Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 736

All the soldiers of the Mughal Empire were placed in Buksar, Bihar Subba on the Eastern Front, but the commander-in-chief of this army, Sultan Shah Jahan, was not in the army, and a large part of the Mughal Empire The royal family, ministers of civil and military affairs, also stayed in Delhi.

There are power struggles in any empire, but in a good era, everyone puts national interests above personal interests, but often after a few generations, the royal family, princes and nobles who have become accustomed to the honor and privileges brought by the empire, begin to Become extremely selfish and self-centered, then personal interests are paramount, regardless of whether the empire is an empire or not.

The defeat in Bengal cost tens of thousands of imperial troops. Not only did it not touch the hearts of the emperor and the important officials of the empire, even in Delhi, many people were beaming and cheering.

For Emperor Shah Jahan, the wealthy Bengal Subba fell into the hands of the Ming people in the East, which was far less important than the completion of the Taj Mahal he built for his beloved woman. People, even if the Governor of Bangladesh, Jamil, is a pig, he can defeat them in one fell swoop in front of the overwhelmingly superior imperial army of 4+ and send them into the sea!
The war can wait, but the completion of the Taj Mahal is only this time, the emperor's choice has become a matter of course, let the army wait!

The whole of Delhi didn't seem to feel the tension of the defeat. Every household, the princes and nobles, actively purchased and prepared holiday costumes, flower petals, spices, carriages and other luxury goods, as if they were celebrating the festival. What is also damaged is the dignity of the individual.

What is ironic is that the merchants of Ming Dynasty were driven away, but the Tang goods they brought were sold out in Delhi. The printed porcelain, silk, carriages, and furniture from Ming Dynasty were all symbols of Indian high society, which made them confiscated a while ago. The big and small bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty made a fortune.

The Governor's Mansion.

There is a big turban wrapped around his head, and he is wearing a plain white gown with epaulets. Although there is no decoration, the delicate silk fabric is very valuable at first glance, especially the two rows of neat buttons are all gilded. Gold, neatly buttoned to the chest, a pair of beards trimmed just like the lawn that the English housekeeper has repaired in the garden, leaning on the recliner from Daming, with a mahogany pipe in his mouth, a golden tobacco produced in Southeast Asia Scented coils rising upwards, the leisurely life of Jax, the governor of Delhi, is simply the dream life of all Indians.

However, this high-caste lord who is extremely beautiful in the eyes of common people is also full of worries. He holds black tea in one hand and shakes his head at the chattering butler at the same time.

"Let's not talk about it, don't sell the tea openly, and Ming's porcelain, that pair of porcelain bottles, why did you sell it to that stupid Kandahar mule? Well, Your Majesty will leave for Agra in three days. Fort, the first prayer for the completion of the Taj Mahal Mosque, and now it’s all right, we can’t bring out the tea that was served, and we don’t have the pair of shiny porcelain vases! You bastard!!!”

"Master, the price offered by Jeff from Kandahar is indeed too high, a box of gold dinars!"

The butler was still a bit sad and cautious to defend himself. Angrily, Jax grabbed the tea bowl and wanted to throw it over. However, after holding it up twice, he still reluctantly took it back. He simply took a sip and put the tea bowl back. Jingdezhen's fine products are of great value.

"When will the merchant ship from Calcutta arrive? Forget it, send someone to Bombay. The British guys there must have tea in their hands. No matter how much gold coins they ask, they will buy it!"

"Yes Yes!"

Nodding again and again, the butler went out in panic and sent him away. Jax took another puff of a cigarette in frustration. This is the feudal era. There was not enough tea at the tea party, or other governors offered tea shops that satisfied the emperor but I didn’t have one. His Majesty was unhappy, and he had to give up the fat vacancy of himself as the governor to others.

However, after blowing out smoke rings, Jax didn't feel a little relieved after the butler left, on the contrary, he frowned even more. Agra Fort is only about [-] kilometers away from Delhi, and it takes about a week to arrive, but Mumbai is full. Thousands of miles away, there are still Maratha people making troubles nearby, so even if they received enough tea from the rich British who could even sell God, it would be a little late in time to ship it back.

Cracking on his cigarette, Jax couldn't help muttering to himself.

"It would be great if that old bastard Li Laobai was still around. With his relationship with the West India Company, how many boxes of tea can't be obtained. Your Majesty really is. Compared with those mixed-haired French and British businessmen, the polite businessmen of Ming Dynasty How nice and sensible..."

Of course, Jax was the only one who dared to say this when he was alone in his private house, even in front of his servants, he had to say it.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

But today seemed to be Jax's lucky day. While he was complaining, there was an unexpected knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Having already changed his face, and respectfully ended his worship of Shah Jahan, Jax turned his head and yelled at the servant impatiently.

"What's the matter?"

"Master, someone sent someone to deliver a box!"

It turned out to be a box of tea, and after sending the servant away, Jax looked at the strands of tea leaves in the golden wooden box in astonishment, and even reached out and squeezed a strand of tea to smell it. No, savoring the fragrance carefully, the governor of Delhi raised his beard in surprise.

