The Imperial Royal Navy fleet passed through the port of Cai without stopping.
Su Shu looked at the vast desert, only an oasis near the ocean, which was still being eroded by the desert.
Cai Guo cannot solve the problem of desert erosion, and they will live in extreme poverty in the future.
The country's main mineral product is petroleum, and some steam engines and boilers use petroleum as raw material.
However, due to inconvenient storage, it is also extremely prone to fire.
There are a series of shortcomings in the use of oil. The most critical point is that its price is not low enough for businessmen to ignore its shortcomings.
As a result, it has been at a disadvantage in competition with coal.
Cai State only has this kind of minerals, and it will be difficult for them to even have a chance to turn around in the future.
Staff Officer Lu Yuanqi trotted up to Su Shu. He pointed his right hand forward and said in surprise: "Xiao Su, we are about to return to China. The nearly two-year journey is finally over.
When I left home, my second son was still babbling, and he should be able to speak proficiently now. "
Su Shu was pleasantly surprised at first, and then asked in surprise: "Brother Lu, I remember correctly, the Indian area is ahead."
India is the name of a region with a powerful country and hundreds of princely states.
Their languages and scripts are completely different, but they have similar beliefs and customs, and the indigenous races they live in are also similar.
This area was called Tianzhu before the Tang Dynasty and was the birthplace of Buddhism.
The eminent monk Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty brought Buddhist scriptures from Tianzhu and renamed the place India. From then on, the name India became popular in the world.
Su Shu asked back: "I remember before we went abroad, there was only the East India Province in India.
Could it be that two years later, the empire had fully taken control of India, and even the Indus River Basin in western India was under the empire's control.
This speed is really amazing. Could it be that the empire dispatched a large army to pacify the Indian region in one fell swoop. "
Su Shu was really surprised. He could often hear his father discussing national strategy with the court ministers.
The Dahua Empire has a very clear positioning of India as a source of raw materials and a place for product dumping.
The East India Province is preparing to annex the Indian region bit by bit through a step-by-step strategy of encroachment over more than ten years or even decades.
The empire gradually annexed and absorbed the Indian region.
This will help digest the Indian region bit by bit.
It will not be because there are too many indigenous people in India that they cannot assimilate in a short time, leaving huge hidden dangers.
The empire is now focusing on developing its navy, and the emergence of the battleship Tarzan is the result of this strategy.
The Tarzan battleship is by no means the only one. The empire will build at least three battleships of the same type.
The empire has decided to vigorously develop the navy. The empire's total military expenditure is limited, so it can only reduce the military expenditure of the army.
The Army maintains its previous size and completes weapons upgrades on a small scale.
These two things have greatly consumed the Army's military expenditures.
Without special allocations from the court, the army would not be able to conduct a large-scale war.
Even if the Army wants to take over the Indian region in a short time, they are too clever to make a meal without rice.
The Army simply could not persuade Nagle to allocate funds based solely on its influence in the Indian region.
Staff officer Lu Yuanqi immediately waved his hand and said: "The reconnaissance warships came back, and they brought news that the Indus River Basin has been controlled by the empire.
There is absolutely no mistake in building a seaport city at the mouth of the Indus River with the flag of the Chinese Empire on top.
The people on the warship briefly communicated with the local defenders, and the only confirmed news was that there was no war in India. "
When Su Shu heard the news, he was a little confused.
The newly appointed governor of Dongyin Province is Chief of Staff Fu Xiucheng, a well-known talent in the army.
He chose to retire and become a civil servant.
After Chief of Staff Fu Xiucheng changed his career, he only took up the post of Governor of East India. Many civil servants looked down upon this position, so he could easily obtain this position.
In the eyes of traditional civil servants who came from the imperial examination, going overseas to serve as governor was tantamount to exile.
While Governor Fu Xiucheng was still on the way, the Governor-General of Dongyin was upgraded to the province of Dongyin, and Fu Xiucheng also became the governor.
This governor with a military background is so skillful.
Without the help of a large army, the imperial court relied only on the local militia in the East India Province to resolve the Indian region in less than two years.
If Governor Fu Xiucheng can achieve this level, he is truly a rare talent.
When Su Shu learned about this situation, he was very happy and looked forward to boarding the empire's territory as soon as possible.
