Chapter 8 Zhuge is the best at fortune telling! (Please collect, vote for me, recommend, and read more)

"Really?" Zhuge Weijiu still had doubts. He used to count his fingers, shook his head and said, "It seems that Brother 108 is in trouble. The British must have fired Jeannie.

Due to the conditions of Gula I’s heartbeat, my 108th brother had to pretend to have amnesia to gain sympathy.”

"Isn't that true?" Zhuge Weiyi, the tenth master of the Zhuge family, also started to pinch his fingers in a pretentious manner, "Shouldn't Nicholas's goal be to recover the Balkans and capture Constantinople? How could the British agree to this?

?The British have large oil fields in Ploiesti, which belongs to Turkish Moldavia. The British will never let the Rakshasa Kingdom control Moldavia. If the Rakshasa Kingdom dares to invade Moldavia, the British will definitely

Interfering."

"That's right," Zhuge Weijia, the thirteenth master of the Zhuge family, also said, counting on his fingers, "the British also have huge interests in the Suez Canal and India, and also have interests in Egypt. How could they allow the Rakshasa Kingdom to break out of the Black Sea? What if?

If such a thing really happens, Rakshasa and Britain will definitely come to blows, and we will win without a fight."

Zhuge Baye pinched his fingers for filial piety and said seriously: "Brother 108 is the best at coaxing people. As long as he is not really stupid, he will definitely be able to coax the tsar around."

Looking at the four great strategists of the Zhuge family who looked like they were very capable of calculating, Zhuge felt envious in his heart! When would he be able to do this? Unfortunately, it was not easy to be the strategist of the Zhuge family, and he had to go through many levels.

There is an assessment, and every child of the Zhuge family has only one chance in his life. I am still young, so I am not in a hurry to try it out. It is better to accumulate a few more years.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weixue raised a thumbs up and complimented: "Second brother, eighth brother, tenth brother, and thirteenth brother are really clever. The British have indeed offered enough favorable conditions to attract the tsar. Guo Xiaobao came again this morning

A sealed message was sent, saying that British Ambassador Thomas Staunton was willing to transfer the relevant manufacturing technology of the Sovereign-class ironclad ship in exchange for the marriage of Archduchess Natalie."

As he spoke, he took out a copy of the telegram from the folder and handed it over.

Zhuge Weijiu took the two copies, then took out his reading glasses and put them on, read the two copies carefully, and then gave them to his three brothers to read.

After the two of them finished reading, Mr. Zhuge shook his feather fan and said: "It's just about shipbuilding technology. Why don't we transfer the Hongwu Emperor-class technology to the Rakshasa people? As long as they can send Grand Duchess Natalie to the Ming Dynasty, anyway, this

The 15,000-ton ironclads will soon fall behind. And the stronger the Rakshasa navy is, the stronger their desire to expand in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea will be. As long as they fight against the British,

Our profit as a fisherman will be great."

As he spoke, he looked at his tenth brother Zhuge Weiyi: "Old Ten, you are the shipbuilding minister of the Navy Ministry. Do you think you can give me this Hongwu Emperor-level technology?"

"Of course I can," Zhuge Weiyi smiled and nodded, "This is a big deal. If the Rakshasa people don't upgrade their shipyards, steel plants, and artillery factories, they won't be able to build a Hongwu Emperor-level super armored ship. If the Rakshasa people use

If we use our Hongwu Emperor-class technology to build ironclads, we will naturally have to help upgrade the shipyards, steel plants, and gun factories."

The thirteenth master of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Wei, was in charge of the family property. He immediately said with a smile: "Haha, this is a big business worth several million, no, at least tens of millions of silver yuan!"

Mr. Zhuge Weijiu nodded: "Okay, that's it. Brother 88, go and send electricity to Brother 108 and ask him to bring Natalie to the Ming Dynasty. To achieve the goal, we can use the Hongwu Emperor-level

Transferring technology to the Rakshasa people can also help them upgrade their shipyards, steel plants and gun factories."

"yes!"

In the Winter Palace, Zhuge Weidao woke up early in the morning and felt that the pain on his head was a little lighter. He was getting dressed and thinking about going to Natalie to visit the Winter Palace together after changing the medicine, when he saw Guo Xiaobao.

He walked in with a letter.

Seeing that Zhuge Weidao looked good and was getting dressed in front of a large floor-to-ceiling mirror, he hurriedly stepped forward and handed over the envelope: "Brother Daozi, I just received the urgent telegram from Prince Wu's Mansion in Beijing."

