[Abe Sargent]

Mataram's Second Golden Age, Continued

December 8, 1636 - Kauai expands and is now a full province.

Kauai:

714 people work the sugar trade here in Kauai. This port province is the western half of the Hawaiian isles. The poeple here send 17 ducats to our treasury and 25 in trade to Kansai, in Nippon.

I order a Tax Collector placed in the province.

January 26, 1637 - I sent out colonists to Manunda.

April 12, 1637 - Manunda expands and I ship off more settlers.

June 28, 1637 - Manunda expands and more colonists set sail.

June 30, 1637 - I send China a State Gift and our relations improve to the maximum possible.

August 18, 1637 - Good Government Policies have resulted in investments in trade and infrastructure.

September 14, 1637 - Manunda expands and more colonists are shipped.

November 3, 1637 - We enter into Trade Agreements with Astrakhan, Russia, Sibir and Nubia.

Sweden declined an agreement with us.

December 2, 1637 - Manunda expands. More colonists are dispatched.

January 1, 1638 - I put a Chief Justice in Wollongong, Surabaja, and Bandung.

February 18, 1638 - Manunda expands and gets over 700 colonists.

Manunda:

The westernmost of our Australian provinces, Manunda is a quiet land of 782 shepherds. The people in this mountain village send us 12 ducats and 1 to Malacca.

I order a Tax Collector in Manunda.

September 17, 1638 - Establishment of Cantonments in Manado has increased the manpower there.

October 12, 1638 - We sign a Trade Agreement with Ethopia, Venice and Austria.

January 27, 1639 - I send colonists to Whangerai, on New Zealand.

June 3, 1639 - Crimea and Georgia enter into Trade Agreements with us.

June 11, 1639 - Our coloniztion attempt to Whangarei was a failure. Nevertheless, I send in more colonists.

July 4, 1639 - We enter into a Trade Agreement with the Changtai Khanate.

September 3, 1639 - We enter into a Royal Marriage with Astrakhan.

October 24, 1639 - Whangerai expands. I ship out some more on the morrow.

November 21, 1639 - I order Chief Justices built in Sunda, Luzon, and Samar.

January 1, 1640 - I order more Justices in Mekong Delta, Mindoro, and Kerala.

January 27, 1640 - China had The Financial Crisis event. They chose to raise taxes. Their evolt risk will be phonominal for a while.

February 10, 1640 - I decide to finish up Vanin. They have 460 colonists, up from the original 100. I send colonists to it.

March 10, 1640 - Whangarei expands and more colonists are dispatched.

July 12, 1640 - Vanin expands. I send more colonists up.

July 23, 1640 - Whangarei expands.

August 28, 1640 - Korea and Mataram enter into holy matrimony.

December 14, 1640 - Vanin expands. I send up another wave of settlers.

February 15, 1641 - I order Chief Justices in Madurai and Pondicherry.

Bohemia entered into a Trade Agreement with us while Aragon, France and Spain declines our offer.

April 1, 1641 - The government of China has fallen.

June 2, 1641 - Vanin expands, making it a full province, with all of the rights and privileges thereof, despite its location.

Vanin:

Directly above the northern reaches of China, Vanin is a small inland village of fishermen. They send 10 ducats to us and 2 to Kansai.

I order a Tax Collector sent to Vanin.

Colonists are sent to Whangarei.

October 18, 1641 - Whangarei expands and more colonists are sent.

January 1, 1642 - A Chief Justice is sent to Berhampur, Khandesh, and Hyderabad.

January 4, 1642 - New Land has been Claimed in Surabaja. The population there increases by 2500, and the manpower and tax value also increase.

February 12, 1642 - We enter into Trade Agreements with Scotland and Hessen.

Courland, Saxony and Sweden turn us down.

March 3, 1642 - Whangarei expands. I order more colonists to follow.

May 1, 1642 - The government of China has fallen again.

July 17, 1642 - Whangarei has expanded beyond 700.

Whangarei:

The northernmost of the New Zealand provinces, the people of Whangarei harvest grain and send us 14 ducats annually while shipping a ducat to Samar in trade.

I order a Tax Collector in Whangarei.


July 30, 1642 - I have found my sucessor as Regent. As such, I abdicate in favor of him.

-Anxiety

End of Chapter Eleven