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Old 03-25-2023, 11:51 PM   #211
Abe Sargent
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The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Eight - Kenya Stated



1 Jan, 1711 – I don’t order anything, I’ll wait until next year

My fleet is fully healed, I order to protect trade in Zanzibar

Deccan and the Ottomans are at war!

1 Feb – I send two diplomats to make nice with Xibe next to us in Siberia and then Scandinavia

1 May – I lose claims on a massive 35 holdings! I spend 50 MIL to Holy War for claims as well as on Arabia vs Aden and new stuff in Egypt

10 Sept – Event – Tariffs on Wine – I do it and La Plata gets +5%

2 Jan, 1712 – I order:

Textile Manufactory for Dyes in Bonny
Mill for Tropical Wood in Gabon
Naval Equipment Manufactory for Naval Supplies in Cameroon
Trade Station for Ivory in Ngoyo after raising it from 9 to 10 dev

First round of Training Fields done, now my manpower is 267k – not that much more.

My forcelimit is 512 let’s help that:

Conscriptions Centers:

Great Karoo
Farafreh
Bahiriya
Kharga

Training Fields:

Upper Limpopo
Brakna

Fortress Upgrade:

India’s Trading Post Srikalulam

I have left 2689 for emergencies

10 Jan – Our Admiral dies, I replace him with a 2 star Admiral

28 May – A general dies too

1 June – With +80, relations maxed with Scandinavia I bring them back

23 June – I send it to make nice with La Plata

30 Sept – Event – Revolt! I can drop taxes in Mukha and it loses revolt risk but gains autonomy or ignore their suffering and then +10 revolt risk there for 5 years. I choose the latter.

1 Oct- With +80, relations are maxed with Xibe, I pull them

28 Oct – The three cores I had claims to from Somalia are done!

Fazughli is already a state in Sennar, I don’t care about Massawa and then Tana?

I state
:

Kenya – 4 of ours now – Ivory in Tana, Slaves in Turkana and Taveta, Livestock in Kuria,

I order these Missionaries:

Fazughli – 16 months
Massawa – 16 months
Tana - 40 months

I hand a Majils Seat to West Africa’s Joma - it’s just Grain, but it’s 23 dev

17 Dec – Xibe diplomat sent to make nice in Mongolia
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