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Chapter 1555 The Mughal Treasure Arrived

Gold and silver treasures worth hundreds of millions of rupees looted from the Mughal Empire finally arrived in the capital under the escort of the Nanyang Fleet, causing a huge sensation!
"An empire in Southeast Asia is called Mughal, with a population of 6000 million. Its emperor was rebellious and took the initiative to attack our merchant envoys and kidnap our travelers. Our East India Governor was furious and sent troops to crusade against its imperial city. [-] people defeated the enemy's army of one million, and won tens of millions of gold, silver and jewels!"

"The Mughal emperor was defeated and died of illness, and his emperor's throne was captured by our heavenly soldiers. It was named the Peacock Throne. How strong our soldiers are!"

After the treasure ship carrying the spoils landed, a flood of newspapers were published, first condemning the crimes of the Mughal emperor, and then depicting the bravery of the frontline soldiers who had won countless spoils.

In fact, Shah Jahan, the emperor of the Mughal Empire, died of illness long before the expedition started, and the expedition was not an act of justice.Of course, the fact is not important, what is important is that what the common people want to see is enough.

All in all, the expeditionary army made hundreds of millions of profits, which is undoubtedly a happy event for the emerging great empire. This huge amount of spoils will be used as fiscal revenue to invest in agriculture, industry, and education, making the entire great empire stronger.

In any case, the spoils of war have arrived in Tianjin Wei.

The great success of the expedition to the Mughal Empire washed away the misery that the cholera outbreak had brought to the city. People gathered at Tianjin's wharf to watch boxes of gold, silver and jewels. Priceless goods were unloaded from treasure ships and transported to the railway station. , transported to the capital by train and filled into the treasury.

It was the first time since the outbreak of the plague that Tianjin Wei Wharf was so lively. It was crowded with people, and many people stood on tiptoe, trying to see the difference in the gold, silver and jewelry from the Mughal Empire.Ordinary people still rarely have the opportunity to see a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry.

"The Peacock Throne!" Someone in the crowd cheered excitedly. The crowd was boiling, and almost everyone wanted to see what the Peacock Throne, known as the national treasure of the Mughal Empire, looked like.

They have already learned from newspapers and rumors in the market that the Mughal emperors were beaten to death by heavenly soldiers and generals, and even the throne was brought back!
Among the many carriages transporting gold, silver and jewelry, there is a throne inlaid with gold and orbs, with extremely complicated patterns, about 1.8 meters long, 1.2 meters wide, and a canopy supported by 12 pillars. There are two peacocks made of gold, the peacocks are inlaid with huge rubies and sapphires, and the eyes are diamonds. The luxury is unimaginable!

The Peacock Throne is very heavy just by itself, requiring several horses to transport it at the same time.

Both sides were escorted by naval soldiers with muskets and bags on their backs, and there were patrols from the Tianjin Guard to maintain law and order lined up to prevent anyone from making money.

Just detaining a piece of orb from the peacock throne, it is estimated that a person can live comfortably for a lifetime!

This is the throne that took Shah Jahan's 7 years of hiring artisans to build with the people's fat and people's ointment collected from hundreds of millions of people.He died of illness before his butt was warmed up, and the throne has become a witness of others showing off their force, which has to be said to be a kind of irony.

Full of gold, silver and jewels are piled up in the tin carriages.

Black smoke rose from the steam locomotive, dragging car after car of gold, silver and jewels to the capital.

Chu Yun didn't know about such a miraculous expedition until after the expedition was over.

The War Council, a special management agency located in Calcutta, has the power to launch wars against Indian princes under special circumstances. Qin Zuoming and the Governor of East India have nothing to criticize.

With 1000 imperial soldiers, 5000 Indian servants, and 10000 Bangladeshi cavalry, Qin Zuoming defeated the 25 army of most of the Indian princes, ransacked Agra, the imperial capital of the Mughal Empire, and won hundreds of millions.

Even for the descendants of Chu Yun, this is an epic expedition.He knew that the equipment of his own army, even the Indian servant army, was much more advanced than that of the Indian maharajas, but he did not expect that new weapons and training methods could crush the Indian maharajas alliance so easily. It seems that the East India Company was able to conquer almost The whole of India is not without reason.

After the gold, silver and jewelry worth hundreds of millions of rupees arrived in Beijing, Chu Yun personally received these heroes.This is a very timely and astronomically huge wealth, and it can even allow the Ministry of Households to squander gold and silver lavishly on various projects in the budget for the next few years!

Qin Zuoming was quickly promoted because he was dispatched to Calcutta. When he first arrived in Calcutta, he was a major of artillery, and later he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of infantry. Now that he has achieved military exploits, he was very excited to be received by Chu Yun in person.

"At present, the Mughal Empire exists in name only, and it has been split into hundreds of kingdoms or independent forces. Among them, the most powerful are the eldest prince Darashiko, the third prince Aurangzeb, and the king of Bengal Kasim. The rest are some A small kingdom. The East India Company will take advantage of the opportunity of their split to combine vertically and horizontally to maximize profits as much as possible, and even let the entire Indian peninsula pay us land rent, which is the largest local income." Qin Zuoming explained the local area to Chu Yun. situation.

How long has it been since a large empire with a population of hundreds of millions was disintegrated by a small stronghold in Calcutta with thousands of troops!

If the Indian princes were aware of their danger and united to resist foreign enemies, they would definitely not be scared so easily.

However, do you want to unite these Indian princes who are intriguing with each other?Basically impossible.

Unless the East India Company endangered their most fundamental interests or lives, they would join forces to resist.

But that's useless, if they find that they will be defeated together, their tolerance will set a new lower limit again, just want to be able to enjoy the last bit of dignity in front of outsiders.

"We have found precious gems from the treasure house of the emperor of the Mughal Empire. Our East India Company and the East India Expeditionary Force are willing to dedicate this precious gem to several beautiful military masters' wives, in order to show the value of our expedition. The supreme glory of the empire!" At this time, Qin Zuoming asked people to take out a few valuable gems they found in the Red Castle.

The mahogany box was opened, and priceless gems lay quietly inside to welcome their new owners.

Rao Chu Yun, who has seen the world in later generations, is also amazed by the extravagance of the Mughal emperor. You must know that Qin Zuoming and the East India Company considered that Chu Yun might not accept too expensive gifts, and presented them to him. His was but a tiny fraction of the spoils.

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