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Chapter 476 Diplomatic Risk (1)

After signing a peace agreement with the Spaniards and hurriedly sent someone to the country on Spanish ships, Mosan did not stop at Valladoliddo, and refused Alesandro's kindness to invite him to Zaragoza, and then headed straight for Valencia without stopping to take a boat to the Ottoman Empire in the Eastern Mediterranean. He had been away from there for a long time, so he decided to go over and see if anything had happened, and whether the Ottoman court had calmed down.

On December 15, when Mo San was waiting for a ship in Valencia, his subordinates, retired officers, and foreign affairs in Sweden, Poland, Moscow, suddenly came to the door. He came by a coincidence. If he had been one or two days later, he would probably have to go to Messina to find Mo San. However, seeing Zheng Yong's serious look, Mo San also took all his thoughts of reminiscing with him, and a vague premonition in his heart.

"The Poles have found me in Danze. Mad bought the first batch of Polish women in Odessa, many of whom were nobles or descendants of nobles. Most of them were sold to him by the Crimean Tatars, but some were sold by the Cossacks. The Poles were very annoyed and they thought it was a shame! The people of thousands of Lords were actually sold among the pagans. This seemed to them to shame the whole Poland!" Zheng Yong, who was still wearing old dark blue military uniforms, took off his army hat and said worriedly. He has been in charge of Eastern European affairs for almost four years, mainly dealing with the interests of the East Coast Republic in Sweden and Poland. This time, he was forced by the Poles to go to the Mediterranean to find Mosan for advice, which shows how much pressure he has to bear.

"Finally come!" Mo San felt a little painful in his mind. After he called Zheng Yong to sit down in the hotel bedroom, he ordered his followers to close the door. Then he rubbed his face and said tiredly: "You are intentionally not letting me live. Just finished the Spanish incident, and now something happened in Poland is happening again. It's really troublesome to get rid of it. Okay, let's talk about it carefully, what do the Poles want?"

Speaking of which, a while ago, Made did write a letter to Mo San that he secretly sent people to buy 3,000 Polish women captured in the war, roughly between 13 and 40 years old, but only spent 120,000 yuan. This made Mo San interested. Of course, Made also pointed out in the letter that could not be ignored political risks behind this transaction. However, after thinking about it, Mo San still believed that this risk was worth taking. After all, as an intermediary, Nasukhpasha had clearly stated that there were more than 15,000 Polish women for sale in total, which was definitely a huge benefit that could not be abandoned for the East Coast.

In fact, just think about it and you will know that there are 150,000 people in the east coast, and there are as many as 20,000 bachelors (most of them are Ming people). If you eat all these 5,000 Polish women, you may be able to solve a big problem. As for the remaining Italian, Livornian, and Greek men, because there are not many, the marriage problem is not difficult to solve. In short, you can catch some Malay women from New Huaxia Island to distribute it. It is easy to fool it.

After considering this from this perspective, Mo San acquiesced to Mad's behavior. At the same time, he also hinted that he could go further and that he would provide financial support. Of course, he did not forget to ask Mad to do this secretly, but it was hard to say how long it could be kept secret. After all, a talkative Tatar or Cossack might spread the news of such a deal. As expected, the Poles got the news as soon as possible and came to the door to put pressure on the East Coast people.

"The Poles asked us to stop purchasing these free people who were illegally detained. They emphasized that more than one-third of these people are nobles or descendants of nobles, and also asked us to hand over the 3,000 people who had purchased to the Polish government through proper channels." Zheng Yong sat on the chair and said in a slightly low voice: "If we do not agree, the Poles may demand to close our trading station in Danze and prohibit the export of lead, sulfur, livestock and other goods to our country, with serious consequences."

"There are so many nobles in Poland." Mo San sarcastically said in an indifferent tone. That's right, about 20% of Poland's 11 million people are nobles, which is simply nonsense! This country still lacks strong large nobles, and there are a lot of small and medium-sized nobles, which leads to every Polish king needing elections - because of the lack of strong strength and the candidates that everyone is looking for.

