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That's what Sir Child said--and he knew it!
All the staff of the British East India Company must learn this sentence, so as to save their lives when encountering the Ming zero-yuan purchase in the South China Sea.
"I know you are rich, I ask who are you?"
"Don't kill me, I have money..." Childe was crying anxiously. He already knew that the person who was questioning in the hall was a high-ranking Chinese official—he had been to Guangzhou and Shanghai, and had met officials from Ming Dynasty, but he would say There is no way to answer a sentence in Chinese.There was a Taipan who could speak Chinese on the armed merchant ship he was traveling on, but the Taipan was on board now and did not come down!
How can this be good?
Chapter 746 We will be friends with whoever pays more!
"General, this foreign barbarian is probably a profiteer of the East India Trading Company of the Red Hair Country. Although he is treacherous and treacherous, he is really rich! He comes and goes with only one word now, maybe he can't speak other people's language? "
"That's right, it must be like this! But there must be someone on that barbarian boat who can speak human language, and he can be caught as an officer. Let's find out his identity and origin first, and then we can ask for money."
It is still Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin who are well-informed. After all, they were vassal kings and sons in Fujian and Guangdong, and they have more or less dealt with the Dutch East India Company and the English East India Company. Authentic, but all of them are rich.
"Okay, come on, hurry up and find someone who can speak human language on the Yangyi boat!"
Of course Wu Guogui liked money, so he quickly dispatched his own soldiers to find a human-speaking officer on Sir Child's boat, and within a short while tied up a short, fat man with a golden hair.
In the main hall of the Miaowu City Palace, one of Wu Guogui's military leaders pointed at the fat man with golden hair and said, "General, this fat man with golden hair is named Qiong, and his name is Qiongsen. What kind of big class is he?"
"Your surname is poor?" Wu Guogui frowned. This surname is unlucky and not suitable for business!
"Poverty, can you speak human language?" Shang Zhixin had already asked.
"Yes, yes, the young one can speak three kinds of human dialects," the fat poor man kneeling on the ground replied with feeling, "The young one can speak Cantonese, Chaozhou and official speech."
Geng Jingzhong smiled and said to Wu Guogui: "General, this is a man who can speak human language, you can ask now."
Wu Guogui stroked his beard, and then wiped the sweat from his brow—everything else in Myanmar was fine, except that it was too hot!After wiping off his sweat, he picked up a cattail fan and asked while waving it: "You poor man, tell me the truth, what's your master's name? What kind of business do you do?"
"Back to the general, my master's surname is Chard, and he is the governor of the British East India Company."
"Surname Cha? Or a governor?" Wu Guogui turned his head to look at Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin, "Is it a big fish?"
"Big!" Geng Jingzhong laughed, "He is the biggest in the East India Company in England!"
Shang Zhixin was a little confused, "Then why did the freshman governor come to Miaowu City? Could it be that there is some big business to do?"
Wu Guogui glared at the poor man, "Ask you! Do you have any big deal to do with the king of Arakan? Tell me..." He patted his chest, "Now Arakan belongs to me!"
"Are you..." the fat poor man looked at Wu Guogui and asked.
"I'm Wu Guogui, General Pingxi of the Ming Dynasty!" Wu Guogui patted his chest with a fan and said, "The territory of Arakan is mine!"
Now Upper Burma belongs to Daming Xiaogui King—but that Xiaogui King has not yet taken over, so it is managed by Wu Yingxiong.Lower Burma is the fiefdom of Wu Yingxiong, King Pingxi.The Kingdom of Arakan originally did not belong to Burma, but because the king of Burma fled to Arakan for refuge, it became an addition.Wu Yingxiong sent two brothers, Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong, to help Wu Guogui go to Aragan to fight together, and they took down Aragan without much effort.However, King Toungoo and King Arakan were not caught, and they both went to Chittagong together.
According to the original plan, after Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong took down Arakan, they would turn to Nanzhang to use troops, and conquer two more territories for Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong to rule, and at the same time cooperate with Zu Zeqing to attack Annan.
But now it seems that there is a bigger deal coming!
Poor Sen hurriedly said to Governor Chard: "Sir, they are from Daming, and the person sitting on the main seat is General Wu Guogui of Ming Pingxi. Now Arakan is his territory. He said that he can cooperate with us... …as long as we can get the price right.”
Are they from Daming?Daming has already hit Arakan?Then Myanmar...
Collaborate with Daming?
Sir Child frowned.
Containing the Ming Dynasty is the consensus of the Netherlands, England, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Catholic Church.Although everyone wants to continue the trade with Ming Dynasty, everyone wants to block Ming Dynasty to the east of the Strait of Malacca.Now that Ming Dynasty openly attacked Burma and Arakan, it has broken the consensus and rules of the international community!
