Of course Bruce Van Diemen was instigating Li Jicheng to invade India!

This was a vicious plan that he and Matt Solko discussed to harm the Dashun Empire. The evil Dutch capitalists wanted to lead Dashun, a pure aristocratic peasant regime, astray!

After Matsoko met Bruce in Mrauk-U City, he realized that Dashun was different from Ming Dynasty. They were a "bandit kingdom" that didn't want to exploit the colonial people at all, but just wanted to grab quick money. Mobile phones.

If the two of them work together, since they want to rob so much, then take them to India to rob!

India is as wealthy as the Ming Dynasty. Aurangzeb's Mughal court collects 200 million rupees in taxes a year, which is almost 60 to 70 million taels of silver. He is the second richest man in the world!

Now that Ming Dynasty, the world's richest man, cannot be robbed, let's just go and rob India, the second richest country in the world.

As for the strength of the Mughal dynasty, it is not a problem in the eyes of Bruce Van Diemen and Matt Salko, because Aurangzeb is strong on land and his navy is very weak, which is equivalent to no one. So Dashun and

It is not easy for the Dutch to join forces to occupy the Mughal territory, and it is not difficult to grab it and leave.

Moreover, Aurangzeb has now taken over his "homeland" of Samarkand, and also controls part of Afghanistan. He has a place to recruit fierce Central Asian and Afghan mercenaries, so the expansion is so severe that no one will give him face.

The Dutch, English, French and Portuguese who were doing business along the coast of India were often bullied by him!

What is even more hateful is that the Mughal Dynasty has hated Dutch profiteers since Aurangzeb's father, so they deliberately supported British profiteers and did not allow Dutch businessmen to do business on Mughal territory. If it were not for the lack of available army,

The Dutch East India Company had long wanted to deal with the Mughals.

But now, the East India Company had no room for expansion in Nanyang, so it could only look for opportunities in the Indian Ocean, and it happened to catch up with the "bandit kingdom" of Dashun.

Dashun has a strong army but no navy, and the Dutch East India Company has a strong navy but no army. The two sides can complement each other. Moreover, the treasures that Dashun snatched also need someone to help sell the stolen goods. They cannot go to the big trading houses of the Ming Dynasty. They are

Rebels! So the Dutch just happened to help. Even if the East India Company was inconvenient to come forward, it could organize an Indian trading company to do this.

And robbing India can be a long-term business. India is so big, the coastline is so long, the coastal areas are so rich, and there is no powerful navy. Aurangzeb is so arrogant that he has no friends!

"Robbing and leaving?" Li Jicheng frowned. Isn't this what rogue bandits do? He is obviously the emperor's grandson and is ordered by the emperor. How can he keep doing the work of a bandit? And the more he does it, the more he goes back.

Sitting bandits turned into street bandits

"That's right," Bruce said with a smile, "we can use Chittagong as the base. We Dutch will send out ships, and you Dashun will send troops. If we grab something, we will split the accounts between our two families. You Dashun will get a little more, and you will get 60%. We, the Netherlands, will get a little less, and we will get 60%."

How about 40%?”

"Sixty-four points?" Li Jicheng pondered for a moment, "Then how much can we get?"

Bruce smiled, "That's hard to say, but according to our East India Company's investigation, the Mughal Dynasty's annual financial income is close to 200 million rupees, which is about 60 to 70 million taels of silver! And in the Bengal region close to Chittagong,

It was an important source of taxes for the Mughal Dynasty! The wealth Aurangzeb collected from there every year should be more than 10 million taels!"

"More than 10 million taels," Li Jicheng took a breath, "Isn't that the land of abundance? Hit! Just split the account between 6 and 4!"

Come on, what a great Dashun, this time they were finally led to ruin by the evil Dutch devils! Although they were called bandits by the Ming Dynasty before, their nature was still a peasant uprising! Although the backbone of the Dashun army did not have many peasants, once they

If you collude with Western colonists to rob India, the nature will immediately change!

This is the degeneration from rogue bandits to colonialist bandits!

Li Jicheng, who didn't know that he was on the wrong path, paused and asked again: "Mr. Fan, you just said that you need to send reliable people to see things. Can you tell me what should be seen? And how should the people sent out be seen?

