As early as 1510, the Portuguese sailed to India and established trade strongholds in Goa, the west coast of India.

Now in 1663, it has been more than 150 years since the West colonized and arrived in India.

After Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain and France also arrived in India one after another, among which the British came from behind, occupying Masulipatam on the east coast in 1611, and after occupying Surat on the west coast in 1613, their power gradually expanded to the entire Deccan Plateau.

In contrast, the Ming fleet arrived in India was actually more than 40 years later than the United Kingdom.

However, due to the high quality and low price of goods in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty merchants quickly opened up after arriving in India and gradually drove inferior British goods out of the market.

Under similar technical conditions, no one in the world can make products cheaper, better and more competitive than China.

When the Ming Dynasty merchants arrived, they naturally snatched the jobs of the British.

Twenty-three years ago, after the bourgeois revolution broke out in Britain, handicrafts in Britain developed rapidly, and the domestic bourgeoisie urgently needed a broad market to dump domestic products.

The UK has a small territory and a limited population, and the market cannot meet the development of the British bourgeoisie, so the UK must find a larger market.

At this time, there was a competitive relationship between European countries, and it was difficult for British goods to enter European countries, while the American colonies were not developed, and Black Africa was in ruins and had limited consumption capacity.

At this time, the most prosperous and wealthiest areas in the world are still the three centers of the Old World, East Asia, India, Ottoman and Persia.

This is the core area of ​​the traditional world, with a high level of civilization, and after all, it is rich. Most of the world's wealth and population are concentrated in these three areas.

Among them, East Asia is a competitor of the West and a guardian of the old world within the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty. The Celestial Kingdom has everything that does not require British products, and British goods are not competitive.

The Ottoman Turkish Empire had a vast market and a large population, but it was hostile to the Christ world. If Britain could find its goal, it would be India, a large market with a population of more than 100 million.

In the middle of the 17th century, the world's total population was about 500 million, and India alone accounted for 20% of the population. After India, Britain occupied at least one-fifth of the world's market.

Zhao Ming valued India because once the Ming Dynasty controlled India, it controlled half of the world's population and market, and no country could easily shake the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Britain had no advantage in the Ming Dynasty, so when the Ming Dynasty made efforts and began to expand its influence and business territory in India, Britain was immediately at a disadvantage.

British goods were not competitive with Ming Dynasty merchants, but the British did not work hard on products, but instead adopted many other means to compete with Ming Dynasty merchants.

These include forcing Indian states and signing treaties with British East India Company, not allowing them to trade with Ming Dynasty merchants, protecting their own markets, and sending pirate fleets to attack and plunder Ming Dynasty caravans.

About ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty fleet began to appear on the east coast of India, and many Ming Dynasty merchant ships were robbed by British pirates.

In recent years, merchants in the Ming Dynasty formed a fleet through the Merchants Shipping Company, and then gradually opened up the situation.

This made the British colonists very angry and uneasy. Due to different cultures, the British did not choose to compete fairly, but decided to drive away the Ming Dynasty caravan, so a fierce conflict broke out with the Ming Dynasty caravan in the Bay of Bengal.

In the conflict, the British relied on the strong ships and guns, and lost their advantage when facing the Ming fleet, which was also strong, guns and guns.

At this time, the sudden joining of the Zhou army made both sides hit it off, defeating the Ming Dynasty caravan under the attack from land and water, and seizing the Ming Dynasty's stronghold in the Bay of Bengal.

Delhi City, inside the yamen of the Zhou State Department.

Hong Chengchou and a group of officials from around the country sat at a long table at the British East India executives who came to negotiate.

At this time, Sun Kewang looked at the conditions put forward by the British, "1. The Great Zhou Empire and the British East India Company reached a military alliance to resist together, and the Ming Dynasty's power expanded to India. 2. The Great Zhou Empire opened up trade, allowed British merchants to enter the Zhou Kingdom for trade, and allowed British merchants and their families to live freely in the Zhou Kingdom. 3. The British consuls were allowed to be dispatched. 4. The taxes paid by British merchants for import and export of goods must be agreed with the UK. 5. The British merchants committed crimes in the Zhou Kingdom and needed to allow the consuls to participate in the trial."

Sun Kewang glanced at Hong Chengchou, threw the documents on the table, and cursed directly: "What kind of covenant is this?"

The senior executive of the British East India Company saw that Prime Minister Zhou was angry and hurriedly spoke a lot of birds.

After listening to the translation, Hong Chengchou said to Sun Kewang: "This is just a preliminary treaty, we can discuss it, and we can also make our requests."

Sun Kewang said angrily: "These White Vanguard ghosts are not upright and too cunning. They are alliances and should benefit each other. This treaty is clearly here to cheat our Great Zhou. I am relatively aligned with them and reserve opinions."

When Hong Chengchou heard this, he immediately raised his face and pointed out that the East India Company was too unauthentic.

The people from the East India Company actually want to rely on the Orientals, not understand these diplomatic terms, and want to take advantage of them.

When they saw that Prime Minister Zhou State realized it, they hurriedly said that they could change it.

Hong Chengchou said: "Sun Sun, they have agreed to delete unreasonable terms. Sun Sun will give his opinions!"

Sun Kewang was not opposed to reaching an alliance between the Great Zhou Empire and the British. Zhao Ming had the opportunity to have today, which started by absorbing and learning the Western Barbarian firearms.

To maintain independence and resist the expansion of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhou State needed to rely on some things from the Western Barbarians.

When Sun Kewang heard the words, he picked up the document again and said in a deep voice: "Second, British merchants can enter the Zhou Kingdom for trade, but merchants and their families need to enter the country, and Dazhou needs to be approved by the Great Zhou. Third, Britain can send consulates, but Dazhou also needs to send consulates to the United Kingdom. Fourth, the tax will be determined by the Great Zhou. Fifth, British merchants commit crimes in Dazhou, and Dazhou will be tried by the Great Zhou."

The translator told the British mission the content, and the other party had a lot of discussion, and the person in the head spoke again and the birds were singing for a while.

After listening to the translation, Hong Chengchou said to Sun Kewang: "They can accept these changes, but they are required to give them the most-favored-nation treatment. That is, the amount of tariffs can be determined by the Great Zhou, but the tariffs collected by the Great Zhou on various countries must be the lowest tax rate."

Sun Kewang nodded, "This is acceptable."

Hong Chengchou then said to the British mission: "The Great Zhou can give Britain the most favorable state treatment. However, the firearms, craftsmen and help the Great Zhou build soldiers and shipyards must be implemented as soon as possible."

After hearing this, the British hurriedly said that as long as the money is in place, the factory and shipyard can start construction immediately.
Chapter completed!