When Li You's ship returned to Colombo with the Goan representative, a French ship had just passed through the Cape of Good Hope and sailed towards Tebul Bay, where the city of Jinghai was located.

Looking at the spotted penguins on their chests on the rocky shore, the sailors on the Glass let out violent cheers and whistles. Captain Provins standing at the bow of the boat. Joseph did not stop the clamor of the sailors, and even he himself could not suppress the joy in his heart when he saw the green waters of the Atlantic Ocean at this moment.

Although the waters of the Atlantic Ocean did not look as beautiful as the Indian Ocean, when he saw them, he felt that his tense heart was relaxed, because after three years of traveling to the East, they finally arrived home.

Provins. Joseph knew in his heart that there was still a long journey from here to France, but this was already the Atlantic Ocean after all. From here until they arrived in France, they were facing the same ocean as their compatriots back home, and could they not be excited by the wanderers who had been away from home for a long time.

As the ship entered Tebul Bay, the wind and waves gradually calmed down, and the outline of the city of Transea surrounded by mountains and bays became clearer and clearer to the eyes of everyone on board.

Stand in Provins. The first mate beside Joseph shouted to the sailors with some merriment: "Men work hard, I will give you more food when we come ashore, and at last we will not have to eat all the strange food that the Africans make." Even if it is a piece of wood, the Chinese can turn it into a delicious steak, thanks to Our Lady for setting up a Chinese city here, so that we can celebrate the luck of being able to go home..."

For these sailors, there are only two things that are most unbearable about sea voyages, one is the monotonous and boring diet, and the other is the loneliness of having nowhere to bloom at sea. The ability to eat a meal here was enough for the sailors to continue their desire to sail home.

So even Provin. Joseph playfully took out a few silver coins and asked the first mate to add some extra drinks to the sailors as a way to cheer them up. As the owner of the Glass, Provins. Joseph was not a stingy businessman, and his trip to the East was not just for a trade trip to China, although he did buy a lot of Chinese specialties for it.

Three years ago, on the recommendation of the Marquis of Abel, the great cardinal Richelieu, the true ruler of France, summoned him and gave him a mission to go to the East to gather intelligence about China.

Although among the Oriental adventurers in Paris, Provins. Joseph was a little famous, but the farthest he had ever traveled before he was summoned by the Cardinal was the Portuguese colony of the Cape of Good Hope, above the Stormy Coast of southeastern Africa.

Thus the cardinal gave him the task of making a difference for Provin. For Joseph, it was indeed a very risky problem. But fearful of the cardinal's power and greedy for the rich rewards afterwards, Provin. Joseph eventually took on the task.

When the ship leaned against the neatly planned, stone-built dock of Silent Sea City, Provins. Joseph finally came to his senses from his recollection, he glanced at the city in front of him again, and then said in amazement: "I haven't seen this for three years, and this city seems to have expanded a lot..."

It is winter in the southern hemisphere in August, because of the northwest wind, this season is not suitable for crossing the Cape of Good Hope, so there are not many ships moored at the pier, and experienced captains will rush around the Cape of Good Hope before June.

However, for Jinghai City, which has a similar climate to the Mediterranean, there is still no snow and ice here even though it is winter, but it is just a little rainy weather. And the Table Mountain around Jinghai City is still lush and green, and it is completely a world of green plants

Jinghai City has gradually developed into three different functional districts, warehouses and commercial areas near the docks, workshops and residential areas in the middle, and military camps and residences for officials and wealthy people on the highlands near the foot of the mountain. And the plains and foothills near the city are dotted with villages and manors. For Yuan Chonghuan, who stood on the second floor of the governor's residence and overlooked most of the city, this was simply a paradise with no quarrel with the world.

"Did the emperor send me here to count seals and whales during the day and the stars at night?" Yuan Chonghuan looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window, but he still couldn't be happy.

No matter how good the scenery is, it will make people feel tired after watching it for a year, although the climate here is indeed good, and his health has been restored after being damaged outside the plug. Yuan Chonghuan, who was melancholy at the window, suddenly heard a knock on the door behind him, he immediately put away the sentimentality in his heart, and walked back to his seat while making a noise to let people in.

Yuan Chonghuan had just sat down when he realized that Senator Cai Daoxian walked in with a stack of documents. For this Jinshi of Chongzhen for ten years, Yuan Chonghuan is still more sympathetic, 27-year-old Cai Daoxian can be said to be the time when young people are in high spirits, but he was also kicked to this place farther than the ends of the world, and I don't know who he offended.

