Tianzhu!

For the Ming Dynasty, this is the general name of the South Asian subcontinent, where there are Mughals, pseudo-Zhou, and southern princely states, and naturally, Tianzhu has become the general name here.

Like the Ming Dynasty, it is also the birthplace of ancient human civilization. As early as 3000 BC, the Indus Valley was inhabited by the Dravidian Tea people, who were the first tribes to form in the area. The Dravidian tea people took advantage of the good natural conditions of the Indus Valley to produce developed agriculture and handicrafts and create a splendid civilization, but with the southward movement of the Aryans, the Dravidian tea civilization was destroyed.

It was also from that time that Tianzhu fell into the process of conquest by outsiders, and in the process of Aryan conquest, the caste system was established here, and the conquest of outsiders further consolidated this system. For thousands of years, the descendants of the heavy-skinned Dravidian tea people lived here as untouchables, working in the scorching sun and raining down on the land.

The Aryans, the Mongols, the outsiders have ruled here for thousands of years, or the religions will change, but the caste system has not changed much.

More than 20 years ago, another group of conquistadors came to this land over snow-capped mountains and rainforests, and they quickly conquered a large area of land, but this time the people from the east also introduced a new system.

Fuyi returns to summer!

Almost at the same time that Zhuxia was implementing this policy in Nanyang, under the leadership of the Zhou State Minister, the same and even more historical measures were also being implemented here, and the Buddhist monasteries that had disappeared from this land reappeared in this land, and more and more natives learned the "Chinese language" and took the initiative to abandon the old customs.

For these natives, the practical benefits made them choose to follow the new customs, and before and after the Qingming Festival, these natives who had never sacrificed to their ancestors in the past. Worship ancestors according to the rules set by the government.

Burning, burning paper money......

There is almost no difference from Zhuxia.

Now, at least to some extent, the customs of many people here are no different from those of Zhuxia.

Zhou Guo......

It may be called "Pseudo-Zhou", but for any Ming person who comes here, they can clearly feel that in "Fuyi Returns to Summer", it seems that this place is more successful than Zhuxia. After all, most of the officials of the "Pseudo-Zhou" were traitors, and they made another choice in order to maintain their rule. They issued edicts similar to the "shaving orders", forcing the people here to change their customs, of course, not without exception – the untouchables did not have to comply.

This seemingly playful edict succeeded in inducing many Brahmins to change their customs, otherwise they would be on the same list as the untouchables. New customs and habits have to be established quickly. Of course, but even so, in the pseudo-Zhou, the first-class person will always be a "summer man" with a golden complexion.

However, even the "Xia people" are divided into two types of people, one "Xia people" are the officials and soldiers who came here from Yunnan with the Wu family over the mountains and mountains and their families, and the other "Xia people" often call themselves "Ming people", they came here from the Ming Dynasty in the past ten years ago, they enjoy the privileges of "Xia people", but they do not need to serve in the military like ordinary "Xia people".

Perhaps, this is also the reason why many Ming people are willing to come here, after all, they also need to serve in Zhuxia, only here, they do not need to serve, compared to Zhuxia, to some extent, this may be a better choice.

"Rely on your parents at home and rely on your friends when you go out."

For the understanding of this sentence, these Ming people who make a living overseas can be said to have a profound experience, and when they are overseas, friends are often their closest dependence.

"Mingren huddles".

Even in the pseudo-week, I don't know when it began, this sentence has long been spread, the Ming people not only hold together, but also these Ming people who make a living here also set up their own chamber of commerce, just after the Qingming Festival, the owners and businessmen who came to the banquet at the door of the "Mingxiang Chamber of Commerce" came to the chamber of commerce again. However, compared to the past, the smiles on their faces were somewhat reluctant, and even their brows were a little solemn.

At the same time, there was also a tense atmosphere in the hall of the council.

