Chapter 655

Unlike the Muscat war of aggression in 1784, the Barbary chamber of Commerce war was Pierce's first war of personal will.

The idea of the war was very hasty, and there was no too much consideration of the transition when proposing the proposal. Even the opponent was a group of paper sharks, which was not worth mentioning for the Drake chamber of Commerce.

But the war meant a lot to pierce.

First of all, he found the right goal and did not overestimate his strength to challenge the Turkish empire that could not be shaken by the power of the chamber of Commerce alone.

Secondly, he found the right way. First, he stood at the commanding height of morality to seize justice, then stood at the commanding height of force to seize the number of victories, and finally closed at the sight of good, and tried his best to turn victory into income.

When he first saw the special report written by Ramos, Lorraine felt that most of them were not written by Pierce.

But a group of Presidents were brothers who watched pierce grow up bit by bit. They insisted that pierce planned the whole operation, just as naturally as pierce asked them to adjust the ship and they disrupted their escort plan without saying a word.

It's the same with Lorraine, because he signed and issued the cross ocean assistance of the second formation.

Who contributed which link is not important in this war. What matters is how much pierce learned under these brothers.

Facts have proved that he has learned a lot.

After solving the Barbary piracy incident, Lorraine decided to loosen the tie to pierce.

In August 1786, the repaired secret service formation escorted a European African Trade fleet of the hundred business association to the Cape of good hope, continued to move eastward at the strong request of Eddie, and arrived in Mumbai, the headquarters of the East India Company and the colonial capital of the East India in mid December.

"What do you say?" pierce sat on the sofa with a shy eyebrow. "It can only be said that Eddie Garman is still that Eddie Garman."

During the Muscat war of aggression in 1784, Eddie accidentally won the foothold of the chamber of Commerce in the Indian Ocean with Lorraine's wrist. Since then, he has always been thinking about the legendary golden Ganges.

This desire was suppressed by him for a whole year until it was determined that the branch had a firm foothold in Muscat and its tentacles were all over Africa. Finally, he used the relationship of Royal Africa and began to flirt with the East India Company.

From the end of 1785 to the beginning of 1786, he spent six months bribing thousands of pounds to the greedy Indian governor Warren Hastings. Just before the harvest, Hastings was suddenly recalled for suspected corruption.

When Hastings came to the East, Eddie was devastated. The Drake chamber of commerce system gives the sub presidents great sovereignty, but under the sovereignty, the financial supervision built by Carmen forces them to balance in and out.

Bribery is possible, but bribery must have gains. War is possible, but war must have gains.

A huge crisis crashed into Eddie's face. In the face of this fruitless bribery, did he pay for it himself, or did he report it truthfully and accept criticism?

Fortunately, the aftermath of the war of independence and the political struggle of the upper parliament saved him.

The British army was defeated in North America, the government of Lord north of the Tories, which had been in power for 10 years, collapsed, and the main Whig Party came to the front stage and took charge of the government under the leadership of Marquis lokingham.

However, the Tories were not reconciled to this failure. Taking advantage of the resignation of Warren Hastings and the vacancy of the governor of India, they launched a surprise attack on the upper Council and directly hit the right arm of the new prime minister out of the political circle in London.

This arm is the second-generation Earl of Cornwallis, Mr. Charles Cornwallis.

The Earl of Cornwallis and the Drake chamber of commerce are very connected.

He played an important role in the North American War of independence. To some extent, it was Lorraine's smuggling that made Washington have a strong Continental Army, which eventually led to his surrender in Yorktown.

This is what Eddie doesn't know.

Eddie knew that this happened to be the brother of Lieutenant General William Cornwallis, commander of the African fleet of the Royal Navy.

General William Cornwallis's officials and disciples had many points because of Lorraine. The sea taking action that died halfway promoted him from Colonel to major general. Later, the Muscat invasion made him from major general to lieutenant general and the speaker of the African fleet.

Lieutenant General William Cornwallis has a firm relationship with Drake chamber of Commerce, and has a deep personal relationship with Eddie.

At the same time, the Cornwallis family is an important member of the Whig party, and the Drake family of Tavistock is also an important pillar of the Whig party.

With the same political path and no lack of personal friendship, Charles Cornwallis's transfer to the governor of India may be a conspiracy of political opponents, but for Eddie, only Bailey is harmless.

Eddie regained his confidence.

He got the itinerary of governor Cornwallis in the Cape of good hope through Vero Baker, manager of the African chamber of Commerce, and met the governor at the dust washing reception. With a clever mouth, he persuaded the governor to investigate the construction of zuvo port on his way to office.

