At the end of December and early January, India was completely shrouded in the power of the northeast monsoon. The power of this monsoon is so great that the "sprint champion"-class immigration transport ships carrying Shao Shuguang can comfortably sail along the strong counterclockwise currents, sailing all the way to the northeast along the west coast of India, and finally anchored in Diwu Port.

Diwu Port is a city full of Portuguese style in the Goa-Daman-Diu District of India in later India. Of course, after people from the east coast entered Diwu Island for several years and experienced a large-scale construction last year, Diwu Port now has some East Coast elements, and the architectural style of the entire city is more colorful.

Look, next to the St. Paul Church built by the Portuguese is Qingyang Temple with flying eaves and corners, a building affiliated to the Taoist General Association. It is similar to the Baroque stone reliefs and columns of the St. Paul Church. The Qingyang Temple is made of blue bricks. The exterior wall is a group of murals of the Heavenly Lord riding a green cow. Inside is a huge courtyard with carved beams and painted roofs in the courtyard, which are very exquisite.

In order to build the first Taoist temple in the Indian subcontinent that reflects the majesty and love of the heavenly king, the Taoist Association has invested a lot of money in Qingyang Temple. Not only bricks and tiles, but also cement are transported from New China Island. The wood used is also a high-grade tropical wood imported from Ceylon Island at a high cost, which is expensive.

Of course, these are not all the expenses of Qingyang Temple. In fact, the interior decoration of the view is also very exquisite, and it reflects a low-key and luxurious atmosphere everywhere. Like the couplet at the door, it was spent a lot of money to ask famous artists to write by hand in Ningbo area, and then hired top craftsmen in the industry to carve, fascinating the Portuguese and Indians who have seen on Diwu Island.

It is worth mentioning that there is a Buddhist temple not far from the St. Paul Church. The Buddhist temple was also funded by the Buddhist Association on the east coast, and it was expensive. Perhaps it was for the sake of making a difference in India, the birthplace of Buddhism. Although its financial resources were far less than those of the Taoist bulls, they still gritted their teeth and raised the funds to build this building called Guoxing Zen Temple. It was not easy.

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It's really a little trick, good, good!" Today is January 2, 1686. In front of the main entrance of Guoxing Temple, Shao Shuguang, who had just got off the boat in the middle of the night, looked at the long couplet in front of the door and said in admiration: "Guoxing Zen Temple has really made great efforts to spread the mystery of Chinese and Buddhist studies. India is the birthplace of Buddhism, and it is unfortunate that it has declined early. Guoxing Temple is determined to revive Indian Buddhism. Whether it is successful or not, this ambition is always admirable."

In fact, Hinduism in India is more beneficial to the rule of foreign colonists. They are docile, forbearing, pursuing the afterlife, and weak resistance. They are simply the religious system that any ruler, including foreign colonial rulers, dream of. Although Buddhism from the country's "export to domestic sales" to India also emphasizes the content of being free from the world and cultivating the afterlife, they are not as extreme as Hinduism, and are actually not very suitable for rulers.

However, who made the new owner of Diwu Island today a native of the East Coast? The Chinese variant of the East Coast is still closer and appreciated Buddhism, which has been integrated with the nationalization. This can be seen from Shao Shuguang's endless praise of Guoxing Temple. It is something innate to his own blood. Indeed, the Indian San set is more suitable for his own taste.

Later in the Diwu Island had a large number of Catholics, and even the number was not Hindu or other religious believers at all. It can be seen that the profound influence of the Portuguese hundreds of years of colonial rule. And the Portuguese can do this, so are the people on the East Coast poor? Diwu Island only includes a large number of seasonal workers coming from the other side of the river. There is not so many permanent settled populations, let alone changing religious beliefs and transformations, it is not impossible to change all species, as long as the people on the East Coast are willing.

"Master Zhifa of Guoxing Zen Temple is a Taoist monk who has been practicing for many years in Ningbo Prefecture. He did not want to go out to sea, but later, considering the promotion of Buddhism, he boarded the ship with the west to Diwu, and supported the storefront of Guoxing Zen Temple. Today, it was a bit unfortunate. Master Zhifa Yue followed Zhou Hesheng and Stationmaster Zhou to go to Goa for commercial and cultural exchanges. He has not returned yet, so he has no choice but to have a relationship with Shao, which is very regretful." The person who spoke was Huang Jiandong, who was just 30 years old this year, was the new commander of the East Portuguese Joint Fleet, and the grandson of the early naval veteran of the East Coast, and graduated from the Navigation School.

Huang Jiandong had been serving in the First Fleet before. Before being transferred to Diwu Island, he was the captain of a "Star"-class light cruiser. He did some arrests and smuggling work on the coast of Brazil. His resume was not dazzling. However, he was born with a good background, a strong background, and a professional background, and just got a suitable age. So he was promoted to the first level and became the commander of this miniature fleet with only a few ships. It was a big jump.

After repeated research by both sides, the home port of the East Portuguese Joint Fleet was finally settled on the Diu Island. For this reason, the East and Portuguese also jointly invested (the Portuguese had no money and could only provide land free of charge) and carried out a modernization of Diu Port, mainly involving the construction of military docks (separated from civilians), the construction of naval special docks, the repair of lighthouses and the dredging of waterways, and of course the procurement of dock loading and unloading equipment was also a big deal. In short, it cost a lot of money, which shocked the Portuguese and sold a lot of land to the East Coast people. I don’t know how much land the Portuguese, who have more and more construction projects in the future and financial difficulties, will still be sold. I am afraid that it will not take many years to make the land on Diu Island be sold.

