((How many Merchants do we have? I thought about a list and i will make one if i know the number of merchants and where they are. Something else: I saw that we have 8 spots for ships left so it would be nice if me and @05060403 could make a plan for both ministers, the Admiral and the Grandmaster.))
Enriques heart exploded when he heared the words Joaquima said. He bowed his head:" Thank you for this honor. I hope we can see each other in three weeks. It is such a honor for me to see you accepting this Invitation. So can i help you in some ways ? It would be a pleasure for me to help you in each way!"
((We currently have 13 merchants, 3 of which are constant, 6 of which are provided by our colonial nations, and 4 of which we gain from our trading companies. The colonial nation ones will only be lost if they declare independence or shrink below 10 provinces, while the trading company ones will vanish if we drop below 51% control of the trade region, which happens from time to time so they should be placed in the least important trade zones. Currently we have 2 merchants collecting trade in Genoa and Venice, although the latter was my choice and could be moved. The remainder are transferring trade from Alexandria, Champagne, Ragusa, Ivory Coast, Caribbean, Panama, Sevilla, Tunis, Mexico, Brazil, and the Gulf of Aden. I just need an order of preference so I can place the merchants least likely to vanish on us in the important trade zones and make note of the rest to keep placing vanishing merchants in. I'm assuming based on your having to ask, you don't have access to the game. I can provide more information if need be, or you can ask for the assistance of someone with access to the save.
Also, at the rate this courtship is going, Joaquima is going to be an old woman before Enrique pops the question, so feel free to consider them married for the present. We can still keep up this storyline for fun, but we'll have to mark it as occurring in the past, since such large chunks of time are passing with each update. ))