"The Port of Goa is located in the middle of two important economic zones, Malabar and Rajput. The fleet is stationed here, so it can easily control the trade between the two places. In 1510, the area occupied by Albukrk was still composed of some islands, which they referred to as Inhas Island, with an area of ​​166 square kilometers." On August 30, 1704, on the fort under construction outside Goa City, a young staff officer was reporting to Yao Tong: "Inhas Islands are roughly south of the Mandovi River, Zuarli

To the north of the river, the main island is Tisu Ali. To reach the inland, you need to cross or traverse the internal streams and these two rivers, which means that Inhas Island itself has certain security. From the sandbank to the upper reaches of the Mandovi River in the old city of Goa, merchant ships within a thousand tons can be used, but they are easily attacked by hostile green believers on the north bank of the river. The same is true for the Zua Ali River on the south bank. The southern bank of the river was controlled by the Tuban Kingdom of Bijapur at that time, and the Portuguese had a headache."

Today is an open class. On the surface, the intelligence officer reported to Yao Tong, but in fact, there were also a large number of officers, including the Navy and Army, and even the State Administration of Intelligence and the Gendarmerie Command attended. Most of them have been here for a short time, and no one has trained them in the history of Goa, so they listened very seriously.

"The Portuguese colonial authorities realized that they were surrounded by hostile natives, so they tried to improve the security environment." The intelligence consultant continued: "In 1543, after several setbacks, the Portuguese finally obtained two pieces of land through armed means, namely Badez in the north and Salset on the south bank, covering an area of ​​264 square kilometers and 355 square kilometers respectively. They built forts here and stationed troops, greatly improving the security environment of Inhas, which is the core of business. In addition, the changes in the situation in India and the trade has been resolved. So far, it can be said that they have gained a firm foothold in Goa."

"So, the area of ​​Goa that the Portuguese really controlled is actually only these three pieces of land, totaling 785 square kilometers, right? Then why did they draw more than 3,000 square kilometers on their map?" asked an officer.

"After understanding and field tests, I can confirm that the Portuguese have never actually controlled most of the areas on their map for many years. They have no garrisons, no officials, and no taxes. They have only some commercial connections. In history, they have sent troops several times to defeat the local natives and then claimed that these areas are their own, but according to my investigation, the locals themselves do not recognize the rule of the Portuguese. The Goa authorities have always controlled three pieces of land, Inhas, Badz, and Selmont, totaling less than 800 square kilometers." The intelligence consultant said in a relatively certain tone: "In the above three old conquest areas, there are currently about 300,000 people, including more than 1,000 Portuguese households and more than 5,000 people, and there are five times more than 1,000 Portuguese households, and more than 5,000 people.

The number of Indian-Portuguese people, that is, 25,000. These 30,000 people are the core of the Goa authorities' local rule. They are generally soldiers, administrative officials, merchants, missionaries, etc., and belong to the ruling class. In addition, there are about 70,000 to 80,000 Christian Indians, who are also relatively obedient and engaged in agriculture, commerce, handicrafts and other work. They can be said to be the backbone of Goa colonial society. The remaining less than 200,000 people are mostly Hindus, and a small number are Green believers. They are not as trusted as Christians and have a worse living standard than Christians, but there is no essential difference compared to the former. Overall, the Portuguese are the first level of Goa society, the Indian-Portuguese are the second level, the Indian-Portuguese are the third level, and the whole society is still clearly divided."

"The Portuguese are just maps to open borders?" An army officer immediately smiled and said, "But this area of ​​less than 800 square kilometers has squeezed 300,000 people. It's really too many, right? But commercial cities, it's understandable that agricultural cities cannot support so many people."

"General Lin is right." The young staff adviser agreed: "Although the old conquest area has large areas of farmland, especially the fertile Inhas area, with many fertile land, it is still impossible to meet the living needs of the 300,000 people in the entire Goa colony. Therefore, Goa actually relies on trade and importing food to maintain daily needs. 'Golden Goa' has always had a reputation for being rich, and they have money to import food."

In fact, as this staff officer said, Goa is an extremely rich city. According to a Portuguese writer, "Goa has abundant trade and trophy. In the good times of the 16th and 17th centuries, there were tall houses and beautiful churches. In the eyes of strict moralists, this city is another Babylon, but for the men of the earth, it is heaven, with easy-to-get priceless goods and beautiful Eurasian women, and life is round after round of endless joy."

Of course, this was the situation in Goa before. After being severely attacked by the Dutch for two years, the city was already in a difficult situation. First of all, the large losses of personnel. According to incomplete statistics, the Portuguese in Goa lost more than 2,000 people in the past two years, including battles, diseases, etc., for all reasons. The Indian and Portuguese lost more. Just because of a landing battle on Haas Island, they killed more than 1,500 people in battle, and then more than 2,000 people in battle. In addition, the civilians massacred by the Dutch, the total loss may exceed 5,000.

