Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 239 Daming's Tea Sweeps the World
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There is no need to worry about the soldiers of Chen Han's army being single.

Because they are all noble Kshatriyas!

noble!Proper noble.

In Brahmanism, if a girl from one's own family marries a higher-level nobleman, then his own family will also receive considerable glory and promotion.

Therefore, these bachelor soldiers in Chen Han's army have become rich men in the eyes of many Indian native businessmen or small landlords.

Their status in Hinduism is far lower than that of Kshatriya.

If it is a Kshatriya noble born locally, they basically don't bother to consider these low-caste families when they marry.

And now it's different.

A large number of Chen Han soldiers wanted to marry wives, and a large number of Indian natives wanted to marry their daughters to high-caste nobles.

The two sides hit it off.

One Indian bride after another, with a large amount of generous dowry, married one Chen Han soldier after another.

In less than two months, the soldiers of the Chen Han army, who were still homeless, all lived a happy life with status, wives, and money to spend.

The local Brahmin aristocrats also spared no effort to promote it. They have an army of "Sanhe Dashen" from the east, and it is only a matter of time before they wipe out those hateful Tianfang believers!

The Indian natives had the sanhe god army, Chen Youliang became the king of the sanhe, and the soldiers of the Han army lived a life of "sanyou, status, wife, and money".

They all have a bright future!
On the other side, the Delhi Sultanate can't sit still!

Derry City, the magnificent palace of the Sultan.

Sultan Firuzsha looked at the battle situation reported on the table, his frown never relaxed.

He himself finally spent a huge amount of people's power and wealth, and barely wiped out the domestic Brahman rebellion.

But just after two days of sitting down safely, another intruder appeared from the east.

This intruder is none other than Chen Youliang, a former ally of the Delhi Sultanate.

But at this time, the two sides are no longer allies, but enemies who have turned their backs on the alliance. Firuzsha has been severely taught by the Ming army, so he naturally knows that the defeated generals of the Ming army must not be simple characters.

After all, Firuzha knew that Chen Youliang had not only fought against the Ming army for several years.

Moreover, he was able to retreat at the last moment and took away tens of thousands of troops, which shows that this person's ability is very strong.

Today's Delhi Sultanate is already in internal and external difficulties, and there is no extra manpower and material resources to organize an army to defeat Chen Youliang.

What's more, even if an army is organized, it may not be the opponent of Chen Youliang's Han army.

There were more than 1 knights of Gracchi in the Nazar area, but they were still beaten to pieces.

So Firuzsha immediately wanted to send someone to re-negotiate with Chen Youliang.

Anyway, for the land of India, both the Delhi Sultanate and Chen Han are outsiders.

Even if the Nazar area is ceded to Chen Youliang, it is completely acceptable.

Two conquerors, one east and one west joined hands to jointly oppress and exploit the local Brahmins, why not do it?
But not long after, a shocking news came from the Nazar area, and Firuzsha was struck by lightning.

"What!? Chen Youliang converted to Brahmanism?!" Firuzsha naturally knew what the news meant.

Although the aborigines in Tianzhu have become obedient citizens, there is one thing that is very difficult for them to change.

That is their religion.

For hundreds of years, the conquerors of Central Asia and Persia, no matter what method they used, hardly converted many Brahmins to Islam.

It doesn't matter whether these god-indigenous Asan are pious or stupid.

Anyway, they are like stones in a latrine, they are smelly and hard.

This has led to conflicts between several generations of patriarchal rulers and local Brahmins.

The local Indian Asan obviously has tens of millions of people and huge wealth, but the Deli Sultanate can only collect some wealth, and the population cannot be fully and effectively utilized.

Even in many cases, these huge populations will cause the Delhi Sultanate to get into endless troubles due to frequent turmoil.

Now Chen Youliang, as a foreign invader, chose to convert to Brahmanism in a very short period of time.

This is equivalent to clearing away all obstacles for him to rule the Tianzhu people.

Tens of millions of people and huge wealth will provide Chen Youliang with inexhaustible national power.

"Your Majesty, it's not that Chen Youliang converted to Brahmanism, but Chen Youliang originally had his own religion, which seems to be called Maitreyaism, and it's actually the same lineage as the Brahmanism of the Tianzhu people!"

The man who brought the news was Vizier Mahad of the Delhi Sultanate.

Vizier means prime minister.

As the prime minister of the Delhi Sultanate, Mahad not only helped Firuz Shah but also took care of internal affairs, and also held the position of religious elder.

