At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 460: Colonizing India

On the 16th day of the ninth month of the 18th year of the Han calendar, in Tianzhu, the city of Tammosuldi, the city lord's mansion.

The city lord was brought before Hu Hai, and he knelt down and kowtowed continuously, speaking the Indian language which Hu Hai could not understand. Even without a translation, Hu Hai knew that he was begging for mercy.

Hu Hai said: "Lock him up first."

Two soldiers dragged the man away. Meanwhile, sailors continued to carry out things from the city lord's mansion, boxes of gold emitting golden light, golden statues, gems, ivory, and jewelry emitting various lights.

All the sailors were excitedly carrying these treasures, and from time to time some of them would casually stuff pearls the size of pigeon eggs into their sleeves, or hide gems the size of eggs.

Zhuzi said excitedly, "Be careful when moving. If you break these treasures, your family can't afford to pay for them even if you sell them. Find a few more people to move the gold and silver statues. It's not safe to move them alone. Move slowly and pay attention to the people around you."

Zhuzi had followed Hu Hai around the country over the years and had accumulated some wealth, he could be considered a millionaire, but he was still dazzled by the scene before him. The Indians were too wealthy, there were so many gold, silver, jewels and diamonds in the city lord's mansion.

These riches soon piled up into a small mountain. Hu Hai estimated that if they were sold to the Han Dynasty, they would be worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

Hu Hai said excitedly: "Isn't it said that this city lord has no money to recruit soldiers and horses? How can he just search and find so much treasure?"

Not to mention Zhuzi, even Hu Hai was a little excited at this moment. The last time he saw so many treasures was more than ten years ago when he was in the treasury of Daqin. The wealth he left after more than ten years of hard work was probably only this amount.

Jiuma Luo said: "My Maurya Kingdom also practices a feudal system similar to your Han Dynasty. The family of the Lord of Tanmosudi City has ruled this city for hundreds of years."

The city of Tammosudi has a prosperous maritime trade and a well-developed handicraft industry. There are more than 100,000 people living here. It is one of the richest cities in the whole of India. The wealth accumulated over hundreds of years is naturally very considerable. "

Hu Hai said disdainfully: "What kind of big city is a city with a population of more than 100,000? As long as you have seen Chang'an City with a population of one million, Tanmo Sudi City is just a rural area. However, these main families are very good at plundering. They can plunder so much money from such a small city."

Hu Hai had always been proud that he could build a multi-billion-dollar fortune with his bare hands, but this military action surprised him to find that no matter how legitimate his business was, it could not make money as quickly as attacking a city. He seemed to understand why his father loved war so much. This was just a small city in a foreign country, but it had such wealth. His father destroyed six countries that had lasted for hundreds of years, and the treasures he confiscated must be dozens or hundreds of times more than what he saw now.

On the other side, after Zhang Yong conquered the City Lord's Mansion, he left behind a hundred soldiers to guard it. Under his command, the remaining soldiers were dispersed around the city in groups. As long as they found people taking advantage of the fire to rob, rape and loot, the Han army would kill them without mercy and hold their heads high to intimidate the villains around them.

It's not that there were no Indians who planned to fight back when they saw the small number of Korean soldiers, but the Korean army simply responded with a barrage of muskets.

"Bang, bang, bang!" The sound of muskets kept coming from all directions of the city. Before these people could rush to the front of the army, they were shot through the bodies by flintlock rifles.

Such a horrifying scene directly shocked everyone in the city. The Indians quickly fled from the army's sight. The city quickly stabilized, and no one could be seen around the streets except the Korean soldiers.

After the city was basically stable, Zhang Yong returned to the city lord's mansion. He felt dizzy when he saw the treasures around the hall, but he had experienced life and death, so he quickly calmed down and looked at Hu Hai and said, "Young Master Yi asked us to do business in Tianzhu. Now that the city has been taken, how can we do this business?"

Hu Hai said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, we do business to make money. This pile of treasure is enough to ensure that we can make several times the profit on this trip."

