The temperature on the east coast at the end of February was gradually getting colder. The endless wheat fields between the first and second rings of Qingdao Port contain farmers' hopes for a bumper harvest.

"What a beautiful wheat field." Mr. Charles sat on the top balcony of the newly-launched three-story Golden Deer Store, facing the fresh sea breeze, and sighed softly: "This reminds me of the countryside of East Anglia, golden wheat, green turnips, red apples, and the wandering cattle and sheep. It's really nostalgic. I seem to have not returned to England for a long time, Major General Harrison."

"Call me Sir Harrison!" The man known as Major General Harrison emphasized, "My identity cannot be revealed here, we have lost several excellent children."

Major General Harrison was the confidant of Cromwell, the Duke of the Republic of England. The most famous thing about this lord was that on the morning of April 20, 1653, he led a team of soldiers to follow Cromwell into the incomplete parliament, expelling the bourgeois MPs whom Cromwell called "drinkers", "prodigal merchants" and "breastern bosses", and then closed the House of Commons and announced their rental. For a time, his reputation was quite poor.

As an orthodox nobleman, Mr. Charles naturally had no good feelings for Cromwell and his gang of major generals, but he would not be so sarcastic. He sighed: "Yes, respected sir, I don't know what the East Coast people did, but they actually captured many of the best spies in England. Although the remaining spies were not captured, I believe they were not very reliable. Maybe they had surrendered to the East Coast people in private, who knows?"

"Mr. Charles, as a talent valued by the Protector, what do you think of the East Trade Trade of England, which is now increasingly trading? This country is hostile to England and is mixed with the Dutch everywhere, but the gentlemen in the House of Commons are still doing business with them, including the East India Company, which had had a holiday before. Is this appropriate?" Major General Harrison looked at Charles with malicious eyes and said.

As the confidant of the Duke of Guard, he took a boat from his homeland to the East Coast to investigate the great losses of the British spy network on the East Coast. As a cover for a merchant, he arrived at the Jinlu Business Hall where Charles was stationed. This was also a spy nest, but because it was on the surface, he was closely watched by the Mei agency of the East Coast (in fact, the people on the East Coast were closely watching all foreign merchants, because they themselves used merchants to spy on intelligence overseas). The espionage was carried out very secretly and slowly. It was not the same system as the cracked British underground spy network, so it survived.

Major General Harrison has been in Qingdao for some time. He pretended to transport some Italian velvet, lead-tin ore and a little expensive Sharma to the Golden Deer Store, and settled down and began to investigate the losses of the intelligence network. Of course, if possible, he would also try to restore the nearly paralyzed intelligence system. Of course, it seems not very realistic at the moment. Moreover, Mr. Charles also warned him that the surviving British spies who were not captured were no longer reliable, because no one knew whether they had rebelled, so this line should be abandoned decisively. Major General Harrison has now basically acquiesced to this practice.

However, as a proud Republican officer, Major General Harrison was quite disgusted with old-school nobles like Charles (although he was not a royal party), especially this spy outlet protected by the commercial station has achieved few achievements in the past few years. He has only obtained a limited number of design drawings for East Coast machine tools (foot-pedal or hydraulic machine tools are probably outdated because the machine tools that can spread to the public are not very advanced at all). In addition, some East Coast institutional designs have been designed, which are generally inefficient.

Major General Harrison privately believed that this was inseparable from the overly conservative and cautious style of the head Mr. Charles. Although this person was once highly appreciated by the Duke of Protectors for several reports on the East Coast, the "Royal sympathizers" were "Royal sympathizers". They may be loyal to England, but they may not be very loyal to the Republican government. This may explain why they are so inefficient. You should know that there are painters in the Netherlands who have spent several East Coast train types. Although there are many speculations and conjectures, it at least means that they have spent a lot of effort to collect information. It is much better than those of Charles who are "calf-positioned and simple" people.

Compared with the few results of intelligence activities, the trade volume between the Golden Deer Merchant House in Charles and the East Coast has reached new highs, reaching more than 80,000 pounds last year. Charles has also become a guest of honor for many East Coast merchants, frequently entering and leaving the gatherings of entrepreneurs, and even their workshops have been visited many times. Of course, this will only make Major General Harrison even more dissatisfied, so he verbally ridiculed these merchants who traded with the East Coast.

