The Historical Hegemon Series
Volume 16 - Mzab
Chapter Two Hundred and Twelve - Buying Limchow
1 Jan, 1764 – Our influence nation ends for Bohemia I send a diplomat for another
I don’t order anything else
I keep my cash free for the Trading Post in Southern China
1 March – We embrace Industrialization we get +15% Tax and +25% manpower
10 Mar – Deccan no longer considers us a rival
1 April – I cannot rival them either, I choose to rival France
1 May – Our ruler gains the Navigator trait
14 large ships done, I order to Kilwa and our main fleet there too
15 June – Navy formed, I order Protect Trade in Zanzibar and another 14 Large ships built here
My naval Maint is 148.11
I have 233k Manpower I spend 31k to build another 31k army in West Africa
I have a land maint of 372.44
1 Aug – New Tech!!!
MIL TECH 29 – Defense in Depth – We get better Artillery, I order upgrades
This is the best
1 Sept – I can get a Trading Post in Southern China from Wu
What do I want? I’d like a Sugar, but it’s too high dev at 30, called Leichow.
I also cannot do 22 dev Chinaware to it’s east.
The best I can do is Limchow – on the border with Malacca for 22k
Limchow - 9 dev, Jungle, Tropical, on the Gulf of Tonkin, Incense, Trade Station and Grand Shipyard I destroy for a Fortress, Cantonese culture and Mahayana faith, makes us 1.12 monthly
I pull my making nice diplomat from Wu
8 Nov – I send it to make nice with Cologne
1 Dec – Relations maxed with Saxony and Muscovy, dips recalled
15 Dec – Saxony dip sent to make nice with Sale
30 Dec – Muscovy dip sent to make nice with Tetuoan
1 Jan, 1765 – I don’t order anything to give my cash time to recover from the Trading Post in Limchow
9 Feb – Event – Dips Exposed – I lose 25 prestige
14 Aug – 30k of 31k done in West Africa, my military maint is now 391.61
1 Dec – Espionage Idea #5 – Vetting – We get +33% Foreign Spy Detection and -0.20 Corruption