The Gujarat province of Mughals, the most prosperous port of Surat, was composed of Arabs, Persians, Turks, Mongolians, Indians, and traders from Britain, the Netherlands, Ottomans and other countries.

Two ships with the East India Company flag sailed into the Surat port after a long voyage.

Francis Day, the manager of the East India Company's Surat stronghold, came to the port to welcome the new owner of the East India Company.

Chen Bangyan got off the warship and looked at this exotic port: "This is Surat Port, which is similar to some indigenous kingdoms in Southeast Asia."

Houses built with soil and bamboo and curved streets were filled with ordinary residents and merchants. By the river near the port are warehouses and workshops set up by merchants from various countries to facilitate trade with the Mughals.

However, the streets here are not well planned. Some are spacious, while others are narrow. Cattle and horses can walk freely on the street like pedestrians, flies buzzing and flying over the filth. Some people even lead tamed elephants.

"It is said that the Mughal Emperor had more than 1,000 war elephants, and he could temporarily form 200,000 cavalry, which not only caused the Mongols and Turks' persistence in cavalry, but also influenced by the Indian Peninsula civilization." Chen Bangyan couldn't help but have a headache when he saw various large animals walking arbitrarily on the streets. Of course, the headache was that the environment as an important trade center, which seemed dirty and messy.

"This is the representative sent by the major shareholder to receive the assets of our East India Company." The British employee who led Chen Bangyan to Port Surat introduced Chen Bangyan to Francis Day.

Chen Bangyan was wearing an ordinary businessman's costume at this time, with a revolver and a thin sword around his waist.

"And this is Francis Day, the head of our East India Company in Surat. He became the head of this place after only three years of joining our East India Company." The man introduced the head of this place to Chen Bangyan.

"Thank you for your hard work to manage the place. According to the above order, after we take over the East India Company, we will continue to appoint you to participate in the operation of the East India Company." Chen Bangyan extended his hand.

"Although I am not very satisfied with the decision of the king and the board of directors, this is the rule set by the contract. I will try to help you continue to operate the business here." Francis Day did not want to leave the East India Company because of the sale of the East India Company. He personally saw the future of the East India Company with a bright future - even if the directors of the East India Company are now unbelievable that they can conquer the great empire with thousands of people and continuously draw raw materials from here.

"You won't regret your decision. Please take me to the textile workshop to take a look." Chen Bangyan said.

"Please follow me... With your outfit, you are not a serious businessman, right? You should be a soldier?" Francis Ri looked up and down at Chen Bangyan's outfit, and Chen Bangyan arrived on a gunship equipped with a large caliber naval gun, so it is not difficult to guess his identity.

"Yes, I am from the army. The people who are really responsible for the operation will come to East India in batches to take over and expand the factory here when they are well prepared next year. During their arrival, you just need to maintain the operation of the factory normally." Chen Bangyan said bluntly.

"I will briefly introduce the situation here to you first. As you can see, this is the most prosperous port in the west of the Mughals. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is fighting against the countries on the Decan Plateau in the south. He wants to unify the entire East India and temporarily relax his control over Surat..." Francis Ri led Chen Bangyan while introducing the local situation to him.

He worked for the East India Company for three years and had some understanding of the local situation. For the Kyushu Army who bought the East India Company, these East India Company employees who were familiar with dealing with the Mughal Empire were intangible assets themselves and could save a lot of manpower and material resources.

"Don't we need to declare customs to their customs officials?" Chen Bangyan said.

"It would be better to send someone to say hello and declare customs afterwards. Usually we spend a lot of gold coins to curry favor with the officials of Surat Port. They will not make things difficult for us to specifically check a person's identity. The merchants at Surat Port come from all over the world and cannot recognize them all." Francis Ri said indifferently.

The customs officers set up by the Mughal Emperor wore a headscarf and a luxurious Persian robe. He saw two unseen sailing gunships anchored in the port. The two gunships were hung with the flags of the East India Company, but he could be sure that he had never seen these two gunships with more than thirty guns before.

"This is also the British armed merchant ship? It's more like a warship, right?" The customs official pinched his beard and squinted his eyes to look at the two Jiuzhou Army warships that were slightly undulating with the waves.

Because these two warships refer to the sailing warship technology of Britain more than a hundred years later, their style is similar to that of the British warships of this era. Once the flag of the East India Company is hung, it will form the best cover. The South China Fleet can enter the port of Mughals under the guise of the East India Company.

"In terms of their number of artillery, these two ships are indeed more like the ships they used for war. These people from afar have achieved perfection in navigation and firearms. Our Emperor allowed them to live freely, and they should sell us artillery and giant ships." A lower-level official said to the customs official.

"They are very cunning. What they provide to our Emperor is only some backward firearms and flashy tributes. Our King attaches importance to cavalry and does not matter much." In response to his subordinates' words, the customs officials caught a glimpse of Francis Ri, taking Chen Bangyan and others to the port established by the British East India Company.

"Those people came down from British ships?" The customs officials of the Mughal Empire always felt something was wrong. How did the people from the British East India Company look like an oriental face?

"Sir, it is not surprising that the British brought great merchants from Touo, Johor and other places. They even had servants with black skin." His officials replied.

"You are also talking about it. Who knows what these merchants come and go for? As long as they stay in the port and pay the full tariffs." Customs officials quickly passed away with doubts about Chen Bangyan and others who appeared here, and indeed did not pay much attention, because the merchants who come to Surat to trade every year may not be the same.
Chapter completed!