"His Royal Highness, the East India Company built a castle on the Hugli River under the name of establishing a commercial station. Now most of their castle has been completed. They have deployed 7 artillery pieces on the bastion and recruited hundreds of Shudra pariahs from nearby villages and cities to protect the castle. We suspect that they will have some intentions in our Bangladesh province, so we will report to the noble Second Prince."

Customs officials from Kolkata came to Daka and met Shashuja, the second prince of the Mughal Empire, and reported to him the serious situation in Kolkata Fort.

The four princes of the Mughal Empire, except for the eldest prince, the other three princes were taken to the place by the emperor to serve as deputy kings, and their power was second only to the Mughal Emperor!

The second prince Shashujia serves as the deputy king of Bangladesh, known as the treasure house of the empire, where he can cover the sky with one hand, and even the Bangladesh governor is afraid of it.

Sha Shujia looked like he was hollowed out by a sensuality, and there were two enchanting women behind him fanning him.

As the second prince of the empire, his status was a bit awkward. The emperor was pressed by him and the eldest prince was preparing to succeed him. He probably had no chance with the highest throne and could only indulge himself in Bangladesh to enjoy wealth and honor.

"The East India Company trades here. We can buy some special things from them and receive taxes. They build castles and ask them to build them, maybe just to prevent pirates or thieves." Shashujia said without interest if he thought it was a big deal.

"His second prince, the villain thought that the other party's purpose was not that simple. They were building merchant stations on the surface, but in fact they were just to use the army to intervene in our affairs in Bangladesh. Recently, they had a fleet of ships to the Hugli River, which had eight sailboats and a large number of artillery. They were more dangerous than the Portuguese who had arrived before. We should drive them away from Bangladesh before they gained a foothold. We are the party of justice, and they violated the conditions when purchasing land. When we first placed the three villages on the Hugli River to them, they promised us to build merchant stations, and now they are obviously building castles for military use." The customs official said.

Shashuja knocked on the chair handle, thinking about whether to drive the East India Company away from Bangladesh.

The Mughal Empire was still on the rise at this time and its territory continued to expand. As the second prince, he was able to easily mobilize the Bangladeshi army.

"From the perspective of villains, if we do not expel them from our Bangladesh in time, and when they gain a foothold and collude with the merchants around us, it will be difficult for us to remove them again. They have huge ships, come and go freely on the sea, and with the fortresses by Shanghai, it will be difficult for us to capture them." Customs officials seemed to have foresaw the most dangerous scene.

Even though the Mughals are relatively closed, there are still many officials with a sense of crisis, who are afraid of outsiders.

"We don't get any benefits when fighting with them, and their ships cannot get ashore. The shore is the world of our cavalry..." Shashujia yawned, but he was still unwilling to drive away the East India Company.

"His Majesty the Emperor had a headache about the invasion of the Portuguese. The Portuguese suppressed all Arabs and Persians who came to trade and harass the coast. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor gave the East India Company the privilege to check and balance the Portuguese and drive away the tigers and wolfs. Now the East India Company and the Portuguese are doing exactly the same thing. The threat to our Bengal is even more serious than the Portuguese who came before, and has become a threat to the empire. If the East India Company can be driven away from Bengal and won the war, he may be able to receive the praise from His Majesty the Emperor." said the customs official.

Shashujia's eyes lit up suddenly. If he could repel the infiltration of East India Company into Bangladesh and make military achievements, his position among the four princes would be improved. Maybe he could use this opportunity to shock the officials of the empire and have a little chance to sit on the throne of the imperial emperor!

Thinking of improving his prestige in the empire, Shashujia couldn't sit still: "I will ask the Governor of Bangladesh and the Tugongs from all over the country to gather troops and teach these Chinese and British people who did not keep their promises, so that they can know that our Mughal Empire is not something they can do at will."

"The villain continues to return to Kolkata to monitor them, waiting for Your Highness, you to lead the army in person!" The customs officials breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the second prince Shashujia agree to send troops to destroy Kolkata Castle.

If I had witnessed Kolkata's bastion, artillery and the arrival of warships, who would have believed that the East India Company was here to do a serious business?

Ordinary armed merchant ships are enough to maintain their safety here. Sending warships here is no longer as simple as protecting merchant ships.

The second prince of the empire, Shashujia, planned to lead the army in person, but Bangladesh has not fought for a long time. The princes and princes from various nationalities mobilized troops at a slow pace to meet the second prince's ambition to make contributions.

A 40,000-man Bangladesh Turkish troops are beginning to assemble to Dhaka. These 40,000 people come from the territory of various Turkish kings and princes, including cavalry feudal lords, peasants, and slaves. Among them, less than 20,000 people may actually fight. Even such troops are very terrible.

The people in Kolkata Fort did not know that the sudden appearance of the Nanyang Fleet here had already made the Bangladesh province begin to fear them, and the second prince was summoning the army to attack them.

The Nanyang Fleet was only temporarily staying in Kolkata for a few days, and they took away Francis Day, which was familiar with the locations of the Portuguese and the Netherlands strongholds.

About 100 naval soldiers were temporarily staying in Fort Kolkata due to illness and other reasons.

At this time, the troops in Fort Kolkata were 100 naval soldiers, 300 East India dispatched soldiers, 500 Turkish mercenaries, and several East India companies employees.

They did not expect that they would face siege by 40,000 indigenous troops.

The South Asian fleet was heading to Pulikat, the Netherlands' stronghold in the South Asian subcontinent, to surrender to the East India Company.

"This place is located on the east coast of South Asia, close to Madrasburg we established locally. I suggest that Prikat be completely destroyed, migrate the local Dutch people to Madras, and merge with our strongholds on the east coast. Later, the Netherlands merchants want to do business in the Bay of Bengal, either to Madras on the east coast or to Kolkata on the Ganges. In this way, we will firmly grasp control of the Bay of Bengal." Francis Hira described the next action to Deng Qianlong.
Chapter completed!