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13 Feb, 1561 – More stuff is built
1 Mar – Manado on Sulawesi is now going to be making Chinaware
We convert Melaka, and that’s big. Next target to bring under the wise umbrella of Hinduism? Johor
15 Mar – Majaphit is undergoing a civil war, rebels are breaking out all over.
1 June – We are now the world’s leader in trading incense
I am sending gifts and sending subsidies and influencing the nation and more to help our allies in their major war.
22 June - I get a big “Cantonese Perfume” event, I push it, and take more than 500 gold coins, improved relations with Ming, they get bonuses to their trade in their COT, and more
8 July – I enter into a Royal Marriage with Ceylon
Another mission of exploration is completed, and that is ongoing
1 Sept – We are now the world’s leader in the Tea Trade.
Now, just as an example, what do these world leader trades mean in real game terms?
Great question.
Here are my current Trade Leaders and what the results are:
Spices - +25% Spy Network Creation
Coffee - +5% Institution Spread
Sugar – Cost of War Exhaustion Reduction Halved
Gems - -0.5 Inflation annually
Incense - +0.5 tolerance of the true faith
Tea - -10% Adviser Cost
Chinaware - +0.5 Annual Legitimacy
Tropical Wood - -5% Construction Costs
And when we get Ivory, +2 Diplomatic Reputation
And each trade good has that. The best are some of the weaker. Trade leader for Naval Supplies? You get +20% Naval forcelimit. Wool gets you -5% cost reduction for building ships. Wine gets you -1% national unrest. You get the idea.
1 Oct –
Palu – On Sulawesi, north of our previous holdings of Palopo. Spices here in this 9 development, coastline, tropical port, making us 0.51. I order a Marketplace here.
Bangka – This island is off Sumatra, and has a strait to Palembang. 7 development, coastline, Coffee trade, making us 0.25 here, port, tropical, etc. I order a Marketplace here too.
I send colonists to the island chain just off the coast of Sumatra – Nias.
I send other colonists to Sumba
15 Oct – I am trying to take out some of Majaphit’s rebels, but it’s rough.
1 Jan, 1562 –
DIP TECH 12 – Naval Morale increase +0.40
22 Jan -Our explorer passes! I hire another and get ready when the fleet returns
1 Mar – Rebels have broken Majaphit after capturing its capital.
The new government breaks the alliance. Apparently the new government doesn’t like that we are allies.
10 April - They break off the Royal Marriage
I send a spy network to start and I revoke my guarantee. Well, I wanted this peacefully, but I’m not ashamed to fight either
11 June – I cancel my subsidies to them
I send out a mission to Circumscribe the Globe
1 Nov – Mentawai is Coffee farming!
15 Nov – Another successful conversion. Next target? Pagarnyung
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