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The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety - The Suez Canal Begins
1 Jan, 1727 - I have 18k so I wont build anything this year either
28 Jan – I send my Japan diplomat to make nice with Austria
1 Feb – Relations maxed with Venice, diplomat pulled
13 Feb – Sent to make nice with Bohemia
1 April – I can now do the Suez Canal but I wait until I have more cash as a reserve
20 May – 31k army finished in Egypt – my maintenance is now 265.05
I am still making 489.05
4 June – All Cores done in Kilwa!
Ibo already a state with Mozambique, I cannot state the others I am out of state room due to their size
Missionaries:
Ibo – 41 months
Wayao - 43 months
Phangwa – 83 nasty
16 Aug – I grant Malacca military access
1 Oct – I replace a dead general; he’s a strong 3 stars
27 Oct - I order my 4 Kilwa armies back to the Somalia Border
1 Jan, 1728 – I order:
Great Work:
Sharqiya - I spend 20k on the Suez Canal – This does: +50% local trade power, +5% global trade power
Now this is on the border with the Turks and could be taken anytime, so it’s probably not a wise investment, but I build it
It’ll be finished in November of 1737
I keep 4472 back for emergencies
1 Feb – Relations maxed with Austria at 60 I pull my diplomat
14 Feb – Sent to make nice with England
1 Mar – Coal in Verkhoyansk! I order a Furnace here
28 April – Event – Good Weather – Canal done 90 days earlier
1 Oct – Relations maxed with Bohemia, I pull my diplomat
My 36k arrive in the Malay Peninsula
My fleet is in the Red Sea
1 Jan, 1729 – We have 10k in cash for mercs, 320k manpower. It’s time for the 2nd War Against Somalia – they have 198k so we’ll need mercs this time just like last time, this time I’ll bring in Malacca to help with the Malay Peninsula and they have a colony in the nearby Andamans that could be taken by Malacca.
I am currently making 528.21 in cash each month. I have 240k in North and 220k in South flank. Aden has 90k to really help
I hire these mercs:
Independent Army – 1.22k, 31.81 upkeep, south flanks’ Lango
Grand Company – 852 upfront and monthly in Bayuda in north
The first war was military this is economic, there are two gold mines with Fortresses in the north flank just two from me, so if I can get those, that would be huge
I’ll save the other mercs for reserves, I also have 31k in West Africa as a reserve in case they bleed over like last time.
I declare war for Somalia’s north flank minor of Beja, a Livestock providence I don’t care about
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