I want to be emperor

Chapter 650 The First Indian Colony
In the seventeenth century, the Indian peninsula, although not completely reduced to a colony, has actually become a paradise for colonists from various European countries.

The colonists currently active in the Indian peninsula include the Dutch East India Company, the Portuguese East India Company, the Danish East India Company, and the English East India Company. In addition, ships from some sporadic European countries will also arrive.

And now, the Great Chu Empire has been added!

The colonial competition in the Indian peninsula was already very fierce, but it has become even more intense after the addition of the Dachu people in recent years.

Although so far, the colonists of various countries, including the Great Chu Empire, have colonized the Indian region more by establishing trade bases, and then opening up trade markets, mainly for the profit of circle trade, the indigenous kingdoms in the Indian region have not yet threatened with annihilation.

But this competition for trade profits is still fierce!
The market is so big and the money is so much, if you earn more, others will earn less.

In addition, more critically, as the Great Chu Empire occupied the Nanyang Peninsula area strongly and penetrated its forces into the Nanyang Islands, the Nanyang Region can now maintain a stronghold in the Spice Islands in addition to the Dutch and continue to trade. The last one took the initiative to be more active with the Great Chu Empire, and at the same time did not show too much ambition in the Nanyang region, only entrenched in Manila in the Philippines, and only concentrated on doing business with the Great Chu Empire.

Colonists from other European countries have been expelled by the Great Chu Empire.

Of course, they can also continue to trade in Southeast Asia, but generally they can only go to Malacca and the merchants of the Great Chu Empire for direct trade, and they cannot trade with the local aborigines.

Because the Great Chu Empire used various treaties and military strength to forcibly monopolize the markets of Southeast Asian countries.

In addition, the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca has been strongly blocked by the Navy of the Great Chu Empire... It is said that it is to combat pirates, but in fact it is to prevent ships from other countries from entering the South China Sea through the Strait of Malacca.

The Nanyang region has become the dominant family of the Great Chu Empire. Even the Dutch have to keep their tails between their legs. In the Nanyang region, they only do business with the local aborigines in the Spice Islands, while other businesses are basically done with the merchants of the Great Chu Empire. In order to avoid excessively stimulating the merchants of the Great Chu Empire.

As for the Spaniards, they have already reached a series of trade agreements with the Great Chu Empire. In order to maintain trade with the Great Chu Empire, the Spaniards have made it clear that they have no intention of colonizing the Nanyang region, including other parts of the Philippines. As long as the Great Chu Empire is free to trade with them, the Spaniards' global fleet is allowed to enter some ports controlled by the Great Chu Empire, such as Malacca, and they are allowed to pass through the Strait of Malacca.

They can even abandon their colonial stronghold in the Philippines, which is Manila.

You have to know that the core purpose of the Spaniards running to the Philippines to set up a colonial stronghold was to trade with the Great Chu Empire...not to compete with the Great Chu Empire for the Nanyang region.

This is different from the Dutch.

The Dutch colonized the Nanyang region to control the Spice Islands and conduct direct trade with the local aborigines, especially the monopoly trade.

As for the Great Chu Empire, they were relatively friendly to the Spaniards, and did not impose any restrictions on trade, and were even relatively liberal.

Under the good relationship, the Great Chu Empire has even negotiated with the Spaniards to discuss the possibility of amicable transfer of Manila.

This possibility is not small.

In the colonial situation in the Nanyang region, where the Chu Empire is the only one, there are many forces in chaos. At the same time, the power of the local indigenous princes is not too bad. In addition, even the powerful Chu Empire is difficult because of the distance. In the case of projecting a large number of troops to the remote Indian peninsula.

The colonization of countries in the Indian peninsula area was chaotic and the competition was extremely fierce. These colonists not only fought with the local aborigines, but also fought against each other.

The Dutch and the Portuguese have been fighting for years.

After the Great Chu Empire entered the Indian region for colonization, in order to gain a firm foothold there, the Nanyang Trading Company chose to cooperate secretly with the Portuguese East India Company.

So in fact, the Nanyang Trading Company is also fighting with the Dutch East India Company!
This is still on the surface, but there are more in the dark...

Even the trading companies of the Great Chu Empire itself would have some conflicts with each other, and then secretly act.

Based on the chaos and fierce competition in the Indian region, official power projection is more troublesome and costly.

Many of their own armed trading companies have fallen into internal strife, and the high-level officials of the Great Chu Empire intend to change this situation, which in turn promotes the alliance of many armed trading companies involved in trade in India.

The official took the lead, and the family sat together to demarcate the territory in advance, avoiding internal chaos. At the same time, when facing foreign colonists and local aborigines, each company should assist each other and so on.

Under such circumstances, the various trading companies have reached an alliance agreement, and only then did the armed merchant ships of the various armed trading companies jointly go to India for trade.

This time the joint operation was conducted under the leadership of the official, and there were even navy officials in the fleet to conduct the whole process of contact and adjustment.

And this time the action was also a great success.

