New World 1620

Friday, July 1621, 7.Azores, Terceira, Puerto Heroes.

In the Governor's Mansion, "Commercial Counselor of the Consulate General in the Azores" Shi Wenbo, "Member of Congress" Su Zining, and several soy saucers sat together with officials headed by the Portuguese Governor of the Azores, Garcia.

In Chinese, Portuguese and Latin, the formal agreement in triplicate was signed and confirmed separately.After signing the last Latin agreement, Governor Garcia let out a long sigh of relief, puffed out his big belly with joy, and smiled brightly.

"Okay, gentlemen, the land to the west is now officially leased to you, and we look forward to more exchanges with American guests in the future! Today is a happy day!"

Well, I'm really happy. For hundreds of acres of land, the agreement only stipulates a rent of 1000 Spanish silver dollars per year, but Governor Garcia received a one-time "labor fee" of 2000 Spanish silver dollars.Garcia, whose monthly income is now comparable to half a year before, is praised by his wife every day, and feels like he is living in heaven.

As for the ten-year land lease agreement, the extraterritorial rights of the concession, etc., a lot of content that sounded disturbing didn't bother Garcia at all.Ten years later, I should have eaten enough and resigned from office, otherwise the jealous nobles in Lisbon would definitely poke their villains behind their backs.

The principles of sovereignty, territory, etc. in the world's modern international relations did not really enter the international stage until the "Westphalia Peace Treaty" signed at the end of the Thirty Years War.Apparently Garcia ate the first crab on behalf of his dear Portugal ahead of time.

"Then... let's end this inspiring gathering." Su Zining straightened his suit, stood up with a wine glass, looked around at the "officials of the two countries" present, and led with an extremely diplomatic posture For the last collective pretense.

A country with an official population of less than 500 people, and a country that is still in the hands of the King of Spain, two "countries" that are extremely unreliable in the current historical period have been pretended together in this way.

To the west, together with the China-American Chamber of Commerce and the Consulate General that it once bought, the large piece of suburban land adjacent to the most prosperous neighborhood of Hero Harbor has become a concession of the "American government".Although as early as a week ago, more than 600 European refugees from the European continent, especially from the Netherlands, had already lived in the shelter quarantine area built with the assistance of the Portuguese government, but agreements on diplomatic occasions still need to be signed.

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At the port, a total of 7 sailboats currently belonging to the Manhattan community are undergoing simple maintenance and loading before sailing.They are: Mayflower, Wenwen, Santa Maria, St. Nicholas, Hound, Shepherd, Leprechaun, and Eden.

In order to assemble an effective long-distance crew team, Adelaide, an experienced veteran captain, reorganized several trusted veteran crew members who had traveled to and from North America several times, and joined a few recruited from Europe. The sailor contract slaves arrived, bringing the total number of crew members to 200.The old sailors, including Andrew, the former acting captain of the Santa Limaria, were promoted and became the acting captain.

This will be the largest material transportation so far this year. 1200 tons of imported materials and 300 European refugees, craftsmen or contract slaves constitute the contents of this return voyage.If all goes well, the delivery of materials to Manhattan will be considered to have completed one-third of the annual plan.

Through the windows of the business hall, one can see the European refugee isolation and quarantine area surrounded by wooden fences downhill from a distance.In the living room, nearly ten Manhattan traversers were sitting quietly, while Su Zining was slowly walking back and forth in front of the window under the gaze of everyone.

"The founding meeting... are you sure the community board will announce the founding on September 9th?"

Su Zining, who had only returned to Hero Harbor from the Netherlands for a week, finally held a special briefing meeting on this day after busying himself with a series of chores.

"Well, that law professor Mr. Zhong has been authorized by the community committee to set up a legislative group. You can clearly see what it means. Before you leave, basically everyone in the community knows."

