"Then, Commander Guo, the matter is decided, let's focus on these places to make a fortune, and then look at the situation in other places." Ma Wanpeng skillfully ordered a pipe for himself, stood on the balcony on the second floor of the villa, looking at the vast Xinhua Bay, and said with a smile: "The core area of ​​the Portuguese rule was on the coast of Swahili in the South Swahili. They set up towns or commercial stations in Mozambique, Sofara, Senna, Tete, Krimane and other areas. They have strong strength and prosperous trade, which is their tightest area. Well, this is basically based on the Delgado corner. On the so-called North Swahili coast north of the dividing line, the strength of the Portuguese has been extremely compressed, and Zanzibar Island has been broken. The largest garrison point at present should be the Fort Jesus on Mombasa Island. According to our investigation,

There should be more than 800 defenders inside, and there are a large number of Portuguese merchants and their servants (usually mixed-race descendants). In addition to Mombasa being a real garrison, there are only occasionally some commercial stations in other places. Local native chiefs are basically not under their control. Occasionally, a few close to Portugal are mostly fence-branded grasses, such as Yusuf, the king of Malindi. This lord was originally a Muslim. After the Portuguese occupied Mombasa, he converted to Catholicism and became a puppet of the Portuguese. However, in 1631, Yusuf converted to Islam again and rebelled against the control of the Portuguese. There were too many fence-branded grasses such as Yusuf on the North Swasili coast. Now Muscat is fighting with the two Portuguese heroes, and many native chiefs or kings are at a loss. We will go and get a hand and leave. It is not a big deal."

"Hello, north of Cape Delgado to the northern Swasili coast south of Zanzibar, I will set off to see it in the past two days. I hope the local people have some wealth and worth our trip." Guo Zili also said with a smile, "Especially the Kilva you mentioned, I remember that the local business has been wrapped up by Muslims and Indian merchants, right? Haha, if the information is accurate, the local area is really rich in gold, ivory, leather, rhino horns, coconuts, fruits, wood, etc. Then we will take it there in one pot. I heard that when the Portuguese ransacked Mombasa more than a century ago, they actually obtained various wealth worth millions of silver dollars. Although Kilva is not as rich as Mombasa, it is also an ancient city and a famous commercial port. Merchants from India, the Middle East, and Europe are everywhere. Once all control is controlled, it will be enough for our navy to eat for a long time."

After chatting with Ma Wanpeng for a few more words, Guo Zili hurriedly left and headed to the dock. In the next few months, they will use Comoros Island as a temporary base to continue to attack and sweep the coast near Kilva. Of course, if it is convenient, they would not mind sweeping the Indian merchant ships near the coast of Swasily. Cotton from India Kalikat and Diu almost monopolized the entire Swasily coast, and even Portuguese merchants have become their second-hand dealers. How could this be felt for the East Coast, which is also rich in textiles?

So, with the great increase in strength of the Second Fleet, Ma Wanpeng also instigated the naval soldiers to intercept, captured merchant ships from India, and prohibited Indian textiles from squeezing into the East African market. This will be an economic colony on my east coast if the Indians come to do other business, but textiles will never work. In fact, not only Kilva, but also Zanzibar, Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu, Mogadishu and other places heading north from here are areas where commodities on the east coast can enter. Oman and Portuguese fought to death there.

It is the control of the colony. My East Coast only has a market. When both sides have no energy to take care of each other, they use a powerful fleet to coerce the local native chiefs and rulers to sign some trade treaties. What's more, the Omani people have taken the initiative to propose trade and trade. This problem is even less. If the Portuguese dare to be crooked, I dare to instigate the Muscat Sultanate and the Ottoman Empire to send troops together, pull out your Fort Jesus nail, and let you completely disappear from the North Swashili coast.

After Guo Zili left the port with the fleet, Ma Wanpeng returned to the city's office and reviewed the economic data: two years have passed since taking office, and the trade volume between New China Island and the local area has been rising steadily with several efforts. In 1655, all kinds of goods worth 1.14 million yuan were imported (a considerable part of which was re-export trade); and the number of exports to the local area has also risen extremely rapidly, reaching 1.22 million yuan (except for coconut, cotton, sugarcane, wood, sisal, coffee, cocoa, vanilla, coal and other traditional agricultural products.

In addition, the ivory, raw silk, slaves, livestock, dried fruit, palm oil and even gold for re-export trade also grew rapidly). The sum of the two items has reached a figure of 60,000 yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 50%! This shows how huge the "number" of local rich local tyrants is, and how strong the demand for New China's goods is; in addition, as one of the central ports for Indian Ocean re-export trade, Xinhua Port also sold a large amount of local goods to Persia, Ottoman, Oman and other countries, finding a sales channel for the remaining local industrial products, which is of great significance.

