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Blanco returned to Rio de Janeiro with half of his supplies: 10 cannons, 150 arquebuses and 150 sabers. Of course, the two ships of coal and one ship of Brazilian specialties he brought were also sold at a good price, and after deducting the payment, he made a net profit of more than 3,600 yuan. The remaining half of the goods will be delivered next month, and the delivery of 50 sets of 31-year-old full-body armor per month will also start next month. It was agreed that by the end of 1633 at the latest, two emigrant ships from the East would call at the port.

The agreement was not mandatory, but the Travelers were not worried about the Portuguese playing tricks. Because at the moment they are at a disadvantage on the battlefield, and this war will continue for many years.

In the evening, Gao Mo reported the situation to the other members of the Executive Committee. The war, which had lasted for many years, came to an end in 1637, when the Dutch emerged victorious, taking complete control of northeastern Brazil and extending their power to the Maranium River valley.

The blood transfusion that now crosses the crowd should have partially alleviated the dilemma faced by the Portuguese in Brazil in history. However, there was also a certain amount of risk involved, as the sale of weapons to the Portuguese would certainly not please the Dutch West India Company. How the Dutch West India Company would react, the Crossing Crowd must be fully prepared.

As of today, the total population under the jurisdiction of the Crossing Masses has reached 4,895, and the food reserves have also set a new record. More than 3,500 tonnes of potatoes, 20 tonnes of fish products and 45 tonnes of soybeans nearly burst the warehouse, enough food for everyone for more than a year.

In addition to grain, the situation on the part of the Animal Husbandry Bureau is also very gratifying. The herd has grown to nearly 250 horses, of which more than 80 are Andalusian and Lusitano horses. The number of cattle also exceeds 200, of which half is beef cattle and half is dairy cows. In addition, there are more than 100 pigs and more than 400 sheep. As for chickens, ducks and geese, there are even more, and a small amount has already begun to be distributed to farmers.

It can be said that after two years of hard work, the material foundation of the crossing crowd has been greatly improved.

In addition to agricultural products, the development of industry and commerce is also very encouraging. The monthly output of steel plants has stabilized between 30 tons and 35 tons, and the increase in steel production has released the production capacity of several military products.

The casting workshop of the Dayuhe Arsenal, which has greatly increased its production capacity, is currently the largest steel-using workshop, and some time ago they worked overtime for the large-scale refitting of the port fort and shore defense guns, and even cast two 32-pound long-barreled cannon guns. After these two heavy guns were installed on the port forts, they showed their super power in the test firing, and for this reason, Wang Qinian, a member of the Navy, asked the executive committee to award a special prize to the artillery casting workshop.

With the addition of some hydraulic equipment to the protective gear and cold weapon manufacturing workshop, the monthly output of the 31-year-type full-body armor has stabilized at more than 200 sets under the stable supply of 7.5 tons of steel per month, and the monthly output of the 32-year-old command knife is 2,000 sets.

At present, there are five hydraulic boring machines in the firearms manufacturing workshop, more than 70 craftsmen and apprentices, and the 32-B model (which has an additional medicine pot lid design than the A type, which can offset the interference of moisture in rainy days to a certain extent) can produce 150 flintlock rifles per month. In the past few months, 50 32-A flintlock rifles and 300 32-B flintlock rifles have been produced, and the gunsmith workshop is still researching imitation cavalry flintlock pistols, and the results should be produced after a while.

In addition, tools, tools and small knives are produced in the workshop. The number of people in the comprehensive workshop is small, only some blacksmiths are collected, and the production method is semi-manual and semi-mechanical, which is not very efficient, but there is no big problem in supplying life.

Most of these industrial products are exported. Except for the cannon casting workshop, which has suspended exports in the past two months for the refitting of the battery, the remaining workshops are in full production. In particular, the three-one-year-style full-body armor and the three-two-year-old saber are mostly exported to Russia, Poland, Sweden and Denmark and other regions; Farm tools, tools, and other goods produced in the integrated workshops also began to sell well in Brazil and the La Plata region, which suffered from the trade monopoly of the suzerain, as evidenced by the increasingly prosperous smuggling trade.

