In mid-February 1638, San Vicente in the New World was still in the middle of summer.

Fortunately, the cool sea breeze that blows from time to time on the surface of the sea takes away some of the heat, so that the temperature in the city is not so unbearable. Gao Mo and Bai Siwen have been doing a little idle recently, and they have talked about everything that should be discussed with the British, and now they can only wait for the most disagreement between the upper echelons of the two sides.

A copy of the minutes of the negotiations was sent back last year, and there is a great deal of disagreement within the Executive Committee on the outcome of the negotiations at this stage. The results of the negotiations between the civilian party led by the vests and the British were generally satisfactory, and they were even prepared to agree to "humanitarian compensation" of two thousand pounds for the losses of the British during the war, eager to achieve peace and restore the construction of the domestic economy. However, this was fiercely opposed by the radical faction, led by the military department, who resolutely refused to agree to any reparations to the British, and did not hesitate to continue the war.

The reaction to the reparations of the British was mixed. After so many years, they now know that with their current national strength, they are still far from those old European countries. Therefore, some people thought that two thousand pounds sterling was not a large amount, and that the British only wanted face, so they gave it to them, and as long as they could achieve peace quickly, they should be sent to call Hanako.

However, there are still some people who are strongly opposed, and they also have a strong sense of superiority of modern people, believing that they must not go to these indigenous lands in the 17th century, otherwise it will be a failure, a shame, a denial of their development achievements for so many years, and a reversal of history!

Due to the disagreement of opinions, the Executive Committee has also been unable to form a unified opinion. Just when the vest was ready to propose a forced vote. There was a shooting incident in Port Orient that shook the Executive Committee. Bai Siwen's hardcore - the secretary of Wang De, president of the Dongfang County People's Court. Li Fugui, an immigrant from the Ming Dynasty who had been advocating "pacifism", was shot at by radical soldiers in a tavern. Li Fugui was not hit, though. But he was also frightened enough that the soldier who shot him, a young corporal from the army, was arrested on the spot.

At this point, it wasn't a big deal. But the police who came to arrest the corporal were soon surrounded by several times the army gendarmerie, who abducted the corporal on the spot and threatened that only a military court could try him. The weak police could not resist, and could only watch the soldiers march away.

Two days later, a military tribunal handed down a child'ish sentence against the corporal to "be ordered to retire from active duty and exiled to South Africa." The incident also rekindled the inherent conflict between the civilian and military officials, who accused the military of being domineering for a long time, and the military who accused the civilian officials of betraying the interests of the country. The two sides were at loggerheads for a while. Under the strong mediation of Ma Ganzu, chairman of the Executive Committee, the military department said that it would strengthen the education of the military personnel in the future to prevent the recurrence of such incidents.

After seeing the "hooligan" methods of the military department, the civilian clique was also a little frightened, so no one mentioned the matter of appropriate compensation to the British, and Gaumo and Bai Siwen had to continue to argue with the two representatives of the British, but there was not much progress.

Things finally took a turn for the better in mid-February. I don't know if the British took the wrong medicine or what. In the eighth formal negotiation between the two sides, their two negotiators did not demand compensation from the East Coasters for their losses for the first time. It was only to demand the release of Mr. Exeter, Senator of the Guyana Trading Merchant Company, who had become prisoners of war, Knight Heywood, the former military commander of the Gambian Trading Station, and a number of British officers and soldiers.

Surprised, Golmo and Bai Sven knew that the British must have passed the latest instructions to the two in front of them, such as ending the war immediately, and even they could roughly guess the reason why the British were in a hurry to end the war—yes, there was no other reason, it must be that their king had made some new move.

The enemy's pig teammates were the favorite thing of the East Coasters. Since their king is so "powerful" and so cooperative, wouldn't he be too sorry for him if he didn't take the opportunity to blackmail the other party again? Therefore, in the face of the urgency of the British to conclude a treaty, Gaumore began to negotiate passively, avoiding the key issues, and instead grasping the details.

In the face of the opponent's rogue behavior, Russell. Smith, Cheney. The two of them were deeply helpless. With so much pressure on their backs, they really don't have the time to continue to consume with the East Coasters. If the war was not over, the British would have to spend more than two hundred pounds on the war, and their ships were still under the threat of the East Coast fleet.

