Shah Jahan did not wait for the two of them to be confused and continued to add: "In the Bombay War, I will not force you until the supplies of the Ming army are exhausted. However, you must ensure that the Ming army cannot escape. This Can you do it at one point?"
Max and Anthony didn't expect that he would say such a thing, and they were both a little stunned. After Max came to his senses, he nodded quickly and said in agreement: "The Great Khan is wise!"
"Don't worry, Great Khan, our combined fleet will definitely trap the Ming army. As long as the Ming army dares to leave those islands, they will definitely be defeated." Anthony also assured immediately.
Although they said this, both of them were wondering what happened just now. What was the content of this eight hundred mile rush?
"Okay!" Shah Jahan's expression did not seem so ugly. After praising him, he continued to say to the two of them, "As long as Bombay is captured, I decided that Bombay will be a place for you to stay. In addition, you People can go wherever they want, it doesn’t matter what kind of business they do, I don’t have any restrictions, how good is that?”
Max was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately responded: "Thank you Khan for your generosity!"
"We Dutch people will definitely remember the great Khan!" Anthony quickly expressed after hearing this, "We will cheer for winning the friendship of the Great Khan!"
With such a promise from Shah Jahan, it meant that the entire Mughal Empire was open to them. Both of their eyes were shining at this time, and their happiness was beyond words.
Shah Jahan listened to the good words of the two of them, looked at their expressions, and suddenly changed the subject and said: "But remember one thing, when we do business, I don't need your money, I only need your guns, and Cannons, you exchange them for guns and cannons!”
In the battle with the Ming army, the performance of the Ming army's flintlock guns and artillery were far better than the guns and cannons in the hands of the Mughal soldiers, which caused the Mughals to suffer a great loss.
When the Mughal Empire and the Persian Empire fought before, they both used matchlocks and couldn't feel the difference in the fire stick in their hands, but this time, Shah Jahan really felt the difference. Therefore, he made such a request to Max and Anthony.
Max and Anthony were stunned when they heard this. They never expected that Shah Jahan actually proposed that there would be no money, but only guns as currency for trading.
So if we do more business with the Mughal Empire and they have more and more flintlocks and artillery, wouldn't the advantages of both sides become smaller and smaller? From now on, will we really have to do business in a disciplined manner?
If we really want to do business in a decent manner, then why are there so many warships? How much profit can be...
Thinking this, Max and Anthony glanced at each other in unison. Then, Anthony turned his head and was about to talk to Shah Jahan when he heard Shah Jahan speak first: "Also, Ben Khan has decided to build a maritime army. You will also send people to help Ben Khan build ships and train troops. How about it?"
"What? You want to help the Mughals build a fleet?" Max and Anthony were a little dumbfounded when they heard this. This Shah Jahan really knows how to do business?
At this time, Max was a little impulsive and just helped the Ming army kill Shah Jahan!
Seeing that both of them were stunned, Shah Jahan frowned and hummed: "Why, don't you want to? Aren't you very happy just now?"
Hearing his words, Anthony came back to his senses and said with a wry smile: "Khan, we don't have any extra guns!"
"Yes, we don't have extra guns!" Max also complained bitterly, "The sea is not safe all the way back and forth. These guns are to ensure our safety along the way."
"That...this..." Anthony thought for a while, and then said, "We only bought the battleships from China, we don't know how to build them ourselves."
"Yes, Khan, if you know how to use something, you may not know how to make it!" Max quickly echoed, "If Khan is worried about the safety of the sea, it will be fine if we are here."
Hearing that neither of them wanted to use guns and warships to do business, Shah Jahan was not happy. He suddenly turned black and shouted: "I want your guns and warships. Whether I want to do this business or not is a matter of course." By the way, I don’t have the skills to do ink!”
Max was a little dumbfounded when he heard his final words. This Mughal man is really capricious. He agreed to do business from the beginning and got to where he is today step by step. In the end, he made these unacceptable demands to achieve the goal. Isn’t this the purpose of trade to deceive ourselves?
On the contrary, Anthony had been in the Far East and had been doing colonial business for so many years. He had relatively rich experience. After thinking about it for a while, he finally said to Shah Jahan: "Since the Khan insists on this, I will do my best for the friendship between the two countries. However, One thing has been said, both guns and cannons are very expensive. Also, I can go to China to find craftsmen to build battleships for the Great Khan, but the cost will definitely not be low. As you can see, these battleships The power of..."
