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The main force of the Imperial Fleet commanded by Lin Haijiang originally chose to replenish fresh water and fuel in Madras, but the British, who were almost in a panic, burned their docks and harbors, and then sent a communication ship to inform them that the ports of the Chinese Imperial Fleet had a sudden fire and could not supply the Chinese Imperial Fleet.

Set yourself on fire to compensate for passers-by? The British don't have a ghost in their hearts, and they have something wrong with their nerves! The so-called Madras is the later generation of Chennai, India, Madras in the southeast of the Indian Peninsula on the Coromandel coast, Madras was originally a small fishing village, in 1639 the British East India Company established a trading post on the north bank of the Guwum River, and the following year built Fort St. George, since then the city has developed a harbor trading center with this fort as the core, but Lin Haijiang was also very surprised that the British had such courage, not to mention the fire to the Madras seaport, but also apologized to compensate himself for 20,000 gold carats!

The main forces of Britain in India are actually composed of merchants with surnames represented by various factions in the country, and basically monopolistic trade models are carried out in India, so what seems to be a whole India is actually divided into countless small pieces by the British colonizers, Lin Haijiang knows that the practice of British merchants in Madras is a typical dead friend who does not die poorly, since the British are willing to contribute, then he also learned to understand the timidity of the British!

The huge ship formation of the Chinese Empire left with a salute outside the port of Madras, and the British Indian Ocean Fleet's armored protection cruiser Reason, with a standard displacement of 4,200 tons, immediately opened the valve of the bilge and began to sink itself under the command of the captain Wengino. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the communication boat came to inform the Chinese Empire that it was only a salute, Colonel Wingino turned blue, and although he tried his best, the heavily flooded Reason finally failed to escape the doom of capsizing, and the Reason finally made a reckless choice and became a frightened bird, making a self-sinking farce!

When the news reached the British mainland, the Admiralty of the British Empire had been repeatedly planning for a long time to deal such a fatal blow to the sea power possessed by the Chinese Empire, to avenge the Reason! However, what worries the British even more is that the Chinese Empire has secretly built more than 30,000 tons of super battleships in Germany, and the full load of water is likely to be close to 40,000 tons!

This news is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for the British, the noble parliamentarians who have been hindering the naval shipbuilding program within the Parliament have finally unified, the British Empire is not only an overseas colony threatened, I am afraid that even the British Empire itself will become fat on someone else's table, for the British, who have always been predators and carnivores, all this will be an unacceptable fact for them, Germany defeated France, and the rising countries in the East actually surpassed the British Empire in naval power! With almost 100% support, Empress Victoria decided to get the blueprints of the Imperial Dome at all costs, and all of Britain's shipbuilding elite gathered in Liverpool to prove whether Germany could actually build the Reichstella-class battleships.

For the British Empire, which has always dominated the world with its navy, if the Imperial Firmament-class battleships designed by the Chinese Empire are really feasible, then the British Royal Navy seems to have lagged far behind the mainstream navy of the entire world, and even said that the Royal Navy has been squeezed out of the scope of the world's first-class navy.

Empress Victoria skillfully took advantage of the successive defeats of the Royal Navy, and sent all the aristocratic parliamentarians who had previously stopped the military to the hostile side of the monstrous public opinion, and the rapid decline of the imperial economy came from the loss and instability of the colonies, and due to the deliberate actions of all short-sighted traitors, the Royal Navy could no longer defend the interests of the merchants, and made more promises to ensure the safety of the colonies.

Using his fiasco to fight his political enemies, dragging them all off the horse and stepping on one foot, so that he can bear the charge of treason and fall into a place of no return, there is no doubt that in the political struggle, Queen Victoria is her superior move, and all those who drag their feet are solved, Queen Victoria immediately can't wait to announce the first, second and supplementary shipbuilding plans of the Royal Navy, but this plan is extremely secret and only announced among a very small number of people in the Admiralty, Queen Victoria decided to regain the honor of Great Britain, Destroy the ignorant and barbaric countries of the East who dare to challenge the authority of the British Empire repeatedly!

Lin Haijiang, who was still unaware of the turbulent political situation in Britain, continued his Indian Ocean cruise, and through the intelligence file prepared by the Ministry of Intelligence, Lin Haijiang learned that the Portuguese first occupied Colombo in 1517 and built a fortress to protect their spice trade, but unfortunately Colombo was occupied by the Dutch in 1656 and then by the British in 1796, and the British built Colombo as the so-called capital of British Ceylon!