As expected, the prosperity of zuwo port was deeply impressed by governor Cornwallis. Eddie took advantage of the victory and made a request for trade with India.

Governor Cornwallis welcomed the presence of Drake chamber of Commerce, a chamber of commerce with noble background and strong strength. The two sides hit it off immediately. Eddie quickly found a fulcrum to participate in the Far East trade in Mumbai and Chennai.

At this point, Eddie's good luck was finally exhausted.

The British East India Company is a special business organization.

She was founded in 1600. On December 31 of that year, Queen Elizabeth I granted the company a royal charter to give it the privilege of trading in India. Therefore, the [London merchant trading company in East India] was officially established.

At the beginning, the company, composed of 125 shareholders and a total share capital of 72000 pounds, had only 15 years of licensing, and it was not able to establish a stable trade point in India until 1608.

Between 1609 and 1610, she finally established her first factory in mosuli Perdem on the ebony coast of the bay of Bengal. The company's directors concocted false accounts, claiming that the company had made huge profits in India. James I, blinded by high contributions, prompted him to issue an indefinite charter to solve the company's urgent needs.

In 1612, the company defeated the Portuguese and was favored by the rulers of the Mogul Empire. James I sent messengers to win the privileges of factory construction and trade for the company, and then received preferential treatment of tariff.

Under such political protection, the company was able to flourish and quickly surpass the Portuguese as the most powerful foreign force in India.

During the Cromwell revolution, the protector, the company made a big bet and stood firmly by the royal family.

This made Cromwell adjust the company's charter during his tenure, which affected the interests of the company. But the royal family quickly restored, and the company's gamble was rewarded.

In 1662, Princess Catherine of Portugal married King Charles II. Mumbai was brought to England as a dowry and contracted to the company in 1668.

In 1670, Charles II issued five laws granting the company the right to independently occupy territory, mint coins, command fortresses and armies, form alliances and declare war, sign peace treaties and try civil and criminal proceedings in the occupied areas. The company is the agent of Britain overseas.

In 1680, the company established the first armed force loyal to the company rather than Britain.

In 1688, the company moved its headquarters to Mumbai and began to develop Calcutta two years later.

By 1689, the British East India Company was no longer a simple trading company.

She has the characteristics of a country, independently controls the rule of Bangladesh, Chennai and Mumbai, and has terrible, loyal and threatening military forces.

In 1698, the company had its own motto: "subordinate to our sponsor - the king and Parliament of England", which further loosened its relationship with Britain.

On the other hand, Britain naturally does not want to see its cornucopia drift away.

In 1694, Parliament passed a non Regulatory Act allowing any British company to trade with India unless parliament passed a bill prohibiting the trade, thereby effectively canceling the charter granted to the company by James I.

In 1698, after the company had the motto, Parliament passed a law to establish a parallel East India Company [British East India Trading Company].

However, the new company has just landed, and the shareholders of the old company have mastered more than 16% of the equity through various channels, reaching the majority of shareholders. They can no longer challenge and replace the status of the old company as expected by the parliament.

In 1702, the two companies merged, along with some government agencies and two other companies.

The full name of the merged company is the East India Trade Association of English businessmen. It lent £ 3.2 million to the government in exchange for its only privilege for the next three years.

In the following decades, disputes continued between the Parliament and the East India Company. The company hoped to become an organization that permanently controlled the British overseas economy. The parliament did not miss any opportunity to occupy the company's wealth and give it greater autonomy.

Until 1770, the famine in Bangladesh killed 16 people in Bangladesh, exposing the company's weakness and defects in the administrative field.

The company was forced to seek help from Britain. In 1773, the parliament passed the East India Company Act under the threat of the Tea Act (which eventually led to the Boston Tea dumping incident and the war of independence), and finally clearly established the sovereignty and ultimate control power of Congress over the company.

This decree recognizes the political responsibilities of the company and clearly stipulates that [the company exercises the sovereignty of the royal family on behalf of the royal family, not for the company itself].

The current organizational structure of the company, which consists of all directors composed of the governor of India and 24 directors and makes regular reports to 10 committees under its jurisdiction, was also established at that time.

It can be seen that the East India Company is not a simple trading organization. It has monopolized all trade in the Far East for a long time. Even the nominal chairman, the governor of India, cannot rashly intervene in business.

The Drake chamber of commerce is not unable to share the profits of the Far East, but governor Cornwallis needs reasons to convince directors and committees.

In other words, Eddie needs to make an eye-catching and memorable contribution to the East India Company if he wants to realize the trade license into trade share.