After the huge United Trade Fleet arrived in the central part of the east coast of India smoothly along the way, they joined forces for the first time to make a strong landing. After more than 2000 sailors who landed and defeated the local indigenous army, they forcibly occupied a port city .
In fact, the Portuguese also came to this place decades ago, and they also occupied a local area and built a colonial stronghold. However, the Portuguese were not very strong and were quickly expelled by the local indigenous people.

The Nanyang Trading Company was very interested in this place before and wanted to take it from the natives as a trading base. After all, this place is not only the central area of ​​the east coast of India, but also a large river that goes deep into the hinterland of the Indian peninsula.

Occupying this place means that the Great Chu Empire has penetrated into the hinterland of central India with one foot.

It's just that the Nanyang Trading Company used to be a loner. Although the company's strength is not weak, their business is also big, and they won't be able to mobilize many troops for a while. Sending hundreds of people casually over there can scare them to death.

So Nanyang Trading Company thought about it several times but didn't take any concrete action.

This time, many domestic trading companies joined forces to act, so there were so many scruples. Many trading companies in the fleet united, mobilized more than 2000 people to land, and fought several consecutive battles with the natives, killing at least [-] natives on the opposite side. After the army, the natives on the opposite side knelt down and begged for peace...

Now that the other side has sued for peace, these trading companies are not polite, and demanded a large amount of compensation, requiring them to fully open the market and monopolize the market. Incidentally, they also demanded a coastal colony for the imperial officials.

This newly occupied colony was named Union City!
The meaning is the union of many armed trading companies.

And this is also the first overseas territory with real sovereignty obtained by the Great Chu Empire in the Indian Peninsula. Well, even though it was won by those armed trading companies, this is still the territory of the Great Chu Empire. After all, the Great Chu Empire These armed trading companies do not have the authority to manage the colonies, which is different from the colonial companies in European countries.

These armed trading companies fought so hard, and the territories they conquered belonged to the imperial government, so what did they gain?
This... They are actually rushing to pay compensation and market monopoly.

According to the conditions negotiated by the officials with these trading companies before, the empire will follow up and unite with some of the surrounding indigenous countries. To be precise, the countries that were forced to sign an open market agreement with them will jointly monopolize their trade for 20 years.

Other trading companies in the empire are not allowed to set foot!

Of course, whether you can get the trade market, you have to fight directly, and you have to stop businessmen from other countries yourself. The empire only guarantees that domestic businessmen will not run over to compete with you.

Through a war, it is their interest to monopolize the trade of an indigenous kingdom for 20 years.

As for the United City itself, it is just a trade transfer station for these trading companies. Besides, if it is not handed over to the authorities, they will have to spend money and effort to build fortresses and station troops...

Directly hand over United City to the officials, let the officials be responsible for safety, and they continue to do business...

The imperial officials are also very happy about this... After all, the officials have not paid a dime, and they have obtained an overseas territory for nothing, and then they can collect taxes here.

Ever since, United City appeared like this, and the officials of the Great Chu Empire temporarily set up an administrative agency of United State here, and hastily transferred a mixed battalion of troops from Burma to station there. Naturally, the navy also dispatched The fleet came to garrison.

The emergence of the United City also allowed the overseas colonies of the Great Chu Empire to extend from Burma to the east coast of the central part of the Indian Peninsula.

The subsequent merchant ships of the Great Chu Empire will be able to set off from Malacca, pass through Dagon Port (Yangon) in Myanmar, Chittagong, and then go to United City. They will be able to obtain supply guarantees along the way, and there will also be a trade transfer station.

There is no need to look for the ports of the natives, or the ports of the Portuguese and the Dutch for supplies and trade as before.

The scope of activities of the Great Chu Empire's overseas traders has been greatly expanded, which will definitely affect the competitiveness of the products of the Great Chu Empire in India.

Just like the products of the Great Chu Empire in Myanmar and West Myanmar!
By the way, the previous colonization of the Great Chu Empire in the Indian Peninsula was not the main point. The official expansion of the Great Chu Empire was mainly concentrated in the Arakan Kingdom west of Burma.

The main reason is that Myanmar has become a vassal state of the Great Chu Empire, and it can move nearby with low cost... Moreover, the Great Chu Empire covets Chittagong and wants to control the most important port in the area around the Bay of Bengal.

A few years ago, with the support of the Great Chu Empire, the puppet kingdom of Burma sent a large army to attack the Arakan Kingdom in the west, and once approached Chittagong. Although it was eventually repelled, it also severely damaged the national strength of the Arakan Kingdom.

Last year, the navy and army of the Great Chu Empire organized a joint fleet and personally made an expedition to land in Chittagong.

This time, the navy of the Great Chu Empire defeated the fleet composed of Arakan sailors who were well-known for their sailing skills in a naval battle with an absolute numerical advantage.

Through this victory in the naval battle, the army and navy of the Great Chu Empire officially landed in Chittagong and besieged Chittagong.

This time, the army of the Great Chu Empire took action in person, not the Burmese army of the puppet country. Its powerful combat power was not something that the Arakan native army could resist.

Within half a month of the siege, Chittagong was declared to have fallen, and finally fell into the hands of the Great Chu Empire.

