Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1180 Bangladesh Tariff War

A few years later.

Dashun Weixin Nine Years, June.

India, West Bengal, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River.

This is the hottest season in India and the last period before the rainy season.

In the morning, ten fifteen.

The scorching sun hangs overhead, and the sound of rumbling cannons rings out from time to time.

The soldiers of the 13th Company of the No.[-] Combat Engineer Battalion of the Dashun Marine Corps stood under the sun as they were trained on a daily basis, watching the unintensive events happening in the distance with a mentality of watching a play. fighting.

As an elite combat engineering company that was established in Ceylon and trained in Ceylon for four and a half years, they have long been accustomed to the climate of the Indian subcontinent.

Zhao Liben's third younger brother, Zhao Lisheng, took his standard tin kettle and poured cold boiled water with salt into his mouth according to the regulations of the drill.

Wiping his mouth, he looked back at the tent not far away, and heard the angry screams inside, and asked Shi Chang next to him, "What's the shout inside?"

Shi Zhang wiped his sweat with a towel, shook his head and said, "I don't understand. Who cares what he is shouting, what is this battle about? How can this group of Bangladeshi soldiers have to stop after walking ten or so steps?"

Zhao Lisheng also shook his head, thinking that this is also called soldiers?The group of government soldiers on Ceylon Island are stronger than them.

As a part of Dashun's characteristic discrimination chain, the field soldiers who were paid by the army did not look down upon those under-trained soldiers who did not get paid by the army.

But today it is considered an eye-opener, the government soldiers who were originally looked down upon, seem to be very good.

He lifted the pith helmet with a brim on the top of his head, took a breath, and turned his head away, curious to know what was shouting in the tent.

About twenty or thirty steps behind him is a tent, which is the big tent of the young Siraj, the Indian and Bengal Jiedushi.

In the tent, two Dashun officers who were wearing the military uniforms of Dashun military officers sat beside Siraj.

The leader was Niu Er, who was pulled out to join the rebel army after the slave labor uprising in Java.

The other one was Zhang Sanbiao who, as a drummer at the beginning, followed Liu Yu in the field battle across the Altai Mountains and killed Xiao Celing Dunduobu, and later also made great achievements in the volcano Juyi in Java.

Siraj, the governor of Bengal, was sitting there, his entire face and facial features twisted into a ball, and sharp and manic curses kept ringing out.

Half an hour ago, he had triumphantly told the people in Dashun, "As long as Jafar's cavalry launches an attack, the war will be over."

And 5 minutes ago, the orderly cavalry came back to tell Siraj a terrible news.

"Respected Lord Jiedushi, Jafar... Jafar didn't launch an attack, not even his cavalry moved."

After Siraj heard the news, he finally couldn't help but cursed.

"This is an order! It is an order for him to attack from the left with cavalry! How dare he disobey my order?"

"So that's where he came from? The army lied to me. Everyone lied to me, even my relatives..."

"They are all a bunch of despicable cowards, villains, and traitors!"

"I should have hanged all these relatives like Nadir Shah! Maybe it would be better."

The translator carefully translated Siraj's cursing to Niu Er and the others beside him. Niu Er frowned and cursed stupidly in his heart.

After a long time, Siraj finally stopped cursing, took a few quick breaths to stabilize his emotions, and asked: "What is your attitude in China? Is it really just a battlefield observation?"

"I can give you money, enough money, even millions of silver coins, as long as you help me launch an attack. Just once. There are plenty of silver coins in my treasury!"

Niu Er replied very solemnly: "Master Jiedushi. We are the envoys of the Celestial Dynasty, but we just happened to catch up with this battle. The companies outside are just our guards and will definitely not participate in the battle."

"China is strictly neutral in the Indian dispute. Because it involves not only the battle in India, but also the war in Europe, China is still neutral and the initiator of the armed neutral alliance."