"Most of the trade with the Indian Ocean is completed through the New China Island. Now the local area should be increasingly aware of the importance of the island, right?" Ma Wanpeng gently stroked his chin, which was only a little bit of stubble roots, and thought: "For the local area, including the trade with the New China Colony itself, the entire Western Indian Ocean trade circle has gradually risen from more than 100,000 to hundreds of thousands in the early years to an astonishing amount of more than 2 million yuan. Moreover, it seems that this market has great potential and there is still a lot of room for growth, so the local area cannot gradually increase its investment in the island. In those places in Europe, the market is indeed large enough, and the people are also used to buying from other places.

Commodities, but the problem is that there are many landmines in politics, religion, culture and diplomacy. If you are not careful, you will be banned, sanctions or impose penalties. This is a very painful thing; and the opponent's military strength is generally strong, and a bad trade route will be cut off by others, causing significant losses. The Indian Ocean trade route is different. The trade "alternative" route proposed by Mo Ming and Liu Ang many years ago has gradually changed from planning to reality after many years. Now the trade volume of more than 2 million yuan a year is no less than that of the Ottoman. If this route is well cultivated, how can it not increase its trade volume to three million or five million? This is hard to say!"

With such a prosperous trade, the New China Development Team was located in Tacheng, Naturalization, Xinhua, Lobster and Mianhe. The tariff revenue of the five places in Tacheng, Xinhua, Lobster and Mianhe has also hit new highs. According to the data summary of the first half of this year, as of the end of 1655, the five major customs had levyed a total of 138,000 yuan in tariffs; in addition, the customs located in various places also collected a lot of business tax and consumption tax on import and export goods, and the income was higher than the tariff, reaching 170,000 yuan. The two items were added to the two items, which had exceeded 300,000 yuan. According to the Nan Railway and China Railway, the beginning of the year, the total amount was more than 300,000 yuan.

The agreement was concluded that before the end of December 1656, the New China Development Team must fulfill its shareholder obligations (accounting for 20% of the shares) and inject 200,000 yuan into the New China Development Team to ensure that the construction of the Daqing Railway starts as scheduled. Now the tariffs that have increased sharply due to the prosperity of trade seem to be able to make up for this vacancy. From this point of view, the New China Development Team's financial capabilities are indeed second to none among the overseas colonies, and it is indeed worthy of being called the jewel in the crown of the East Coast.

"After so many years of transformation in the Xinlai River, Mianhe River and Hunhe River basins in the Daqing Basin, cotton and sugarcane plantations are everywhere, dry farming, fruit forests and affiliated beekeeping have become popular, but unfortunately, due to transportation conditions (the entire basin is densely covered with coral reefs, only Mianhe Port is suitable for a large deep-water port, but it also requires years of dredging), the development of these areas is still slightly slow. If the first shot of the Xinhuaxia Railway Company (i.e. Daqing Railway) is launched here, the railway will be from the north of Mianhe Port.

The construction of the banks to Xinlaiburg, Xindengburg on the south bank of Xinlai River, the two places of Xindengburg. The numerous cotton, sugarcane plantations and large pastures between these two rivers are connected, which is of great benefit to stimulating local capital to come to local development." Ma Wanpeng thought, thinking: "Now nearly half of the 59,000 citizens in Xinhua Island are distributed in the Daqing Basin area. This railway means that it is necessary to build anything. If it really doesn't work, use tariffs as collateral to raise funds from local banks, and even if it is sold, it needs to be built."

Speaking of which, since Xiao Baitu's troops killed Andrian Dashifuqi, the first king of the Monaber Kingdom in the Xinlai River Basin, they sent some Polish soldiers to clean up the rear and capture the remaining enemies. He himself led thousands of main troops (including more than 3,000 local soldiers from the Eight Banners of the Island) to the north to guard the Mulongdava River, and set up a settlement at the mouth of the river called "Beiping Fort" (meaning to pacify the remnants of the Monaber Kingdom in the north). Of course, this is not a matter of rush. The Monaber Kingdom still has eight thousand desperado people who dare to fight for their lives, and they are led by the second son of the old king. If the advance is too urgent, it will prompt them to turn around and fight to the death with the people on the east coast. After all, the rabbit is anxious and bite people.

This is great now. After crossing the Murondava River, the remnants of the Kingdom of Monaber defeated many native tribes all the way north. It is said that they recruited surrenders and rebellion in the newly conquered areas and their power has been restored. At present, the second son of the old king, Qimaladonna, is leading his core army (two thousand musketeers), and surrounded the ancient commercial city of Ma Renjia with a large number of newly incorporated native troops. The Arab and Persian merchants in the city are in chaos.

"Haha, I hope they can capture these places, and we will collect the corpses for everyone." Ma Wanpeng walked to the Eight Immortals table, poured himself a cup of Quhao Tea, and thought with a smile: "These stupid natives, the so-called predecessors of kings, are nothing more than this!" (~^~)

ps: The last chapter is saved, and the new chapter has only been coded for dozens of words. Try to keep up with the update. My wife is still in the hospital and is expected to stay for at least one month. Most of the time I have to go to the hospital at night and go to work during the day. I can only code secretly. Maybe I will stop updating it. Please forgive me.
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