Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1042 Argument and Compromise ([-])

The benefits of the deterrent actions of the people on the east coast are indeed immediate!

No, after half a month after returning to Brazil, Mr. Vieira rushed to Ping'an County in the continuous winter rain, in order to discuss the relationship between the two countries with General Mo, the "East Coast Special Envoy" he imagined. extremely urgent foreign affairs issue.Moreover, he has been authorized by the Governor-General to be "bigger and more flexible"-this is understandable, after all, after realizing the possibility of taking back Recife, no one will be able to sit still, that land is populated It is relatively dense and the land has been developed for many years, not to mention the sugarcane forests and sugar mills all over the place. It is definitely a hen that can lay golden eggs.In comparison, the barren Gerard Mountains are nothing. Although the area is much larger, they are all worthless wild lands. Apart from land trade with the people on the east coast, there is almost no other outstanding can be completely discarded.

The only concern now is whether the people on the east coast are really willing to abandon Recife, because it means offending the Dutch West India Company, which is inconsistent with the consistent policy of the people on the east coast, so Vieira wants to confirm this very much, and then write in black and white The treaty was finalized so that they could safely and boldly resume their offensive against Recife.

"I can't guarantee that your country can get the front line of Recife, Olinda, and Fortaleza. I can only guarantee that when your country launches an offensive against Recife next time, we will no longer stop your actions." Mo Ming blinked and said.In fact, the contracts of the two groups of mercenaries on the east bank (more than 60 Black Banners infantrymen and more than [-] Latvian musketeers) will expire in the next few months, but perhaps the Dutch West India Company’s financial constraints, Perhaps it was an agreement they reached with the Portuguese. In short, when Li Renjun asked the Dutch whether they would continue to hire these troops (the annual cost was about [-] guilders), the Dutch did not give a clear answer.

The meaning of not giving a clear answer, probably first is that they don’t think it is necessary to spend another huge sum of 60 dong each year to continue to maintain an additional army, and second, it may be that they hope that the people on the east coast can bear the employment costs for them.But the problem is that the first year's employment expenses of this army were paid by a loan provided by the New World Friendship and Mutual Bank of the East Coast Republic, but the Executive Committee has no plan to provide a second aid to the Dutch West India Company. The Dutch have not made a similar request (they are now concentrating on fighting in North America), so this matter can only be dropped.After all, the people on the east coast are not so cheap, and they have to rush to give money to the Dutch - what hurts their self-esteem is that they may not appreciate it.

Marshal Mo, as one of the nine Standing Committee members of the Central Committee, is naturally familiar with the various policies of the Executive Committee.Therefore, at this moment, he took out the second-phase aid plan for Recife that the East Bank had already abandoned and sold it to the Portuguese again, in exchange for the Portuguese acquiescing to the "special interests" of the East Coast people in the Gerard Mountains area. Naturally, it cannot be said that it is not shrewd.

However, the Portuguese are not easy to be fooled. If they surrendered the Gerard Mountains but did not get Recife, who would be the one to justify it?Therefore, I only heard Vieira say: "The condition of your envoy is unacceptable. We must ensure that we have obtained a complete Recife before we can fulfill the handover of the area south of the Uruguay River-Pelotas River." Your country's procedures, otherwise, this matter can only maintain the status quo."

"What I want to remind Mr. Vieira is that the current situation in the Gerard Mountains area is that this place has been controlled by our side. Except for a few towns on your side that we didn't 'disturb' out of courtesy, the rest of the place has been controlled. It is under our control. In addition, the Indian chiefs who have lived here for generations have also signed a letter requesting to be attached to us and be protected by the army of the East Coast Republic of China." Mo Ming stretched out his hand from the staff behind him He pulled a stack of documents, then shook them in front of Vieira, and said, "This is the bet drawn by the chiefs. From now on, we will have the custody of them. Mr. Vieira, do you listen?" Do you understand what I said?"

The nearly [-] troops of the people from the east coast have not come here for the past month, and their continuous campaigns in the mountains have caused a lot of losses to the Guarani people, which naturally made some tribes frightened and asked to join them.And now that the Indians are attached, wouldn't it be easy to find a few smart people to concoct a document requesting the "protection" of the East Coast?Those Indians couldn't even understand the words on the document, but under the threat of the army's swords and guns, it was not difficult for them to put their fingerprints on it, so this was enough to deal with the Portuguese.

Vieira is also an old Jianghu, so he naturally knows what the stack of documents in Mo Ming's hand is, but it is precisely because he knows this that he is even more surprised by the huge force that the people on the east bank put here, because those The tribes are not good at anything. If you want them to submit, you can't do without 2 people!Don’t you see that the Portuguese have been operating here for at least [-] years, using countless means, economic (giving gifts to win over the upper class), military (sending slave flags), and religious (sending priests to preach) They have used a lot of means to control many tribes who listen to them, but so far they have not been able to completely settle here.

But how long have the talents from the east coast been here?Maybe some small tribes wavered between the east coast and Brazil in the past, but Vieira thought it was impossible for most of the tribes to have anything to do with the east coast people, but now they let these barbarians submit with an unknown number of troops Now, every time I think about this, Vieira can't help being frightened.

