"We failed to complete the task. △￠" After falling from the deck of a naval liaison ship to the dock, Gaomo said to Liu Weimin, the chairman of the executive committee who came to greet him in a relaxed and pleasant tone: "We forced the Portuguese to reopen the trade, but we could not completely ban the war between them and the Dutch West India Company. However, this seems to be a problem. The Navy left two frigates and four shallow water gunboats there, and the Dutch also received a large number of artillery assisted by us. It seems that there is no problem in defending Recife, Olinda, and Fortaleza..."

"We have also read your negotiation briefing. The Executive Committee has held a meeting to discuss it. In principle, it has agreed to send the first batch of 500 New South African Eight Banners Army to Recife. In addition, Jacob Port will also send 400 Latvian musketeers to board the ship to Dutch Brazil. The employment contract of these people is 48,000 yuan. We will lend it to the Dutch as the second interest-free loan provided by the New World Friendship Mutual Aid Bank. Our sincerity is not insufficient. Moreover, through this incident, the Dutch must have better experience of a New World located in the South.

The benefits that allies of regional powers can bring to them are the real meaning of our busy work so much. Helping the West Indian company is just a coincidence." Liu Weimin revealed the ultimate intention of the East Coast people in one sentence, which also touched Gaomo. It seems that the national policy of uniting the Dutch to Britain has become increasingly popular. I don’t know if the Dutch can look up to the East Coast Republic of China, and whether they are willing to make friends or even form alliances with them, pagans - but with the current situation, the situation seems to be OK.

"This action is the first time that our government has publicly interfered with the international armed conflict that occurred at home. It is of great significance. Especially for the improvement of our international status, the positive impact is immeasurable. The Dutch will value us more. The cooperation between the two sides will become more in-depth. Perhaps in a few years, after a deeper understanding of our country's power, the Dutch will be more willing to accept us to join their existing international trade system; or at least, they will also solicit more opinions on major international affairs." Gao Mo has also thought a lot these days, and he clearly knows how much impact this incident has on the East Coast, Portugal, and the Dutch West India Company, especially the East Coast has dispatched a large number of warships to interfere with a war that took place between two old colonial countries, which is of far-reaching significance.

Their two are located at the dock in Dongfang County, the capital. In the commercial dock area, several 650-ton South China Sea Transportation Company flute-type transport ships are loading, mainly made of refined bags of flour, butter, cheese, ham and other foods. Next to these ships, there are two refrigerated ships full of cargo, one of which is full of cod, and the other is mixed with fresh meat products such as whale meat, seal meat, llama meat, beef, etc. These two ships drove directly from Baleen Whale Port and Yancheng Port, and the cargo was not disembarked. After the customs of Dongfang Port paid export tariffs, they were parked in the dock on the spot, waiting for the other merchant ships to set off together and the two sail gunboats escorted by the navy.

Gao Mo can no longer remember which fleet to go to the Netherlands. Anyway, since the Hotel Secret Agreement was approved by the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Transport and other units immediately started an emergency operation, raising a large number of materials on the list, squeezed out valuable transportation capacity, sent out effective escort ships, and went all out to transfusion blood to the Netherlands - of course, it was a bit too much to say that blood transfusion was a bit too much. After all, the Dutch bought these goods at a higher price than the market, but considering that it is now in a sensitive war period, there are not many countries capable of doing this, so the Dutch should really thank the East Coast Republic of China.

The hydraulic machinery, metal smelting equipment ordered by Tripp Train, industrial windmill parts and hydraulic saws ordered by Saldan Shipyard, musket cannons ordered by East India Company (formerly many were provided by Birmingham, England), food ordered by Amsterdam grain wholesalers, high-end textiles and leather goods ordered by ordinary merchants, etc., cover almost all the current industrial production fields of the East Coast.

To be honest, when the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce saw the list of goods purchased by the Dutch, they first realized that there were so many kinds of goods in this era. At the same time, it was also the first time that the number of goods that the East Coast people could produce was so rare (and only a part of the goods that were industrialized among these goods). With this understanding, everyone had a little desire to squeeze into the current national trade order dominated by the Dutch - it was almost a brilliant market paved with gold. At the same time, everyone strengthened their determination to immigrate and re-immigrate, develop and develop, insisted on cultivating the market, popularizing education, and promoting the industrialization process of the East Coast for 100 years!

