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0536 Poisson DAvril

April 1st, April Fools' Day.

In 1582, France officially promulgated the Gregorian calendar advocated by the Pope, replacing the tradition of the old and welcoming the new on April 1, and set January 1 as the New Year's Day.

However, the biggest commonality of human beings is personality. As long as reform is involved, even if there are no supporters, there will definitely be no lack of opponents.

The New Deal is naturally strongly opposed by some diehards, and their way of opposing the New Deal is...

1. Say New Year greetings to each other on April 1st.

2. Give each other New Year’s gifts on April 1st.

3. Hold a New Year’s dance on April 1.

By the heart, a villain who knows how to encircle and strives not to cause trouble for others is definitely a role model among villains in the future, and it is worthy of being established and publicized to guide the social atmosphere to operate well.

However, the strict French people never tolerate any enemies from within.

Supporting change mocks them on various occasions, mean and cruel people use the trust of conservatives to give them insulting gifts, invite them to fictitious parties, and shout “Poisson D'Avril” regardless of the occasion after they are fooled.

Conservatives quickly became a laughing stock in the country and soon disappeared in the social circle.

The reformists were very successful. In order to celebrate and commemorate their victory, they passed on this action of expelling political enemies like tradition. Over time, it turned into the current annual national party.

This is a traditional festival full of malicious intentions.

In Lorraine's heart, if he wanted to kill all the enemies, it would only destroy his alliance, embezzle his wealth, cut off his life, and deprive his family of hope of revenge. He would never mock the other party's position without limit like those French people.

It was like this Indian War.

Lorraine needed Indians living in Florida to become a helping rather than a resistance to Miami's development, so she deliberately broke their circles, dismantled their unity, and destroyed their advantages. However, no matter how many evils he committed, he would not deny the Indians' former survival philosophy and attitude towards affairs.

This is the bottom line and it is also hypocrisy.

The simple but unkind Indians had no idea what kind of trap they fell into. They only knew that before they knew it, the originally even-matched Florida suddenly showed a tilt of strength.

Unconsciously, East Foshan began to bully others with its power, and the war limit order that originally protected tribe peace became an accomplice to assist the evil.

Before we knew it, East Florida suddenly had no match for the whites, while West Florida did not even have the qualifications to watch on the wall. We must choose one among our compatriots and whites, and choose our own side and position.

Even the process of war develops like a dream.

The moment before, East Florida besieged Miami, and it seemed that resistance could be eliminated at any time, burning this small town that had only two years of history but had developed extremely prosperously to white ground.

The next moment, West Florida, which had been weak, broke the Indian covenant that had been kept for hundreds of years, and there were more and stronger white troops and the fearless black army...

East Florida retreated step by step, and in the blink of an eye, they lost all the flat and vast North Florida. They were forced to retreat into the Great Swamp. With the full assistance of West Florida, the white people were about to achieve the final undisputed victory.

But the white man gave up.

He gave up the opportunity to have a fatal blow, stopped outside the big lake, and began to consolidate the high-quality land he had obtained.

At first, East Florida could not believe what happened, because West Florida was more oppressed and had a more fierce offensive after the whites left the war. It was not until several careful counterattacks and temptations that they were truly convinced that the whites really expressed their compassion and gave up the opportunity to destroy them...

Who is the enemy?

The tribes of East Florida examined their doubts, with compulsive and conservative whites on one hand.

The United Tribe of the East Florida announced its establishment on the fourth day after Sir Tusera issued the war-termination notice. Just two days after its establishment, the Uchi tribe's nest was collected on the shore of Poncela Lake in the north of the Great Swamp, and tied its clan leader, the young clan leader and the shaman together with their totem pole.

The retreat of the whites did not stop the Indian war in Florida. On the contrary, the war became unprecedentedly bloody, but no longer had any connection with the whites.

The news came back to Drake's house and reached Lorraine's desk. Lorraine and his friends looked at the blood-stained handbook spelled with blood on the parchment paper. They really hoped that the salesmen would send back a Poisson D'Avril stuffed with malicious intentions...

Silence was broken by Lorraine: "How is the settlement of the Volunteers going?"

"The Expeditionary Force, Chamber of Commerce and the community's civilian army have been disbanded, and the Expeditionary Fleet has returned to their respective subjects. Only the Fort Moses Legion was left by Sir Tusella." Katerina looked through the documents, "North Florida needs new troops to garrison. According to his arrangement, he intends to incorporate the Fort Moses Legion into the regular."

"He wants to hand over the north to the blacks?"

"It should be a mixed man," said Caterina. "The Second Grenadier Regiment of St. Augustineburg has not been built. Considering the area of ​​North Florida, the number of troops placed in four regiments is not large."

"It sounds like Jazz actually has plans to build a city." Lorraine raised her voice curiously.

"It's a plan, but in a short time he can't make a budget. At most, he can build a military fortress with wood to boost investors' confidence." Carmen yawned boredly.

“Planting Investment?”

"North Florida will definitely be plantations. But I heard that the Jazz had found a silver mine and an iron mine from the Indian records, and I plan to let the mining company eat it all."

Lorraine thought for a while and nodded: "Let the Spanish-backed stakeholder talk, and then transfer to Drake's name three to five years later. We did too much Miami and forced the Jazz to stop the army. I could feel that the Jazz was wary of us."

“I will handle it.”

Kron beat the document in front of him: "In terms of payment for goods, the asset management company has completed the issuance of special funds for the war, and the money is not sufficient."

