Livornia was originally an inconspicuous small area on the continental territory. In fact, it is also very inconspicuous now, but in the eyes of East Coast people, the name of this area is well-known. This is due to the existence of Livornia immigrants with more than 23,000 people in China. Ordinary East Coast people are already familiar with this term.

Riga, a city built in 1201, is located at the mouth of the Dowgava River and is the pearl city of the Livornia region. The more famous buildings in the city include St. Peter's Basilica built in the 13th century, Domsky Cathedral, which was built in 1211, and the symbol of the former ruler - the Knights Castle.

Cargoes from all parties gather in this city with an area of ​​only 0.5 square kilometers, such as local wood, grain, Russian fur, honey, wax, rope, Prussian amber, Dutch cloth, British wool, German wine, Scandinavian fish, etc. Sometimes, cargoes from the East were even carried by Arab merchants and appeared in the city. Then, these goods were transported to Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France, Britain and other places for sale, while local merchants and feudal lords enjoyed generous benefits in the process.

The shopping malls of the East Coast are located on the banks of the beautiful Daova River in the city. Since the Livornia region was annexed by Sweden more than ten years ago, local development has been quite slow. Heavy taxes and endless wars have greatly destroyed the local economic foundation. Men were also levied by the Swedish army in large numbers, and many people have never returned since then.

However, all this does not matter to the East Coast people. Thanks to their good relationship with Sweden, the East Coast people set up a shopping mall here. However, the business scope of this shopping mall is quite narrow - in order not to anger England, the Netherlands and the Hanseatic League, which have significant commercial interests here. The East Coast people's shopping malls are mainly engaged in import business. Import wax, copper, lead, graphite, livestock and other goods; and exports are much smaller. They are mainly dyed leather goods and a small amount of high-end dyed cloth and printed cloth. It can be said that if we only look at the efficacy, the East Coast people have no need to set up such a useless shopping mall in Riga. However, if you know the most important function of this shopping mall, you may understand why it has existed until now.

Since its establishment more than three years ago, the main task of the Riga Trading Station has never been to trade, but to collect population! As we all know, the history of which is not very long, whether it is the neighboring Pomerania, Prussia, Lithuania, or Liwonia itself. As early as the 12th century, the Teutonic Knights carried out colonial expansion to the east of Germany with the support of the Pope. Their main task was to conquer interracial tribes east of the German region, such as the Pomeranians, Prussians, etc. After conquering these two regions, in the first half of the 13th century, the Teutonic Knights entered the Liwonia region at the invitation of the Holy Sword Knights founded by Archbishop Albert of Riga, and then began a series of conquest wars; later Denmark and some Swedish Catholic lords also joined the colonial operation.

After more than three hundred years of colonial development, the Teutonic Knights have successfully Germanized Pomerania and Prussia and converted them to Catholicism. However, because the Livornia region has changed hands many times in history. Whether it is Germans, Danes, Swedes, Poles, Lithuanians or Russians, they have ruled some or all of the areas here. Therefore, the German colonization and assimilation of this place have been repeatedly interrupted and have not been successful. The mixed place is

The civilization level of various tribes such as the early Levi people, later Cullonians, Samojis, Smigalians, and now Estonians and Latvians have always been very low. For example, the Samojis and Estonians among them have basically no religious beliefs. Although many Latvians believe in Catholicism and Orthodoxism, their conversion time is very short and their beliefs are very undevoted. Therefore, they are the best objects of absorption and assimilation for people in the East Coast.

The level of civilization development is low and there is no religious belief. In today's Europe, where do you go to find such people? Only in the wilderness of the northeast corner of Europe, there are still hundreds of thousands of such tribal residents. Moreover, these areas are full of states and have been invaded and ruled by foreign races many times in history, so there is no complete country at all. The local residents do not have the awareness of this country, and many people can't even say which ethnic group they are from. If such people are not vigorously introduced on the east coast, can they introduce those French people with strong national pride?

To be honest, the streets of Riga are a bit cramped, but the traffic is really considerable. Gaomo stood at the window on the second floor of the shopping mall, looking down, and saw the narrow streets full of Leto people (Latvians) wearing ethnic costumes. Their men were wearing trousers woven in linen and shirts with flowers on their chests, while women were wearing long skirts, embroidered shirts and beautiful shawls, and some even had small white hats on their heads.

