The bow of the battleship "Yingchuang King" plowed a white wave, and its track was straight to the west. The sailors on the deck were conducting gunnery drills on the gun emplacements on both sides. Following the instructions of the Dutch instructors, come to Sichuan

He and the Yunnan sailors nervously performed simulated loading and firing.

Li Jicheng and Song Yaowen stood on the stern deck of this large galley warship with a load capacity of 280 tons, observing the training of the sailors with interest. Beside the mainmast amidships, there were also sailors training under the guidance of a Dutch instructor.

Under guidance, you can either climb up or down the mast, or pull the rope hard to try to furl or lower the sail.

However, the westerly wind was blowing in the Bay of Bengal at this time, so the "Yingchuang King" sailing westward did not rely on sails to provide power, but sailed on oars. There was another layer of boats below the upper deck of the "Yingchuang King"

On the oar deck, eighty oarsmen from Arakan and Chittagong were working hard to shake the heavy long oars to drive the Dashun Navy's flagship through the waves westward.

The sea in the Bay of Bengal in front of us was swelled with swells and the sea wind was howling. A huge fleet of fifty-five Western-style galleys was sailing against the sudden westerly wind at sea towards the Timurid Empire of India, 1,000 miles southwest of Chittagong.

Coast of Orissa Province.

Among the fifty-five warships, there are five warships the same size as the "Yingchuang King". In addition to the "Yingchuang King", they are the "Ying Prince", "Ying Taisun", and "Ying Chuang Wang".

"Welcome the King of Qin" and "Welcome the King of Han".

These five ships were all built in the Portuguese shipyard that was "acquired" by the Dutch on Poki Island outside Mrauk U. They can be regarded as the "top equipment" of galleys. The hulls are strong, the load capacity is large, and the sail area

It is also very large, with a large number of oars, which can provide a faster speed, and the firepower is also very powerful. There are a total of 28 gun positions on the upper deck, and up to 24 6-pound bronze cannons or cast iron cannons can be placed.

These five "ying"-class warships undoubtedly entrusted the naval dream of Li Jicheng, the grandson of the Dashun Emperor. Therefore, except for the oarsman who is an Arakan, the sailors on the ship are all serious Dashun soldiers, and

Dutch instructors were also invited to train and serve as advisors (actually responsible for command).

The remaining fifty galleys that followed these five "Ying"-class ships to sea were larger and newer warships selected from the original Arakan navy. The sailors on board were all Arakan people.

However, officers and guards from Dashun were also sent to supervise.

Now riding on these fifty-five galleys, in addition to sailors and Dutch instructors, there are also 5,000 elite Long March soldiers!

The targets that these Long March soldiers will attack are corrupt officials and landowners in Orissa Province, which is ruled by the Timur Empire in eastern India!

The Dashun Army! After all, it is more sympathetic to the working people. Even if it becomes an imperialist, it is still a progressive imperialism that wants to fight against the local tyrants and divide the land.

So this trip to India will also have the slogan "Welcome King Chuang, don't pay for food, share the fields", oh, there is also a slogan, "Abolish caste"!

The person who proposed "abolition of caste" was Song Yaowen who was sent to India by Li Jicheng to investigate. He originally wanted to ask for an audience with Aurangzeb, but Aurangzeb was in Samarkand, so he could only meet with the critically ill Governor Mir Zum in Bengal.

Meeting with La. Mir Jumla was very ill and was about to die, so he had no time to argue with Song Yaowen and readily agreed to the Dashun Empire's request to annex Chittagong.

After the diplomatic mission ended, Song Yaowen made a request to visit and worship Buddha in the Timur Empire in India. Mir Jumla gave him a pass and sent several officials who believed in Hinduism to accompany him around.

After some investigation, Song Yaowen found that the working people here in Tianzhu suffered much more than the working people in Ming Dynasty!

The biggest injustice faced by the working people of Ming Dynasty now is one - inequality between rich and poor!

Moreover, the inequality between rich and poor in the Ming Dynasty is not completely unsolvable. There are still many ways out for the poor...if they are willing to endure hardship and are not particularly afraid of death.