"What, a telegram?" Zhuge Weidao turned around with a strange look on his face, "Wired or wireless?"

Obviously, his memory still has not recovered.

"Brother Daozi, please keep your voice down!" Guo Xiaobao was startled by Zhuge Weidao's question. He quickly leaned into his ear and lowered his voice and said, "Wireless telegraphy is a secret. The embassy doesn't have it."

"That really has wireless telegraphy!" Zhuge Weidao said in his heart: "It seems that our ancestor was a senior man in science and engineering, and he left a lot of good things! I don't know how old he is? Is there any black technology in the future?"

Zhuge Weidao thought about it in his mind, and then opened the telegram copy and read it. There were not many words on the telegram copy, but the meaning was very clear. There were only two things, one was to take Natalie back to the Ming Dynasty.

And be sure to bring it back!

Second, we can transfer the manufacturing technology of the Hongwu Emperor-class ironclads to the Rakshasa Kingdom, and we can also offer to assist the Rakshasa people in upgrading their shipyards, steel plants, and artillery factories. It seems like they are bound to win!

Zhuge Weidao thought for a while and asked again: "Have you brought the Hongwu Emperor-level information?"

"I brought it, everything you need is here." Guo Xiaobao brought a handbag. He put the bag on a small desk, opened it, then took out a stack of documents from it, placed it on the small desk, and then

Zhuge Weidao said, "The full load displacement of the Hongwu Emperor class exceeds 16,000 tons. It uses two three-cylinder vertical steam engines, three shafts and two rudders, and has a normal ventilation horsepower of 10,000. It can support a speed of 16 knots. With strong ventilation

The horsepower can reach 13,500, and the speed can reach 18 knots! The battleship's main guns are four 305 mm caliber Taiping Type 4 main guns, equipped with a covered turret and an electric loader.

Twelve Taiping Type 4 rapid-fire guns of 152mm caliber."

Guo Xiaobao talked about the various technical parameters of the Hongwu Emperor class in a rapid-fire manner. Zhuge Weidao listened and compared it with the British Sovereign class in his memory. Except for the smaller caliber of the main gun (the Sovereign class has four 343mm main guns)

, all other data are better than those of the Sovereign class. However, the shortcomings of the smaller caliber of the main gun should be compensated by the high rate of fire brought by the electric loader. Moreover, the armor that can be equipped on a battleship of more than 10,000 tons is not

It would be too strong, and the 305mm armor-piercing projectile is already powerful enough.

Although Zhuge Weidao felt that the Rakshasa Empire probably didn't need such an advanced armored ship, since Daming had come up with such good things, he should be able to help him get Natalie.

After introducing the Hongwu Emperor-level paper data, Guo Xiaobao wanted to talk to Zhuge Weidao about the foreign policy of the Rakshasa Empire and Britain, as well as the direction of expansion, etc. Natalie Pavlovna's voice could be heard outside the door.

: "For the sake of Tao, can I come in?"

Zhuge Weidao said "Please come in", and the door was pushed open by Natalie's maid. Then he saw Natalie walking in wearing a palace dress with half of her breasts exposed, followed by someone behind her.

A middle-aged man carrying a medicine box.

"Weidao, are you feeling better?" Natalie looked at the straight Ming-style woolen military uniform and stood there energetically, holding a stack of documents in her hand and looking at it, as if she was ready to get to work.

Her hanging heart was finally relieved.

"Fortunately," Zhuge Weidao nodded to Natalie, "The memory has recovered a little."

Of course, these words are deceptive. Zhuge Weidao has not found the memory of his new body at all, but the memory he originally had can be put to some use, so he can still deceive people.

Natalie seemed a little disappointed, but she still managed to squeeze out a smile: "For the sake of the word, Dr. Setonov will check your wound, then wash up and have breakfast. In addition, after lunch today, Nikolai Pavlovich

You will be summoned in the Peter Hall. Ivan Fyodorovich will also be there to accompany you. Do you remember who he is?"

Zhuge Weidao nodded, "Remember, he is Nikolai Pavlovich's most trusted general."

The surname of Ivan Fedorovich is Paskovich. Teacher Zhuge, who is very familiar with the history of the Rakshasa Kingdom, of course knows where he comes from. He is the field marshal of the Rakshasa Kingdom and has not yet become a field marshal. Wait until he is finished.

