After signing a peace agreement with the Spaniards and hastily sending people to the country on Spanish ships, Mo San did not stop in Valladolid and declined Alejandro's invitation to visit Zaragoza, and then went straight to Valencia, where he was ready to take a ship to the Ottoman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean. He had been away for a long time, so he decided to go over and see if anything had happened and if the Ottoman court had calmed down.

On December 15, when Mo San was waiting for the ship in Valencia, his subordinate, Zheng Yong, a retired military officer and in charge of foreign affairs in Sweden, Poland, Moscow and other countries, suddenly came to the door. He came by coincidence, if it was a day or two later, it was estimated that he would have to go to Messina to find Mo San, but seeing Zheng Yong's stern appearance, Mo San also collected his thoughts about catching up with him, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

"The Poles came to me in Danzig, and Mader bought the first three thousand Polish women in Odessa, many of whom were nobles or descendants of nobility. Most of it was sold to him by the Crimean Tatars, but some were sold by the Cossacks, and the Poles were annoyed, they considered it a shame! Thousands of the Lord's people were sold among the infidels, and it seemed to them a shame for the whole of Poland! Zheng Yong, who was still wearing an old dark blue military uniform, took off his army top hat and said worriedly. He has been in charge of Eastern European affairs for almost four years, mainly dealing with the interests of the Eastern Republic in Sweden and Poland, and this time he was forced by the Poles to go to the Mediterranean to ask Mo San for advice, which shows how much pressure he has to bear.

"It's finally here!" Mo San felt a faint pain in his brain, and after beckoning Zheng Yong to sit down in the hotel bedroom. And he commanded his attendants to go and shut the door. Then he rubbed his face. Slightly tired, he said, "You are deliberately not letting me live in peace." I just finished the Spanish incident, and now there is an accident in Poland, which is really troublesome and I can't get rid of it. Well, let's talk about it carefully, what do the Poles want? ”

It is said that Ma De did write to Mo San a while ago, saying that he secretly sent someone to buy 3,000 Polish women captured in the war, roughly between the ages of 13 and 40, but it only cost 120,000 yuan. This made Mo San arouse a lot of interest, and of course, Ma De also vaguely pointed out in the letter that there may be political risks behind this transaction that cannot be ignored. But after thinking about it. Mo San still thinks that this risk is worth taking, after all, Nasukh Pasha, as the middleman, has clearly said that there are more than 15,000 Polish women for sale in total, which is definitely a huge benefit that cannot be given up for the east coast.

In fact, as long as you think about it, you can know that there are as many as 20,000 singles (most of them are Mingren) in the east coast with a population of 150,000 now, and if you eat all these 15,000 Polish women, I am afraid that it will solve a big problem. As for the remaining Italian, Livonia, and Greek men, because there are not many of them, the marriage problem is not difficult to solve, and at worst, you can catch some Malay women from New Huaxia Island and distribute them. It's easy to fool around.

After considering it from such an angle, Mo San acquiesced to Ma De's behavior. At the same time, he also hinted that he could go further and that he would support him financially. Of course, he did not forget to ask Mader to do this secretly, but it is difficult to say how long it will be kept secret, after all, maybe a mouthy Tatar or Cossack could spread the news of such a deal, no, the Poles really got the news at the first time, and came to the door to put pressure on the people on the east coast.

"The Poles demanded that we stop buying these illegally interned freemen, emphasizing that more than a third of them were nobles or descendants of the nobility, and that we hand over the three thousand people we had already purchased to the Polish government through proper channels." Zheng Yong sat down in his chair and said in a slightly deep voice: "If we do not agree, the Poles may demand the closure of our trading post in Danzig, and at the same time prohibit the export of lead, sulfur, livestock, and other goods to our country, and the consequences will be quite severe." ”

"There are so many nobles in Poland." Mo San sneered in a nonchalant tone. Isn't it, about 20% of Poland's population of 11 million people are aristocrats, it's just! The country also lacked a strong nobility, but a large number of small and medium-sized nobility, which led to the need for elections for every Polish king - because there was a lack of strong, desirable candidates.

For example, the Valleglevsky family, who had just married Zheng Yong, was such a small and medium-sized nobleman, the family was the bodyguard of the Polish king in the early years, and after so many years of development, it now has seven or eight villages in Krakow and Danzig respectively, which is already a relatively decent small and medium-sized nobleman. Zheng Yong had married the sister of Conrad, who had succeeded the Valleglevski family last year, but the dowry was a pitiful amount to a small estate in the Danzig countryside (including a mill and a neighbouring carpentry workshop), which shows how weak the so-called aristocracy of Poland was. It can be said that the entire Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania was composed of such a large and small, scattered aristocracy.

