Chapter 193 Fine-tuning (3)
"Isn't this a mess?" Shi Qinjie stood up and said loudly. Because he got up too quickly, he accidentally knocked over the teacup in front of him, and the warm tea water spilled on his pants, but he didn't realize it at all.
"The sincerity given by the Ottomans is so strong, how could it be rejected just because a little Spanish psychopath is making noise?" Shi Qinjie said anxiously, "The Ottomans promised to provide us with 4,000-5,000 women of the age at a discounted price every year, two of them, which solved our big trouble. How many single executive committee members in China are not clear about? They just launched them all at once, and where do we go to find so many women to balance the gender ratio?
Is Poland? It’s only three or five hundred a year! Livornia region? There are more men than women! Now, apart from asking the Muscat merchants that can buy some extremely unstable Persia and Balochi female slaves in a year, only the Ottoman Empire can provide a large amount of stable supply, right? Everyone, this is our core interest! Helping Ming people immigrate to solve practical difficulties is definitely the best way to win the hearts of the people. How can we just veto it? This is a fucking traitor!"
"You are useless to yell in front of me!" Jin Kola rolled her eyes at Shi Qinjie and said, "When I went out to take charge for a few years, why have I learned to be as good as those Qiu Bas? Is it a lot of traitors? Who is the 11 members of the Executive Committee who are traitors?"
Shi Qinjie was suffocated and said nothing, and then reluctantly sat back on the chair under Zheng Bin's pull.
In fact, there is a reason why Shi Qinjie is so anxious now. Once the East Coast Republic reaches a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Ottoman Empire, the most benefit is naturally the domestic headquarters, but the New China Colony will also have a godsend opportunity to accelerate development. For example, if an agreement is reached with the Ottoman, the railway will not talk about it for now. The construction of the highway from Istanbul to Edirne requires a large amount of construction materials - mainly cement, sand and lime. At that time, no matter what the perspective is considered, it would be natural to expand the production of original cement kilns, lime kilns and other facilities in the New China Colony on-site.
It is also said that there are also some port facilities construction, mainly including Suez, Smyrna, Alexander, Thessalonika, Kafa and other Red Sea, Black Sea and Mediterranean ports, which also require massive amounts of cement, lime, sand, gravel, wood and bricks. The profits are amazing. Shi Qinjie feels that if he cannot seize this opportunity, the development of New China may be delayed for many years.
As for the materials exported to the Ottoman Empire, the Xinhuaxia region can also provide nearby supply. After all, it will not take long to arrive from Xinhua Port north to Suez Port, the Red Sea port of the Ottoman Empire. If the production base for supplying various Ottoman building materials is placed in Xinhua Port, the cost will be reduced to a very low level. This is also of great benefit to the industrial development of the New Huaxia Colonial. Investments in personnel, equipment, ships, etc. will follow one after another, and Xinhua Port will develop and grow rapidly in the process.
As the pioneer and creator of the New China Colony, Shi Qinjie's feelings for the New China Colony are beyond doubt. The French and Dutch built strongholds on the southeast and west coasts of New China Colony (Madagascar) respectively, which made him very unhappy. He completely regarded the world's fourth largest island as his own child and hard work, and would never allow others to get involved. Similarly, he would never allow others to suppress the development space of this island and deprive the development opportunities of this island.
"I've been living outside for so many years, and I've made some progress." Jinkola smiled and held the teacup and looked at Shi Qinjie and said, "In addition to being a little darker in skin, I'm also good at temper. When you were in the Ministry of Agriculture, you were an honest and dull guy. Hehe, it seems that the environment changes people. It seems that it makes sense. You're so anxious that the Ottomans are just a matter of time. The conditions they gave are so generous, and the Executive Committee has no reason not to agree. But the current situation is a bit chaotic, and the Executive Committee wants to wait a little longer. You know, our country now has many enemies, the Netherlands, Spain, Britain, France, Venice and us are not in good shape. It can even be said that the relationship is not good, so many things have to be cautious."
Speaking of the East Coast Republic of China has been conducting negotiations with the Dutch in the past two years. Although the progress is not great, some consensus has finally been reached, which has eased the tension between the two sides. At least in the waters of New China Island. After seeing the formation of a joint fleet in the East Portugal, the Dutch also canceled hostilities against the East Coast people in this sea area. Just kidding, the Dutch East India Company has only 56 large ships in total, most of which are merchant ships with few military equipment, and most are busy making money by sailing at sea. The joint fleet of the East Coast people and the Portuguese have already had seven or eight large ships, including a considerable number of professional warships. I am afraid that they will suffer losses in fighting, and it is not economically cost-effective.
