Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

"I have come to seek the help of the Oppenheimer family on behalf of my nation."

Joseph was not surprised, as he had expected this much. No single merchant from the Bharatiya Empire would have anything to do with him, since he was in the financial industry, which inherently had no export value unless the other person wanted to find out intelligence about the Holy Roman Empire from him. If so, Joseph decided to immediately report the man’s deeds to the royal family.

All these thoughts raced through his mind in a split second, but he did not reveal his intentions. "Please elaborate, sir."

"Sir Joseph, it is like this: you may not know, but the Bharatiya Empire is currently in the process of integration. The southern part of the empire is where the core and heart of the Bharatiya Empire lies, while the northern part of the empire, which has been occupied by invaders for a long time over multiple centuries, has seen no development.

Since unification, His Majesty has taken integration as the main goal."

"Now that goal is about to reach fruition. All the necessary steps have been taken to make the integration easier, but we have encountered a problem." Yatin paused and looked at Joseph to see his reaction.

’So it is not about intelligence?’ Joseph was immediately relieved but also intrigued. He leaned forward in interest as everything mentioned by the Indian was quite novel to him. He did not know that the Bharatiya Empire was only recently unified and is in the process of integration. If such a thing happened in a large area in Europe, he already smelled many opportunities to make money.

Sadly, this opportunity was far away from him, in the subcontinent which is a goal unreachable by him. But he was still interested in what the purpose of the Bharatiya was. "What problem?"

Yatin replied, "We do not have enough talent, sir. Education has never been something everyone can reach, much like the civilians in the Holy Roman Empire." "But since His Majesty Vijay Devaraya took the throne, this situation has improved a lot, as education is now widespread.

However, since the implementation of this policy is relatively recent, the fruits will take time to bear, and it is exactly what we currently lack—time. According to the foundational constitution of our Bharatiya Empire, we require a lot of educated people in order to run the nation."

"So, although we have a lot of human resources, material resources, and money, what we lack the most is people who are educated and can take over various government departments in the northern part of the empire."

"This is the reason why our empire has come to seek your help."

Joseph finally realized the problem, but he still could not understand what he could do to help. He was not running a slave trade, for God’s sake, and even if he did, who would dare to sell educated people, who were mostly of noble origin, into the slave trade?

"I can understand your problem, Mr. Yatin, but I still do not understand how I can be of help."

Yatin shook his head. "No, sir, there is no one more suitable to help us than you. We understand the Jews in Europe are treated quite badly for religious and xenophobic reasons. But we in the Bharatiya Empire, since we follow the faith of Sanatana Dharma, do not have this problem.

So we’re looking to recruit or emigrate as many Jews as possible to the Bharatiya Empire in order to relieve our current lack of educated and financially aware administrators."

"WHAT!" Joseph was shocked, as he could never, even in his dreams, have expected things to be like this. "This can work?"

Yetin shrugged. "Why not? Almost all the Jews are educated, and almost all of you, in some way or another, are engaged in some sort of business, with the majority of it being in the financial fields, such as yourself. Most importantly, due to the treatment you receive in Europe, you travel a lot, which means that you are all quite adaptable to new environments.

So I see no reason why the Jews would not want to emigrate to the Bharatiya Empire."

Joseph thought for a while and nodded, but he had a doubt. "But why can’t you recruit normal people from some countries in Europe that have high literacy rates? I am sure that the recruitment drive would be more successful and at a lesser cost than fully emigrating the Jews from Europe."

Yatin shook his head and explained with a helpless expression, "It’s mainly because our societies are not compatible with each other. Most of the people you suggested are Christians, and they find our faith and beliefs to be atrocious and ridiculous."

"There are quite a few Christians in the Empire, many of whom are from Europe, and the similarity among them is that they all try to avoid any sort of cultural exchange with our people. Most annoyingly, they try to convert some of our people at every chance they get.

Now, such a thing is not possible since it is outlawed in the constitution, but the point is that our culture and theirs make it completely unacceptable for us to coexist peacefully."

Joseph nodded his head. He had never considered such a thing. In Europe, where almost everyone is Christian, such a problem did not arise. But in the Bharatiya Empire, this could indeed be a big problem. "And you don’t care about the Jews? Judaism is also one of the three Abrahamic faiths, you know?"

"Not at all. We don’t have any problem with the Jews. As a matter of fact, we have quite a large Jewish community living in the Bharatiya Empire, dating back to when your Kingdom of Israel was conquered. A lot of refugees settled in Bharat, so they have been living there ever since. We know what it is like to live with the Jews.

