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Imperial Palace of China, in Long Yufei's study. Long Yufei sat behind the bookcase, playing with a golden Buddha in his hand. This golden Buddha is the former Mirza of the Mughal Empire. Jahan. A gift from Prince Shah to the Imperial Foreign Minister Wei Yuan. It's just that now this golden Buddha has fallen into the hands of Emperor Long Yufei. Foreign Minister Wei Yuan was sitting respectfully on the sofa in front of Long Yufei at this moment.

"Lord Wei, it seems that those Indians are really willing to spend money this time! He actually offered to give us 80 million Chinese dollars in military support. Since this golden Buddha is a gift from the Indians, then you can take it! Long Yufei said.

"Your Majesty, this, this is not very in line with the rules!" Wei Yuan was a little worried. The empire practiced high salaries and incorruptible pensions, and the treatment of officials and civil servants in the empire was considered to be high incomes even on a national scale. Of course, although it can't be compared to those who do big business. However, it is also very rich. At the same time, the empire has always been strict in punishing corruption incidents. This has allowed the officials of the empire to gradually control their greed.

After all, now that the empire is constantly expanding outward, there are opportunities everywhere. If you want wealth, you can simply go to the sea and do business. If you want to be an official, you have to endure poverty.

Long Yufei waved his hand, and Wei Yuan accepted the Golden Buddha at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me how we should reply to the Indians, shall we?" Long Yufei said.

"陛xià. The military expenditure of 80 million Chinese dollars is already quite a lot. If we have this money, then our financial pressure can be greatly relieved! Prime Minister Lin Zihao said. He is not a family and does not know the price of firewood and rice. When I was foreign secretary before, I didn't think so. Now that he has become the Prime Minister of the Empire, he knows what it means to spend money like water.

"陛xià. Whether we accede to the Indians' request or not depends on what kind of policy we will pursue in India in the future, whether it will be to directly annex India to the empire, as in the South Seas and Central Asia, or to impose colonial rule. If India is to be incorporated into the empire, then what should we do with the 200 million Indians, and whether we want to treat the natives of the South Seas. Kill them all? Foreign Minister Wei Yuan said.

"200 million Indian Ah San, all killed?" Long Yufei frowned. Although under his orders, quite a few people have been killed. In particular, the natives of Nanyang were almost wiped out. If he were to order the killing of all 200 million Indians, he would really be a little unable to do it. After all, that's a living person, not 200 million pigs.

"Your Majesty, if we do not consider the annexation of India within the borders of the empire. Supporting a proxy in India is undoubtedly a very good approach. Although the Mughal Empire is now in decline, they still have a great influence in India. If we can prop up the Mughal Empire, they will become the rulers of India again. That's the case. It will also facilitate the domination of India. Prime Minister Lin Zihao said.

Long Yufei fell into deep thought, India has fertile soil and rich resources. But. Indians are lazy by nature and are willing to be enslaved and oppressed by their rulers. These Indians. With such a good natural environment, but still living in poverty. In addition to the exploitation and oppression of those rulers, the main reason is that these Indians themselves are too lazy.

It can be said that those fertile lands in the hands of Indians are completely wasteful. If it is in the hands of the Empire, it may be able to feed more people. Of course, Long Yufei couldn't kill all the 200 million Indians. Once India is annexed to China, he has to consider whether those Indians will have a dispute with the common people of the empire, and he does not want to take over a mess.

Therefore, it now seems that the imposition of colonial rule on India is undoubtedly the best outcome.

"Your Majesty, Indians seem to be very rich! As soon as the Mughal royal family opened their mouths, it was actually 80 million Chinese dollars. If we ask for more, the Indians might have said yes! Chief of the General Staff, General Sun Hao, said.

Long Yufei nodded: "The wealth accumulated by the Mughal royal family over the past few hundred years must be very amazing. The British, though, gained dominion over India. However, because the Mughal royal family still has a lot of influence in India, the British have not had time to attack the Mughal royal family, and the huge wealth is still in the hands of the Mughal royal family! ”

The reason why Britain has been able to maintain its world hegemony is inseparable from India's support. Without the vast amount of wealth collected from India, the British simply did not have enough money to expand their army. It can be seen that if India is in the hands of the Chinese Empire, the empire will also be able to obtain a lot of wealth from India. At that time, the financial resources of the empire will be greatly relieved.

