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Chapter 1387 Looting Surat

The East India Company's trading station, someone called the door early in the morning.It was a man with a hood and a veil.

"Who are you?" the employee asked the strange stranger through the crack of the door.

"The Mughal cavalry is coming, get out of here!"

"How did you know?"

"This is the token of the intelligence department. Please don't doubt it. Their cavalry may arrive in less than two hours! They have ordered the Mughal emperor to search the business station!" The stranger shook Token in hand.

Deng Qianlong took a dozen of his men to spend the night in the East India Company's commercial station, but was awakened by the sudden arrival of intelligence officers.

"The intelligence office is really everywhere. I didn't expect them to be able to find out the news of the Mughal Palace so quickly. Everyone retreated to the port!" Deng Qianlong lamented the horror of the intelligence office, and shouted at the East India Company. People transferred all the remaining inventory in the warehouse to the ships moored in the port.

Ella, the director of the intelligence department, has already deployed people to various places according to Chu Yun's strategy. Among them, the Mughal Empire is an important place for infiltration. At least 100 intelligence personnel were deployed in the Mughal Empire a few years ago, forming a A simple and secret intelligence network was established.

The East India Company's trading station in Surat Port was in a panic, and many employees hurriedly moved the goods onto the ship.

Many businessmen from other countries couldn't help being a little surprised to see the East India Company carrying goods away as if they were fleeing.

"The East India Company seems to have received some wind, and we retreated like them!" Seeing the people of the East India Company in a hurry, the Dutch and Portuguese also realized that something was wrong, so they followed the example of the East India Company. Retreat and load crates of stock onto your merchant ship.

As if in a retreat before the war began, the port was full of wagons, camels, and porters bringing goods ashore.

"You haven't accepted our inspection and paid customs duties!" The customs officials established here by the Mughal Empire saw businessmen from several countries acting like crazy, and rushed to the port to maintain order.

They didn't know the emperor's decision, and they didn't even know why these people suddenly fled Surat in large numbers.

"Get out! Don't hinder us!" The officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet held muskets against the chests of the Mughal officials. The enemy's cavalry was approaching. How could they have time to fight with the Mughal customs? What tariffs are officials talking about.

The lives of officials of the Mughal Empire were threatened by muskets. They dared not speak out, and could only watch the East India Company continue to carry goods on board.

Seeing that the East India Company took out muskets to coerce the Mughal officials, the Dutch and Portuguese merchants followed suit and forcibly brought the goods onto the ship.

"They actually mobilized their cavalry to Surat. The purpose must be to surround our business station here. We don't have to be so polite to them if we want to tear ourselves apart. We will destroy this place before leaving." Deng Qianlong saw the chaotic port , and turned to look at Surat, who was still prosperous.

Officials here are responsible for taxing passing merchant ships and some special commodities, and then handing them over to the treasury of the Mughal Empire every year. There must be a lot of gold and silver there.

"Few of you and follow me with your subordinates, we went to raid the government office in Surat!" Deng Qianlong acted first.

Anyway, the Mughal Empire has already turned against the Mughal Empire. If the other party wants to seize the East India Company's trading stations and factories, then they simply seize the local government in turn!

Under the leadership of Deng Qianlong, hundreds of naval soldiers forcibly landed in Surat and broke into the government of Surat with muskets in hand.

Surat soldiers looked at the soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet who broke into the government in horror, at a loss.

"This is a blatant provocation to our Mughal Empire, you will regret it!" Surat's chief was held back by two muskets, and could only growl impotently.

"Take us to your warehouse!" Deng Qianlong said coldly.

With a bang, Surat's warehouse was kicked open by the officers and soldiers of the Nanyang Fleet, and a group of soldiers rushed into the warehouse and carried away all the boxes of gold and silver treasures inside.

The gold and silver here are all taxes paid to Surat by businessmen from various countries. This season's gold and silver have not yet been handed over to the empire, and now they have all become spoils of war for the Nanyang Fleet.

There were chickens and dogs jumping on the street, and soldiers fired and exchanged fire with the local defenders. This most prosperous port city on the Indian peninsula fell into even greater chaos!
Some pirates staying in the port took advantage of the chaos in Surat, and they also carried out looting activities. Some Persian and Arab merchants were robbed. The doors and windows on the streets were closed, and many stalls were overturned. Ceramics are scattered everywhere.

The Nanyang Fleet ransacked Surat's official residence and was busy transferring gold and silver treasures to merchant ships, but the city was still in a mess.

"It's time to leave here! These gold and silver treasures are used as compensation for the destruction of our business station in Surat." Deng Qianlong is quite satisfied with the gold and silver treasures he got from the Surat government.

"Our East India Company will return here in the future." There are still many British employees in the East India Company. They served the East India Company in Surat a long time ago. Moving away is always a bit sad.

The Nanyang Fleet left Surat for a long time, and the merchant ships of the Netherlands and Portugal also left the land of right and wrong.

Just as the fleet left the port of Surat as if fleeing, the third Mughal prince Aurangzeb arrived with 5000 cavalry.Surat has become a mess.

Not only the Nanyang Fleet looted the government, but also many Arabs and Persians who were half merchants and half thieves took advantage of the fire to loot!

"Calm down here quickly, and kill all rioters without mercy!"

With a wave of Aurangzeb's hand, the elite soldiers behind him galloped to the street, and all the pirates and merchants who were still on the street were trampled by the cavalry.

The iron-blooded means quickly calmed the chaotic Surat, but Surat suffered heavy losses because of this looting.

"The robbers ransacked our treasury before they left, and all the gold and silver collected by us in Surat is gone..." Surat officials cried to Aurangzeb about the looting of the Nanyang Fleet.

Aurangzeb took people to see the destroyed government warehouses, and then to the empty warehouses of the East India Company.

The other party seemed to have completely foreseen his actions, and left here ahead of time, and even ransacked the government office before leaving.

"When I received the order, I immediately led the cavalry over. They received the news faster than us. Could it be that they have penetrated into the imperial capital?" Aurangzeb looked at the already depressed port through the crack in his helmet.

(End of this chapter)