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Chapter 1247 Buying Land in the Indian Peninsula
On the east coast of the Indian peninsula, a small party was marching up the Guvam River.

This team consisted of blond-haired and blue-eyed Britons, black-haired and yellow-skinned Chinese, and some dark-skinned local guides.The most peculiar thing is that this team also hired an elephant to carry their luggage for them.

Chen Bangyan, the captain of the Nanyang Fleet, fanned the wind with a bamboo hat. The hot weather in the South Asian subcontinent really made him feel uncomfortable.Even though it is not far from the seaside, it is still very hot, as if the gravel ground is burning, even wearing leather boots can feel the scorching heat of the ground.

"Haven't we arrived at the scheduled place yet?" asked a soldier with a musket in the team.

"The land of the South Asian subcontinent is extremely vast. The north has almost fallen under the offensive of the Mughal Empire, while there are still many independent small kingdoms and feudal lords in the Deccan Plateau and coastal areas in the south. We want To legally build warehouses and castles on the coast, it needs to be reasonable and legal without offending the feudal lords here. Our trip is to visit the owner of this coast.” A British man from the East India Company said.

After the Kyushu Army took over the East India Company, Francis Day proposed to the Kyushu Army a strategy of naval blockade against the Mughal Empire, that is, to build fortresses in the three regions of the West Coast, East Coast, and Bengal, and start from the three regions of the coastline. permeate in one direction.

At present, the East India Company has a factory in the port of Surat in the Mughal Empire on the west coast. Francis then took the new major shareholders to the east coast to buy land.

Yes, by buying land from the feudal lords, they would be free to build castles and warehouses along the coast - a technique often used by the East India Company.

Their vision is extremely vicious, and they can often find locations with potential, such as Sao Paulo, Hong Kong Island, Macau, Shanghai, Calcutta, Mumbai and other places that were often unknown before the arrival of Western colonists.

This time, Francis Day took a fancy to a small seaside village called Madras Patam on the southeast coast of the Indian Peninsula, and encouraged the new major shareholder to buy land from the feudal lord here.

The feudal lord of this place said it was big or small, and after the two gunboats of the Nanyang Fleet docked, they had to hire local aborigines as guides to visit the aboriginal feudal lord who owned this place.

"The Mughal Empire is an outsider to the Indian peninsula. Their beliefs are different from those of the local aborigines. The local feudal lords of the Indian peninsula divide people into four levels: Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Sudra. People of different ranks intermarry to ensure that the highest two ranks can forever exploit the people of the two lower ranks." Francis said while cleaning his musket.

He came to the Indian peninsula to work for the East India Company for many years, and he has a good understanding of the customs here.

"Is it the same as when Meng Yuan ruled the Central Plains before?"

Chen Bangyan compared the two sides and found that Genghis Khan really changed the course of the world. Although the Mongol Empire disintegrated soon, his descendants invaded many civilizations.

The Indian peninsula is also dominated by locals, while the Turks, Turkic Mongols, and Persians who entered the Indian peninsula are a minority, but they control the political power.

"But no matter what, no one will have trouble with silver. We can definitely buy the fishing village called Madras and control the foreign trade on the east coast. When we recruit people from the lower caste in the Indian peninsula to train them as mercenaries, we will Drive the Telanders away from the east coast, and we can completely monopolize all trade on the east coast!"

"Then we will drive the Portuguese away from the west coast and monopolize the overseas trade of the west coast. At that time, the east coast and the west coast will all fall into our hands, and we can get unimaginable huge profits from here every year!" Francis Day He happily introduced his plan to everyone-to drive away the Portuguese and the Dutch, completely monopolize the east and west coasts, and reduce the Mughals to a source of raw materials and a market.

"I hope the feudal lords here will not make too harsh demands. Our East India Company has not yet made a profit. If we spend too much, the people above may be dissatisfied." The Huaxia director sent by the government to the East India Company said.

Their team was marching in a relatively backward place, and the weather was hot, and everyone was sweating, so they didn't feel much excitement.

"Leave the negotiation to me. I will try my best to lower the price and buy enough land for our garrison to build the fort." Francis said.

Their small party followed the river for more than sixty miles, passing through a forest on the way, before they came to the feudal lord who ruled the nearby area.

They entered an ancient city, almost all of which were thatched houses and earthen houses.

The residents here have dark skin, deep eye sockets, low cheekbones, simple clothes, and many of them are topless.The roads in the city are muddy dirt roads, and there are stalls displaying commodities such as fruit, cotton cloth, and firewood.There are also cows, animals that they regard as sacred, wandering leisurely on the dirt road.

The team led by Chen Bangyan and Francis Ri broke into this ancient city. Their strange costumes in the eyes of the local aborigines soon attracted the crowds of the people on both sides of the dirt road.

"They're watching us!" An employee from Huaxia shouted after being stared at by these people.

"Be quiet, we are here to buy land." Chen Bangyan was afraid that the team members would cause trouble like this and cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

The East India Company's team came this time with only more than 30 people. If there is a conflict with the residents of the ancient city, even if they have muskets, it is hard to say whether they will be able to retreat unscathed.

The hired local guide quickly chatted with the people in the city.

After the residents of this city knew their purpose, they reached out to a group of temple-like palaces, which seemed to be the seat of the indigenous feudal lord.

After the team of the East India Company heard the news, they marched towards the palace mightily. The elephants wagged their tails and stamped their hooves on the dirt road.

"If the negotiation collapses later, don't shoot and use force. Otherwise, we will not be able to legally occupy the coast after the conflict, but also make the people here hate us. Even if we occupy the land by force, we will not be able to occupy the coast in this area." It is difficult to move forward." Chen Bangyan, who led the team, reminded the people holding muskets.

"Of course, if their feudal lords want to detain the gold and silver we brought, we can attack here with an upright excuse afterwards. So we must learn to be patient." Chen Bangyan reminded everyone again that unless the indigenous feudal lords used force first, otherwise they would retreat In order to advance, do not act rashly until reinforcements from the mainland arrive.

(End of this chapter)