"That's not good. After all, this is a foreign land, and Sindhu has tens of millions of people."

"Tianzhu," Kumara beside him corrected.

Zhang Yong said: "Well, India has tens of millions of people, but we have less than 3000 people. Even if we have a slight advantage now, the Indians can still drown us with their saliva."

Hu Hai laughed and said, "The current situation in Tianzhu is more chaotic than during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of the Han Dynasty. This city is a country. We have captured the city lord's mansion and captured the city lord, which is equivalent to destroying the country. Other Tianzhu people will not care about the affairs of this country."

"But I think this is a good idea. By capturing this port, our Han Dynasty will have a foothold in Tianzhu, and it will be easier to do business in the future. Our caravans only need to transport the goods to this city, and through this city we can sell the Han Dynasty's specialties to the whole of Tianzhu. This is a huge market with tens of millions of people. If each Tianzhu person consumes three feet of silk, it means the production capacity of millions of pieces of silk and a market worth billions of dollars. In addition, there is also our porcelain, tea, and sugar. I dare not even imagine how big this market is.

"Ha!" When Jiumolu heard Hu Hai's words, he couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Hu Hai's dissatisfied look, Jiumoro immediately said: "I have thought of something funny, you continue."

Hu Hai was wrong about one thing. India also had silk. The Yuezhi people invaded India several decades earlier and brought silk to this land. The silky, thin and beautiful silk quickly attracted the attention of the entire Indian noble monk group, who spent a fortune to buy the market.

But the price of silk was too high, a piece of silk cost hundreds of thousands of coins. In India, even small nobles could not afford silk. Hu Hai wanted Indians to consume millions of pieces of silk every year, which was simply a fantasy. Even if all the gold in India was collected, it would still not be enough to buy so much silk. If this unscrupulous merchant really dared to transport large quantities of silk to India, his family would surely be ruined.

Hu Hai looked at Jiumo Luo with dissatisfaction and continued, "Just think about it, a South Sea full of wild people can provide tens of billions of wealth to our Han Dynasty every year. Now India is a world that is even larger and richer than South Sea. How much wealth can India provide to the Han Dynasty every year? Fifty billion or one hundred billion. In short, this number will far exceed our imagination. General, think about it. Luan Bu was only occupying a wild Spice Island, but he was already made a marquis. Now, if you find a place for the Han Dynasty that is ten times richer than the Spice Island, you will definitely be made a marquis."

Hu Hai's words made Zhang Yong's eyes light up. As a Han soldier, he felt that the biggest regret in his life was that he had not achieved great achievements, or had a title for his wife and children. All the good men of the Han Dynasty aimed to be granted a title of marquis, and now it seemed that he had this opportunity again.

Zhang Yong said: "What should we do?"

Hu Hai said: "Since we have occupied this city, we must manage it well, and then use it as a base to influence the whole of Tianzhu step by step."

Zhang Yong thought for a moment and said, "Lack of manpower is a big problem. We only have 2700 people. The sailors in the fleet have to go back. The maximum number of people who can stay will not exceed 1000. It is very difficult to rule a city of more than people with only a thousand people, especially when there is a cultural and language barrier."

Hu Hai thought about it and found that this was really different from the Han Dynasty. Although the Han Dynasty was a chaos of warring princes, at least the civilization was of the same origin. But now they couldn't even speak the same language, so how could they rule this area?

If they want to take root in this land, they must have the help and cooperation of the local people, but it seems that he doesn't know many Indians in this land.

Hu Hai looked at Jiuma Luo and said with a smile: "Master, you seem to be a monk of the Brahma religion. We support you to build a temple here and promote Brahma religion. How about you support us to maintain our rule here?"

Jiuma Luo looked at this smiling profiteer, who usually said he was a man of a fallen country, but when he needed help from others he called him a master.

