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Chapter 1261 The Prince Wants to Board the Ship

"This is our Prince Aurangzeb, Vice King of the Deccan. I hope you can allow His Highness to board your ship for inspection. If you do not agree to His Highness's conditions, our Surat port will no longer allow Chinese people and the ships of the Britons."

Surat officials found the people of the East India Company and conveyed Aurangzeb's meaning to them.

The prince of the Mughal Empire in India did not even intend to use the tone of request, but as if ordering his own servant.

The British employee of the East India Company frowned slightly.

The General Fubo is the warship owned by their Huaxia People's Major Shareholder, and it has already given them face to the Mughal Empire without docking. Now the prince of the Mughal Empire wants to bring people on board for inspection. Isn't this forcing trouble? ?

But here is the third prince of the Mughal Empire, the potential heir to the emperor of the Mughal Empire. If he is offended, the East India Company may not be able to slowly infiltrate the Mughal Empire with gentle means.

At present, the major shareholders seem to have no intention of making a big move against the Mughal Empire.

What can I do?Sandwiched between the two sides, the British employees were caught in a dilemma.

"Please allow us to send people to ask the Chinese people in a small boat." The British from the East India Company said to the officials in Surat.

When East India sent people to paddle to Admiral Fubo to ask Captain Zheng Zhibao for instructions, the officials of Surat reported to their third prince Aurangzeb: "Your Highness, the Britons seem to have to ask the Chinese people for instructions."

After hearing the report, Aurangzeb was even more surprised: "When did the Chinese get so close to the Britons? The first emperor gave the Britons so many privileges and tax benefits in order to check and balance the Portuguese who invaded the coast. If Now they have turned to cooperate with the powerful Chinese, so they are more dangerous to us than the Portuguese..."

Although he was less than [-] years old, Aurangzeb, who was born in the Mughal royal family, led troops to participate in the war against the Persian Empire. His mind was more mature than ordinary people. The pros and cons of things are very transparent.

He knew why the Mughal emperor would give the British the privileges of residence and tariffs. On the one hand, it was to obtain Western goods and artillery, but more importantly, to reduce the protection of the Portuguese and the Netherlands from the Mughal Empire. intrusion.

However, now the British are inexplicably getting together with the Chinese, and the fleet of the Chinese is haunting the Indian Ocean. This is not a good signal for the Mughal Empire.

Because of the distance, whether it is the Portuguese, the Dutch or the British, the invasion of the coastal areas is still small, but the Chinese in Southeast Asia have already bordered the Mughal Empire, and they can Dispatch troops to intervene in the affairs of the Mughal Empire.

Aurangzeb, who was just inspecting the empire normally, fell into a brief contemplation, always feeling that the seemingly serious businessmen seemed to be doing bad things secretly.

The prince of the Mughal Empire demanded that he forcibly board the iron-clad ship General Fubo for inspection under the threat of not being allowed to provide supplies.

When Zheng Zhibao heard the news, it was difficult for him to make a decision.

"What Mughal prince, dare to threaten us to board the ship for inspection, this is a provocation to us!"

"With the strength of our current fleet, it is more than enough to capture Surat Port. Since he threatened us, we might as well counter-threat them. If they don't allow the East India Company to provide us with supplies, we will fire at them to demonstrate! "

The officers and soldiers on the iron-clad ship General Fubo had full confidence in the iron-clad ship and their morale was high. They were very dissatisfied with the threat of the Mughal prince Aurangzeb and called for battle one after another.

If Zheng Zhibao was still the pirate on the southeast coast at this time, he would happily lead a powerful fleet to ransack the merchants of various countries in Surat, and return to the mainland with a ship full of gold, silver and jewels.

But his current status is the general of the regular navy, and everything he does must represent the interests and image of the country.

"Our iron-clad ship General Fubo went to sea this time to start a war, but it is definitely not here. The East India Company finally took root in the Mughal Empire. If the East India Company was uprooted by the Mughal Emperor because of our impulse If they are together, the loss will be too heavy. Promise to let their prince board the ship, but the number of people should not exceed ten, and we will absolutely guarantee his safety."

Zheng Zhibao thought about the pros and cons, and agreed to let the Mughal prince Aurangzeb board the ironclad ship General Fubo for inspection.

"Will they get on board and spy on our shipbuilding technology?" asked some marines.

"No, because they can't learn at all." Zheng Zhibao said indifferently.

A group of people want to learn how to make an iron-clad ship when they come to the steam iron-clad ship?
First of all, the Mughal Empire must have enough high-quality steel, but the production and quality of steel are not up to standard, so building iron ships is just a joke.Secondly, riveting technology is required between steel plates.There are also steam engines for power, propellers for propulsion, and so on.Without a series of basic technologies as support, it is impossible to build an ironclad ship.

Prince Aurangzeb took compulsory measures to board the ship for inspection. The purpose was really to see what kind of monster the black ship was at a close distance.

He was terrified of the appearance of the Ironclad General Fubo. This fear was not only for the General Fubo itself, but also the technology that appeared overseas, and the Mughal Empire still knew nothing about it.

"The other party is willing to accept your inspection, His Royal Highness, but they proposed that only ten people can board the ship at most." Surat's officials told Prince Aurangzeb.

"A few of you board the ship with me!" Aurangzeb decisively selected a few cronies among the cavalry guards.

"Yes!" Several guard cavalry replied with their heads held high.

"His Royal Highness, it is a Chinese ship, and it looks like a big ship with artillery. There may be their soldiers on it. If you bring such a small number of people on board, Your Highness, if they plan something wrong, it will be a big deal. Already..." Surat's officials cautiously persuaded.

"They dare not do anything to me. If they dare to act rashly, you will kill all the people of the East India Company in Surat Port." Aurangzeb said.

Aurangzeb took seven personal guard cavalry, found a small boat at the pier, and the iron-clad ship General Fubo, rowed by the personal guard, approached.

Maybe you can't feel the sense of despair brought by General Fubo on the coast, but as the small boat approaches the bigger and bigger ironclad ship in the undulating waves, the steel hull, huge caliber, and hard armor belt make Austrian Langzeb's scalp was numb.

(End of this chapter)