Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1114 Layout of the Mughals

The second batch of British envoys arrived, and there were not many matters to be discussed between the two sides, except that the amendments proposed by Charles I had been negotiated and confirmed.

With the exception of the Secret-class steam warship, which is still under construction, all other sailing ships have been delivered to Western companies.Western companies have spent a lot of silver and manpower on this voyage, and the time for departure is getting closer and closer.

"All the ships are in good condition. The ships that purchased special products from Dongying, Ryukyu and other places have returned. All the crew members have also reported to be ready, and we can leave at any time." An employee of a western company came to Li Jinde's mansion to report He reported on the preparations.

"Let everyone be calm, because of the arrival of the embassy, ​​our time to go to sea has been delayed for a while, and those in the embassy don't know when they plan to leave the capital. We have prepared for a year, and it will take another two or three years to go to sea. , don’t care about waiting a few more days.” Li Jinde said.

"I'll let the sailors wait in Tianjin Wei Haosheng, and they won't lose their wages." The employee who came from Tianjin Wei Wharf said.

Seeing the employee leave, Li Jinde sighed deeply.

The closer it was to go to sea, Li Jinde felt inexplicable pressure.He hadn't been so worried before when he first ventured to Europe.At that time, Aunt Li was the only one he had to worry about, but now that he has a high court and a wife and children, if something happens to him during this ocean trip, then the newly born Yinger will lose his father.

"Except for the necessary silver taels to take to the City of London, all of my father's and my savings are stored in the Bank of Kyushu, which is a bank note of the Bank of Kyushu. If anything happens to me in the sea, the money will be enough for you and Yinger and my mother are living together." Li Jinde handed almost all the money to Selina.

"You can give the bank note to mother..." Selina couldn't help saying when she saw that the amount in the bank note was quite large.

"No, I can't give it to her. She doesn't know how dangerous it is to sail on the sea for several months, especially in a dangerous place like Cape Storm. If I give her all the money, she will definitely worry about me At least for now, in her view, I was able to go to the West and return smoothly, and the route should be relatively safe. But you know the dangers involved, I can fool my mother, but I can't fool you, so the following I leave the matter to you." Li Jinde said slightly pleadingly.

"Don't say that, you will be fine... I married to the east, not to be a widow..." Selina's tone was a little choked.

"You don't have to worry too much. We have more than 50 ships this time, as well as several large ships from the British Mission. Even if there is a storm, as long as they are not swept into the sea by the wind and waves, there should be no problem." Li Jinde comforted.

"What you said made me even more worried." Selina sat beside Yinger's bed, her eyes even more sad.

Li Jinde didn't know how to comfort Selina this time. No matter how reasonable she was, the child would have to be separated for a few years after birth, and it might be life and death. Selina couldn't let reason dominate at this time.

Not just the couple of Li Jinde, but all the merchants and crew members who are about to go to Europe are facing the uneasiness of going to the unknown world.

Chu Yun, who was leading the trade behind the scenes, didn't need to go to Europe. It wasn't that Chu Yun didn't want to see what the cities and towns in Europe looked like now, but that he couldn't get away.

Li Jinde and the directors of Western Company are preparing to go to Europe, but Chu Yun is not thinking about going to Europe for trade.There are expedition teams in North America to explore gold mines, and Western companies led by Li Jinde to develop markets in London, but there are still people to help Chu Yun take over the assets of the East India Company on the Indian Peninsula, and to find out the situation of the Mughal Empire.

Chu Yun knew a general idea about the situation in Europe at this time, but he knew almost nothing about the Mughal Empire.The population of the Mughal Empire is estimated to be about [-] million. No one knows the exact number, and it is estimated that the local tribal forces are very complicated. Special officials need to go to find out the details of the local situation and infiltrate into the Mughal Empire.

"I need qualified intelligence personnel who are good at wooing local officials and inciting local forces. They will be of great use in the future." Chu Yun summoned Aila from the intelligence department in his new office, and beside her was another who might have six A man unknown to all the officials.

"The officer of the former third division of intelligence, code-named 'Shadow', was active in the Western Regions and seized a batch of former slave owners' rebellion intelligence in advance, and he established one-third of the Intelligence Department's intelligence network in the Western Regions. He has dealt with the Turks, Mongols, and Arabs, and should be able to establish an intelligence network in the East India region." Ella introduced.

As the most mysterious organization of the Kyushu Army, there are four sections in the intelligence department, only one section is active on the surface, and the other three sections are secretly, usually only called by code names, not to mention ordinary people, most of the officials are not seen over them.

"We need to figure out the factional conflicts between the Mughal Empire, as well as various local forces. As far as I know, the Mughal Empire ruled by the fifth emperor Shah Jahan is unprecedentedly strong, but they are after all a backward agricultural empire .Besides, the situation is not so stable. They have the Rajput kingdom in the west, the Maratha alliance in the south, and the Persian Safavid Empire in the north, which has caused great pressure on them. Therefore, Shah Jahan had to send military nobles The number of soldiers and troops has almost quadrupled, and the superficial army commanded by the emperor himself may be as many as 40, many of whom are herdsmen cavalry, not including the cavalry commanded by princes and nobles in various places. The burden of peasants is much greater than ours. "Chu Yun learned some information about the Mughals from the population of the British East India Company.

At this time, because the Mughal emperor was a Turkic Mongol, the empire he established on the Indian Peninsula was somewhat similar to the Mongolian Khanate. He attached great importance to cavalry, and the source of cavalry came from the nomadic peoples of Central Asia in the north.

"To what extent does the military lord hope that the intelligence network established by his subordinates can penetrate?" said the intelligence agent code-named Shadow.

"Bribe their officials, fight for privileges for our East India Company, and provide us with the necessary intelligence when we conduct military operations. There is also a group of Maratha people who are recruited and encouraged to rebel against the Mughal Empire. Let them and the Mughal Empire War broke out in the Woer Empire. We will resell arms and gain privileges. This is our goal not to occupy the South Asian subcontinent, but to plunder its raw materials and open up a market of hundreds of millions of people." Chu Yun said.

(End of this chapter)