"Don't you export lead and brimstone to us? Hmph, let's ask the Dutch to buy it! Now that the war in Europe has largely subsided, the prices of these commodities have fallen sharply, and the supply is still quite abundant, are we afraid that we will not be able to buy them? Mo San continued to say mercilessly: "As for livestock, won't we go to Jutland to buy it?" There is a famous livestock market, cheap and abundant, why hang yourself on such a crooked neck tree in Poland? ”

"The only headache may be the closure of Danzig's commercial station, what about the net profit of more than 100,000 yuan a year......" Speaking of this, Mo San couldn't help but feel a little distressed: "But the things that should be given up still have to be given up!" It's just a profit of more than 100,000 yuan, and besides, the money is not easy to earn, and the Dutch and the English always accuse us of crossing the border and encroaching on their market. Well, just close the door this time! Inform the stationmaster of Danzig, Schneider, tell him not to worry, and immediately prepare to open a trading station in Arkhangelsk. The potential of that place is enormous, and in the long run it is definitely a place of great commercial interest, and we should prepare in advance, lest we catch up with the Dutch and the English, who already have some base and contacts in Russia. ”

"So, this time you are determined to buy all these Polish women?" Hearing Mo San say so much, Zheng Yong understood what he meant even if he was sluggish. Although his own wife was Polish, this did not affect his position, but he quickly adjusted his role and began to analyze along Mo San's train of thought: "The threat of the Polish government this time is not like a matter of saying it, it is likely to be carried out, that is, Danzig's trading post will be closed, and we will be completely expelled from the Polish market - although we have never really owned this market." Well, I really shouldn't pay attention to the Polish misers, they even played me a trick the year before last! It's time to take care of them! ”

Zheng Yong's "being played by the Poles" refers to the mention of the Royal Polish government's order of weapons to the east coast, which was led by Zheng Yong at the beginning. Who knew that the poor devils in Poland actually said they would not buy it after inquiring about the price for half a year, because the war in Europe gradually ended, production resumed rapidly, and a large number of grains, Poland's traditional export products, were unsalable, so they had no money, so the military spending that was originally planned to update their armaments naturally disappeared. This incident made Zheng Yong, who had just been in charge of foreign affairs in the Baltic Sea region for a short time, so depressed that he didn't raise his head in front of Mo San and Ma De for several months. Now that he has the opportunity, he naturally will not say good things for the Poles.

"I've already bought the first batch, and it's too late to quit halfway at this time, not to mention that this may greatly offend the Azov Chamber of Commerce, you should be clear about which is more important." Mo San said as a matter of course, and after speaking, he added: "Not only women have to buy, but men also have to buy!" Let the Crimeans and Cossacks intensify their captivity, the Polish army was incompetent and suffered repeated defeats, and their people were plundered by foreign peoples. Out of humanitarian considerations, our East Coast Republic of China bought all these people and distributed them to various places for proper resettlement, which is also a good thing, afraid of Mao! All the women were shipped back to the mainland, a small number of the men were shipped back to the mainland, and most of them were shipped to South Africa, New China, and the Australian colonies. Especially in the new Chinese colony that the state is focusing on developing, there is a shortage of a large number of male laborers, and it is only appropriate to sell it there, and maybe it can make a lot of money for the country. In the future, the Poles will be relieved to open up territories for our great east coast, and the so-called precursor to the king is nothing more than that. ”

"This idea is very good, it is better to pull the New China Pioneer Team, the South African Pioneer Team and the Blackwater Pioneer Team into the water, and share the pressure on us, lest some local guys who can only crook their mouths accuse us for no reason." Zheng Yong also began to improve the details for Mo San at this time, "With the support of these overseas feudal officials, there is basically no problem in this matter." When the time comes, we'll keep some of the profits from this year's trade and buy slaves, and we'll be able to do that!" Even, we can ask the Crimean Tatars and Cossacks if they are short of weapons and equipment, and if so, they can immediately place an order, this is another business! ”

"Xiao Zheng, I can't see that you have a talent for business. Okay, that's it! You also go back to Danzig first, and if the Poles turn around, they will withdraw to the Riga merchant post with their personnel, and then think about the next step. Mo San stood up, patted Zheng Yong's shoulder, and said. (To be continued......)