Chapter 202 Nicholas, make up your mind! (Please subscribe, please vote)

Petersburg, Winter Palace.

"Grand Duchess Natalie Pavlovna, Lieutenant General Menshikov, and Ming Dynasty Ambassador Wei Yuanda!"

Following a rapid and rapid roll call in Russian, Natalie, Menshikov and Wei Yuanda, all dressed in costumes and uniforms, were led by a Winter Palace guard wearing a wig and walked into the splendid throne.

hall.

Tsar Nicholas I, dressed in a blue military uniform, was sitting on the throne. When he saw that the little sister who had been deceived by Zhuge Weidao finally came back, a rare smile appeared on his face that was always serious and a little scary.

.Mikhail, wearing a navy marshal's military uniform, stood beside the tsar and looked at his favorite little sister with a smile.

"Natalie Pavlovna, how are you? Is your life in Ming Dynasty still happy?" The tsar spoke very quickly, which made it even more obvious that he cared about his sister very much.

Natalie lifted up her skirt and curtsied: "Your Majesty, thank you for your concern. Daozi and I were very happy together. We are both very grateful to you for recognizing our marriage as legal."

The Tsar said: "That is the military advisor of the Zhuge family that Zhuge deserves for being a Taoist. According to the conversion standards recognized in Europe, the status of the military advisor of the Zhuge family is equivalent to the monarch of a small country and the prince of a large country. In order to maintain the relationship between Rakshasa and the Ming Dynasty,

I must recognize your marriage as legal."

Although the Zhuge family has always kept a low profile in the Ming Dynasty, but internationally, no one thinks that the dozen or twenty guys waving goose feather fans in the Zhuge Military Division are ordinary people - they are members of the same official party as the Zheng family.

A dozen or twenty people collectively control the Ming Dynasty, the world's largest industrial power and most populous country!

Therefore, every member of the Zhuge Army Corps and the Zheng Family Official Party will be treated as a "His Royal Highness"!

Natalie smiled and said: "Daozi is fully aware of your good intentions, so he also cherishes the friendship between him and you. Similarly, he also cherishes the friendship between the Ming Empire and the Rakshasa Empire that has existed for more than a hundred years.

Friendship. In today's complicated era, this friendship is an extremely precious treasure for both the Ming and Rakshasa countries. In order to maintain this friendship, Daozi allowed me to join Lieutenant General Menshikov

Take a train or an airship and travel from Daming to Rakshasa as quickly as possible. I hope I can convince you to make the most correct choice on the issue of warship procurement!"

"What is the right choice?" the Tsar asked with a frown.

Lieutenant General Menshikov took the question, took out a stack of documents and several photos from a briefcase he brought with him, and handed them to the Tsar himself.

"This is." The tsar took the documents and photos and looked through them, and found that those photos were taken of the battleship Hero and the armored cruiser Hero. Except for the underwater parts on the front, rear, left, and right, all other parts were taken.

"There are so many turrets!" The Tsar couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the photo taken from the air of the battleship Heroes galloping through the waves.

Wei Yuanda, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, immediately introduced: "Your Majesty, the Hero has a total of 12 280mm main guns. If it faces the enemy from the bow or stern, there are six 280mm cannons that can fire at the same time. If it faces the enemy from the side, it will fire at the same time."

, the number of main guns firing simultaneously is 8!”

The Tsar still didn't show much interest, maybe because he obviously wanted it, but he still had to keep up his reputation.

Natalie was the one who knew the Tsar the best among the three. She had no father when she was little, and the eldest and second brothers were too old to take care of her. So she followed Nikolay and Mikhail. Turning back. Seeing Nicholas's appearance, we knew that he was just coveting Constantinople, but he had not yet made up his mind to capture the city.

Although there is an international situation in which the world's great powers are fighting against the Turkish Empire, except for Rakshasa, no great power seems to be seriously preparing for war? What's more, the great powers have not seriously implemented the arms embargo against Turkey. After India, a major country in South Asia, "regained sovereignty", Indian cargo ships loaded with "Indian arms" passed through the Suez Canal in an honorable manner, breaking through the blockade of the combined fleets of Britain, France, and Ossia, and delivered tens of thousands of tons of arms into the country. Constantinople.

