1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3674

Although the time travel happened thirty years ago and many of the experiences in the original time and space have become blurred, Qian Tiandun still remembers all of Ah San's misdeeds.

If the island nation of Japan is the target that Hai Han must destroy, then the Indians on the Indian Peninsula are the ones to keep their distance and be cautious of.

This is not because this race is so strong, but because the Indians have no bottom line in anything, no common sense or ethics, and are difficult to control like parasites. Even if a powerful and developed country like Europe and the United States in another time and space cannot avoid being parasitized by the Indians in just a few decades, and gradually declining.

Qian Tiandun believed that the safest approach was to keep a distance from this race and prevent them from becoming a member of the Hai Han nationality. The island of Ceylon, where Hamban Port was located, was adjacent to the Indian Peninsula and the race was almost the same, so Qian Tiandun rarely recruited naturalized people there and only used them as laborers.

Even if cross-border trade can earn lucrative profits from this region, Qian Tiandun believes that it also carries considerable commercial risks, which are much greater than those in the east of the Strait of Malacca. That is why he specifically told Dong and Li to be extra careful when dealing with locals and try to avoid being cheated.

After listening to this, Li Yuande still didn't quite understand why Qian Tiandun knew the locals so well even though he had never been here before.

However, as a loyal supporter of Qian Tiandun, he also knew that his marshal had performed various miraculous operations in the past thirty years to maintain the reputation of being an ever-victorious general. It must be his own problem if he didn't understand. It would never be wrong to do as Qian Tiandun instructed.

Dong Shangyi asked curiously, “Since the general is so wary of the indigenous people here, why is he planning to sell weapons and equipment to them? It would not be a good thing for Hai Han to let these people improve their military strength, would it?”

Qian Tiandun smiled and said, "If we use normal thinking to infer, it is indeed as you said. However, these people are not ordinary people, and we cannot infer their behavior based on our thinking. I can tell you what will happen in the future after they purchase our weapons and equipment."

"In order to get rid of their dependence on imported weapons, they will soon start to imitate the weapons and equipment they have purchased, but the problem is that their purpose is not to imitate weapons with equivalent performance like the Ming Dynasty, but to put the money used to purchase imported weapons and equipment into their own pockets."

"After they fail, they will ask us to transfer weapons manufacturing technology in exchange for arms purchases, or even help them build arsenals and train craftsmen. But all these measures are aimed at allowing the officials involved to make more money."

Dong Shangyi said: "If that's the case, then they will get some improvement in the end, right?"

Qian Tiandun said: "If they only deal with us, it might be possible. But given the greed of this race, they will definitely make similar requests to other Western countries that have colonized here, and continue to import weapons and equipment from various countries and mix them into the army."

Dong Shangyi was originally from the military, so he could hear the problem and frowned, "Mixing weapons from different countries, not to mention the different operations, will cause big problems in logistics supply alone! Such a simple truth, they can't have thought of it, right?"

Qian Tiandun nodded slightly and said, "They may be able to think of it, but no one will care about these issues. Everything is aimed at making money. Moreover, they will be proud of this, thinking that their army is equipped with top weapons from various countries."

Dong Shangyi laughed and said, "Will this method expose all the loopholes and true strength once on the battlefield? Let alone us, any country that is truly capable of manufacturing muskets and artillery will probably be in trouble!" Qian Tiandun said, "That's true. No matter how many weapons they buy in the end, it is difficult for them to pose a real threat to our country. But I have no interest in conquering this place, as long as I can make money through arms trade. As for who is willing to be the owner of this cesspool, I think it's better to leave it to the Westerners who like heavy tastes!"

Qian Tiandun's statement, which was ahead of its time, was naturally difficult to verify immediately. However, after he repeatedly emphasized his views on the local indigenous people, Dong Shangyi and Li Yuande both remembered his words and passed them on to future generations, which were indeed verified at some point in the future.

After a brief visit to Surat port, the fleet set off and continued sailing northwest along the coastline.

It is difficult to tell the size of the Indian Peninsula from the map, but after actually visiting it, you will realize that the area of ​​this region is almost as large as half of China from the Liaodong Peninsula to Hainan Island.

And this is not the entire territory of the Mughal Empire. The area it actually controlled was not far from the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula and bordered Persia in the Middle East.

If it had not been caught up in internal power struggles in recent years, the borders of the Mughal Empire might have expanded further westward.

Of course, Persia was not someone who could be easily bullied. As one of the most powerful empires in Central Asia, it had always won more than it lost in territorial disputes with neighboring countries. Naturally, it would not tolerate the continued growth of the Mughal Empire next door. The outbreak of war might be only a matter of time.

After the fleet entered the waters connecting the Indian Peninsula and the Eurasian continent, the topography on the coast began to change significantly.

The originally lush and flat coast suddenly transformed into a world of yellow earth and rolling hills.

Although there are many small bays near the coast here, there are no more trading ports like Goa and Surat, and the population near the coast is obviously much sparser than on the west coast of the Indian peninsula.

As the coastline begins to turn westward, the contours of the mountains on the coast become clearer, but these mountains are mostly bare rock mountains, which look very desolate.

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It was not until the fleet arrived near the border between the Mughal Empire and Persia on the coast that people finally appeared here. They were troops from the two countries stationed there to guard the border.

This place is three thousand miles away from Shahjahanabad, the capital of the Mughal Empire, and more than two thousand miles away from Isfahan, the capital of the Persian Empire. It is extremely remote, with hundreds of miles of deserted land. Except for the troops stationed here, there are no civilians who will settle here.

The sudden appearance of the Hai Han fleet put the garrison troops of both countries into a state of tension, as they all wondered whether this was an enemy coming to attack their camps.

This is the last chapter at the end of 2024, and 2025 is coming. On the occasion of the New Year, the author wishes all book friends a happy family and a great new year!