The news quickly spread among the fleet, and some warships heard cheers of surprise from time to time.
The soldiers of the army have been drifting at sea for nearly two years, and now they can return to their motherland. This is really surprising news.
When Admiral Zhan Tie heard the news, he also smiled.
The fleet docked at the port owned by the empire, and the fleet completed the mission assigned by the emperor.
Even after the battleship Tarzan left the port, the steam engine stopped running immediately.
This matter will not receive attention.
The most critical point is that when this happens, the fleet will not be punished because the fleet has completed its mission.
If problems arise later, they are caused by normal training and have a completely different meaning.
The Imperial Royal Navy fleet accelerated and approached the Indian area.
From the telescope, Su Shu saw the flag of the Great China Empire flying on the seaside pier and fort, and he immediately relaxed physically and mentally.
Chief of Staff Cao Zhengyuan had already notified the garrison at the port in advance of their return.
When the fleet arrived at the port, a large number of reporters who had heard the news were waiting at the port with cameras.
When a senior reporter saw the fleet docked at the port, he immediately greeted: "Hurry up and take photos, and be sure to capture more valuable photos.
This is the Imperial Royal Navy, returning from its first trip around the world.
This scene deserves to be remembered. "
This newly developed small port has no dock for ship repairs.
The warship cannot be repaired here, but Admiral Zhantie still ordered it to dock at this port and rest for two days.
Military officers can enter the port and move around freely.
Su Shu was accompanied by Lu Yuanqi and protected by guards.
He was wearing standard navy uniform. After being exposed to wind and sun at sea for the past two years, his skin had become tanned, and his appearance was completely different from two years ago.
Su Shu was similar in appearance and temperament to the ordinary young officers in the fleet.
Like a drop of ink, he blends into the ocean and can move freely without worrying about assassins.
Su Shu learned about the Indus River Basin, which had just been brought under the rule of the empire.
There are no railways to other parts of the empire, nor is it connected to the empire's complex telegraph network.
Communication with the outside world here still relies on human communication.
There was no telegraph here, so Su Shu could not inform his father and mother about his return to the country.
He could only wait until he went to a port with telegraph before he could send the message out by telegraph.
Su Shu was very curious. How could Governor Fu Xiucheng completely occupy the Indian region in only two years without relying on the support of the imperial army.
He immediately thought of the empire's pervasive newspapers.
Even if a minister takes a concubine, it will be recorded in these newspapers, let alone a major regional event.
Su Shu immediately bought newspapers within two years from old books and periodicals.
He mainly buys two newspapers, Nanyang Commercial Daily, the most authoritative newspaper in Nanyang, and India Morning Post, a newspaper specializing in India.
Su Shu explained the reason to the stall owner, who immediately took out two large stacks of newspapers from the back room.
"I didn't count them in detail, but this pile of newspapers is probably in this range.
Old newspapers are not valuable. The guest officer will give you two silver coins for these two piles of newspapers. "
Maritime merchants who go to sea all year round often buy newspapers for half a year or a year, and buy two years of newspapers at a time.
The stall owner had never seen it before, but he was not surprised.
Su Shu returned to the warship with the newspaper. The simple entertainment facilities at the port could not attract him at all.
Just sorting out the newspapers took Su Shu a whole day.
It was getting dark, and Su Shu finished dinner on the warship.
The room was illuminated by incandescent lights as if it were daytime.
Su Shu carefully read the newspapers he carefully selected and found.
Governor Fu Xiucheng was able to occupy India within two years. This is related to one of the most important customary caste systems in India.
The segregation systems introduced in places like Liao, Zheng, and Jin were derived from the caste system in India.
The isolation system implemented in Fujian was not thorough and the local indigenous people were not well controlled, which led to the occurrence of indigenous rebellions.
The caste system in India is a very strange system.
All people are divided into five castes, and the upper castes have absolute power of life and death over the lower castes.
The lowest caste are untouchable people called untouchables, whose status is worse than that of slaves.
Who could know that it was the ancestors of these people who founded the ancient Indian civilization in the Indus River Basin.
Every time a foreign enemy came to the Indian region, the status of the indigenous people was lowered, eventually forming a caste system.
The caste system is deeply rooted in India.
Even Buddhism and Islam believe that all believers are equal.
One of the characteristics of religion is that it unites people and unites them to the outside world.
