Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1254

Since Dashun does not intend to use Indian manpower at all—or, if European colonists come to fight Dashun, then India is a good place to provide cannon fodder manpower; but in turn, if Dashun wants to fight Europe, it is better to learn from the French It is closer to Uncle Hei, because there is basically no difference between the deployment of troops from India and the deployment of troops from Malacca, Ceylon, Java, and Guangdong for fighting in Europe-so, after the battle of Diamond Bay, the soldiers of Ceylon It's time to go home.

Disband one day earlier, save military pay one day earlier, and not miss farming time one day earlier.

At home, relying on granting land is not paid by the army. When you go out to fight, you have to pay the army, distribute food, and make sure you don’t go hungry.After all, Dashun basically knew a very incomprehensible truth: the emperor did not send hungry soldiers.

Since the ruling class in Dashun knew so many profound truths such as the emperor should not send out hungry soldiers, pay the soldiers on time, and not bury the soldiers alive just because they complained, so the war in India has reached this point. , the past two years have come to an end.

Behind them are some battles that can be fought by another dog. The soldiers of Dashun have enough to eat and are paid.

The cavalry should stay in Calcutta, the engineering soldiers should take advantage of the last monsoon and transfer to Gibraltar, and the government soldiers should hurry back to Ceylon to harvest rice and coconuts. The main force of the garrison of India.

The key to the Bangladesh issue is to wait for the professional surveying and mapping team from Dashun to complete the inventory of the fields in Bangladesh before continuing to implement the next policy.

While scouting out acres is a dull process, along with drawing maps, it falls into the category of boring, but it is the basis of governance.

It is the premise of turning the distant and obscure colonies into accessible materials.

There is no difficulty in the restoration of Siraj's side.Dashun stationed [-] cavalry, [-] infantry and some artillery in Calcutta, which was enough to help Siraj clean up those opponents and betrayers.

The conversation in this tent today was just a reassurance for Siraj.

After Siraj returned to his own tent to rest, Niu Er also took out the order from the Privy Council, handed it to Du Feng, and said: "Brother Du still needs to prepare a company, I am going to Nibala The imperial court specially transferred Lama, translators and some people who are familiar with the situation there from Lhasa, and I will send people there to make contact."

"The Privy Council asked me to send someone to draw a map of Nibala as soon as possible, and to clarify the road and trade from Rajshahi to Kathmandu."

"And how many people there are in the country, and how many princes there are."

"According to the story of the previous dynasties, when Taizu of the Ming Dynasty had a vast land and a large population, he wanted to divide his power and kill his power so that he would not be a border threat. In addition, all his land ate meat and relied on Chinese tea for his life. If he used means, it would be enough to share Respect China, feudalism cannot be equal in its power."

"As for Myanmar, the imperial court is not in a hurry. But here it is in a hurry. The people on my side will go back to Rajshahi with Siraj in a few days."

"From the map, Rajshahi is to Kathmandu, but it is far from Hangzhou to Jinling. If Bangladesh is settled, we should first decide on the north and make each other's horns, and then go south."

Although Du Feng knew that after he finished this battle, he would most likely be transferred back to the capital.But the person who succeeded him has not yet come, so for a long time, he still has the final say on the military side of India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

He still has a lot of preparations to do on his side. If the person who takes over next year does not come, he will have to surround Mumbai and wipe out the British troops in several castles in the south.

Fortunately, for these sieges, it is enough to rely on a small number of elite soldiers and a large number of government soldiers. There are three rounds of rotation. During the harvest season, soldiers must not be used, but there is still a lot of time left.

As for going to Nepal, it is designated to go to the soldiers who cannot rely on smoking.Although there are not many people, the number of a company, to pick up people from Lhasa over there, and to do some things such as surveying and mapping, investigation, communication, and nail burying, this company should be stronger.

After reading the order of the Privy Council, Du Feng thought about the follow-up battle plan he was going to carry out, and said: "Well, I will never tire of having too many soldiers. I will transfer all these skirmishers. For my affairs, squeeze them in." Squeeze out."

"After this battle is over, the rest of the battles will be time-consuming battles. Send some troops to surround Pondicherry, and the key to Mumbai is just to rob the ship. They are all painful battles. On the other hand, Lhasa really needs to prepare in advance.”

"A few days ago, I had dinner with those captured British officers. According to them, they have already sent people to go there."

"It's really too close, and it's only as far from Hangzhou to Jinling. It's better to prepare early."

Du Feng didn't have any sense of urgency for the next few battles.

In fact, even if the emperor lost his mind and sent a pug from the court to be the chief general when the battle was so serious, it would make no difference as long as the people in the general staff fought in a rigid manner according to the rules.

The British Indian Squadron has been wiped out, and there will not be a single British warship here for at least two years.

Without warships to control the sea, the Persian and Red Sea trade that Dashun had been competing with Britain before could basically be in its hands.

People on the Ottoman side especially like white cotton cloth, and the cotton cloth Jinzheng between Dashun and Mumbai is very intense.