The route of the smuggling trade is currently controlled by the Portuguese. The ships of these merchants from the Lisbon or São Paulo regions often loaded huge quantities of coal, Brazilian mahogany, cotton, cane sugar, indigo, tobacco and other materials at the port of Tatartan, unloaded coal and some agricultural products, and then replenished a large number of tools, agricultural tools, knives, small hardware and even bricks and cement and other building materials, and then sailed to the secret trading port near the mouth of the Río de la Plata to trade with the Spaniards; On the return trip, they are loaded with hides, tallow, cheese, cured meats, wool and even horses from the La Plata region to the port of Tatan, and then loaded with the cross-cutting products back to Brazil for sale.

Buenos Aires and the city of Asunción in the La Plata region were so hungry for all kinds of trade that the local white notocratic farmers and a large number of middle and low-ranking colonial officials also participated, and everyone enjoyed the benefits that had belonged to the Spanish king and the great nobles and merchants.

According to the estimation of the number of Portuguese ships on this coastal trade route, the total amount of smuggling trade in this coastal trade route flowing with gold was not less than 50,000 yuan per month, and the monthly profit of the Middle East Coast Company exceeded 3,000 yuan, which made a great contribution to the financial balance of the people. It was not that no one had warned of the dangers, and Xiao Mingli, the civil affairs commissioner, had strongly opposed trade with Portuguese smugglers, believing that it would attract the attention of the Spaniards. However, after seeing the financial deficit of nearly 5,000 yuan per month of the East Coast Company, he was speechless.

Moreover, this matter is also related to the long-term development of the cross-public. In the future, when the population will increase and the country will be established, the country will have to work hard to develop industry if it wants to develop. Referring to the development process of Britain in the original history, after Britain achieved maritime supremacy in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, it accumulated huge wealth through seafaring trade and colonization, which objectively promoted the progress of British industrial technology and the enhancement of bourgeois power. After the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-18th century, advanced industrial production capacity and vast colonial markets combined to provide a strong impetus for Britain's industrial development, and finally pushed Britain to the throne of the empire on which the sun never sets.

For the Traders, the historical Britain is a ready-made teacher, and the nearby Brazil and La Plata regions are natural raw material sources and dumping places for industrial products, and they will become the first stepping stone for the development of the Traversal industry. At this time, the British economy was still mainly dependent on wool exports and entrepot trade, and although manufactured goods were sold in large quantities to European countries and American colonies, most of them were small artisanal enterprises.

If we want to develop the economy, if we want to compete with the old colonial powers, when we are not worth mentioning in terms of population, resources, wealth, and other aspects, the only way out is industrialization. Crush and defeat each other with the powerful productive forces of industrialization, and use it as its own raw material source and dumping ground for industrial products.

The Executive Committee has a clear understanding of this aspect. In Uruguay, the climate is suitable and the land is fertile, even if the more than 500,000 yuan in cash on hand is spent, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to mix food and clothing with this large area of plastered land standing under their feet. But what about the future, is it true that everyone travels back in time just to live their lives behind closed doors in this small place of Uruguay? And with the serious lack of science and engineering talents and knowledge in front of the gang, I am afraid that in a few decades, I will not even be able to live my own small life. If someone comes to the door, you have an absolute advantage in numbers, and your advantage in skills is limited compared to others, so you won't be able to clean it up at that time.

The only way out is to take advantage of the present to preemptively develop industry, earn profits through various means, and then invest the profits in the research and development of industrial technology, forming a virtuous circle. At the same time, it is necessary to immigrate in large numbers to ensure a certain population base, which is the only way that the Executive Committee thinks of to survive and pass on the people in this time and space without being assimilated.

When it comes to what industry to develop first, it's not difficult to choose. Considering that there are several industrial talents who have some understanding of the textile industry, and the climate and natural environment of Uruguay are very suitable for the development of animal husbandry, so according to the theory of comparative advantage, the executive committee believes that the focus of industrial development in the early stage can be set as the wool industry, and the leather processing and manufacturing may be taken into account in the future.

The textile industry is a magical industry that seems to have come into being with the Industrial Revolution, it was the invention of the Jenny loom that gave birth to the British Industrial Revolution, and now the Travelers have also chosen this industry as the beginning of their industrial development. Of course, the metallurgical and military industries, which are currently one or two hundred years ahead of Europe in the past one or two hundred years, must also continue to invest in the development, after all, this industry is the guarantee for the survival of the people at this stage.

Now that you've figured out your thoughts, it's time to work towards your goal.