Koyi game da tarihin Fleet Fair, wanda aka gudanar a Xalapa a karon farko a cikin 1721.
Mauricio Ramos
Tabbas, kayayyakin da meran kasuwar Fleet ke bayarwa, waɗanda aka siyar a musayar "azurfa da aka ƙididdige da gangan", dole ne su yi, galibi, tare da buƙatu iri-iri na yawan Mutanen Espanya da Creole, waɗanda suka ajiye a cikin sayen su, kodayake sun kasance masu ƙarancin inganci da tsada, tabbatar da bambancin su da matsayinsu na zamantakewar jama'a. Misali: masu yin kofi, fitilun wuta, reza, almakashi, tsefe, katunan wasa, sabulai, ruwa mai launi, safofin safa da na leda; buckles, taffetans, linens, mantillas, raga da yadudduka furanni, muslin, chambray; holán batista, madras da zanen balasor, siliki da kintinkirin satin, launukan marseilles masu launi, carranclans daga Indiya; Auduga da barguna na Jamusanci da yadin da aka saka daga Flanders, lace na Faransa, Emeties da Mamodies, sune mahimman abubuwan da suka dace da tsarin zamantakewar su, kodayake a lokuta da dama tufafin tufafi daga trousseau ya tafi ɗakin kayan wasu mestizos.
Don aikin ma'adinai mai mahimmanci, pickaxes, wedges, heits bits and bars an siya. Waɗannan kayan aikin suna da mahimmanci a cikin kwadagon ƙarfin ma'adinai, cewa a cikin "Dokoki don gwamnatin ma'adinan Pachuca da Real del Monte", wanda Don Francisco Javier Gamboa (1766) ya kafa, an kafa shi: "... Zan yi tsokaci kan cewa ka rasa kololuwa ko matsakaicin matsayin da kake, za a rage maka kudin da za ka kashe daga albashinka ... "
Don guild daban-daban, irin na masassaƙan, adzes, gouges, da kuma ganin ruwan wukake an sayi; don masu dutse: escodas, augers; domin maƙeran maƙera: baƙin ƙarfe a sanduna, da sassaka, da ƙusoshi da lallausan baƙin ƙarfe, da baƙin haushi, da guduma masu ƙera manyan abubuwa, da dutsen, da kwanoni.
An haramta nome itacen inabi a New Spain, yana da mahimmanci don samun bututu, rabin bututu da cuarterolas na ruwan inabi ja, chacalí, aloque, Jerezano da Malaga daga jiragen ruwa. Kuma don sake tabbatar da dandano na Mutanen Espanya a cikin abinci ya zama dole da dandano mafi kyau, sinadarai irin su zabibi, capers, zaitun, almond, hazelnuts, cakis Parmesan, chazina hams da tsiran alade, bututun mai da vinegar sun sayi ganga ko cuñetes. Duk waɗannan samfuran, saboda suna iya lalacewa, dole ne a siyar dasu a tashar jirgi ta Veracruz, daidai da ƙa'idodin da aka kafa don Baje kolin Xalapa.
Abubuwa daban-daban da maza da mata suka yi daga ƙetaren tekun waɗanda jiragen suka kawo, sun zama ba kawai dukiya ba sakamakon sayayyar da aka yi, amma kuma alama ce ta daraja ko sake tabbatar da asalin da ke barazanar cirewa. Amma, sama da duka, sun kasance abubuwan da suka koyar da sababbin hanyoyin bayyana ko sake bayyana abin da ya kasance a New Spain, kamar ƙananan sarakunan Midas waɗanda, waɗanda aka ɗora a bayan alfadari, suna shirye su canza alaƙar maza da mata.
Ya bambanta da cinikin da aka aiwatar tare da abubuwan jigilar kayayyaki daga jirgi waɗanda suka zo ba tare da jinkiri ba (har ma a cikin shekaru masu tsaka-tsakin), akwai wani ƙaramin sikelin, amma ya fi dacewa, tare da sauran tashoshin jiragen ruwa a yankin na Amurka fiye da jigilar su a cikin Brigantines, kibiyoyi, gilashi, frigates da urcas, sun kasance sun biya buƙatun kasuwar cikin gida, suna cika ba tare da rangwame ba game da dokar kasuwanci ta samun mafi yawan riba ko ƙaramar asara, musamman lokacin da aka sami rinjaye da talaucin da ke iya fuskantar dusar da shi.
