Volume 3: Confrontation! The Run of Civilization Chapter 514: Wenqu survives death
On June 3, 1622, at 12:03 p.m. local time, Rudolf of the Tianxuan star killed Tokugawa Yoshinao of the Pojun star with his bare hands.
At 8:03 pm on June 3rd, Madrid time, Philip, who was telling his son a bedtime story at his son's bedside, almost simultaneously sensed the disappearance of Pojun Star and the transfer of his talent.
After quietly listening to the systematic explanation in his mind, he nodded imperceptibly: This talent is really good if used well, but for the country, its effect is really not that big.
"dad?"
"Oh, sorry, I was distracted. Louis, where were we?"
"The ambitious general led his vicious soldiers into the palace, intending to kill the old king and take possession of the beautiful princess."
"Oh, yes, the general is going to kill the king..."
The time in Istanbul is two hours ahead of that in Madrid. At 10:03 p.m. that day, Ibrahim was holding a meeting with his subordinates overnight to discuss how to solve the many problems that arose in the operation of the country. After sensing the extinction of the Pojun star, he naturally became distracted.
"There are only five people left. I don't know who will be the next one."
"Your Mightiness?"
"Grand Vizier?"
“Oh, sorry.” He put his hands together and wiped his face. After boosting his spirits a little, Yiprahin shouted with full energy: “Friends, let’s continue to work harder!”
At 2:03 am on June 4th, Beijing time, Zhu Youdong woke up from his sleep: he dreamed that Tokugawa Yoshinao, covered in blood, told him that Rudolf was a cruel opponent, and sincerely begged him not to lose this game...
The dream was so real that he sat up suddenly. After wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, he realized that Po Jun had been extinguished.
Although Tokugawa Yoshinao's character was inferior to that of Rājafutu in many ways, they were still in the same industry after all. After sensing the other's death, Zhu Youdong still felt a little sad.
"Your Majesty, why did you wake up suddenly? What nightmare did you have?"
"Ah, I'm so sorry for disturbing the Queen. I'm fine, I'm just a little thirsty."
"Oh, then I will go get His Majesty a bowl of warm water."
After drinking the warm water handed to him by Liu Yun, Zhu Youdong let out a long sigh, and his sleepiness was gone.
Glancing at the clock illuminated by the candlelight, Zhu Youdong apologized, "Queen, please continue to sleep. I have thought of something and will go to the study first."
"...Then should we ask Fang Zhenghua to come and serve us?"
"No need, he's been exhausted these days, I'll go there myself."
When he said he went there by himself, he certainly didn't mean the emperor went there alone. He still had eunuchs, maids, and guards with him, but there were no eunuchs like Fang Zhenghua and guards like Cheng Zongyou to accompany him.
Entering the study and looking at the pile of memorials on the desk, he let out a long sigh, then sat down at the desk helplessly and started working overtime.
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In the 21st century, most of the Indian peninsula is located in the East Five Zones, so when Pojun disappeared, the time in Datar's Vijayanagar Kingdom was 11:03 pm on June 3. At this time, Datar was creating life with his beloved concubine.
Like other travelers, Datar lost interest in applauding after sensing the disappearance of another traveler. He put on a light gauze dress, walked to the terrace of his palace, and looked at the tall chimneys looming in the distance under the bright moonlight.
Yes, they are the chimneys of the blast furnaces. Whenever Datar feels panicked, he likes to stand on this terrace and look at those chimneys: this representative scene of the industrial age can make him feel at ease.
On March 26, 1612, Datar, then 12 years old, ascended the throne in Penugonda. He was then driven off the throne by the Brahmins and Kshatriyas of the kingdom in 1616. Fortunately, he had trained a small but absolutely loyal army of trusted soldiers, and with the efforts of this team, and Penugonda itself was a port city, he finally escaped.
Then, unwilling to accept defeat, he made up his mind and ran to Persia to seek refuge with Abbas I.
In three years, he successfully "developed" the flintlock rifle, the breech-loading rifle using black powder, the breech-loading rifle using smokeless powder and fixed copper-cased bullets, and the Maxim heavy machine gun.
Abbas was extremely satisfied with the results of his work, and he was also very satisfied: this process was not only a process of systematically organizing the various knowledge he had before the time travel and strengthening his practice, but also a process of cleansing his spirit and reforging his will.
At the end of 1619, Abbas fulfilled his promise and gave him three thousand elite Persian soldiers and a fleet of ten large sailing ships, allowing him to return to restore his country.
