"The Spaniards seem to have some intentions to consolidate their military forces," said Pravda on February 4, 1646. In this article, the East Coast people reviewed in detail what the new supervisor did after coming to La Plata, and focused on the renovating of the Buenos Aires coastal defense fortress and the garrison fortress. It also describes that some of the Spanish warships entered La Plata from Cayao through the Strait of Magellan and were preparing to station for a long time.

An intern reporter signed by Li Dayan commented: "The new supervisor next door wants to destroy mutual trust between the two countries, and this move is suspected of provoking an arms race between regions. Whether it is a new fort, a new fortress or a new fleet, it has greatly deteriorated the international situation in our country. The Spanish Kingdom's approach is not the attitude that a responsible major country should have."

Alvaro sat in his room, looking at the key summary of the "Prince Truth" translated by his son Alvarez. His son has studied Chinese for many years and it is no problem to understand newspapers from the East Coast. He also brought these newspapers from the East Coast through special channels. To be honest, it is not easy. Because at this time, those who can buy a copy of "Prince Truth" every week are not ordinary people, at least middle class or above. Being able to get newspapers from these people, it has to be said that the Rodriguez family has a wide connection.

Although Alvaro was not adapted to the content of "Prince Truth", the wording habits, etc., it did not prevent him from understanding the general meaning of the article in the newspaper. This is called - well, Li Dayan's or Li Dayan's reporter's words are very inflammatory. He first reviewed the previous "good relationship" between the East Coast and La Plata, such as jointly building the Colonia Free Trade City, jointly cracking down on British and French pirates along the coast, benefiting the beef cattle trade that benefited tens of thousands of people from the two countries, etc. At the end of the article, he turned his pen and made sharp criticisms of the new La Plata's policy supervised. He accused it of undermining mutual trust between the two countries, trying to provoke an arms race, and hurt the feelings of the people of the East Coast. He believed that anyone who has read the article of the reporter of Li would have sympathy for the people of the East Coast and involuntarily disgusted with La Plata's "military" actions.

"It's ridiculous! The people of the East Coast have several powerful battle line gunboats, thousands of standing troops, and several times the number of militia reserve troops. The proportion of soldiers and civilians is extremely high. Now they are the first to accuse the La Plata people of being powerful and powerful. It's really ridiculous! They are indeed shameless pagans, and everything is the fault of others!" Alvaro muttered dissatisfiedly, while patiently continuing to read newspaper summary.

"Reveal the mystery of the La Plata Infantry Regiment - the new sword of the Spaniards!" The "Prince Truth" published on February 11 once again brought the news from La Plata to the headlines. In the article, the royal pen named Li Dayan interviewed some Central and Southern Europeans who had smuggled into the eastern coast of Luoqia Port, and learned that the Spaniards established a new legion in Santa Fe - the La Plata regiment, with the commander of Major Anthony.

"The regiment is organized to more than 1,200 people, all of which use new flintlock rifles, and have multiple light and heavy artillery, and have strong combat effectiveness." The article continues to write: "Since its establishment in the second half of last year, the regiment has participated in many battles to suppress the Indians, massacred thousands of peace-loving Indians, and suppressed a large number of freedom-loving Gaucho herders. Now, they have pointed their finger at the East Coast people and practiced hard day and night. We have reason to believe that after Garcia, who is known for his cruelty and harshness, took office, the commanders of the La Plata regiment may take tough measures against the East Coast people in order to obtain the praise of the Supervisor, to destroy our beautiful and peaceful life."

"Absurd! It's really ridiculous!" Alvaro was almost pissed off. This reporter Li was really shameless. It would be fine if the equipment of the La Plata regiment was not clear. After all, they didn't understand the actual situation, but where did the massacre of Indians start? They had fought several times with the Indians, but the problem was that all the battles were basically head-on battles, and the massacre basically did not exist - well, that's because they wanted to capture slaves. Moreover, the Gao Qiao people suppressed were all horse bandits. Isn't this kind of person also hunting down the East Coast? Li Dayan actually hinted to readers that the La Plata regiment would do the same thing sooner or later to the people of the East Coast.

"The problem is now very clear. The people of the East Coast are indeed quite sensitive to the situation. They have indeed felt a strong threat, which can be seen from their newspapers. Unfortunately, the officials of La Plata are still living by chance, thinking that the people of the East Coast will not be able to launch a large-scale war in the short term." Alvaro, as an old man who has been in the world for many years, did see a trace of unusual meaning from these two newspapers. Perhaps he does not know how to occupy the moral commanding heights and public opinion preparations, but this does not mean that he cannot feel the smell of gunpowder burning in the air.

