There is plenty of sugar cane in India, there is plenty of sugar cane in the New World... but there is not much sugar cane in the lands under the rule of the United Provinces of the Netherlands!

William III immediately thought of an extremely serious problem!

As coachmen on the sea, the United Provincial Republic of the Netherlands, which also controls most of Europe's sugar supply, does not actually produce white sugar. They are only responsible for transporting white sugar. Not only do they not have white sugar, they don't even have brown sugar or sugar cane!

In other words, the white sugar in the Netherlands, whether it is for military or civilian use, is actually in the hands of Zhu Heji. If he gives it, the Netherlands only has it! If he doesn’t give it, the Netherlands doesn’t have it!

The reason why Zhu Heji is willing to give it now is firstly because the Netherlands is willing to pay a high price. In recent years, because the armies of various European countries have been "sweetening" the sugar, the business of exporting military white sugar has become extremely profitable.

The second reason is that he does not want to break up with the Netherlands yet. Although the Dutch East India Company has been supporting the Qing Dynasty, the Dutch East India Company also transported shiploads of gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty, and then transported silk, porcelain, and sugar.

Tea, ironware, cotton, perfume, and alcoholic beverages greatly promoted the handicraft production of the Ming Dynasty. They also provided Zhu Heji's court with sufficient war funds!

The third reason is that he did not yet have a sugar transportation line that could bypass the sea power of the Netherlands.

However, none of the above three reasons can guarantee that the Netherlands will have enough sugar to make sweet gunpowder during wartime, especially in a war with the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the "sugar-free" situation in the Netherlands, Spain, which has sugar-producing areas in the Americas, can at least guarantee the supply of brown sugar.

Although the purity of brown sugar is not as good as that of white sugar, the sweet gunpowder produced is not as good as the sweet gunpowder prepared with ordinary white sugar, and even worse than the sweet gunpowder prepared with the military white sugar produced by Daming (added with catalysts and binders).

But "with sugar" is much better than "without sugar"!

Although England did not have a colony rich in sugar cane, they could purchase Indian brown sugar through the British East India Company's merchant houses across India, so they could maintain supply during wartime.

When Suo'etu saw William III's face, he knew he had a trump card!

So he said slowly: "If... you, the Netherlands, don't want to do this business, then the Great Khan can teach the English and Spanish how to make sugar! Even the Great Khan can teach the English and Spanish how to make sugar.

The method of making white sugar is taught to the Mughals, as long as they can pay tribute to the Great Mongolian Kingdom!"

This is to engage in "sugar diffusion"!

By then, England, Spain, and even the Mughal dynasty in India would all have white sugar, but the Netherlands would still be so messy? If they didn’t have it themselves, would they hug Ming’s lap, recognize Ming’s father, and be Ming’s dog?

Thinking of this, William III finally made up his mind, nodded heavily and said: "Okay, the Republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands is a good friend of the Great Khan... and the Republic also recognizes that the Mughal Empire belongs to the Great Mongolia.

Part of it!”

His words were translated into Mongolian by Nan Huairen. Now Suo'etu finally showed a relaxed smile. He asked with a smile: "Your Highness, your East India Company has been operating in Tianzhu for many years. You should know the reality of Tianzhu."

Right? How about we discuss now, how to fight? How to divide? Should we bring England and Portugal together to fight?"

When it comes to how to carve up India, William III, the ruler of the Netherlands, also became more energetic.

India is a very rich place now!

Chinese silk, porcelain, Indian cotton, and spices were all key products that dominated the European market. Therefore, most of the silver produced in the New World flowed into China, while most of the gold in the New World flowed into India. In this era, Europeans were still playing the role of gold.

Although many silver porters were snatched up in the New World, not many were actually saved.

In original history, the conquest of India can be said to be an important turning point in European history!

After conquering India, Britain gained a huge market and source of raw materials at its own disposal, and could also formulate textile trade rules that were beneficial to itself.

This allowed the British to use administrative means to promote the transfer of India's cotton industry to the British mainland, thus accelerating the rise of the British machine textile industry and pushing India's cotton textile industry into the abyss.

Without the market and cotton provided by India, even if the British textile industry had machinery, it would not have enough market capacity to absorb production, nor would there be enough cheap raw materials. In the end, it would still be difficult to form an industrial scale.

For example, in history, Britain was unable to use its cotton cloth to crack the market of the closed Qing Dynasty from the beginning...

William III thought for a while, and then asked Suo'etu: "Mr. Special Envoy, can you tell me how many troops the Great Mongolia can now use for the expedition to India?"

His words were translated into Mongolian by Nan Huairen, and Nan Huairen himself added: "Suo Zhongtang, you have to tell the truth about this... The Dutch have been operating in Tianzhu for many years and they know it very well."

Those who know the inside story of the Mughals have their own tricks when there are many soldiers and few soldiers."

Suo'etu nodded: "To be honest, Mongolia suffered a big loss in the Central Plains. We no longer have as many soldiers and horses as before. Moreover, the newly conquered Kazakhs and the land in the river that will soon be conquered also need to leave some defenders.

...But a hundred thousand people can still come up with it!”

His words were translated into Latin by Nan Huairen.

"Are one hundred thousand people the Great Khan's own people?" William III asked.

"Of course!" Nan Huairen replied for Suo'etu.

Nan Huairen now regarded the Qing Eight Banners, Qing Mongolia and Qing Ruyong as one group.

"Add in the 100,000 people in Kazakhstan, Bukhara and Khiva in the river!" William III said, "As far as I know, those in Central Asia are more interested in attacking and plundering India than anything else!"

He paused, waiting for Nan Huairen to translate these words into Mongolian, and then continued: "In addition, the English, French, and Portuguese should also join the war to carve up India. They also have territory in the Indian subcontinent.

Stronghold, and they were all dissatisfied with the Mughal Dynasty. Of course, they were also afraid that the Mongol Khan would teach Aurangzeb the sugar-making method."

If we can share the love and water, then we are all friends!

Share the money! Is there any holiday that we can’t put aside?

Nan Huairen quickly translated all these words.

Suo'etu nodded repeatedly: "Okay! Tianzhu is quite big, enough for the big guys to share."

William III said: "In addition, there are some forces in Tianzhu and Afghanistan that can be used. As far as I know, Aurangzeb's attempt to unify Tianzhu encountered great trouble in southern Tianzhu... Mara

The resistance of the Tajik people is very tenacious! In addition, there are also some very powerful tribal alliances in Afghanistan who want to invade India."

India is really in crisis right now!

Although Aurangzeb is quite capable of fighting, his Mughal dynasty is now facing an unsolvable problem - the "master's supply chain" has long been cut off!

India's Tianfang Sect regime has always needed to purchase military slaves from Central Asia at high prices - they are called slaves, but are actually masters, and sometimes they even become powerful ministers and sultans.

However, starting from their "wise emperor" Abak, the Mughal Dynasty began to localize India, no longer relying on the supply of masters from Central Asia, but using a large number of local masters from India.

However, the local masters were not as vigorous as the masters from Central Asia, so after the wise king Abak, the military capabilities of the Indian Mughal Dynasty became weaker and weaker... and Aurangzeb reformed India's Tianfang

Christianity (actually also a Puritan movement) has been vigorous for a while, but now it has reached a point where it has lost its stamina.

However, Aurangzeb was unwilling to give up his ideal of unifying India, so he used his military power to the limit. If at this time, 200,000 "Mongols" armed to the teeth entered India from the northwest through the Khyber Pass
Chapter completed!