma Vest was preparing to propose a forced vote, a shooting occurred in Dongfang Port that shocked the Executive Committee. Bai Siwen's iron core - the secretary of Wang De, the president of Dongfang County People's Court. Li Fugui, an immigrant from the Ming Dynasty who had always advocated "pacifism", was shot by radical soldiers in the tavern. Although Li Fugui was not hit, he was also frightened. The soldier who shot him - a young corporal from the army, was arrested on the spot.

There was no big problem at this point. However, the police who came to arrest the corporal was soon surrounded by several times the army military police. The military police robbed the corporal on the spot and threatened that only the military court could be tried. The weak police could not resist and could only watch the soldiers leave.

Two days later, the military court made a joke verdict on the army corporal that "ordered to retire from active service and exiled to South Africa". This incident once again triggered an inherent conflict between civil servants and military officials. Civil servants accused the military officials of betrayal for a long time, and military officials accused the civil servants of betraying national interests. The two sides fought hard for a while. However, at present, the accusation between the two sides was not too deep. Under the strong mediation of the Executive Committee Chairman Ma Qianzu, the military officials said that they would strengthen education for the soldiers in the future to avoid such incidents from happening again. The storm of this shooting was barely over.

After seeing the "rogue" methods of the military headquarters, the civil service group was also a little frightened, so no one mentioned the matter of appropriate compensation to the British. Gao Mo and Bai Siwen had to continue to argue with the two British representatives, but there was no progress.

Things finally turned around in mid-February. I don’t know if the British took the wrong medicine or what. During the eighth formal negotiation between the two parties, their two negotiators did not ask the East Coast people to compensate for their losses for the first time. They just demanded the release of the senator of the Guyana Traders Company, Mr. Eckset, the former Gambian Trading Station military commander, Knight Haywood, and a group of British soldiers.

Gao Mo and Bai Siwen, under the surprise, understood that the British must have conveyed the latest instructions for ending the war immediately to the two people in front of them, and they could even roughly guess the reason why the British were eager to end the war - yes, there was no other reason, it must be that their king had some new actions.

The enemy's pig teammates are the most popular things among the East Coast people. Since their king is so "powerful" and cooperates so well, wouldn't it be too sorry for him if he doesn't take the opportunity to blackmail the other party? Therefore, in the face of the British's urgent desire to make a contract, Gao Mo began a passive negotiation, avoiding talking about key issues, but instead grasping the details and focusing on them.

Faced with the rogue behavior of his opponent, Russell Smith, Cheney Coward, and the two were helpless. They were under tremendous pressure and had no time to continue to spend with the East Coast people. If the war was not over one day, the British would have to spend more than 200 pounds in war costs, and their ships were still under the threat of the East Coast people fleet at any time.

It's really a headache! Smith finally felt the pain of the East Coast people facing their eagerness to make peace last year. As the news of a British slave ship being sunk off Luanda was sent back to St. Vicente, Smith, who was under tremendous pressure, finally couldn't sit still. They caught Gaomo and the others at Blanco Almeda's private banquet. With the exchange of interests and compromises, the two sides finally reached a preliminary agreement.

Gaumo successfully forced the British to give up the compensation requirements based on the original agreement and allowed them to open the Florida market to the East Coast people. At the same time, the Ottoman Empire's woolen trade quota also doubled to 10,000 horses per year. In addition, the British would also pay a total of 1,000 pounds of ransom for Mr. Eksette, Haywood Knights and others in exchange for the East Coast people to release them in time.

This agreement is the most favorable peace agreement for the East Coast Republic that they can get after carefully measuring the complex situations they face now. So when the negotiation minutes were sent back to China by Kuaima, the Executive Committee approved the negotiation agreement on the spot. Even the military, which had always been very slight on diplomatic negotiations between Gao Mo and others, did not express any objections for the first time.

Therefore, on March 5, 1638, when Mr. Russell Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the East Coast Republic of China and Mr. Russell Smith, plenipotentiary representative of the British East India Company, signed the peace treaty called the St. Vicente Agreement, the war between the two sides that lasted nearly two years finally came to an end on the legal level. The only question now is how to convey the news that the war between the two sides had ended to the Navy Task Force of the East Coast people.

To be honest, Russell Smith is now afraid of hearing news from the East Coast fleet, because every time it comes back, it is bad news. A while ago, there were rumors that the East Coast people built a secret supply port at the mouth of the Berg River on the west coast of South Africa. Their fleet should have used it as a base to attack British merchant ships everywhere.

However, it was a bit late to know the news. Now that the war between the two sides has ended, many British ships have gradually evacuated from the South Atlantic Ocean. It is obviously unwise and stupid to go out of the situation at this time.

The people of the East Coast also expressed their sincerity to the British at this time. They sent the "Businessman" armed merchant ship, loaded with a large amount of building materials, weapons, food and daily necessities, to sail to the Hezhong Fort in South Africa. While informing the news that the war in Hezhong Fort was over, they transported supplies there. They had learned from the letters written by Gaomo that there were more than a thousand more Ming immigrants in Hezhong Fort, and the gap in various materials was very large and they urgently needed local support.

Although he was not very satisfied with the behavior of Mo Ming, the captain of the South African pioneer team, who arbitrarily intercepting the Far East immigrants and misappropriating the public funds seized by the navy, considering the actual situation at that time, the Executive Committee could not help but admit that Mo Ming's quick decision was correct. Considering the country's important national policy in the next stage - exploring African routes to the Ottoman Empire, South Africa's Hezhong Fort, as the base camp and general rear of this exploration operation, it has unparalleled importance. Therefore, the Executive Committee had to make great efforts to support Hezhong Fort at this time.

The "Businessman" armed sailboat arrived at Hezhong Fort in South Africa in mid-to-late April. At this time, Hezhong Fort had already begun to take shape: a coastal defense fort with six shore defense artillery, more than 3,000 acres of sorghum fields and farmland irrigation facilities, dozens of brick and tile houses have been completely completed under the hard work of the black men and the Red Man's husband. These farmlands and facilities will surely become an important propellant for the future sustainable development of the Hezhong Fort area.

After unloading the cargo, the "Businessman" armed merchant ship was lingering in Hezhong Fort for two days, then hurried back to Dongfang Port. Three transport ships from the South China Sea Transportation Company and a company of security soldiers were also returning. The war was over, and it was time for these soldiers to mobilize and return to their homeland.

Just a few days after the "Businessman" returned, the Navy Guinea Task Force suddenly docked on the Hezhong Fort Pier again. The dusty naval officers and soldiers heard that the local people had already concluded a peace agreement with the British. Fleet Commander Lu Ming was still welcoming the end of the war. In the past two years since the war broke out, the navy had lost two warships, injured, sick, and killed more than 360 officers and soldiers, and suffered heavy casualties. Therefore, he readily expressed his compliance with the orders of the Executive Committee and the Military Department, and immediately led the fleet back to the local area, ready to accept the next order.
Chapter completed!