Chapter 767: Piracy in the Indian Ocean is rampant
Most of the castles of the overseas colonies flying the dragon flag and the surrounding land were purchased by "Huaxia Development" and the earlier colonists, and there is a taste of a country within a country.
The area of the overseas colonies is not small, equivalent to the concession given by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to foreigners, the only difference is that "Huaxia Development" does not need to lease land, but buys land with freehold property rights.
This means that even if the regime that sold the land no longer exists, the property rights of "Huaxia Development" will always be valid, because it does not depend on the local government, but on whether "Huaxia Development" is strong enough.
"Huaxia Development" is an armed business group with state functions to carry out colonial plunder and monopoly trade to the world, and has more than 300,000 employees and commercial outlets all over the world in the past ten years.
Too many retired soldiers of the "Nanming" were not satisfied with returning to their hometowns and became employees of the "China Development", which has gradually extended to the interior of Europe, Africa and the Americas on the basis of the coastal colonies.
The fixed assets of "Huaxia Development" not only include ports, docks and warehouses, but also have more than a dozen overseas castles, each of which is garrisoned by a well-equipped army and has a large enough artillery piece.
Such a strength is no longer something that any colonial regime can shake, and even the European colonial empires have to be afraid of three points.
If the new colonial government dares not to recognize the vested interests and sovereignty of the "Chinese development" in the colonies with frequent regime changes, the new government is guaranteed to die in infancy.
The "Southern Ming" laws were enforced in the areas controlled by the "Huaxia Development", and no colonial government was able to exercise its powers here, and many overthrown former rulers or princes and nobles sought refuge here.
Many wealthy businessmen who were afraid of the impact of the war came to settle down here, and gradually the prosperity of the Han colony far exceeded the local area, which led to the inflow of a large amount of capital and talents.
"Nanming" has a heat-powered warship, as long as it does not encounter extreme weather, all-weather sailing day and night has become possible.
If the overseas castle of "Huaxia Development" is surrounded and attacked by anyone, as long as it holds on for a month or two, the rescue fleet will arrive and kill all those who dare to offend our strong men.
Compared with the strength of the overseas colonial garrisons and the local indigenous armed forces that are likely to turn their backs, there is no city or castle that cannot withstand the siege of the indigenous army for more than a year.
The rights and interests of the Han colony were violated, of course, they had to compensate for it, and the "Nanming" army would simply use this as an excuse to carry out a naked war of aggression, wipe out the provocative indigenous army, and capture the young Zhuang and send them to the "Nanming" to protect the armor for more than ten years, so as to completely eat this territory.
Huang Sheng led the Chinese army to sail from the "new Hangzhou Bay" to Huangjiawan Island for a distance of about 3,300 nautical miles, which took half a month to more than 20 days.
Zheng Yiguan, a pirate who was bored in the South Seas, is now living a prosperous life, and he boasts that he is the second in the world in the sailor.
Zheng Yiguan was always sheltered by the "Chinese Navy", because he had been taking pirates to plague the Indian Ocean, and he also lost no time in going ashore to plunder and rob the three kingdoms of Afghanistan.
With Huang Sheng's birth, India cannot become the "pearl of the crown of the Queen of the British Empire", because Britain is a key target of prevention, and restricting their development is the national policy of "Southern Ming".
British warships and merchant ships were among the targets of the "Chinese Navy" to strike with all their might, and the results were immediately achieved in the past few years. The British naval forces were often dealt with heavy blows, the losses of ships were incalculable, and their foreign trade became increasingly difficult.
Gradually, a vicious circle emerged, without sufficient force, it was impossible to provide protection for ocean trade, and without the windfall profits of sea trade, the country of course lacked funds for sustainable development, which led to the decline of national strength, the decline of force value, and finally led to the inability to carry out ocean trade, and could only take a closed door in the future.
Piracy was rampant in the Indian Ocean, too many Western merchant ships from Europe, South and North America disappeared inexplicably, and only the "Huaxia Development" merchant fleet to and from the Mughal Empire would not be attacked.
The Mughal Empire was actually a superpower established by the Mongols that encompassed the Indian subcontinent as well as Central Asia, Afghanistan and other regions, with a population of between 130 million and 180 million.
Such a large country with a large population of course unlimited business opportunities, but it is a pity that with the big pirate Zheng Yiguan haunted, several routes flowing gold and silver are full of huge risks, and in the end, of course, "Huaxia Development" has formed a monopoly.
The Mughal Empire's export was controlled by the Han Chinese, and all imports were high-priced, and the country was of course exploited and squeezed out of a lot of wealth.
The empire is losing blood, the national power is plummeting, this country with sharp religious conflicts is facing a crisis, there is constant friction between Christians and Hindus, and religious wars are on the verge of breaking out.
The rulers of the Mughal Empire were actually outsiders, a descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur, a descendant of Babur, an Indian feudal dynasty established by invading India from Uzbekistan to the south.
There used to be hundreds of small countries in this vast territory, and the unification of the powers into one country was only nominal, and the undercurrent of resistance never stopped.
The ports that did business with the "Chinese Development" were not entirely representative of the Mughal Empire, and too many federations and principalities were blatantly buying contraband, such as smoothbore guns, smoothbore cannons, armor, strong bows, and so on.
This shows that the local federation has accumulated enough weapons to launch an insurrection, and the great revolution that overthrows Shah Jahan is about to break out.
The Mughal Empire and Iran's Safavid dynasty fought for Afghanistan without a decisive victory, and the two countries never stopped attacking.
There are great difficulties, the Mughal Empire's dominance is not as good as a year, internal and external troubles have erupted in a concentrated manner, and it is inevitable that the country will fall apart.
Ten years ago, Zheng Yiguan learned that many warships of the "Huaxia Navy" would be converted to civilian use when upgrading their equipment, and he asked Guo Huaiyi to buy obsolete warships to arm himself.
After more than ten years of rapid development, the warships of Zheng Yiguan's pirate group are actually sail battleship formations, and the strength is really not something that the Xiyi national navy can compete with, so the complacent Zheng Yiguan boasts that he is the second in the world.
Zheng Yiguan's business is diversified, not only as a pirate, but also with other people's gold and silver to send mercenaries to help the kings of various sultans or principalities grab territory.
The largest deal was to intervene in the Middle East War and take a commission of 150,000 taels of gold from the Safavid dynasty in Iran.