There is no need to worry about the soldiers of Chen Han's army being singled out.
Because they are all noble Kshatriyas!
Nobility! Proper nobility.
In Brahmanism, if a girl from his family marries a higher-level noble, his family will also receive considerable glory and promotion.
Therefore, these bachelor soldiers in Chen Han's army became the golden turtles in the eyes of many indigenous Indian businessmen or small landowners.
Their status in Hinduism is far lower than that of the Kshatriyas.
If they are Kshatriya nobles born locally, they basically don't bother to consider these low-caste families when marrying.
But now it's different.
A large number of Chen and Han army soldiers wanted to marry wives, and a large number of Indian natives wanted to marry their daughters to high-caste nobles.
It can be said that the two parties hit it off immediately.
One after another, Indian brides brought with them a large number of generous dowries and married one after another Chen and Han soldiers.
In less than two months, the soldiers of Chen and Han's army who were still homeless all lived a happy life with status, wives and money to spend.
The local Brahmin nobles also spared no effort in publicity. They have the "Sanhe Great God" army from the east, and it is only a matter of time before they wipe out those hateful Tianfang believers!
The Indian natives had an army of three-he gods, Chen Youliang became the king of three-he, and the Han soldiers lived a life of "status, wife, and money".
They all have a bright future!
On the other side, the Delhi Sultanate cannot sit still!
Delhi City, the magnificent Sultan's Palace.
Sultan Firuz Shah looked at the battle situation reported on the table, his frown never relaxing.
He himself finally spent a huge amount of people's power and wealth and barely suppressed the Brahmin rebellion in the country.
But just after sitting down for two days, another intruder appeared from the east.
This intruder was none other than Chen Youliang, a former ally of the Delhi Sultanate.
However, at this time, the two parties were no longer allies, but enemies who had betrayed their alliance. Firuz Shah had been severely punished by the Ming army, so he naturally knew that the defeated general of the Ming army was definitely not a simple person.
After all, Firuz Shah knew that Chen Youliang had not only fought with the Ming army for several years.
And he was able to escape unscathed at the last moment and took away tens of thousands of troops, which shows that this person is very capable.
Today's Delhi Sultanate is in internal and external troubles and has no spare manpower and material resources to organize an army to defeat Chen Youliang.
What's more, even if an army is organized, it may not be the opponent of Chen Youliang's Han army.
There were more than 10,000 Gracchi knights in the Nazar area, but they were still beaten to pieces.
Therefore, Firuz Shah immediately wanted to send someone to renew peace talks with Chen Youliang.
Anyway, for the land of India, the Delhi Sultanate and Chen Han are both outsiders.
Even if the Nazar area is given to Chen Youliang, it is completely acceptable.
Two conquerors, one from the east and one from the west, joined hands to oppress and exploit the local Brahmans. Why not?
But not long after, a shocking news came from the Nazar area, which made Firuz Shah feel like he was struck by lightning.
"What!? Chen Youliang actually converted to Brahmanism?!" Firuzsha naturally knew what this news meant.
Although the local aborigines in Tianzhu have become obedient people, there is one thing that is very difficult for them to change.
That is their religious belief.
For hundreds of years, the conquerors of Central Asia and Persia hardly converted many Brahmans to Christianity no matter what methods they used.
It doesn't matter whether these native Asans are pious or stupid.
Anyway, they are like stones in a latrine, they are smelly and hard.
This has led to several generations of communist rulers following
The local Brahmans were full of contradictions.
The local Indian Asan obviously has a population of tens of millions and huge wealth, but the Deli Sultanate can only collect some wealth, and the population cannot make full and effective use of it.
Even many times, these huge populations would plunge the Delhi Sultanate into endless troubles due to frequent unrest.
Now Chen Youliang, as a foreign invader, actually chose to convert to Brahmanism in a very short period of time.
This is equivalent to clearing away all obstacles for him to rule the people of Tianzhu.
A population of tens of millions and huge wealth will provide Chen Youliang with endless national power.
"Your Majesty, it's not that Chen Youliang converted to Brahmanism, but that Chen Youliang originally had his own religion. It seems to be called Maitreya Religion, and it actually comes from the same lineage as the Brahmanism of the Tianzhu people!"
The person who brought the news was Vizier Mahad of the Delhi Sultanate.
Vizier means prime minister.
As the prime minister of the Delhi Sultanate, Mahad not only helped Firouz Shah with internal affairs, but also held the position of religious elder.
