"This is our Prince Aurangzeb, Deputy King Deccan, and I hope you can get His Highness to board your ships for inspection. If you do not agree to His Highness's conditions, our Surat port will no longer allow Chinese and British ships to enter."

The officials of Surat found the people of the East India Company and conveyed to them the meaning of Aurangzeb.

The prince of the Mughal Empire in India did not even intend to speak in a pleading tone, but was as if he had ordered his servants.

The British employee of East India Company frowned slightly.

The General Fubo is a warship of their major shareholder of the Chinese people. It would have given them face to the Mughal Empire if they didn't dock. Now the prince of the Mughal Empire actually wants to bring people on the ship to check. Isn't this forcing trouble?

But here are the three princes of the Mughal Empire, the potential heir of the Mughal Empire. If he offended him, the East India Company would not be able to slowly penetrate the Mughal Empire with gentle means.

At present, the major shareholder does not seem to have a great intention to fight against the Mughal Empire.

What should I do? The British employees sandwiched between the two sides are in a dilemma.

"Please allow us to send people to take a boat to ask the Chinese people." The British from the East India Company said to the officials of Surat.

When East India sent people to paddle to General Fubo to ask Captain Zheng Zhibao, Surat's officials reported to their third prince Aurangzebu: "Your Highness, the British seem to ask for instructions from the Chinese."

After hearing the report, Aurangzeb became even more surprised: "When did the Chinese get so close to the British? At that time, the emperor gave the British so many privileges and tax benefits to check and balance the Portuguese who violated the coast. If they now turn to cooperate with the powerful Chinese, then they are even more dangerous to us than the Portuguese..."

Although he was less than twenty years old, Aurangzeb, who was born in the Mughal royal family, led his troops to participate in the war against the Persian Empire. His mind was precocious than ordinary people. He took a team of cavalry to patrol various places and increased his knowledge. He had a clear understanding of the pros and cons of many things.

He knew why the Mughal emperor gave the British people the privilege of living in the customs, on the one hand, to obtain Western goods and artillery, but more importantly, to reduce the invasion of the Portuguese and the Netherlands on the Mughal Empire.

However, now the British are inexplicably engaged with the Chinese, and the Chinese fleets are in the Indian Ocean, which is not a good signal for the Mughal Empire.

Due to distance, whether it is the Portuguese, the Netherlands or the Britons, they are still making small fuss about the invasion of the coastal areas. However, the Chinese have bordered the Mughal Empire in Southeast Asia, and can dispatch troops to interfere in the Mughal Empire in a short time.

Aurang Zebu, who was originally just a normal patrolling the empire, fell into a brief meditation, and always felt that the British, who seemed to be doing business seriously, seemed to be doing bad things in secret.

The prince of the Mughal Empire threatened that he would not allow the provision of supplies and demanded that he forcibly board the General Fubo ironclad ship for inspection.

When Zheng Zhibao heard the news, it was difficult to make a decision.

"What Mughal prince dared to threaten us to board the ship for inspection. This is a provocation to us!"

"With the military strength of our current fleet, it is more than enough to capture Surat Port. Since he threatens us, we might as well counter-threat them. If they do not allow the East India Company to provide us with supplies, we will fire and demonstrate to them!"

The officers and soldiers on the General Fubo ironclad ship were confident and highly motivated by the ironclad ship. They were very dissatisfied with the threat of the Mughal prince Aurangzeb and asked for battle.

If Zheng Zhibao was still the pirate on the southeast coast at this time, he would be happy to take a powerful fleet to loot the merchants from various countries in Surat and return to the land with a ship full of gold, silver and jewelry.

But his current identity is a general of the regular navy, and his actions must represent the interests and image of the country.

"Our General Fubo went to sea to launch a war, but it was definitely not here. The East India Company finally took root in the Mughal Empire. If the East India Company was uprooted by the Mughal Emperor because of our impulse, the losses would be too heavy. We promised to let their prince board the ship, but the number of people must not exceed ten, and we will absolutely guarantee his safety."

Zheng Zhibao thought about the pros and cons, but agreed to let the Mughal prince Aurangzeb board the General Fubo ironclad ship for inspection.

"Will they peek at our shipbuilding technology after getting on board?" asked a few naval soldiers.

"No, because they can't learn at all." Zheng Zhibao said indifferently.

When the group came to the steam ironclad ship, they wanted to learn how to make ironclad ships?

First of all, the Mughal Empire had to have enough high-quality steel, and the steel production was not up to standard, so building iron ships was just a joke. Secondly, riveting technology was required between steel plates, as well as steam engines, propellers as propellers, etc. Without a series of basic technologies as support, it was impossible to build iron-clad ships.

Prince Aurangzeb used compulsory measures to board the ship for inspection, but the purpose was to see clearly what monster the black ship was at close range.

He was afraid of the iron-clad ship of General Fubo. This fear was not only about the General Fubo itself, but also about the technology that appeared overseas, and he knew nothing in the Mughal Empire.

"The other party is willing to accept your inspection by His Highness the Prince, but they have suggested that only ten people can be allowed to board the ship at most." Surat's officials told Prince Aurangzeb.

"You guys come with me to board the ship!" Aurangzeb decisively selected a few confidants among the guards and cavalry.

"Yes!" Several personal guards raised their heads and replied with their chests raised.

"Your Highness, that's a Chinese ship, and it looks like a large ship carrying artillery, and there may be their soldiers on it. If you bring such a little man on the ship, if they make a mistake in their plan, it would be a big deal..." Surat's officials advised carefully.

"They dare not do anything to me. If they dare to act rashly, you will kill all the people in the East India Company of Surat Port." Aurangzeb said.

Aurangzeb, with seven personal guards, found a small boat at the pier, and the personal guards rowed the ironclad ship of General Fubo.

Maybe I can't feel the despair brought by General Fubo on the coast, but as the boat approached the increasingly larger iron armored ships in the undulating waves, the steel hull, the huge caliber, and the hard armor belt, the scalp made Aurangze cloth numb.
Chapter completed!