These 3,000 Persian soldiers were armed with breech-loading rifles with five-round magazines and sufficient Maxim rifles, which were "developed" by Tatar himself. In addition, the Persians were always brave and good at fighting. How could the extremely conservative Kshatriyas in the Kingdom of Vijayanagar, who were unwilling to use even matchlock guns, resist such a force?
So, in January 1620, he led the Persian army to fight back very smoothly.
India has been conquered by foreign races since ancient times. Although it was conquered by enemies on land in the northwest before, and this time the conquerors came from the sea, what difference does it make? What's more, the commander of this invading army was the king of his own country.
Therefore, for the Shudras living at the bottom of society and the oppressed Vaishyas, there was nothing emotionally unacceptable: to be honest, the Persian masters seemed to have whiter skin, so were they nobler than the local Brahmin masters?
The Brahmins and Kshatriyas didn't care much about what the Shudras and Vaishyas thought. When they learned that Datar had returned, their first reaction was to kill him. But after a small battle between the two sides, they immediately began to lick Datar's boots.
However, after nearly three years of being a "lowly craftsman" in Persia, Datar is no longer the boy who still had fantasies about these bastards. Facing all kinds of flattering faces, he has only one action: raise his hand and cut! Raise his hand and cut again!
This helped them quickly gain control of the country's political power, but it also caused a big problem: the Shudras and even the lower-class Dalits were generally illiterate and unable to govern the country. However, the Vaishyas, a class mainly composed of merchants, did have a lot of knowledge. But on the one hand, knowledge does not necessarily mean that one can govern the country, and on the other hand, governing the country purely with merchants would also cause very serious problems.
For example, in 1620, Datar asked the Vaisyas in various places to lead their own troops to hunt down the local Brahmins and Kshatriyas. As a result, most of the Brahmins and Kshatriyas successfully escaped after paying a large amount of money to the Vaisyas who led them. Datar himself did not receive much of this money, and it also led to the rapid corruption of the originally pure Persians, and their combat effectiveness and docility declined rapidly.
Therefore, although he regained the throne of the country, Datar was surprised to find that his control over the country was not as good as it was many years ago when he had not yet torn his face with the Brahmins and the Kshatriyas and the struggle between the two sides was still restrained.
However, the only consolation was that he had not stopped educating the hundreds of people who followed him to Persia. Thanks to the bonus of Wenqu, these people's learning progress was very fast and the effect was very good. It was with these people that in just two years, at least with the capital of the kingdom, Penugonda, as the center, he established a gun factory and a steel plant, and found large coal and iron mines near the capital.
India's natural conditions, except for the heat in summer, are much better than China's. Zhu Youdong could never envy the blessing of finding mineral deposits wherever he went.
Looking at the chimneys in the distance and listening attentively to the rhythmic sounds of machines faintly coming from the air, Datar felt a little more at peace and was able to calm down and think seriously about things.
The current situation in this country is extremely precarious!
Across the sea, the Portuguese colony of Thanlyin had been captured by the Ming people. Moreover, according to news from the merchants who came here, the Ming people's hands were getting deeper and deeper into Myanmar. As long as the Burmese king could no longer tolerate it and launched a counterattack, the Ming people would immediately take advantage of the situation and capture it!
On the Indian peninsula, the nearby Hindu kingdoms have gradually united and are preparing to organize a coalition in the near future to fight against this evil god who came to the world in the name of Brahma. The Mughal Empire further north has also cast its eyes on him.
At home, the Vaisyas, whose political power suddenly increased, became increasingly lawless: previously, the country's administrative officials were mainly Kshatriyas, who were conservative and backward, but most of them had basic ethics. But what about the Vaisyas who were now grassroots officials? In just two years, they had messed up the country's administration.
As for the army, the Persians have a firm grip on military power and are rapidly becoming decadent and corrupt. If this continues, these guys will become weak in a few years.
There is no other way. Now, Lianzhen and Pojun are both dead. Who knows, Kaiyang, who has unified East Asia and Southeast Asia, might attack me one day. So, no matter what, I must survive!
I know that at this time, everything in this kingdom is a mess, and nothing is in order. However, it is necessary to launch a war against the Mughal Empire at this time, to use war to consume the lives of the Persians. To use war to train my own people. To use war to form a high-pressure rule in the country and use it to rectify the administration. To use war to snatch the outstanding talents of the Star and Moon Sect and use them for my own use!
The demise of Pojun is the starting gun for me! It has been decided that this year, we will start the war against the Mughal Empire!