It has always been one of the responsibilities of the successive prime ministers of the Delhi Sultanate to promote the state religion of the Delhi Sultanate in the Tianzhu area and assimilate the local Tianzhu people.
However, after hundreds of years of optimization, the effect is not very significant.
On the contrary, Chen Youliang, who was new to Tianzhu, got into trouble with the local Brahmins as soon as he arrived in Tianzhu.
"People in the East are all demons! The gods they respect are actually these *** false gods!"
Sultan Firuz Shah cast the most vicious curse.
He originally wanted to win over Chen Youliang as his ally, but now he has become a life-and-death enemy.
With the help of Chen Youliang, a powerful army, the Brahmans in the Nazar area will definitely make a bigger splash.
The civil strife that the Delhi Sultan had just put down would definitely break out again.
"Your Majesty, we must now quickly find ways to strengthen our army to fight against the rebels in the Nazar area!" said Mahad, the Prime Minister of the Delhi Sultanate.
"Building an army? That will require a lot of gold and silver!"
At the mention of money, the Sultan immediately frowned.
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The Delhi Sultanate purchased a large amount of weapons and supplies from the Ming army and Ming merchants in Bangladesh.
All these weapons and supplies consumed almost all the gold and silver treasures of the Delhi Sultanate.
Even in order to purchase more weapons, the Delhi Sultanate sold tens of thousands of Tianzhu women to Ming merchants.
Now the Delhi Sultanate has exhausted its national strength and has no extra financial resources to expand its army.
"Businessmen of the Ming Dynasty once offered us to lease land. As long as we agree to lease the land for farming, the East India Company of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to sell us more weapons and even help us train the army, just like the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Being brave and good at fighting, if we have our own powerful army, not only will we not have to fear the hateful Brahman pagans like Chen Youliang, but we will also no longer have to spend expensive money to hire mercenaries from the river."
Mahad, the Prime Minister of the Delhi Sultanate said.
After hearing this suggestion, Delhi Sultan Firouz Shah immediately fell into thinking.
The East India Company of the Ming Dynasty established many business houses in Bengal, and its development momentum was very rapid.
At the beginning, the main areas involved were the trafficking of Tianzhu people, spices, grains, various dyes and medicinal materials.
Later, merchants from the Ming East India Company discovered that the land in Tianzhu was very suitable for growing new types of cotton.
This new type of cotton is a high-tech seed provided by Zhu Han. It is disease-resistant and insect-resistant and easy to manage. It is most suitable for growth in the dry and hot dry season of the Indian continent.
Moreover, the local indigenous human resources in India are huge, which is extremely conducive to picking cotton quickly.
The most important thing is that the labor cost for local commoners and untouchables in India is very cheap. They have two meals of multi-grain rice and dada a day.
The same curry can keep a strong farmer working in the cotton fields all day.
Therefore, the merchants of the East India Company proposed to the Delhi Sultanate to lease land to grow cotton.
However, the Sultan of Delhi, Firuz Shah, loved and hated the Ming Dynasty, and was very afraid of Ming merchants entering the depths of his territory.
Naturally, they rejected the Ming merchants’ proposal to lease land.
Now the arrival of Chen Youliang has caused the Delhi Sultanate to encounter an unprecedented crisis.
The Delhi Sultanate must give up something that it has insisted on for a long time in exchange for the strength of its military power.
Otherwise, when tens of millions of Brahmans gradually organize themselves, it will be a disaster for the Delhi Sultanate.
"Well, it's up to you to discuss this matter with the East India Company of the Ming Dynasty. We can rent the land to the Ming Dynasty merchants and reduce their taxes, but they must immediately provide us with powerful advanced weapons, such as
The more advanced artillery and muskets, the better!”
Delhi Sultan Firouz Shah finally made up his mind and said.
"As you wish, my lord!"
Prime Minister Mahad knelt down, kissed Firuz Shah's shoes, and said respectfully.
After walking out of the Sultan's Palace, Mahad, the prime minister of the Delhi Sultanate, looked relaxed and comfortable.
He boarded his magnificent four-wheeled carriage and walked towards his mansion amidst the crisp sound of bells.
This latest type of four-wheeled carriage was naturally produced in Ming Dynasty.
It adopts brand new suspension and shock-absorbing steel plates, making it very comfortable to ride.
Moreover, the carriage is also inlaid with crystal clear glass windows and decorated with rubies, sapphires, gold and silver. It has now become a standard feature for the top nobles of the Delhi Sultanate.
