Hello there, I welcome you to my domain in
the beautiful land France! This is a very good year, the year 1631
where I receive news from my explorer Samuel de Champlain
who will make me rich and famous while make him happy but I’ll
be rich! He gives me these wonderful or dreadful letters on how
he either succeeded or had failed ( or maybe he’s hiding it from
me?) in making money and creating colonies for France!
The first letter… The founding of Port Royal!
Founded in 1605, Business was OK but then he gave news that
business has failed and Port Royal was abandoned in 1607!
Arrgh! How could business fail just like that! He didn’t include
that in his letter. After that incident I lost hope in Samuel de
Champlain but after that the second letter came…
Quebec was founded and my hope was
renewed for a while. My trust in Champlain was tested and I wait
in anticipation for the money to pour into my treasury. Later he
informed me that the fur trade (???) was very good moneymaking
and the monopoly was founded and sealed in blood. I predict that
this fur trade has a beneficial potential and I like it! Quebec will
be a great and impregnable fortress and moneymaking post!
Fur! Fur! Fur! I love fur! Fur is so soft and yet
full of gold! ( Lots of money is being made) The fur trade can be
by far the best source of money! Since men in Europe wants to
look as manly (or handsome if they please…) by beaver fur hats,
this high demand for manliness (or handsome refining) is a
guaranteed to last a long time and makes me a lot of money!
In order to keep the citizens and the church
happy I have agreed to support the sending of Christian
missionaries to attempt to convert the savages or natives to the
way of the catholic church! But there is a huge disadvantage to
this strategy since it will of course encounter some opposition and
persecution since these barbarians like to stick to their darkened
ways. Plus it can insult them and that can be incentive to not
trade furs! But in spite of these problems we must face we must
accomplish our job to preach to the ends of the earth despite the
challenges!