As for the problem of being born unequal, if it does not include wealth inequality, then it was nothing in the world of the 17th century. Dashun, which was said to be a peasant uprising, could not compare with the Ming Dynasty in this aspect - now the Ming Dynasty

There are as many as 600,000 military households in Shun's government, which is more than ten times more than the number of nobles in the Ming Dynasty!

Moreover, most of the nobles of the Ming Dynasty were concentrated in Yingtian Mansion. Under the supervision of Emperor Zhu, they could not do too many bad things. The greatest privilege they enjoyed was that they could receive high standards and high levels of education.

However, it is not that the people of the Ming Dynasty did not have the opportunity to receive high-level education. The best aristocratic schools in Yingtianfu also admitted civilian students, but the number of places was limited and the competition was fierce. However, there are also many new private schools in the Ming Dynasty, some of which are not very good.

is low, so civilians with certain financial resources and intelligence also have many opportunities to receive new education.

But it is much more difficult for the farmers, workers, merchants and people in Dashun to become "shi" (fu soldiers)!

Of course, difficulties are difficult, but it is not impossible, otherwise there would not be so many military households in Dashun.

However, the problem of wealth inequality in Dashun is not serious. They are all poor! The farmers are poor when they pay rent, and the soldiers are poor when they fight...

The working people here in Tianzhu suffered all the hardships of the people in the Ming and Dashun dynasties, and they suffered twice as much!

Not only are they poor, but they are also humble, and their children and grandchildren will not be able to stand up for themselves!

There is some kind of caste system in Tianzhu. People have a certain kind of caste. If they don't do well, their descendants will all be untouchables! Princes, generals, ministers, ministers, etc. who have a certain kind of caste are not allowed there.

If you want to turn over, you can only cultivate the afterlife... But who knows about the afterlife? This is too bullying!

The descendants of the untouchables cannot stand up, and of course they are poor. The 30% rent charged by the landlords in Dashun has made Emperor Li Guo talk about reducing rents and restricting rents every day. On the Tianzhu side, the government of the Timur Empire directly

If you collect one-third of the tax, the landlords who have done well in "farming" will have to collect at least one-third of the rent. There are also some crooks and corrupt officials who will ask for money!

I wonder if 10% of them ended up in the hands of untouchables? I really don’t know how these untouchables survived on such a small amount of food.

"Grandson, there are a lot of untouchables in Tianzhu Orissa Province where we are going this time, and they are very poor. They all have no food to eat, no clothes to cover their bodies, and they will not be happy anymore! If we don't go, we probably won't be able to survive.

How soon will it be time for them to revolt themselves!"

Song Yaowen saw that the training of the sailors on the deck had come to an end, so he talked to Li Jicheng about launching a rebellion among the untouchables in Orissa Province.

Li Jicheng nodded and said nothing.

Song Yaowen continued: "I also selected hundreds of people who are proficient in the Indian language in Chittagong and taught them Chinese. When we arrive in Orissa Province, we will let them mobilize the untouchables of India to welcome King Chuang."

"Okay, well done!"

Li Jicheng had little interest in mobilizing the untouchables of Tianzhu to welcome King Chuang, because he just wanted to grab a chance and run away, and had no intention of becoming a bandit in Tianzhu. It didn't matter to him whether the untouchables would welcome King Chuang or not.

However, he still expressed his approval for Song Yaowen's efforts, because "Ying Chuang King" is Dashun's political correctness!

Li Jicheng also boasted the same in the memorial to Li Guo - he didn't dare to say that he asked Tianzhu to become a robber. He didn't care about it, but his grandfather was very taboo and wouldn't let anyone talk about it. Li Jicheng had to dare to say that he wanted to be a robber.

My son, I’m afraid my grandson’s seat will be gone soon...

Therefore, Li Jicheng's memorial is full of the misery of the untouchables in Tianzhu, looking at the Dashun Dynasty in the distance like a baby looking for its parents, waiting for King Chuang to save them.

Li Jicheng was silent for a while and then said: "Yaowen, are there many corrupt officials in Tianzhu in Orissa Province? Who are they? How did they become officials? Have you asked about them? Do they have any influence in the local area?

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Chapter completed!