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When Zhang Yao and his six men came to India, it was already the spring of Shaofeng's second year.
Their landing place was "Veda Port", which used to belong to the Portuguese colonial stronghold (Nagapatam Port). After the Tianzhu Cotton Association occupied this port, it restored its Hindu name. It felt that the name was too long and difficult to pronounce, so they simply
The abbreviation is Veda Port, Veda City.
To the south of Ananda, there were three small coastal countries, and they were all Green Religion countries.
Now that they have all been conquered by the Tianzhu Cotton Association, there is nothing to say about the battle process. A single bombardment from an armed merchant ship and a blow from behind by thousands of land troops can destroy a country in an average of half a month.
Before Zhang Yao got off the boat, he smelled a burnt smell mixed with the smell of blood.
After landing, they saw a large number of charred corpses piled up on the beach. Some middle-aged men who looked obviously Han Chinese were instructing the dark-skinned Tianzhu people to dig holes and bury the corpses.
Zhang Yao took his five Jishi sect brothers and went over to greet him and said, "I'm Zhang Yao in Hangzhou. I've met my friend."
The middle-aged Han man cupped his fists and said: "Dengzhou Pangxing."
Zhang Yao asked: "I am coming to Tianzhu for the first time. Do you dare to ask Brother Pang if there has just been a military disaster here?"
Pang Xing explained: "This place used to be occupied by red-haired ghosts, and it belonged to us Han people half a year ago. The various sects became a mess. First, the Hindus and the Greens joined forces to kill the Catholics. Two days ago, the Hindus killed the Greens again.
In the end, they got mad and rushed to the Han people's settlement, so we had to send troops to suppress these bastards."
Zhang Yao was shocked: "Is the sectarian fighting so serious?"
Pang Xing explained in detail: "The main ethnic group here is Tamil, and they all believe in Hinduism. The previous king established himself from the Ananda Kingdom, and in order to gain the support of food merchants, he converted to the Green religion. Originally, the two religions were at odds with each other.
On and on, the red-haired ghosts brought the Christian religion again, and the melee between the three religions was simply incomprehensible. We went to sea to seek wealth. It didn’t matter which religion he believed in, as long as he farmed the land, worked, and did business. They just refused to obey.
, Today you kill me, tomorrow I will kill you. In the past six months, thousands of people have died, and the manpower is becoming increasingly scarce, so we have to immigrate from the country."
In fact, the religions here have formed a delicate balance, but the merchants of the Ming Dynasty broke this balance and instantly detonated the long-standing conflicts between the three religions, resulting in repeated bloody scenes in the past six months.
Rahal Singh suddenly appeared: "Brother Zhang, can you understand now why our guru founded Sikhism? We don't want to see killings, we just hope that all sects can live in peace, and all
All people can treat each other equally."
At this time, Sikhism was only founded less than twelve years ago, its teachings were very tolerant, and it did not yet advocate force.
Even men in the religion are not forced to change their surname to "Singh", which was a reform carried out by the tenth generation master to resist the Mughal Empire. "Singh" means lion, combined with the baptism of the sword (the baptism of the sword), the call
The congregation was always ready to fight the Mughals.
As for the formation of the Sikh army, it was after the death of the fifth generation guru. At that time, not only the Sikh guru was killed, but Sikhism, which advocated religious tolerance and non-violence, was also frantically suppressed by the Mughal Empire.
The Christians were forced to take up arms to protect themselves, and as a result they became the most capable ethnic group in India.
Zhang Yao asked: "Where is your guru?"
Rahal Singh said: "Punjab in the north, far away from here, was ruled by the Mughals."
Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, has died and the current ruler is called Humayun.
Humayun, you can think of him as the Mughal version of Zhu Yunwen. He likes literature and art, advocates cultural education and governing the country, and has an indecisive personality. In a few years, he will be driven away by his foreign generals and flee to Persia.
He lived in exile for many years. Afterwards he learned from the pain and borrowed troops from Persia to fight back and actually rebuilt the Mughal Empire.
The current living environment of Sikhism is very magical. On the one hand, Humayun's tolerant politics provided a good missionary environment for Sikhism. On the other hand, the Mughal Empire continues to expand and has not yet fully integrated into the Indian governance system.