"Xinyang Maojian! It's him!"

Half an hour later, it was that restaurant again. The original fragrance of Huaiyang cuisine was replaced by a smell of curry with the departure of the Ming chef, but the box was still a typical Ming style, with finely carved moon doors , a large mahogany table, Jax has turned into a Puritan at the moment, his body is densely wrapped in a thick robe, half of his face is covered, he looks sneaky no matter how you look at it.

On the contrary, the visitor sitting across the table was much more generous. He was dressed in a robe showing Songhe Yannian, which fit close to the thin chest, and the slender beard fluttered, and he was a little ecstatic. a feeling of.

"Why are you back!"

This time he was much less calm than last time, patting the table, Jax growled in shock, and the pair of beautiful beards flew up.

"My lord, I am indeed the governor of Mumbai, but this is the imperial capital! There are people older than me, old man, if you are caught, I will not be able to protect you! You want to die!"

Not to mention, the hired translator seemed to have learned a northern Shaanxi dialect, and the translators all had the smell of old sheepskin, but Li Laobai who listened to him smiled and stroked his beard.

"Brother Jax, my brother is a businessman. Where there is money to be made, we will naturally go there. I heard that the Tang goods in Delhi are in short supply recently. Lord Mirsaman bought a special pass from Mr. Mirsaman, so I will come .”

The bureaucratic system of the Mughal Empire was simpler administratively than that of the Ming Dynasty. The Sultan appointed four central ministers Diwan to manage finance and taxation, Mirba Hirsch was the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Sadr was in charge of religious justice, and Mir Saman was in charge of There is also a royal project in the palace, these four are not the names of people, but all of them are job titles, just like the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty.

This Mirsaman is Jax's old enemy. He is responsible for the construction of the Taj Mahal, which is already in Shah Jahan's favor. In front of the emperor, he didn't have much right to speak, and was full of anxiety. The bearded San once again patted the table hastily.

"Did he buy tea from you?"

"No, Lord Mirsad just bought a batch of specially-made porcelain. Before my brother left, didn't I leave a storehouse of tea for my brother? Lord Mirsad seems to know that there is no shortage of tea!"

"Thank God, that bastard still knows not to show his mouth!"

He was really relieved, but immediately Jax stood up abruptly like a bull in heat, stared at Li Laobai excitedly, and asked hastily and expectantly.

"Old man Li, did you bring tea goods this time?"

…………

The businessman is really as pervasive as a loach, and there are still wanted arrest warrants on the wall. Li Laobai blatantly transported three boats of goods up the Ganges and stopped on the shore of Delhi. There are countless money transactions and shady relationships, but Jax is in no mood to admire for the time being. Taking advantage of the darkness, dozens of servants picked up the tea boxes on the ship, rushed out like robbery, and quickly crashed into the carriage. Immediately, the smoke also disappeared into the narrow alleys of the poor in Delhi.

The dignified Governor of Delhi has also turned into a coachman. He supervised the transportation all the way until it was transported into his shop through the back door, and then he was transported from the shop door to the palace in a pretend manner, handed over to the purchasing officer, and labeled as a gift from the Governor of Delhi. Jax Just now he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was almost eight o’clock in the evening when I came back. The canon of a trace of blue is strict and all kinds of enjoyment, but those are for ordinary people. If you don’t know how to enjoy the rich land of India, it’s useless, and this time Li Laobai also brought Here comes something rare.

Ding dong, ding dong~
The big box is more than two meters high. After opening it, a bright dancing girl sat down with her skirt in her hands, and then danced gracefully to the vagueness. Salute again, and snap the lid of the box shut.

Now that the Yangzhou Skinny Horse has been abolished along with the Declaration of Human Rights, Li Laobai has a hundred guts, and it is impossible to sell the beautiful women of Ming Dynasty to the country. The swaying dancer just now turned out to be a puppet.

The West is indeed better than the East in terms of clockwork, clockwork as a power source, and the production of sophisticated machinery. Although the hidden weapons in martial arts novels are so exquisite that they go to the sky, the Western clock was indeed invented by the West. Later, Switzerland People also simplified pocket watches so that ordinary people could afford them.

This thing is that one day Song Qingshu suddenly wanted to see the time and didn't have a watch. He slapped his head and sent people to Florence, Milan and other cities to poach more than a dozen mechanical masters with a lot of money, and brought out a large group of apprentices. Relying on the strong industrial productivity of Ming Dynasty , although Arabs can also play with machinery, but this kind of vivid doll still makes Jax's eyes shine, he squeezes away the servant who is shaking the handle, and goes up to shake it by himself.

Kaba~ The box was opened again, and the playful Governor of Derry turned the gears excitedly, but this time, after the dancer hadn't turned a few times, he suddenly stopped in shock, and put his hand lewdly into the puppet dancer's chest .

"what is this!"

(End of this chapter)