It has always been one of the responsibilities of the successive prime ministers of the Delhi Sultanate to promote the state religion of the Delhi Sultanate in the Tianzhu area and assimilate the local Tianzhu people.

However, after hundreds of years of globalization, the effect is not very obvious.

On the contrary, it was Chen Youliang who had just arrived in Tianzhu, and he joined forces with the local Brahmins as soon as he arrived in Tianzhu.

"Orientals are demons! The gods they worship are these lowly false gods!"

Sultan Firuzha cast the most vicious curse.

Originally, he wanted to win Chen Youliang into his ally, but now he has become a life-and-death enemy.

With the help of Chen Youliang, a powerful army, the Brahmins in the Nazar area will definitely make a bigger splash.

The civil strife that the Sultan of Delhi has just quelled will surely break out again.

"Your Majesty, we must hurry up and find a way to strengthen our army to fight against the rebels in the Nazar area!" Mahad, the prime minister of the Delhi Sultanate, said.

"Strengthen the army? That requires a lot of gold and silver!"

At the mention of money, Sultan immediately frowns.

In order to quell the Brahmanism rebellion in the country.

The Delhi Sultanate purchased a large amount of weapons and supplies from the Ming army and Ming businessmen in the Bengal area.

All these weapons and supplies have almost consumed all the gold and silver treasures of the Delhi Sultanate.

Even in order to buy more weapons, the Delhi Sultanate sold tens of thousands of Tianzhu women to Ming merchants.

Now that the Delhi Sultanate has exhausted its national strength, there is no extra financial resources to expand the army.

"The merchants of Ming Dynasty once offered us to lease the land. As long as they agree to lease the land for cultivation, then the East India Company of Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to sell us more weapons, and even help us train the army, just like the soldiers of Ming Dynasty. If we are brave and good at fighting, if we have our own powerful army, not only will we not have to fear Chen Youliang and these hateful Brahmin heretics, but we will also not need to spend expensive money to hire mercenaries in the river."

Prime Minister Mahathir of the Delhi Sultanate said.

After hearing this suggestion, Delhi Sultan Firuz Shah immediately fell into thinking.

The East India Company of Ming Dynasty established many companies in the Bengal area, and the momentum of development was very rapid.

At the beginning, the main areas involved were the trafficking of Tianzhu population, spices, grain, various dyes and medicinal materials.

Later, the merchants of the Daming East India Company discovered that the land here in Tianzhu was very suitable for growing new types of cotton.

This new type of cotton is a high-tech seed provided by Zhu Han. It is disease-resistant, insect-resistant and easy to manage. It is most suitable for growing in the dry and hot dry season of the Indian continent.

Moreover, the local indigenous human resources in India are huge, which is extremely conducive to quick cotton picking.

The most important thing is that the labor cost of local civilians and untouchables in India is very cheap. Two meals of multigrain rice plus curry like cakes a day can make a strong farmer work in the cotton field all day.

Therefore, the merchants of the East India Company proposed to the Delhi Sultanate to lease land to grow cotton.

However, the Sultan of Delhi, Firuzsha, loves and hates Daming, and is very afraid of the merchants of Ming Dynasty entering the depths of his territory.

Naturally, he rejected the suggestion of the Ming businessman to lease the land.

Now that Chen Youliang's arrival has brought the Delhi Sultanate into an unprecedented crisis.

The Delhi Sultanate must give up something it has insisted on for a long time in exchange for its own military strength.

Otherwise, after tens of millions of Brahmins are gradually organized, it will be a disaster for the Delhi Sultanate.

"Well, it's up to you to discuss this matter with the East India Company of Ming Dynasty. We can lease the land to Ming merchants and reduce their taxes, but they must immediately provide us with powerful advanced weapons. The more advanced artillery and muskets, the better!"

Delhi Sultan Firuz Shah finally made up his mind and said.

"As you wish, my lord!"

Prime Minister Mahad knelt down and said respectfully while kissing Firuz Shah's shoes.

After walking out of the Sultan's palace, Mahad, the prime minister of the Delhi Sultanate, looked relaxed and at ease.

He boarded his gorgeous four-wheeled carriage, and walked towards his mansion amidst the sound of crisp bells.

This latest type of four-wheeled carriage was naturally produced in Daming.

With a new suspension and shock-absorbing steel plate, it is very comfortable to ride.