"The clothing style and national culture that are very different from the Latin world in Western Europe." Gao Mo murmured softly, then turned around, looked at Schneider who was standing respectfully at the door, and asked, "How are you with the local Swedish officials?"

"Not bad. These Swedish officials don't care about anything else. As long as we pay taxes on time and do not do anything against the Swedish kingdom, they don't bother to pay us." Schneider replied, "In fact, these Swedes don't care much about Vonnia. They only do two things here, namely tax collection and conscription. This is the front line of Sweden's fight against Poland. The Swedes occupied a large tract of land along the Baltic Sea coast, and Poland almost became a landlocked country. The conflict between these two countries is quite large. The front line of Livornia's deep counter-Poland is naturally hostile to the Poles and Lithuanians. Large-scale wars seem to be not present, but small-scale cross-border attacks are inevitable, so these local people are not having a good life. In addition, the Swedes' over-cost levy, so we can easily collect a large number of immigrants who are willing to go to the east coast every year."

"Don't interfere with the destruction between these northern countries, whether Danes, Swedes, Poles or Russians, have nothing to do with us. Our core interest here is population. Livonia is the most important source of population for the East Coast Republic of China. As long as this is ensured, other things such as commercial interests can be abandoned at critical moments. What is our country's image here?"

"Very good." Schneider said happily, "Since the Northwest Reclamation Bank established a branch here since the year before yesterday, some Chinese citizens from Livornia have been remitting money to their relatives here through our banking network. According to statistics, the total amount of remittances issued by domestic residents through the Northwest Bank to Livornia through the Northwest Bank has reached more than 30,000 yuan in 43 years, and overseas remittances have become an important local income. Many local residents immediately use the remittance as shipment after receiving remittances or letters from the East Coast, and then take their families onto our immigration ships and go to the local Dongfang Port, Zhenhai Port or Luoqia Port. In many cases, they don't have to wait for our ship to arrive. They will contact the ship themselves and then form a group to the East Coast."

"I'm very happy to hear this, Carl." Gaomo said with a smile on his face, "Your job looks good. The next step will be to make some minor adjustments to your work. In addition to the normal organization of immigration in the past, you also need to regularly receive some cotton cloth shipped from the local area. Of course, you don't have to sell these cotton cloths yourself. Our old friends, merchants from the Hanseatic League, will come here to buy all our goods, and then they will choose to sell them locally according to the situation, or ship them back to nearby cities such as Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg for sale. In short, it's not our business, and the Dutch are asking for trouble.

There are also these Germans who are ahead first. All you need to do is to make clear payments with them and then invest the profits generated into another job, that is, to find a way to collect women in nearby areas, especially those who are fertile at the age of 15-35. As long as these people are willing to go to the east coast, they will give them rich dowry, money, livestock, land, etc., no problem! Don't be afraid of spending money. If the money cannot be spent, it will be a pile of broken copper and iron without any value. Of course, every expenditure must be well recorded. Every year, someone will come to audit the accounts at Bordeaux station. I don't want to see any trouble here."

"Don't worry, I'll pay attention." Carl Schneider nodded and said.

"How is the Polish mercenaries going?" Gao Mo asked after thinking about it, almost forgetting about this big thing.

"Two groups of more than 300 people have been recruited, all of which were cavalry. They had already taken a boat to the east coast more than two months ago." Schneider said. "There are many people in Poland, and they can be said to be as much as possible. At present, there are still a group of about 200 people who have gathered in the port of Gdansk (Danzer) and are waiting for our ships to return to the ship. The Polish government is very friendly to us, perhaps because they are trying to buy our cheap army weapons. They also introduced some infantry officers to me and asked me if I need to hire some infantry. I can't make the decision, so there has been no positive response. But I think it is worth it. These people are able to use firearms skillfully and have a good fighting will. More importantly, the employment price is quite low, which is just right for use in the Far East."

"Well, I will go to Danzegang to take a look in two days." Gao Mo said immediately. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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