Why did you suddenly come to this point on the verge of war? Alvaro thought in a little disappointed manner.

"The official closure of the Colonia free trade market marks the end of the relationship between the two countries." The third issue in February 1646 (published on February 18) once again reported details of the closure of the Colonia market in the form of a sensational title party. In addition to the narrative report, interviews with some people from the East Coast were also published. Among these people are the State Material Reserve, officials from the State Textile Administration, the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs, and there are also some businessmen.

One of them, a pagan businessman named Zhu Heng, complained to Li Dayan, who had officially become a regular intern reporter: "In fact, many of the merchants in La Plata are liars. They look down on others for no reason, and at the same time they are stingy. They can bargain for half a day for the quality of a bag of wool. What's worse is that many merchants defrauded us of the deposit for ordering wool, and then disappeared on the pretext of the closure of the Colonia market, which made us very angry! A wool merchant with Rodriguez in his surname defrauded me of 350 yuan of deposit, and I cursed him to see Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"

It was this Li Dayan again! No matter how well Alvaro was in upbringing, he was a little angry at this time. The article written by this reporter was sensational, and the interviewee said something with a gun and a stick. For example, the words "Rodriguez in the surname" made Alvaro's face even more intense. Although he was sure that the people in his family had never done such dishonest behavior of defrauding deposits, the word Rodriguez still made him angry, because it was difficult to ensure that many people who did not know the truth would think that their family had done such unfair things.

"A fierce battle occurred near New Konisburg. The students of the 35th Regiment of the Guards Corps fought bravely, defeating the enemy's attack, killing and injuring more than 60 enemies, and capturing many Spanish-speaking combatants. After interrogation, these people were from La Coruna and had many years of combat experience. According to the Chairman of the Standing Committee, this is the second time that the East Coast people have encountered so-called foreign volunteer fighters who speak Spanish. He himself does not believe that these people are from Spain and Spain.

The Kingdom government has nothing to do with it, and the Spanish are obliged to give a convincing explanation. But when our reporter Li Dayan interviewed the Spanish Baron Bravo, who is based in Oriental Port, the other party arrogantly refused the interview, perhaps this showed a certain attitude of the Spanish." The content of the last issue of Pravda published in February gradually calmed down from his previous anger, and then a hint of chilled from the bottom of his heart.

He knew too well the lethality of this report, which was enough to make the middle class (technicians, officers, wealthy peasants, captains, merchants, small business owners, etc.) who developed along the East Coast country with great disgust towards the Kingdom of Spain. What is even more desperate is that among these so-called middle class (what the Spanish call gentlemen) groups, there were only a few Spanish people, either the Dutch and French from their mortal enemies, the Livornians and Ming people, and there was no feeling for the Kingdom of Spain - of course, now there was a feeling of disgust and hatred.

These people are the backbone of society. They have no good feelings for Spain, which means that the Eastern Coast Republic has no good feelings for Spain as a whole. In Alvaro's opinion, this is actually a very terrible thing.

After reading the fourth issue of "Prince Truth" in February, Alvaro felt only a deep sense of despair and powerlessness. The relationship between La Plata and the East Coast has reached a crossroads. Taking a wrong step may mean war! This is something Alvaro could not bear. But in today's La Plata and even the entire Peruvian Governor's District, no kingdom official can accurately foresee the threat of war. They are immersed in the supreme glory of the Spanish Kingdom, turn a blind eye to the weak local military power, lack understanding of the financial difficulties, and ignore the chaotic situation. Everyone is like an ostrich, burying his head in the sand and facing the East Coast people. As long as the East Coast people are willing, they can kick the Spanish people's butts at any time.

Alvaro sat in the room while reading the newspaper summary, and during this period he took two bags of high-end tobacco imported from Virginia, showing his irritability. After a long time, he finally got up, went to the backyard for a bath, and then boarded a luxury carriage imported from the east coast under the escort of Domingos and other swordsmanship and headed towards General La Plata's house. He felt that he was obliged to inform the supervisor Garcia of the severe situation facing La Plata so that he could take quick measures and adjust policies, so that he could avoid the outbreak of this tragic war between the two sides. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!