“Are these people so poor that they eat cow shit on the street?”
Tang He saw some unclaimed cows walking struttingly on the street. Occasionally, a puddle or two of cow dung would fall on them, which would attract many local Bangladeshi people to rob them.
Tang He's brain directly felt like he was hit by a 10,000-point blow.
He and Zhu Chongba had herded cattle together since they were young. Even when they were poor, they never thought of grabbing cow dung to eat.
Faced with Tang He's shock, Maru Ali, who was accompanying him, was not surprised.
This well-informed Persian businessman had already traveled back and forth on the Indian continent many times when he went to the Ming Dynasty.
Maru Ali was not surprised by these Bengalis looting cow dung.
"General, in the eyes of these people, cows are sacred objects, especially these pure-colored cows. During every festival, they are covered with red flowers and worshiped in temples. Now ordinary people can In fact, the purpose of grabbing cow dung is not to eat it, but to smear the cow dung on oneself or in the yard of the house to bring blessings to oneself!" As a not very devout Tianfang believer, Maru Ali said about These Indian natives are also quite disdainful.
"Oh, it turns out you're not eating cow dung. Let me tell you, how could someone be so stupid!" Tang He looked at the dark-skinned natives who grabbed a handful of cow dung, and finally felt better, at least not as disgusting as before.
Unexpectedly, Maru Ali smiled and just listened to him continue.
"General, they don't eat cow dung, but they drink cow urine!"
Tang He's eyes suddenly widened, as if he had heard something very shocking.
"What are you talking about? Drinking cow urine? Are these people crazy?"
As a veteran cow herder, Tang He knew the strong smell of cow urine.
He really couldn't imagine how any normal person would think of drinking cow urine.
As if to confirm what Maru Ali said, on the busy street, the white Indian sacred cow suddenly spurted a stream of yellow liquid from between its hind legs.
The surrounding Indian natives all seemed to be witnessing a great joyous event. They all used their bowls, cups, or hands to drink the hot cow urine.
They drank the cow urine like sweet wine with happy faces.
After drinking the cow urine, these Indian natives began to worship the sacred cow one by one.
After the white sacred cow finished pooping, he nibbled on a fruit on the side of the road, and then continued to walk forward leisurely.
Tang He felt his stomach churn when he looked at the disgusting sight in front of him.
If I hadn't had time to eat anything, I would have vomited it out.
"These barbarians are really disgusting!" Tang He said with a pale face.
Maru Ali was indeed not surprised, "These Brahmans believe in some weird things, and sooner or later they will be punished by God!"
Tang He originally planned to taste local delicacies outside New Dali City, but when he saw a few vendors who had just drank cow urine, he didn't even wash his hands stained with cow urine, so he went back to kneading noodles. Making pancakes, soup and almost throwing up again.
"Let's go! Let's go! I won't eat, I won't eat!"
Tang He turned around and ran away without looking back. He would rather go back to the boat to chew on the hard biscuits and dried meat than eat the cow urine delicacies made by the locals.
Tang He had just returned to the dock outside the city when suddenly a group of officials from New Dali City ran over.
It turned out that they were people sent by Duan Gong. Soon after, Duan Gong led several of his personal guards and Xinfu generals to the dock in person to greet Duke Xin of the Ming Dynasty and Zhennan General Tang He.
"The last general, Duan Gong, pays homage to Lord Xinguo!"
Duan Gong led his subordinates to salute respectfully.
According to the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, Tang He was the Duke of the country and Duan Gong was the Marquis. Naturally, he had to pay great tribute to Tang He.
However, Tang He was a well-known loyal person, and he felt quite friendly when meeting Duan Gong, a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, in a foreign country.
Although Duan Gong was the Dali general manager of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty before, but now the Mongols have beaten him so much that he no longer recognizes his own father, and Duan Gong's loyalty has been wiped out.
Especially now that Duan Quan led 10,000 people to establish a foothold in Bangladesh, the only person who could provide him with support was the Ming Dynasty.
Under Duan Gong's repeated invitations, Tang He finally agreed to the invitation and led the Ming soldiers into the new Dali City.
The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, who had been wandering at sea for several months, were immediately shocked by Duan Gong's generosity as soon as they entered the city.
Thousands of Ming soldiers who entered the city were each served with sweet wine, bacon and rice. Not only that, almost every soldier was served by a young indigenous woman with slightly dark skin.
These soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were originally at a ferocious age, and they had been at sea for so long. Naturally, they were not honest with these young women with exotic characteristics.
Unexpectedly, these young indigenous Indian women not only showed no panic or fear at the teasing and teasing of the Ming Dynasty soldiers, but instead showed unconcealable joy on their faces.
In this way, almost all the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were emboldened.
The impact of thunder and fire from the sky sounded from time to time in New Dali City.
There were so many Ming officers and soldiers led by Tang He into the city, so there was no need to worry about Duan Gong having any treason and sneak attacks.
After all, if there was a fight, Duan Gong's 10,000 people might not be a match for Tang He's thousands of people.
What's more, Duan Gong had already regarded the Ming Dynasty as his last resort, so how could he possibly launch a surprise attack on Tang He's Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers?
So these thousands of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers relaxed unscrupulously in New Dali City.
It's just that unlike these soldiers who drank and ate freely, Tang He was totally incapable of treating Duan Gong to the food and wine he entertained.
This was not about soup or not being hungry, but Tang He saw that the cooks who made these fine wines and delicacies were all indigenous Indians.
This reminded him of the indigenous people he saw drinking cow urine on the street.
Thinking of the table full of delicacies, all made with hands that had received cow urine, Tang He felt extremely disgusted.
Tang He was not in the mood to eat or drink, so he directly changed the topic to the topic.
During his voyage to the West, one of the important tasks was assigned to him by Zhu Han.
"I have brought you one hundred light artillery pieces, five thousand kilograms of gunpowder, a thousand new muskets, and a thousand sets of brand new plate armor on the order of His Majesty the King of England!"
Duan Gong and his generals were all surprised when they heard the weapons and equipment mentioned by Tang He.
They had long thought that the Ming court would reward them with some weapons, but they never expected that there would be so many.
"A hundred cannons?"
"A thousand sets of iron plate armor?"
"A thousand muskets?"
These Dali generals under Duan Gong are no longer the country bumpkins who came out of Yunnan back then.
After they obtained some weapons from the Ming Dynasty merchant ships, they had a great experience beating up the Indian natives.
In front of the Dali army with artillery, it often only takes one or two rounds of shelling to make thousands of Indian indigenous troops collapse and flee.
And those indigenous warriors wearing heavy armor and riding tall horses were exactly the same as those in Zhihu when facing muskets and artillery.
Duan Quan led his men to fight in Bangladesh for more than a year, and only three hundred soldiers died on the battlefield.
Now that they have received these weapons and armors as rewards from the Ming Dynasty, the Dali army of that period is even more able to march sideways in the local area.
"The favor of the imperial court is as great as a mountain. Duan Gong is willing to break his body to pieces and beat His Majesty and His Royal Highness the King!"
Duan Gong quickly expressed his loyalty to Tang He.
"However, so much equipment is not given to you in vain. His Royal Highness has said that in the future, the Ming Dynasty will set up a business here in New Dali to purchase local products. You must not only provide protection, but also be tax-free!" Tang and said immediately.
Of course Duan Gong accepted such a small request without hesitation.
For Duan Gong, he wished that the Ming Dynasty would set up business houses here in New Dali. This would not only make it easier to sell products from Bangladesh, but also make it easier to purchase weapons and equipment from the Ming Dynasty through these business houses.
"Marshal Tang, is this business name that His Royal Highness the King mentioned, the Qihai Company?" Duan Gong asked from the side.
Although he was far away in Bangladesh, Duan Gong knew from the Ming Dynasty merchants who passed by that the Qihai Store in the Ming Dynasty was the largest shop in the world.
The chief shopkeeper of Qihai Trading Company is called Li Zhen, who is the brother-in-law of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, and a proper royal relative.
If the Seven Seas Company with such a strong background can do business here in Bangladesh, it will definitely be able to provide very strong support to Duan Gong.
What kind of artillery, muskets or armor is not a problem at all for the Seven Seas Company with a profound background.
"It's not Qihai Company, but a newly established company." Tang He shook his head and said.
"Oh? I don't know what it is about?" Duan Gong asked quickly.
At this time, stimulated by the soup and the already hot Indian singing and dancing, I drank several large glasses of healthy and hygienic sugar cane wine.
As the saying goes, after three rounds of drinking, Duan Gong and Tang He became casually familiar with each other.