"Sir Harrison, as a national official, nothing is more important than mastering knowledge about manufacturing, trade, wealth and state management." Charles glanced at Harrison indifferently and said in a slow tone: "If a person knows nothing about the situation of his mother and enemy country, can he give a monarch a well-founded advice so that he can make all the people under his rule go smoothly and happy in peace and war years? On the national level, what else in the world, especially in an island country, would it take more energy to spy on this intelligence? Or in your view

Come on, some high-quality machine tool tips and some outdated machine tools are the things that are worth the effort. But for the rulers of the country, studying the reasons for the rise of the East Coast, thinking about the policies they have implemented, and imitating their advanced management experience is not the most important thing to care about? We have deepened our connection with the East Coast through trade, so we can see the deeper level of their society. This is the most precious wealth. What else do you need? What's more, the gentlemen of the East India Company purchase supplies on the East Coast nearby, which can effectively save costs and help them develop in the East India area, right?"

"Besides, trade is also extremely important for countries that are now in war. You have also heard that trade with the East Coast can bring more than 100,000 pounds of income to England every year, and our American colonies can only provide 720,000 pounds of income per year, which cannot be underestimated. What's more, the existence of the East Coast has effectively reduced the cost of the East India Company's development in India. So, are you still going to blame the British-East trade now?" Mr. Charles continued to say calmly, "Can a country have no strength be safe? Can it be obtained and secure without relying on wealth? Without the help of well-managed large-scale trade, what can a country have to be rich? If it were not for the continuous huge wealth flowing into our country through overseas trade in recent decades, could England still maintain a lot of money-free wars for so long?"

"No country's soil is so rich that it is enough to obtain huge wealth based on the transaction and export of its own natural products (in fact, Charles, this native bun, has never seen the Ming Dynasty and the 'My Qing Dynasty'...). Sir Harrison, after you go back, you can check the customs data since 1654. If we offset the export of our products with the import of products from France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Germany, Scandinavia and other places, we can see from the calculated results that less than half of our country's wealth is obtained from the export of our own goods."

"No matter who conducts a rigorous and detailed investigation of our country's situation, it will be found that England's wealth mainly comes from three aspects: one is colonial trade, the second is East India trade, and the third is the export of self-produced industrial products, which is inseparable from the first point. Colonial trade has enabled many craftsmen in our country to work and allowed our poor manufacturing products to be transported out. Their income is composed of tobacco, cotton, ginger, wood, fur, sugar and dyes. We not only consume these colonial commodities ourselves, but also export them to France, Italy, Germany, Iberia and the United Provinces, with annual income of up to 500,000 pounds..."

"The same is true for colonial trade, East India trade, England and the same for the same, and also provided England with a steady stream of war funds. Sir Harrison, do you still have to question our country's trade policy now?" Charles finally looked at the major general and said, "The Duke of the National Guard is a person I respect. He agrees and appreciates my opinion, so he gives me full power to operate on the East Coast. Mr. Jazz, do you have any questions? If not, I will go downstairs to work. Recently, the East Coast has concentrated on exporting a large amount of food and supplies to Spain.

, This may have a bad impact. After all, the Duke of the National Guard has mobilized at home, and six thousand model veterans who have experienced many years of war have been determined to be incorporated into the French cluster of Marshal Tirena and fight against the Spaniards. Although I have some questions about England's rash intervention in land wars, since the decision has been made, I have an obligation to understand what supplies the East Coast people exported to Spain, and how many, and then evaluate the possible impact. So, sorry, Sir Harrison, I'm going to go."

After saying that, Charles turned and went downstairs. Major General Harrison stood up depressedly for a while, and then went downstairs to the first floor. He was going to meet Blanco from Brazil. This man is also in Qingdao now. He invited Sir Harrison yesterday. Now Portugal and the UK are getting closer and closer, and a lot of intelligence has been shared with each other. Maybe he should talk to the Portuguese. The British intelligence system suffered a great setback on the East Coast. So maybe with the help of the Portuguese, a system can be rebuilt with the help of the Portuguese? (~^~)
Chapter completed!