Can the bankruptcy of the British East India Company still trigger a war between England and the Qing Dynasty? Wu Bingjian frowned slightly and had been a partner and trade rival with the British East India Company for fifty years. He naturally knew how strong the company was and how powerful it was. It is no exaggeration to say that this company is so powerful that it is not like a company at all. Except for an empire like the Qing Dynasty, ordinary countries cannot compete with this company at all.

However, after a period of decline, such a powerful East India Company suddenly announced bankruptcy without warning when it began to revitalize. He was puzzled by this. He knew very well that the company was not rumored to go bankrupt due to poor management, nor could it go bankrupt because of insolvency, nor could it go bankrupt because of competition but not because of Citibank's businessmen. Moreover, there was no coup in the country, nor did it start a large-scale foreign war.

In other words, no reason for the collapse of the East India Company is found from the outside or inside.

After thinking for a while, Wu Bingjian still had no idea. He reached out to ask for tea, but found that the tea was cold. He poured the herbal tea, poured it again, took a few sips before he looked at Yi Zhizu and said, "The East India Company went bankrupt and went bankrupt. There are many different opinions and no consensus. Do you have a unique opinion or opinion?"

"It's just a matter of opinion." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "I personally think that the British East India Company committed suicide. In other words, the company was disbanded on its own initiative."

Suicide? Wu Bingjian's hands trembled and was immediately burned by the hot tea splashed out. He quickly put down the tea cup and said in surprise: "How could it be suicide?"

"Only suicide can be explained." Yi Zhizu said: "From the date of its establishment, the British East India Company has experienced storms for more than 200 years. Countless people want to defeat it or replace it, including King Charles I of Britain, Louis XIV of France's "Sun King" Louis XIV and Napoleon I, India's Tipp Sultan, and US President Madison should also be considered one, but no one can succeed.

When the company went bankrupt, it had hundreds of thousands of troops, and directly controlled 280,000 troops in India alone. This was not counted in America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. If the army that the company could indirectly control would be worth millions.

The company can be said to have money, soldiers, and territory. Why did it go bankrupt and go bankrupt in such a peaceful manner? There has never been a trace of struggle and resistance? There is no other possibility except suicide."

This is too far-fetched. Wu Changqing couldn't help but say: "I heard that it was the British House of Commons that announced the collapse of the East India Company. Could it be that the King of the UK or the House of Parliament forced the collapse of the East India Company?"

After hearing this, Yi Quezuo smiled slightly and said, "The East India Company has no stupid idea of ​​a monarch who wants his minister to die, and his ministers have to die. The King of England, Charles I, who was just mentioned, wanted to support another business group to replace the East India Company when he was in power. Do you know the result?

The East India Company strongly supported another nobleman, Cromwell, and sent Charles I to the guillotine. As for the British House of Commons, the vast majority of MPs were shareholders of the East India Company or owned the company's shares, and they could not take the initiative to shut down the company."

Although he was very content with his words, Wu Bingjian still couldn't accept this speculation and asked after a while: "Why did the East India Company commit suicide?"

"Tea!" Yi Zhizu said crisply.

"Because of tea suicide?" Wu Changqing's incredible expression on his face. The history of such a long time and such a huge company committed suicide due to tea? Is this too nonsense?

But when I heard the word "tea" and Wu Bingjian's expression was so serious that he was afraid of others. He said in a deep voice: "Is it because Assam has successfully transplanted tea trees and opened a tea garden?"

Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "It turns out that Mr. Pinghu already knows it."

Wu Bingjian sighed and said, "After the British and Burmese War, the British discovered a large number of wild tea trees in Assam. After the British and Burmese War, the British controlled Assam and began to transplant tea trees in Assam and opened tea gardens.

The variety of wild tea trees in Assam is too poor. The British secretly bought a batch of Fujian tea seeds from Guangzhou and went to Assam to plant them. However, the British and Indians did not understand the technology of tea tree cultivation, so they managed to smuggle a batch of tea farmers from Macau to Assam.

However, I heard that all the tea farmers were killed and the tea garden was destroyed. It seems that the British have never given up and finally made them successful."

After hearing this, Yi Zhizu was shocked. Who killed the tea farmers in Assam and destroyed the tea gardens? Apart from Thirteen Lines, who else could know that the British secretly planted tea trees in Assam? Apart from Thirteen Lines, who else would care about this? It is really hard to see that Thirteen Lines can stretch out so far.

Wu Changqing suddenly interrupted, "Since you can destroy Assam's tea garden once, can't you destroy it again?"

"It's not easy..." Wu Bingjian sighed and said, "The importance of Assam to the British is self-evident. How can he tolerate repeated destruction?"

"That may not be necessary." Yi Zhizu said lightly: "It may not be difficult to destroy Assam..."

Isn't it difficult? Wu Bingjian looked at him with a puzzled look, but said nothing.

Wu Changqing said happily: "Brother Yi has a way to destroy the Assam tea garden?"

"Assam borders Yunnan and is also a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. If the court can understand Assam's existence, it will cause the court to lose tens of millions of taels of silver every year. The court will inevitably send troops and a large army will expedition Assam." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "However, military expenditures are probably the Thirteen Corps who are fully responsible for it."

Wu Bingjian shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The Qing Dynasty is not an English country, and it will not raise troops for commercial trade. There is no possibility for a large army to expedition to Assam."

Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "Will it be feasible to follow the example of the British East India Company and build a private army from the Thirteenth Corps to expedition to Assam?"

This is simply a joke. Can the court allow Thirteen corpses to build an army privately? Wu Changqing glanced at him and smiled bitterly, "Brother Yi is joking..."

Yi Zhizu said unconsciously: "It is not possible to build a private army by self-built. With the financial resources of Thirteen Lines, a team of hundreds of people sneak into Assam for destruction, this should not be difficult for Thirteen Lines, right?"

"Difficult..." Wu Bingjian sighed: "Assam is located in a river valley, with many swamps in the territory, and both sides are high mountains. Not only is it easy to defend but difficult to attack, the climate is particularly harsh, extremely humid, and often rains heavily. Perhaps only Annan, Siam, and Burmese can adapt to that environment."

Wu Bingjian is so familiar with Assam's geographical climate. It seems that he has sent someone to conduct a detailed investigation. Needless to say, the last time he went to Assam to kill tea farmers and destroy tea gardens must have been Wu Bingjian's masterpiece.
Chapter completed!