In Calcutta, the chiming bell rang throughout the city, people dressed in traditional Indian robes shuttled back and forth, and the British East India Company's rice-shaped flag fluttered high on the Belvedere Building, which symbolized Great Britain's absolute rule over Calcutta.

From Sattahip to Kolkata, it was only a few hours away by plane in later generations, and Ye Kai and his family stopped and walked by boat, and it took almost a month and a half to arrive.

As to why they did not go to the French colony for local governance, but came to Calcutta, it was because in 1761 the local administration was taken by the British official Robert Brown. After Clive broke through and retaliated for the destruction, he never recovered.

Even after the Peace of Paris in 1765, the British returned local governance to France, but the original important town of Indo-South with a population of tens of thousands disappeared completely!

The current local government is only a broken town with about 300 Europeans and 2 to 3,000 Tamil Rao, and it is impossible to supply Ye Kai's fleet of nine merchant ships, so even if they are branded with France, they can only choose to dock in Calcutta.

On the road to the Belvedere Tower, you can see colonial troops wrapped in red turbans and lobster soldiers wearing traditional red uniforms with the arrogance of conquerors on their faces.

As for the other Indians, even if you are a Kshatriya, you will never dare to move around here without permission!

"Hey! My brother! Zinedin! My brother, here I am! Under the brown archway, Takar, dressed in tight pants, a single-breasted top, and a crisp white shirt, called out loudly.

"Takar, my brother, I'm glad to see you again!" Ye Kaigaoxin stretched out his hand, this guy was the Indian cook who ptrained him to learn to fry steak in the Bulifa ** camp.

This Kshatriya woman and the British ** official combined with a half-breed child, because of his ability to make delicious steaks, has become the most popular person on the side of the governor of Hastings, according to the governor every time he has to eat at least one steak he makes.

"Sister Jenna has followed the Governor to deal with things, and she won't be back until later, she told me to arrange for you to stay first, and then meet you when she returns!" After the hug, Takar said with a smile.

"Then I'll trouble you, my brother! I was able to rest and rest, and it was a terrible feeling to be floating on the sea! ”

Ye Kai also smiled and followed behind Takal and walked towards the accommodation that Jenna had arranged for him.

The Belvedere Tower is made up of three white buildings not far apart, eight storeys high, and in Kolkata, which is still commonly used as low-rise bungalows, they look exceptionally majestic and neat.

In the front is the office building of the Governor's Palace, and in the back is where the families of the British in India, especially the East India Company, lived.

The back and forth along the way was basically all Europeans, and even the guards became lobster soldiers, and the red-headed Asan, who originally followed Takar, remained in the outermost area.

There are slightly dark-skinned women who can see the characteristics of Indians, without exception, they are all dressed as servants, and they all looked at Ye Kai and the others who walked behind Takar curiously, Ye Kai estimated that he was the first yellow person to enter here.

Ye Kai, who has always considered himself thick-skinned, couldn't help but touch his cheek with his hand, it's not that he hasn't been watched by so many people, but this kind of look that seems to be looking at outsiders makes him very uncomfortable, but he's still better, Huang Ruqiong can't even leave!

Finally, Takal took Ye Kai to a gray two-story western-style building.

"This is where you rest, my brother, this is your servant Bahati, you can tell him something, you can stay first, I will go and get you a good lunch first!" Takar pointed to a man kneeling in front of the building dressed as a servant.

Ye Kai noticed the kneeling man, he deliberately chose a corner to kneel, and when Takal pointed his finger at him, he also hurriedly knelt and took two steps back, it turned out that the sun had stretched his shadow very long, and he was about to touch the shadow of Takar's outstretched arm.

"Welcome, distinguished host, Bahati is honored to serve you!" After Takar turned away, Bahati, who was kneeling in the doorway, stood up, and he bent down to say to Ye.

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"Ye Shuwu! This place is Zhu? The Buddha's hometown? That's too luxurious, isn't it? He Yuer sighed as she touched the gilded doorknob.

"This is not the home of the Buddha, the Buddha is Nepalese, this is India! Of course Zhu is rich, and everyone is a big nobleman who has been inherited for thousands of years, this is a scene! ”

Ye Kai replied without a mouthful, Ye Sheng was responsible for taking care of the young students brought in at the dock, and Ye Kai brought Huang Ruqiong, Li and Wei, as well as He Yuer and Ye Ming to visit Anna.

Anna's father, Warren. Hastings was the vice-chairman of the British East India Company in the Far East, the head of the most important five members, and the viceroy of British India.

They have all arrived in Calcutta, and they must come to pay a visit to this great Buddha, of course, there is no title of Viceroy of India yet, the exact title is Governor William Fort William.

Warren. Hastings was the first Viceroy of India and the most famous Viceroy in the entire history of British India.

This is a typical old-fashioned British colonist, fierce, cruel, greedy, cunning, and full of adventure.

He came to Bengal when he was seventeen, and now at the age of fifty-two, he has been in India for thirty-five years, and is the Englishman who knows India best.

Over the years, he turned the Bengali Nawab into a slave of the British East India Company, moved the Governor's House from the Bengali Nawab court to Kolkata, and waged wars against the Marathas and Mysore, completely defeating the French and Dutch presence in India.

Can do without Warren. Hastings, the British in India, would never have had such an influence.

But at the same time Warren. Hastings had reached a crossroads in his life, and was called back to London by the East India Company the following year, followed by a decade-long trial

The Ten-Year Trial is extremely famous in British history, and it marked a change in British colonial approach.

It was also this trial that confirmed India's status as a dumping ground for British industrial products and a 'leek plantation'.

India will become the crowning jewel of the British crown only when it is fully aware that India can provide sufficient nourishment for Britain's world empire.

On the face of it, Warren. Hastings was put on trial for reasons of his personal character, a man who was rough and tough, and had many political opponents in Britain, especially with Whig bigwigs and MP Edmund Bush. Bo knocks on personal vendettas.

But actually, Warren. The biggest reason Hastings was put on trial was that he did not make enough profit for the British East India Company. Hastings put himself in the position of Governor of the Colony appointed by the Queen, so he was to defeat all competitors and conquer as many native people as possible.

But in fact he forgot that his main official position was not that of the Viceroy of India, but that of the Vice Chairman of the British East India Company, the first man in the Far East.

The East India Company, despite its special status, was still essentially a chartered company for the purpose of making staggering profits.

Over the years, he expanded the company's territory in the Indian colony, but his profits fell by more than 50 percent.

This made the top brass of the East India Company unwilling to give him any more protection, and even couldn't wait to get him back to London and replace him with someone more sober.

Ye Kai touched his chin and thought about it, Warren. Hastings' trouble is his chance, if he can help Hastings in this matter, he can gain the friendship of a British great, which will be very good for him to go to Europe!

Otherwise, he ran to Europe thousands of miles away as a yellow race, and when he was still the most powerful European, he could imagine what kind of discrimination he would be subjected to, so Ye Kai needed some prestige and aura to package himself!