But to be honest, Hu Hai's offer was very attractive to him. The monks in India were also feudal lords. Only those who had territory were masters, and those who did not had territory were poor monks. Jiuma's temple in India was occupied, his disciples ran away, and his followers were scattered. He always wanted to have another temple and a territory for preaching.

As for whether he was a traitor to India for helping the Han people occupy the territory of India, and whether Kumarajiva had any sense of moral guilt.

Sorry, I really don't have any. I can only say that India has its own national conditions. For thousands of years, foreign rulers have been invading India. Every time, they relied on these monks to work hard and assimilate these foreigners and regain the local ruling power in India. The cooperation between monks and foreign rulers has been the custom of India for thousands of years. Kumarajiva followed this custom for thousands of years.

Tamasid City is one of the richest cities in India. If he builds a temple here, he can become one of the most eminent monks in India.

However, Kumarajiva said, "This place is the territory of Buddhists, and it is difficult for us to promote Brahma."

Although Brahmaism is deeply rooted in India, Buddhism has continued to grow over the past hundred years under the promotion of the Maurya Dynasty and has become the largest religious sect in India. The wealthier cities in India are all Buddhists, and this is especially true in the city of Tamsulti, which has more than a dozen temples. If he dared to preach in the Buddhist territory, he would surely be killed.

Hu Hai laughed and said, "Master Jiumaro, you have learned so many classics of our Han Dynasty. Have you ever heard of what it means to conquer the world on horseback?" "What do you mean?" Jiumaro asked puzzled.

Hu Hai said with a smile: "With our support, are you still worried that your sect will not be able to continue? If anyone dares to deal with you, we will demolish his temple."

Hu Hai looked at Zhang Yong and said, "General Zhang, I don't think you will want the farmland in this city, right?"

Zhang Yong said: "I have a fief in Korea, and I don't need the fields here."

Hu Hai smiled calmly and said, "I have given all the land of the local city lord and these officials to Master Jiuma Luo. Master Jiuma Luo can spread the word in the city. As long as they believe in your sect, each family can get 100 acres of land. I think it won't be long before the whole city will be your believers."

Hu Hai did not believe that the faith of these believers could compare to real benefits. He directly used land to preach. How could other charlatans compare to him? I'm afraid they were not even willing to give him an egg.

What Hu Hai wanted was the commercial benefits of this area, not the land, and what Zhang Yong wanted was military merit, not the land, so both of them could ignore the fields here. It would be great if they could use the fields to recruit a group of Indians who were willing to cooperate with them.

Jiuma Luo said immediately: "It's too much, too much. 100 acres of land will drive these believers crazy. It will be more difficult for rich people to become our believers. 30 acres will be enough."

After thinking for a while, Jiuma Luo said, "Giving them 10 mu of land is enough. The remaining 20 mu will be rented to them by the temple, and they will be asked to hand over half of the profits to the temple."

Kumaru stayed in Korea for two years and knew the size of an acre of land for the Han people. He also knew that the Han emperor had been promoting the equal-field system, a system that was difficult for him to understand. He thought that distributing one's own land to the landless poor was a waste.

Now that Hu Hai said he would give him the city lord's land, he was extremely excited and soon regarded the land as his own.

Then he blurted out the above words. The Han emperor could generously give away hundreds of acres of land, but he couldn't afford it, so he kept reducing the land he needed to give away. If he didn't know that the local Buddhist power was strong, he needed some benefits to attract believers, otherwise, he wouldn't even be willing to give away 10 acres of land. It has always been the believers who gave land to the temple, so there is no reason for this to go against the Tiangang.

Zhang Yong suddenly said: "We also need to recruit a local army in Tianzhu to make up for the shortage of manpower."

Hu Hai said with a smile: "The city lord's land, each of you will share half."

Hu Hai's words made Jiuma Luo very sad, as half of his land was gone.

The next day, Kumaru began to spread his teachings on the streets. There were too many gods and sects in India. The local people were too poor and they also needed gods to guide their lives. Kumaru's preaching soon attracted a large number of poor people. These people were tattered and skinny, but they were very pious when they heard the cicada chirping of Kumaru.

