Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

Mehmed IV, the emperor of the Ottoman Empire, felt his emotions flare up. Since the time he had chosen to stand against the Bharatiya Empire, as far back as when the Bharatiya Empire was only the Vijayanagar Empire, in order to support the Mughal Empire, the Ottoman Empire had seen no good times.

First, it lost three perfectly good battleships it had sent to support the Mughal Empire. Next, mysteriously, a new religion called Dharmic Islam was spread in certain parts of the empire without any explanation Which greatly affected the foundation of the royal family’s rule.

During the battle against the Venetian Republic, there were unexpected changes. Initially, the Ottoman Empire had the upper hand due to the sheer amount of resources, military might, and human resources invested in the battle, which the Venetian Republic could not keep up with.

However, since the Venetian Republic established further connections with the Bharatiya Empire, things have taken a turn for the worse.

Not to mention the complete loss of Ottoman control in Crete, which was partially occupied in the initial stage of the war, even some of the territories of the Ottoman Empire have been constantly harassed by the Venetian Republic in recent weeks.

The destruction of a small fleet of battleships of the Ottoman Empire in the Adriatic Sea at the hands of the Venetians was a more humiliating defeat for the Ottoman Sulthan.

As for recent troubles, the Russian Empire has begun to mobilize for war, and Mehmed did not have any illusions about whom this war was against. He and Alexis I were old rivals and had already fought several times since they took the throne. So he would not be too surprised if the Russian Empire launched an immediate attack on the Ottoman Empire.

What irritates him is the shadow of the Bharatiya Empire behind all the events, as he recently learned that the Bharatiya Empire, the Venetian Empire, and the Russian Empire have come to some sort of deal among the three.

It is only natural that he would show such an unpleasant reaction.

As for other enemies like the Kingdom of England and the Dutch, they too were not pleased with the arrival of the fleet from the Bharatiya Empire, but unfortunately, they could do nothing about it, and their attention soon diverted to fighting for more territory in the Americas with the Spanish and the Portuguese.

Aviraj Jadav, the diplomat selected to be stationed in the Spanish Empire, soon disembarked from the battleship along with his 20 companions, which included unbeknownst to him, Ishak Rathore, the head of intelligence of the Spanish Empire, personally selected by the director of Bharatiya External Pragya, Roshan.

"Bienvenidos al Imperio Español, huéspedes de Bharat."

"Welcome to the Spanish Empire, esteemed guests of Bharat."

Aviraj and his group received a hearty welcome from an unfamiliar white face, but that was to be expected.

A Bheema-class armed merchant ship was stationed with the diplomats, while the rest of the fleet immediately set off for its next destination after replenishing the required supplies.

Rishabh Puranik, the diplomat selected to be stationed in the Kingdom of Portugal, was accompanied by his partner, Devarath Shekhawat, the head of intelligence. They separated from the main fleet to continue their short journey on their Bheema-class armed merchant ship to Lisbon.

Following them was Tanay Chowdhury, the diplomat selected to be stationed in the Kingdom of France, along with his partner, Pranai Kulkarni who was the head of intelligence.

Hriday Dholakia was the diplomat selected for the Holy Roman Empire, accompanied by his partner, Yatin Tikkar, the head of intelligence. Tejasvini Kaushik was the diplomat selected to be stationed in the Venetian Republic, along with his partner, Prithvi Deshmukh, the head of intelligence.

Shivendra Vashisht was the diplomat chosen to be stationed in the Kingdom of Sweden, accompanied by his partner, Virendra Kamat, the head of intelligence. Samarth Godbole was the diplomat selected to be stationed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, while his partner was Aniket Reddy.

Finally, Charvik Manikandan was the diplomat chosen to be stationed in the Russian Empire, accompanied by Kartikeya Reddy.

As this went by, the size of the fleet continued to decrease until eventually, the whole fleet disintegrated, and the resources were shared among all the diplomats, depending on the nations they were stationed in.