The news of the formation of the Eastern Portuguese Joint Fleet is believed to have not yet spread to the Dutch East India Company. However, this kind of thing may not be hidden for too long, especially when they officially cruised in the Western Indian Ocean, the Dutch would sooner or later know about the naval fleet that was obviously rushing to them. At that time, the relationship between the two sides would inevitably fall into a relatively tense stage, and no one could predict what would happen.

"This Portuguese monkey is so stingy! Her thighs are so tight that it is amazing." Shao Shuguang laughed and said, "But to be honest, does the Dutch East India Company really have the energy to come to northwest India to cause trouble for you? I don't know, they are having a lot of trouble now."

Subsequently, Shao Shuguang briefly told Huang Jiandong about the many things that happened in the jurisdiction of the four Far East Fate Domain in the past two or three years. He focused on the Southbound trade plan planned by the Southern Development Team. Once this plan is formed and stabilized, it will inevitably make a huge difference in the profits of the Taiwan Business Station of the Mint East India Company, such as importing copper from Japan to selling them to Vietnam to cast guns and mints for them. Will you, the Dutch, do you, the Dutch East India Company, do not be so scared that it is strange if you are not in a hurry!

When they are anxious, they will inevitably find a way to solve the crisis faced by Taiwan's commercial stations. This undoubtedly requires Batavia to focus on tilting funds, personnel and ships to this side. The corresponding investment in other aspects is obviously not too sufficient, so Shao Shuguang asked what he asked just now.

Although Huang Jiandong also knew some basic situations in the Far East, he was still very inferior to the first-hand information that Shao Shuguang told him personally. Therefore, he was a little surprised at this moment and frowned. According to what Shao Shuguang said, the so-called southward trade plan of the Southern Development Team did overlap with the business of the Dutch East India Company, and the competition was self-evident.

The Dutch East India Company not only has nearly 100 large ocean-going ships running to Europe and Batavia, but also a large number of small ships trading offshore, especially the Indian subcontinent, the East Indies and the Southern Peninsula. Now the Southern Development Team has recruited the Portuguese, the Spaniards and the Fujian Zheng regime to start planning trade between the Mainland and the Southern Peninsula and the Philippine Islands. It is indeed troublesome for the Dutch and is a matter that has to be faced. In this way, the pressure faced by Goa and Diu will indeed be much smaller in the future, which is undoubtedly good news for them.

"If this is true, it is really good news. Zhou Hesheng and Stationmaster Zhou may be very excited when he heard it." Huang Jiandong smiled and said, "However, the facilities to be built must be completed on schedule. The materials are transported from thousands of miles away. Indian workers have also recruited a large number of them. It will be a huge loss if they stop. Unfortunately, the formation of the Diu garrison has just been completed, and all the posts of a thousand officers and soldiers have been recruited. It seems that it is impossible to save the military at the beginning. It is really a coincidence."

Speaking of which, as the main armed guard force on Diu Island, the Diu garrison was finally officially established three months ago, with Echto, who had just been promoted to naval major as commander. The equipment of this unit is quite good, at least muskets, cannons and other equipment, but the personnel are quite painful: Among the 1,000 people in the Diu garrison, there are less than 200 experienced officers and soldiers, most of them from New China Island, mainly reserve soldiers; there are about 300 Indian and Portuguese soldiers, most of whom were defeated by the East Coast people back then, and they were basically a group of old men and old men, and their morale was not good; the remaining nearly 500 people were all Rajput recruited by the land, and their military experience can be said to be zero. Fortunately, their morale is not bad, and they have a certain martial spirit. If they have long-term training, they should not be too bad.

But no matter what, such a race, ethnicity, religion, and transformation is extremely different. It can even be said that the chaotic army may be good to suppress the place in normal times, but if the enemy lands in a hard way, they may be afraid of kneeling. If the East Coast people are still interested in the old land of the North Gulajput Kingdom in the future and conquering more Indian lands, then they must carry out vigorous rectification: if the Indians cannot do it, they will replace others, and if they are not trained enough, they must work hard to strengthen it. In short, they will do everything possible to improve their combat effectiveness. This is not only to resist the possible invasion of the Dutch, but also to prepare for future expansion in India. Although the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb currently looks very strong, and the empire under his leadership is also in a stage of rapid success, who can tell the future exactly? What if something happens in India? This is the opportunity for the East Coast people.

"The garrison will be formed, and it will be used in the future anyway." Shao Shuguang smiled slightly, pointed his finger at the West, and said, "On the other side of the sea, there is another country with the highest level. Yes, it is the Omani Muscat Sultanate. This country used to have a good relationship with us, but since we extended our sphere of influence to the Swasili coast in East Africa, they have been greatly stimulated and quickly became cold and even turned against us. Now, the relationship between this country and us can even be said to be in a state of hostility. Commander Huang, you are the navy, and the situation will only be clearer. The Omani coast has become a paradise for you to have fun. If the local people want to go further in the future, they may send an army to land for battle. Your Diwu Island garrison is likely to be one of the troops to land."

Shao Shuguang's words were really new to Huang Jiandong. Moreover, what he said did not seem to be completely nonsense, but there was a considerable possibility. In addition to sea strikes, sending army landing is also a good choice for barbaric countries like the Sultanate of Muscat, in addition to sea strikes. Although the East Coast Republic of China is not very interested in landing on the Arabian Peninsula, the future is not certain! In order to fight against the nomads of the Arabian Peninsula, a large number of troops are obviously inevitable, and the human resources are rich and has a little martial spirit. Compared with other parts of India, the Rajput region must be one of the main sources of such army soldiers. Therefore, they must now establish the "seeds" of such colonial army, otherwise there will be problems when forming colonial legions on a large scale in the future.

On the Arabian Peninsula, people on the east coast will have to go there sooner or later! This is the collective decision of the Executive Committee’s masters, although there is no attractive wealth that is covered with deserts.
Chapter completed!