Among the directors of these chambers of commerce, there are both famous farmers and large businessmen with a net worth of millions, without exception, they are all Ming people, almost all of them came here penniless, and then with their own efforts, they have accumulated a lot of family business.

Compared with the first few years when they first arrived in India to open up the wasteland, these people who have suffered many hardships now all seem to be very blessed, and they can't even see the wind and frost they have encountered.

But at this time, most of these people who have experienced many storms have a sad face.

Zhao Guoliang, who was sitting in the first seat, looked at everyone's expressions and spoke.

"Everyone knows the current situation, seeing that Delhi is going to fight with this side, according to the current situation, it is estimated that it will not last long, and the two sides will fight......"

"It's not like that, several Zhou people in my Zhuangzi have led the paperwork to the army on errands, I estimate that this time I will fight, and the fight will definitely be strong."

"Awesome? I don't care if it's powerful or not, you say, let's farm the land well, what's their business, it's good now, they use slaves and maids, let us hand people over......"

Zhou Deqi was talking here, and turned his head to say to a fellow next to him.

"Brother Hu, I heard that you just bought a batch of people this year, and you are very diligent in your conversation. There must be a lot of people from the Heavenly Sect among them. ”

"Ahem, Brother Zhou, it's not that you don't know, those people were bought from the Marathas in the south, and when we bought them, we didn't know where the Marathas got the goods. In fact, for us, isn't everyone the same use, it's nothing more than doing farm work, rewarding diligent work, and punishing lazy work, isn't that it? ”

Hu Lianhe said with annoyance.

"We use people like this, we have used it for decades, and now it's good, what is Aurangzeb's word, let us let people go, this is not a pipe dream, not to mention the ground, that is, when we bought those people, how much silver was spent, the big guy didn't count it in his heart, who will pay us for this silver? Will he Aurangzeb compensate us? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a chorus of echoes, and some people said that Aurangzeb should go to the people of Matala to settle accounts.

Over the past decade, a regular trade network has been established between the Matara people, who have been resisting Aurangzeb in the south, and the Zhou state, who will transport slaves plundered through war to the Zhou state, and exchange them for weapons to be used to resist Aurangzeb and plunder more slaves through war. And for the farmers of the Zhou State, they needed slaves from the south to cultivate the land for them.

But now, this slave trade has angered Aurangzeb, not only because of the slaves' beliefs, but more importantly, because the slave trade has made Aurangzeb's enemies bigger, and weapons from Zhou and Zhuxia have armed the Matala people.

"Isn't that the truth, he Aurangzeb doesn't go to trouble the people of Matala, and comes to find us, isn't this picking up soft persimmons and pinching them......"

"However, it is not necessary to say that Wu Zhou is a soft persimmon, after all, Wu Zhou is also a national soldier this time, and I estimate that Aurangzeb wants to win Wu Zhou, which is also a hanging."

"That's not it, he Aurangzeb has been defeated repeatedly, why doesn't he know how to be obedient?"

"Hey, that old boy, the scar from the beating a few years ago was just clear, and this time I forgot the pain!"

Before the words fell, someone on the other side opened his mouth to warn angrily.

"This time is different from the past, didn't he Aurangzeb say that he was going to fight a holy war? Let's enslave them, to rescue those people, if he raises millions of troops to fight over, even if Wu Zhou barely blocks them, don't forget, our farm or something, it's all outside the city, we can hide in the city, but what about the slaves and maids at home? When the time comes, what will they do? Will it be given to Aurangzeb? ”

gave him such a warning, and the people present couldn't help but show heartache one by one. And Zhou Deqi's face became even more "shabu", and suddenly became pale.

This time, Aurangzebu's soldiers were for slaves, and if he had taken all the slaves outside the city, it would not have been them who had lost them.

Therefore, just after this person's words fell, Zhao Guoliang, who was sitting in the hall, asked in a heavy tone.

"Well, if that's the case, it's going to be a bad thing."

"No, not to mention other people, even everyone here, together, there are not hundreds of thousands, but tens of thousands, so many people, how to transport them to the city? Besides, it is impossible for the city guards to let so many people into the city. ”

"Hey, I don't think it matters if we win this time or not, anyway, we're done......"

The other said angrily.

"That'...... It's not as good as this. How about the villain sending this group of people to Nanyang? Swap it out with the one over there? ”

Zhou Deqi, who was pale, said while wiping a cold sweat.

"If it were the one over there in Nanyang, he Aurangzeb would be speechless."

"Hmph, your abacus is shrewd, if it were so simple, it would be good, besides, there are 80 people in Bai'er who exchange with you, so many people, who will exchange with you? Substitutions, you can really remember. ”

Zhao Guoliang vetoed at the moment.

"But, then, what now? Could it be that we are really waiting for death one by one? ”

Zhou Deqi then said.

"Tianzhu slave is a slave, isn't Nanyang slave also a slave? What's the big deal. ”

"What's the big deal? This is called the diversion of the water to the east, and the Tianzhu slave is sent to the South Seas, isn't it the introduction of Aurangzeb to the South Seas? ”

"If he Aurangzeb wants to go to the South Seas, he must have that ability......"

"This method of leading to disaster cannot be used!"

Zhao Guoliang made a direct decision. Then he warned the rest of the people present in a serious tone.

"Don't forget, we are Ming people, we can't be traitors, for the sake of selfish interests, lead the troubles to Zhuxia, this is a traitor!."

gave Zhao Guoliang such a reprimand, everyone's faces changed slightly, and they resigned themselves to peace.

However, their faces still looked extremely ugly, and of course, in their hearts, they were secretly thinking about how to deal with this matter.

In fact, this slave trade between Tianzhu and Nanyang began several years ago. Because of some of the traditions of Tianzhu, traders could buy a large number of slaves from Tianzhu, many of whom were "sluts" who were regarded as ominous people by India. Because of their cheapness, slave traders often loaded these slaves onto ships and shipped them to the South Seas for sale. Then, the same number of indigenous slaves were purchased from the Nanshen Islands and transported back to Wu Zhou for sale, after all, compared to those dark-skinned Tianzhu natives, the Nanyang natives with similar skin color to the Ming people looked more pleasing to the eye.

However, the scale of such trade is not large, after all, the demand for slaves in the South Seas is not large, but now, in the face of the threat of Aurangzeb, some of them have started to think like this.

Seeing that everyone had their own plans, Zhao Guoliang knew that they must have their own thoughts in their hearts, so he comforted them again.

"You don't have to be impatient, now Aurangzeb is just a threat, and this matter is not without room for reciprocation."

"Leeway? What room is there? He, Aurangzeb, is not a good talker! ”

"Yes, Aurangzeb has hated Wu Zhou for a long time over the years."

"I heard that Aurangzeb has already assembled a large army on the other side of the border, maybe if we talk on this side, Aurangzeb's army over there has already come."

Big guy, you are talking word by word, and the previous unfavorable rumors immediately filled everyone's hearts at this time, and all kinds of doubts quickly took on the flavor of questioning.

"President Zhao, you always say, if Aurangzeb calls, what should we do? Could it be that those people are really allowed to be snatched away by them? ”

Seeing this situation, Zhao Guoliang also knew that if he couldn't give them an explanation, he was afraid that they wouldn't know what they would do to keep their belongings. So he immediately changed his tone, and then explained to everyone.

"I won't hide it from you, I went to see the Minister of State yesterday, what does the Minister of State mean, it is very clear, the government will definitely not let Aurangzeb rob our family property, but the current relationship is indeed very tense, and once the fight starts, the government may not be able to protect everyone's family property, especially those slaves, so the government's initial idea is whether it can find another way, such as placing those people on the island, after all, Aurangzeb's sailors are not strong......"

As soon as his words fell, a dark-skinned native ran out of the door and hurriedly reported.

"Tell the master, Captain Liang has entered the city."

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