"Bangladesh is neither a tributary state of the Celestial Dynasty nor part of the Tianxia. We will not participate in this war. However, we are ordered by the Son of Heaven to participate in the succession ceremony of Lord Jiedushi and to sign the saltpeter trade issue with the Celestial Dynasty. So if Lord Jiedu is in danger, we can protect it. But it is impossible to participate in the attack. Because if we participate in the attack, it means war. We are officials of the Chinese court, not mercenaries."

"It's not a matter of money. No amount of silver coins can make me disobey the order of the emperor and the Privy Council."

Niu Er was also the one who pulled out the Guiyi Army in Java, and he had received a professional education in Weihai before. Both his vision and ability were much better than this "little boy" who inherited a huge territory because of his blood.

This time the imperial court sent them to Bangladesh instead of people from the Li government or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Bangladesh, which is actually very telling.

Obviously, Dashun's side was not as simple as it said. For example, it was just that the envoys just happened to catch up with the battle.

Dashun had been waiting for this day for a long time.

This war is inevitable, because the Afghans have been eyeing the northwest, and the British have been eyeing the south for a long time.

No matter how you look at it, the Afghans are stronger and the British are weaker.

Therefore, Siraj, who was young and wanted to show his talents, sent the main force in the northwest to fight against Afghanistan with his allies.And he himself, leading the soldiers, decided to eat up the British before the rainy season came.

The rainy season is coming soon. Once the rainy season comes, large-scale wars are impossible, and the climate does not allow it.It is also impossible for the British navy to launch an attack during the rainy season.

Siraj's intentions were good.

a victory.

A long rainy season.

Victory brings him prestige.

The rainy season brings him time.

As long as this battle is won, with the prestige of the victor and the long rainy season, he can fully integrate the Bengal left to him by his grandfather, clean up his political enemies, and grasp real power.

In the feudal town era, the most direct source of power was a military victory.

However, no one expects him to win except him.

Including Dashun.

Dashun didn't want Siraj to win and integrate the forces of Bengal, even though Dashun's officers were in Siraj's camp at this time, it seemed that the relationship between the two sides was good.

Dashun also hoped that he would lose, that he would lose nothing and lose only one life.

Naturally, the British wanted him to lose too, knowing full well that time was on Bangladesh's side.

Missing this season, the long rainy season, will give the young Jiedushi a time to integrate his interior.

Therefore, the British must also fight this battle... If they don't fight, the shareholders of the East India Company will not be able to bear it anymore. Almost all other means have been used. The profits of the London East India Company have been severely cut, and the shareholders are already quite dissatisfied with the dividends.

Bengal's hostile attitude towards Britain made it necessary for the British East India Company to fight this battle.If you don't want the lifeblood of trade to still be controlled by Dashun.

Currency, currency, where there is money, there is money.

One of the world's two largest handicraft factories, India and Dashun, must be stabilized, otherwise the East India Company, which started out as a trade, would have to be disbanded.

The cause of the war...

it's actually really easy.

A long time ago, when Liu Yu sent smuggling ships to South America, he told many Dashun businessmen.

Said, "This tax evasion problem of the British is really bothering whoever sees it."

It should be said that since the 18th century, many wars in Britain have been fought around the issue of "tax evasion".

The war of Austrian succession, the war between Britain and the West, the so-called Jenkins' ear is tax evasion and smuggling.The deeper reason is that it was agreed that the trade would have to pay 25% tariffs to Spain, but in the end they did not pay. After tax evasion, they were caught and detained the large cargo ship. The capitalists of the South Sea Company began to ask Jenkins to make up stories for the parliament. exert public pressure.

The Boston Tea Party in history was still tax evasion and smuggling.

This war with Bangladesh was caused by tax evasion and smuggling.

To put it simply: the East India Company, from the Mughal Empire, pays a trade tax of 3000 rupees per year, which can be exempted from tariffs on trade in Bangladesh.

Let's not talk about the current situation where there are many feudal vassals and towns, and the Jiedu envoys are conquering each other, and who cares what the Mughal emperor's edict.