Ta wannan hanyar, shekarun da ke yin sulhu tsakanin zuwan kowane jirgi sun cika ta ta hanyar kasuwanci wanda, ta hanyar amfani da hankali ko yarjejeniya ta bayyane, ko kuma ta hanyar fasakwauri, wanda meran kasuwar lokacin ke aiwatarwa: Ingila, Holland da Faransa ko themselvesan ƙasa kansu. Mutanen Espanya waɗanda suke tare da jiragen ruwa masu zaman kansu da lasisin da Sarkin Spain Felipe V (1735) ya bayar an yi su ne ta tashar jirgin ruwa ta Veracruz.
Lamarin koko ne wanda "Goleta de Maracaibo" ya kawo, wanda jirgin ya duri ruwa zuwa iska ta Tashar Veracruz (1762); Da zarar an adana mafi yawan kayan, sai a ajiye a gidan wani mai yin giyar inabi a wannan tashar. Bayan yanke shawara ko "ta lalace ne ta hanyar ruwan teku", sai aka karkare da cewa "bai dace da lafiyar jama'a ba" saboda ya ƙunshi "acrid, salt, acidic da sultry da yawa". Bugu da kari "tekun ya bakanta shi fiye da yadda ya kamata kuma warinsa ya kasance na laushi."
Da yake fuskantar irin wannan sanyin gwiwa da ra'ayin kimiyya, an nemi wanda ba shi da tsauri: duk da cewa gaskiya ne cewa shan koko ba shi "dacewa da lafiyar jama'a", kuma gaskiya ne cewa "cakuda shi da yawa tare da wasu koko masu kyau da ke da kyau kuma musamman idan Suna cin gajiyar abin sha da suke kira champurrado, pinole da chilate, wanda talakawan ƙasar nan suke cinyewa da yawa ", an ba da izinin siyar da su.
Tsakanin kasuwancin manyan jiragen ruwa tare da kayan masarufi masu ƙima da ƙaramar sikeli na masu kaɗaici, tare da fasakwaurin kasuwanci wanda bai daina faruwa ba, sun sake yin la'akari da Masarautar Sifen ɗin da buƙatar ba da izini, da farko, musayar doka tare da tsibiran Caribbean (1765), to, don dakatar da tsarin jiragen ruwa da kuma adalcin da aka ɗauka azaman matattarar ciniki kuma, a ƙarshe, buɗe ƙofofi ga tsarin kasuwanci na 'yanci na kyauta (1778).
Xalapa ta canza zuwa garin da ya sami hadin kai da ma'ana a karkashin tasirin bikin, kodayake ya canza mazaunanta na halaye, "al'adu da tunani, saboda baya ga hazakarsu ta al'ada, sun yi watsi da atisayensu da hukumomin da suke kula da su a baya, bayan sabbin tsarin tare da suttura, salo, halaye da kuma yanayin baƙon Bature ”. Bugu da kari, kodayake baje kolin sun ba da “kyawon birni a cikin fadadawa da zamantakewa", "makwabtansu da masu kula da harkokinsu (…) sun tsunduma kansu a cikin kwafin kwaikwayon, sun canza na'urar kuma sun fara kuma sun ci gaba da saka jarinsu a ma'aikatun gidaje, wanda yanzu sun kasance a rufe kuma sun lalace kuma mutanen ofis suna lalata ƙasarsu ta asali don yawaitar wanda ke ba su abinci ”.
A nata bangaren, "Kuri'ar da Indiyawa suka mallaka a nan sun fi yawa a shekarar bakarare" saboda karancin shuka da 'yan kalilan da suka shuka shi "a tsakiyar lokacin girbi sun yanke katakon da za su sayar da masarar don mictura (sic) da suke kira el chilatole, ana barin shi cikin zullumi na siyan bayan shekara duka don abincin su. Babu wani Ba'indiye a wannan garin, koda kuwa ta hanyar masu hannu da shuni ne; duk ba su fita daga rashin farin cikinsu ba ... "
A cikin Villa de Xalapa an sami ci gaba na cinikin mallaka wanda ya bar fewan masu gamsarwa kuma da yawa cikin wahala; Koyaya, ya kasance hanya ce mai dama ga masu muleteers, waɗancan "masu zirga-zirgar cikin teku" masu mahimmanci ga cinikin 'yanci mai zuwa.