If the East India Company and Ming cooperate to the west of Malacca, it means acknowledging that Ming has a territory and sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean region.
But if they don't cooperate with Daming, then Daming will definitely not leave Arakan and Burma... In addition, they may intervene in Indian affairs in some way.
Seeing that Childe frowned and said nothing, Wu Guogui was a little impatient, so he pointed at Qiong Sen with a cattail fan and said, "Your surname is poor, your governor is dumb, so you can speak! Tell me honestly, or I will beat you to death!" "
"I said, I said..." Qiongsen knew that Daming did not recognize the "extraterritoriality" of the British East India Trading Company, so he did not dare to risk his life to keep the company secret.
"Say it!" Wu Guogui rolled his eyes.
"Back to the general, we, England, the Netherlands, France, Portugal, and... the Great Mongol Kingdom have formed an alliance to attack the evil Tianzhu Mughal Kingdom and restore peace and tranquility there. The Kingdom of Arakan also wanted to join this just war because Chittagong was taken away by the Mughal Kingdom in the early years. Sir Cha signed an agreement with the king of Arakan before, planning to use most of the land in Chittagong and a Ten thousand rupees in exchange for Arakan sending troops to join the camp of the East India Company."
It turned out that Chard and Poor Sen didn't know the decision made at the Cologne Conference to discuss India with the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
"So that's it." Wu Guogui nodded, "By the way, how evil is that Mughal kingdom in Tianzhu? You... Make a price! How much is this evil worth?"
Poor Sen had no choice but to turn around and ask Childe, "Sir... General Wu would like to know how much money you plan to pay to buy his army to join the war against India?"
Sir Child doesn't even know what to say... He can't decide this matter!
Seeing that Chard remained silent, Wu Guogui said again: "The higher your bid, the greater the crimes in the Mughal Kingdom of Tianzhu! The more likely it is for us to send troops to uphold justice!"
"Sir, you can just quote a price...even a little lower." Poor Sen knew that this Ming general in front of him was not easy to mess with - just look at the fiery tempers of his subordinates!As soon as the East India Company showed off the cannon, a rocket hit it!
"Ten thousand rupees..." Child gritted his teeth, "I can only give this!"
"General, the governor is willing to offer [-] rupees, which is about [-] silver dollars."
"Just so little?" Wu Guogui lost interest when he heard it, "This is too little, it seems that this Tianzhu country is not too bad."
He was no longer interested in sending troops, and when he was thinking about how much he would fine the governor of the East India Company in front of him, one of his masters came in quickly from the outside, walked up to Wu Guogui and whispered something in a low voice.
Then Wu Guogui laughed loudly: "Hahaha..." He smiled and said to Qiong Sen, "Your surname is Qiong, let me tell you that the Mughals in India have also sent envoys to me! You and you The governor said, give him a few days to think about how much he should pay? When the Mughal envoys arrive, I will arrange for the two of you to reason. Whoever is reasonable, I will fight for whoever is right. I am a helper or not. Darling!"
What a helper but not a relative!What are you doing for an auction?
Qiong Sen said in his heart: "This matter is in big trouble!"
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said to Sir Chard: "Sir, it's not good, Aurangzeb of India also sent people to Arakan to ask Ming for help... General Wu of Ming said that whoever pays more will He will help whoever fights!"
There is such a thing?Chard thought: "What is the origin of General Wu? Why is he more ruthless than Nanyang Trading Company?"
Chapter 747 Aurangzeb and Yongli are good brothers?
"Hi, hi, hi..."
The labor chant full of justice sounded in the palace of Miao U!
This is the sound made by the dark Indian Sudra coolies when they carried the boxes of silver rupees for Aamir Khan... This is actually the most just and reasonable cry!
"Hahaha……"
Seeing the beautifully decorated wooden boxes being carried up to the palace hall by coolies from Tianzhu, and then opened to reveal the gleaming silver rupees inside, the three warlords Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong couldn't help laughing.Although the three of them helped King Xiaogui and King Xi take down a Myanmar and an Arakan, they didn't see any money.
Because Myanmar these days is a large rural area with a population of several million—that place will still be a large rural area a few hundred years later, where there is no need to worry about food and no hope of getting rich.
Of course, if Ming’s Celestial Empire can really stand still, Burma, which has been split into three, can also live a good life under the wings of the Celestial Empire. After all, the countries under the wings of the Celestial Empire can have a relatively high “bottom line” .
But Wu Yingxiong, Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong, the "Myanmar generation" must have had a hard time.Fortunately, the few of them and the backbone of the Wuzhou Group are ready to live a hard life... No matter how hard and poor they are, it is better than letting Emperor Zhu die!
