On August 15, 1657, two steam engine sailboats slowly docked at Guanhai Harbour.

This port town under the jurisdiction of the Nantie Company now has more than 3,000 residents. It produces a large amount of potatoes, wheat and vegetables for supplying passing ships every year, not only the East Coast people. Spanish merchants in Maolin City often come to purchase grain in small boats. In addition, there are a large number of shellfish, sea crabs and other products collected by the sea. The residents' lives are quite sloppy.

After the two ships docked on the dock, the staff of the Nantec Company who were waiting at the dock first picked up hundreds of poor Ming immigrants, and then ordered the dock workers to unload the goods with the assistance of the steam boom. The goods were mostly tea, raw silk, fur and medicinal materials, especially dozens of boxes of various herbs imported from North Korea, which were urgently needed by the East Coast Republic.

This is no joke. With the successive completion of the "Song Medical Records Examination" compiled by the Ministry of Health and the Nantiet Institute of Health and the "Ming Medical Records Examination" compiled by the doctor and the successive completion of the "Ming Medical Records Examination", some traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions that have been proven to be "really effective" or "possibly effective" have begun to be promoted nationwide. At the same time, some people are also conducting public lectures within the Ministry of Health system to accelerate the training of grassroots medical personnel.

However, if traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions want to produce curative effects, it is naturally best to use medicinal materials from the origin. Otherwise, it is likely that some of the ingredients are not sufficient or mutated and lose their effect. This is not groundless. Many Chinese medicinal materials introduced locally on the East Coast have been proven to be ineffective or have little effect, so they still have to be imported in large quantities from the Far East. North Korea, which has had a tradition of cultivating medicinal materials since ancient times, is naturally one of the major production areas.

All the medicinal materials shipped by these two ships were purchased in Yuanshanjin. The seller is said to be a relative of the family of Song Shilie, a great scholar of the North Korean, which made everyone laugh at the east bank. Song Shilie was not afraid of the people on the east bank, but his family and relatives were not vague when they started business with the east bank. The scale was even larger than that of ordinary Korean merchants. The range ranged from grain, medicinal materials, livestock to iron, honey, and wood, and it was very wide. It was not an exaggeration to make money every day.

It is said that with the increasing strength of the East Coast in the Far East, especially in the steady advancement of the Northeast, the Kingdom of Korea and the Qing Dynasty are accelerating their centrifugation and separation. After this country with millions of people was forcibly opened its doors (leasing the Wonsanjin and Busan Port), the economic system and the outside world have become more and more frequent: they export large quantities of food, medicinal materials, iron, wood, honey, tobacco, vegetables, fruits and other products to the East Coast every year. Then they also import a lot of seafood, building materials, honeycomb coal, metal products, raw silk, cloth, livestock, salt and other things. Although the trade volume is relatively limited due to the obstacles of the small peasant economy, with the deepening of economic exchanges with the East Coast, the country's commercial system will sooner or later develop, and will be better integrated into the Far Eastern Economic Circle dominated by the East Coast, including Denrae, Hei Shui, North Korea, Ningbo and even some of the northeastern Japanese markets. It can no longer be regarded as a small market.

After the two ships unloaded some of the medicinal materials at Guanhai Harbour, they will stay here for a long time. They will repair and maintain their ships here, purchase goods (need to be transported from the local area), and also give sailors a holiday, and finally set off north in September, arrive at the Port of Kingsoft, Australia via the Turtle Islands, Tahiti. Continue their South Pacific circular journey.

At this moment, a fishing boat from the South Railway Company returned from the Maolin River Basin brought explosive news to everyone: more than four months ago, in the early spring of the Old Continent, the English fleet commanded by Robert Black attacked the Spanish ports of Santa Cruz and Tenerife near the Canary Islands. Of course, using warships to attack ports with complete coastal defense facilities was a bit exaggerated, but compared with the news below, these things can be

It's nothing, when the English attacked the Canary Islands, they intercepted some of the Spanish treasure fleet ships docked here in the Port of Santa Cruz. The ecstatic British originally wanted to capture these ships because they were loaded with gold and silver and priceless cargo, but the Spanish's desperate resistance failed to achieve their attempts. Therefore, the English were angry and angrily, and the Spanish sank most of these ships, and the Spanish suffered heavy losses!

