The mouth of the Tejo River is vast and misty. Kang Youdao, wearing a Zhongshan suit, stood on the dock in Lisbon, silently watching everything in the bay of the river. His father Kang Ding was a subordinate of the former diplomatic veteran Xu Xin. He is currently serving in the Ministry of Trade. As a new talent in the domestic and foreign diplomatic circles, Kang Youdao, who is proficient in multilingualism, was sent to Europe for training. As soon as he arrived in Europe, he was assigned to the special envoy Zheng Yong to experience it. It has been four years since then.

During these four years, he was quite diligent in his work and his abilities were considered to be of medium or high ability. Therefore, Zheng Yong appointed an errand to accompany the Portuguese to read out the armistice orders in various places, and by the way, he did the exploration of some land ceded in the treaties in advance, because the authorization given to him by the Executive Committee included signing a temporary armistice agreement (rather than a peace agreement) with the Portuguese to deal with various complex situations.

After reaching an agreement with the Kingdom of Portugal and signing the Palermo Peace Treaty, Prince Pedro strongly demanded that both sides immediately send representatives to various places to cease fire first (but it does not mean the end of the state of war). The Portuguese really didn't want to waste so much, because they suffered more losses every day delayed. Zheng Yong considered that the war had been fought for four years and the ones they should have grabbed were almost the same, and it would be meaningless to continue to fight. Moreover, the Palermo Peace Treaty was carried out completely in accordance with the local negotiation guidelines, and there was no problem with passing. Therefore, he signed an additional supplementary agreement with the Portuguese, deciding that the front line would first cease fire before talking about it, so that after waiting for the East Coast government to approve the Palermo Peace Treaty, then officially announce the end of the state of war between the two countries. Kang Youdao did this at this time the work of going to the front line to announce a temporary cease fire.

Portugal is a long and narrow coastal country, but if you think the harbor conditions of this country are so good, you are very wrong. In fact, similar to many places (such as Patagonia), there are many cliffs on the side of the seaside of the Kingdom of Portugal and the terrain is high, which makes it impossible for many places to build ports at all. A large number of coasts are abandoned, except for the estuary and a few gentle terrain.

The estuary of the Tejo River is such a good place. It is backed by a large river, with rich resources and dense populations. It has been quite good business since ancient times. The estuary bay is extremely open and has sufficient water depth to accommodate many large and large ships. The land outside extends out and makes the natural breakwater of the Port of Lisbon, making the bay relatively calm. With so many conditions gathered together, it is no wonder that the estuary of the Tejo River eventually became the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal.

At this time, a large number of merchant ships were constantly commuting in the mouth of the Tejo River. Merchants shouted and bargained at the docks in various languages. The sailors shuttled through the streets and alleys to find places to have fun, while the brokers hired by the currency exchangers were staring at any potential customer in the crowd. It seemed that the merchants in Lisbon quickly recovered overnight!

Of course this is just an illusion. Less than a month after the war ended, the trade line of the Portuguese Kingdom was defeated by the East Coast Navy had not yet been restored. The reason why Lisbon is relatively prosperous is that the East Coast Navy fleet has just returned to Cape Verde to rest and will not come again for a period of time. Therefore, many merchants have used this intermission period to come to Lisbon for trade. Of course, after the news of the signing of the Palermo Treaty came, it even dispelled the concerns of most people, making the bottoming out of Lisbon's business more lasting.

Shipments of grain, ships of daily necessities, and ships of industrial goods were transported from all over the place by the endless stream of English merchant ships, and then they took away cheese, fruits, butter, vegetables, wool, wine, olive oil, animal fat, leather and other commodities from the Kingdom of Portugal. Of course, in order to subsidize this unbalanced trade, the Portuguese had to export a large amount of precious metals. In this war, the British scraped a layer of oil from the Portuguese, which made the family deposits accumulated during the plunder of more than a hundred years.