Unexpectedly, as soon as their hard life began, someone brought boxes of silver coins to give gifts!
The presenter was a short, stocky man with very vigorous facial features, big eyeballs and a mustache. He called himself Aamir Khan and was the Emir of the Mughal Empire. Zebu's envoys came to Agra to meet "Yongli Lord".
"Your Excellency General, these silver coins are a little gift from His Majesty Alamgir to Lord Yongli. There are a total of 300 million rupee silver coins... There is no other meaning, just to make friends!"
In order to survive and continue to be a high-ranking official in the Mughal Empire, Aamir Khan really worked hard. He not only came to Miaowu City day and night, but also did not embezzle a single rupee, and gave it all to "Yongli Lord" brought it.Of course, there is no semicolon of Tianwang City in the coastal areas of India, and Aamir Khan has nowhere to go for the money that Aurangzeb hacked.
In a place like Goa, it is impossible to protect a Tianfang believer with a fortune of several million like him...
So Aamir Khan has nowhere to go, only to work hard for Aurangzeb!
His words were translated into Cantonese by a Persian businessman he found in Chittagong and went to Canton to work hard, and then translated into Mandarin by a Cantonese servant of Shang Zhixin.
Although it has been translated twice, the general meaning is still correct.
That is, Aurangzeb, the emperor of Tianzhu Kingdom, sent an adult surnamed A to give money to his brother Yongli... 100 million taels of silver!
"What? The Emperor Ao and Lord Yongli of Tianzhu Kingdom are brothers?" Wu Guogui felt guilty for a while, this Emperor Ao would not want to avenge his brothers, would he?
Shang Zhixin's family member nodded very positively, "Back to the general, that's what the lord said. He said that Emperor Ao and Lord Yongli were friends of eight worshippers, and they kowtowed in front of Second Lord Guan and the True God together. Brother who died, otherwise he wouldn't have given so... so much money for nothing!"
that's true!
One million taels!
That's how it came out...Wu Guogui thought to himself: "Could it be that the Emperor Ao of Tianzhu Kingdom made friends with Yongli when he came to Yunnan as an envoy? It is indeed possible! Otherwise, why would Yongli go to Burma? What? He is going to Tianzhu via Burma!"
Thinking of this, Wu Guogui discussed with Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong in a low voice: "I didn't expect that Aurangzeb and Yongli Lord have such a good relationship... One million taels is really fucking rich. Do you think we should collect this money for Lord Yongli?"
"That's a must!" Shang Zhi said, "Otherwise Master Yongli wouldn't be happy here!"
Geng Jingzhong said: "After we collect the money, we still have to hand it over to Lord Yongli."
"Transfer it? How to transfer it?" Wu Guogui didn't understand for a while.
Geng Jingzhong smiled and said, "Of course it's burning paper money!"
"Yes, yes, yes..." Wu Guogui nodded again and again, and then said solemnly: "You told Mr. A about the matter. Master Yongli has gone to Nanjing. We can collect the money on your behalf. Master Yongli Since he is a good brother of Emperor Ao, then if there is anything Emperor Ao needs from Lord Yongli, just ask him!"
As he was speaking, he turned his head and looked at the ashen-faced and stunned Sir Child of the East India Company.
The East India Company Daban Qiongsen who acted as a translator for him knew not only Persian (the official language of the Mughal Empire), but also Cantonese and Mandarin, so he could translate everyone's words into English, except Wu Guogui and Geng Jingzhong. , Shang Zhixin and the whispers between the three of them.
Even if he didn’t know what Wu Guogui, Geng Jingzhong, and Shang Zhixin were muttering in low voices, Sir Child was already speechless—of course he knew that Emperor Yongli had been dead for many years (Qingsen told him), but Wu Guogui actually sees Qian's eyes open, and wants to collect money for the dead Yongli!
This is too outrageous, right?
Just as he was about to protest, Wu Guogui had already spoken: "The Mughal Empire gave 100 million taels of silver...how much is your East India Company going to give?"
Poor Sen turned to Childe and said, "Sir, the general asked how much we can give?"
It is certainly impossible for the current British East India Company to have more money than Aurangzeb!The Mughal court of Aurangzeb earns more than 3 million rupees a year. How can the East India Company compare with others?
Childe said in a deep voice: "This is not a question of money, but a question of right and wrong... Aurangzeb is a devil-like tyrant, trying to unify India and practice tyranny, which will seriously threaten the security and stability of the entire region .I hope the Ming Empire will not stand on the wrong side of history!"
Poor Sen translated his words into Chinese, but Wu Guogui still didn't quite understand, "What is the wrong side of history?"
