The day after Christmas, Su Zining took his fiancée Yuan Xinyi to the Capital National Hospital.

It is said that Anna, the beloved wife of his friend Swenbo, finally gave birth in the early hours of the morning when Christmas was about to end, and a son, Le Swenbo, almost yelled in the hospital.

Shi Wenbo, who hurried back to his hometown two days before Christmas Eve to wait for his wife's due date, spent this Christmas completely in a state of restlessness. Anna had actually been admitted to the hospital three days earlier, but it was only thunder and no rain, and the signs of childbirth came and went, and came and went. It wasn't until the last moment of Christmas that Anna suddenly had a strong reaction.

Anna, who gave birth to the child, despite the weakness of her body, held the cross and read it for half an hour, and deliberately instructed the doctors, nurses and nannies at home to testify for her and the child.

There have been several waves of friends visiting the ward, and when Su Zining and Yuan Xinyi walked in, it was still very lively. I only heard Swenbo's smug and underbeat voice constantly boasting.

"Look at it, an absolute quality combination! Hey, my son! Look at his eyes, how much they look like me! Gee! ”

Swenbo's tie was half-off, his clothes were disheveled, his hands were on his hips, and he pointed to the baby in the nanny's arms who was rolling around with his eyes.

The cute newborn baby is very similar to Anna, obviously more Europeanized gene table xiàn, small nose, small mouth, and hair are the same as Anna, except that the eyes are black.

The Spanish maids in the room were amazed at the country's tradition of allowing outsiders to visit their mistress directly in the hospital room after she gave birth. But because these people are all big people who can't be provoked, they have to keep their heads down and stand aside.

Anna was leaning quietly on the head of the bed at this time, with a proud smile on her face, as if she had accomplished a very great mission.

"That's right, Swenbo, your contribution is just the child's eyes."

Su Zining couldn't help but smile when he looked at his friend who had hair like a chicken nest in the past anxiety. Yuan Xinyi, who was on the side, also hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed. Whispered to Anna.

"Damn, obviously many places are like me, look at the small movements at the corners of the mouth!" Shi Wenbo hurriedly reached out and hugged his son. No matter how his wife cast a blameful gaze, she directly brought the child in front of Su Zining's eyes, "How is it." Absolutely handsome in the future! Why don't you wait for you and Yuan Xinyi to have a daughter and marry my boy in the future? ”

"You're so generous? Isn't it taking advantage of me? Su Zining touched the child's soft face and took out a red envelope from his pocket, "Since the relationship is so iron, this is considered a dowry, and finally found a family for my unborn daughter that can be harmed!" ”

Yuan Xinyi, the fiancée on the side, slapped Su Zining with a red face, and the latter and Shi Wenbo laughed cheaply.

Seeing that Yuan Xinyi and Anna continued to chat about some private topics, Su Zining pulled Shi Wenbo out of the ward.

"Now you're putting one thing down, what about Europe? I was too busy the other day to look for you. Su Zining took out a cigarette. Just as he was about to get to the point, he ran into a nurse passing by, so he quickly put it away apologetically.

"The Battle of Hesist, which was supposed to take place in May in history, was delayed until August, waiting for the news to reach the Azores. It's December, and guess what? ”

Shi Wenbo pulled Su Zining into the unmanned doctor's office on the side, closed the door, and hurriedly lit a cigarette regardless of the rules.

"Earl Tilly must still be victorious, right? This old fox had been very good at fighting until he met King Gustav of Sweden. Su Zining's heart jumped. Afraid that history would be changed too much by himself, he quickly lowered his voice. …,

"Well, yes, it was the Earl of Tilly who won, but it was tragic, with more than 3,000 dead on both sides. The Earl of Tilly himself was seriously wounded, and it was a good thing that the 12-pounder cannon we exported to Holland was a good thing, and these Dutchmen were really capable of doing anything, and dared to stuff anything into the Protestant coalition...... If this continues, I fear that next year's Battle of Stadling will be uncertain. ”

Historically, in August 1623, the Count of Tilly defeated the coalition of Protestant nobles in the Stadlung region bordering Germany and the Netherlands with a perfect attack, marking the end of the first phase of the Thirty Years' War. The Protestant coalition of more than 12,000 men was strewn with corpses at the Battle of Statlon, and more than 10,000 were killed by the army of Count Tilly.

The Battle of Stadling led Denmark, the Netherlands, France, England, and Sweden to resolve to prevent the Holy Roman Empire's total domination of Germany, and it also opened the way for Denmark to enter the war two years later.

Now that the Earl of Tilly was unexpectedly seriously wounded at the Battle of Hesist, it is likely that the Battle of Stadlon in August 1623 was delayed or even changed, and the history after that is difficult to control.

