"Crazy! The Seris are crazy! ”

In Fort William, the commander of the Calcutta garrison of the British East India Company stomped his feet and cursed, listening to the sound of artillery, the Seris had brought at least ten thirty-pound cannons with a power of more than thirty-six pounds of naval guns, although the opponent's Fubo army was not good at attacking fortifications, and the number did not exceed three thousand, and there was no absolute advantage over the two thousand Indian princely soldiers under his control, but no amount of troops could withstand the artillery bombardment.

The Seris were really determined to take Kolkata, and with the Chittagong they had previously obtained, their ambition to monopolize Bengal was obvious.

This commander was a subordinate of Morton, the commander of the Indian Army of the British East India Company, and was taught by Morton and was familiar with the Serisians. In the eyes of the British East India Company, the expansion of Seris was divided into two layers, one was dependent on the merchants and immigrants running across the South Seas, and where they took root, Seris would set his sights. The other layer is to avoid the colonies that the Europeans have already claimed, and to the south and east to occupy the empty territories that the Europeans have not yet had time to touch.

This is no longer the case, neither Chittagong nor Kolkata has a large number of Seris immigrants like Luzon, Pauni, or even Malacca, Aceh and Batavia, where Seris merchants are based in Salian, Burma. But under the pretext that these merchants were being violated, Ceris brazenly launched a war.

The Seris have changed sex...... The commander can only change his own concept and face up to the fact that the other side's ideas and methods of embezzling interests have become close to Europa.

The blue-clad Fubo army was surging in, and the Tubang soldiers who had been bombarded by artillery were scattered, and only hundreds of British officers and soldiers still stubbornly relied on the main building of Fort William to resist, but the commander understood that once the other side pulled the cannons over, no amount of heroic resistance would be of no avail.

"Those bastards sent by the East India Company Continental are the real lunatics! I had to listen to Morton's words before, why did I end up where I am now! ”

The commander frustrated and ordered his subordinates to prepare a white flag, and he had to surrender, which was not a shame, and it was only those who provoked the incident and taught the truth to be responsible for the defeat.

The merchants of Seris used Chittagong as a base to dump goods in Bengal, and the fools of the East India Company thought that they were smuggling in disregard of the trade privileges they had obtained from the Maharaja of Bengal, and they had captured hundreds of Chinese merchants back to Calcutta, and half of them were killed, and now the company had to pay the price of losing Calcutta, and indeed the entire princely state of Bengal.

The white flag of Fort William was flying, and the white flag of Madras was also rising, although the British East India Company had gathered tens of thousands of princely soldiers in Madras, not even Fort St. David's, and piled up hundreds of cannons, and the commander of the garrison was Morton, who was familiar with Seris, but in the face of the nearly 1,000 guns of Seris's fleet, these forces could not even be courageous.

"You can't get Madras, there are no Chinese here, the Indians are used to our rule, only we Britons know how to govern here. We need to look to the future rationally and sign a cooperation treaty on colonizing India, which will be beneficial to both of us. ”

Morton is still trying his best to protect the interests of the British East India Company, and the British East India Company's envoy Popper is also trying his best to mediate.

Hu Hanshan shrugged his shoulders and said: "I am a soldier, and my previous mission was to defeat you, and now my task is to supervise you to leave Madras without leaving any stone in accordance with the surrender agreement." As for what you said, the decision is in the hands of the civil official of our general office, and he should be in the ...... by now Pondicherry. Popper's face changed suddenly: "You're going to give this place to the French!?" ”

The East India Companies of Britain and France both saw India as the heart of Asia, and they were constantly competing with each other. According to the history of Li Xian's previous life, the uninterrupted and sporadic conflicts between the two sides developed into large-scale wars more than a decade later. In the First Carnatic War, the French took advantage of their superior naval power in the Indian Ocean to inflict heavy losses on Britain and capture Madras. However, in the Second Carnatic War, the Britons changed their tactics and relied on the power of the Indian princely states to regain their ground. Then in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the British general Cleve defeated 70,000 with 3,000, and the French power in India suffered a fatal blow, and finally through the Third Carnatic War, the British completely drove the French out of India.

At this time, in 1733, Clevau was only an eight-year-old boy, and Yinghua completely erased the original historical trajectory with a naval power far beyond that of other countries, such as Mount Tai.

The French benefited from this, and in the Viceroy's palace in Puducherry, a young counsellor of the Anglo-Chinese Consulate was busy with the Governor's Secretary on a map of India.

The French generously said: "How about a line of 20 degrees north latitude?" ”

As early as 1,600 years ago, the Ptolemaic Map began to demarcate the world by latitude and longitude, and now latitude and longitude lines are a necessary way to mark the map. At present, the measurement of latitude is very accurate, only longitude still has big problems, such as the beginning and end points of longitude are not determined, and there is no concept of date change line, but it is enough to map the frontier.

The Seris frowned and said, "You guys are too greedy, 16 degrees at most." ”

The French cried out: "The richest places in India are in the north, and it has little to do with size." ”

The Seris shrugged and said, "What's the matter with you in the north?" Do you have a stronghold in the north? The northern part of India is still the border of our Seris. ”

The senior officials of the Anglo-Chinese Consulate and the Governor staggered and laughed, but the counsellor and the secretary were in a red face.

It was still unrealistic for the British and Chinese to monopolize India at this time, and if they wanted to drive out the British, they had to cooperate with the French. Therefore, how to carve up India has become a key issue in cooperation between the two sides.

The counselor and the secretary argued for a while, and they both touched each other's bottom line, which is easy to do, on average, 18 degrees......

