"Can we help the Dutch other than supplies and arms? I mean the personnel side, I feel that the weapons alone are still not enough, and the Dutch suffer because the number of people is too small, and they may not be able to withstand it. "Inside the East Coast Trading Station of San Vicente, the veteran of the diplomatic circles, Gaumo, asked an army officer in a whisper.

"The Joint Staff Headquarters has made a plan to try to squeeze out some men with combat experience to support the Recife side. There were 1,000 men of the New Army of the Eight Banners of South Africa, 500 men of the Eight Banners of the New China Island, more than 100 German mercenaries from the trading station of Tulaire, and the Latvians of Jacobshafen who reluctantly agreed to mobilize 400 musketeers on standby, a total of 2,000 men, after much pressure from us. Of course, these forces had not yet had time to assemble, and it was up to the situation whether they would arrive in Recife to support the Dutch. Sun Wu, a young army staff officer, replied. He has been graduating from the Infantry Section of the Dingyuan Army Military Academy for two years, and is a second-generation wearer, and is currently serving as a second-class staff officer in the Joint Staff Headquarters.

"Good." Golmo, who returned to San Vicente after many years, nodded lightly. He looked at the familiar furnishings and decorations in the room, and felt a lot of emotion. Fifteen years ago, when he was still in high spirits, he and Bethween spent a long time in San Vicente, in order to negotiate with the British and end a war that neither side wanted to continue.

"I'm old." Gao Mo sat back in his seat and looked at Yiqiē in the room with some sadness. At that time, as a leading figure in the civilian department, he, Bai Siwen, Wang De and others were very troubled in order to end the war with the British, for which Wang De was even shot by army militarists, and Bai Siwen was also transferred from his post because he was ridiculed for "hypochondriasis". After sitting on the cold bench in Shi Zhiban's office for many years, he was able to find an opportunity to recover.

He Gao Mo was not affected too much because of his special talents (he knew more Chinese and knew more about history). But there is no doubt that the scene of St. Vicente fifteen years ago still left a deep impression on him - a mixture of the aggressive faces of the British and the enormous pressure at home. He didn't get a good night's sleep during that difficult time.

"But this time it looks a little different, and the mood and shape are all adjusted. At that time, although it could not be said that people were swords and I was fish and meat, at least we were the one who was anxious to end the war, and our mood was more anxious and impatient. Gao Mo thought silently in his heart, "I didn't expect that fifteen years later, the strength of all parties will be reduced by the strength of each other, and our East Coast Republic of China has become the leading power in the region, especially dozens of well-equipped naval warships. It has greatly increased our right to speak. Under the threat of the cannons of the huge ships, the Portuguese are like terrified quails, and it is really intoxicating......"

"Well, this time in San Vicente, we will pretend to be hooligans, pretend to be wicked, and bully others, who will make you Portuguese ignorant and have to regain the land occupied by the Dutch?" Gao Mo subconsciously tidied up his clothes, and then motioned to his secretary to invite the "guests" in.

Guests have been waiting for a long time! They are Blanco, an old friend of the East Coasters. Morality. Sosa. Almeida, Brazilian sugar tycoon Joao. Fernandez. Vieira (who briefly defected to the Dutch in history and is now the big financier of the Portuguese army in Brazil), Felipe, an Indian leader who was determined to follow the Portuguese. Camallaw and his entourage, as for the Viceroy of the Portuguese Brazilian Colonial Administration, Antonio. Telles. Reach. Silva did not show face. Or he is mobilizing the army, as the rumors say.

After more than a dozen people poured in, they immediately decorated the small room tightly. Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and I don't know what to do next.

"Sit." Gao Mo casually pointed to the rows of benches on either side of the room and said, "Since you are in a hurry, then I will make a long story short. First of all, I have come with peace, and there is no doubt about this, because the Republic of China does not want to see the rich and beautiful Brazil plunged into perennial war. Therefore, we want to put an end to the war between the Netherlands and Portugal and restore peace to this land. ”

Gao Mo said this passage in Chinese. Although he spoke English, French and Spanish, and taught himself Portuguese, Dutch and Italian, as diplomatic envoy of the Eastern Republic of China, he could use his own Chinese language and had his secretary act as interpreter.

After Gao Mo finished speaking, everyone on the Portuguese side immediately looked at each other, this Nima is obviously pulling the rhythm of the frame! This time the East Coasters had called a "peace conference" in San Vicente, and the Portuguese had not intended to pay attention to it—you had repeatedly supported the Dutch, and we would not have been dead if we had not said anything else—but the officers at the coastal fort panicked and reported that the fleet of the East Coasters was cruising off the coast of Brazil, and the Portuguese could not sit still.

