January 12, 1912.
In Seville, Andalusia, formerly Spain, Locos, a government employee dispatched by Portugal, walked on Philip Street.
Seville, now the capital of the provinces of Andalusia and Seville, is about 120 kilometers south of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Cadiz. It has a mild climate and superior natural geographical conditions.
Seville used to be the ancient Moorish capital and industrial, commercial and cultural center in the southwest of the Imbilia Peninsula. After regaining its lost territory, although its status has been reduced a lot, it is still a central city in the south.
Seville is a small city with a population of about 200,000. However, at this scale, it was originally the fourth largest city in Spain and the largest city in the southern region. What is even more special is that Seville also has the largest city in Spain.
The largest inland port.
In such an important place, the Castilians will certainly manage their business carefully, so they naturally occupy an advantageous position here, with a large proportion of the population.
Philip Street was the most prosperous area in Seville before. There used to be a large number of Spanish export merchants who wholesaled goods from all over the street on this street. Trade merchants who needed Spanish goods could often buy their own goods here.
Favorite goods.
Philip Street, which was once prosperous, is now deserted, with fewer people on the street.
The reason for this is actually very simple. In fact, after the Spanish-Portuguese War began, many sensitive businessmen left here.
After the signing of the Lisbon Peace Treaty, most of the shops here were marked for sale.
Now most of the Castilian merchants will not come back. Some of them have moved to the province of Madrid, and some to the other two coastal provinces of Spain, Cantabria and Murcia.
These three places are undoubtedly the most promising for businessmen.
Lokos saw a familiar face walking on the street and came up to say hello. "Hey, Conrod, how many residents have you recruited who are willing to return to Castile?"
This young man named Conrod has a delicate appearance, white clothes, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and a Castilian armband on his arm.
Conrod was a local government employee in Castile, responsible for encouraging local residents to move to Castilian territory.
The population of Castile was not large to begin with, but with the number of casualties from the defeat in the Spanish-Portuguese War, plus the losses from the ceded territory, their personnel losses have now been huge. If they can mobilize just one person to go back, they will make a profit.
It was a coincidence that Conrod met Locos, a staff member of the Portuguese government, and the reason had to be mentioned from the previous situation in Seville.
When Seville was under Portuguese military control, the local security conditions were pretty good, because people knew that the Portuguese army would not argue with you, and if you were found to have committed a crime, you would be dealt with severely.
In the early days of the occupation military rule, some oppressed Lusitalians took the opportunity to take revenge. Naturally, they were directly and decisively suppressed by the Portuguese army.
During the period of martial law, order in Seville was stable, but later after Portugal deployed government officials to manage it, the army also withdrew.
Lokos moved on. He was actually the secretary of Anchorage, the mayor of the Seville region, and came here as arranged by the government.
When Anchorage was the mayor of Faro in the Algarve, Rox was his secretary. After Anchorage was transferred to the Seville area, he was also transferred and continued to serve as secretary.
Therefore, compared to the information that Conrod has no access to, Rocks is close to the water and naturally knows more than him.
This chapter has been completed!