Now the Dutch East India Company is focusing on striking Ceylon Island and digesting Malacca City and some of the East Indies islands that have been occupied not long ago. As for war, they have this impulse. Because whether it is the Hezhong Port of the East Coast or the Xinhua Port of the New Huaxia Island, they pose a serious threat to the Dutch routes. However, they are businessmen, and the businessmen are always very rational and always control unnecessary war expenses very strictly, not to mention that the current financial resources of the Dutch East India Company are not so abundant. Ceylon Island, the Mada Blue Kingdom and the Johor Sultan have consumed a lot of funds from the East India Company. In order not to let their annual cash dividends become spice dividends again, the company's shareholders have always been cautious about whether to start a war with the East Coast people.
The entire East India Company may have a strong hostility towards the East Coast people. This man had been puzzled before. Why did the East Coast people appear in the northern parliamentary land and the company land (Zezha Island and Defu Island)? For this reason, he sent Tasman twice to explore the south and finally discovered the mystery here. It turned out that they had traveled through the strait between New Holland (Australia) and Van Dimen (Tasmania), and then took a detour and crossed the equator to the north. Although the Van Dimen Governor had no direct evidence, and he did not find any East Coast people's strongholds or ports along the New Holland coast in the south, his intuition told him that this was the case, and there was nothing wrong with it!
To this end, he specially strengthened the strength of the Dutch fleet in Formosa (Taiwan Island) last year, and told them to lead the fleet north if the time is right, and then check the situation near the parliamentary land. Unfortunately, the public opinion trend of the entire company does not support him in fighting, and some of his subordinates are also hesitant to start a full-scale war with the East Coast people. After all, if the opponent's main fleet was not caught during the war, and his spice ship was sunk on the sea, the loss would be great.
In short, after the East Coast people gave up their coveting of the Strait of Malacca and the Banda Sea, the Dutch's attitude has also eased a lot, and they also agreed to continue to negotiate with the East Coast people at Good Hope Fort and River Fort to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings between the two sides.
After temporarily stabilizing the Netherlands, the East Coast people's current diplomatic energy is mainly focused on comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with the Ottoman Empire and textile disputes with the French. Especially in the French textile market, the sales of white cotton cloth in the East Coast are declining step by step, and the situation is worrying. The French government is even too lazy to communicate with the East Coast government in this regard. It is obvious that they do not take the East Coast people seriously. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still trying to make its last efforts. If it still fails, the East Coast people may have to take other measures, such as a trade war. As for deepening cooperation with the Ottoman Empire, this will inevitably directly cause a strong backlash from the Venetians, and will also offend the Habsburg dynasty (Spain, Austria), which regards itself as the guardian of the Catholic world, and there are also many troubles.
To sum up, the current East Coast people are not having a good life. Foreign trade goods sales decline, government fiscal revenues are reduced, and they also have to buy a large amount of materials, pay off principal and interest, and have more than 700,000 yuan in debt, and new ships and settlements are still in the Far East. In short, the situation is not very optimistic. Now the Spanish come to question the East Coast people cross the border and settle down, religious persecution and other matters. It is easy to understand that the Executive Committee becomes less courageous. After all, no one wants to explode.
When fighting, what the country needs most is development time, and the most precious thing is a relaxed development environment. Let’s not talk about whether the Spaniards would start a new war with the East Coast people before the end of another war, nor do we talk about whether the Spanish government, which has actually gone bankrupt, has the money to fight. Just from the severe external environment currently facing the East Coast Republic, it is one that can ease a contradiction, and the contradiction with the Spanish obviously needs to be eased at present.
The strategic weapon of selling battleships to the Ottoman Empire will inevitably greatly stimulate the fragile and sensitive nerves of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria, and Spain, which is wearing pairs of pants, will inevitably have a strong reaction. When the time comes, seeing that the East Coast people are in a mess, the Dutch people may tear off their current hypocritical face and rush to bite the East Coast people, which is unacceptable to the East Coast people.
Chapter completed!