Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 879
Bang bang bang!
The door was smashed and shook violently, and there was shouting outside.Fortunately, Shi Anming and others had already blocked the door with furniture and other objects, and people outside could not get in unless they demolished the door and the wall.

The three Indian women and a group of children in the house shivered with fright and shrank in two bedrooms.

The expressions of Shi Anming and others were fine, but they were nervous and worried.

It is now the second day of the riots. Just as Shi Anming expected, the Mughal local government in Mumbai was unable to control the riots, and the riots had spread to the whole city and even outside the city.

Shi Anming asked Shi Ansheng to wait until he bought some grain, and then he stayed in the house, not going anywhere, and waited for rescue.

From yesterday morning until now, mobs have been trying to break into his house.Because he blocked the doors and windows ahead of time and had muskets to scare people, he has been safe until now.

But it is absolutely false to say that a few people are not worried at all.

Shi Anming's wife, Chen Shi, was the most worried.

"Master, will the army really come to rescue us? I heard on the boat that the Mughals are a huge country with a territory of thousands of miles. Are you afraid of offending the Mughals when the imperial court sends troops to rescue us?"

Although Mrs. Chen is a tigress, she is also literate and reads newspapers when she has nothing to do in China.Of course, I still listen to people reading novels and go to theaters on weekdays, so I have some knowledge, but not much.

Shi Anming said: "How many times have you asked this question? Don't worry, there are thousands of people in Mumbai, and the court will not ignore it."

Shi Ansheng also said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, the imperial court will definitely send troops to rescue. Even if the imperial court is slow to send troops, the big businessmen with armed merchant ships and escorts at the port will not ignore them - those people have a lot of property in this city, no matter what. would be easily discarded."

Shi Ansheng's analysis made everyone feel less worried, so they continued to wait patiently.

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Mumbai port.

On an armed merchant ship equipped with thirty Hongyi cannons, dozens of big businessmen gathered on the deck and were having a meeting.

This meeting was held yesterday afternoon, but there were not many people at that time, only a dozen or so.And because they didn't understand the cause of the matter, the meeting didn't come to a result.

Today, more people were contacted, and the cause of the riot was also found out, so all the big businessmen held a meeting to discuss again.

A thin old man with gray beard and hair said: "I heard that the Mughal emperor issued a decree to expel us Ming people.

I don’t know what the specific content of the decree is. The local government in Mumbai didn’t even give a notice when it implemented it. It sent troops to seal our factories and shops. It was obvious that they wanted to take the opportunity to swallow up our property in Mumbai.

What's ridiculous is that when the people of Mumbai saw the officers and soldiers sealing up our Ming's shops and even looting them, they also looted those Ming's shops that had not been sealed up.

Everyone knows that the rich in Mumbai wear gold and silver, and fish every day, while the poor are slaves and handmaidens, with no place to stand, and people die of hunger and disease every day.

Moreover, 10% of Mumbai's [-] population are poor, so once the looting started, the Mumbai government couldn't control it.

I heard that the officials, officers and soldiers in Mumbai were all driven out of the city by the rioters who broke through the government offices.

It is estimated that the riot will not be quelled until the provincial governor above sends a large army. "

The old man's name was Chen Huan, and he was the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai. He had been doing business here for more than ten years, and he had a lot of connections, so he could only inquire about the news in one night.

When the other big businessmen heard this, they began to discuss in a buzzing manner.

"It turned out that the Mughal emperor wanted to expel us? What should we do?"

"Is the Mughal emperor crazy? How dare you offend our Ming Dynasty?"

"My three concubines and five sons are still trapped in the city, and they are counting on the Mumbai government to quell the riots and save people. Now I know that the riots were caused by the Mumbai government. What should I do?"

"Let's contact the Imperial Navy. The Western Navy has a ship in the sea to the west. Send a ship to look for it. You should be able to contact it in three to five days."

"Three or five days? In another day, our factories and shops will all be gone!"

"···"

Hou Runfa frowned while listening to the discussions of the people around him.

