Chapter 648: Return

The Mughal Empire fell apart, and once a large empire with mixed religions and beliefs lost the integration of its most powerful forces, civil war was inevitable. Shar Yar was not for nothing, he got the fattest part of Delhi, as well as a large number of captured ordnance, food, and people. During the period when Chen Xie was busy with robbery, he and his accomplices were not idle, and the troops they brought were attacking everywhere and looting everywhere under the banner of collecting grain, grass, chariots and horses for their masters.

For a month, the pain brought to the city can be seen from the corpses that can occasionally be seen on the roadside that have not yet been hurriedly packed, and the cries are suppressed in the carriage out of the city, and the women of the rich and noble families, what fate awaits them, there is no way to know. In contrast, the slums are calmer, with a barbed wire fence at best, and a few roadblocks that have not been removed.

The long convoy did not finish a single walk, and continued the next day, and it took another half a day to complete the evacuation. It is impossible to count how much was snatched up. The carriages and horses in the city were basically robbed, and this is not counting the carriages and horses prepared by Sharyar.

After entering the city, Sharyar's army immediately seized the armory and granary, opened the door of the warehouse, and looked at the mountains of grain and ordnance inside, and Shar Yar was full of ambition. What kind of city-state autonomous alliance, to hell, with so many ordnance in hand, is it still polite to those people? Recruiting troops and buying horses, Shunchang rebelled. After being a grandson for so long, isn't it just for such a day? Who doesn't want to taste the things that command the world?

Chen Xie knew that this was the plan, so he left so many military quartermasters, and the job of chasing and killing Aurangzeb was not so easy to do. Wait until this thing is beaten into a dog. Let's get the troops left behind in Nashik out of action. In short, it is a requirement, India cannot be unified, Indian traitors cannot be destroyed, civil war cannot be stopped, and it is ideal to finally divide into hundreds of city-states. Let's fight, this fight. All kinds of deals are done, and the marrow of the Indian people is squeezed dry.

As soon as the so-called cannon sounds, there are 10,000 taels of gold, why do you make money if you don't fight?

There was thunder of joy on the pier of Mumbai, and the Ming merchant ships waiting here, the sails could not be seen. Battleships cruised on the surface of the sea, in groups of five, firing a cannon salute like a dragon. Although they could not go ashore to rob, they robbed something. It can be divided into two. And everyone has a share, which is the source of why Xingjun works so hard.

Why do you want the territory of Mumbai and Nashik, it is not just as simple as laying nails, but mainly to grow cotton here. At present, the demand for cotton cloth in the European market is relatively strong. History changed because of Chen Xie, the industrial revolution of the Ming Dynasty was a full hundred years earlier than that of Europe, and the huge wealth promoted the process of coastal industrialization of the Ming Dynasty, which is why Nashik was needed. Chen Xie plans to grow cotton here and weave cloth directly here. Shipped to Europe for sale.

As long as Chen Xie opens this head, he is not afraid that the rich man of the Ming Dynasty who does not want to make a fortune will come here to take risks. In fact, after the prelude to the seafaring trade opened, the entire Ming Dynasty was swept in. Inland provinces, even if they remain conservative, will find it difficult to resist this powerful inertia. Can't sail, can't do anything else? Get involved in business and industry. It is possible to obtain social status and huge wealth, which is not something that can be suppressed by traditional forces at all.

As for the labor force, is there still a shortage of people in India? What the British can do, Chen Xie doesn't think he can't do. Since Da Ming has already walked in front of the world, let's continue to walk.

As the chief officer of this army. Li Xingguo was given the post of Viceroy of India, and all the existing army was left behind to guard the place. Two years later, it was rotated and returned to Xinghai City to garrison. There is still a difference between Japanese soldiers and Ming soldiers, their service time is ten years, while the service time of Ming soldiers is eight years. The reason why he served for such a long time is that it was not easy to train qualified soldiers in this era. Of course, at present, there is a talk of retirement in the Xinghai Navy, and other armies do not have this statement.

Senior officers of the navy and army received an invitation to attend a banquet hosted by Chen Xie. Or rather, it was a celebration banquet, and the casualties of the entire Xinghai Navy in this war were eighteen people, all of whom were attacked by sneak guides during the robbery after entering the city. The ratio of robbery to effort is too small, the input is negligible, but the output is maddening. No wonder robbery is so rampant in this era, how can you make a fortune without robbing?

According to rough statistics, the total number of all the expedition personnel, including the navy, is more than 30,000, and the army can get about 150 silver yuan per person for the hardship fee, and the navy is about the same number. For a soldier, one vote is more than a year's income, and for an officer, it is not as simple as a year's income.