Ren Changle looked nervously at his companion who was more serious than a few months ago, and suddenly felt that he couldn't help himself.He had to admit that Su Zining had a leadership temperament, but the more he thought so, the more uneasy he felt in his heart.Although it was not a threat, but the other party's eyes that seemed to be able to read other people's minds always made me a little uncomfortable.

"About Yan Xiaosong's going to the Ming Dynasty, the committee didn't get angry?" Su Zining nodded and sat down on the chair.Yuan Xinyi on the side quickly handed over the coffee cup.

Yuan Xinyi's attitude towards Su Zining in the past few months has already made people feel a signal, so Ren Changle and Zhou Kemin, who love to joke, have restrained a lot of language jokes towards this female translator.For this reason, Yang Wenwen also specially mocked Shi Wenbo, the pseudo-commercial counselor, saying that the other party can only lie to those European native girls who do not understand the world, but Shi Wenbo has his own different views.

"I didn't dare to mention it..." Ren Changle put on a bitter face, spread his hands with an innocent look on his face, "I'm just worried about this, Su Zining, you have a good brain, maybe you need to go back together this time and say..."

"Well, it's not a big problem..." Su Zining thought for a while, sighed softly, turned around and stood in front of the window, and turned his gaze to the direction of the pier, "There is still time for us people, but Yan Xiaosong may not be able to catch up even if he flies. On the day of the founding conference."

"Hey, I don't care about this. It's all about you stinky men. I don't have much interest. What are you doing when you go back and watch you quarrel? I'd better stay here and do my European fashion business!"

Yang Wenwen rolled her body lazily on the chair. Several months of training and walking in Europe made this self-proclaimed fashionista famous. Many Portuguese and Spanish aristocrats and men and women followed her to Azov for various reasons. Isles.

Her subordinates hired a group of European tailors, and Yang Wenwen could easily sell 500 Spanish silver dollars to European aristocratic women who have never seen the world for a high-end Victorian European dress with both modern fashion and classic style. For the oriental court dress cut from cotton, Yang Wenwen even offered a sky-high price of 2000 Spanish silver dollars, and it was extremely sought-after.

As for the French perfumes and cosmetics that cannot be produced at present, Yang Wenwen is almost extorting a few Spanish aristocratic daughters at a price that depends on what is used.

It can be said that Yang Wenwen should be the Manhattan traveler with the richest private property at present, and this does not include all kinds of messy gifts that a certain Portuguese aristocratic nympho tries to stuff into the room every month.

"Sister, this meeting is related to the future interests of all of us, don't underestimate your voting rights!" Zhou Kemin sat up straight, reminding another idol of the opposite sex besides Su Zining.

"Well, this is also the reason why I suggest that everyone go back together even though the community committee did not explicitly say that everyone must return to Manhattan." Ren Changle quickly added.

"Come on! I'm still planning to go to the European continent with Migu, and it seems that it will be delayed again!" Shi Wenbo regretfully turned his head to look at the silent arms dealer dressed in a windbreaker and sunglasses, with a teasing smile on his face, "Migu, There are another 2000 flintlock rifles in the warehouse, but your business is going to die."

"Is there any wind direction?" Zhu Xiaoli, a retired special soldier who had been silent for a while, suddenly asked. The men and women in the room stretched their ears, and all eyes were on Ren Changle.

"Yes... Chairman Liu Lao seems to have a disagreement with Military Commissioner Zheng Quan... Qi Jianjun has been exchanging opinions with those in the Ministry of Industry; Dong Jiunan is very dissatisfied with Qi Jianjun..."

Ren Changle snapped out all the information he knew one by one with his fingers, but it was hard to tell the truth.Except for Migu, who was wearing sunglasses and couldn't see any expression, all the men present had different expressions.

They have read their letter, and finally started...Su Zining's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt guilty for no reason.

"What's the matter... Isn't Jianguo a good thing? Why do you have such an expression?" Yuan Xinyi looked around and frowned.

"Everyone sees 'good' at different levels, and thinks of 'things' in different directions." Su Zining shrugged his shoulders, and what he said was a bit mysterious, but Zhu Xiaoli and others were thoughtful.