The diplomats stationed in relatively unfamiliar countries with limited diplomatic connections received battleships, while those in more familiar countries received Bheema-class armed merchant ships.

Overall, by the end of the trip, the diplomats, who had arrived without any prior view of Europe, had already formed their own perception of the continent, ranging from the perspective of the strong military might of European countries to the weak and backward societal practices.

During their journey, they encountered battleships larger than 2,000 tons, which startled them to the core and humbled their arrogant hearts. However, they also observed a society that was extremely unfair, more unfair than their own caste system, with dirty streets littered with garbage. This, in their opinion, indicated weak societal practices, which ultimately suggested a lack of supervision.

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In the meantime, Selvan had entered the Shaurya Royal Palace with absolute secrecy.

Vijay wondered why Selvan had come to his personal royal palace on the edge of the imperial capital rather than the official one, which was much closer to his office. But suddenly he thought of something. "Weeding plan," he muttered, immediately realizing the importance of the matter.

Vijay gestured for all the attendants to leave the room while his personal security team, headed by Kattappa, immediately stood guard outside, not allowing anyone to enter as Selvan and Vijay began their discussion.

"Selvan, you came in such a hurry. Has there been any change in the matters I told you to look after?"

Selvan nodded. "There has been, Your Majesty, and it is a significant change to start with."

"Tell me about it."

"Your Majesty, didn’t you say that I had to prepare a plan to catch most of the remnants of the Mughal Empire without affecting the remaining populace and without raising much suspicion?"

Vijay nodded. "Yes, I do know. Haven’t I already agreed to your plan when you proposed it to me? What has happened now?"

"Your Majesty, initially, I was perfecting my plan, but recently I received news from the agents I sent to monitor areas with high Mughal remnant activities, and we found something big."

Vijay became more and more curious as he leaned forward.

"Didn’t we speculate that, if left for longer, these remnants would proceed to spoil the porridge, whether by inducement, manipulation, greed, or any other means?"

"Yes, but it should not be so soon, should it? Even the warmth on the dead body of the Mughal Empire hasn’t cooled down. How dare these remnants start to make their move, knowing very well that they have no chance of survival?"

"Yes, that’s right, Your Majesty, and so was the guess of the Research and Analysis Wing of the Bharatiya Internal Pragya. This was also their initial guess. But, Your Majesty, it looks like the expectations of all of us were wrong. These people have already started to act.

They have begun to influence their similar origin compatriots and secretly form societies among themselves while accumulating resources."

Vijay’s mouth was wide open. "Are they stupid or what?"

Selvan nodded his head in agreement. "It’s true that they are impatient, but I think I know the reason for their impatience."

"Oh?" Vijay motioned for him to continue.

"Your Majesty, most of these remnants are distant family members of Mughal nobles or direct descendants of some small-time Mughal landlords who ended up losing their lands. So inherently, they were not valued by their families. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It is entirely possible that these individuals have little to no education or social experience since even though they are not rich, they might have been fed well by their families due to being blood-related."

Selvan’s eyes brightened. "So maybe, just maybe, these people are restless and paranoid, thinking their current lives would also be destroyed. So they chose to act in order to meet with people of similar minds to find warmth."

Vijay finally understood. "So we ended up overestimating these people, huh? We mistakenly attributed their cunningness to the same level as their ancestors in the Mughal Empire, but in the end, they are just reckless second-generation teenagers. Still, it is troublesome for so many of them to exist within the empire.

Although these reckless guys are easy to catch, they are also the most dangerous since their thoughts are very radical and hard to predict. Their repeated assassination attempts on me are the best example. Even though any smart person could tell that an assassination attempt on me in such a situation would be a dead end, they still proceeded to do it and actually got close to me twice.

That alone explains their threat level, so it is best to eliminate them and not let them continue to grow."

Selvan nodded his head. "That is my exact thought, Your Majesty. I’m just waiting for your order to start Operation Weeding."

Vijay did not hesitate any longer; his eyes became firm. "Let’s start the Weeding plan."