For example, the Valeglevsky family, who had just married Zheng Yong, is such a small and medium-sized aristocrat. The family was the guard of the Polish king in his early years. After so many years of development, they now own seven or eight villages in Krakow and Danze respectively. This is a relatively decent small and medium-sized aristocrat. Zheng Yong married Conrad's sister who inherited the Valeglevsky family last year, but the dowry was only a small manor in the countryside of Danze (including a mill and a nearby wooden workshop). It was pitiful. This shows how weak the so-called nobles in Poland are. It can be said that the entire Polish Kingdom was composed of a few large and small aristocrats, a pile of loose sand.

"Don't you export lead and sulfur to us? Humph, we asked the Dutch to buy it! Now that the war in Europe has mostly subsided, the prices of these commodities have dropped sharply, and the supply is quite sufficient, are we still afraid that we can't buy it?" Mo San continued to say mercilessly: "As for livestock, will we not buy it in the Jutland Peninsula? It is a famous livestock market, with cheap prices and sufficient quantity. Why do you have to hang yourself in such a crooked tree as Poland?"

"The only headache may be to close Danze's business station, which is more than 100,000 yuan a year..." Speaking of this, Mo San couldn't help feeling a little sad: "But the things that should be given up are still to be given! They are only a profit of more than 100,000 yuan, and the money is not safe. The Dutch and English still accused us of crossing the border and occupying their market. Well, let's just close the door this time! Notify Danze's webmaster Schneider, telling him not to worry and prepare to go to Arkhangelsk to open a business station immediately. That place has great potential. In the long run, it is definitely a place with great commercial interests. We should prepare in advance so as not to keep up with the pace of the Dutch and the English. They already have some foundation and connections in Russia."

"So, this time I am determined to buy all these Polish women?" After hearing Mo San say so much, Zheng Yong understood what he meant. Although his own wife is Polish, this could not affect his position. He quickly adjusted his role and began to analyze it according to Mo San's thinking: "The threat from the Polish government this time is not as if it were said, and it is likely to be implemented. In other words, Ze's business station will be closed, and we will be completely expelled from the Polish market - although we have never really owned this market. Well, we should not pay attention to these stingy people in Poland. They even made a move two years ago! It's time to crack down on them!"

Zheng Yong's "being fooled by the Poles" refers to the proposal of the Polish government to order weapons from the east coast. This was led by Zheng Yong. Who knew that the poor Polish ghosts said they would not buy it after asking for the price for half a year. The reason was that the European war gradually ended and production recovered quickly. Poland's traditional export products were unsold in large quantities, so they had no money, so the military expenditure that was originally planned to update the military equipment was naturally not settled. This incident made Zheng Yong, who had just been in charge of diplomatic affairs in the Baltic region, so he was very depressed. He had not raised his head in front of Mo San and Ma De for a few months. Now he was caught, he naturally would not say good things for the Poles.

"I have bought the first batch, and it is too late to withdraw halfway through this time. What's more, this may offend the Azov Chamber of Commerce. You should clearly distinguish which one is more important." Mo San said naturally. After saying that, he added: "Not only women want to buy, but men also have to buy it! Let the Crimeans and the Cossacks step up their plunder, and the Polish army was incompetent and defeated repeatedly, resulting in their people being plundered by foreign races. Our East Coast Republic of China bought all these people for humanitarian reasons.

It is also distributed to various places for proper resettlement. This is a good thing to say. I am afraid of hair! All women are transported back to the local area, and a small part of men is transported back to the local area, and most of them are transported to South Africa, New China and Australian colonies. Especially the new China colony, which is now focused on developing, is lacking a large amount of male labor. It is very appropriate to sell it there. Maybe it can make some money for the country. The Poles will safely open up territory for our Great East Coast in the future. The so-called king-foreign drive is nothing more than this."

"This idea is very good. It is best to pull the New China Development Team, the South African Development Team and the Blackwater Development Team into the water to share the pressure for us so as not to blame us for some local guys who only know how to be crooked." Zheng Yong also began to improve the details for Mo San at this time. "With the support of these overseas bans, there is basically no problem with this matter. At that time, we intercept part of the profits of this year's trade and then switch to buy slaves. This business can be done! Even, we can ask the Crimean Tatars and Cossacks whether there is a shortage of weapons and equipment. If there is a shortage, you can place an order immediately. This is another business!"
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