Eighty-nine, Gatsby's ambitions

"Because the soldiers of the British Empire are invincible, although we only have a few hundred people here, but the well-trained and superb military skills are enough for them to do a good job of commanding, and ......" The clerk blinked, and did not care at all about the shouting and killing outside the city, but said playfully, "These people of Tianzhu, since they have enjoyed the glory of our British Empire, of course they have to contribute to our cause, and now that Dhaka City is in turmoil, of course it is time for them to contribute." ”

"Of course these brown-skinned monkeys have to contribute to us," Gatsby said, picking up the fine bone china cup and glancing at the respectful and cowering Indian slave in the corner, "whose existence has no meaning other than to make the environment worse in Dhaka." ”

"Of course, of course," said the clerk with a smile, "Indians like to pin their hopes on the next life, and they think that only by enduring humiliation in this life can they definitely live a good life in the next life, so as long as the Governor General makes them do something to serve the British Empire, they must be very willing to die." ”

"That's good," Gatsby laughed, "there are too many Indians, and the number is shocking, these people are still like the primitive people of the primitive society, ignorant and stubborn, and there is no light of civilization shining in their idiot-like heads, so there is also a problem, that is, although there is no power, but there are too many people, like ants will reproduce, if someone plots to instigate, his power will be huge, it will be huge enough to affect our rule in Tianzhu, I personally think, This is a good opportunity for them to go into battle to defeat the Chinese, which is about their only use. ”

"The Governor is very right, I fully agree, the reason why the Chinese can come and go calmly in Tianzhu has a lot to do with the character of the Tianzhu people, they are used to being treated as slaves, as long as we don't starve him, there is no intention to resist us at all, the Chinese have not yet oppressed these natives of India, so they have not stopped the Chinese, which is why the Chinese can run rampant in our Bengal Province, But then it's completely different," the clerk said with a calm smile, "as long as these Chinese are stained with Indian blood, they will no longer be able to treat the Chinese like this." ”

This is also similar to a poisonous plan to drive tigers and devour wolves, or a strategy to sow discord and kill each other, "Very good," Gatsby raised his red eyebrows, "You think about the problem very comprehensively, you are fully qualified for the position of mayor of Dhaka, when the Chinese are solved, I will announce this appointment, you have been with me for a long time, it is time to let your talents be brought into play on a larger scale." ”

"Thank you, Lord Governor, I will always be your loyal and reliable subordinate," the clerk rejoiced, holding back his excitement and bowing in thanks, "but now, we still have to resist the attack of the Chinese, the city of Dhaka is very rich, and I am afraid that the Chinese will use this to stimulate their soldiers to attack Dhaka at any cost." ”

"The Chinese must know that Dhaka is a rich city, the richest city on the Indian continent," Gatsby touched his very delicate short beard trimmed under his chin, "Then you must visit the rich merchants in the city and ask them to hand over some of the gold and silver, after all, we have spent so much energy to defend the city, we must be paid, right?" ”

The clerk understood, "I will do this immediately, and I ask the Governor to rest assured that the rich merchants will be able to pay the amount of money they should provide to Dhaka City in a reasonable and voluntary manner." ”

"But those Chinese in the north, according to intelligence, they don't seem to have made any moves."

"No movement?" Gatsby frowned slightly, "According to common sense analysis, they should come to Dhaka City and grab credit with this group of Chinese, why didn't they move?" What do they want to do? ”

"Probably ready to wait behind our backs?" The clerk made a reasonable suggestion, "There must be a suspicion of speculation." ”

"That's right, dear clerical officer, a really scheming person won't do it when the other party hasn't played all his cards." Gatsby said, "The Chinese outside Dhaka in front of me will definitely not guess that I still have a lot of reinforcements here." Governor Marbury, New Delhi, was still fooled. ”

"The Governor gave up all the strongholds outside Dhaka, not only to confuse the Chinese and make them think that we are vulnerable, but also to make the Governor Marbury mistakenly think that the Chinese are too strong to be eliminated with the power of Bengal, so he sent reinforcements in full accordance with your wishes, Lord Governor, it can be said that you are the most powerful wise man, I heard that there was a wise man named Mr. Zhuge in ancient China, I believe that you are even more powerful than him, even if he comes to Tianzhu, it will never be better than you."

The clerical officer was half flattering, half genuinely admiring, and this time he fooled the people on both sides, making everyone think that Bengal Province was shaking under the blow of the enemy, and the idlers could not do this, but now the only most important factor that this play can be performed well, that is, "I will go down immediately to convey the order, and I must not allow the Chinese to enter Dhaka City." ”

"Very well, as long as we can resist here, then we can take the initiative here, Your Excellency Clerman, you know very well," Gatsby said leisurely with a teacup, "I am very incompatible with that Lord Marbury in New Delhi, the two of us have very different political views, he sent the North African Army to support me, not that he has a deep friendship with me, but it is just that here in Dhaka it is necessary to pay one-seventh of the tax revenue of the entire India every year, so I must seize this opportunity to come to support, Otherwise, I believe that I will be expelled from the next Indian political reshuffle, yes, please believe it, but if I take the opportunity here, we may have a good afternoon tea together next time, and that will be at the Indian Governor's Palace in New Delhi. ”

Gatsby is obviously also an old fox in the political arena, and ordinary people think that Chinese causing trouble should only be a bad thing, but Gatsby sees an opportunity in the crisis and sees an opportunity to use Chinese to stir up the political scene of the British rulers in India.