Swainberg exhaled blue smoke and looked a little embarrassed: "Representatives of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire have been annoying me in the Azores for some time, claiming that if we don't open the arms export ban again, they will also consider restricting trade with us." ”

"There must be a big second phase of the war! Especially the Netherlands and England, two countries that are shouting behind their backs for others to send troops, while they themselves reap the benefits! You need to find a way to delay the arms orders of the Dutch. Su Zining frowned, stood up and walked back and forth, "Next spring, our intelligence organization will enter Europe and get Frederick V to England as much as possible!" Export arms to the Holy Roman Empire to make them win the Battle of Stadlung even more beautifully, and force other countries to send troops ahead of schedule! By the way, what happened to the Dutch West India Company? ”

"Well, the Marquis of Santa Cruz of Spain has sent a fleet to intercept the North American trading fleet of the Dutch West India Company. But the Marquis has already made a request to start direct trade with us on the ground. Shi Wenbo's expression was a little embarrassed, "My father-in-law and I have a clear distinction between public and private, Liu Yun took his personal clerk away, making him blow his beard and stare at me." ”

"Hehe, isn't Bermuda our official territory? The right to trade in the port has been unilaterally opened to Spain. You go back next year and tell him that we can sign a bilateral MFN agreement, but we must respect our trade relations with Portugal and other countries! In addition, it is possible to jointly form a joint fleet to combat piracy in the Caribbean. They were overwhelmed by Dutch and English privateers in the Caribbean, and we would probably be glad that we were willing to share in it. Su Zining clicked on the table with ease.

"Su Zining, you're fighting the idea of the Caribbean again...... Infiltrate our forces into the Caribbean, train our navy, familiarize ourselves with the sea conditions, protect the trade routes of migrants, kill four birds with one stone! Swenbo smiled understandingly.

In this way, two young people are planning all kinds of plans to harm others and benefit themselves in the unmanned doctor's office.

The arrival of Li Xiang and his wife, who came to the hospital to greet Anna, just made Su Zining and Shi Wenbo catch people, and the selection policy for European immigrants to the Azores in 1623 was also readjusted, which relieved Li Xiang, who had stayed up alone for many nights and had not completely thought about it.

According to the opinions of the parliament and the government, starting in 1623, it will be dominated by Chinese immigrants in the Ming Dynasty, and the visa issuance of European immigrants in the Azores will raise the threshold a lot.

The target of immigration will be mainly middle and high-level skilled workers, young single women, or complete families with many children. The visa for young single men of European descent is limited to 100 per month, and the age is also limited to death under the age of 25. The maximum number of new European immigrants in 1623 was also set at 2,000. …,

The choice of national identity for European immigrants will continue to be dominated by Irish, Scottish, German or Northern Europeans, and the conditions for European immigrants from Eastern Europe and the Italian Peninsula will be appropriately relaxed.

In short, it is a high threshold to restrict immigration from England and the Netherlands, and non-high-level talents are strictly forbidden to immigrate from Spain and France.

The total number of newborns in December exceeded 100, and including Shi Wenbo's son, there were 5 families who belonged to the crossing family, and 3 of them belonged to the family that was husband and wife before the crossing, which is a happy thing for the Chinese American Republic.

There are also worries, that is, the Chinese residents of the Ming Dynasty who immigrated to the local area, because they are scattered and collected from all over the country, they also try to be young and strong and single when they are selected, except for a few artisan families, there are fewer complete couples immigrating together.

There are nearly twice as many men as women, and the marriage of the Chinese residents is also in the same predicament. How to encourage Chinese residents to complete their marriage and have children after their lives are stable is something that the state must carefully consider.

On December 31, 1622, the last day of the Gregorian calendar year, Congress passed a new National Marriage and Childbirth Promotion Act, which was introduced by the government for that year, as well as amendments to the National Law.

One of the provisions of the National Marriage and Childbirth Promotion Act is that families who have completed their first marriage within one year of immigration will be able to enjoy a generous marriage subsidy; The second stipulation is that if the immigrant family completes the birth within one year of arriving in the homeland, or within one year after marriage, half of the national debt will be reduced, and each subsequent birth will receive a birth incentive; The third stipulation is that those who give birth to more than three children within five years of arriving in the country can skip the national examination, and the whole family can directly receive the right of permanent settlement and the highest national award!

The amendments to the National Law stipulate that newborns born in the territory of the United States of America, consulates abroad, or ships will automatically acquire the right of formal residence, including their parents.

Coupled with other legal details, as soon as it was announced, almost every immigrant bachelor or single woman went into action.

Within a month, more than 30 new families were formed in West Point alone, and in addition to a dozen or so Chinese couples of Ming Dynasty who were married, even some European bachelors were eager to complete the marriage formalities with nearby Pecot Indian women. After all, in the past year, many of the able-bodied men of West Point have been in contact with Pecot women.

After having a daughter last year, Mayor William, who has been emigrating for almost two years, is already considering whether he can catch up with the national policy and hurry up to have a third child, because his wife is already pregnant with a second child. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )