Chapter 635 Preparation
The situation of the East India Company Myanmar branch is a bit complicated.
Java also had East India Company, but it was the new headquarters of the Netherlands East India Company. Cohen, one of the big bosses of East India Company, was in person.
Myanmar's East India Company is composed of the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company.
The Dutch East India Company was ordered by Cohen to withdraw from the Myanmar region completely, leaving only the British East India Company.
Cohen is not a fool. Faced with the aggressive situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is already very good to have Batavia as a trading base. There is no need to tease the Ming Dynasty in places like Myanmar that rely on the Ming Dynasty.
As for the Dutch East India Company's withdrawal from Myanmar, Cohen's statement to the British East India Company was that he focused on Batavia, and Myanmar no longer cared about it.
With the withdrawal of the Dutch East India Company, the British East India Company felt happy.
Such a large piece of land brings amazing benefits. Those fools in the Netherlands don’t want it, but the British Empire wants it!
As for the fool Talon, the king of Myanmar, who ran to his sect leader country to ask for help, it was not a big problem.
If the Myanmar suzerain dares to participate in this matter, let the heroic soldiers of the British Empire teach them a lesson and establish a colony in that country called Ming!
Sir Robert Klewow, general manager of the British East India Company, was very confident and sent a letter of help to the headquarters in Leedhe Street, London and the Indian headquarters that was just established in Chennai last year, intending to expand the company's business scope again.
After looking around at the crowd on the round table, Sir Claywu held his pipe in his mouth and said with a squint: "Gentlemen, that country named Ming will probably appear here soon, and our reinforcements will reach it earlier than them.
So, the time has come to expand John's business scope, especially those who call themselves Ming merchants. This time, it's time for them to know who has the final say here!"
John's Company is another name for the British East India Company, and the guys who call themselves Ming merchants are Ming merchants and Korean merchants.
Influenced by Luzon and Java, the Ming people in Nanyang are generally arrogant now - if you don’t accept it, try it if you touch me?
It is already very unpleasant to pay taxes to Myanmar itself, but because Myanmar is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and the embassy built in Myanmar during the tenth year of Chongzhen has repeatedly reported that these people were required to abide by Myanmar's laws without conflicting with the Ming Dynasty law, and these people did not even want to pay a penny of tax.
As for the Burmese people coming to collect taxes? Beat you to death, believe it or not? Anyway, when the Ming Dynasty law conflicts with the laws of Myanmar, people like me will be dealt with by the Ming Dynasty law rather than the Myanmar law.
The embassies stationed in Myanmar also have a headache. These people always look for the embassy to make decisions - but they are usually bullying people instead of being bullied!
That's his mother!
The permanent envoy Liu Xuan felt that this problem could not be spoiled, and he planned to let go several times, but he was only one level lower than himself, similar to the eunuch of the military supervisor, and Zhao Feng, the Jinyiwei Qianhu, who was directly placed on the surface, expressed his objection.
Why don’t you care? Whether it’s the Ming people or the Korean businessmen with the names of the Ming people, aren’t they all from the Ming people now?
If you go out and don’t support your family, can you still be on the side of the Burmese minor officials?
The world doesn't care so much! His Majesty the Emperor, the cabinet and the military office can't explain it!
As for the Burmese sting officials and businessmen, what does it have to do with me?
It’s just like this that the people in the Ming Dynasty, the people in the East India Company are basically no different from those in the orangutans. The only difference is probably that they are curious about why these barbarians don’t squat on the trees and eat fruits?
Sir Klew and the people from the Myanmar branch knew about this situation, and they had long seen that these Ming merchants were unhappy.
However, it is of no use.
There was a complete hundred-house military force stationed in the Ming Dynasty. Although there were only a few hundred people, none of them were good people. They were never vague in slashing people with knives.
As for the Myanmar government, although I can't afford to offend the East India Company, I also know in my heart that I can't afford to offend the Ming Dynasty's father even more. So when I encounter conflicts between the two sides, if I can, I will be mixed with the Ming Dynasty's businessmen.
This made Sir Claver and his gentlemen feel very upset.
Since the king of Myanmar is going to go to his Ming father for help this time, it would be better to clean up his Ming father and teach them how to be a human being!