In what name do you go to the Mughal dynasty?"

Bruce said: "Now that Dashun and the Mughals are neighboring countries, of course they should send someone to inform Aurangzeb and discuss the issue of demarcation. But the Mughal Kingdom and the Arakan Kingdom have been quarreling over the ownership of Chittagong.

Contradiction. Now that Chittagong belongs to Dashun in name, we must not say anything to the Mughal Empire?

Moreover, the Portuguese and Bengali pirates in Chittagong have been harassing Bengal under Mughal rule. If you can promise to guarantee religious freedom in Chittagong and expel the Bengali pirates there, Aurangzeb may still temporarily recognize Chittagong.

Hong Kong belongs to your country, Dashun.

And if we want to rob the Indian coast, we must first control the stronghold of Chittagong! It is not only a springboard into India, but also a fortress against Mughal counterattacks. Only by operating Chittagong well can we go to India to rob wealth.

Only by doing business can you continue to do it for a long time.”

Now Chittagong only belongs to Dashun in name, because the actual control there is the Portuguese colonists and the pirates in the Bay of Bengal. Because Portugal was too weak on the mainland and was invaded by Spain, the other colonists outside were a little out of control. Many Portuguese colonists did not

It then obeyed Lisbon's command and became an independent force.

Some Portuguese colonial groups also served the feudal countries where they were located, and this was the case with the Portuguese colonists in Chittagong. After the Arakan Kingdom was destroyed by Dashun, the Portuguese in Chittagong colluded with Bengali pirates and occupied Chittagong.

They had it for themselves. However, they also knew how powerful the Dashun Empire was, so they sent people to Mrauk U City to declare their vassal status to Li Jicheng.

And if Li Jicheng wanted to team up with the Dutch to rob India, he had to firmly hold Chittagong in his hands.

"Catch!" Li Jicheng clapped his hands, "Just like that, he sent an envoy to Tianzhu immediately. Mr. Fan, you are very capable and knowledgeable, so why not work as a consultant in our country of Dashun?"

Minister, my salary is 1,000 dan. Let’s go to Tianzhu with the envoy sent by me in a few days!”

This is a great thing that one can only hope for. Being Li Jicheng's advisor can lead him down the wrong path!

Bruce Van Diemen quickly stood up and bowed to Li Jicheng, "I am willing to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

South of Mrauk-U, Poki Island Pier.

The Dutch Provincial Assembly, which was less damaged in the Battle of the Straits of Malacca, has now been repaired. Today is the day when this new battleship, which was found to be outdated just after the battle, sets off to return to the Netherlands. It is accompanied by about ten more.

An armed merchant ship transferred from the East India Company. These merchant ships will be used to transport personnel from other Dutch warships back.

The remaining dozen or so Dutch warships repaired in Mrauk U will join the Dutch-Dashun joint fleet after complete repairs and will be used to transport Dashun's army to fight against local tycoons in India.

Tropp, the commander of the Dutch East India Fleet, will also return on the Dutch Provincial Assembly. At this moment, he has not boarded the ship and is in the fortress of Poki Island with David Jones, Bruce Van Diemen, and Matt

Solko and the other three said goodbye. The three of them have gone their separate ways. David Jones will stay in Mrauk U and be responsible for training the Netherlands-Dashun joint fleet together with a group of Dutch naval officers. Bruce Van Diemen is very happy.

Soon, Song Yaowen and Song Yaowen will go to India to meet Emperor Aurangzeb. Matsolko will return to Batavia, and then go north to Yingtianfu to discuss the future of the Dutch East India Company with the Ming Emperor.

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Tropp looked at the people who were about to go their separate ways and sighed softly: "Everyone, we have witnessed the end of an old era and the beginning of a new era. In this new era, the ocean no longer only belongs to Europe.

, we must learn to coexist on the ocean with the Eastern Celestial Empire. This is not pleasant, but it is the reality.

Only by learning to coexist with the Eastern world empire can the Republic of the Netherlands maintain its wealth and freedom for a long time! I hope we can strive for the greatest benefits for the Netherlands in the coming years!"
Chapter completed!