On September 27, 1733, the Anglo-Chinese and French concluded the Treaty of India in Pondicherry, which was renewed in Tokyo and Paris a year later. The two countries joined hands to carve up India, bounded by 18 degrees north latitude, with the British Chinese in the north and France in the south. In addition to the existing bases of other countries with which the two sides have alliances, such as Portugal, the colonial bases of other countries will be listed as targets for the two countries to be eliminated.

Obviously, the treaty was directed against the British, followed by the Netherlands, who still had a presence in India.

"Mr. Walpole, you are provoking a world war! Why don't we face up to the influence of Syris's influence in Asia, resolve our dispute with Syris, and send a fleet directly to Asia? ”

In the House of Commons in London, Sir Lawrence, the representative of the royal family, angrily accused Walpole at a special hearing on the affairs of Seris, who rolled his eyes rather innocently, he didn't want war, but he ...... to Seris Is it that serious?

"Britain has never faced Seris squarely, and for many years it has not established diplomatic relations with Ceris and signed a contract to determine the interests of both parties, and now Britain will pay the price!"

Since returning home, Lawrence has been advocating peace with Seris, and even the two sides working together to share the world. He believes that the rise of Cyris is indeed a threat to Britain, but it is impossible for Ceris to stop the process of Britain from winning the hegemony of Europe, and it is impossible for Britain to prevent Cyris's domination of the East, and the world will go to the east and west.

Obviously, his proposition hurts the self-esteem of the Britons who "even if Lao Tzu is not now, but he will definitely be the first in the world in the future", Britain is a lonely lord of destiny, how can it be an equal partner, let alone share the world with others. And Seris ...... The ancient country of the East, which has just cut off its braids for less than twenty years, will be an ally of the Britons? On the contrary, because of Lawrence's testimony of Seris's intelligence, including national and military strength, the House of Commons unanimously demanded that Walpole strengthen his power in Asia and curb the encroachment of the "Oriental bandits" on Britain's trade status.

Although the members of the House of Commons are diverse, they all have Britain's trade interests behind them. Britain was able to rise to become a seafaring and trading power after the Netherlands because of two main advantages. The first is to rely on the rising light industry system, as well as the cheap raw materials and vast markets obtained in the colonies of India and North America, which can export a large number of goods to the outside world and thus make a profit.

The second point is to firmly implement the principle of a trade transit hub. Walpole's policy is a perfect example of this principle: if goods are not sold in Britain, they can still be stored in warehouses in British ports and exempt from customs duties. This policy greatly encouraged merchant shipowners to enter Britain's maritime trade system and serve Britain's needs.

The rise of Cyris first eroded Britain's home market with cheap goods, and now it has encroached on India, a strategic place for raw materials and markets, according to the latest news, they even entered the Americas, and joined hands with Spain, which may threaten the North American colonial market, Britain's two strategic foundations, are suffering from the impact of Cyris, take a long-term view, Cyris is Britain's enemy of life and death!

Walpole was still hesitating, but the dozens of letters he received made him change his mind.

Japan, South Korea, Siam, Burma, Lanna, Vientiane, Cambodia, and dozens of other Asian countries even sent letters of declaration of war through the Seris embassy.

This is not Seris declaring war on Britain, it is half of Asia declaring war on Britain......

Looking at the declaration of war that most of the country's names are extremely unfamiliar, Walpole finally has an intuitive and sober understanding of Seris's position in Asia. If these letters had fallen on the table in the Chamber of Commons before Jenkins's ears, perhaps Walpole would have persuaded the Cabinet and the King to readjust Britain's policy towards Seris, but it was already difficult to ride a tiger.

Since you can't get off the tiger, let's fight hard.

Restless, Walpole changed his languid attitude towards Spain, and in October 1733 sent two detachments to Asia. If combined with the Anson Advance Fleet, the three fleets would have a force of four second-class battleships, eight third-class battleships, and ten large cruisers. Even against the entire main fleet of the Serisians, Walpole believed that such strength would be enough to achieve victory.

"If Britain must face a world war to preserve its future, then we Britons will not be afraid!"

Walpole, who seems to have turned around, cries for war, but at the same time he sends emissaries to France and Austria to convey peace and friendship, promising that the war with Seris will be limited to Asia and will not spread to Europe, and that his backyard will not catch fire.

"Let's fight ours first, see what happens to the Britannica and the Seris, and wait to take advantage."

King Louis XV of France and Prime Minister Fleury decided that the so-called "let's fight ours" was that in Europe, France fought the Polish Succession War with national strength, and in India, France joined hands with the forces of the East India Company to join forces with Seris, each of which had nothing to do with it.

Spain breathed a sigh of relief, waiting to see the outcome of the battle between Britain and Seris, who had been a lonely victim but were now spectators from the sidelines.

Russia, far to the north, has more complicated expectations, whether it is Britain or Seris, they are the great enemies of Russia, and Queen Anna unleashed an indiscriminate curse: "It's better that they fight for a hundred years and never die!" ”

Who will emerge victorious?

At the end of 1733, the rest of Europe was eagerly awaiting, and somewhere in the countryside of Manchester, England, the steam engine that had been used to pump water made a piercing roar, pushing a huge flywheel and causing the audience to applaud.

"The rifled cannon has been successfully tested, and with the addition of the steam engine, we have caught up with Seris! I believe that we in Britain have countless great scientists, and we have the precious knowledge accumulated by the sages of the ages, and our pace is getting faster and faster, and the Seris will always be left behind us! The crown of science is still European, it is still our Britannica! The Seris can no longer rely on chance and trickery to snatch the scepter of truth from us! ”

Charfi, a member of the Royal Society, issued a declaration in Manchester that "Seris is once again behind Europe and will always be behind Britain".