479 Praia

On December 21, 1693, Port of Playa.

Today, the Dragon Prince didn't know what he had done, so he made the Cape Verde Islands rain all day long. In the capital Port of Playa, almost all officials, police and soldiers were dispatched to check the conditions of each reservoir to ensure that there was no danger of dam breaking. It has been a long time since the Cape Verde Islands, and many riverbeds were occupied by local farmers. Planting vegetables has become a safety hazard.

The problem of reservoirs and embankments is also very big. There is no such heavy rain in normal times, so it is easy to make people careless, resulting in the aging reservoir not being well maintained. What's more, the reservoirs near the Portuguese Port are not large in capacity and are all received from the Portuguese. The people on the east coast have only made some repairs, so the quality must be questioned.

Fortunately, a group of people were worried for nothing. The situation in the reservoir was pretty good. Although they all reached the warning water level, there was no risk of dam collapse overall. The situation in the river channel was a little bad, because the riverbed became narrower and shallower, and the water seemed a bit scary. But luckily, after the East Coast people took over, more than 3,000 Chinese immigrated to settle down. They developed a lot of farmland on both sides of the river channel, and there were often ponds dug by themselves (covered with wooden boards to prevent evaporation). At this time, a large amount of river water was diverted by the water channel, filling the pond, which solved a lot of trouble.

"The Dragon Prince is kind to you, this year's harvest is coming." A farmer thought with pleasure, looking at the wheat and corn planted in the fields. When have they seen such a dry climate? The hot weather, salty sea breeze, yellow sand and thirsty land all made them collapse. Fortunately, it rains a little from time to time, and the springs in the mountains have never dried up, otherwise they would not know how to live. To be honest, today's heavy rain also surprised them. The vegetables, grains, and fruits in the fields should have a good harvest.

Grain, vegetables, fruits and livestock have always been the best-selling products in the Cape Verde Islands in addition to coal. When ships traveling from south to north and east to west dock here, they often purchase these things in large quantities, and the price is absolutely not low. Who makes the ship repair facilities here excellent and the geographical location is also very superior? It has always been the main source of income for residents of Playa Port and even the entire Cape Verde.

However, it is said that the good days for the residents of the island are coming to an end. The national reserve grain warehouse of the giant enterprise in the east coast will be built in the Cape Verde Islands in the near future. The small one is located in Henghai Port, and the largest one is located in Praia Port, which will be completed before the end of 1694.

After the grain warehouse is completed, if there is no accident, the national reserve grain warehouse will purchase grain on a large scale on the island, and will also transport a batch from the country to fill the inventory of the grain warehouse. According to people familiar with the design drawings, the grain warehouse has a large capacity, which is enough to store food for residents of the island for more than five years, which surprised many people.

As we all know, although dried grain can be preserved for a long time, can it be eaten after five years of storage? It is not that the East Coast people are pretentious. They have always had a lot of food and meat, and it is really hard to imagine eating old grain for more than five years. This is really rare. Therefore, everyone unanimously judged that these grains exist here, and they should not be given food for them. This is not guaranteed to be a material transfer base, and these grains must be transported to other places in the future.

The facts are actually not far from their speculation. The national grain reserve warehouse built a grain reserve base in the Cape Verde Islands. The main purpose of the main purpose of this is to interfere with the situation in Spain in the future. In the future, it will not only store grain, but also store a large number of weapons, medicines, tools, horses, mechanical parts and even daily necessities.

The number of troops garrisons may also increase significantly. One of the two land war battalions of the Navy will definitely be stationed here. The army may not all send a mixed regiment to garrison. If the logistics support personnel accompanying the army are included, the number of people will be increased. Therefore, considering the number of various personnel that may surge on the island in the future, it is necessary to prepare water and water reserves in advance, so as not to be too busy when things are in trouble.

The residents of the island may not know much about these things, but the officials must be very familiar with them. They know clearly the future role of the archipelago, so they have always tried their best to provide necessary assistance to these projects. Otherwise, do you think the military headquarters will not spank them? You must know that this is currently the military control area of ​​the Navy!