Although your people do not actively try to integrate with us, they do not try to push their own culture onto us. Additionally, there has been a fundamental change in the Jews living in the Bharatiya Empire, where they now accept all our gods as a part of their own God."

The last point made Joseph frown, but having come to his position, he understood that for people of power, religion has become one more weapon of influence. So he did not have too intense of a reaction regarding the statement.

"Understood. So what can I do for you, sir?"

Yatin explained, "Sir Joseph, you have a lot of influence among the Jewish community in the western part of Europe and employ many Jews yourself. My only request is to please spread the word about our offer of immigration to the Jewish community."

"We are willing to allocate a large piece of fertile farmland and provide stable jobs within the Bharatiya Empire once the immigration and localization processes have concluded."

"Not only that, we are willing to grant all the rights of a Bharatiya citizen to the Europe-born Jewish Bharatiya citizens, which includes entering any profession one might dream of without being shunned by society."

Joseph nodded his head, as this was indeed a tempting offer to his poor compatriots at the bottom of society. "The offer is fair, but sir, why should I help you?" he asked directly. Even though he was a Jew, he was also a businessman; a business without profits is not a business worth pursuing.

Yatin had expected this, as many Jews he had met were very shrewd and opportunistic. "In addition to gaining the friendship of the Bharatiya Empire, the Empire promises to give the Jews a piece of land to build their own kingdom if they so wish. And Mr. Joseph, you are the most influential Jew there is. His Majesty is willing to support you in establishing a nation in the future."

"Wh—What!"

Joseph was immediately shocked to his core. He had never expected the people from the Bharatiya Empire to use such a bargaining chip.

His enthusiasm, which had diminished since his youth, began to boil; he became excited, his pale face turned red, and he was restless.

"Are y-you s-sure? Is th-there n-no f-fault in th-these w-words? And wh-where is th-this l-land y-you p-plan to g-give us J-jews?"

Yatin had expected this reaction since he knew how much a separate country meant to the Jews, who had been homeless for many centuries. "Absolutely sure, sir," he first reassured, then took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over to Joseph. "This is the letter personally printed by His Majesty, complete with his seal and signature."

"This type of paper is used for printing our currency. You wouldn’t find either this paper nor the technology of printing anywhere else, so this should also serve as a form of reassurance for my words."

"For further doubts, you can even authenticate this in any Bharatiya embassy in Europe."

"Or you can directly send someone to the Bharatiya Empire to confirm the news yourself, or better yet, you can travel there yourself."

"As for which land His Majesty is planning to allocate," a smile spread across Yatin’s face, "it is still a secret. However, after witnessing the events of the coming years, I believe your Excellency will soon realize His Majesty’s plan without me having to mention it to you."

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The present day

Joseph had been restlessly working hard to recruit people to emigrate to the Bharatiya Empire. He was really greedy for the things promised by the Bharatiya Empire, so even if the chance of being cheated was large, he chose to take the bet since the resources he would have to expend to fulfill the request of the Bharatiya Empire were not too substantial.

Even if it was false, it was worth it.

"Butler, how many people have we convinced so far?"

The butler looked through the list. "Master Joseph, we have currently convinced 3,420 people, among whom the majority are bankrupt. Some have criminal records and are being hunted down due to blasphemy, while others are genuinely interested in emigrating to the Bharatiya Empire."

Joseph nodded his head in satisfaction; this number was more than what was required by the Bharatiya Empire. He wanted to use this way to show his sincerity to them.

The butler, however, had a worried expression on his face. "Master, is it really okay to send the second young master to the Bharatiya Empire without fully knowing the opponent?"

Joseph shook his head. "You don’t understand, old man. The conditions they promised were so enticing that I had no way to refuse. As for the safety of my son, you don’t have to worry; I have already inquired about the Bharatiya Empire from everyone who has been there, and all the reports I received were that it was safe to travel." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"So, I want my son to contact the Bharatiya Empire and make sure that the conditions proposed by them are true and subsequently ensure that our compatriots are receiving the benefits they have promised."

A few months after the delegation arrived in Europe, the Bharatiya Empire received news about tens of thousands of Jews and Romani’s decision to emigrate to the Bharatiya Empire and settle there.

Back home, Vijay immediately commanded Raghavendra Bhatt to set up a school to teach these new immigrants about the local language, laws, regulations, and customs of the Bharatiya Empire in order to quickly localize them and prepare them for their posts, as the day of integration was getting nearer and nearer.