Chapter 793: The British East India Company
After Hua Shen reported on the progress of the current incitement work in the Ava region, Qin Shuhuai expressed his satisfaction.
"So according to you, there are at least a dozen secret organizations in the Ava region that are secretly opposing Talon, and the two largest have reached thousands of people?"
Hua Shen nodded, "That's right, but this is only the situation we have, and under the pressure of leaks, there may be many organizations that we don't even know." And it is foreseeable that these resistance groups will continue to grow. When something happens to him, they will rise against him. ”
Qin Shuhuai nodded and said, "It would be nice if I could transport some weapons for them, I don't know if there is a way?"
Lao Dao said, "Ava is in the middle of Dongwu, and it will be extremely difficult to transport weapons in the past. ”
Hua Shen thought for a while and said, "It is said that there is a Xiyi country in Dongwu that has rented a place there, and it has a good relationship with Talong. If they were to transport weapons to the Ava region, they would certainly be able to do so. ”
Qin Shuhuai asked, "Which country?"
Hua Shen scratched his scalp, thought for a long time and said, "I can't call it for a while, what is it called?"
Qin Shuhuai slapped his thigh, "Yes, it's called England, right?"
Hua Shen said, "Ying Gui Li, it seems to be called that." ”
That's right.
Qin Shuhuai was sure that it must be someone from the British East India Company.
They had arrived in Burma decades earlier, set up branches there, and had close friendships with successive Burmese rulers.
Of course, the British East India Company at this time did not dare to colonize Burma, at most it traded legally with Burma, and would pay a lot of money to help the royal family.
If the British East India Company is willing to help, then it will be very feasible to send weapons to the Ava region.
It's just that in my memory, the British East India Company adopted a policy of neutrality in Burma at this time, that is, they did not intervene in any conflicts between races or small countries, and in the end whoever was in power cooperated with whomever was in power.
Will they work with Daming?
Qin Shuhuai thinks they will.
If you look closely at why the British were neutral, the fundamental reason is that they are not in a position to influence the situation in Burma, in other words, they are now just merchants who want to trade in peace.
So if the Ming and Myanmar clash, will they still be able to remain neutral?
Justice is only within the range of artillery, and the current Dutch are their example.
The Dutch are now losing their ports in the Far East one by one because of their stubborn relationship with the Ming Dynasty, and their fleets in the Far East are trembling on thin ice, and they become the prey of the Ming army's sailors if they are not careful.
Since last month, the Dutch have been asking Chinese maritime merchants to come forward in the hope of talking to the Ming Dynasty. However, up to now, Qin Shuhuai has not agreed to peace talks, and even ordered the sailors to continue to search for traces of the Dutch on the golden waterway.
Why?
Of course, it is to set up a negative model and tell all Westerners who are ready to move: The Far East is the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
Now the Daming Naval Division has the tendency to dominate the Far East, and the British must have seen this.
If they refused to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty, then Zheng Zhilong could ensure that all the ships of the British East India Company did not want to sail to any port in the Far East.
By then, what good will it be if their neutrality policy in Myanmar is well implemented?
Even if the Burmese royal family gave them all the right to trade in the whole of Myanmar, they would not be able to trade!
On a larger scale, as early as the Wanli period, Queen Elizabeth I wrote to Emperor Wanli, asking Wanli for greater trade rights for Britain in a tone close to pleading.
The letter begins: Elizabeth, Queen of England, Destiny of England, to His Majesty the Greatest and Most Invincible King, wrote the letter with all the respectful and meticulous manner, probably the most respectful communication of the English to the king of the Far East during the Age of Discovery.
This proves that the British have a strong desire to make friends with the Ming Dynasty, and compared to this, it is obvious that the small Myanmar is too insignificant.
Therefore, Qin Shuhuai believed that the administrator of the Burmese branch of the British East India Company could see this.
So he called Li Jingting and said to him, "Jingting, you help my father write a letter to Zheng Zhilong, asking him to contact the people of the British Guilai East India Company in Burma, oh no, Dongwu, as soon as possible." I asked him to talk to those Xiyi about cooperating in transporting weapons to Ava. Of course, you don't have to be so straightforward to talk about it at first, you can take it slowly, I believe that Zheng Zhilong until he talks about it, he is a veteran of dealing with Xiyi. ”
Li Jingting nodded and immediately went out to draft.
After the business was over, of course, the routine nonsense began.
Lao Dao immediately said, "Helper, we will get married in two days and three children, are we all ready?" This time I came back with Lao Hua, but I was going to leave after drinking the wedding wine." ”
Hua Shen immediately laughed after hearing this, "Hehe, that's exactly what it means." ”
Meng Hu, who was next to him, couldn't interject for a long time when he was talking about the Dongwu issue, and when he heard about Lai San'er's wedding, he jumped up all of a sudden.
"Three days left, haha, three days more!"
Lao Dao answered with a grin, "Yes, there are three days left, hehe." ”
Hua Shen held his chin and smiled wickedly, "Hehe, wow! ”
The three of them all looked gearing up, and it seemed that this "big gift" had been thinking about it for a long time.
Qin Shuhuai couldn't help laughing when he saw them like this.
He had already heard Lai San'er come to complain, saying that Lao Dao, Hua Shen, and Meng Hu had been plotting how to fix him at the wedding a month ago, and even Zhang Xiao, who was usually honest, was involved.
Not only that, it is said that Li Jingting's Jinyiwei and Li Daliang's Dongchang are eager to try, according to him, this gang is ruthless and afraid that they can use any bad tricks, and now he thinks that his back is cold on the day of the wedding, and he has to ask Qin Shuhuai to come forward to help him "mediate".
However, Qin Shuhuai didn't agree to anything except pretending to express his sympathy.
Who made you usually cheap? Which of these guys have you not provoked? Only now do you remember that there are too many people you usually "offend", is it too late?
As he was talking, Lai San'er came in.
As soon as he came in, he saw that everyone was looking at him with sparkling eyes, and he was stunned at that time.
Licking his smiling face, he hurriedly said, "Hey, Lao Meng, Lao Dao, and Lao Hua are all here? Great, have you eaten? Have you eaten at my house? You see, I haven't you scattered candy yet! Really, I'm all busy." ”
Meng Hu smiled, "San'er, you're busy with you, let's just make do with the helper." Don't worry, everyone will definitely make it lively for you on your wedding day. ”
Lao Dao added, "Unforgettable. ”
Hua Shen added, "unforgettable." ”
Lai San'er was about to cry, "I don't." ”
Then he said to Qin Shuhuai, "Helper, did you see it, I'll just say that this group of bastards is going to do something, right?"
Qin Shuhuai shrugged, "What's there?"
"Don't you see this weird tone?"
"I don't see it. ”
Meng Hu, Lao Dao, and Hua Shen also said in unison, "No wow!"
Lai San'er was helpless, and he had no choice but to be hard, pointing at these people and saying, "Don't forget that you are all singles, there will always be a big wedding day, right? If you are unkind to me this time, don't blame me for being unrighteous when the time comes." ”
All three of them pursed the corners of their lips, indicating that you are casual.
Lai San'er was speechless, so he had to turn back angrily and go to his brother in the White Tiger Hall.
Originally, he had chosen twenty of the strongest brothers in the church to be the best men, but now he understood that twenty was definitely not enough, and without fifty groomsmen, he would not have thought about the cave room that night.