Rise of Australia

Chapter 131 The Reaction of the British East Indies (Happy New Year!)

I saw that the list stated in great detail that after various estimates, the total value of the treasure was as high as more than 4000 million pounds, which did not include the value of various gemstones and accessories.

If these are included, the value of the entire treasure may be as high as 5000 million pounds, which is four times the current total annual financial expenditure of Australia.

What concept?This treasure alone can support the development of the entire Australia for four years, which includes various construction and industrial development plans.

If it is simply used to develop the navy, this huge sum of money can build a navy at the level of great powers, even top powers like Germany and the United Kingdom.

Even if it is a dreadnought ship that will be expensive due to all-round upgrades in the future, this fund is enough to build nearly twenty ships.

What is the concept of twenty dreadnoughts?It is firmly in the top three levels in the world, and even has the qualifications to challenge the German Empire and the British Empire.

For the sake of confidentiality, all guard soldiers and servants who participated in the counting must sign a confidentiality agreement, prohibiting any disclosure of the specific number of these treasures in any way.

After all, the origin of these treasures is not correct. India is still a colony of the British Empire, which is equivalent to snatching it from the British.

It can be expected that after the theft of the temple, the treasures held by a large number of temples in India will also be spied on by the British, and even lead to larger-scale excavation and exploration.

Whether the treasures of Indian temples can be preserved until the new century as in history, it depends on whether the British are not tempted by the property exposed by the temples.

Arthur was far from thinking of the sensation caused by the theft of the temple in India, and the alarm for the British.

Only the second day after the temple was stolen, when a large number of believers went to the temple to worship, they discovered the tragedy around and inside the temple, as well as a large number of damaged buildings and demolished gates.

As one of the largest temples in India, the Padmanabaswamy Temple has a supreme status and reputation in the hearts of nearby states and Indians.

Such a tragedy in such a temple not only aroused the anger and dissatisfaction of many surrounding Indians, but also attracted the attention of the British rulers.

If this matter is not handled properly, it may even pose a very serious threat to British rule.

Under the intervention of the colonial government, a large number of British soldiers began to pour into the surrounding area of ​​the temple, searched every detail in the vicinity, and questioned every Indian in the surrounding area.

After several days of searching and questioning, the British colonial government got an important clue, that is, a few days before the temple was stolen, there were several teams of three or four people passing by the temple, and After the temple was stolen, there was no news of it.

But it was also this clue that caused headaches for the officials in charge of the investigation and all the soldiers.

These people came from a wide range of sources, including Australia, British New Zealand, British East Indies, British Southeast Asia, British South Africa, and French Indochina, and they arrived in India at different times, even by a week. time.

More importantly, what can only be confirmed at present is that these people were around the temple during the time when the temple was stolen, but it cannot be guaranteed that they have the motive of committing the crime, and it is not even known where these people went.

So what if it is determined that these people are the real perpetrators?Whether it is the Indian state or the British East India, if those people cannot be caught, there is no way to push down the progress of the investigation.

While the progress of the investigation has stalled, the number of remaining properties in the temple has also been counted.

Although most of the rest are less valuable silver utensils, due to the relatively large number, the total value is still as high as nearly 30 pounds.

This shocked the British. If it was a complete temple treasure, what a terrible number this would be.

According to the British East Indies colonial government's estimation of the traces of the six secret rooms that had been basically evacuated, these six secret rooms originally contained at least dozens of tons of treasure.

And because of the accumulation for a long time, the ground at the bottom was covered with a layer of gold powder, which is enough to prove that not only silver was accumulated in large quantities, but also a considerable amount of gold.

This also made many colonial government officials start to imagine that if it is a complete treasure house, its value should be tens of millions of pounds, right?
Thinking about it, some British people are very jealous of people who steal treasures, but because they don't know the whereabouts of those people, they pass this jealousy and jealousy on to other Indian temples.

Since this Indian temple has so many treasures, other Indian temples should also have them, right?
Even if it can't compare to the huge property of this temple, it should be easy to have a wealth of hundreds of thousands of pounds, right?Wouldn't it be more if you put it together?

It is not easy for these colonial government officials to catch those who steal the treasure, but it is still easy to reorganize and plan a theft in other Indian temples.

However, the question is, can Indians afford a second temple theft?The theft of the temple has already made many Indians angry and dissatisfied, and even resisted the rule of the British colonial government.

If British officials are organizing and planning an operation to steal the temple, wouldn't it add fuel to the current situation in India?
What's more, if the Indians discover that the theft of the temple was planned by officials of the East Indian colonial government, I am afraid that the Indian independence movement and anti-colonial movement will set off wave after wave.

Thinking of this, many rational British officials stopped this crazy idea.For the current British Empire, stable rule in India is more important than anything else.

A stable India can bring more income to the British Empire, and its value is definitely not comparable to tens of millions of pounds.

However, some people still coveted the treasures of other temples, but for various reasons, they temporarily endured it.

However, because the blockade of the British Empire was relatively fast, the theft of the temple was only limited to the spread around the temple, and at most it was only within the scope of the state where the temple was located.

In order not to let more Indians and foreign forces know, the British sent troops to station near the stolen temple, and after executing some more escaped Indians, most people were quieted down.

At the same time, the colonial government began to clean up the interior of the temple, and carried out simple repairs around the temple to deal with the traces of the temple being stolen.

This is also something that the British East India government has no choice but to block the news and clean up all traces without being sure which force stole the temple treasure. able to do things.

　Second update, Happy New Year everyone!
　　
　
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