, under the rule of suppression and exploitation, the common people provided military supplies, and the conflicts of rule actually outweighed the conflicts of religion. Green Christians and Hindus both lived a miserable life. The Sikh religion's teachings of helping each other and relieving the poor quickly attracted a large number of followers.
After careful inquiry, Zhang Yao finally figured out that if he wanted to go north to meet the Sikh guru, he would have to travel through at least four or five countries.
Zhang Yao said: "We must stay in the south and let your master come to see me."
Rahal Singh was not angry and said: "I will convey it to you."
Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, was respected by all sects in India in later generations, even Hinduism and Green Buddhism held him in high esteem.
Because this man's moral character is impeccable, he was born as a Kshatriya, had a good job, and a harmonious family, but he traveled all over the world as a beggar. His footprints reached Mecca in the west, Tibet in the east, Sri Lanka in the south, and Greenland in the south.
Sikhism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Catholicism have all had exchanges, and the advantages of all major religions in the world have been integrated to finally create Sikhism.
In the past ten years, Nanak sent his disciples to preach everywhere. Although the missionary center was in Punjab, his disciples were all over India.
The farther south you go, the less Sikhism can spread, because Ananda is a Hindu country, and the religious conflicts here are not as intense as in the north.
As long as it was conducive to the spread of Sikhism, Nanak would definitely be willing to travel through several countries and come south to meet a few Chinese people.
Rahal Singh had his own job. He was employed by the Tianzhu Cotton Association. After handling the matters at hand, he immediately resigned and went north to see his guru and explain the situation.
Zhang Yao and his six men stayed in Weida Port to pay a visit to Pang Sheng, the city's political officer.
Pang Sheng introduced them to the situation in Tianzhu: "At first, we made some mistakes. Private ownership of land is not allowed in Tianzhu. All land belongs to the king. Local noble lords have no right to own land and are only responsible for collecting land rent for the king. Haha.
, if you understand this, everything will be easy to handle.”
"Divide the land?" Zhang Yao asked.
Pang Sheng said: "Give land and sell land! Followers give land, and local nobles sell land. This not only makes a lot of money, but also gets the support of local nobles. The small nobles in Tianzhu are from our Cotton Association.
If our cotton union is driven away from the purchased land, the land in their hands will not be recognized. Now, the local nobles are our people, and we wish that the king would always be a puppet."
Zhang Yao couldn't believe it: "This Tianzhu is really the king's land in the whole world. All the land is owned by the king."
This was indeed the case, and so was the Mughal dynasty in the north.
Do as the Romans do. The first time Babur invaded India, he inherited the fine traditions of India and declared that all the land belonged to the king. Whether it was the military nobles who accompanied him in the war or the traditional nobles in India, they were only responsible for helping the king.
Collect rent from farmers.
The so-called land owned by the nobles was a rent-collecting land issued by the king, and it could not be bought and sold freely.
In principle, the king could take it away, but the nobles would definitely not be willing to hand it over.
Zhang Yao and the others lived in the city for half a month and found nothing strange. The port city was mostly populated by merchants and craftsmen. Except for the large number of foreigners, it was not much different from Hangzhou.
They then headed inland and came to a farm owned by a cotton trade merchant, covering an area of 180,000 acres!
It was an eye-opener immediately.
An ordinary merchant actually maintained hundreds of private soldiers, all of whom were equipped with muskets.
The farmers responsible for farming here are mostly from low castes and from lowly households. The Han people are mainly responsible for supervising the work and teaching local farmers more advanced farming techniques.
One level suppresses the other, and the untouchables have no resistance, so they muddle along and work hard every day.
However, the originally hard-working Han people became lazy when they arrived in Tianzhu, and ordinary supervisors regarded themselves as landlords.
The production efficiency was so low that the manor owner wanted to die, and he tried numerous motivational methods to no avail.
Zhang Yao found the owner of the manor and recommended himself to be the steward. He promised to take care of the entire manor and requested that the six brothers be allowed to preach here.
(Wow, wow, finally there is a new alliance leader, the author is so excited that he is trembling all over.)