Chapter 158: British India
Blue sky and clear water, the blue coastline stretches to both sides of the Mekna River, and the huge impact is three. The Cape Island is lush with vegetation, a flock of birds in the sky flutter in the morning sun to feed, and a variety of small crabs and jumping fish on the shore weave back and forth in the mud after low tide.
Beautiful ecology, clear water, this is an incomparably beautiful early morning picture.
On the coast, two British soldiers were standing boredly in the harbor to blow the wind, and the towns behind were low-slung and mostly wooden houses, and there were many civilians who lived on the sea and the harbor.
It is a small port, with only a convex embankment structure of more than 100 meters long, and it is the main port built by the British at the beginning of this century.
The wide wharf extends into the centre of the river, and with the help of the Kiltankola River, this wharf is large enough to dock thousands of tons of cargo ships.
And this is also the greatest value of the existence of this wharf, there are often about seven or eight thousand tons of cargo ships docked at the wharf, and then from here to transport a large amount of cotton and agricultural products, tea, opium, salt, but also to meet the needs of millions of people around the basic living goods.
Although the British colonized this place and plundered a lot of resources all year round, it is not too much to say that the colonists are measured by vampires, but it is undeniable that the colonists also often bring very good goods.
It also regulates a lot of primitive life, such as many daily necessities, which have become indispensable commodities for all residents in the vicinity.
Relying on planting and going to sea, or seeking a job in the port, life here has changed a lot, and although life is still difficult, it is much better than it used to be.
And the people here have long been accustomed to being ruled by the British, and most of them don't like or hate the colonizers, and they don't have too high a pursuit of life, anyway, as long as they work hard, they won't starve to death.
As the most dazzling jewel in the crown of the British, the jewel of British India is naturally under the careful care of the British.
Moreover, Britain's huge population is also an important resource for Britain to rule other colonies, and cheap British Indian workers help Britain develop resources in other colonies, such as Burma now, where there are millions of cheap British Indian labor to help the British.
In Australia, British Indians were also hired by the British for a long time to develop minerals and carry out infrastructure construction.
Colonial resources are not just gold, nor are they pure wealth, but also the labor force that can create wealth.
The huge population of British India supported Britain's rich colonial strategy.
Today, British rule over British India is deeply entrenched, and there are hardly any British Indians to resist, and British India, which is content with the status quo, has become the safest place for British overseas colonies.
It's like Barisal at the moment, although it is a relatively important area of the United Kingdom in the Bay of Bengal, in fact, there are not many British people here.
With the exception of an infantry regiment formed by a few officers and British Indian soldiers, there was a small supply depot for the navy, and a few British navy lived on the shore, and the rest were basically patrolled by British Indians to maintain law and order.
There were not many security conflicts, and the towns were very peaceful with each other, but the British mainly relied on the local nobility to rule.
British India was a large country in South Asia, and the British Empire ruled British India from the early 16th century.
On the surface, British India was a large unified empire, but in reality, British India never achieved unity.
Not only did the feudal kingdoms fight each other, but even the central government was full of contradictions, and at the same time, it was constantly invaded by foreign forces.
Therefore, the national strength is very weak.
Coupled with the traditional caste system, the contradictions between all strata of society are very acute.
Under these circumstances, the British smoothly broke into British India.
After the British colonists occupied LinkedIn British India, they made full use of various contradictions in British India to let "British Indians fight British Indians" and thus reap the benefits.
To this day, the British still follow this policy, taking advantage of the social relations under the caste system of the British Indians, taking advantage of the internal contradictions between the states of the country and supporting the feudal princes and nobles of the states, so as to achieve control over the British Raj.
And the princes of the various states who served the British were naturally unable to leave the support of British India.
Just like the Bay of Bengal at this time, the British have been cultivating opium here for more than 100 years, and the wharf built by the British is actually mainly used to transport opium, and cotton and other crops can be regarded as additional income.
In the past, goods from here would be transported to Kolkata on ships, but now they are no longer needed, and cotton, salt, tobacco, and opium have become the main sources of economic resources in this region.
Bengal was also the most densely populated province in British India, with a population of 60 million, vast plains, rivers, and a large number of farmland and plantations, making it an increasingly important source of wealth for Britain.
The current capital of British India is in Calcutta, two hundred kilometers west of Barisal.
Barisal in the early morning, as always, two British soldiers with weapons, standing on the dock smoking, looking at He Mian in the early morning, chatting about messy topics.
Yesterday, a supply ship departed from this wharf to deliver thousands of tons of supplies to the Far East Fleet, which is conducting its first joint navigation exercise in the Far East Fleet in the Bay of Bengal.
Tomorrow, a large number of supplies will be delivered to the Far Eastern Fleet, and a lot of rice, noodles, vegetables, meat, and eggs will be shipped one after another from the docks that were emptied yesterday.
"Those people in the navy eat and drink well every day, and I heard that there will be a batch of red wine shipped from France today, and it will also be loaded from here."
"Red wine, that's also for those generals, those sailors, it's only suitable for eating briquettes."
The two British soldiers said in a weird way, compared with the treatment of the Royal Navy, the British Army, in terms of all conditions, is indeed a little worse.
Envy of those sailors who can eat and drink every day, these two soldiers of the British colonial army, are naturally very envious.
Here, even the noble British soldiers who were in the colonial army were not able to eat meat every day.
A large number of materials are also supplied to the British Isles, as well as the official master, and it is the turn of the grassroots level, in fact, there is not much left.
During the chat, two British soldiers saw the boats on the river in the distance almost at the same time.
"How can there be so many ships, are they in the wrong place?" One of the soldiers muttered.
"It's a little strange, could it be that we are in the wrong place, this is not the port of Hordia." The other soldier was also a little confused.