New Shun 1730

Niu Er's words really got into the hearts of Clevo and Kurt.

Jafar is ambitious and cannot be trusted.

There are only zero and countless betrayals of this kind, and they themselves know this very well.

Now Dashun once again showed a very neutral attitude, which further exacerbated the French crisis.

Clive dismissed Dashun's moral evaluation.

But beyond morality, Jafar now needs the company's support. The company must take advantage of this opportunity to get money from Jafar and cooperative soldiers to quickly drive the French into the sea.

This cannot be reversed.

If you stupidly start with Jafar and make more demands, the French will be very happy.

As a traitor, Jafar also needs a period of time to integrate internally. During this period, the company will definitely obey its words. It is a honeymoon period.

Once this honeymoon period is over, I am afraid that Jafar will take the initiative to hook up with the French, and even the French will hook up with Jafar regardless of past grudges.

Clive thought that after the rainy season is over, he should go all out to completely eliminate the French.

Now India's external forces, excluding local forces - Afghanistan can also be regarded as India's local forces, after all, this is tradition - as long as Dashun urgently needs to remain neutral, then only the French will be left.

The Portuguese are fragile. The previous earthquake severely damaged their vitality and intensified domestic conflicts. Moreover, because of Liu Yu's Enlightenment Leap Forward speech and Scientology rumors, Portugal is now in chaos. They are putting pressure on the Holy See and asking the newly elected Pope to give an explanation: either the Jesuits will be dissolved or Portugal will withdraw from the Holy See.

The internal reformists and conservatives have reopened Portugal's Inquisition, which has been dormant for more than a hundred years, and the struggle between the two parties has become fierce.

Macau was gone before, and East Timor's sandalwood was subject to heavy tariffs by Dashun. The remaining power in India did not need to be considered at all.

The Dutch have been defeated long ago, and Dashun has fully taken over the Dutch power. Now Dashun is neutral and watching the show.

The moral disgust Dashun expressed towards Jafar also made Clevo feel that this was a good thing.

He doesn’t know much about China, but he still has some superficial understanding. Moralism has always been the direction that the European Enlightenment Movement advocated for China.

Therefore, the people on Dashun's side expressed their disgust for Jafar, which means that Dashun will not support Jafar.

Therefore, the problem is very clear.

The only people who could and were able to support Jafar were the French.

Now these Chinese people are strolling here, going to Calcutta, it couldn't be better.

Don't provoke them, but focus your energy on Jafar. It is best to force Jafar to hand over the certificate - let Jafar kill all the French people under his hands. Maybe Jafar and France can Conflicts between them intensified.

Thereby reducing the possibility of French support for him, or delaying it.

As for these Chinese, the farther they go now, the better.

Lest the French come forward to ask China for help and take the gunners captives back, then there will be no way to get Jafarna to surrender.

When Clive thought of this, he did not answer Niu Er's words, but avoided the moral issue. He quickly found two guides and a company employee from the team and asked them to follow Dashun's people to Calcutta.

As a result, the 13th Dashun Combat Engineer Battalion, with Siraj among them, just passed by the British Dorsetshire Infantry Regiment.

The company officers on both sides even shook hands in a friendly manner.

Waiting for the soldiers from Dashun to file away, Clive could no longer suppress his excitement and enjoyed the joy of victory in this huge gamble.

And, more realistic material stimulation.

Jafar promised to give the East India Company a reward of 17 million rupees, and give the British officer class a total of 2 million rupees as a thank-you gift.

A once unknown young man, overnight, has surpassed the wealth of most of the British squires and aristocrats, taking the most critical step in this era where it is possible to achieve class leaps.

After being excited, Clive immediately discussed the current situation with Lieutenant Colonel Coote, and then said: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, I think we should now use part of Jafar's troops to continue launching attacks on the French before the rainy season comes. attack."

"In the long run, although the Chinese are so immature in their moral assessment, their words make sense. Ja'far is a careerist."

"Fortunately, the Chinese people are disgusted with him out of moral reasons. This is good news for us. The Chinese people hate traitors more than they hate enemies."

"A careerist like Jafar will not accept many of the company's conditions. In fact, you and I both know that we must establish a foothold in India as soon as possible and obtain sufficient benefits."

"The French know about our war in Bengal. If they are not stupid enough, then they may take the opportunity to attack us. After all, the agreement between us and the French has ceased after we captured Jinder Nagar. exist."

"I think this is an opportunity for us at this time. If the French take advantage of our opportunity to use troops in Bengal to attack Madras, it will be both a crisis and an opportunity."

