Volume 3: Confrontation! The Run of Civilization Chapter 602: Aurangzeb's Substitution
"Your Excellency, as of November this year, we have established 732 settlements on the northern coast of the Black Sea, resettling more than 5,300 Sipasis and 30,000 landless farmers."
"Very good. Pay attention to the security and defense of the settlements. Believe that our Sipasis are loyal to the Empire. We can let them keep accounts for the rifles, machine guns and even submachine guns from our arsenal and repay them with the grain from the land later. Well, speaking of which, are those Slavs in Eastern Europe still harassing our settlements?"
"Yes, sir. Ukrainians and Russians launched many attacks and harassments against us this summer and autumn. There were six attacks with more than a thousand people. Thanks to the generation gap in weapons, we won every time. But in the most recent defensive operation, we found that the enemy had a muzzle-loading flintlock rifle."
"A muzzle-loading flintlock? Aziz, write to His Majesty Philip IV of Spain and ask what's going on?"
"As you command, Grand Vizier."
"Okay, that's all for the Black Sea settlement for now. Next, let's move on to education."
"Yes, Grand Vizier. After obtaining the relevant information from the Asturias Laboratory in Spain, we have translated and re-edited it. We have then developed textbooks for our country's primary, secondary and university schools. Now, this batch of textbooks has been put into use at Istanbul University. The school buildings for the two newly built secondary schools and twelve primary schools have all been completed, and the relevant teaching staff have all been in place. We are currently stepping up training and are preparing to start enrolling students in March next year."
"Well, the prophet taught us to value education and respect educators. So, Minister Bey, if the Ministry of Education has any funding needs, just boldly put them forward. As long as they are reasonable, I will not refuse them."
“Thank you for your generosity and kindness.”
"Well, go ahead, Ministry of Industry."
"Yes, Your Excellency, as of November this year, the overall development of our country's light and heavy industries is good. Among them, the production capacity of the most profitable PET has expanded to 600 tons, but even so, it is still in short supply."
“Where is the bottleneck that limits the increase in production?”
"Second, the transportation of oil as raw material is not timely. Romania's oil fields have a large output, but we lack professional oil tankers. This leads to low efficiency in loading and unloading. Secondly, the existing equipment of the factory is designed for an annual output of 1,000 tons. Even if the oil supply is sufficient, the production capacity of this factory is about to reach saturation."
"Then we'll build another factory. Speaking of which, the workers in the Plastic Factory 1 are all skilled workers, right? There won't be any problem if we split the factory into two?"
"No problem, sir. Because when we first recruited people, we consciously hired more people. Therefore, even if one factory is divided into three factories, we can still ensure that there are enough skilled workers."
"Very good. Then the Ministry of Finance will calculate how much funding is needed to build a new plastic factory with a larger output. As for the market after the increase in output..." Iprahin thought for a while and said, "What is the reaction of the Persians to our construction of the Don-Volga Canal?"
"Sir, three years ago when we completed the surveying of the Donfu Canal and were about to start construction, His Majesty Abbas sent us a letter, strongly protesting and saying he would fight at all costs. But..." Aziz, who was in charge of diplomacy, smiled and said, "Not long after the letter arrived, His Majesty Abbas passed away. Now, his successor, His Majesty Safi, has not responded to our canal project in the past three years."
"Huh~" After a mocking laugh, Iprahin said, "In that case, let's hurry up and build the canal. Aren't those Slavs harassing our settlements all day long when they have nothing to do? Please tell those Sipasis that the country gave them land, not to turn them into pure peasants. Let them arm themselves, pick up the glory of their ancestors, and form a team to capture Slavs on the East European plains. One adult strong man is worth 10 ducats. One woman is worth 6 ducats. All these captured Slavs will be used to build the canal."
"As you command, sir. If there are enough people, I think the canal will be completed in about a year."
"Very good. Now, the trade deficit between Persia and us is increasing rapidly every year. No matter how stupid His Majesty Safi is, he will probably jump up if we suck his blood too much. But if we can build the canal before he reacts, our navy can reach Tabriz directly. By then, no matter how big his objection is, he will not dare to do anything."
"As wise as you are, the Persians will eventually submit to us completely."
"Hahahaha~hiss~ah~"
"Sir, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? I'll call a doctor for you right away."
"No need! You all should leave."
"Your Mightiness!"
"Sorry, everyone, please follow my orders and leave. Let me be alone."
"…As you wish, sir."
After everyone left, Yiprahin gently stood up, letting his burning back temporarily leave the chair: What happened? Another person is missing? And he was killed by the natives of this plane?
