"As a result, Edwardtown expects to grow in a big way soon, and the population is sure to grow!"

Gilbert leaned back in his chair, his legs crossed, and a smug look on his face.

Who would have thought that he, who was just an ordinary and shabby squire, would seize the opportunity to come to the Americas, set up a company, run a small colony, and then because of the policy, he became a government official, comparable to the level of the mayor of the town.

And if this is in England, unless you are a nobleman, or a squire, or a scholar who has passed the national examination, you will not want to get such a position.

For the bankrupt Gilbert, coming to the Americas was the right decision.

"And I, Humphrey. Gilbert, who is going to be the governor of the county, will return to England in style, and let those snobbish relatives see that the Gilbert family is prosperous again! ”

Speaking of this, Gilbert gritted his teeth, and the excitement in his eyes couldn't be suppressed.

To be honest, the English have some habits very similar to the Chinese, modesty to hypocrisy, attachment to their homeland, and most prominently, a large number of relatives, and a desire for glory and glory.

The dilapidated squire, with many relatives, was always haunted by the contempt he received when he went bankrupt.

He hoped more than once that he could re-enter the upper class of society, but the loss of his family's land made him unable to do anything.

And the promulgation of the June agreement made Gilbert excited.

"How about it, Andrews, build Edwardtown with me!"

Andrews knows his friend's excitement very well, but his ambition is not in the official career, which is too tiring.

As long as the sea, sailing in the blue and rough sea, is his dream, and staying where he is all the time will only make him feel constrained.

"No, my Lord Governor, you know, I'll go crazy if I stay in the same place for a year and a half, and only the boundless sea is my life!"

Andrews smiled and shook his head, noncommittal about his friend's invitation.

"Besides, if I help you manage the colony, who will be the captain of this ship?"

When I remembered that my company had only a few skilled captains, it would be a big loss for the company if they were abducted to manage the colony.

"Well, since you want to go to the sea, then go for it! It's your choice, I have no right to interfere! ”

Although he dismisses his friend's 'bird-like' ambitions, respect for others is still a gentleman's traditional virtue, and Gilbert still adheres to it.

"Okay, let's talk about what benefits you have brought to the company in the past six months! Those gentlemen and aristocrats are not so easy to get rid of, after all, there are many bankrupt colonial companies over the years! ”

Andrews gathered his mood, then sat up, and asked Gilbert with a serious face, looking very formal.

Hearing this, the expression on the face of the Governor couldn't help but be correct, at this moment, he was no longer a Governor, but the director and boss of the London Colonial Company.

And Andrews brought the shareholders' questioning, which did not surprise him, and he already had a little draft in his mind about it.

Since the discovery of the New World, private colonial companies have focused more on the islands of the Caribbean, but very little on the New World.

Moreover, this is very rare, but most of them go bankrupt, just look at the current attitude of Spain towards the New World.

"After staying here for a while, I found that tobacco is not suitable for growing here, even sugarcane sugar is unsustainable, and the sun is still not strong enough!"

"Ahh

"So what?" Andrews sighed, but instead of being as depressed and panicked as Gilbert had imagined, he stared at him with a smile, which made Gilbert angry.

This damn Andrews, as always, saw through his mind, and he was a little annoyed.

"Well, I knew you would guess, although tobacco and sugar cane could not be cultivated, but we found that there were many fish in the vicinity, such as cod, salmon and mackerel, which were more suitable for the development of fishing than the North Sea, where the fish population was dwindling!"

After speaking, Gilbert saw that Andrews still had that calm expression, and he could only continue helplessly:

"Okay, okay! We found that it was suitable for growing sugar beets at a very low cost.

The beetroot is lumpy, harvested, washed, and peeled, the juice and flesh are bright purple, and it is sweet enough that we can use it to make wine and sell it all over Europe and on all ships that sail the seas! ”

"So, I tried a wine made from sugar beets, and the sweet, fragrant and fragrant flavor can really be used to make wine!"

"Are you sure you can make beets and make wine?" After receiving the prepared reply, Andrews was excited.

"It's a good deal, we're going to make a fortune!" Andrews nodded excitedly, making wine from beets was indeed an excellent idea.

In this era, in addition to sugar cane, sugar beets are also one of the sources of sugar, and the cost is lower.

"But isn't winemaking a royal business? I'm afraid it's not good for us to do this! Andrews asked with a dodgy look in his eyes and some hesitation.

"Don't worry, the wine we brew is not a strong wine, and it does not conflict with the royal family's fire wine!"

"Moreover, there are so many liquor markets at the moment, we won't steal too much business, and His Majesty doesn't care. Moreover, the shareholders of the company also have a royal family. ”

Gilbert hurriedly explained.

That's when Andrews breathed a sigh of relief.

In this era, food is scarce in various countries, and the price of wine is naturally soaring, especially in the sailing period, the shelf life of water is not long, and the function of wine for a long time, as well as the function of soothing the spirit, can be said to be highly respected.

After tasting some of the sweet wines brewed, Andreston was in good spirits.

"Very well, Gilbert, this is close to the Spanish colonies, you can turn this place into a port, sell them drinks, and make a fortune!"

Andrews felt that this time he came, this thing was his real gain.

And because of the brewing of sweet wine, the development of North America has become more popular.