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On the hospital bed.

Famous doctor Hu Xun said: "Your Highness is not seriously ill, but his gastrointestinal irritation is excessive. Please do not eat greasy and spicy food in the past two days."

"Thank you." Zhao Han said.

"Don't dare!" Hu Xun quickly handed over his hand.

The doctor received the money and left. Before leaving, he prescribed a prescription to regulate the gastrointestinal tract.

Zhao Kuanglui lay weakly on the bed. He had been having diarrhea for a day, and all he had in the end was water.

Zhao Han said to the palace maid who was preparing to boil the medicine: "First get a bowl of salted water. It will have a slightly salty taste."

"Father, I can really sit up, they are making too much fuss." Zhao Kuangyi said.

Zhao Han smiled and said: "You have pulled too much and have no strength, so you should lie down and talk."

Although the roadside stall is very dirty, it has been cooked at high temperature and any bacteria have been killed long ago. It must be stimulated by the greasy and spicy taste.

In addition, let’s talk about pig intestine oil. It’s called skirt oil. The large pieces of fat have to be peeled off to make lard. There is basically no weird smell.

The pig intestine oil in the soup on the roadside is not even the skirt oil, it is just the fat layer of the fat intestine. If you wash it with the pig's large intestine, it will definitely be contaminated with the odor of the large intestine. The vendor is reluctant to use flour and salt. If it is not cleaned cleanly, it will be bought by the vendor.

The hawker then removes the oil from the fat intestines and is reluctant to wash it with flour, salt, and alkali. He just rinses it naturally in water, so it smells very bad.

Zhao Han asked: "What title do you want?"

Zhao Kuanglui thought for a while: "Since my child is going to the navy, why not be named the King of the Sea?"

Zhao Han grinned after hearing this: "King of the Sea doesn't sound good, just be crowned King of Jin. The princes of the new dynasty do not have fiefs, so they can only receive their salaries on time. I will give you a palace in the city. The vacant land in the city has long been gone. , there are still a few small gardens left by the nobles of the previous dynasty. You can choose one by yourself, renovate it and live in it."

"My dear, thank you father for your kindness." Zhao Kuangyi said.

Zhao Han asked: "This kind of short-term prince is not interesting. Do you want to truly seal the territory?"

Zhao Kuangluo was startled and said quickly: "My child has absolutely no such thoughts."

Zhao Han said: "If you want to seal the territory, go overseas and fight. East of Chittagong, you are not allowed to get involved. West of Chittagong, you can do whatever you want."

Zhao Kuangluo really hadn't thought about this. He could tell that his father was not joking, but with a kind of encouragement and expectation.

For a moment, Zhao Kuangyi didn't know how to make a decision. He repeatedly weighed the pros and cons and said, "Father, I have to think about it again."

"Think slowly, don't be in a hurry, there is plenty of time, and it will not be too late to reply after ten years," Zhao Han stood up and said, "You should recover first, and eat less messy food in the future!"

Zhao Kuanglui drank the boiled salt water and took the medicine. His whole mind was in a mess.

He is greedy for the prosperity of China and does not want to go to remote and poor places overseas. He also has great ambitions and wants to imitate his father and achieve great things. You cannot have your cake and eat it too, you must choose one of the two.

After he regained some strength, Zhao Kuangli borrowed files from Honglu Temple.

To the west of Chittagong is the Indian subcontinent. As for places further away, Zhao Kuangli does not consider it.

The east coast of India is full of Dutch colonial ports. The west coast of India is full of Portuguese colonial ports. Zhao Kuangyi prefers the east coast, for no other reason than that it is closer to China.

Information about the east coast of India comes partly from ocean missions, partly from Han merchants, and partly from European missionaries.

The northernmost one is Bangladesh, which is very powerful.

To the south is the territory of the Mughal Empire, so don't mess with it.

Further south is the kingdom of Golconda, which fought back and forth with the Mughal Empire.

Continuing down, there are three states of Jinji, Tanjore and Madurai, all of which were formed independently from the division of the Vijayanagar Kingdom.

Among them, Tanjore is the richest, rich in rice and cotton.

Madurai is a bit trickier. It is one of the seven holy cities of Hinduism and the center of Dravidian culture. Once it is invaded by a pagan religion, it is very likely that nearby countries will join forces.

"Tanjore, or Thanjavur, is located in the southeast of mainland India."

"It is bounded by the Kingdom of Jinji to the north, Mysore to the west, Golconda to the northwest, and Madurai Kingdom to the southwest. It is bounded by the sea to the east, and the island of Ceylon is across the sea to the southeast."

"The capital city of Tanjore is at the mouth of the Kaveri River. There are many irrigation canals along the river. The climate is hot and two crops are harvested in a year. If there are no irrigation canals and rivers, there are many types of upland rice and cotton, which can be harvested once a year..."

"This country originally belonged to the Chola Kingdom. In the early years of Jiajing, it was annexed by the Vijayanagar Kingdom. In the early years of Chongzhen, Governor Nayak established himself as the Nayak Kingdom. In the last years of Chongzhen, the Nayak Kingdom was divided into two parts. Two, namely the country of Tanjore and the country of Madurai.”

"This country has cavalry and elephant soldiers, which seem to be quite fierce. There are also very few firemen and artillery soldiers. The king is extravagant and extravagant. He does not build irrigation canals or take care of farming. He builds a lot of construction projects and temples..."

"All the land in the country belongs to the king. However, like the emperor of Zhou, all the land is occupied by aristocratic landowners. The states, counties and cities are all represented by aristocrats. All the villages, towns and townships belong to the landlords. All landowners must be from prominent families, with one or more surnames. Jurisdiction over one or several villages..."