Based on these factors, you will see how nervous they are when God brings unexpected rains, fearing that something will affect their wealth and future. The storm that may cause for the succession of the Spanish throne is the top priority for the East Coast in the next few years. If King Carlos handed over the inheritance rights to the Bourbon royal family in France, then the East Coast will have to dispatch the navy and army to fight. Yes, you read that right, the navy is also one of the main forces of interference. In the future, the Cape Verde Islands may have "Bianliang" class armored warships stationed in - adopt an attitude of armed interference in Spain, so that they know why the flowers are so red.

Of course, compared with the war of interference in the continent, the East Coast people launched the war of interference in the New World will be more handy. There, they can recruit militias nationwide, gather tens of thousands of people in a month, and then send people to the Spanish border by sea and railway, attack the two major governors of Peru and New Spain, and seize as much of their own interests as possible.

The land of the New World is something that the East Coast people have been eyeing for a long time. Originally, they wanted to swallow it slowly and digest it slowly to avoid many problems in the future. But now Carlos II's body seems to not last long and there is a possibility of dying at any time, so they can only activate the emergency plan: send troops at lightning speed and take down their own interests first. As for whether others will admit it after the acquisition, and whether they will think of regaining force, that is, it is another matter, it is the main battlefield for diplomats. Of course, the East Coast people have this confidence, that is, as long as they eat it in their stomachs, they will not think of letting me spit it out again. Don't believe it? If you have the ability, you can take it, you won't kill you!

The Executive Committee also discussed this matter behind closed doors a while ago. Overall, they were positive about it. Of course, the ideal situation is to support an obedient new king to take the throne and continue to implement the previous strategy of eroding and digestion, because the sequelae of this will be the least and will not disrupt domestic economic development too much. But to be honest, there are almost two people who hope to inherit the Spanish throne, the Habsburgs and the Bourbons. No matter which of them is, it seems unlikely that they will be controlled by the East Coast. Then there is no way, we are forced to do this decisive thing!

The Port of Playa and even the entire Cape Verde Islands will then be the rear grain station of the Navy and Army on the east coast. The massive amount of materials transported from the local area will be unloaded and stored here, and then transported by naval transport ships to ports such as Lisbon, Gena, Ceuta for consumption by the interfering army. Local allies may also provide some materials, Portugal, Northern Italy and even the United Provinces, where they have money to pay and troops, but you can't count on too much.

Considering that once the war starts, the material consumption will be huge. Therefore, the local area sincerely hopes that the Cape Verde Islands can produce as much food, livestock and fruit as possible to reduce the transportation intensity of these heavy food materials. Therefore, many towns in the Cape Verde Islands, including Playa Port, have reclaimed a lot of land in recent years, and tried every means to use the local precious water resources to develop a certain agricultural foundation to reduce transportation pressure.

It seems that the heavenly priest protects the east coast. Last year (1692), the Cape Verde Islands had more precipitation than usual, increasing grain output a lot. This year it was even more exaggerated, and it actually rained heavily. The water volume was so heavy that some of the springs that had been exhausted in the mountains of Dalian that had been exhausted for many years had gurgling water again, which made the local military and civilians feel very happy.

"The harvest is too much, and I hope that those who are in the army will be more sold, so that they can sell it." Another farmer wore a raincoat and cleared the drainage ditch in the fields, while smiling and said to his neighbor: "Look at the bay, there are more than a dozen large warships parked. I'm afraid it will be doubled next year? If the large warships on the several floors I have seen before will come over, there will be hundreds of people on that boat, and there are more money in their pockets, and I don't bargain much when I buy things, I will definitely have to kill them."

"It's not easy for them. Don't be on the belt, but the work of not being able to do with ordinary people. If you really fight, I wonder how many people will come back." The former farmer sighed and said, "But I'd better hope to win. Otherwise, if those red hairs and golden retrievers come over, we may not be able to save the fields."

"Yes, the more we win the national war, the more we have a future. If we are like the Ming Dynasty, we will lose when we see a war and lose when we fight, we will not be able to live that day." When talking about the word Ming Dynasty, the two immigrants from Guangxi were silent, and then sighed together, without saying anything.
Chapter completed!