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Chapter 1243 Escorting the Queen

At the Beijing Railway Station, several soldiers escorted a woman off the train.The woman was wearing a veil and exotic clothes, but she was handcuffed in front of her body, revealing only a pair of big eyes.

She had never been to places other than Sumatra, and looked curiously at this strange country to her.The level of civilization on the island is far less prosperous than the capital city.Even as a prisoner, she has to be shocked by the prosperity of the capital.

The main road in the capital city has been rebuilt with a neat hard pavement. On both sides of the road, there are electric poles at intervals, and street lights are installed on them.

The railway station, the Kyushu Library, the Forbidden City, the northern gardens, the concrete buildings under construction, the passing four-wheeled carriages, and the billboards erected by the roadside, everything stimulated her eyes.

It's like a person from ancient times suddenly traveled to modern times, feeling strange to everything around him.

Perhaps in the history of 1000 years before the Industrial Revolution, the human society of agricultural civilization did not undergo much change, but after the Industrial Revolution began, the process of human civilization began to accelerate. At this time, the capital was compared with other areas that had not yet introduced new technologies. , has begun to give the backward areas a sense of the times.

After becoming a prisoner of war this time, Queen Alan of Aceh was escorted to the capital from Sumatra via Malacca, and was transported to the capital as the spoils of the No.12 Corps that conquered Nanyang, saying that it was to be dedicated to Chu Yun.

People in the military department didn't know whether Chu Yun would take the spoils, but the other party was the queen of a country after all, so even if he became a prisoner, he could receive preferential treatment.

Speaking of which, there are still many Nanyang princes and nobles in the prison of Dongjiang Town.

The people at the railway station in Beijing noticed the foreign woman guarded by several soldiers, and they couldn't help being surprised, but they didn't dare to ask the soldiers in military uniforms.

Soon a large carriage arrived, and the captured Queen Alan got into the carriage. Soldiers from the Twelfth Corps escorted her to the liaison office of the Twelfth Corps in the capital, where she was temporarily detained.

There is also a Portuguese in the escort team this time. He is one of the few people who can understand Chinese and Sumatra dialect.

"How did you catch a woman back?" asked the staff at the liaison office.

"This is the queen of Aceh captured by the regiment leader. It was specially sent to the capital to be dedicated to the master of the army, and at the same time to show off our achievements to other regiments. We invaded Sumatra this time, executed the opponent's king, and captured the queen alive. This is our The most glorious moment since the establishment of the No.12 Corps." Said the soldier who made the special trip to escort the Queen to Beijing.

"Isn't she the queen of a backward place? Would the military leader be willing to see her?" The officer in the liaison office expressed doubts.

The number of emperors, kings, princes, and chiefs who have been crusaded by the Kyushu Army over the years is so numerous that the prison in Dongjiang Town is overcrowded, and the queen of an island is really nothing.

"You can tell by looking at her face." The escorting soldiers tore off Queen Alan's veil, revealing Queen Alan's ashamed and indignant expression.

Now that her hands are handcuffed, she can't stop the other party from tearing off the veil at all.

"It's really a beauty, it's a disaster for the country and the people. No wonder the head of the regiment wants to dedicate it to the military leader." The people in the liaison office were also shocked.

"Let's report to the military first, and then see if the military lord is willing to accept the spoils of our No.12 Corps. If the military lord accepts it, our No.12 Corps may get more rewards." Soldier Said.

"Then let's do this. If the military leader doesn't want to see her, he can be transferred to Dongjiang Town Prison. But if she is sent to prison, it would be a pity for such a beauty." The person in the liaison office said.

Queen Alan couldn't understand what this group of officers and soldiers were discussing, she couldn't understand what the other party said at all.But the other party's eyes reminded her of the wars between tribes on the island in the past. The losing party became a prisoner and had to be dealt with by the other party. Looting food and women was also a very common behavior in wars.And she was clearly the trophy.

"While waiting for the reply from the military department, you must keep an eye on her and don't let her commit suicide," the soldier ordered.

Each corps has a liaison office in the capital to contact the military department as soon as possible, and they can report any news to the military department.

When the civilian staff of the military department received the report from the No.12 Corps office, their expressions were a little strange.

In previous battles, when the combat troops of the Kyushu Army destroyed the native kingdoms, they usually handed over the spoils to plunder the other party's treasury, and almost no one would hand over a woman on purpose.

"The request of the No.12 Corps is really strange, my lord, should we report to the military leader?" The civilian who got the report handed it over to his superior.

"Our regiment captured its queen in Aceh, Sumatra. They thought they could use her to subdue Aceh. Unexpectedly, the power of the country has been stolen by the nobles. They ordered the soldiers to take her to the capital and wait for the leader of the army..." The higher-level person in charge of the military department also checked the report submitted by the Liaison Office of the No.12 Corps and was also surprised.

"I think the No.12 Corps just wants to claim credit. After all, according to the report they submitted before, Huang Degong led the soldiers across the Strait of Malacca and defeated tens of thousands of Aceh troops in Pangkalan Susu. They want to confirm the record By the way, I want our military to issue a commendation order as soon as possible." Another civilian official said.

The Military Department and the Sixth Department are two independent systems. The promotion of officers is not assessed by the Ministry of Officials, but rewards and promotions are carried out within the Military Department based on military merit.

"The rewards for the No.12 Corps are about to be issued. It is not so important to present the queen. It is enough to mention this matter to the military leader at the meeting of our military headquarters. If the military leader is willing to receive that queen , it is estimated that a special time will be arranged, otherwise it may just be disposed of at will." The civilian officials of the military department put the report below.

Isn't she just a queen? No matter how good-looking she is, Chu Yun has around her. Most of the military officials think that Chu Yun has no intention of meeting her.

"How is the preparation for dispatching military supplies to the Mughal Empire in India?"

"Everything has been prepared. In order not to make the Mughal Empire suspicious of us, we only sent a team of 300 people into our stronghold in the Indian Peninsula this time, and recruited soldiers locally to increase our defense against the Mughal Empire. Infiltration of the Son Empire."

"The Nanyang Fleet will assign four gunboats to establish an Indian Ocean formation, and regularly escort the merchant ships of the East India Company to the Mughal Empire for trade in accordance with the laws of the monsoon every year."

In the lobby of the military department, civilian officials are very busy, and they are more concerned about other affairs.

(End of this chapter)