Colombo is a very important port in the Indian Ocean, but Colombo is not a natural deep-water port, but an artificial seaport, located on the southwest coast of Ceylon Island, bordering the Indian Ocean, bounded by the Kelleri River in the north, is the gateway to Ceylon, known as the "Crossroads of the East".

But what Lin Haijiang is most concerned about is what Ceylon produces? Because Ceylon was considered by Lin Haijiang to be very suitable as an overseas province of the Chinese Empire, as a base for the troubles of India, on the last page of the intelligence file, Lin Haijiang found a special product about Ceylon, which has a long history in the Ceylon gem processing industry, as early as the beginning of the 5th century, the Chinese monk Fa Xian recorded the magnificent Sri Lankan gems in his travel notes, and the "gem city" in a basin more than 100 kilometers south of Colombo was the center of Ceylon's gem industry.

According to intelligence, gem mining shafts can be found everywhere around Gem City, the plan of the mining shaft is 10 to 12 square meters, and the depth is generally about three meters, and the miners dig up the gravel from the bottom of the well, transport it to the well face in baskets, and then take it in rattan baskets to nearby creeks or water storage pits to pan for natural gemstones. Then, after careful design and polishing by gem craftsmen, the gemstone shines brilliantly and becomes a treasure in the world.

The total value of the precious stones plundered in Ceylon every year was about 800 to 9 million gold carats, and when Lin Haijiang saw the suitability of the gem benefits that Britain obtained from Ceylon every year, he immediately asked Li Haibo, the Minister of the Admiralty, who was accompanying him, and Lin Haijiang wanted to know the strength of the marines accompanying him on this trip!

Li Haibo knew that the Führer must have made the old mistake of seeing money, because he had also read the dossier provided by the Intelligence Headquarters before, although it was all some basic narratives, but the Intelligence Headquarters had already figured out the Führer's preferences and pulse, and they deliberately showed the things that could make the Führer's heart move, Li Haibo actually admired these guys in the Intelligence Headquarters very much, and they actually touched the Führer's spleen and surname so thoroughly, otherwise it would not have been possible to be commended and rewarded in three days. Since the Imperial Intelligence Headquarters also enjoyed the military's notification reward, it can be said that the notification reward has almost become the patent of the Intelligence Headquarters.

At the port of Colombo, Lin Haijiang met with the British Governor of Ceylon. Baron Scheer, the port of Colombo is an artificial port, but at the moment, the port of Colombo cannot accommodate more than 5,000 tons of warships, so all the warships of the Chinese Empire can only be berthed outside the port to replenish fresh water and a small amount of fuel, which is also unexpected by Lin Haijiang!

For the giant ships of the Chinese Empire could not enter the port, the British Governor of Ceylon, Elied. Baron Schell was rejoicing and at the same time looking at the extremely embarrassed Deputy Commander of the Indian Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy, Ryder. Blair, Ryder. Blair looked at Governor Eliad with a normal look of respect. Baron Scheer, a spark appeared in the eyes of the two.

Governor Elied. Baron Schell finally couldn't help but look at Ryder. Lieutenant General Blair said: "My dear Mr. Lieutenant General, don't you want to say something at this moment? The Royal Navy was blocked in the harbor with flags, boilers turned off, guns lowered, and what else did you not expect? Would you like me to think about it for you? Oh! Madras's gang of shameless and damned bastards who were cursed by gambling, they actually gave Lin Haijiang's devil 20,000 damn gold carats, what should we do? Damn the Royal Navy, you're asking for the maintenance of your ships, now what are you doing? ”

Ryder. Lieutenant General Blair glanced at Governor Eliad with disdain. Baron Schell replied: "Since you are brave, the two 2,000-ton sampans in the harbor will be handed over to you for command, my brave Governor, if it weren't for a stupid family like you to stop the Imperial Royal Navy's shipbuilding program, why would there be such a scene today?" Look at the giant warships out there! Any one of them could end the entire Indian fleet. ”

Governor Elied. Baron Schell glared at Ryder fiercely. Vice Admiral Blair glanced at him, and then asked the staff next to him, "Did the communication ship bring back any news?" ”

A staff member of the Governor's Mansion on the side looked around at his colleagues, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, I saw Lin Haijiang, the head of the Chinese Empire, who came to play with his newlywed wife, and he gave me this to buy the Southern Cross as a gift for his wife!" ”

Governor Elied. Baron Schell was stunned when he heard this, looking at his staff holding a brand-new copper circle in his hand?

(To be continued)