Chapter 658 Setting up a stage to sing

Chapter 658 Setting up a stage to sing

The reason why David Sassoon was so calm on the way to escape was because his wealth had already been transferred to the Far East and he was naturally confident.

As for the properties in Bombay, he believed that they could be recovered sooner or later. After all, what did it have to do with the Anglo-Indian mixed-race people who rebelled and the Sassoon family?

Even worse, with the support of the Governor of Hong Kong, John Francis Davis, the Sassoon family will definitely be protected. When the time comes, it will be easy to use the connections in London for a fool like Henry Harding to overturn the situation. Pour.

John Francis Davis is known as "the most disliked governor in history". In fact, Pottinger left a mess to his successors.

When Davis took over, the Hong Kong Island area was almost a lawless land, dirty, violent, and without any order at all.

There is no household registration, high mobility of people, and the customs is ineffective. Some people land on the island to commit murders and then leave in a swagger. When the British patrol discovers them, there is nothing they can do.

However, these usually do not threaten the interests of senior British officials. After all, most of them live in big houses and are protected by bodyguards.

The biggest problem Davis faced was the most common problem in the colonies, being unable to make ends meet, which required a large amount of investment from the British government every year.

However, according to British estimates, although the construction and maintenance costs of Hong Kong Island are huge, theoretically speaking, the income should be higher.

It should at least reach the level of Austrian East Africa or Austrian Chenla. However, the reality is that Xiang Island at this time is only one-tenth of the former and several dozen of the latter.

Even a fool can see this problem, so Pu Dingcha was dismissed. What Davis had to do was to allow Xiang Island itself to pay for the construction and maintenance of its garrison.

Coupled with the "Qing pirate incident" in the book, Xiangdao at this time is facing greater pressure than in history.

Davis, who had just arrived in the Far East, naturally needed a local contact, and the Sassoon family had already received the news in advance from London.

Elias Sassoon, the second son of David Sassoon, has become a guest of Davis. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Sassoon family has penetrated into all walks of life in the Viceroyalty.

If Davis wants peace in the Far East, he cannot do anything to his family, and Henry Harding's actions must not have been authorized by London, otherwise David Sassoon would not dare to be so confident.

As soon as the Sassoon family arrived in Kalaika, they were warmly welcomed by the local king Kiran Wasij. Although the latter did not directly participate in the rebellion against the British, he took the opportunity to launch an attack on the surrounding princely states, which to a certain extent also made the Sassoon family The situation is even more chaotic.

This move is not to capture the city, but simply to rob and destroy. In order to show his power, Kiran Vasje displayed his trophies on both sides of the road for the Sassoon family to see.

The ultimate goal is to get the Sassoon family to buy more opium from Kalaika, so that he can buy more weapons from Verawise's Chamber of Commerce and become the king of Tamil Nadu!

But at this time, David Sassoon didn't want to talk nonsense with him. The former just wants to leave India, a place of right and wrong, quickly. After all, if the latter discovers the former's predicament, it is very likely that he will make trouble.

The two sides hesitated for a while, and then they started talking about business, probably because they both felt sick. There are more than two hundred people in the Sassoon family who need at least three boats. In addition, the war is chaotic. Kiran Vasje needs to send people to take care of the restless people along the way, otherwise it will be bad to disturb the wife, young lady and the like.

David Sassoon and Victor Sassoon knew very well that the other party was raising prices on the ground. If it were normal times, as the largest evil force in the Far East, they would have to teach each other the rules.

But now they not only have to pay, they have to pay more, and they have to pretend like nothing happened.

There were many currencies in India at that time, but the most valuable one recognized by all parties was the pound sterling.

"Fifty thousand pounds, give us another 700 boxes of opium and send them to the main island of Nicobar."

"Know the goods!"

Kieran Wasj was very satisfied that he was able to negotiate this big deal, while David Sassoon breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that this trip should be a success, and he could still make money in the Far East smoothly. Recover previous losses

However, Franz does not intend to let this underworld legend continue. In fact, every move of the Sassoon family is under Franz's surveillance.

The reason why they went to the Kalaika area to meet with Kiran Vasje, the opium cultivation tycoon, was all within Franz's plan.

After all, Austria still needs a reason to defraud some land from the British colonial government of India. At the same time, the destruction of the Sassoon family should not be punished by lynching. Franz has chosen a suitable stage for them.

Now that the "actors" are in place, the show is about to begin.

In fact, Franz has been studying the Sassoon family's plan for a long time. From the day Vienna started drug prohibition (the previous plot), he has been looking for the source of the drug.

However, the reason why it took so many years to take action was that firstly, it was too far away and beyond reach, and secondly, there was no reasonable reason.

After all, David Sassoon's nickname of "The Little Emperor of Bombay" was not for nothing. Franz could not kill a person like a dog.

Another important reason is the ineffective intelligence work. For a long time, Franz handed over the intelligence work in the Indian region to Vera Wise.

After all, Vera Wise is an Indian and a local snake. In theory, this kind of intelligence collection work is not easy to do?

What surprised Franz was that Verawise's men had been investigating for several years and spent countless resources.

Then the conclusion is:

"The Sassoon family are good people. They are philanthropists, peace-loving legal businessmen. They like to help the people in the Far East who were tricked by witch doctors and traveled thousands of miles to bring them the gospel of India."

The beating Vera Weiss received was not in vain. If it were the person who wrote the information who came to Vienna, Franz would definitely not be able to beat him to death...

Afterwards, Franz asked Archbishop Rauscher to find a group of fanatical anti-smoking activists among the parishioners. These guys were like the "environmental terrorists" of later generations. With the blessing of religious fanaticism, they had no fear and were omnipresent. , use every possible means

The effect was also immediate. They quickly collected a large amount of incriminating evidence about the Sassoon family, during which this group of people consolidated their beliefs.

Now even if Franz or the Archbishop said that the Sassoon family was good people, they would not believe it.

Driven by this strong subjective initiative, the Sassoon family stepped into the stage preset by Franz.

Tranquiba, Reggie Marpe, the leader of the "Anti-Narcotics" of the Astartes organization, immediately decided to attack Boon, the capital and port city of Calaika, after obtaining the permission of the Governor of British India and the exact movements of the Sassoon family. Parr attacks.