"His Royal Highness the King of England has said that the Ming Dynasty's East India Company will be established here in New Dali!" Tang He said with a smile.
"East India Company?" Duan Gong pondered over this novel name that he had never heard of before.
Duan Gong learned about India from a map of the Ming Dynasty of unknown origin.
On that incomplete map, the land where Duan Gong was located was marked as India.
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Duan Gong thought, maybe it’s because I belong to India in the east, so it’s called the East India Company.
"This East India Company was established by His Majesty the King himself. Its main businesses are spices, gems and slaves!" Tang He began to explain the East India Company's future industrial plans to Duan Gong.
Zhu Han's establishment of the East India Company was definitely not just for evil purposes, but to use the East India Company to influence Duan Gong's power.
If the rich Indian continent were not in the hands of Ming Dynasty, then it would be meaningless no matter how rich he was.
Especially now that we are expanding our territory everywhere, the demand for money and people is never-ending.
With the help of the East India Company, the wealth and population of the Indian continent can be used by the Ming Dynasty. That is the real way to strengthen a country.
"In this case, I will definitely obey the orders of His Royal Highness in the future, and help protect the East India Company thoroughly when the time comes. I will definitely help the Ming Dynasty promote enlightenment and change customs here!" Duan Gong once again couldn't wait to express his loyalty.
But his words made Tang He shake his head.
"No, no, no!" Tang He said quickly.
Duan Gongduan was confused. He didn't understand why Tang He reacted like this.
"You still want Brother Tang to give me some advice?" Duan Gong asked quickly.
Tang He took a sip of the sugarcane wine in front of him and then continued.
"When I came this time, I also brought a command from His Royal Highness. You wrote a letter to the court before, saying that you wanted to promote education and change customs in the local area. His Highness felt that this matter was deeply inappropriate!"
"Ah? Brother Tang, what's wrong with this? What did His Highness say?"
Duan Gong really couldn't figure out what was wrong with what he did.
According to the imperial edict promulgated by Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty not only wanted to pacify the lands of all parties, but also educate the people everywhere, change customs, and restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Duan Gong didn't know what he said wrong.
"To be honest, I didn't understand it very well before I came here, but when I came to your new Dali City, I finally understood the hard work of His Royal Highness!" Tang He laughed.
"Brother Tang, please speak clearly!" Duan Gong asked.
It turned out that Duan Gong said in his last memorial that he wanted to change customs in the Indian region and educate the local indigenous people. This incident frightened Zhu Han.
What is popular in mainland India today is Hinduism, which was developed from Brahmanism. The caste system, layer by layer, restricts people from all walks of life.
This restriction is not only physical, but also mental control.
Even in the most difficult days, under the anesthesia of this religion, people can still deal with it calmly.
After all, in this religious environment, the next life is far more important than this life.
Since you have been suffering as a cow or a horse in this life, if you don't practice well as soon as possible, you will continue to suffer as a cow or a horse in the next life.
As for how to practice well, it is naturally to be a law-abiding and obedient citizen according to the teachings of Hinduism.
Whatever the upper-caste nobles told them to do, that was what they had to do.
Otherwise, these high-caste nobles have the privilege of communicating with God, and they can easily make these low-income people continue to be low-income people in the next life.
Therefore, Zhu Han feels that the caste system in India must be well maintained.
Only by maintaining the caste system in India can the Han people of the Ming Dynasty be able to be superiors in India, and they are very relieved.
As long as all Indians believe in the caste system, India's Chen Sheng, Huang Chao and Zhang Jiao will not be born.
"His Royal Highness, you can see thousands of miles away, I really admire you!" Duan Gong couldn't help but exclaimed after hearing this explanation.
The status of the more than 10,000 Dali people led by Duan Gong in India is equivalent to that of Brahmins. As long as they can win over those Brahmins and Kshatriya warriors, the tens of millions of civilians and untouchables will have to be slaves for life.
"His Royal Highness also said that this sexual system must not only be well maintained, but also prevent these indigenous people from getting together. Once they unite one day, even if they don't cause any trouble, it will make it impossible for Ming Dynasty to maintain its rule here."
What he said was a bit unclear. Duan Gong couldn't figure it out for a moment. What did it mean?
Logically speaking, as long as the caste system can maintain India, tens of millions of civilians on the mainland will always be civilians. How can they have the ability to threaten the rule of the Ming Dynasty?
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