It is worth mentioning that although England has provided some assistance in the four years of the war between the Kingdom of Portugal and the East Coast, this country has given some assistance, but compared with its income, this effort is too small! They took away part of the right to sell sugar in Brazil, broke into the vast market of Portugal and its colonies, and plundered huge profits from it. This is no joke. In recent years, the newly emerging Manchester and West Laidin Textile Areas in Britain, the Black Township Iron Industrial Area in Birmingham, the lead-tin mining area in Wales and the coal industrial area in Newcastle, provided strong impetus for England's industry. A large number of industrial finished products were exported from the above areas through the well-connected Guandao or canals, and then sold to Portugal and its overseas colonies.

Especially after the British imported large quantities of mechanical parts produced on the East Coast because of their durability and uniform specifications, they have developed to a large number of imported small mechanical equipment in recent years. The English industry, which left the entire Europe behind, began to make great strides. The steel production accounted for almost half of the entire European production capacity, which was extremely terrifying. Whether it was the United Provinces, France or other countries, they had to rely on a large number of iron tools produced by the UK, such as artillery, anchor chains, weapons, and agricultural tools.

"I fought Portugal and got compensation and land on the east coast, but at that time, my soldiers on the east coast shed blood and paid their lives to get it. The British had almost no effort and actually got so many benefits. This world is really... I can't say anything!" Kang Youdao looked at the slight waves in the harbor and thought depressedly: "Now this greedy country is actively preparing to fight against the Netherlands, and I don't know what benefits they can get this time. You must know that the United Provinces are not someone to mess with."

Kang Youdao had been staying in Amsterdam before, so he knew some "bad things" between Britain and the Netherlands. For example, Sir Downing, the British Ambassador to The Hague, submitted a memorandum to the Dutch, which listed the various infringements of British merchants by the United Provinces, the most serious of which was the "Bonaventur" cargo ship. I heard that the owner of the ship had planned to accept the compensation allocated by the Dutch a while ago, but was "dissuaded" by Sir Downing because he believed that this was not a private dispute, but a dispute between countries, which made people speechless.

In addition, after fierce debates, the United Provincial Parliamentary Third Level Parliament habitually adopted an appeasement policy, that is, they decided not to take war action against the British Royal Explorer African Trade Company's attack on West African strongholds such as Cape Cos and Gorey, but instead asked the British government to explain it. As a result, Charles II said he knew nothing about this because it was Sir Richard Holmes's private action, and after knowing it, he had already locked him in the Tower of London for punishment (but this lord was treated well in it).

This kind of shirk responsibility naturally made the Dutch extremely dissatisfied. They then asked the British to compensate for it, but they were still rejected and shirked by the British, which made the Dutch feel a little bad. They began to secretly order the rectification of military affairs, because the British are acting more and more crazy now. In a while, they might not even be willing to do hypocritical superficial skills. Zheng Yong, Kang Youdao and others also agreed with this, because it was rumored in the UK that Charles II was already allocating funds to the navy at an increasingly rapid pace, repairing and maintaining the sealed naval warships, summoning seamen scattered in various counties, and purchasing a large amount of military supplies. For this reason, Charles II himself had even spent a huge amount of money between one port after another to check combat preparations.

What's even more crazy is that it is said that the British Parliament, which had been recessed before, was officially held. The MPs unanimously approved the collection of 2.5 million pounds of tax for three years as compensation for the naval fleet. The whole of England was inspired by the victory of the last naval battle. Everyone was trying to defeat the United Provinces again to gain greater benefits.

If England and United Provinces continue to develop like this, they may really fight again!

"Envoy Kang Youdao, we can set off now." A Portuguese voice sounded not far away, interrupting Kang Youdao's thoughts. He turned around and saw that it was the second son of a nobleman, Mr. Eduardo, the Portuguese envoy, but he did not have a title yet and was currently serving the powerful minister Duke Mellor. This time, he and Kang Youdao took a boat to Cape Verde, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique and other places to read out the peace agreement, and explored on the spot, demarcating the borders of the two countries stipulated in the Palermo Treaty.

