Chapter 252 Indian Colony
Because of Wang Yi's earnest attempt to stay, Woodson finally agreed to stay in Wang Yi's official residence after thinking about it. Not long after, Yao Kaizhi and the other two were also taken over, and then they reported to Wang Yi about the specific situation when the explosion occurred.
The next day, the Northeast Daily made the crime of this suicide attack public. The entire Northeast was shocked and public opinion was boiling, demanding that the Dragon King Sect be completely wiped out, avenge the victims, and pay the blood debts and blood debts.[]
Under such circumstances, Wang Yi could not stand on the opposite side of public opinion, so he immediately ordered the air force to launch an uninterrupted bombardment of important traffic routes on the border between Dongtai Province and Siam. The scene was very hot, but the two things were said. At the same time, the navy was dispatched and patrolled the Gulf of Siam and approached the port city of Siam. Rama V immediately protested to the Northeast. The answer he received was that the Northeast warships bombarded Siam merchant ships and fishing boats, and the relationship between the two sides was suddenly tense. However, although Siam had obtained several old warships eliminated from Britain in the past six months, it was expected to use this to fight against the Northeast and South China Sea Navy, which was tantamount to hitting stones with eggs. Therefore, these warships rarely dared to patrol the port, and were all hidden in the port and used as mobile artillery.
Although the navy and air force were frequently deployed, the army still did not launch a frontal attack. Wang Yi mobilized two newly established local divisions to Cambodia and Laos provinces, and tightened the encirclement of the Dragon King Sect. The total strength of the two provinces reached five divisions and nearly 80,000. While they were tempted to attack the Dragon King Sect base, they cooperated with other divisions in the five Southeast Asian provinces to continuously encircle and suppress the small armed forces of the Dragon King Sect scattered in all parts of the five Southeast Asian provinces and bandits who occupied the mountains as kings. Although the new division did not have much combat effectiveness, relying on the number of personnel and relatively excellent weapons, the anti-resistance armed forces was progressing smoothly.
Woodson left Wang Yi's official residence the next day and moved directly into the British General Chamber of Commerce in South Vietnam. The biggest benefit here is that there are few people surveillance, which makes Woodson feel much more relaxed. Two of his subordinates were confirmed to have died in the explosion at Kerujia Hotel, and the bodies were found. After asking Woodson what he meant, these two corpses would be transported back to India. The specific arrangements were not to worry about, and he had his subordinates to serve him.
Woodson understood that the most urgent task at the moment was to contact India and then ask about future policy responses to Northeast China in Southeast Asia. The British Chamber of Commerce in South Vietnam had its own cable telegrams. Although Northeast China asked to cancel the telegrams, it was not time to deal with these issues that seemed more like minor issues.
Because the British mainland is far away from East Asia, many times, in addition to the British Embassy in Beijing, India is actually the rear base of the British.
The British Governor of India currently lives in the Government Building in Kolkata, and previously lived in the Belvedere Building. In 1912, the Governor's Office moved out of Kolkata and arrived in Delhi.
When it comes to the British rule over India, the topic is inseparable from a famous company that is associated with opium for Chinese people - the British East India Company.
East India Company has many companies in Europe, including Dutch, Sweden and Denmark. All East India companies were originally established, which meant that they operated in the East India region monopoly.
On December 31, 1600, Queen Elizabeth I of England granted the company a royal charter, which was composed of the privilege of trade in India. In fact, this charter gave the monopoly of East India trade for 21 years. He was a joint-stock company with 125 shareholders, whose shareholders included wealthy merchants and famous nobles. The secret to the success of the company is to work both economic and force!
India's commercial activities have made huge profits for shareholders, and these commercial activities are under the private armed protection of East India Company, but the money is paid by Indian taxpayers. If the loss is made, it will be carried by the British and Indians. It is reasonable for such companies to make a lot of profits in the initial stage.
India in the 18th century was not a unified country. The Mughal dynasty in the north was about to collapse, and the rest were split into small states with constant internal conflict. Against this background, the East India Company was in an unmanned state. With the permission of Shah Jahan, the East India Company began its first gold rush in Bangladesh, which was to open textile factories in villages along the Hugli River. They deep-processed the raw materials purchased from the villagers' hand-made textile workshops. This business model attracted hundreds of skilled weavers, dyers and washing workers, allowing these workers to unite to produce different products under the same company to meet the specific needs of the Asian and British markets. Speaking of which, it is no different from the labor-intensive enterprises opened by foreign companies in our country, the same cheap goods and the same labor-capital rewards.
After 1717, the East India Company completed a Faust-like transaction with the Mughals, delivering all Kolkata and 38 nearby villages to the British company. Kolkata produces rice and jute, with waterways surrounding it and the plains endlessly. Rice and industrial raw materials were shipped to the UK, and the entire company made a lot of profits.
The money of the nouveau riche attracted the attention of bad neighbors. Seeing the old rival, the British made a fortune and achieved prosperity, the French were also unwilling to be outdone. In order to fight against the strong French, the British government troops were far away from the local area and could not be expected. Therefore, the East India Company naturally formed its own private armed forces, and the number of people was not large at first, but not small. Two thousand and two hundred European warriors, as well as the same number of locals, this team of 5,000 small defeated the last top Tubon vassal king in Bangladesh. What was even more unlucky was the French East India Company, who stood with the failed Tubon vassal king and never recovered from then on.
Later, an army of the same size won the final victory of the Battle of Vendivash in the south. This protracted battle ran from the 1840s to the 1860s, and was another battlefield for the global confrontation between Britain and France. In 1765, the Mughal Emperor formally handed over the financial power of Bangladesh to the East India Company in Delhi, which meant that endless wealth would pour into the pockets of the British. Due to the continuous joining of local residents in the occupied area, the private armed forces of the British East India Company continued to grow. From the 1860s to 1799, the East India Company fought four battles with the Muslim regime of the French ally, Mysore, in the south. The number of private armed forces of the East India Company had reached 50,000 at this time! The battle ended with the fall of the Selingabadan Fortress in 1799 and the killing of Tipu Sultan.
Chapter completed!