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Old 03-17-2023, 12:19 PM   #206
Abe Sargent
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The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Four - Mombasa Stated


1 Jan, 1703 – I order:

Fortress Upgrades Here:

Indies:

Sambas
Kutai
Palopo
Lombok
Maguindanao

North Africa:

Tunis
Meknes

South Africa:

Sofala
Butua

2215 left

New Tech!!!

ADMIN TECH 25 – Improved Production - +2% production efficiency

7 Mar – Muhamwe converts!

9 Mar – 8 great ships are done in South Africa, I order them to assemble in Cape

Navy – We have the 3rd biggest navy after France and Ottomans

My naval maint is 86.05 and I have room for 15 more ships

I don’t order any more

1 May – New Tech!

DIP TECH 25 – The Threedeckers – I can build Threedecker upgrades and +.50 naval morale and then +10% naval maint, which is now 87.94

I order my main fleet to Mzizma where my Cape navy will arrive

20 May – I spend 3k to upgrade my navy

24 June – I order 31k from West Africa to Egypt

11 Sept – Event – Tariffs on Sugar – I agree and +5% trade with Brazil

4 Nov - Tanga and Mombasa are cored!

I state:

Mombasa – Ivory in Mombasa, Tanga,

That needed to happen

I hand a Majils Seat to Mombasa

I spend 90 DIP to promote Swahili to an accepted Cultures, that’s our last open spot, it includes Zanzibar and most nearby high things

With cores, states, and an accepted culture, I am now making:

Mombasa – 2.68
Tanga - 1.84

I order Missionaries:

Tanga – Just 9 months
Mombasa – Not bad at 27 months

1 Dec – I recall my Brazil making nice diplomat

5 Jan, 1704 - I send it to make nice with Venice

I order Fortress Upgrades:

Iskandarriyya
Inhambane
Kawar

I order Counting Houses Here:

Cloth – Jenne
Spices – Nias

That leaves me 1743 for emergencies

Our 31k army is done in Egypt, we now have an army maintenance of 230.08 I am making 308.81 monthly

25 Mar- I order my 31k from Palopo to Malacca’s Kelantan

1 April – With a 75 we max relations with Shun, I pull my diplomat

7 Aug – Tanga converts! It’s now making 2.43! Nasty!

23 Sept – Event – I lose 10 prestige rather than 50 DIP power

1 Jan, 1705 – I order my navy to the Zanzibar Strait. This year our truce with Kilwa finishes so nothing is ordered.

1 April – 1705 – Peace is done with Kilwa!

I DOW Kilwa for the Lake Malawi Ivory 7 dev province Katsekera – our 6th war
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