Just when Yuan Chonghuan was still pondering Cai Daoxian, the young senator had already said to him in a hurry: "My lord, Wang Chenglong has led people to completely map out the big river that is 1,200 miles north of Jinghai City and enters the Atlantic Ocean from east to west; Xue Ren's side has also completed the mapping of the river that flows into the Indian Ocean from northwest to southeast more than 1,300 miles east of Jinghai City.

According to the results of the two of them, the estuaries of both rivers were suitable for the construction of harbors for sailing ships, and the large river to the north could go all the way inland. Although the river to the north is not suitable for navigation, it is not a problem to use it for irrigation, and if you build a colony from the mouth of the river to enter it, you should be able to go deeper inland faster..."

Yuan Chonghuan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, and said lazily: "What's the point of going deep so fast?" The population of the entire Viceroyalty of South Africa is less than 30,000, and the immigrants in our country account for about one-tenth, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and some Southeast Asians account for one-tenth, Europeans, Arabs and slaves account for one-tenth, and the rest are the Nama people who graze near the coast, and a few Bouman people who are engaged in agriculture.

The land within 30 kilometers of Jinghai City is in our hands, but the more we expand, the worse our relationship with the Nama becomes, because the land we expand is where they used to graze. If we spread the population out now, what are we going to do to defend these Nama people once they attack our colonial villages? ”

Cai Daoxian, who was still a little excited, suddenly froze, and when he was thinking about the question raised by Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan turned around and looked at the map hanging on the wall behind him and said: "The peace between us and the native tribes can no longer be maintained, and the next thing we need to think about is not to find any wasteland, but how to deal with these natives." ”

Cai Daoxian said with some reluctance: "Your Excellency wants to start a war? However, although these natives do not have a unified organization, weapons, and armor, they are relatively numerous, and they are familiar with the local geography, and once a war breaks out with them, our losses will probably not be small. ”

Yuan Chonghuan looked at the map and said without looking back: "Can we also learn from those Europeans, who used iron rods and cotton cloth to trade slaves from the natives."

Now that the Dutch occupy most of Brazil owned by the Portuguese, the Dutch needed a large number of slaves if they wanted to restore the country's sugar plantations and sugar mills. What's so bad about a slave who is transported from Africa to Brazil, who is worth more than eight or nine times, can make money and solve the dilemma we face?

Didn't those Englishmen get involved in the slave trade all day long? Get in touch with them, they'll take care of the transport, we'll organize the natives to participate in the war, and then set up a slave market on the plains to the right of the city and let them trade on their own. I believe that our immigration losses will not be very large. ”

Cai Daoxian was silent for a long time, and then he whispered: "If this matter is reported back to China, I'm afraid that Lord Yu's reputation will be damaged, right?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan glanced back at him, and said lightly: "The war is fought by the natives, the slaves are sold by the natives, and the transportation is carried by the British, and we have at most a place, why should we be responsible?" To expand the territory, you can't open your mouth and draw a few lines on the map, right? ”

Cai Daoxian thought for a while and said, "Then should we also allow foreign slave traders to organize slave hunting teams locally?" Also, can the local population buy these slaves? ”

Yuan Chonghuan shook his head and said, "Foreigners are not allowed to organize slave hunting teams in the local area, these people have always been lawless, once they are allowed to have force in this city, it is not a good thing for the colony."

In addition, the local population was not allowed to buy these slaves, and they went to other areas to buy them if they wanted. These natives had grown up here and were familiar with the geography of the area, and if they were allowed to stay, they would inevitably be a scourge to the colonial government in the future.

If these people can't sell it, they simply transport it to Jiuli Prefecture, where it is said that the water and grass are abundant and suitable for grazing livestock. They could not flee but were able to help the people of Jiuli Prefecture. ”

Cai Daoxian didn't speak yet, Yuan Chonghuan glanced at him, and then continued: "Don't forget the story of the Jianzhou Jurchens, if it weren't for the failure to cut down these Jianzhou Jurchens during the Chenghua period, how could there be the national shame of Liaodong?"

No matter how well we treat them now, when they learn the advanced knowledge that we have taught them, they will start to think that we have seized the land left by their ancestors, and then they will think that they will take back their own land and ride on the head of us teachers. Therefore, to take precautions is to move them completely away from this land..."

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