On April 25, 1659, a double-married cod fishing boat slowly sailed into the dock of the mall port. After saying hello to the boss of the boat, Zhu Chengdong and Zanparini got off the dock together and found a tavern for a drink.

The wine is imported from Portugal. In Madeira dessert wine, a place where Catholic immigrants gather, there are many Catholic immigrants in Mall. Any food from the Old World can have a good sales channel. For example, Madeira dessert wine, Italian cheese, etc. are grilled steaks, seafood soup and white bread. The typical mall port feature is very good.

"Uncle Zan, can you believe that all the seafood here is imported from Haijiao Port." Zhu Chengdong cut the steak into small pieces with a dining knife (it seems to be a Mongolian knife, or a tartar-style one?), then picked up a piece with the tip of the knife, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it. After eating, he took a sip of the seafood soup placed next to it.

This is not the first time Zamparini has come to this restaurant called "Vine Tavern" and it is not the first time he has eaten the steak here. The reason why he thinks the steak here tastes "strange" is probably because his chef is a Buryat Mongolian. His craftsmanship is really bad. He wastes good veal La Plata almost every day, which is simply unbearable.

"The vast water system of the upper reaches of the La Plata River carries a huge amount of nutrients and raises the plump La Plata cod, but the people here only know how to do business and are not willing to go out to sea to catch fish. It's ridiculous." Zhu Chengdong said again.

They also saw on the way here that the La Plata River is full of fresh water (i.e. the river from Heyuan to Shangcheng Port) and is light brown in color, with white strips consistent with the waterway. The large amount of suspended mud makes the river water very turbid (mostly from the upstream tributaries, such as the Belmejo River, etc.). It is extremely nutritious. There are a large number of fish and shrimp living in the Cape Port and Luoqi Port area. A considerable number of fish and fishermen came here to catch the cod fishing boat that Zhu Chengdong and the other two were riding on the road, which made the fishermen smile happily.

"The commercial atmosphere here is too strong. Spanish merchants from La Plata, Paraguay and even Charcas have come here to trade. Local residents can live a good life by relying solely on commerce and part of the planting industry. So who is willing to go out to sea to fish? This is a very clear thing!" Zamparini took a sip of Madeira sweet wine and said, "And the Spanish are very lazy. They have a bad atmosphere. They despise all industries that require hard work. At this point, whether it is the Spanish on the south bank of the La Plata River or the Hispanic people on the north bank (i.e., the Hispanics on the east bank) are all the same. Look, since the reopening of the Mall Port, many farms in Buenos Aires have been closed because the Spanish have begun to import flour directly from us. Beef is replaced with flour. What a good business, who has worked hard to reclaim land and farm land!"

"That's right." Zhu Chengdong nodded after hearing this. As a businessman, he was also very aware that more and more Spanish people are coming to Mall and Portuguese to trade now (sometimes some Portuguese also pretend to come over to trade). This has led to a strange atmosphere in Mall and Portugal, that is, this is a region that emphasizes business and rather than agriculture. At the same time, it is also an area with a strong Catholic atmosphere (a large number of Hispanics, Italians and Lithuanians), and it has almost become a "outside place" that the long queues of worshipers in front of the Cathedral of San Jose are proof of this.

The East Coast government of course also noticed this annoying situation, so they began to migrate a large number of new immigrants to Shangcheng County to settle in two or three years ago, which naturally caused the local population to surge, and it has reached a huge 25,000 people. The cod fishing boat that Zhu Chengdong and his two others rode to attract 200 immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. They will go ashore at Shangcheng Port and then enter the bank of the Yewu River for land reclamation and planting, and change the proportion of people in the county.

In addition to immigration, the Eastern Bank National Taoism has also begun to make many moves in Shangcheng County, striving to "purify" the entire county. However, it seems that although the county has built many Taoist temples, City God Temple, etc. (and even a Taoist hospital is built), it has not won too many Catholic conversions, which surprised the officials of the Religious Affairs Office. You should know that in recent years, as Taoist churches spent a lot of energy to study medicine, promote health and epidemic prevention knowledge, and provide a large number of "church daughters" to domestic bachelors, Taoist churches have a very good reputation in various counties and townships, and have gradually integrated into the daily lives of many citizens. However, in places like Shangcheng County, their efforts have been greatly restricted. It is really strange! How can these stubborn Latin barbarians be more difficult to convert than those soldiers of the Ganeshari Legion?