In addition, there is intelligence that the ambassador sent by the Indian Empire to Turkey is mediating, hoping to avoid a full-scale war at the expense of Turkey giving up its sovereignty over Greece and guaranteeing autonomy in Wallachia and Moldavia.

Once Turkey makes concessions, countries such as the United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, France, and Sweden may change their positions. Of course, the British position is the most critical!

In addition to the possibility that Britain would change its position after Turkey allowed Greek independence, the marriage contract between Grand Duke Alexander and Princess Victoria was also a reason for Nicholas I to hesitate.

"Nikolai Pavlovich," Natalie looked at her third brother and said the words she had prepared long ago, "As the D-Tsar of all Rakshasa, your determination is that of all Rakshasa nobles and The determination of the people, your will is the will of all the Rakshasa nobles and the people. You have the full trust of all the Rakshasa nobles and the people. However, please do not betray their trust. Because behind this trust, there is the Rakshasa nobles and the people. The people of Shajia are suffering and will suffer tremendous suffering!

After living in the Ming Empire for two years, I have somewhat understood the thinking of the December D people. Although their actions are completely wrong and will only make things worse. But their ideas make sense to our people. , especially the serfs are suffering unimaginable pain from the people of other powerful countries. It is the pain they endure that gives you and this country the opportunity to make a choice at this critical crossroads! And in Rakshasa, you can make a choice The only one to choose is you!

But there are only two options before you, either. Take Constantinople and its surrounding areas at all costs, and restore the glory of Eastern Rome!

Either give up the idea of ​​territorial expansion and focus on domestic reforms. The Rakshasa people have vast lands, rich resources, hard-working people, and excellent noble elites. The Rakshasa people can live very well without Constantinople. Happiness, but only if drastic reforms are carried out. At least serfdom should be abolished and farmers given land, just like King Zhuge Wuzhong did more than a hundred years ago!"

"Shut up!" The Tsar was angry when he heard this - how could he compare with King Zhuge Wuzhong? King Zhuge Wuzhong was a "demigod", and he divided the land between the Manchu lackeys and the Manchu nobles, and followed He, Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, and Li Laiheng, who were the heroes who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, were either pirates, intruders, or bandits. Where is the land? And the aristocratic serf owners of the Rakshasa Kingdom are all Rakshasa dignitaries who support the Romanov family. , it is already difficult to liberate the serfs in their hands, and they also need to divide their land

"Then please make up your mind to lead the Rakshasa people into Constantinople, the most sacred place in their hearts!" Natalie said, "Daozi has prepared a plan for you with a high success rate. Of course, this

It’s also an arms sales package.”

"Oh? What plan?"

"A door-to-door delivery plan of 9.99 million plus 6.66 million!" Wei Yuanda took the question with a smile and said, "The Rakshasa Kingdom can purchase 5 top-of-the-range Hero-class ships and 5 ordinary version of the Haohan-class ships. But the first ship

The delivered Hero class can be given another discount, only 9.99 million silver dollars, plus 6.66 million silver dollars to buy the first ship of the Hero, and Zhuge Daozi will take advantage of this opportunity to sail around the world to give you these two warships.

With the goods delivered to your door, you will be able to get these two ships this autumn, and the delivery location will be in the Gulf of Riga. And we will not announce this delivery to the public, so you can take advantage of the winter ice ban on navigation in the Gulf of Riga.

You will have the opportunity to learn how to operate the hero ship and hero ship under the guidance of our personnel.

By next spring, the Baltic Fleet of the Rakshasa Empire will be able to send an expedition fleet with these two warships as the core to suddenly enter the Mediterranean."

Upon hearing the "999+666 free shipping" plan proposed by Wei Yuanda, Nicholas I's eyes suddenly lit up!

When Natalie saw the change in her brother's expression, she knew there was something going on, and quickly hit the rails while it was still hot: "Nikolai Pavlovich, and two fast passenger ships carrying 25,000 tons will also come to the Baltic Sea with Daozi. They can go to the Baltic Sea all at once.

Transport a division of Rakshasa naval infantry to the front line of the Aegean Sea, then make a sudden landing to seize key locations! The selling price of these two ships is also 6.66 million each!"
Chapter completed!