"The exports are booming, and industrial and agricultural practitioners are smiling, especially some private workshop owners engaged in the food processing industry. They can earn foreign money for the first time. Everyone is very excited. But I want to say that there are worries in the joy. Domestic currency stock may set a record this year. Inflation rate will continue to rise, labor costs and production costs will increase, which is not necessarily a good thing for economic operation." Liu Weimin saw Gao Mo staring at the merchant ships that were about to leave the port and said with a smile: "But the State Council will coordinate the planning, so we don't have to worry about this. The progress of some large-scale infrastructure projects that will produce a large amount of currency in the society will slow down. The cash robbed by the Navy and the gold and silver produced by the Tieling Gold Mine will be temporarily stored in the Army's First Prison. If the situation is put on the market, the domestic economy cannot be damaged."

"Development is a good thing after all! How can a rapidly developing economy not be high inflation? As long as there is an export surplus, the domestic market will only increase in the amount of money stocks. Even if we have vigorously imported it, it is estimated that the whole society's currency stock will exceed 15 million in the near future." Gao Mo casually explained, "Besides, the rapid development of manufacturing and the commoditization of agriculture means that our economy is becoming more and more dynamic. To put it bluntly, even if someone wants to act against the trend in the future, it may be difficult for our economy to return to the agricultural feudal era. Of course, it will be difficult for us to say that if the Ming Dynasty is in a state of mind, the conservative and feudal forces are too strong. If any leader is brainwashed - this is what they are best at - maybe society will reverse history."

"Okay, let's not talk about those useless things. How do you feel when you come back from St. Vicente this time?" Liu Weimin asked.

"It feels like the Portuguese are just tolerant for a while, but controlling the entire Brazil is also their basic national policy. The war with the Dutch West India Company will be a long-term matter. It is hard to say whether the Dutch have the determination to stick to it, because according to the current situation, the West India Company's stall is too large and it is resistant to spending huge amounts of money and being trapped in the war quagmire for a long time. Therefore, the future situation in Brazil is still difficult to say, and we can only take one step at a time." Gao Mo replied truthfully, "In addition, I think the Portuguese will have some touches after this incident of blocking the door of our navy. Next, they may adjust their policies, vigorously develop the navy and enrich the strength of the Brazilian colonies, in order to compete with us in the future."

"What do you think the Portuguese will do?"

"I don't know, I can only make some inferences based on some information I have. I think in their country with a strong feudal color, there may be people who want to restore the 'ancient system' when they first discovered Brazil. That is, to give some merchants or lords trade privileges, and then lease a certain area of ​​land to them. This system requires the lessee to build and maintain one or more fortresses on Brazilian territory during the validity period of the contract." Gao Mo responded, "The first Brazilian land inheritor in history is the first Brazilian land inheritor in history."

The leaseholder was Fernan Deloronia, who rented for ten years at a rent of 4,000 Ducat (about 10,000 East Coast Silver Dollars) per year. On that land, he raised his own funds and sent personnel and ships to carry out colonial activities in Brazil, and it is said that he exported more than 20,000 dan of expensive Brazilian sumu to Portugal every year. In addition, according to the contract, he was obliged to send six ships a year to discover unknown areas of at least 300 rig, on the condition that the king prohibited the mining of similar timber from India or elsewhere to Brazilian sumu."

"It sounds interesting, but the tenant may not necessarily make a profit, right? Why did the Portuguese stop trying this kind of colonization later?" Liu Weimin keenly grasped the point and asked.

"It is indeed impossible to guarantee profit." Gao Mo nodded and said, "Even if the lessee is given monopoly privileges, the risk of loss is still quite large. A disease or indigenous attack may make the lessee lose all his money. However, to be fair, this condition is still very attractive to merchants or nobles. If the business is done properly, with the degree of Brazil's wealth, the profit margin will still be the majority. The Portuguese royal family later was mainly afraid of making the local white people bigger, and then

In addition, the rent given by the lessee was pitifully low but they had to give them various discounts or privileges (the big profit was occupied by the private sector, and the king had limited income, but the whole of Brazil was theoretically the king's private property), and the profit was not large, so the royal family gradually abandoned this colonial method. Then the developed land was merged with the early colonial general district, and the royal family sent the governor to directly govern the previous fiefdom model with a strong medieval color."
Chapter completed!