However, these are actually trivial matters. Today, when the mileage of the Southwest Railway has reached 364 kilometers, the ******* people have also fought to build the railway as soon as possible. At present, except for the about 100 kilometers from Xiping Township to Datong Township, the rest have been connected to Guangling County, which is in the hinterland of Shangcheng County (it has just been established and has jurisdiction over Guangling Town, Dahua Township, Xiping Township, Dalong Township, Dade Township, and Dade Township, with a total of 9,000 people), Minghe County (nearly 15,000 people), Taoyuan County (nearly 15,000 people), and other places; when the residents of Shangcheng County communicate more and more frequently with the outside world, this area will eventually be assimilated by the advantageous East Coast people, completely losing their former cultural characteristics.

Zhu Chengdong and Zanparini stayed in Mall Port for more than a day. After purchasing various supplies, on April 26, the cod fishing boat slowly left the calm Tamsui Hai La Plata River and headed south to Yancheng Port, and finally arrived at the busy Yancheng Port Pier on the afternoon of May 1.

After so many years of development, Yancheng Port has become a big scale, with more than 15,000 residents. With this population reaching this scale, it will naturally not be gathered in the "one-shot place" near Yancheng Port. In the late 1950s when cross-border settlement has become popular, Hailing Township (located near Belgrano Port in Argentina) and Shoutian Township (located near Major Blatovic Village) marking the famous future of the East Coast people on the Blanca Bay.

The invasion of wheat and cattle and sheep production areas has taken a substantial step. I believe that with the increasing number of people on the east coast immigrating to this place in the future, this place will be completely reduced to the territory of the east coast, just like the Hejian area, not to mention that there are amazing salt deserts and fishing grounds with huge output. With such capital, it is no wonder that the Government Council is organizing the establishment of Yancheng County (the four towns of Yancheng, Yanshan, Hailing and Shoutian, and the capital is located in Yancheng Town). It is indeed well developed.

After Zhu Chengdong and the others got ashore, they went to the bank to process the remittance, and then waited peacefully for the auction to start for a week later. However, when they arrived at Yancheng Port, they naturally had to taste the famous local three-toed ostrich!

Next to the bank is a restaurant that runs three-toed ostrich. Boiled water is rumbled on the stove outside the restaurant. Next to the stove is a small circle with many ostrichs in it. These poor ostrich are now facing the cruel choice of their owners. In this selection, some of them can be lucky enough to continue to live, while the other part can only be bleed, plucked, and bleed, and dyed people's lives a few scents on the glorious grill.

"My old mother who lives in the country likes to set up huge dining tables under the grape trellis, then carefully place wine glasses or choose fresh flowers. At that time, the lemons were emitting fragrance, and the embroidered napkin seemed to be a welcome banner." The young man who killed ostrich for Zhu Chengdong (seemingly a mixed-race) skillfully peeled the skin, and said, "Then she will stand in front of the door and wait earnestly for our brothers and sisters to come home. She is a descendant of the Basque nobles, with a good education, and taught us a lot of principles of being a human being. She likes to say 'anayaenea' in the Basque language, which means the place where brothers and sisters meet. She says this is a magical word. Every time we go home, we will taste an ostrich meal made by our mother..."

"It's a pity that my mother died of illness the year before yesterday. I can no longer enjoy the delicious food my mother made under the grape trellis..." At this point, the young man wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeves.

Seeing this, several workers of similar age laughed and joked, "Wow, I'm still moved." The young man laughed and scolded them a few times. The little wolf green dog who had been following him also barked at the people in a tender voice. After throwing them a look of contempt, his tail shook and retracted back to his master.

Zamparini sighed when she heard this, and said nothing more, but decided to give the young man an extra 2 cents to tip after dinner. Nowadays, everyone is busy with life. The young man lives in the countryside uncomfortable, but runs to the city to work. No matter what the reason is, this is not an easy task.

After eating the delicious roasted ostrich, ostrich eggs and smooth fish meal, Zhu Chengdong and Zanparini stroll around the city and continued until the day when the auction began on May 7th.

The scale of the trophy auction organized by the Navy was not as large as before (but not small). However, Zhu Chengdong and Zanparini were still successfully auctioned a small boat of less than 200 tons. Because there were not many competitors, they only spent more than 1,800 yuan, which was extremely cheap.
Chapter completed!