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Chapter 1242 Escorting the Queen

At the Beijing Railway Station, several soldiers escorted a woman off the train. The woman was wearing a veil and wearing exotic clothes, but she was wearing handcuffs in front of her, with only a pair of big eyes exposed.

She had never been to a place outside Sumatra and looked curiously at this country that was unfamiliar to her. The civilization on the island was far less than the prosperity of the capital. Even as a prisoner, she had to be shocked by the prosperity of the capital.

The main roads in the capital have been rebuilt and are made of neat hard roads. There is a telephone pole on both sides of the road at any distance, and street lights are installed on it.

The railway station, Jiuzhou Library, Forbidden City, Northern Gardens, the cement buildings under construction, four-wheeled carriages passing by, billboards erected by the road, everything was stimulating her eyes.

Just like an ancient man suddenly traveling to modern times, feeling strange to everything around him.

Perhaps in the history of the thousand years before the Industrial Revolution, the human society of agricultural civilization did not undergo much change, but after the Industrial Revolution began, the process of human civilization began to accelerate. At this time, compared with other areas where new technologies have not been introduced, the capital city has begun to give a sense of the times.

After becoming a prisoner of war this time, Queen Alan from Aceh State was escorted to the capital via Malacca from Sumatra and was transported to the capital as the spoils of the 12th Corps that conquered Nanyang, saying that she wanted to offer it to Chu Yun.

People from the military headquarters didn't know if Chu Yun would want this spoil, but the other party was the queen of a country after all, and even if he became a prisoner, he could be treated preferentially.

Speaking of which, there are many princes and nobles from Nanyang in the prisons of Dongjiang Town.

The people at the Beijing Railway Station noticed the foreign woman guarded by several soldiers and were surprised, but they saw the soldiers wearing military uniforms and did not dare to come forward to ask.

A large carriage came soon, and the captured Queen Alan got on the carriage. The soldiers of the 12th Corps escorted him to the liaison office of the 12th Corps in the capital and were temporarily detained in the liaison office.

There was also a Portuguese in the escort team this time, who was one of the few people who could understand Chinese and Sumatra dialects.

"Why did you catch a woman and come back?" asked the staff of the liaison office.

"This is the Queen of Aceh captured by the commander of the corps. She specially sent it to the capital to present it to the military commander, and at the same time showed off our achievements to other corps. This time we invaded Sumatra, executed the other king, and captured the queen alive. This is the most brilliant moment of the 12th Corps since its establishment." The soldiers who made a special trip to escort the Queen to Beijing said.

"Isn't it just a queen in a backward place? Will the military leader be willing to see her?" The officer in the contact office expressed doubts.

There are countless emperors, kings, princes and chiefs who have been attacked by the Jiuzhou Army in recent years, so that the prison in Dongjiang Town is overcrowded, and the queen of an island is nothing.

"You will know after looking at her appearance." The escorted soldiers pulled off Queen Alan's veil, revealing Queen Alan's shameful and angry expression.

She was now handcuffed and could not stop her from pulling the veil.

"It's really a beauty, it's a disaster to the country and the people. No wonder the commander of the corps would have the idea of ​​giving it to the commander of the army." The person in the contact office was also shocked.

"We first report to the military headquarters, and then see if the military leader is willing to accept the spoils of our 12th Corps. If the military leader accepts it, our 12th Corps may receive more rewards." The soldier said.

"Then do it like this. If the military leader doesn't want to see her, he will be transferred to Dongjiang Town Prison. However, if he is sent to the prison, it would be a pity for such a beauty." said the person from the contact office.

Queen Alan couldn't understand what the group of officers and soldiers were discussing, and she couldn't understand what the other party said at all. However, the other party's eyes reminded her of the war between tribes on the island in the past. The loser became a prisoner and had to be dealt with by the other party. The plunder of food and women was also a very common behavior in the war. And she obviously became the spoil.

"While waiting for the military headquarters to reply, be sure to pay attention to her and don't let her commit suicide." The soldier ordered.

Each corps has a liaison office in the capital to contact the military headquarters as soon as possible. If they have any news, they can report to the military headquarters.

When the civilians in the military department received a report from the 12th Corps office, their expressions were a bit strange.

In previous battles, when the combat troops of the Jiuzhou Army destroyed the indigenous kingdom, the spoils of war were usually used to plunder the other party's treasury, and almost no one would deliberately hand over a woman.

"The 12th Corps' request is really strange. Sir, do we want to report to the military leader?" The civilians who received the report handed the report to their superiors.

"My Corps captured the queen of Aceh in Sumatra. I thought I could use her to make Aceh surrender. Unexpectedly, the power of the country had been stolen by the nobles. I ordered the soldiers to take him to the capital and wait for the reign of the army leader..." The higher-level head of the military headquarters also checked the report submitted by the liaison office of the 12th Corps and was also surprised.

"I think the 12th Corps just wants to take credit. After all, in the report they submitted before, Huang Degong led the soldiers across the Strait of Malacca and defeated tens of thousands of troops in Ponkaransusu. They wanted to confirm the truth of their combat performance and by the way, we wanted our military headquarters to issue a commendation order as soon as possible." Another civilian official said.

The military headquarters and the six ministries are two independent systems. The promotion of officers is not evaluated by the Ministry of Personnel, but is commended and promoted by the military headquarters based on military merits.

"The 12th Corps is about to be awarded. It is not very important to offer the Queen. You can mention this matter to the Military Head at the meeting of our military headquarters. If the Military Head is willing to receive the Queen, it will probably be specially arranged, otherwise it may be just arbitrary disposal." The civilian official of the Military Head placed the report below.

Isn’t he just a queen? No matter how beautiful Chu Yun is, he is around him. Most officials in the military headquarters think that Chu Yun would not intend to meet her.

"How are the materials prepared for the dispatched troops heading to the Mughal Empire in India?"

"Everything is ready. In order not to make the Mughal Empire doubt us, we only sent a team of 300 people to enter our strongholds on the Indian Peninsula in batches, and recruit soldiers locally to increase our infiltration of the Mughal Empire."

"The South Ocean Fleet will dispatch four gunships to establish an Indian Ocean formation, and regularly escort East India Company's merchant ships to the Mughal Empire for trade every year according to the law of the monsoon."

In the lobby of the military headquarters, civilian officials were very busy and they were more concerned about other matters.
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