Hu Hai and Zhang Yong, who were watching this scene, were very shocked. The cruelty of the city lord had obviously exceeded their imagination. These people were almost being squeezed to death, yet they had no intention of rebelling.

Zhang Yong said: "If this happened in the Han Dynasty, war would have already broken out."

However, Hu Hai was thinking, how wonderful it would have been if the Qin State had ruled such obedient people. Then his father's dream of the Qin State existing for thousands of years would surely succeed.

After preaching, Kumarajiva said: "If you are willing to become a believer of my religion, you can get land to support your family."

When this statement was made, most of the believers could not believe it. At that time, very little land in India belonged to the common people. Most of the land belonged to nobles and temples, and ordinary people rarely owned land.

"Master, is what you said true?"

Kumarajiva said: "Shiva loves all the people in India. He cannot bear to see his people starve to death. So we are born to own land."

After studying the thoughts of various schools of thought for two years, Kumarajiva made some progress in his thinking and learned about the application of Chinese studies in India.

After hearing this, all the believers knelt down before Kumarajiva. The scene was extremely shocking.

Then, under the leadership of Kumarajiva, these people came to the city lord's territory, divided the land into small pieces, and handed them over to the Shudras.

Every Shudra who obtained land knelt down devoutly to Kumarajiva, and he gained thousands of fanatical followers that day.

Moreover, as the news of land distribution spread more and more widely, the landless Shudras in other villages also became supporters of Kumarajiva and obtained land from him.

Then these fanatical believers demolished several courtyards of nobles who resisted the rule of the Han Dynasty and began to build an unprecedented grand temple for Kumarajiva.

With the assistance of Jiumalu, Hu Hai and his men began to have helpers in India. First, a large number of original officials came back, and under the introduction of Jiumalu, they changed their allegiance and became the eagle claws of the Han people.

At the same time, Zhang Yong selected 1000 people from among Jiumalu's followers to form the Tianzhu Army to maintain local order.

The land he distributed made the Indians even more crazy. Every soldier of the Indian army could get 50 acres of land. This was unprecedented. There had never been such a thing as equal distribution of land in India for thousands of years.

In this era, India's farming technology was the only civilization that could catch up with the Han Dynasty, and the two civilizations accounted for more than half of the world's population for a long time.

Among them, the agricultural environment of Tianzhu is even more unique. The practice of double cropping a year only became popular in the Han Dynasty after Xu Fan came to this world, but in Tianzhu, this has been a farming habit that has been passed down for thousands of years.

The production capacity of 50 acres is equivalent to that of 100 acres in the north of the Han Dynasty. Owning so much land can be considered a small landlord in India.

Of course, where there are satisfied people there are also dissatisfied people, and those who were dissatisfied with Zhang Yong’s policies were precisely the aristocratic Kshatriya class of India.

They were originally military nobles and the rulers of this land. When the Han people came here and defeated their army, they did not think of continuing to resist. Instead, they directly accepted the Han people's rule here. After all, this is also the tradition of Tianzhu. If you can't beat them, you have to recognize you as the master.

But even if you are the master, you cannot break the rules of India. You don't find us, the Kshatriya warriors, to maintain your rule, but instead distribute land to the untouchables in private and let them become warriors, breaking the four-class system of India. This is destroying everyone's jobs.

Zhang Yong was shocked to find that the Indian army under his command was often attacked by local nobles. It was only after Jiumaro explained it that he understood the reason.

Zhang Yong sneered and said, "It seems that we didn't kill enough people in Tianzhu, so these people are not afraid of even our guns and cannons."

He didn't care about the four-class system of India. In his opinion, compared with the army he trained, the Kshatriya nobles were unreliable.

Zhang Yong did not indulge these Kshatriya nobles. He directly sent troops to surround the nobles' manors, and then bombarded the land with artillery fire. After attacking the manors, he hanged the nobles and distributed their land to his own troops.

(End of this chapter)