"Dost Muhammad Khan of Afghanistan wants to betray Daoguang? Isn't he the half-brother of Emperor Daoguang?"
Earl Nelson also knew about the sworn sworn relationship between Dost Muhammad Khan and Emperor Daoguang - this was because the East India Company never dared to ignore Afghanistan and Central Asia to the north of Afghanistan.
In the long history of India's conquest, only the British Empire came from the sea, and the others came from the corner of Afghanistan. And they arrived at the right time, even if the invasion failed, they could still return with a full load. Moreover, the "martial arts" in northwest India are more abundant than in other parts of India. So the East India Company has to pay attention to it!
In addition, there is now a state called the "Sikh Empire" in northwest India, entrenched in the area centered on Punjab. Although this country is also dependent on the East India Company, its independence is higher than that of any Indian state!
Moreover, after the Sikh Empire occupied Kashmir, it bordered on the snow-covered plateau directly under the jurisdiction of the Ming Empire - who knows who the Sikh Empire's "Ranchidar" (monarch) Ranjit Singh was like the Ming Dynasty's What kind of collusion did the group of "Zhuge Liang" have in private?
Therefore, the East India Company spent a lot of money in northwest India, Afghanistan and Central Asia over the past 100 years. The East India Company has cultivated many agents in cities such as Kabul, Kandahar, Bukhara, and Samarkand. Therefore, as soon as Daoguang's order came from Bukhara and Samarkand to mobilize troops, grain, and civil servants, the East India Company had already passed the telegraph line (which was a joint venture between the East India Company of the Ming Dynasty, Rakshasa, and Dajin). The information was sent to Calcutta, thousands of kilometers away.
However, Wuji Valley is still a restricted area for the East India Company... Not to mention that the compradors supported by the East India Company cannot enter, even if the British Empire wants to set up an embassy in Bagua City.
Therefore, the current diplomatic relations between Daikin and Daying are at the "consul general level" - Daying has opened a consulate general in Samarkand, and Daikin has set up a consulate general in Calcutta.
The affair between Emperor Daoguang and Dost Muhammad Khan was not done quietly, but was done in a big way in the "Fairy Palace" in Samarkand. The two brothers worshiped Master Guan together and vowed to share blessings and share hardships. The British Consul General in Samarkand was also invited to watch the fun.
Baron Amherst also wrote a special report, focusing on explaining to London what a "half-brother" is... Actually, he doesn't need to explain this, the big boss in London also knows, " Who hasn’t watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?
I remember that Emperor Napoleon almost became sworn sworn sworn brothers with Austrian Emperor Franz II and Rakshasa Tsar Alexander I... If this happened, then Franz II would be "Big Brother" and Napoleon would be "Big Brother" "Take the second master", Alexander I is the "third master", and Zhuge Weidao's wife Natalie is Napoleon's little sister, Zhuge Weidao can also be regarded as Napoleon's little brother-in-law!
Baron Amherst heard Count Nelson's question and replied with a smile: "Earl, according to my research on Eastern culture, this kind of half-brother is sometimes unreliable... Sometimes, brothers It was just for betrayal. Do you think that if Napoleon, Franz II, and Alexander I had really sworn sworn sworn brothers back then, they wouldn’t have fought the War of Three Emperors?”
"Well..." Earl Nelson thought for a while, "I should still fight. By the way, how much does Dost Muhammad Khan want to betray Daoguang?"
"Ten million rupees," said Baron Amesh, "plus Peshawar!"
"It's really expensive!" Earl Nelson frowned, "You can even buy a monarch-level one..."
"Earl," a bald Major General of the East India Company Army in his fifties interjected, "Ten million rupees can be easily solved... We can ask the princely states in northwest India to donate voluntarily, but Peshawar is in trouble, Peshawar is not the company’s territory, but the company cannot hand it over.”
The man who spoke was Major General Cotton, the commander of the East India Company's army... He was an old subordinate of Duke Wellington and had fought with Duke Wellington and Napoleon!
"Major General Cotton," asked Lord Nelson, "to whom does Peshawar belong now?"
"Shah Mahmud, the monarch of the Sadozhay dynasty," Major General Cotton said, "The Sadozhay dynasty ruled the entire Afghanistan earlier, but Dost Muhammad Khan seized the throne with the support of Emperor Daoguang. Most of the territories of the Sadozhay dynasty, only Peshawar is still under the rule of Shah Mahmud. Of course, we have also provided protection to Shah Mahmud, otherwise he would be in Peshawar His rule could not last even an hour."
"Oh," Earl Nelson thought for a while, "then can't we just give up supporting Shah Mahmoud?"
"This is not possible," Major General Cotton shook his head. "Peshawar is located east of the Khyber Pass, guarding the gateway to India."
Peshawar later belonged to Pakistan, but during the Sadozaj dynasty of Afghanistan, it had always been the territory of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. The Pashtuns living there are the same as the main ethnic group in Afghanistan. Their language, religion, and living habits are exactly the same.
But because Peshawar is located just east of the Khyber Pass, the gateway to northwest India, Peshawar must be controlled to defend the Khyber Pass. To ensure that India, the diamond in the crown of the British Empire, would not be snatched away by someone from Central Asia, the East India Company must control the Khyber Pass.
Based on this logic, the British Empire cannot return Peshawar to Afghanistan...unless the British Empire swallows the entire Afghanistan!
"Well..." Earl Nelson turned to look at Baron Amherst. The governor of the East India Company smiled and said, "Although we cannot hand over Peshawar to Afghanistan, we can put Afghanistan as a whole under the British Empire. Under the protection of!"
"Can Dost Muhammad Khan agree?" Earl Nelson asked.
Baron Amesh shrugged, "I don't think he will... but we can deceive him! We can pretend to agree and pay two to three million rupees as a down payment, and the rest will be paid in installments, Peshawar We will hand it over after we defeat Emperor Daoguang. In exchange for the East India Company's army entering Afghanistan and fighting alongside Dost Muhammad Khan's army. Once Daoguang is defeated, we can take the opportunity to take over the entire Afghanistan and turn it into Part of India!”
Earl Nelson nodded: "Although it is a bit despicable...but I support this plan!"
Major General Cotton also nodded and said: "Baron, give me fifty thousand people, and I will definitely let Emperor Daoguang know that the British Empire is invincible!"
"Okay!" Baron Amherst smiled, "General, I will pray for you and your army, and wait for news of victory in Calcutta!"
Then he said to Earl Nelson: "Earl, London has also sent a telegram, hoping that the Indian Grand Fleet can send a convoy to protect the East India Company's merchant ships on a simulated wartime trip to Japan."
"We want to simulate wartime conditions to supply Japan by sea?" Earl Nelson frowned, "Then we can't leave the Strait of Malacca, and then reach the coast of Japan via the South China Sea and Bashi Strait. Because in wartime conditions, the Strait of Malacca will definitely Blocked by the Chinese, even the Malay Peninsula and Kalimantan may be captured by them... If we want to go to Japan in this situation, it is only from Kalimantan and the East Indies Detour south, pass through northern Australia, then go north into the ocean east of the Luzon Islands, and then go all the way north to reach Japan safely... If you start from Calcutta, it will take about 10,000 nautical miles one way. ah!"
"Count," Amesid said, "We must prove to our friends in Japan that we can transport the weapons and equipment Japan needs to Japan's ports by sea during wartime!"
"Okay," Earl Nelson nodded, "I understand, I will arrange it... When will the East India Company's merchant ships leave?"
"It will take some time," Amherst said. "The Secretary of the Navy, Colonel George Elliot, will come to India in person to lead this voyage."