He made a small fortune farming in Luwangling, and soon became a big landlord in Luwangling.Later, when he returned to his hometown, he brought a group of villagers to farm for him, and he took people to do business overseas, because it is faster to make money by doing business overseas these days, and it is not as dangerous as it was more than ten years ago.

He went to other places in Southeast Asia first, and then to India. With his clever mind and good skills, he became a big businessman in seven or eight years.

In Mumbai, he opened a water-powered cotton spinning factory, a candy factory, and three bright goods shops. He invested tens of thousands of yuan and only paid back this year.

If this matter is not handled properly, his work in the past two years will be equivalent to nothing.

Seeing that the people around him couldn't come to a conclusion, he stood up and said loudly: "Let me tell you, it is necessary to contact the court's navy to rescue, but we can't just wait here.

Those of us who have armed merchant ships and escorts can go into the city to save people and protect our property right now! "

One of Hou Runfa's business opponents sneered after hearing this, "Boss Hou said it easily. Let's not say that our people are all mobs, whether we can fight into the city.

Even if you enter the city, what should you do if you end up confronting the Mumbai government?Offended the local government, can we still do business? "

Hou Runfa glared at the man and said, "Lao Lu, with your brain, you are as stupid as a donkey, no wonder you lost so much money last year.

The Mughal emperor is going to expel us, and you still want to not offend the Mumbai government?What are you thinking? "

Immediately, he glanced at the people around him and raised his voice: "Everyone, what we have to do now is to go to the city to save people and keep our property as much as possible. As for the local government and the Mughal affairs, we have to leave it to the imperial court. We should trust the imperial court. It won't let us suffer!"

The performance of the Ming court in the past ten years made Hou Runfa's words very convincing, and most people nodded when they heard it.

Chen Huan, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, also said: "Boss Hou is right. There are still many compatriots trapped in the city. Human lives are at stake. Just because of this, we have to quickly organize an armed team to enter the city!"

The general direction was determined, everyone discussed some details, and then began to organize the armed forces.

In the afternoon, an armed team of 800 people was organized, led by Chen Que and Hou Runfa, the guard captains of Chen's firm, and headed towards the city.

Among the more than 800 people, only more than 400 are actually the guards of various big businessmen, and the rest are buddies and businessmen who voluntarily signed up.

There were more than 500 muskets, and the rest were equipped with sword cards.It's just that the majority of muskets are matchlock guns, and there are only more than 100 flintlock guns.On the contrary, more than 80 tiger squat guns were collected from various armed merchant ships.

Hou Runfa fought the native tribes in Luwangling, and even fought against the invading Western bandits.

In his opinion, this configuration of firepower is more than enough to fight against the mobs in Mumbai, and it can fight against the Mumbai government army.

Mumbai Wharf is not far from the city, but within three or four miles, Chen Que and Hou Runfa arrived within an hour.

I saw the west gate was wide open, and there were only dozens of mobs with various cold weapons guarding it.

Chen Que looked at it, frowned and said, "I don't know if these people are organized, or they came here to guard the city gate on their own initiative."

Hou Runfa said: "Never mind him, there are so few people, let's just call in."

"What if there is an ambush inside?"

Hou Runfa didn't think that the Indian mob had such a brain, but he still thought about it and said, "Then send some people to test it first."

Chen Que nodded, and immediately led a hundred fusiliers and fifty swordsmen to the city gate.

There is no way, they are also a mob. As the "chief general", he can only effectively command the team if he takes the lead in charging.

There was no formation when Chen Que and others rushed over, and the dozens of Indian mobs in the city gate were stunned.

The Mingren musketeer who rushed to the front here saw that the distance was almost the same, so he shot directly.

The crackling gunshots sounded irregularly, and only three people were downed by the mob.The rest of the mob, like startled birds, screamed in panic and scattered into the city.

Chen Que was stunned at first, then shook his head.

He felt that his own performance was bad enough, but he didn't expect these Indian mobs to be even worse.

It can only be said that the two sides are pecking each other.

(End of this chapter)