Edo Traveler

v10 Chapter 9: Alcock's purpose

What would Alcock think when he heard the news?

   Just after a little thought, Alcock realized that he had a chance to do something good. The opportunity to return to the capital of the British Empire, or London, the power center of the empire, is beckoning to him.

  According to the news from the communication cruise ship, the native soldiers of India joined the rebel army as a system, and the Hindus and little white hats in the army left the barracks as a whole. Even the Sikhs and Nepalese are now shaken to a certain extent.

   Fortunately, the Nepalese do not have a big aversion to butter and lard, otherwise the more than 100,000 soldiers who brought Britain to India would have to be completely dismantled.

   There are only more than 20,000 British troops stationed in India, and with the Royal Navy, there are only less than 40,000. To put it ugly, this idea is spread over the vast Indian peninsula, and there is no way to even take care of all the important roads. Not to mention that a large number of monarchs began to sit on the fence and watch, arguing against the British and Indian governments.

   The Crimean War that ended last year killed and injured 100,000 people in the British Empire. Although the modern army is already a sixpence army that can be hired for a week and can be pulled up after three months of training, but you also have to bring the British Empire.

   The British army still implements a recruiting system all the year round, not the militia system once implemented by France next door, which leads to a very average rate of replenishment of the British army. It is often necessary to pull people from the two colonies of Canada and Australia, but even so, London was still worried about mobilizing people to conquer the Qing Dynasty.

The other governors, ministers, and commissioners of the British Empire were worried about their lack of strength and difficulty coping with the wars in all directions, but Alcock had a ready-made army, which was trained completely in accordance with the British code of conduct, middle and high-level officers. Either the British, or the army of British cadets.

   Chuan Xi team!

   It doesn’t need much. First, I took a few thousand people to India. In order to stabilize the Kolkata region of Bangladesh with the British Empire, the British would have a base to counterattack India. Whether to participate in the war or assist in the defense can be discussed as much as possible.

  As long as the Indian colony can be preserved for Her Majesty the Queen, Alcock's contribution will be great. It is not an ordinary one. It is easy to return to Beijing as a minister.

   There is only one question left, how to impress the shogunate?

   The shogunate, which has experienced a national disaster, is obviously unwilling to transfer the army out. Can't adjust the soldiers, Alcock said that more is of no use. After thinking hard, Alcock realized that he still had some bargaining chips in his hands. The matter is human, let's talk to the shogunate first.

   Early the next morning, Alcock took a telegram to Chuemon that he wanted to discuss a major issue with the shogunate. When will the ruling ministers of the shogunate be free? The sooner the better, things are urgent.

After receiving the telegram, Tadaoemon was subconsciously nervous, and an Erjin walked in front of him, and then another Alcock came. This group of people was full of murder and arson, and they wanted to establish a colony. Fortunately, the sun never sets, your empire is famous. Because of the occupation of Kamchatka and the expansion of the residence area in Japan, Erkin has returned to London happily. Could this Alcock...

   will not be Qing country!

   Out of simple personal feelings and some kind of force majeure, it is absolutely impossible for Chungemon to agree to the secondment of thousands of missionaries from the United Kingdom to fight in the Qing Dynasty. Because of the Ansei earthquake, I hid this matter. What should I do this time?

   These foreign devils have no peace!

   Anyway, since Alcock wants to meet, the shogunate can't stop him. After all, the shogunate was okay in all aspects of cooperating with the British, and the two parties became more and more bound. It was inappropriate to refuse the British minister's request for a meeting without reason.

   See you...

"what?"

   After hearing Alcock's words, all the ministers of Mugaku including Ii Naobi are all a series of question marks and question marks.

"The British minister said that Tianzhu broke out with a fist, and there were four to five million in one fist, and there were tens of thousands of people, which was the original British recruitment in Tianzhu." The original worry of Chuyoumon who translated on the side was immediately relieved. .

   Not only did the big stone in my heart fall, but I even had time to translate Alcock's words for the ministers of the Mugaku cabinet. Hundreds of thousands of people's figures made Songping Qixuan frown.

   "Hundreds of thousands of people, no wonder even the United Kingdom panicked." Naobi Ii glanced at Alcock, then looked at Chuemon, meaning that Chuemon hurriedly asked Alcock what he meant.

   "The empire's military strength in Asia is slightly insufficient. I hope that the shogunate can second three to five thousand people to assist the empire in garrisoning Kolkata." Alcock deliberately did not say that he was going to fight.

   After all, if it was said that it was sending troops to attack the enemy, the shogunate was afraid that the new army was dead. Let me talk about being stationed in defense of Kolkata, deceiving the transfer team to India, and then discussing other things when we deceive it.

   "You can't do it~lightnovelpub.net~Three to five thousand people are too many." Matsudaira declared that he could not speak English sentences, but he still understood simple numbers.

   "As long as the shogunate is willing to assist the empire, this friendship will definitely be remembered by Her Majesty." Alcock knew that it was impossible to fool the shogunate into sending troops just by touching it with one mouth, and he had to give ideas for other benefits.

   Tademon watched Alcock's attendant dig out the documents from his briefcase, feeling that Alcock had come prepared, and the inconsistency was an interest-free loan contract and the like.

   So Tademon turned his head quickly and exchanged glances with several ministers of the Mugakaya. Ii Naobi, who had signed an unknown number of loan contracts, was subconsciously overjoyed when he saw the foreigners dig out the documents, and then quickly converged.

   Everyone blinked, and then exchanged a number lightly and quickly. Ii Naobi means three million, Matsudaira Masanori also means three million, Mizuno Tadase and Kuse Hiroshi nodded when they saw it, and Wakisaka Yasutaka was your Highness Edogawa who decided to finish it yourself.

   That's three million!

   Before Tadaemon opened his mouth, Alcock spread the papers in front of him. After briefly discussing a few words with the attachés around him, he spoke slowly.

   "The British Empire will arm 6,000 new soldiers for the shogunate, and all expenses will be paid by the empire!"

   "Six thousand new recruits?" Tadaoemon didn't expect that Alcock's first condition was actually this. He was taken aback and blurted out.

   "Yes, as long as the shogunate agrees, six thousand Sharps muskets can be handed over to the shogunate."