"Did the constitution or something come out?" Huo Qian, an honest custodian of imported materials at Hero Port, a former veteran and courier, asked in a low voice.

"There is no horoscope, and the provisional electoral system has not yet come out. It is impossible to formulate a constitution." Ren Changle has learned a lot, but his face seems to be grim. "I don't care about any more complicated constitutional provisions, and I don't care who is in power. , but must ensure that private rights are not infringed upon!"

"Hmph, private ownership... You think this way, Dong Jiunan and the others don't think so... They all came here together, why should a small number of people get rich and get promoted in the future?" Huo Qian was suddenly a little excited at this moment.

"Get rich and get promoted in the future? We didn't snatch it, okay, we all rely on our own abilities! Why do you say?" Ren Changle also widened his eyes, and rarely looked angry at his partner who has been working well with European traders.

After quietly watching the two usually unknown custodians and the chief accountant looking at their swords drawn, Su Zining smiled softly after a few seconds.

"When we are in a weak position in society, we will seek fairness and fairness under an absolute order... The inevitable survival of the fittest caused by the private system will indeed discourage some people, but the public ownership under the absolute order itself is a forced average The injustice of the rights and interests of others, and even the leader of absolute order, is itself a monopoly of interests. To put it bluntly, it is still a matter of the ass deciding the head."

Su Zining stood up with a relaxed smile on his face, but his eyes never left Huo Qian's face, and Huo Qian also looked at Su Zining with a puzzled expression.

"Now, there are nearly 500 of us, where are we sitting?" Su Zining looked around the crowd and asked suddenly.

Everyone was taken aback, except for the little nurse Xia Qiuyu, who was also puzzled, and basically showed expressions of sudden realization.

"If we were in the old society, this kind of meeting would have nothing to do with us. We are just the subjects of two different modes of domination, ants." Su Zining shrugged, looking like a grassroots who is not afraid of anything. But soon changed into a very playful and mysterious smile, "Do you think, now, everyone is still sitting in the seat of grassroots ass?"

"This..." Huo Qian was a little stuck, his face flushed slightly.

"This shows that some of us haven't adapted to the change of status, including Dong Jiunan and the others... But it doesn't matter. In fact, no matter what kind of system is adopted, everyone, everyone here, is a high-ranking vested interest! Then everyone still needs to worry about whether private ownership is better or public ownership is better?"

After finishing speaking, Su Zining smiled and handed the coffee cup in his hand to Yuan Xinyi who was full of admiration: "Thank you, let's have another cup."

"That's right! Either absolutely protect our future private interests, or guarantee our exclusive interests under the absolute order! No matter what, the rules are still in our hands!" Ren Changle slapped his thigh, laughing exaggeratedly .

"We dominate public ownership, and the egalitarianism of the public will make us feel superior; while we dominate private ownership, we can hide us through various means." Shi Wenbo smartly lit a cigarette and crossed his legs comfortably.

"Brother Su, you really are a fox..." Huo Qian, who finally understood, showed a knowing smile, and apologized slightly to Ren Changle embarrassedly.

Hehe, Huo Qian is probably the same type of person as Dong Jiunan. They always involuntarily put themselves in the position of the weak of the times. Maybe it's a habit, maybe it's a lack of self-confidence, or even a kind of broken can. The cumulative effect of long-term resentment... Su Zining sighed slightly when he saw his companion who had reconciled in an instant.

"What about the political system? The central committee system, or the civilian parliamentary democracy? Does it require the separation of the military and the government? Does Zhou Kemin and I have no qualifications to participate in politics?"

Zhu Xiaoli dropped another series of bombs, and Zhou Kemin also showed a nervous expression.

Hey, there are just a few people, and they haven't gone back yet. It's a small Manhattan community...Su Zining's heart skipped a beat, and the coffee cup he put to his mouth stopped.