Upon hearing this, Shah Jahan waved his hand without hesitation and said: "It doesn't matter, as long as you come to do business with this Khan sincerely."
"It's okay for me in the UK. I will definitely be happy to do business with the Khan." When Max heard this, no matter whether he wanted it or not, he could only be like Anthony. Otherwise, he would be eliminated after working hard for so long. This is not him. Acceptable.
"Okay!" After hearing this, Shah Jahan made another request: "Then I have to go back first if I have something to do. This place will be handed over to Dara Shiko. In addition, troops will continue to be mobilized to consume the supplies of the Ming army. In order for our business to be happy, how about you first hand over 500 guns each to Ben Khan as a deposit?"
"..." Max and Anthony were stunned again when they heard this. They felt that Shah Jahan was too difficult to deal with.
Judging from Shah Jahan's attitude, he must do it, otherwise, he may fall out at any time.
So, regardless of whether they agreed or not, they began to bargain with Shah Jahan on the number.
In the end, both parties agreed to give a total of 500 guns as a deposit. However, in future business, the British and Dutch would be given various privileges and no taxes would be collected.
After the negotiation was completed, Shah Jahan urged the handover of the firearms immediately. Then without stopping, he immediately led the cavalry away.
Seeing Shah Jahan leave in such a hurry, both Max and Anthony felt that something big must have happened in the Mughal Empire, otherwise, Shah Jahan would never be so abnormal. However, they don't know what the big deal is. We can only guess that it must be related to the Ming Army.
However, in their opinion, Gushi Khan's army of more than 10,000 people should not cause a major blow to the Mughal Empire.
They just think about these things and don't care. Their focus was on Shah Jahan himself.
Back on the flagship, I heard Anthony say to Max: "This Shah Jahan is too cunning to deal with. And I have a feeling that if there is no Ming army, after Shah Jahan gets our replica guns, Maybe they will make more demands, or even break the contract.”
"Well, I feel it too. This Shah Jahan is too shrewd. He will take advantage of us because we want to open the door to the Mughals." Max said this, and couldn't help but miss the Safi Dynasty.
After hearing what he said, Anthony knew that there were no people from the Mughal Empire around, but he still looked around, and then said to Max: "How about we support Dara Shiko, this fool is easy to control, let him How about getting the throne of the Mughal Empire?"
When Max heard this, his eyes lit up. This was a good idea! But then he thought about it and asked again: "It's just that we don't know much about the situation in the Mughal country?"
"It's easy. We have a banquet for Dara Shiko and we can trick him." Anthony said immediately, "I have seen many people like Dara Shiko."
So, the two of them agreed on a strategy and went to contact Dalashiko.
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To be honest, the Ming army was attacked continuously by Shah Jahan, although the Mughal army was easily beaten back every time. However, the consumption of gunpowder is increasing.
If the navy hadn't been stationary and could be moved to the army for use, the gunpowder would have been used up.
Therefore, Yan Yingyuan has already felt the pressure. If it weren't for the Xiyi fleet, then Mumbai would have been able to continuously replenish supplies from the sea, and there wouldn't be so many difficulties.
Thinking like this, he began to plan his next move. What should he do?
But at this moment, Shah Jahan led all the cavalry and left suddenly. This abnormality made him very happy. It was immediately guessed that the pressure from the north was definitely too great, forcing Shah Jahan to return immediately.
So, he immediately held a military meeting to discuss the situation.
As soon as Yan Yingyuan explained the situation, Li Dingguo immediately went out to report: "Sir, as long as Shah Jahan really leads the cavalry back north, the general is willing to surprise the enemy and annihilate the enemy in front of him in one fell swoop!"
He had fought against the armies of the Mughal Empire for the longest time, so he was most familiar with the enemy. When he said this, he naturally felt very confident.
"Oh, what do you want to do?" Yan Yingyuan just asked calmly after hearing this.
After hearing this, Li Dingguo immediately replied: "Sir, the most elite army of the Mughal Empire is the army led by Shah Jahan. As for the ones left behind, most of them are local armies. And these Mughals have One characteristic is laziness. Once Shah Jahan leaves, the prince alone will never be able to intimidate the army as it was when Shah Jahan was there. Therefore, our army will show its weakness to the enemy, pride its military spirit, and launch another surprise attack. success!"
After hearing this, Yan Yingyuan thought for a while and nodded: "Yes! Just think that I have consumed too much ammunition and supplies and act like this with them."
In Mumbai, each party has its own plan, but no one knows how the situation will develop.
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