There were two ships on the boat. The Portuguese side was a three-masted clutch, and the east coast ship that was traveling with it was a "Hori Island" class sail guard gunboat ("Yellow Crocodile") that was temporarily borrowed by Zheng Yong from the escort formation. Both ships were parked in the mouth of the Tejo River and had their supplies and were ready to sail at any time.

"Then, let's go!" Kang Youdao turned around and asked his entourage to bring his luggage, and then climbed onto the deck of the "Yellow Crocodile" through the rope net one by one. At this time, the Portuguese envoy, Mr. Eduardo, had been waiting for a long time. The two greeted each other on the deck of the ship, and then the ship set sail and headed straight towards the Cape Verde Islands, its first destination.

The merchants on the dock are still in constant trouble. Several left-behind East Coast business personnel are also busy reopening the bank La Plata with the help of Genoa merchants. The East Coast joint venture bank (each accounting for half of the shares) has experienced many twists and turns in Lisbon. After the tortuous process of opening and closing, the business was confiscated and opened three times. Now the dust has finally settled. In fact, in the future, the Bank of La Plata may no longer be the only institution in Lisbon on the East Coast in Lisbon. The East Coast Merchant Station, the Embassy and even a Taoist temple that meets the specifications (can only be built inside the commercial station), will appear in Lisbon. Kang Youdao, a Mesozoic official in the diplomatic department, is also very interested in becoming the ambassador of the East Coast Republic of China to the Kingdom of Portugal.

The dock gradually moved far behind him. Two ships sailed into the Atlantic Ocean one after another, then adjusted the sail trusses and headed south toward the Cape Verde Islands at a unified speed of four knots. On June 10, 1664, they passed Madeira Island. The few Portuguese defenders on the island were panicked about the warships on the east coast, but neither ships docked here, but sailed straight south to the west.

On June, two ships appeared outside Santiago Island. An east coast naval guard gunboat sailed out of Playa Harbor. After negotiations, they were released into the Harbor.

The Port of Playa has been occupied by the East Coast people for a long time, and it has been stationed with a small naval task force, specializing in harassing the coast of the Kingdom of Portugal (more activities in summer and autumn) and cracking down on its trade and supply lines. After the signing of the Palermo Treaty, they had actually learned the news in advance through ships heading south, so it was not surprising that Zheng Yong sent people to read the truce. In addition, there was nothing good for the truce here. The Portuguese had surrendered a long time ago and had lived under the rule of the East Coast people for a long time. There was no war, no levy taxes (only some physical taxes), and no pirates. Life was not too comfortable, so they almost forgot that their motherland seemed to be in a state of war.

Therefore, it is meaningless to announce the armistice order for the Cape Verde Islands, which is just a formality. At most, the East Coast fleet stationed here can pack their luggage and go home. Maybe it may not be necessary. They are also likely to be sent to the Caribbean Sea, such as Trinidad, which Major General Li Yi has mentioned.

On June 24, although the Palermo Treaty may not have been sent to the east coast, this does not prevent both parties from dividing the ownership of the entire archipelago. According to the agreement, the East Coast people obtained seven islands including Saint Anton Island, Saint Vicente Island, Saint Nicholas Island, Sales Island, etc. So now it is necessary to decide on the old rules of the ownership of the Portuguese residents on these seven islands, and everything is up to them to decide.

It is worth mentioning that the East Coast people immigrated to the island earlier (basically prisoners of war bought from the Crimean Khanate), most of whom gathered on the island to build a dock, mine coal, and grazed goats. It has been two years since then. At present, a dock has been built on the island, named Henghai Port, and this island has also been named Henghai Island by the way, which shows that the navy is determined to win this place. In addition, Jianchang Island (Saint Antang Island) and Nankang Island (Saint Nicholas Island) have been resettled for relatively good conditions. Currently, the total number of residents of no more than 800 are the entire force of the East Coast people on the island.
Chapter completed!