In such a land, they will be the masters in the future, and they will be able to make a fortune here for at least three years. As for how to get rich, it depends on the ability of the individual, and there are means to get rich in this realm. Moreover, every officer has a preferential policy to subscribe for a certain number of shares of the Xinghai India Group. This Xinghai India Group is naturally something that Chen Xie has made up, and India's land is fertile, and it would be too wasteful not to use it. In the future, we will not only grow cotton here, but also set up a factory. With cotton and factories, it is natural to want cotton cloth, and with cotton cloth, there must be a dock to transport it out. The scope of this so-called Xinghai India Group is so wide that it is not comparable to ordinary enterprises. Let's take the wharf as an example, after the wharf and dock are built, and the ships outside come in, do you dare not pay? How can there be such a good thing, the dock gives you to use for nothing. The goods go ashore and go to sea, do you dare not pay taxes? Ask the naval guns on the sea and the fortress guns on the hills if they agree. After paying all kinds of fees, it is a huge amount of money every year.

All in all, I don't plan to leave, and I search slowly for a long time, which is called a long stream.

The jewel in the crown of the Empress of the British Empire is now the Ming Dynasty. This is the benefit of starting the industrial revolution a hundred years in advance, in fact, at this time, countless eyes are fixed on this place.

Naturally, the banquet was held in the original city lord's mansion, and on the lawn of the compound, Indian women with wonderful figures could be seen everywhere. They were all palace maids snatched from the palace, and they were the main service personnel for the night. The officers came one after another, and the level of this banquet was not very demanding, and the captain and above could participate. Two hundred people came and had a barbecue buffet. After entering the courtyard, the officers were stopped, regardless of rank, and entered another courtyard one after another, in order, and came out only to receive them, followed by an Indian woman with a veil over her face. The generous grandfather gave a female companion to every officer, Chinese or Japanese, and the treatment on this issue was the same. This woman is not a concubine, but a maid. In the future, these officers will stay in India to live, even if they are temporarily living in prefabricated houses, and there are private rooms to live in. As for what feelings are not emotional, it is a joke, and their words can decide the life and death of this woman.

Inhumane? Hehe, have you ever seen a wayward colonist?

The banquet was a great success, and it was already late at night when the officers returned with their respective female companions.

Except for the troops on combat readiness, all other units will have a three-day holiday, so everyone can have a good time. During this period, there are actually a lot of things to do, but Chen Xie doesn't have to worry about it, the team he brought will do things properly. That's what businessmen do, isn't that? If anyone does anything inside, it will not be a personal problem after being discovered, and it will definitely harm the family. It's not like this hasn't happened before, but every time it's discovered, it's the most severe punishment, and this kind of thing is gradually decreasing.

After three days of rest, the merchant ships were still in an endless stream, the fleet had anchored Yang Fan, and the journey back to Xinghai City began. A detachment consisting of ten 3rd class battleships, 5 4th class battleships, and ten clippers remained as an Indian detachment and was stationed in the port of Mumbai. There were as many as 50 ships returning to the sea, of which 30 were merchant ships, and that's not all, there were many more merchant ships that were still in Mumbai, waiting for the next cargo.

There are so many things that can be grabbed, and even if you can't grab them, you can still trade them. Not just with the Indians, but also with the Europeans. It is foreseeable that within three years, Mumbai will become a big city, and Nashik will also become a much larger city than it is now.

When he returned, Chen Xie, who was standing on the flagship after Ceylon supplies, looked at this island country and felt very unhappy. This place is still very important, but at present, Chen Xie's strength is so much, he can only be a cheap Portuguese. No matter how much land is occupied, it will not be possible to govern it. You can only look at it step by step, who knows in the future? Maybe his descendants will find an excuse and knock it down here.

Back in Xinghai City, amid the cheers, Chen Xie saw Su Haochen standing on the pier. As Chen Xie's most trusted general, Su Haochen came to Xinghai City and will take up the post of prime minister of Nanyang, overseeing the important military and political affairs in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, and his power is not ordinary. In this place in Nanyang, he is one person below ten thousand people. As for that place in Japan, the imperial court just sent a seven-rank official to the past, and just safeguard the interests of the concession.

In this regard, Chen Xie is happy to see that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are willing to go out and have a sense of expansion outward, which is a good thing. Not only the Japanese concession, but also the Ryukyu Island, Chen Xie also asked the emperor to send someone over to be the emperor. (To be continued......)