It seems that in order to expel the invasion of the evil pagans on the east coast and keep the Brazilian colony that is crucial to the kingdom, it is obviously not enough to rely on the power of Portugal alone.So, it seems that the only way to introduce the power of European powers is to sacrifice some of Brazil's interests?This idea flashed in Vieira's mind, but it didn't go away for a long time. He had already decided to advise Governor Silva to seriously consider this matter after returning: since they are unlikely to keep Brazil, then This fertile land must not fall into the hands of yellow-skinned heretics!

"Envoy Mo, although you don't know where you concocted a dubious indigenous attachment document, I still want to say that there are some traditions that we must abide by..."

"Tradition must be followed, but legal principles must be followed." Mo Ming did not hesitate to consider Vieira's words, and said: "The sacred Pope's meridian did not hand over the land of the Gerard Mountains to your country. When trampling on tradition and brazenly invading this place, have you ever considered the feelings of the Spaniards? Have you ever made the Spaniards renounce their sovereignty over this place? Now, according to the "Valladolid Peace Treaty" signed by the East and West through friendly negotiations, all Uruguayan The land to the east and south of the river belongs to China East Bank Republic, which means that we are the legal owners here. Mr. Vieira, do you understand what I said?"

"Envoy Mo, I don't want to entangle you with some old stories too much. I just want to say that the Gerard Mountains (and its affiliated territories) and Recife are the traditional territory of our country. In our opinion, any The loss of one of the territories is already unbearable for us, and now we are willing to give up the land of the Gerard Mountains to acquire Recife, which is the biggest concession our government can make. We cannot simultaneously Tolerate the loss of these two territories, I can sign an agreement with you and hand over the Gerard Mountains and its dependent territories to your country, but this agreement will only take effect after Recife falls into our hands, otherwise the hot The Lahr Mountains will remain our possession. At most, we will allow the natives here to self-govern under the premise that you agree not to continue to aid the Dutch West India Company, but they will still be the subjects of His Majesty João " After thinking about it, Vieira said firmly.

"Stubborn!" Mo Ming scolded angrily, "Does your envoy really think that our army will not continue to march north?"

"That will only cause the entire Christian world to look sideways at you, and at the same time, it will also make the Spaniards and the Dutch feel suspicious, and then stop cooperation with you. Moreover, we will fight to the end!" Vieira poked his neck Said.He has this self-confidence. The Kingdom of Portugal in this era is certainly a tragedy in the Old World, but in Brazil, through their own arduous struggles, they have continuously defeated the peeps of the French and Dutch since the 16th century, and will Portuguese immigrants spread over a wide area, which undoubtedly thickened their roots.If the people on the east coast really want to fight hard, as long as His Majesty Joao is firm, then the Brazilian people don't mind fighting against the heretics on the east coast to the end.

"Then you just wait for the disaster!" After leaving this sentence, Mo Ming left the venue angrily and returned to his command room. The accompanying staff first politely invited Vieira out of the post , and then rushed into the command room.

"Hehe, what's the matter? Everyone looks jealous, is it possible that they are really ready to fight?" Mo Ming in the command room played with a delicate ivory-handled pistol while laughing: "Okay, let's all get out, I will It was just to scare Vieira that old fox. Now is not the time for war, and the white shirts of the Executive Committee will definitely not agree. Don't make the war unwinnable, let us first let our own internal conflicts intensify If so, it will make others laugh out loud."

"But what about the Gerard Mountains?" A young staff officer asked.

"Take your time, don't rush." ​​Mo Ming put a pistol in his waist, and said in a deep voice, "This time, we have achieved some results. At least we have made the Portuguese psychologically prepared to cede this land through a series of measures. It’s just that they haven’t eaten Recife yet, so they’re just unwilling. Huh, if it’s according to the intention of the group of civil servants who danced happily, this time they are just reluctantly crossing the border to attack the natives, and then quickly withdraw Come, for fear of provoking the anger of the Portuguese and making our country passive in diplomacy; in addition, I guess they will not continue to intervene in the Recife matter, after all, the parties involved are not in a hurry. In that case, it can be said that we will No results at all. Now, our fight and bluffs have at least gained two benefits, that is, the Portuguese are willing to exchange the status of the Gerard Mountains with us, and they also agreed to Gerard Is it possible for the natives in the Er Mountains and their dependent territories to self-govern? This is also a great achievement, and there are too many places to operate, and the Gendarmerie and the National Intelligence Agency should make plans for this."

"But the navy attaches great importance to Recife. Last time, under their strong request, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the Dutch to approve the priority acquisition rights of Recife and New Netherland. The Dutch have not yet given I don’t know if I agree or not. But there is no doubt that the navy is still very interested in Recife and will definitely not give up easily.” An officer suddenly reminded.

"That's the trouble of the navy. What's the matter with our army?" Mo Ming said as a matter of course, "Besides, the Netherlands played happily against Sweden and England in North America. They are not very active in defending Recife. The white shirts are now Not very concerned. If the navy has an idea, let them find white shirts, it has nothing to do with us. What we really need to do next is to take advantage of the opportunity of local indigenous autonomy, and continue to send armed immigrants across the border to cultivate, and send our hands to the Brazilian plateau Stretch out, there is the real essence of land."

(End of this chapter)