"The system reports that Datar , was killed by a native of this plane. Since this native was not a subject of Tianshu, Tianji, or Kaiyang, the system determined that this was a pure native killing the traverser, which is an extremely low probability event in the system settings."
"Oh my god!"
"Maldita Sea!"
"Kahretsin!"
The system's notification was carried out simultaneously regardless of time difference. After confirming the news, Zhu Youdong, Philip and Yiplahim all spoke in sweet words.
This time the system took the initiative to explain Datar's death in great detail, breaking with its previous habit of being frugal with words.
After taking back the real power of the Vijayanagar Kingdom, Datar was horrified to find that the Persian mercenaries he brought with him were quickly corrupted by the Hindu caste system. Not only did their fighting power decline sharply, but their obedience also weakened a lot. In addition, after he killed the high castes of Brahmins and Kshatriyas in the country, the domestic rule was in chaos. Therefore, he was forced to use war to ease domestic conflicts and disintegrate the Persian mercenaries.
At the beginning, the army of the Vijayanagar Kingdom, which had an advantage in equipment, quickly destroyed several Hindu kingdoms in the central peninsula between them and the Mughal Empire. But when they came directly to the border with the Mughal Empire, the development of the situation was no longer under Datar's control.
As a large empire with Sunni Islam as its state religion and a population of nearly 100 million, the Mughal Empire was still in its ascendant at this time and had strong combat effectiveness.
Although the Mughal Empire suffered several defeats in the early stages of the war due to its inferior equipment, the country was vast and populous, and was by no means comparable to those small countries that would perish after two defeats. The war entered a stalemate.
For a side like Datar that has an unstable foundation, has not sorted out its internal affairs, science, education, and economy, and relies on a few advanced weapons to fight the war, the stalemate in the war means that the side is at a disadvantage - the longer the time drags on, the more obvious this disadvantage will become, and it will eventually lead to defeat.
As a scientist of military equipment, Datar could certainly see this. But even if he saw this, there was nothing he could do: Hinduism was extremely corrupting to people. Except for a few people with strong will and high moral character, most ordinary people could not resist the privileges enjoyed by the high-caste people. After the low-caste people who followed him to conquer the world gained wealth and status and changed their appearance to get themselves a high caste, their enterprising spirit disappeared in an instant.
So, as the war became stalemated, Datar discovered to his horror that his control over his men was becoming weaker and weaker.
At this point, his will had actually collapsed: in this competition among time travelers, with the burden of Hinduism, he would not be able to win no matter what.
Therefore, in recent years, he has rarely been on the battlefield, and basically has no time to do scientific research. Most of the time, he is in the rear, living a life of debauchery and drunkenness.
But the problem was that the soldiers at the front didn't want to fight anymore: they had gained wealth and land through the war, and their castes had changed. Why should they continue fighting? Then, as they watched the king who had given up on himself in the rear, all kinds of dissatisfaction naturally grew.
At this time, Ajman Banu, the beloved wife of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, passed away. The heartbroken Shah Jahan changed his character drastically: the emperor used to be wise and strong, but now he was completely hopeless.
Therefore, if the emperor had been like before, he would have fought the invader, the Vijayanagar Kingdom, to the end. But now, Shah Jahan did not want to fight: both monarchs wanted to negotiate peace.
However, the Mughal Empire was still on the rise at that time, and a country on the rise would not have a good temper: Who would just come to my house and smash things up and then just let it go?
Therefore, Shah Jahan's third son, Aurangzeb, who was only 13 years old this year, did not hesitate to collude with the important generals of the Vijayanagar Kingdom who were dissatisfied with Datar as a prince. Then he personally disguised himself as a servant boy and came to Datar, and beheaded him directly when he was drunk!
"Before this competition began, the gods had considered the possibility that the natives would kill the travelers, and they also formulated rules for this purpose."
The system's cold voice continued to linger in the minds of the three people: "According to the rules, if a native who is not a vassal of the three of you kills Wenqu, all of Wenqu's talents and his own knowledge will be inherited by this native. At the same time, the system's restrictions on him, such as the rule that he cannot expose himself, will also apply!"
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After a while, Philip of Bilbao laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, Kaiyang, you are in trouble. A great ruler like Aurangzeb will become your powerful enemy after he possesses the knowledge and vision of a time traveler!"
Ibrahim in Istanbul was surprised and delighted: "I didn't expect that our Star-Moon Church would have another powerful figure. Well, I will send him a personal letter to form an alliance with him. Alas, I don't know Urdu. Although it has many similarities with Turkic, it is a different language after all. No matter what, I have to contact him as soon as possible."
And Zhu Youdong in Beijing really felt like he was screwed - I had said that I would invade India after three to five years, but it seems that I have to take action against this place right away!