In India, even if you believe in religion, you must follow the caste system, and Brahmins must have a higher status than other castes.
The Dahua Empire still had path dependence in the East India region.
When the Governor of East India governs, you mainly assimilate the other party through Chinese culture.
The situation in the Great China Empire is that as long as they are Han people, everyone is equal.
The son of a prime minister can be a soldier, and the son of a big soldier can be a prime minister.
Many local indigenous people do not understand that caste will be eliminated after sinicization.
This resulted in a large number of indigenous people rejecting Chineseization, not only Brahmins but also the lowest untouchables.
When the governor of East India saw this situation, he was very angry.
At that time, the overseas vassal states were short of population.
When the governor of Dongyin saw these unruly people who refused to be Hanized, he directly packaged and sold these unruly people to the vassal countries.
The four nearest African countries purchase large quantities of indigenous people from the Indian region.
After Governor Fu Xiucheng came to power, he immediately discovered the reason why the local indigenous people resisted sinicization.
Fu Xiucheng also discovered that the indigenous people in India who went to the vassal states still retained the caste system, but they were Chineseized very quickly.
This is because in vassal countries, if they cannot speak Chinese, they will be labeled as untouchables.
After untouchables learn Chinese, their caste will be improved.
In order to maintain or improve their caste, the Indian natives have become extremely motivated.
Governor Fu Xiucheng learned of this situation, and he immediately changed his predecessor's policy drastically.
The East Indian Province restored the native caste system.
If you learn Chinese, you can work in a government office, gain rewards by performing functions, and improve your caste.
The governor's yamen no longer punished recalcitrant natives with fines and whippings, but also with caste-degrading punishments.
As soon as this policy was established, the enthusiasm of the indigenous people in the East Indian Province was immediately aroused.
They worked hard to learn Chinese and tried their best to join the yamen and help the empire manage local areas.
Governor Fu Xiucheng stabilized the situation in the East India Province in a short period of time.
He used the local Han militia as the backbone, and the indigenous people who joined the army as the servant army.
With these two armies as the core, they began to attack other Indian states.
Governor Fu Xiucheng recruited troops while fighting, and through snowballing, the army grew bigger and bigger.
It was through this method that he completed the occupation of India in less than two years.
Most areas are still controlled by local powerful factions.
The Great China Empire simply took over the wealthiest areas of India.
Governor Fu Xiucheng had clearly stated in the newspaper that he had temporarily controlled the Indian region through the rule of Ji Mi.
After the empire's strength in the Indian region increased, it gradually eliminated local powerful factions.
Governor Fu Xiucheng also has his own plans for the Indian region.
People in India who don’t want to be bound by the caste system can keep themselves away from India by taking college entrance exams and other methods.
Governor Fu Xiucheng argued that the Indian area was too large and he only divided it into one province, which was not conducive to control.
He went to the imperial court to divide the Indian region into several provinces.
Governor Fu Xiucheng's suggestion was directly adopted by the court.
The imperial court has recently decided to divide India into six provinces.
Fu Xiucheng did not continue to perform his duties as governor. He had been promoted to the capital because of his occupation of India.
Su Shu looked at the contents of the newspaper and felt a little dumbfounded.
This part of India is so weird, even the dark-skinned natives of African trafficking clans.
They also regard tribes as a unit, and only focus on the interests of their own tribe. People from other tribes are not considered human beings.
This was the first time Su Shu saw a native who took the initiative to become a slave.
Through the events in India, he also gained a deeper understanding of the culture and customs engraved in the bones of certain places.
Although the indigenous people in India are a bit strange, the caste system here will definitely be very conducive to the rule of the empire.
This has brought huge benefits to the empire that cannot be counted.
Had it not been for the caste system, it would have completely killed the potential of the Han people to continue to develop.
There will definitely be officials trying to introduce the caste system to the Central Plains.
Nowadays, the caste system is only prevalent in India and shows no signs of expanding outwards.
Once expansion occurs, we must severely crack down on it.
People cultivated by the caste system can only be docile good citizens or petty officials, and cannot become independent ministers.
Su Shu had sorted out the situation in India and was writing a document.
The fleet set off again, this time to the island of Ceylon, one of the homeports of the Imperial Royal Navy.
Su Shu was also entangled in whether he should end his journey. (End of chapter)