The people of Tanjore are almost all Hindus and there are not many pagans to be found.

As for the land, it was mostly occupied by the Brahmin caste, and even the Kshatriyas were suppressed. The countryside is all controlled by landlords. As long as taxes are paid on time, the king is too lazy to take care of it. There is not even a serious official. The landlord is heaven, the landlord is law, and the big landlords unite to oppress the people.

Moreover, the landowners muddle along and do not build water conservancy projects at all. The irrigation canals along the river were dug by the Chola Kingdom hundreds of years ago. Many of the irrigation canals have fallen into disrepair and are too lazy to repair.

A little further away from the river, an irrigation canal can be built to produce two crops a year, but they only rely on the sky for food, and there is even a lot of wasteland. Irrigation canals were not built because the landowners were not united and could not distribute the benefits equitably. If the wasteland is not reclaimed, farmers will not have the perseverance to produce a permanent product, and even if they reclaim it, it will be occupied.

This country has long been in decay.

If history does not change, in another five years, the capital will be captured and the dynasty will change.

And the new rulers are just a bunch of water dogs.

Shivaji, the rebel, defeated the country of Bigapur until it was unable to fight back. Some nobles of the Bigapur Kingdom fled with a small number of troops, and were beaten by the Golconda Kingdom on the way. Such a rubbish army, with only one or two thousand people left after escaping, actually destroyed the country of Tanjore.

The big landowners who controlled the countryside seemed to be deeply entrenched, but they did not dare to resist at all, and entire villages became slaves.

They didn't even dare to start a religious war. The good-looking Hindu country was occupied by more than a thousand Christian remnants and obeyed the rule of the pagan aristocrats.

How many Datong armies can such a country withstand?

A few days later, Zhao Kuanglui found the emperor: "Father, I plan to capture the country of Tanjore."

"You have good vision," Zhao Han was quite pleased. "Should I stay in the navy for a few years first, or lead the troops to go on an expedition next year?"

"Next year, it should be sooner rather than later." Zhao Kuangluo was afraid that his will would be weakened. After his youthful and vigorous years, he would definitely not want to go to India to suffer.

Zhao Han helped analyze: "Even if the Han people want to immigrate, they will definitely go to Nanyang first. Therefore, for a long time, there will not be enough Han people in the land you occupy. You can combine the officials of Tanjore City and The nobles were killed, but other cities and villages must rely on the original nobles and landowners to rule."

"The situation there is explained in the archives of Honglu Temple," Zhao Kuangyi said. "The landowners are basically in the hands of Brahmins. After occupying the capital, the sons and daughters will win over the Kshatriyas who control the army and grant them more land and population. . Let the Kshatriyas and Brahmans fight. Once the two groups fight to a similar level, the country will basically become stable. As for the Han people, just control the capital and surrounding areas, and slowly multiply and immigrate."

Zhao Han reminded: "Be careful of the Dutch. The governor-general of the Dutch East India Company is in Ceylon, separated from the city of Tanjore by a strait. Just sell the cotton to Han merchants, and the rest of the goods should be sold to the Netherlands. We still have to sell it to the Netherlands.”

"Please remember this." Zhao Kuangyi nodded.

Zhao Han added: "Guangnan Province can no longer cause trouble. If you send a thousand of the Datong Army stationed there to India, they will be your private soldiers from now on. You have to pay them yourself. If you don't have enough money, you can only You will be rewarded with land and slaves, but the court will not send you any more money. As for the ships, I will give you three old warships that are about to be eliminated. You can use them as a navy, for trade, or even as a pirate. . The naval officers and soldiers on the warship will only give you a small part, and you can go to the coast to recruit people on your own for the rest."

Some of the coastal residents moved ashore and divided their land, but most still lived on boats.

More and more of the navy's soldiers, sailors, and handymen were born among the Dan people, and a large number of Dan people went to Southeast Asia to cultivate land. If this continues for a few more decades, the Dan people will probably disappear completely.

Zhao Kuangluo said: "Father, I need cavalry, and two to three hundred cavalry are enough. For the southern cavalry, the horses are too short, so I need tall horses."

"War horses are mobilized from the royal racecourse, and riders are recruited from retired cavalry." Zhao Han suddenly remembered a person, "Sun Kewang is in Taiwan. You can make him the cavalry leader. He has no team of his own and can only be loyal to you. He can't afford anything. Stormy.”

Sun Kewang is in his 40s. He lives in a mountainous area in Taiwan and works as a village chief. He is probably willing to go to India.

Zhao Kuanglui went to visit his biological mother, Pan Qimei, and explained that he was about to go to sea. He was hugged by his mother and cried bitterly. Maybe mother and son would not be able to see each other again in the future.

Next, Zhao Kuangyi wrote letters to his classmates in elementary school, middle school, university, and military academy. They all have relatively good relations with each other. If they are invited to go to India together, they will definitely be granted official status and land when they get there. As for the infantry, cavalry and navy, Zhao Han helped to select them, so that the southern soldiers and civilians enthusiastically signed up to go to sea.

After the Chinese New Year, Zhao Kuangyi will go to Guangzhou and head to India with a large group of people. Doctors, craftsmen, veterinarians, etc., are also followed by a group of people, but they are basically young people without wives and children, and apprentices account for more than 90%.

India is huge, and it will take at least a hundred years for complete colonial control.

Zhao Kuanglui goes to the south to open up Xinjiang and establish a country. It depends on him how much he conquers. And the place he did not conquer is where China will colonize India in the next hundred years.