Moreover, the carriage is inlaid with crystal clear glass windows, and then decorated with red, sapphire, gold and silver, which has now become the standard equipment for the top nobles of the Delhi Sultanate.

Mahad's four-wheeled carriage was bought from the East India Company with sixty excellent-looking Tianzhu girl slaves.

After Mahad returned to his mansion, he immediately went straight to his backyard, where a businessman wearing a Ming costume had been waiting for a long time.

"Treasurer Li, your Majesty has agreed to your lease of the land through my efforts!" Mahad said happily.

"Your Prime Minister is really clever. This move will not only help your country become stronger, but also greatly increase your wealth, Prime Minister!" Li Ping also said with a smile.

Li Ping is a branch manager of the Daming East India Company here, and is mainly responsible for lobbying the Delhi Sultanate and leasing the land of the Delhi Sultanate for growing cotton.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, the demand for cotton in the Central Plains has increased significantly.

Especially after Zhu Han raised the cotton textile technology to a higher level, the output of cotton cloth in the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains has doubled every year.

However, cotton cultivation requires fertile land and a lot of manpower for picking, and the land and human resources in the Central Plains are very limited.

The demand for cotton cloth is increasing year by year.

This made the Daming East India Company immediately see the business opportunities.

Historically, India was the most important supplier of cotton cloth to the British Empire. The fertile land and cheap manpower made cotton cultivation a huge and lucrative industry.

Therefore, under Zhu Han's instructions, the Daming East India Company began to use various commercial means to try to widely plant cotton on the land of the Delhi Sultanate.

Although Ming's military strength in Tianzhu is strong, it also needs the ally of the Deli Sultanate, so it is not easy to use any tough measures.

Li Ping was born in Huaixi, the distant nephew of Li Zhen, Marquis of the Ming Dynasty. After joining the firm of the Daming East India Company, he made a lot of contributions.

This time, through the channel of Mahad, the Prime Minister of the Delhi Sultanate, the Delhi Sultan Firuz Shah agreed to Daming's lease of land to grow cotton. For Li Ping, it was another great achievement.

"We, the East India Company, have opted for several pieces of land. When the time comes to plant cotton, Prime Minister Mahad, you can also get a part of our company!" Li Ping introduced her return to Mahad very familiarly. .

It has been more than two months since Li Ping came to Delhi, and he is already very familiar with the highly respected Prime Minister of the Sultanate in front of him.

All the exchange of interests will no longer be hidden.

"Shares? That's really great!" Mahad immediately showed a brighter smile.

As a devout Christian, Mahad felt that he not only helped the Sudan solve the financial difficulties, but also obtained some benefits for himself, which fully complied with the teachings of the Prophet.

"It's just that there are some locals on these lands, and they don't want to cooperate!" Li Ping continued.

When Mahad heard this, he immediately frowned, with a fierce expression on his face.

"These hateful untouchables, if they don't agree, I will send my own soldiers to kill them all!"

Mahad already knew about the pieces of land that Li Ping mentioned.

Those few pieces of land are all owned by local Brahmins, and they are merchant landlords belonging to the middle caste.

For the Delhi Sultanate, expelling these original owners is like crushing an ant to death.

"Prime Minister Mahad is really amazing!"

"This is the new Fujian tea that our Ming Merchant Ship has just brought in. Please, Prime Minister, taste it!"

While talking, Li Ping took out a well-sealed small box.

"Da Ming's tea!?"

Mahad immediately showed a surprised expression.

Mahad had only tasted fresh tea after contacting the East India Company.

Compared with the tea brought by Li Ping, the thick and old tea brought by the Persian merchants is nothing but withered weeds and roots that are difficult to swallow.

In the current Delhi Sultanate, everyone is proud to taste the fresh tea of ​​Ming Dynasty.

After leaving Mahad's mansion again, Li Ping returned to the Daming Commercial Hall in Delhi City, and immediately wrote a detailed report on the progress he had just made, and sent a special person to present it to the head office of New Dali City.

In Zhu Han's plan for the future of Daming, sufficient food and a certain amount of cash crops are the national foundation that Ming must guarantee in the future.

Besides.

In order to pursue more profitable other cash crops, they are all planted in Nanyang, Tianzhu and other places.

For example, the most important cotton, silk, tea, tobacco, etc., all of which require a lot of land to cultivate.

If it is planted on a large scale in the Central Plains, once there is a food crisis, it will be a disaster for the people of the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)