"It's the side of the losers!" Poor Sen said, "History is written by the winners, and Aurangzeb and his Mughal Empire must fail. And shame. The general must think twice!"
Wu Guogui snorted: "I'll ask again, how much money are you going to give? And I have to tell you clearly...as long as Aurangzeb can afford the money, this general will help him fight! Don't think that there is With the help of Kangxi Khan, we can be sure of victory, and to tell you the truth, when I was in the Central Plains, I defeated Kangxi twice with the former president and my second brother!"
When Poong Sen heard this, he quickly said to Chard: "Sir, this General Wu said that he defeated Kangxi Khan, and he defeated Kangxi Khan twice... He also said that as long as Aurangzebuken pays, he will Help fight!"
Sir Child's face was also very ugly, and he said to Wu Guogui: "General, I hope you can understand that you are a general of Ming Dynasty, not an independent king. If you send troops to support Aurangzeb without authorization, it will mean The Ming Empire is at war with England, France, Holland, Portugal and other countries!"
Poor Sen quickly translated the words into Chinese.
And Wu Guogui's reaction was another burst of wild laughter: "Who are you scaring? I am invincible tomorrow, and I will be afraid of you small countries? Come on, blow this British profiteer and that British poor out of the palace, and then confiscate them." Their merchant ships, give them a galley, and tell them to go!"
This time, Chard and Poorson really met the ancestor of the thief. They even confiscated the boat, and only gave them a small Portuguese galley that belonged to the Arakan Navy, and let them drive back to the British East Indies. The company's headquarters is located in the port of Madras in the southwestern part of the Indian peninsula.
Chapter 748 Kangxi, your San Francisco has come to India to make trouble!
Wu Guogui's behavior was actually an act of war. He seized and confiscated the armed merchant ships of the East India Company, confiscated the goods and silver of the East India Company, and detained the governor of the East India Company for a while.And it also openly declared that it would support India in the war of the Five-Nation Allied Forces (actually the Eight-Nation Allied Forces) attacking India!
At the time of the Opium War, Lin Zexu was not half as arrogant as him, no, he was not as arrogant as one-third of him!
According to the temper of the British Empire, it is time to declare war, and it is time to go with strong ships and sharp guns!
It's a pity that it is not the Victorian era, and China is not the Qing Dynasty.
After Sir Child returned to Madras, although he became more and more angry, he decided to settle the matter by diplomatic means.
On the one hand, it was because he guessed that Zhu and Qi probably didn't know what Wu Guogui was doing in Arakan?
On the other hand, he took the strong ship to Miaowu Port, and let a fierce man from the Wu family army carrying a rocket launcher blast a big hole on the pier... Well, the infantry singled out the strong ship and sharp guns !How can we fight this battle?
So Sir Childe had no choice but to transfer another armed merchant ship to Malacca... He was going to represent the Kingdom of England to make solemn representations to the Emperor Ming!
If Ming wants to remain neutral, he should restrain vassals like Wu Guogui!
Otherwise, the Kingdom of England will be in big trouble!
And when Sir Chard left for the Ming mainland, Aamir Khan's diplomatic activities in Miaowu City were almost a great success.
Sure enough, there is still money that can make ghosts turn the millstone... No, it should be ghosts fighting wars!
Because it was Lord Yongli who collected the money, Wu Guogui, Shang Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong also sent troops to Tianzhu to help Lord Yongli's good brother Aurangzeb under the order of Lord Yongli.
"My lord, the three of us have already sent a memorial to Lord Yongli yesterday, reporting the matter of Emperor Ao's request for help... This rescue is like putting out a fire! We don't wait for the order of Lord Yongli, so we will come here A general is out, and the king's life will not be tolerated!"
It was Wu Guogui, General Pingxi, who was talking nonsense with Aamir Khan in Miaowu Palace.
In fact, there is a certain truth in what he said - last night, he, Monk Zhixin, and Geng Jingzhong burned paper money and memorial books together in front of Emperor Yongli's spiritual tablet... It is not as good as Yongli's down there. I have to find money and playbooks!
As for the imperial decree of Lord Yongli, the three of them will not accept it, dare not accept it, and cannot accept it.Now Wu Guogui is the vassal of Zhu Heqi, while Shang Zhixin and Geng Jingzhong are the vassals of Wu Yingxiong.It is inconvenient for them to accept Yongli's imperial decree, and now they are different from Yongli's ghosts, and they are no longer the same kind.
Wu Guogui’s words were translated into Persian by a Portuguese businessman who had spent many years in Macau and Goa, who was found from Thammarin Port (located in Lower Burma and a foreign commercial port of Myanmar).