Then the two sides launched a series of wars. After recovering for a year, the kingdom of Burma, the dog leg of the Great Chu Empire, once again marched westward. Under the attack from both sides, the kingdom of Arakan became more and more difficult.

However, this war is not over yet, the two sides are still fighting, but the main body of the war has become the Burmese Army and the Arakan Army. The Burmese army commanded the Burmese army to fight.

After occupying Chittagong, it also allowed the Great Chu Empire to obtain the most important trading port in the Bay of Bengal area, and by the way extended the official power to the entire Bay of Bengal area.

In fact, it was precisely because of the previous occupation of Chittagong that the follow-up Nanyang Trading Company was able to carry out such a large-scale operation in the central part of the Indian Peninsula, or else, they did not even have a starting base.

The expansion of the Great Chu Empire in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Peninsula may be a big deal for the local indigenous countries, but in fact it is only a trivial matter within the Great Chu Empire... as small as most of the Great Chu Empire. Unbeknownst to the public, the empire was still at war with an indigenous country called the Kingdom of Arakan.

Not to mention ordinary people, even many senior officials of the empire don't know about it...

Because of this so-called war, the military didn't even carry out mobilization of any nature, nor did it bring it up to the Council of Staff for discussion.

This matter is basically fully handed over to the governor of Yunnan...

The deployed troops were nothing more than the local garrisons in the Myanmar region. Well, to be precise, they were the troops stationed at Dagon Port before, and the ground troops used were no more than a thousand people.

A war of this level, and a war far away from the mainland, is at best a colonial conflict... The impact is very limited, so not many people in the Great Chu Empire care about it.

Among the higher-ups of the empire, Luo Zhixue, the emperor, is probably the one who is more concerned, but even he doesn't know the details there. He knows to fight, but he directly authorizes the details of how and when to fight. The governor of Yunnan was given full responsibility for handling it.

So he still saw the report submitted by the governor of Yunnan, and then he knew that his army had taken Chittagong... and killed tens of thousands of indigenous troops by the way...

There is no way, the empire is too big... There are so many armed conflicts, and there are so many ongoing wars, it is impossible for Luo Zhixue to pay attention to them all.

Compared with some overseas colonial war conflicts, both Luo Zhixue and the top management of the empire should pay more attention to the wars in the Western Regions.

The Zhungeer people in the Western Regions are much more of a threat than the overseas natives. Tens of thousands of nomadic cavalry have always been a threat to the security of the western part of the empire.

Since the Great Chu Empire captured Hami a few years ago, the Chu army has obtained a forward base in the Western Regions, not only because it is a starting base, but also because this place can be used for reclamation and can solve the crucial food and grass problem on the spot .

After several years of reclamation and operation, the reclamation of the Great Chu Empire in the Hami area has also entered the harvest season. Although the food produced locally is not enough to fully meet the military needs, it has also greatly reduced the logistical pressure.

Under such circumstances, the top leaders of the Great Chu Empire already had the idea of ​​​​launching a new round of westward marches into Turpan and even the Ili Basin.

Thinking that after the spring of next year, Chengshun will be able to complete the preliminary preparations 19 years later, and then launch a new round of large-scale offensive, take down the Yili Basin in one fell swoop, and take away Zhungeer's lair, so as to completely solve this problem. The Western Threat of the Empire.

It's just that if you want to launch such a large-scale war, you need to deploy a large number of troops, and the cost is even greater. Therefore, the high-level empire needs to plan in detail, and the attack can only be launched after preparations are made.

For this reason, Luo Zhixue held a military meeting before the imperial court to discuss in detail the new round of war in the Western Regions, and initially finalized some general directions.

As long as these strategic deployments are implemented in the future, if nothing else happens, an attack will be launched next year.

As the Great Chu Empire was actively preparing to set off a new round of westward war, the Zhungeer people also smelled danger.

After all, they are not fools, and they will not wait for the Chu army to fight foolishly. They have also been collecting information on the movements of the Chu army. The heavy carriages also kept going back and forth in the Hexi Corridor, and at the same time, in the western area of ​​Monan Mongolia, they also learned that the local Chu army was abnormal.

Immediately noticed that a new round of large-scale war may be coming.

They don't know exactly when they will be attacked, but they know that the Chu army will definitely attack them.

How to do?
What else can I do, actively prepare for the battle and prepare to die!
You can't just sit and wait to die.

The Chu army obviously came to their lair to kill them completely, and Zhungeer was not willing to surrender or anything like that.

After all, they are nomads. If they really can't beat them, they will run west... Anyway, the Kazakh Khanate in the west is also their defeat.

They Zhungeer can't beat the Chu Manzi, can't they beat the Kazakh Khanate?

What a joke!
When a new round of large-scale war is about to start in the Western Regions, the Songjiang Mansion in the hinterland of the empire is still prosperous and showing a prosperous atmosphere.

Especially in the Songjiang Naval Shipyard, the iron-ribbed wooden-hull warships under construction on many docks show that the national power of the Great Chu Empire is climbing up at an aggressive and exaggerated speed like a rocket that has been ignited!
(End of this chapter)