Fortunately, the nobles' revolt was driven from Cornwall, bounced off Gloucestershire and then finally defeated at Wessex.
Ah, finally! First modifier from trade, and its Tobacco, too.
Finally, the Regents of Great Britain has decided that George of House Stanley should ascend to the throne; his roots to Lancasters were traced back to late 14th century!
He immediatelly passes two important edicts; Oath of Supremacy will strengthen legitimacy (at the cost of angry heretics) while Judiciary Act will help lower risk of rebellions.
He gets himself an heiress, named Anne, no doubt in memory of the deceased Queen.
The girl sure takes after her father! King George I Stanley has also decided to start the programme of colonization of deeper parts of Canada, to deny other nations access to furs and naval supplies.
Suprisingly, however, British merchants were able to take a lion share of the markets at Epekwitk, a Swedish colony and centre of trade for Vinland.
Similaringly high chances to succeed are projected for Nanjing in China and Mexico in, well, Mexico. Whilst the second one is landlocked, let's see if we cannot persuade Chinese Emperor to grant British India Company access to the Chinese markets and goods.
George I believes that inflation, whilst at 6.4%, is under control and slowly being reduced, and it is time to squeeze extra cash from the colonies.
Few weeks later, the colonial possession at Cape becomes British core, allowing us to settle in Africa if we will; a bit later, our reach will extend to the Indochina!
Speaking of the eastern lands, The British India Company has requested authorization of moving into 'Indian mainland'.
Targets are Travanacore ports from Madras to Malabar, 3 of them producing Spices, and Madurai producing Naval Supplies. King George had decided to go with the Company's plan.
After all, the peoples of South and Southeast Asia are far from Europe, backwards technologically and rich in money, whilst docile after their nationalist urges pass. What's not to like about them, really!
Meanwhile, in the Isles, construction of a weapons manufactory begins at Norfolk; it will give bonus to Land technology as well as extra income.
Aha! Ambassadors from British India Company has managed to persuade Emperor of China to let our merchants in. We will try setting just few merchants in Nanjing and Jinan, rather than obtain monopolies.
Our mercantilistic policies unfortunately do not favor adventures in foreign centres of trade.
Unfortunately Malabar is capital of Travanacore, so we decide to switch for Kongu to get our three Spice-producing provinces.
The citizens of Antwerpen are getting uppity again.... Catholics. Always stirring up trouble. Oh well, some sword and fire approach never failed us!
However, its not only the Flemish; the Indians in Madras and the people of Brunei are restless, and the current forces stationed there can't fight them effectively, prompting King George to create 2nd India Army to watch the subcontinent whilst the original IA will take care of Indochina.
Our rapid economical progress is unfortunately marred with incidents of corruption and smuggling.
The other option is too costly, both in terms of ducats and stability.
Still doesn't stop us from expanding, like here, in South Africa, blanketing the near-empty provinces around Cape with British settlements.
Thanks to these colonies, a new, highly priced, and highly prized, commodity began to be traded by the ever-competitive British merchants: Slaves.
At the end of this update, have some delicious British pie charts!
Because as King George I Stanley understands it, everyone loves some good pie!
