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Chapter 1263 The Difficult Prince

"Damn Chinese people, your Highness has refused your request." The cavalry guards followed the Mughal prince Aurangzeb to the boat, and they paddled towards the shore while defending Aurangzeb.

"Iron ships and iron cannons must be their most advanced technology, and they will not sell it to us even if I pay 100 million rupees. They are like those annoying Europeans who will not easily sell the best things Sell ​​it to us."

Aurangzeb was envious when he saw the ironclad ship General Fubo moored in the bay.

Although it is a land power empire, although their Mughal Empire is proud of cavalry, they were able to build such an empire, but artillery played an indelible role.Aurangzeb really wanted to get the more excellent artillery mounted on the General Fubo.

It is naturally the best if you can buy an ironclad ship, even if you pay a high price, Aurangzeb thinks it is worth it.

"Your Highness, my subordinates believe that cavalry is the foundation of a country. Their strong ships and guns can only allow them to harass us on the edge of the coast, but on land, it is our cavalry's world!" Said the cavalry guard.

"Cavalry..." Aurangzeb stared at the sea intently.

He also believed in cavalry before, but he was a little shaken when he saw the Chinese fleet here today.

The Indian peninsula is surrounded by sea on three sides. If the enemy has a powerful fleet, he can easily harass the empire from any of the three directions.

They used to be able to support the Britons to check and balance the Portuguese and the Netherlands, but now the Britons supported by them seem to be working with the Chinese secretly. Now who can check and balance them?
"It seems that after inspecting the next area, I need to return to the imperial capital Agra to report to my father what happened here, and I must pay close attention to the actions of the East India Company." Aurangzeb's eyes flickered.

"Your Highness, when are we leaving here?" the cavalry guard asked.

"By the time they leave Surat, I'm sure they're just passing through here," Aurangzeb replied.

At this time, Zheng Zhibao was on the deck of the iron-clad ship General Fubo, looking thoughtfully at Aurangzeb and his party who were paddling close to the shore.

"The third prince is not a simple person. Almost all of his subordinates are cavalry, but he is very interested in our ironclad ships and artillery, and even wants to buy them at any cost." Zheng Zhibao spoke highly of this Aurangzeb .

"But he is only the third prince. In the Ottoman Empire, there are still the first and second princes in front of him. The first prince assists in managing the government in the imperial capital, and the second prince serves as the deputy king of Bangladesh in the wealthy Bengal region. It will never be his turn. When he becomes the emperor of the empire, he may even be purged when the eldest prince takes over." People in the East India Company are familiar with the line of succession to the throne of the Ottoman Empire, and they believe that Aurangzeb, as the third prince, has no chance to ascend to the throne, and at most he can be a prince .

"There is an old saying among us Han people that princes and generals are relatives, and fate is hard to say. If this person becomes the new emperor of the Mughals, it may cause us a lot of trouble. How about the other two? It will be more beneficial for us if the prince and the second prince ascend to the throne and become the emperor of the Mughal Empire." Zheng Zhibao was born as a pirate, and he thinks that he is more accurate in judging people, and thinks that Aurangzeb has some skills.

It would be terrible to dare to board the warship where many of their naval soldiers were with a few personal soldiers.

"I hope that our East India Company will not be targeted by the third prince. One of our teams is taking a boat to the east coast and the Bay of Bengal to buy suitable land. This is the time for expansion. If we are targeted by the Mughal Empire, If they withdraw the privileges granted to us, then we will be in a very bad position..." The East India Company was also worried.

People in the East India Company never thought that Prince Aurangzeb would suddenly come to Surat port for inspection. If their acquisition by the Chinese was exposed, the consequences would be quite serious.There's a good chance their privilege here will be revoked.

"If Aurangzeb intends to embarrass your East India Company, how do you plan to deal with it?" Zheng Zhibao asked.

"Although we may be targeted, the stronghold on the east coast is the territory of the indigenous princes, and Bengal is the territory of the second prince who is against the third prince. Aurangzeb will only take action against our port in Surat at most. ... If he dares to seize our East India Company's property, we have to apply to the headquarters to use force to harass the coast and fan the local rebellion against the Mughal Empire..." The people of the East India Company seem to be very familiar with the rules of the game here, and they also have A set of methods to deal with the Mughal Empire.

If they are not allowed to go ashore peacefully to set up factories and conduct trade, they will use armed merchant ships and artillery to blockade the port, plunder the pilgrimage fleet, merchant ships, and harass the coastline to force the Mughal Empire to open the country.

The Portuguese were the first to do this, which is why the Mughal Empire used other Europeans to balance them.

After the fleet represented by the iron-clad ship General Fubo replenished supplies at the port of Surat, it continued sailing in the direction of the monsoon current.

The port of Surat returned to calm as the huge ocean-going fleet of more than 30 ships left.The active merchants on the Indian Ocean still trade here, but it is no longer so lively.

The East India Company, which has changed shareholders, is acting as low-key as ever.

Aurangzeb found the officials in charge of Surat and asked them in detail about the exchanges between the British and the Chinese in the port of Surat, and found that a group of Chinese had been to the port of Surat earlier, and There are also people who work in the East India Company and seem to have become employees of the East India Company.

"It's really strange... Are the Chinese working for the Britons, or are the Britons helping the Chinese?" Aurangzeb still couldn't make a correct judgment after investigating.

He is weighing how to deal with the changes in the situation of the East India Company and the entire Indian Ocean.

A powerful fleet temporarily passed through the port of Surat, and after the fleet passed by, it seemed that everything was the same as before.The Mughal Empire is still the most powerful empire in South Asia. A large number of cavalry rule the South Asian subcontinent. It seems that no one can threaten the Mughal Empire, which is still at its peak.

If he hadn't seen the powerful Chinese fleet appearing here like a white horse passing through the gap, Aurangzeb would have lived in the dream of being powerful like other high-level officials of the Mughal Empire.

After the Chinese fleet passed by, he continued to patrol other parts of the empire with a small team of cavalry, but at this time he was even more eager to return to the imperial capital Agra to report what he had seen.

(End of this chapter)