Well now, there is no need to maintain a peaceful surface as before.Back then in Aachen England, they laughed at Dashun for organizing the anti-piracy and anti-private ship conventions. It was the eunuchs who wanted to seal up the brothels, and now this is the beginning and the end.

As far as Du Feng is concerned, after this battle is over, Pondicherry and Mumbai will be taken step by step; if the imperial court chooses to declare war on Portugal together, or if the Sino-French joint diplomatic pressure on Portugal does not work, then another result will be made by the way. Ah; if Denmark also joins Prussia in the European battlefield to fight against Sweden, then by the way, they will fight Tranqueba. Obviously, counting the number of heads and the area occupied by the army is enough to count military merits.

Of course, whether the emperor was satisfied when the title was awarded has nothing to do with military exploits.

War has a purpose.

For the bourgeoisie in Dashun, this was a war of aggression, a war of aggression to bring India into the market and raw material base and the capitalism system of Songsu.Moreover, it is aggression and colonization in the standard modern sense, because it involves changes in production relations.

For the royal family of Dashun, this was a war of conquest in the classical era, a classical war of conquest purely for tax collection and to a certain extent that did not involve changes in productivity and production relations.

The one who can ennoble Du Feng and ensure that Du Feng's offspring will be born as masters in the future, and close the birth gap with Liu Yu when they met in Heilongjiang when they were young, is naturally the emperor.

If Bangladesh can provide Dashun as soon as possible... there is no need to demand more than 1000 million taels immediately, even if there is a direct tax revenue of 500 million taels a year, the emperor will be very straightforward when he confers a title.

In addition, the emperor was not a pure businessman, he only knew how to count silver, and he also had to consider geopolitical issues.

For example, the religious lines of Snow Mountain, Western Regions, and Mongolia.

For example, the chieftain line between Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Yunnan.

If these things are done well, they will naturally gain points when they are knighted.

Because even if they are all conferred due to meritorious service, this is not the kind of marquis who is actually a veteran of the founding of Dashun, but a marquis of the fifth rank. It is also divided into the marques and the world marques, and the sons and heirs should be more enfeoffed Woolen cloth.

If Lhasa is doing well and the taxation is beautiful, according to the extreme circumstances of the feudalism of the Nibala countries, all their power will pay tribute; Bangladesh provides tens of millions of taels of silver, a certain amount of saltpeter, and daily supplies for the troops stationed in India, etc. ... Then, under the great joy of the emperor's dragon face, he would definitely wave his hand, and change from Liujue to Shijue, and the eldest son will be overshadowed by the rest, which is also very normal.

Therefore, in Du Feng's view, military merit is the bottom line for knighthood.

The politics and governance after the war, as well as the handling of surrounding geopolitical issues, highlighted the strategic value of Bangladesh, which is the plus point for the knighthood.

Because the battle has reached this point, the subsequent siege of the fort and the siege of Mumbai Tranqui Basurat Goa are not extra points.

The more valuable Bangladesh is, whether it is silver or its geostrategic position, the more valuable it is, the more pendants he will get as a prince.

After seeing this point clearly, we must think about the number of troops to be used in the future. During the interval between the rotation of Dingfu soldiers, we must allocate more troops to Niu Er and ask him to send people to Nepal to do things.

Although Niu Er hadn't contacted more military orders from the Privy Council, he also guessed that many of the elite troops under Du Feng's command could be used for other purposes, and the skirmishers were a very special unit. , It also shows the mind.

Then he laughed and said: "Brother Du, don't be impatient. As the saying goes, you can't eat hot tofu if you are impatient. When I was in Java, I lay dormant for a long time before I figured out the situation in Java. I don't care about the situation in Nibala. It must be done in a hurry.”

"The trip this time is just throwing stones to ask the way. It is to map, survey and map, and find the way, not to learn from Wang Xuance. Or to follow the example of Duke Xingguo's method of conquering the sun to cause city-state disputes."

"The meaning of the imperial court is that there is no rush. If you stand firm in Bangladesh, it will be easy to talk over there."

"Besides, now you also know the mood of the group of people who go to sea. It's okay in the army, but anyone who has a gold medal with the words 'doing it cheaply' is always thinking about making great achievements. Give it a try, Maybe it will be done?"

"So, one company is just right. If he really wants to be capable, one company can do huge things. That's his ability. If you feel that the troops are too small and the situation is unclear, don't steal chickens and lose money, because there is only one company , Most likely just do some business of surveying and mapping and come back.”

"I'm afraid of this. I heard that in the country of Nanibala, which is a little bigger than the palm of your hand, there are now city-states36 that conquer each other without a unified master. It's hard to say that those people who are thinking about making contributions in the frontier will not take the opportunity to do so. Order something."

"So, one company is just right. Don't call in all the skirmishers. With a sharp knife in hand, you can kill. I feel that Xingguo has made a good start. He deserves credit for his flexibility in Japan. You Niu Er did it in Java. I get credit for doing things cheaply, how can I not do it?"

"When I was in Java in the past, I was thinking of making a few big votes. It's still what Xing Guogong said, the ass determines the head. Now that the buttocks have moved, I don't want the people below to follow me and do things cheaply. ..."

(End of this chapter)