"Your Majesty, then we can simply ask the Mughal royal family to pay more for the military! After all, it will take a lot of money to defeat the millions of British and Anglo-Indian troops entrenched in India! Prime Minister Lin Zihao also said.

"Well, since the Prince of India wants to see me, let him come to see me tomorrow morning!" Long Yufei said.

Early the next morning, the prince of the Mughal Empire, Mirza. Jahan. Shah got up, washed up with the help of his servants, and after breakfast, waited for Wei Yuan, the foreign minister of the empire. Yesterday, Wei Yuan had already sent someone to sue him, and the Imperial Emperor Long Yufei had met with him this morning. This makes Mirza. Jahan. Shah was very excited, he thought that he was being valued by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire.

At half past eight in the morning, the Imperial Foreign Minister Lin Zihao came to the manor in the car of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and picked up Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah. For the car this iron guy, Mirza. Jahan. It was the first time the Shah had seen him, and it seemed very novel.

"Your Excellency, the industrial strength of the Chinese Empire is so strong that it can even make automobiles. I had been to the UK and other European countries a few years ago, but I had never seen a car. "Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah sighed.

"Your Royal Highness, this is the crystallization of the empire's industry, and it has only been created in recent years. After driving out the British, the empire could export automobiles to India. When the time comes, all the princes and nobles of India will be able to buy it! Wei Yuan said.

India's 200 million people, most of whom are very poor, are still a huge market. Especially those princes and nobles, all of whom are rich and oily, if they sell cars to those Indians, they will surely make a lot of profits. Of course, this was not until after the end of the war, when the empire's major automobile factories were able to shift from the production of trucks to the production of civilian cars.

The speed of the car was very fast, and Wei Yuan took Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah has arrived at the palace. Lin Zihao, Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet, and General Niu Meng, Chief of the General Staff, were already waiting in the study of the Emperor Long Yufei. Their monarchs and ministers have already discussed, and this time they have to extort a good sum of money from the Indians.

"See His Majesty the Emperor of China!" After meeting Long Yufei, Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah respectfully saluted Long Yu.

"Excuse me!" Long Yufei said.

"Your Majesty, my Emperor asked me to convey my sincere respect to you. At present, India is under the brutal rule of the British, and the vast number of Indian people are living in water and fire, so we hope that the Chinese Empire can raise troops to help India and drive out the British! "Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah said.

"The ancient civilization that led to Asia, the Chinese Empire was supposed to help India. It's just that now that the empire is fighting on various battlefields, the troops and military resources spent have almost reached the limit! Long Yufei looked embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, the Mughal Empire is willing to provide the Chinese Empire with 200 million rupees for military spending!" Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah hurriedly said.

"Twenty million rupees?" Long Yufei frowned, as if he was not very satisfied with this amount.

"Your Majesty, if 200 million lu pee is converted into Chinese dollars, it is equivalent to 80 million Chinese dollars." Prime Minister Lin Zihao said.

"Eighty million Chinese dollars, what can you do? The British had more than 1.2 million troops in India, and that number is constantly rising. If the empire wanted to send troops to India and defeat the British, it would need to invest at least 700,000 men. The amount of ammunition consumed by these 700,000 people is an astronomical amount. 80 million Chinese dollars, at most only a fraction of the amount! General Sun Hao, Chief of the General Staff, said disdainfully.

Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Your Royal Highness, if the Mughal Empire is willing to provide military spending, we don't mind helping India and driving out the British rulers!" Long Yufei said.

Mirza. Jahan. Prince Shah hesitated, he was not a fool, he knew that this was the Chinese Empire that wanted the lion to open his mouth. But if the British colonizers could be driven out and India returned to the control of the Mughal Empire, it would be worth the cost.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Mughal Empire is willing to pay for the military. However, the Mughal Empire was poor and did not know if it could afford it. "Mirza. Jahan. Shah said.

"Chief of the General Staff, how much military spending do we need if we are to destroy the British* army entrenched in India?" Long Yufei asked.

"Your Majesty, an army of 700,000 is attacking India, and to destroy millions of British troops, we need to spend at least two billion Chinese dollars!" Admiral Sun Hao didn't blink his eyes, and directly reported a number. (The novel "Dragon Rises in the South Seas" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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