Such explosive news cannot be concealed for a long time. In fact, within a month after the attack on the Port of Santa Cruz, this news spread throughout Granada, Andalusia, and Catalonia, and then quickly spread to other parts of the Kingdom of Spain and even other Western European countries. Who made this news so amazing? That was the loss of more than 10 million pesos (including goods from merchants and royal families, and gold and silver transported back to the old continent by bureaucrats). At this time, Europe could only calmly digest such a huge deficit, right? I really don’t know how the Spaniards survived this level.

Just as the news began to spread in Western Europe and spread, what happened in the Canary Islands was also transmitted back to the Port of Veracruz, New Spain, the starting point of the treasure fleet, and then gradually passed on to Guayaquil, Panama, Quito, Lima, Santiago, Charcas and other prosecution court areas, which caused a huge sensation here. A large number of colonial officials who returned to China were ashamed of their parents, and merchants who suffered heavy losses of goods were on the verge of bankruptcy. Of course, there were no people without gladness. Some technicians and casting officials of the Charcas Silver Mine breathed a sigh of relief. They were originally worried that the inferior silver bars sent back to the old continent would be discovered. Now, let the damn West Indian Affairs Office officials go to the seabed for testing, and they can rest assured with the deducted silver!

After the news reached the Governor General of Peru, everyone who heard the news was telling the people around him with an incredible expression. It is generally believed that the loss of the men (not to mention the goods, just say that a considerable part of the gold and silver carried by the treasure fleet was secretly remitted back to the local area by officials at all levels in the colonial area) would not be less than 10 million pesos. Now, whether in Mexico, Panama or Lima, they are all sad and mournful. Many people can't help but recall the major issue of the Dutch West India Company intercepting part of the Spanish treasure fleet thirty years ago, thus making a fortune.

Accident "At that time, many people were bankrupt. Many men lost their heads, but they didn't know what would happen this time. I guess King Philip would be shocked, angry and even fearful. After all, this time the incident was too big, and it was so big that it would shake the situation ahead. Poor the Kingdom of Spain had just won a battle in the South Netherlands and captured the French marshal. It was a tragic thing. As soon as the supplies and money and food were cut off, many extremely good mercenaries would naturally not work hard. So maybe the Spanish Kingdom, which had just improved, would be about to re-enact the rhythm of losing troops and losing territory.

When this explosive news was quietly brought to Maolin Port, a famous smuggling trade city by merchants from Lima, the staff of the Nan Railway Company also reported to the rear as quickly as possible, and also brought the "gossip" news to Guanhai County on the island of Chiloe. As a middle-level cadre of the Nan Railway Company, Liu Jianguo, acting as the county magistrate of Guanhai County, naturally heard about this matter at the first time. He was keen and clearly realized that the Spaniards who suffered such a major blow were probably like headless flies at this time. Then perhaps the opportunity for the East Coast people came. Under the pressure of the situation, the Spanish would probably make some concessions that were impossible before in exchange for some support from the East Coast Republic.

"It's really hard for the Spaniards now..." After sitting at the desk and thinking for a while, Liu Jianguo sighed softly and thought, "But isn't this the opportunity for our Great East Coast coast? Not to mention anything else, the colonial officials in the two major governors of Peru and New Spain have suffered heavy losses, and many merchants are on the verge of bankruptcy. From a commercial perspective, it may not be a good opportunity for our capital to expand in the East Coast Republic of China. In the past, the Spanish were unwilling to sell, forest farms, pastures, fisheries, mines that were unable to develop, and ports that were unwilling to open, maybe we can talk about it now? Anyway, the military strength of this new continent in the southern region, especially the Pacific side of our East Coast Republic, is the best. Without rivals, the security of these commercial investments can be fully guaranteed. Our company is in the Peru market in the Peruvian market

We have been developing for many years and have rich connections. We can be said to have the advantage of being close to the water. So we should take the lead at the moment when other domestic companies have not yet understood it, expand commercially in Peru, and establish an advantage over latecomers. Well, I have to write a letter to my father immediately to report this idea, because it is really worth trying. As for the funds required for commercial expansion, it may be a bit difficult, but it is not completely impossible to solve. We can issue bonds in Qingdao and West Lake markets for financing! In addition, La Plata Bank, New Continental Friendly Mutual Aid Bank and us have a good relationship, so we can discuss a loan for use. No, this matter cannot be delayed. I will start writing now to avoid the long nights and dreams. If we let others take the lead in the future, it will be troublesome..."
Chapter completed!