Chapter 464 India under the East India Company

Chapter 464 India under the East India Company

When the East India Company heard that it wanted to hand over more profits, the board of directors could only discuss it and then decided to hand over one-third. As for other investors, they could only keep appeasing them. After all, it was His Majesty who set them up, otherwise they would fall apart in a matter of minutes.

At this time, the East India Company was much stronger, and trade from India and other places was monopolized by the company. Also has an army for expansion.

In 1408, there was a conflict between the East India Company and the Sultanate of Bengal. The Sultanate recruited 20,000 people to attack the company's trading station, but was annihilated by the opponent's artillery force at Kalikata. The company then continued its attack northward, occupying a small area of ​​land and establishing a military fortress and town on it. And named it New Alexandria (Calcutta) after the prince.

Based in New Alexandria and Kamil, the company continues to penetrate internally. They controlled many local businessmen and turned them into compradors, and began to exploit India. The population here is too large, and the religions and languages ​​are too complicated. It is not suitable for assimilation, so we can only divide and rule.

The India Department divides India into three regions. Each region has a person in charge and a number of administrative staff. They are all recruited from Rome. The annual salary of an ordinary employee is 6 lei, the mayor is 25 lei, and the general manager is 80 lei, which are several times the annual income of ordinary administrators in Rome. They can also make extra money elsewhere, which makes the company's reputation grow and more people sign up.

Moldevich, the general manager of Bangladesh District, is very happy that he signed up for the company and took the position of general manager of Bangladesh along the way. If you work harder, you can become the Viceroy of India.

In addition to his annual salary, Moldovich also does other things to make some money. For example, they forcefully buy and sell local people's food, and force local farmers to grow cotton.

India originally had its own cotton variety, namely tree cotton, but this cotton fiber was thick and the quality of spinning was not very good, so it could only be used as daily necessities for ordinary people. Grass cotton introduced from Persia and Arabia began to be cultivated in large quantities and soon became the main raw material of the textile industry. Therefore, cotton plantations began to rise in India and replaced Aden as the number one place in cotton production.

"Master, it seems that the price of cotton will rise this year. According to the current production, the income will increase by 1,000 lei."

Singer, the Indian butler of the general manager, reported this year's cotton situation to Moldevich. He was born in the Vaishya class and was originally a cotton merchant. He later came to settle here after seeing the establishment of New Alexandria, and studied Romanian diligently. Later, he was hired by the general manager. Looking to be hired as a housekeeper, Singer achieved an upgrade in status by relying on this style of work.

"Well, tell those people to hurry up, I don't want my cotton to rot in the ground."

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A group of Romans led by Mordovich purchased land in India. They planted cotton, jute and other crops, and hired Indian housekeepers to take care of them. Indian tenants were not allowed to grow food, and the food needed to be purchased from merchants. And those people had negotiated with them to raise the price when there was a food shortage, and then share the price on June 4th. This is naturally unkind, but who is the kind person here?

Even so, they are not trying to change India. Based on various data analysis, the India Department concluded that India was not suitable to be transformed into a native land, so it could only be a colony. They just make money.

It just so happened that India's religious system gave them a suitable soil to rule. They cooperated with the local Brahmins and Kshatriyas, that is, big landowners, chiefs, etc., and developed a group of Vaishyas as gloves to rule other Vaishyas, Sudras and Dalits (untouchables). The number of these people was very large, and Rome could benefit from tax farming and monopolizing goods.

The East India Company built hundreds of trading stations and dozens of fortresses in India to gain more profits through its monopoly on salt and other commodities, while also squeezing out Arab merchants in the southern region. Let them hide in other places, which will make it easier for them to monopolize their own interests.

In addition to the landowners, there was also a group of people who were Roman merchants who owned property. They invested in building factories in India and hired local people to produce goods, among which the textile industry was the largest. The wages of local people are only half or even lower than those in Rome, and employment is for life. Once you get in, don't think about getting out until you have squeezed out all your value.

This kind of oppression allows the company and Rome to gain more profits, but it just makes the Indians suffer. But don’t they believe in the afterlife? They just lied and said that the more suffering you suffer, the better you will live in the next life. Unexpectedly, they are more enthusiastic than Those ascetic monks were so powerful that they wanted to beat up the looms and make them smoke. It was indeed a perfect place for workers.

In addition to India, the company is also eyeing the other side of the sea from Bangladesh, where locally produced rice and jade can be sold to the Seris people in Southeast Asia. For this reason, a business station was set up opposite and prepared to infiltrate.

If the company is making such progress, the government must keep up. Because the board of directors has repeatedly stated that it is somewhat unable to conquer the interior of India, and despite having various powers, it still wants to transfer the rule. Hope the government can help.

To this end, the India Department first submitted the "India Union Act", which stipulated that all city officials should be Romans, and gradually transferred the appointment and dismissal of officials such as the Governor of the Gujarat District to itself. Because various nomadic tribes often come here to rob, the government has greater action capabilities and can stop them.

In addition to the company, other colonies also turned over a lot of revenue. According to them, 700,000 lei can be handed over this year, more than double last year's amount. Among them, India contributed 350,000. In order to raise money, they also secretly stole a temple. Then the door to the new world was discovered.

Indian temples serve as banks, and some monarchs, nobles, and landowners will hide their wealth here. However, it has been there for so long that even the temple administrators do not know how much treasure they have in recent years.

The East India Company looked at these temples and thought of European monasteries. Since they are all places where wealth is hidden, it’s not impossible to borrow some money to spend. They sneaked into a small temple. Unexpectedly, their wealth in recent years was comparable to that of most monasteries. There are too many, worth about 500,000 lei, half of which goes to the top, and the remaining half is divided among the bottom. And in order to continue to develop, they are also preparing to form a team specifically responsible for lurking in the temple to transfer treasures. This way you don’t have to worry about asking for money in the future.