"Carmen asked us for comments, and considering the sentiment of other members of the association, Chuck Parker and I took the initiative to reduce our share."

"The Maritime Group only costs 1.5 million pounds for war, the Maritime Group only costs 680,000, the American branch 220,000, and the direct fleet 160,000. All the remaining funds were sent to other chambers of commerce in proportion."

"We are now the largest creditors of Miami City Hall, with a total debt of 830,000 pounds, which sounds like a good savings. But because you made generous decisions not to roll profits and did not ask the city hall to exempt taxes, our actual profit margin is not high. Carmen told me that even if we ignore the rise in the next 10 years, the total profit margin of this production will be at most 17%.

Kron was so petty that Lorraine was stunned.

He sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Kron, really, you are more like a businessman now than ever..."

The Germanic man's face suddenly turned red and he opened his mouth for a long time.

"This is an ugly war. Apart from money, I can't think of anything else worth pursuing..."

The scars that everyone avoided were still uncovered in blood...

Lorraine raised her eyebrows: "If you have money, you will actually make a lot of money. Because the surrounding threats have been eradicated, Miami's land price has increased several times. It is said that our land value around the Gulf of Mexico is already comparable to that of New Orleans, and the vitality of the town is much higher than that of New Orleans."

"As for whether this is an ugly war..." Lorraine glanced at Cron, "I suddenly had an idea."

"A thought?"

"Carmen, according to the profit budget of this business, allocated a sum to Karen to establish the Indian Labor Company."

“Eh?”

Carmen was puzzled, Cron was puzzled, and everyone present was puzzled.

The Indian war, which was initiated by Drake, slid step by step into the bloody abyss, did make their conscience uncomfortable, but they were privateers, not saints recorded in the Bible. They did nothing wrong before, and now there is no need to atone for their actions.

Why did Lorraine suddenly feel soft-hearted?

Faced with everyone's doubts, Lorraine shrugged helplessly: "Don't understand?"

Everyone nodded together.

"Carmen, how long has the Miami project been stopped?"

"Because of insufficient labor, less than 10% of the work is barely maintained..."

"This is the reason for redemption," Lorraine said with a smile. "In North America, the biggest flaw of whites is the lack of manpower. Miami's immigration is very good, but now it is only more than 10,000 people. By the end of the year, it will be about 20,000 people."

"There are 20,000 people in the city and 30,000 temporarily, and the idle labor force can be provided will not exceed 2,000 people, which means that we cannot rely on white people to complete our planning progress."

"We can respect the Indians' choice of killing each other. We don't have to be sinful. We just start and make decisions from beginning to end."

Lorraine placed her palms flat on the table.

"They have the right to squander their lives and their future, but my friends, they don't have the right to let Miami use prosperity for them, we need to correct their mistakes."

Even Carmen was dizzy by Lorraine's robber theory. She stuttered her language and tried her best to express her thoughts accurately.

"I think...I think war is the top priority for those tribes now. Even if we give high prices, they are unwilling to provide young and middle-aged people to us..."

"Of course they are unwilling to provide young and middle-aged people of their tribes, and the old, weak, sick and disabled have no value to us. However, the war in the Great Swedish land is very fierce, and they are holding only young people who are willing to fight for them."

Lorraine stood up, walked around and thought habitually, and perfected the light of her heart.

"The Indian labor company was established, with the Miskits as shareholders, recruiting the naturalized Seminoles to do business, going deep into the tribes of the Great Swedish region, and exchanging supplies for young and complete prisoners of war and slaves."

"When those prisoners of war and slaves arrive in Miami, they will immediately dismiss slaves, sign self-redemption contracts with them, and use their freedom to buy their labor. The tradition of abolitionist in Florida has lasted for more than fifty years, and we do this to cater to mainstream civilization, and no one will regard us as heresy."

"That way we can buy enough labor at a low price."

"Our salesmen saw the fierce war and saved their compatriots, which helped them re-recognize their happy life. The new laborers experienced the fierce war, and with hatred for their compatriots, they received our redemption, and they would only be grateful to us."

"By the way! We can also allow them to redeem their families by name, and the cost will be included in their self-redemption contract."

"The concept of home helps further enhance their loyalty to Miami, even if we don't tamper with the price of old and young, it's a huge deal."

"And... and... household registration!" Lorraine slapped his head, "After experiencing the siege, the Miami people cannot be unaware of the Seminoles. Accepting a large number of naturalization for a short period of time will have bad stability in the town, and the result of treating white people equally will not be too far from that of the white people."

"The Seminoles who ended their redemption period do not enjoy immigration benefits, so they can work for us with peace of mind. If you want to have a household registration, you have to purchase Miami's real estate rights based on your own abilities and savings."

"Basically this is my idea of ​​a labor company. The details need to be further pondered, but in principle, it is to clearly mark the price for prisoners of war."

"We buy labor, use labor to accelerate the construction of Miami, and use labor to attract industrial entry. Industrial production can stimulate port trade, port trade can attract immigrants, prosper towns, enhance Miami's overall value, and build a closed loop that is conducive to our healthy development."

"Poisson D'Avril, even April Fool's Day proposal is not necessarily stupid." Lorraine looked at Kron proudly, "It depends on you Kron now. Are you willing to squeeze the final value of the Seminoles?"

"I do!" Cron stood up and solemnly said, "to be more precise, he should take charge."
Chapter completed!
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