Mahad's four-wheeled carriage was obtained from the East India Company in exchange for sixty excellent Indian girl slaves.
After Mahad returned to his mansion, he immediately went straight to his backyard, where a businessman wearing Ming Dynasty clothing had been waiting for a long time.
"Shopkeeper Li, through my efforts, Your Majesty has agreed to your land lease!" Mahad said happily.
"The Prime Minister is indeed very clever. This move will not only help your country become more powerful, but also greatly increase your property, Prime Minister!" Li Ping also said with a smile.
Li Ping was a branch manager of the Ming Dynasty East India Company here. He was mainly responsible for lobbying the Delhi Sultanate to lease land from the Delhi Sultanate for growing cotton.
Since the Yuan Dynasty, the demand for cotton in the Central Plains has increased significantly.
Especially after Zhu Han upgraded cotton textile technology to a higher level, the output of cotton cloth in the Jiangnan and Central Plains regions doubled every year.
However, cotton cultivation requires fertile land and a large amount of manpower to pick. The land and manpower resources in the Central Plains are very limited.
The demand for cotton cloth is increasing year by year.
This allowed the Ming East India Company to immediately see the business opportunities.
Historically, India was the most important supplier of cotton cloth to the British Empire. The fertile local land and cheap manpower made cotton cultivation a huge and highly profitable industry.
Therefore, under the instructions of Zhu Han, the Ming East India Company began to use various commercial methods to try to widely cultivate cotton on the land of the Delhi Sultanate.
Although the Ming Dynasty's military strength in Tianzhu was strong, it also needed the Deli Sultanate as an ally, so it was naturally difficult to use strong measures.
Li Ping was born in Huaixi and was the distant nephew of Li Zhen, Marquis of the Ming Dynasty. After joining the Ming Dynasty East India Company, he made a lot of contributions.
This time, through Mahad, Prime Minister of the Delhi Sultanate, Delhi Sultan Firuz Shah agreed to lease land to the Ming Dynasty to grow cotton. For Li Ping, it was another great achievement.
"Our East India Company has already identified several pieces of land. When the cotton is planted, Prime Minister Mahad, you can also get some shares in our company!" Li Ping introduced her return to Mahad very familiarly.
It has been more than two months since Li Ping arrived in Delhi, and he has become very familiar with the highly respected Prime Minister of the Sultanate in front of him.
As a pious Christian, Mahad felt that he not only helped Sultan solve his financial difficulties, but also obtained some benefits for himself, which was completely in line with the teachings of the Prophet.
"It's just that there are some local people in these lands who are unwilling to cooperate!" Li Ping continued.
When Mahad heard this, he immediately frowned and showed a fierce expression on his face.
"These hateful untouchables, if they don't agree, I will send my own soldiers to kill them all!"
Mahad already knew about the pieces of land Li Ping mentioned.
Those pieces of land are all owned by local Brahmans, who are merchant landowners belonging to the middle caste.
For the Delhi Sultanate, expelling these original owners was like crushing an ant.
"Prime Minister Mahad is really powerful!"
"This is the new Fujian tea that our Ming Dynasty merchant ship has just shipped. Please taste it, Mr. Prime Minister!"
As Li Ping spoke, he took out a small, well-sealed box.
"Tea from the Ming Dynasty!?"
Mahad immediately showed a surprised expression.
Only after coming into contact with the East India Company did Mahad have a taste of fresh tea.
Compared with the tea brought by Li Ping, the rough and old tea originally trafficked by Persian merchants were simply withered grass roots that were difficult to swallow.
Today’s dignitaries in the Delhi Sultanate are all proud to taste the fresh tea leaves of the Ming Dynasty.
After leaving Mahad's mansion, Li Ping returned to the Daming Commercial Hall in Delhi. He immediately wrote a detailed report on the progress he had just made and sent a special person to submit it to the headquarters in New Dali City.
In the future planned by Zhu Han for the Ming Dynasty, sufficient food and a certain amount of cash crops are the national foundation that the Ming Dynasty must ensure in the future.
besides.
In pursuit of more profits, other cash crops are grown in Nanyang, Tianzhu and other places.
For example, the most important cotton, silk, tea, tobacco, etc. require a large amount of land to be cultivated.
If large-scale planting is carried out in the Central Plains, once a food crisis occurs, it will be a disaster for the people of the Central Plains. Latest website: