In the entire Dhaka, in addition to the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division, there are four garrison battalions, two of which are all composed of Indians, one is a mixture of Indians and Gurkhas, and the third is Mars.
The newly rebuilt 35th Battalion led by Howard.
Oh, by the way, there is a company in Dhaka composed entirely of British people, but this company is only responsible for the security of Lord Belloc and has no other responsibilities, so it is unreliable.
What Lord Belloc can rely on are these few people in the conference room.
Rock did not speak because the newly formed 1st Cavalry Division was a guest in Dhaka, so it was not Rock's turn to speak. Mars Howard and Garfield Huntington could not pretend to be dead. This was their job.
So Lord Belloc just named him.
"Director Huntington, your opinion——"
Garfield Huntington's expression was obviously surprised. It seemed that Lord Belloc would directly call his name without warning. He was stunned for a long time before he managed to say: "We should send out troops and arrest them all in prison——"
As if he had not said this, Lord Belloc stared at Garfield Huntington viciously with cannibalistic eyes.
This time, Garfield Huntington's words were finally somewhat constructive: "The police department will be responsible for the aftermath, comforting the families of the victims, and doing its best to treat the injured. However, as you know, Lord, Dhaka's medical capabilities are not good, and those injured may not be able to enjoy the benefits."
Effective treatment, so it is best to send the person to Calcutta as soon as possible."
When it came to the hospital, Mars Howard's eyes immediately lit up, as if he had something to say, but when he looked at Rock, he held it back alive.
"If you have anything to say, just say it!" Lord Belloc was very dissatisfied.
"Sir, the new First Cavalry Division has a field hospital——" Mars Howard was still looking at Rock's face when he spoke, for fear of offending Rock.
Rock couldn't avoid this question and admitted simply: "The new First Cavalry Division does have a field hospital, but we don't have enough medicine and we lack enough medical equipment, so the hospital can treat injured civilians, but it doesn't
Guaranteed to be cured."
At this time, no one dared to boast about Haikou. Let alone being injured by a fully loaded military bullet, even a cut on a finger could lead to death due to tetanus.
Especially in an environment like India, the probability of death is extremely high.
"Just try your best, but you must go all out-" Lord Belloc was a little confused with anger.
Rock was confused, not knowing whether he should do his best or go all out.
"The next question is how to alleviate the increasingly serious contradictions." Lord Belloc asked another nonsense question. In fact, it is very simple to alleviate the contradictions. Everyone present knows that just stop taxing, but this is the Governor's Mansion.
Absolutely unacceptable.
The tax levied by the Governor-General this time is a special tax similar to the poll tax. Everyone in India must pay at least one shilling to meet the Indian government's demand for moving the capital.
Yes, Earl Minto has decided to move the capital from Calcutta to Delhi for security reasons.
Considering that Delhi's urban facilities were not enough to become the capital of India, Earl Minto decided to build a new city south of Delhi as the capital of India. This city was called New Delhi.
Rebuilding a city is not easy, especially moving the capital, which involves a lot of ups and downs. One or two million pounds is probably not enough, so this time the poll tax is used to build New Delhi.
There are 250 million people in India. One shilling per person is more than 20 million pounds, which is enough to rebuild a city.
Rock didn't know how huge New Delhi was planned by Count Minto. Johannesburg was built from scratch and cost less than three million pounds. It is estimated that this project is very tricky, otherwise it would cost so much.
It’s endless.
Therefore, the current situation is like this. It is imperative to move the capital, and taxes must also be levied. Lord Belloc is actually asking how to successfully raise taxes without intensifying conflicts.
Mars Howard and Garfield Huntington are also helpless about this problem, but Lord Belloc doesn't count on them either. Compared with these two, Roark is the best at making money.
"Lord Nyasaland, do you have any good suggestions?"
Rock almost blurted out "I don't have any", but swallowed it back. After thinking about it carefully, he still gave his own advice: "Ordinary Indians have no money, they have no jobs, and no property. Let them pay
Taxation is more difficult, so I suggest we calculate how much tax the entire East Bengal region has to collect, and then we invite those Brahmins and Kshatriyas over to discuss with them how to solve this problem."
What Rock is best at is extortion.
In other words, what Roque is best at is robbing the rich and giving to the poor. The poor in India are already so poor that even if they are forced, they probably won’t be able to make any money. The really rich ones are the earth kings and Brahmins.
Dili, they are the ones who should bear this cost.
The key is that they can afford it.
"No, no, no, Locke, the situation in India is different from that of the Transvaal. We need the cooperation of those local kings and high castes to rule India more effectively." Lord Belloc was also in a dilemma. He also knew that ordinary people
People have no money, and all the wealth in India is concentrated in the kings and temples——
Temples, yes, there are temples.
There are really many temples in India. There are four levels of the caste system. The first level of Brahmins are the monks and nobles, and the second level of Kshatriyas are the military and political nobles. So the richest temples in India are many temples.
They have been passed down for thousands of years, and God knows how much wealth is hidden in the secret rooms of those temples.
In his previous life, Rock once heard that a huge amount of gold was found in a secret room of a temple in India, worth more than 20 billion U.S. dollars. This is just an ordinary temple. There are estimated to be at least thousands of temples in India. Then there are other temples.
Isn’t there a secret room?
Rock doesn't believe it.
However, attacking the temple seems to have more serious consequences than attacking the earth king.
So Rock endured it and ultimately did not make this suggestion.
"Lord, it seems that the princes and nobles did not play their due role in the riots in Dhaka -" Since he could not offend the temple, Rock still targeted the local kings.
"Yes, Lord, we have intelligence that the riots in Dhaka are closely related to the Bala family and the Varma family in eastern Dhaka, although we have no evidence that it was the Bala family and the Varma family that supported the riots.
, but in the entire East Bengal region, the territories of the Bala family and the Varma family are now the most stable, which is very abnormal." Garfield Huntington finally found the entry point, but his reason was also very abnormal. p>
Could it be that just because the Bala family and the Varma family have the most stable territories, the Bala family and the Varma family supported this riot?
This logic is pretty stupid.
But it is not impossible. You must know that the great national uprising in 1857 was initiated by the leaders of the native kings in several northern states. Therefore, although most of the native kings were cooperative with the British colonization, not all of them were. Some people still hope that
Can get rid of British colonial rule.
To Roark's surprise, Roark's original nonsense immediately attracted Lord Belloc's attention.
"What's going on? Tell me in detail." Lord Belloc's face was ugly. Although the British government gave preferential treatment to these Indian kings, it also maintained a high degree of vigilance against these Indian kings. Even if ordinary Indians committed rebellion, their influence
After all, it is still limited, and only these feudal kings can truly threaten British colonial rule.
"Five days ago, a tax officer from the tax bureau led a team of police to collect taxes in the territory of the Valma family. However, they encountered violent resistance from the locals. The tax officer was killed and more than half of the police were injured. The police who took advantage of the chaos and escaped confirmed
, the rebels possess advanced weapons including the Martini Henry rifle. This kind of weapon is in the territory of the Valmo family and can only be possessed by the private army of the Valmo family. Therefore, we have reason to believe that the Valmo family has actually
To participate in the rebellion, we must take action, otherwise the situation will deteriorate further." Garfield Huntington was not embarrassed at all and was very impassioned.
Rock couldn't imagine how bad the police station in Dhaka could be. The policeman who collected taxes was actually killed by the mob, and it seemed that Garfield Huntington had not arranged revenge. This was really embarrassing to the police.
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"Why didn't you report such a big thing?" Lord Belloc also noticed this problem.
"We are still investigating, and I want to wait until the situation is clear before reporting to you." Garfield Huntington spoke boldly, with an expression on his face that showed concern for the country and the people.
"So where is the investigation now?" Lord Belloc asked.
Garfield Huntington was immediately speechless.
"Locke, can the new First Cavalry Division be dispatched?" Lord Bellock ignored Garfield Huntington and settled this problem first.
"It's possible, but we can go directly to the territory of the Valmo family and capture all the Valmo family members?" Rock couldn't believe it. Just because of this untenable reason, he sent troops to arrest a local king? The status of these earth kings is really too low.
"Catch the person back first. If it turns out that the Varma family has nothing to do with this matter, I will naturally apologize at that time." Lord Belloc did not dare to be careless on this issue.
"No, no, no, Lord, this is not appropriate. We should first determine the attitude of the Valmer family. How about inviting people from the Valmer family and the Bala family to attend the dinner?" Rock didn't want to act too hastily. It would be easy to arrest someone but difficult to deal with the aftermath.
If we really want to get rid of the problem, we still have to create a new First Cavalry Division.