Coote agreed with Clive's view.

Indeed, besieging the castle now is a difficult battle for both Britain and France.

The artillery advantage, heavy artillery, and elite grenadiers needed to besiege the castle were not enough or even available in the armies stationed in India on both sides.

The crisis that Clive mentioned was that the company was sending troops to Bengal now, and the defense in Madras was of course empty.

And the reason why they dared to send troops to Bengal this time was because Dupleix was transferred away. Otherwise, Dupleix would not miss such an offensive opportunity, and the company might not even have the opportunity to attack Bengal.

Although the new governor on the French side was not sharp enough, Clive could easily deceive the new governor named Gordon in the previous Jindernagar attack, and the new governor had been implementing the French government's "no active attack" policy before.

However, now that the war has come to this point, if the governor still doesn't know to send troops to Madras and take the opportunity to besiege the city, he can only be regarded as a fool.

If he is a fool, then the French are not worth mentioning, and they can be eaten slowly.

If he is not a fool, then he will definitely send troops to Madras.

Once the troops were dispatched, if the British army could quickly return to defend, then it would be equivalent to avoiding the siege that the British were most reluctant to face.

Indeed, the French had previously attacked the fortress but could not; the British were actually the same, and fortresses were not so easy to attack these days.

With the morale of having just defeated Bengal and the support of Jafar's cavalry, if they could quickly return to support, they could give France a fatal field blow when the French launched the siege of Madras.

Then, the French would be completely defeated in India.

Just like when Dashun went to Southeast Asia.

If their field mobile forces were defeated, the remaining castles would only be a matter of time.

A defense battle without a field mobile force is actually waiting for death.

Now France only has such a mobile force that can fight in the field, which is the one that may besiege Madras.

This is the opportunity that Clive said.

The French castles, like other colonists, are all built on the seaside.

This is certainly not stupid. But the French navy is still far away in Mauritius, and the seaside castles without sea control are just gifts.

"Mr. Clive, your idea is correct. The Bengal issue has been solved for the time being. If you want to solve it completely, you must get rid of the French as soon as possible without the Chinese entering the market. Only by getting rid of the French can the Bengal issue be finally solved."

"As for the saltpeter trade that the Chinese care about, the company should give up some of its interests and give the Chinese a very favorable condition. Although... we know that the saltpeter purchased by the Chinese here may appear in the army in Paris, but we have no choice."

Now Clive is not the big boss of the company, but after this battle, his voice in the company will naturally increase significantly.

There are still many trade exchanges between the company and Dashun that are tangled and messy.

Rajshahi can produce silk, but it can't produce tea, porcelain, rhubarb and zinc blocks.

At this time, it is of course beneficial for the company to show goodwill to Dashun and guarantee Dashun's saltpeter trade.

Not only the company, but also the British government turned a blind eye to some of Dashun's actions. Knowing that Dashun was selling saltpeter to France, they pretended not to know.

The East India Company always likes to hype some events and manipulate some public opinions, but now, even though some actions of Dashun have infringed their interests in Persia, Turkey and Africa, they still did not initiate public opinions and handled it as low-key and cold as possible.

Kurt now hopes that the company will not get excited and focus on the small things in the saltpeter trade, and lose the big picture for the small.

Clive is full of confidence in this regard.

"The company will be very satisfied with this action, and the silver that Jafar promised to give us will also make the company's mind clearer. They will make the right choice."

"Dupleix's idea is correct. Our Bengal 101st and 103rd Regiments have proved his judgment: Indians can have the same combat effectiveness as European and Chinese armies through our training methods. India's continuous manpower and the company's investment can enable us to have a cheap and powerful army in India. We just need to ensure that they are well fed and pay them on time."

"Similarly, he believes that India's wealth lies in taxation, not trade. Of course It was his judgment based on the situation in France, but it is also useful for us. "

"The basis of our foothold in India is the tax on capitation and acreage in Bengal. And to get all this, we must quickly defeat the French."

"Let the Chinese indulge in the fantasy of peaceful trade, and let them sink into the huge profits of neutral trade in this European war."

"We must solve the only variable, the French in the south, before the Chinese wake up."

"Most of the company's shareholders are idiots, but they are in London, not here. The people here are sharp-minded and will make the right judgment."

Kute also laughed and thought to himself, that's true. As long as we seize this opportunity and solve the French who may attack, then Bengal can be completely in our hands.

"Okay, let's talk to Jafar and let him send us enough cavalry. Return to Madras by boat before the rainy season comes."

"If we are lucky, our dispute with the French in India will be resolved before the rainy season next year."