What a headache! Smith is finally feeling the pain of the East Coasters last year as they rushed for peace. As the news of the sinking of a British slave ship off the coast of Luanda reached São Vicente, Smith and Coward, who were under tremendous pressure, finally couldn't sit still. Almeida caught the two at a private banquet, and with the exchange of interests and compromises, the two sides finally reached a preliminary agreement.

Gaumo succeeded in forcing the British to abandon their demand for reparations on the basis of the original agreement, and to open the Florida market to the East Coasters, while doubling the Ottoman quota's quota for woolen trade to 10,000 horses per year. In addition to this, the British will pay a ransom of a total of 1,000 pounds for Mr. Exeter, Knight Heywood, and others, in exchange for the people of the East Coast to release them in time.

This agreement was the most favorable peace agreement they could have for the Eastern Republic after carefully weighing the intricacies of the situation facing both sides today. Therefore, when the minutes of the negotiations were sent back to China by Kuaima, the Executive Committee approved the negotiation agreement on the spot, and even the military, which had always been quite suspicious of the diplomatic negotiations of Gao Mo and others, did not express any objections for the first time.

Thus, on March 5, 1638, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the East Coast Republic of China, Mr. Golmo, and the plenipotentiary of the British East India Company, Russell . After Mr. Smith signed the peace treaty, known as the San Vicente Agreement, the nearly two-year-long war between the two sides finally came to a legal end. The only question now is how to convey the news that the war between the two sides is over to the naval task force of the East Coasters.

Truth be told, Russell. Smith was a little scared to hear from the East Coaster fleet now, because every time it came back, it was bad news. A while ago, it was rumored that Portuguese sailors had built a secret supply port at the mouth of the Berg River on the west coast of South Africa, and that their fleet should have used it as a base to attack British merchant ships.

However, this news was learned a little late, and now that the war between the two sides has ended, and many British ships have been gradually withdrawing from the South Atlantic waters, it is obviously unwise and foolish to make a fuss at this time.

The people on the east coast also expressed their sincerity to the British at this time. They sent the armed merchant ship "Merchant", which was nested in the harbor, loaded with a large number of building materials, weapons, foodstuffs and household goods, and set sail for the River Fort in South Africa. On the one hand, they informed the Fort of Hezhong that the war had ended, and on the other hand, they were transporting supplies there - they had already learned from the letter written back by Gao Mo that there were now more than 1,000 Ming immigrants in Hezhongbao, and the shortage of various materials was very large, and they were in urgent need of local support.

Although Mo Ming, the leader of the South African Pioneer Team, was not very satisfied with his behavior of intercepting Far East immigrants and embezzling public funds seized by the Navy without authorization, considering the actual situation at that time, the Executive Committee could not but admit that Mo Ming's act of making a decision on the spot was correct. Considering the next stage of the country's important national policy - the exploration of African routes to the Ottoman Empire, the South African River Fort is of unparalleled importance as the base camp and general rear of this exploration operation. Therefore, at this time, the Executive Committee had to make great efforts to support the Fort of River.

The Merchant arrived at Fort River, South Africa, in mid-to-late April. At this time, the Hezhong Fort had begun to take shape: the coastal defense fort with six shore fire defense cannons, more than 3,000 acres of sorghum fields and farmland irrigation facilities, and dozens of brick houses had been completely completed under the hard work of a large number of black and red husbands, and these farmland and facilities would surely become an important propellant for the sustainable development of the Hezhong Fort area in the future.

The armed merchant ship "Merchant" unloaded its cargo and spent two more days in the river fort, and then hurried back to the port of Vostom, accompanied by three transport ships of the Nanhai Transport Company and a company of soldiers of the security forces. The war is over, and it's time for these soldiers to demobilize and return home.

Just a few days after the return of the "Dealer", the Navy's Guinea Task Force suddenly docked again at the dock of Fort River, and it was only then that the officers and men of the Navy heard that a peace treaty had been concluded with the British. In the nearly two years since the outbreak of the war, the navy has lost two warships and more than 360 officers and men have been wounded, sick, and killed. Therefore, he readily said that he would abide by the orders of the Executive Committee and the Military Department, and immediately lead the fleet back to the mainland, ready to accept the next order.

After recuperating some of the sick and wounded in Fort River, the Naval Guinea Task Force sailed out of the Fort Riverside docks on 26 April and headed west toward Vostochny Harbor. At this point, the state of war between the East Bank and Britain was finally substantially ended, and peace was temporarily restored. (To be continued......)