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Chapter 1531 Looting the Imperial City
Qin Zuoming led the East India Company's army into Agra, the imperial city of the Mughal Empire. Agra was full of fleeing princes, ministers and civilians. They wanted to leave from this dangerous city.

After the defeat of the eldest prince Darashiko, he fled to the northwest, and the third prince Aurangzeb fled to the south to his base camp, the Deccan Plateau. The Indian princes who came together dispersed in flocks. They knew that they could not defeat the terrible enemy. , I thought that I could return to my fief and keep my one-acre three-point land.Even the first and third princes have run away, who else can defend the imperial city?

Qin Zuoming set up checkpoints at the gates of Agra and arranged for small teams to guard them. All princes and ministers who escaped from Agra must leave their money, otherwise they will be executed on the spot.

In addition to the small troops guarding the city gate, Qin Zuoming led the main force to loot the palaces of princes and ministers in the city. Their magnificent and luxurious mansions contained a lot of gold, silver and treasures.

The Bengal cavalry led by Qasim watched the East India Company plunder the Mughal Imperial City outside the city, feeling itchy in their hearts.The Bengal cavalry under him were even more jealous.

This is the imperial city of the Mughal Empire. A lot of wealth from all over the country has been accumulated here, and every prince and minister here is very rich!If you can plunder the wealth in the city, it is hard to imagine how many tens of millions of rupees of gold, silver and jewelry can be obtained!

The Bengal cavalry looted a lot of spoils during the battle, but compared with the accumulated wealth in Agra, this spoil is nothing but a drop in the bucket.

Of course Kasim also wanted to participate in the looting of the imperial city.

However, he took the initiative to apply to the East India Company to annex the land of Bihar from the Mughal Empire, and promised not to participate in the partition of Agra. All the properties in Agra belonged to the East India Company.

"Your Majesty, why can Chinese people enter the city to plunder wealth, while we can only clean up the battlefield outside the city to get some leftovers?"

The Bengali cavalry, still traversing the battlefield for gold, silver and trinkets, complained to their king, Qasim.

Almost everyone knows that there is still a large amount of wealth in Agra that the princes have not had time to transport away, and even the treasury of the Mughal Empire is in the city!That is the real mountain of gold and silver!

"After this expedition, I will acquire the land in Bihar with millions of people, and I can collect a lot of land rent every year. I will give half of this land to you, my most loyal servants! Do you think Do you want a one-time loot, or a land that future generations can live on?" Kasim said.

In order to achieve domination and control of this elite cavalry force, Kasim is determined to reward his generals with half of the land in Bihar that he will acquire.

When the Bengal cavalry heard that their king planned to give them half of the newly acquired territory, they couldn't help but be grateful to Dade, and they were not so envious that the East India Company's troops could enter the city to plunder the princes and ministers.

It is good to obtain a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry from Agra at one time, but they value land more. If they own land, they can obtain stable rent income from the land every year.

"Execute all these misers." Qin Zuoming led his soldiers to search the residences of Mughal officials from house to house, and found a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from their mansions.

Some ministers of the Mughal Empire desperately wanted to protect their property, but what awaited them was muskets against their chests. Either hand over their property or die!
Boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were carried out from the residence of the Mughal ministers and loaded onto large carriages.

Regardless of the fact that the main purpose of this expedition is to split the Mughal Empire, which may pose a threat in the future, the gold, silver and jewelry obtained now can make up for the cost of sending troops and earn some money.

The real wealth is not in the homes of these Mughal ministers, but in the Agra Red Fort in the city - the residence of the Mughal emperors!
The Mughal Emperor was the largest landowner in the South Asian subcontinent and the richest person, and his Red Fort accumulated the most treasures!

This huge castle is surrounded by a 12-meter-high red sandstone wall, which is generally semicircular, and the highest wall is 20 meters high.

Qin Zuoming looked from where he was, and under the sunlight, the Red Castle glowed dazzling red.

Taking advantage of the chaos, many servants in the palace tried to sneak out the treasures from the palace.They were blocked by Qin Zuoming's troops, and these treasures became their trophies as a matter of course.

Qin Zuoming and the others sealed the entrances and exits of the Red Fort, and then he personally led people into the Red Fort.

There are more than 500 buildings in the Red Fort, and Qin Zuoming was shocked by its luxury, which is almost second only to the palace complex in the Forbidden City.

"All the treasures here are ours now." Qin Zuoming couldn't help showing a trace of fanaticism.

A large amount of wealth of the Mughal Empire is gathered here. This is an astronomical figure. Who knows how many rupees these gold and silver treasures are worth together? 1000 million? 1?
Qin Zuoming couldn't help swallowing when he thought of the unbelievable treasures in the palace complex of the Red Castle.

If such a large amount of wealth is transported back to the mainland, his military achievements in the military department's credit book will be unimaginable!

Now the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of War are short of money. The wealth plundered from the Mughal Empire will ease the local financial strain. As the commander of this expedition, he may be able to become a general after returning to his homeland. .

He is still only a lieutenant colonel of the infantry at the Ministry of War, and becoming a general is the dream of every officer!

"Search all the treasures in the castle carefully, and don't damage them lightly. Many things are priceless. Maybe there will be many rich people rushing to collect them. If one is damaged, you will lose a lot!" Qin Zuoming ordered when he was searching for treasures. go down.

The Red Fort is really too big, Qin Zuoming estimated that it would take at least 7 days to loot all the treasures inside!

I don't know if I can find something good to dedicate to the military master.Qin Zuoming muttered.

He had already told the soldiers to report any particularly valuable things in advance, maybe they could be presented to Chu Yun.

The No.12 Legion sent the queen of Aceh directly. He fought in the Mughal Empire, and he should also need one or two special treasures to show the capital his achievements this time.

"My lord, we found a good thing!"

Soon there were soldiers searching for treasures reporting to Qin Zuoming.

"What treasure?"

"The throne of the Mughal emperors - the Peacock Throne!"

(End of this chapter)