Governor Silva sent the ships of the colonial fleet out to sea to negotiate with the people on the east coast, but the attitude of these hooligans was extremely arrogant, saying that they were searching for a pirate ship, and many ships off the coast of Brazil that were about to enter and leave the port were returned to their ports under their brutal inspection and interception, and the traffic was cut off for a while. Even, a ship full of munitions from Lisbon sailed to the town harbor under the hostage of the East Coast Navy, what do you think is not nonsense? Do you believe that you are allowed to sail for the Dutch with arms on the ships on the east coast and to the territory of the Dutch, and that Portugal is not allowed to transport arms to Brazil, and that it is for what peace? There is no doubt about double standards!

But what can the Portuguese do? The colonial fleet was not even strong enough to blockade the Dutch West India Company's ships in and out of Recife, let alone confront the mighty East Coast Fleet head-on. Perhaps, now we have to wait for the main fleet of the mainland to come over? It is said that King Joao has vigorously reorganized his military affairs in recent years, built fortresses on the Spanish border, built forts in ports facing the ocean, and levied taxes on all his subjects to rebuild the navy, so this time the mainland will probably be able to send a considerable number of warships to Brazil.

The strength of these ships is undoubtedly extremely strong, and if it were not for the intervention of the damned East Coasters, perhaps we would have been able to block the external communications of General Pernambuco with these ships alone, and then intensify our offensive on land, and we would have forced the Dutch to surrender - these were businessmen who had come to the colonies to make a fortune, and they did not have the courage to play with people.

But now that the East Coast is on the sidelines, it's complicated. They say they want to "bring peace" to Brazil? God, is there anyone more shameless than them? When the Dutch West India Company had seized about half of Brazil, why didn't they ask for peace? Now when the Dutch are at a disadvantage, they say that they want to bring peace, and what is this not pulling the sidelines?

"Yes, we want to bring peace to Brazil, and a war-torn Brazil is not in the interests of the Eastern Coast Republic!" Seeing that the Portuguese did not speak, Gaumo immediately increased his tone and said: "You have also seen that the war that has been going on for ten years has plunged this anointed land rich in dyes, wood, and cane sugar into chaos. Brazil's sugar production as a whole is now even less than 1.2 million arois (less than 18,000 tons), is it comparable to Barbados? Is it comparable to the island of Jamaica (in 1676, Jamaica exported an astonishing 72,000 tons of sugar)? You know, Brazil has a lot more to offer than these regions, but it has been ruined by stupid wars! ”

"Mr. Vieira, you are an expert in the sugar industry, and the amount of sugar you export to England is 6p per pound (the price in the British market is generally 12-14 pence, so it can be seen that sugar still has some taste of luxury in Europe at this time), and the loss of 1 ton a year is 55 pounds, and 10,000 tons less is a loss of 550,000 pounds (about 1,700,000 East Coast silver dollars), and you should know this account. We all know that the best sugar production in Brazil is in the General Pernambuco district, but the years of war-of-war between you and the Dutch have completely ruined this rich land, and it is time to put an end to this stupid war. "Gao Mo is good at it from an economic point of view.

By nature, the Portuguese and the Dutch were businessmen. It is also that the Portuguese are slightly more feudal and have a stronger desire for land than the Dutch, but there is no difference in essence, just a difference in Cheng dù. Don't look at this Joao now. Vieira clearly supported the Brazilian colonial authorities, not only contributed money and goods, but even armed a large number of blacks and Indians on his estate to fight the Dutch, but you must know that before 1645, this guy was still the guest of honor of the Dutch ruler.

Vieira might still be licking the Dutch on his knees if he hadn't been killed by the Dutch who had transferred the capable Governor Maurice (whom the West India Company thought was too good at spending money) and replaced him with stupid officials (Maurice's successor was called "an expert in business, an imbecile in politics"), and had forced Dutch law and Dutch education in the Dutch occupied territories, and had to divide the land of some of the big manor owners to the new Dutch "boer".

But when the Dutch touched his cheese, he immediately turned his face, and the true face of the capitalist or landlord was like this! Isn't there a sense of immediacy in the Ming Dynasty? If it weren't for the fact that "I, the Qing Dynasty" actually collected taxes from the gentry, would there still be so many anti-Qing riots or uprisings in Jiangnan? To put it mildly, only a minority of these uprisings were motivated by national feelings, and most of them were actually armed anti-tax riots! The Jiangnan gentry who originally shouted "I am the king of the Qing Dynasty", after seeing that they were actually asked to pay taxes, this Nima didn't turn back?

That's what human nature is! Therefore, Gao Mo understood the righteousness from an economic point of view, and hoped that the Portuguese would listen to it more or less. (To be continued......)