In the case of large losses of personnel, what made the Portuguese worse was that the Dutch blocked trade, and it took two full years to blockade. The trade blockade led to a sharp loss of wealth. The Portuguese and the Indian-Portuguese may be better, and their lives are not that difficult, and they can always survive. But ordinary Indians are very sad. Disease and hunger always bothered them, and people died or fled on a large scale. The remaining people who did not want to escape chose to riot and were eventually suppressed and strangled by the Portuguese. Including the innocent people implicated by the angry Portuguese army, a total of more than 30,000 people were massacred, which was extremely bloody.

With such a twist, the population of India in the entire Goa-3 region dropped rapidly, from a peak of 10,000 to less than 100,000 people, which was a devastating blow to the development of industry, agriculture, commerce, fishery and other undertakings in the entire city. In order to deal with the Dutch East India Company, the Governor of Goa had to borrow heavily from the Portuguese merchants in the city, with the total amount reaching 300,000 gold Kruzado (about 1.8 million East Coast fiat currency). This was able to arm a new army and at the same time let the "East Coast Master" come to help the war. But there is no doubt that this behavior will greatly damage the business environment in Goa in the long run, because this so-called debt borrowing is not much different from forcibly levied.

"Everyone, according to our calculations, Goa's annual commodity trade volume reaches 800,000-900,000 gold Kruzado, including overseas trade and internal trade. According to my country's current tax rate, just collecting import and export tariffs, corporate business tax, consumption tax, personal income tax, unified tax, etc., will have nearly one million yuan in income a year. Goa is the commercial center of the Portuguese in India, and the two cities of Daman and Kochi are far from the same. If we can eat it here and then replace it with our own.

With the shrewd and capable officials and modern management awareness, Goa can definitely become a hen that lays golden eggs." At this time, Yao Tong also spoke, and he continued to preach: "Look at the geographical location of Goa. The rich coast of Malabar to the south, and the densely populated Bay of Campe to the north, which is very close to Diu. It is indeed a central important place. It is all my own people, so I will not hide it. The Portuguese asked us to help fight, which is easy to invite God to send God to the gods."

Director Yao's words made everyone laugh. The Portuguese Governor now gave the military camp in the old city of Goa to the Diu Garrison. The riot in the city was pacified by the regiment and prepared a large amount of supplies, which was enough to make them last for a long time. Moreover, the Dutch are just retreating temporarily, not that they will definitely not come again. The Governor of Goa is not determined to let the East Coast retreat now. Therefore, it seems that for a long time in the future, the Diu Garrison will use the Old Town of Goa as their home.

The longer the time goes on, the more complicated the situation in the local area. At present, the people of the State Administration of Information have been secretly engaged in the local area, bribing some native white families and allowing them to serve the East Coast. These people are not high in the white group, but in the white group, they are far inferior to those of white people born in Portugal. There was once a child of a big family who fought with a little noble from Lisbon and was killed because of jealousy. The governor tried his best to favor the nobleman born in Portugal, so

In the end, the man only made an apology statement and compensated very little money and was fine and exempted from any punishment. Therefore, the conflict between native whites and whites on the peninsula is actually very deep. After the East Coast people promised to give them equal rights, there were actually quite a few native whites who were tempted to be mingled with whom. Don’t blame me for being unfaithful to the king. In fact, you discriminated against us too much, not to mention that the East Coast government can also provide more powerful protection. The Dutch East India Company would never dare to openly provoke.

"In the future, the Diu garrison regiment will still be stationed in the old city of Goa. As for the coastal defense fortress and land defense fortress under reconstruction, I decided to let the Goa garrison regiment be responsible for the construction. This garrison regiment has one third of its personnel, and the rest will arrive one after another at the end of this year and the beginning of next year. They are all good guys from Denle, with combat experience, not bad!" Yao Tong said: "Goa and Diu 2 regiments, one in front and one behind, one in the east and one in the west, can firmly control the core Inhas area in their hands. Inhas Island was taken down, and Badz and Selmont areas were considered as balls, but they were not easy to capture. As for the Portuguese, let them

Go to Cochin or Daman, Goa doesn't need them anymore. At most, we will give them some compensation in the future, and hundreds of thousands of fiat currencies will be almost the same. Now the situation in India is getting more and more chaotic. We cannot limit our attention to Northwest India, and we must also appropriately expand our new influence. Goa is the fourth largest city in India (in terms of economic income, it is actually the top three, but if we include the area and population, the top three are Delhi, Agra and Lahore). After controlling this, we will have sufficient nutrients to establish a new sphere of influence. So, I have to make a decision on Goa, regardless of whether the Portuguese are happy or not!”
Chapter completed!