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Chapter 1777 The divided Indian peninsula

"They have machines that can fly into the sky, and our Spanish kingdom may not be able to fight them. Perhaps we should give up the hostile strategy and find ways to cooperate or compromise with them. I think it would be more in our interests to do so."

"You mean we want us to give up the interests of the West Indies and the vast colonies? Our Spanish Kingdom is already on a downward verge. If we give up the West Indies and other colonies, we will become second-rate, or even third-rate kingdoms."

"But the current situation is not impossible? Have you ever imagined that the other party has more than 10 steam iron armored ships and biplanes that can control the sky. If the biplanes use them to throw gunpowder into Madrid, our wooden houses will be burned by fire, and even the entire city will be turned into ruins!"

After the Spanish embassy returned to their residence, they had a fierce dispute.

Previously, they and the Netherlands still stubbornly resisted China and England's seizing the Atlantic shipping, fishing and colonial business for the common interests, and now both sides are still in friction.

Now after the arrival of the Spanish envoy, they are frightened by the prosperity here and the endless new technologies, and they have to start changing their diplomatic strategies.

If the other party is too strong, compromise may be a way to temporarily relieve stress.

While the Spanish were quarreling, the Netherlands also fell into trouble.

They need Oriental goods very much, from spices for agricultural and sideline products, tea, to handicraft porcelain, to industrial products, internal combustion engines, rubber, bicycles, and soda ash. All of them can provide or produce the best quality in Oriental.

The most important thing is that the opponent's force deterrence brought them a huge shock.

If you can't beat it and need the other party's goods, then there may be only one way to trade with peace talks.

After visiting the Crystal Palace, the Zoo and Botanical Garden, and the aircraft manufacturing factory, they realized that there was a huge gap between the two sides, and this gap was almost insurmountable!

All the envoys have their own thoughts. Some kingdoms with good relations with Chu Yun are glad that China is an ally rather than an enemy. As long as they do not deliberately provoke them, Chu Yun should not turn against each other. However, the kingdoms with poor relations with Chu Yun are in panic all day long, trying to improve the relationship between the two sides.

"Our Kingdom of Sweden should replace the Kingdom of Denmark as the other party's partner in the Baltic Sea." Swedish Queen Christina said to the two ministers who followed the Privy Council.

"It's indeed necessary." The people from the Privy Council were a little disgusted before, but this time, when they saw the industrial power of China, they had to make some compromises.

While the various envoys were discussing privately, Chu Yun took the lead in negotiating with some of them.

The first one to find was Kasim, the king of the Bangladesh Kingdom who was most afraid of China.

Just the very armed forces such as the East India Company established by China to extract the Indian Peninsula is enough to make them frightened.

In order to ensure that his descendants can also rule the stability of the Bangladesh region, he had to express allegiance and contact Chu Yun.

"Dalakhiko, the eldest prince of the Mughal Empire, was still fighting a series of wars with the third prince Aurangzeb. The blood of the soldiers dyed the Indus River red. Thousands of people were killed in the battle. If they wanted to reunify the Mughal Empire, some weak princes had to surrender to them. And our Bangladesh Kingdom began to occupy the Ganges plain." Qasim told Chu Yun about the situation on the Indian Peninsula.

The Indian Peninsula was divided into hundreds of feudal princes of all sizes. The three largest forces were the Bangladesh Kingdom that occupied the Ganges Plain, the eldest prince who occupied the Indus River, and the third prince who occupied the Deccan Plateau.

For its own interests, a split Indian Peninsula is a good place to provide resources. The East India Company frequently intervenes in the struggle between Indian monarchs and princes, making the Indian Peninsula unable to be unified.

Chu Yun heard the complaints of his greatest prince from Qasim.

The East India Company controlled important ports and customs in almost the entire Indian Peninsula, and also adopted a special protection fee strategy - the land rent was collected by the Tubang Prince and handed over part of the rent to the East India Company as a "protection fee". The East India Company sent some garrison troops to their land, so that the hostile princes and princes dare not invade. This not only maintains the split situation in India, but also does not need to spend money to support the army.

"However, the third prince of the Deccan Plateau, Aurangzeb, has always been talented. In recent years, he has been trying to produce more advanced muskets and bronze cannons. The Deccan legion under his command has always been good at fighting, and the eldest prince has retreated step by step, and he has annexed a lot of land on the Indus Plain. He is the person who is most likely to unify the Mughal Empire at present." Qasim said again.

Chu Yun also heard from his subordinates that Aurangzebu was a man. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have been an emperor of the Mughal Empire, but unfortunately he met Chu Yun's reorganized East India Company.

"I will send someone to deal with him in the future." Chu Yun was not fair but had already decided on Aurangzebu's fate.

"Your country has a large amount of industrial products, and our Kingdom of Bangladesh also needs to import a batch of industrial products. However, this time I did not bring a lot of gold and silver, so I couldn't buy a lot of things. I don't know if I can pay on credit and wait until I return to the Kingdom of Bangladesh before I pay." Kasim asked.

"No problem." Chu Yun knew that the Kingdom of Bangladesh did not dare to sell goods on credit, so there was no problem selling goods in advance. It would be great if the other party wanted to pay the debt at that time. "I plan to build a railway in the Bangladesh region in the future to connect some important places to better promote the circulation of raw materials and commodities."

"Build a railway in Bangladesh, where we are so backward?" Qasim was a little incredible.

He didn't expect Chu Yun to choose to build a railway on the Indian Peninsula, so he didn't mention the issue of railways and steam locomotives.

But unexpectedly, Chu Yun had the idea of ​​helping India build a railway.

"If you can be loyal to us, isn't it just to build a railway code? Some technologies can also be transmitted to Bangladesh in the future." Chu Yun had additional plans in his mind.

He will not be cheaper for the Indians. Of course, the construction of railways is not for the local economic development, but for the better transport of raw materials such as food, jute, coal, and cotton from the hinterland of India with faster efficiency, completely turning the Indian Peninsula into a resource supply land.

In the future, some heavily polluted and intensive labor-type factories can also be set up along the local railway coast.
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