Perhaps it is time for John to expand its scale and increase its armed forces by the way?
Sitting next to Klewu is the double flower red stick Ilihu Kid from the East India Myanmar branch. His official identity is a priest, but in fact he is a half-pirate, and he belongs to a guy with an armed privateer license.
Kidd had long disliked those people in the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, no matter whether it is Klew or Kidd, no one from the Myanmar branch of the British East India Company was pleasing to the Ming people.
It's too arrogant and looks down upon by anyone, which makes people want to punch them twice in the face - but they dare not beat them!
The military strength of the Myanmar branch cannot be said to be zero, but it is actually almost the same.
If even the cooks are included, then the number of people will be greater than those in the Ming embassy.
However, when it comes to slashing people with a knife, these people together are not enough for the hundreds of people from the Ming embassy to cut them.
The fact is so heartbreaking and helpless.
However, Kidd's heart was bigger than Klever's.
Klewu thought about how to teach those Ming people a lesson, or rob a piece of Ming land and robbed them, while Kidd thought about the entire Myanmar, plus a part of the Ming Dynasty.
When Myanmar belongs to John's company, all the benefits will fall into the hands of others, and the Ming Dynasty, which borders Myanmar, will become a good target of robbery.
After taking a sip of the cigarette from the pipe and slowly spitting it out, Kid squinted his eyes and said, "I just don't know how many people can be transferred to us in the city of Lidhe Street this time?"
Claywu also squinted his eyes and chuckled, "Who knows? Or 20,000? Or 30,000?
Mr. Pastor, don't forget how we occupied this land here in the first place - I think about 20,000 people are enough to hit their capital and force them to surrender!
Obviously, now is a great time. Their king ran to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, not in their country.
If we suddenly attack, their army would probably not wake up in their sleep?"
Kid chuckled, then took two more sips of cigarettes before saying, "That's different, gentleman.
Our occupation of this piece of land did not have much impact on them, but it is obviously not something that our little force can do if you want their entire country to surrender.
I mean, at least 20,000 people are needed, and there are enough logistics supplies to take over this country.”
Klewu nodded and said, "Of course, you are right. That's why I asked Chennai and Lidhe Street for support.
As for the supply issue you are worried about, it is actually not a big deal. Chennai can transport us enough logistics supplies from sea or from Dhaka.
What we have to worry about now is just how to not overstimulate the country of Ming Dynasty, or how to prevent them from joining the war so quickly.”
Kidd sneered: "The old guy Cohen, who was scared out of his courage, no longer admires being the seventeenth gentleman of their Dutch East India Company.
Let's see, what's happening to this guy?
Surrender without fighting? Avoid those Ming people from afar? Avoid those warships more than two hundred years ago? Those miracles of God?
Ha, gentlemen, believe me, Mr. Cohen may not be more courageous than the fox."
Kidd's words seemed to have turned on a switch, and everyone in the conference room burst into laughter. Many people have heard of Cohen's name, and some young people even regarded Cohen as their idol.
However, Cohen's performance in Java was too embarrassing - he surrendered to Ming Dynasty without a decent battle.
Although Cohen has once again contacted Mingguo and has established a new headquarters in Batavia, can this be the same?
The headquarters under one's own rule can be called the Governor's Office, but it is under the jurisdiction of others on other people's territory, and even the headquarters is guilty!
As for the Ming warships that Cohen once described, whether it was Klever or Kidd, they actually didn't take them too seriously.
The ancient warships more than two hundred years ago have been seen in ancient books - those warships described as miracles of God are all things from more than two hundred years ago!
More than two hundred years have passed, and it is already good to still be able to sail at sea. Is it worth expecting these warships to win battles?
I'm afraid that only an old guy like Cohen, who is younger than a fox, will be afraid of this old antique!
The entire conference room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, and others also discussed how to conquer Myanmar and how to deal with Ming.
After a meeting passed, Klever left Kid alone, squinted his eyes and said, "Do you really think that Ming Congress is so easy to conquer?"
Kid nodded and said, "Or what if it is? Look at the Ming people in Myanmar, what are their equipment?
God, what other than the kind of musket they have never seen before? Knife, sword, bow, arrow?"
Chapter completed!