Even if you continue to give the emperor some face.

That's what the UK is doing too badly.

The trade of the East India Company is duty-free, or one-time tariff-inclusive.

Okay, even if the Bengal Jiedu envoy gave the central court of the Mughal Empire a face.

But the problem is that the local Sikh merchants and Hindu merchants all received the "East India Company's documents" here in the UK.

Once you change your body, you become a member of the East India Company, and you don't have to pay taxes.

Bangladesh is quite rich, but the money of merchants and the money of the government are not the same thing.

The young Jiedushi Siraj wants money, because without money there is nothing he can do.Looking back at the tariffs, Mao couldn't collect them either.

It's his aunt and uncle who are in charge of the tariffs. The sisters and sisters all have grandchildren. Why do you inherit it?
For example, the Bangladesh government's tariff is 15%.

Then, the businessman gave the East India Company some money to buy an East India Company's clerical status; and then gave Siraj his aunt 5% of the benefits, why should he pay formal customs duties?
The people in Dashun are very clear about this matter.

The overall idea is the same as the previous dynasty's deceitfulness and refuge.

Avoid the court's tax; put the land under the name of the gentry.

It's just that here is the tariff, and the previous dynasty was the land tax and corvee.

Clearing away the fog, the truth is the same.

As for the legendary "Calcutta black hole massacre incident", "Indian barbarians massacred legal British citizens", etc., this is nothing more than shaping collective memory.

The man died in 1755, and the story was made up in 1817 and then included in Indian colonial textbooks. This was done by the British to make Indians reflect on why they were beaten, and it had nothing to do with the facts. The "correct" collective memory sometimes has nothing to do with the facts.

The root cause is the issue of tariff autonomy.

The larger the trade volume, the more Bangladesh wants to get back the benefits of this export tariff.

A group of Sikh merchants, Hindu merchants, and Moors can afford to be exempted from taxes by paying a little money for East India Company identification.

Siraj certainly wants the tariffs back.

The British East India Company is also desperate.

The reason is also very simple. When a regime is most vulnerable, it is often the time when the old and the new are handed over.

Once Bangladesh is given a year or two to complete the internal integration—Siraj is indeed young, but he is the heir designated by his grandfather, and his legitimacy is extremely high—after the internal integration is completed, what is the fart?

Yes, Duplex was transferred back to Paris.

But the French are not idle. France's interests are in southern India, and it is quite supportive of Bangladesh's anti-British opposition in the north.

A Bangladesh that can obtain advanced weapons, is also a source of saltpeter, and has completed internal integration and passed the period of regime change, the United Kingdom cannot beat it.

This is not to say that the United Kingdom itself is not strong enough, but that even if you can pull out a hundred thousand troops from the United Kingdom, can you directly open the wormhole portal to India?

This is the same nonsense as those missionaries in the late Ming Dynasty said that 2 Spanish soldiers conquered Ming Dynasty. You can send [-] people across the earth to Ming Dynasty. The earth at that time can no longer stop you. You can conquer the world with your eyes closed. up.

Dashun has developed wildly in recent years. With its huge body and size, it can dare to say that it can get 5000 people to Europe at most. The next wave will take two years to send them there. This is pure fuel. .

Therefore, at this time, for both parties at war, it is a war that must be fought.

Siraj must get rid of the British before he can integrate internally and move north to solve the Afghan threat.

The East India Company had to take a big gamble before Siraj could integrate the company, otherwise the company would be disbanded by Dashun's trade goods and smuggled goods.

This is not an accidental war, but an inevitable war.

Britain is not naive and naive like a child. I believe that Dashun, who has troops stationed in Ceylon, will watch the whole process.

Instead, I have to believe it.

For unbelief is death.

Believe me, there is still a certain possibility of immortality.

Besides, I heard that Dashun is currently busy helping the Japanese shogunate to suppress the rebellion of some feudal vassals, and it is unknown whether they will not be able to do so for a while.

(End of this chapter)