After the Rakshasa-Iran War and the Eighth Rakshasa-Turkey War, you can be promoted to Marshal.

"By the way," Zhuge Weidao asked, "Natalie Pavlovich, what is General Paskovich's stance on your marriage?"

Natalie said: "He wanted me to go to England. He thought that sooner or later we would have to go with Britain and France to support the struggle of the Greek Orthodox Christians. If I marry the Duke of York and Albany now, then when the Greek War of Independence is over, I will

It is very possible that she has become the Queen of England or even the Queen Mother. This will be very beneficial to the Rakshasa's distribution of interests after the war."

Trouble!

The Greek War of Independence is now being fought!

This time I might really want to become the British Royal Concubine!

When Zhuge Weidao heard what Natalie said, he knew that Natalie was about to fly. The Greek War of Independence had been going on for several years. It went well at first. The Turkish Empire's army was vulnerable to a single blow.

The heroic Greek people were beaten to pieces. But I didn't expect that there was a great man on the Turkish side. That great man was named Muhammad Ali, and he was the Egyptian governor of the Turkish Empire. Egypt in this era was incredible. That was what Emperor Jean Navarre did.

Luzi's territory, so there are a group of capable people who have seriously thought about the future and destiny of the Tianfang religion civilization. Muhammad Ali, a military leader from Albania, is one of them. After Ali seized the throne of the governor of Egypt, he began to reform vigorously. In Egypt

The "Nawu Movement" was carried out in a big way, and a new Egyptian army was really developed with considerable combat effectiveness. So I saw that the boss, the Turkish Sultan, had his head beaten by the Greeks, and it was about to end. This Muhammad Ali finally

Unable to sit still, he volunteered to go to Greece to quell the rebellion. The Sultan, who was cornered by the Greeks, had no choice but to let Muhammad Ali lead the new Egyptian army.

And as a result, as soon as the Egyptian governor who had carried out the "Navy Movement" and had some Bonapartists under his command took action, the Greeks were immediately in trouble and were about to be destroyed. So they had to send people to Western Europe to ask for help from their creditors -

-The military expenses of their rebellion were all borrowed from capitalists in Britain, France, and Bavaria, and they were loan sharks! This rebellion is going to turn into porn, and it will be the "Greek debt crisis"!

Even if Greece is gone, is there still no crisis?

So at this time, it is not the IMF that will take action, but Britain, France, and Bavaria who are going to send troops to intervene!

But how come the Rakshasa Empire was not included in the fight against Turkey?

Even if you don't ask the Rakshasa to send troops, they will fight on their own. Therefore, among Thomas Staunton's diplomatic missions, in addition to promoting the marriage between the Crown Prince and Natalie, he also discussed with the Rakshasa the issue of sending troops to aid Greece's independence.

——The independence of Greece cannot be equated with the destruction of Turkey!

Therefore, how much the Rakshasa Kingdom can take must be negotiated first.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao asked again: "Natalie Pavlovna, before the Tsar summons me today, does he have to summon Baron Staunton first?"

"Well," Natalie nodded, "he will summon Staunton first, and Staunton will come to show me the portraits of the Dukes of York and Albany. If I am still satisfied, Nikolai Pavlovich will

I will inform you about my engagement with the British Crown Prince. But you can rest assured that I will never be satisfied. But."

She only said half of what she said, and the other half was that Nicholas I insisted that she marry the British Crown Prince, and there was nothing she could do about it. Of course, Zhuge Weidao could still be the British royal concubine.

"I understand." Zhuge Weidao suddenly turned to look at Guo Xiaobao, "Baozhi, have you brought the check?"

"Take it, take it." Guo Xiaobao asked nervously, "Are you going to run away with the Grand Duke? It's an ice age in Petersburg now."

It’s not easy to run away!

Zhuge Weidao waved his hand, "No, it's not time to run away yet. I want to bribe a few of the Tsar's attendants to let them leave the portrait of the old British crown prince in Peter's Hall. Natalie Pavlovna

, do you know who Baozhi should give money to?"

Natalie said: "This is a small matter. You don't need to pay. I'll just say hello and give you a few gold rubles. But what's the use of leaving the portrait of the British Crown Prince?"

Zhuge Weidao: "I want to read fortune tellers for this short-lived ghost! I am the Queen of King Zhuge Wuzhong, and I am the best at fortune telling! Also, Natalie Pavlovna, can you arrange for the tsar's son, Alexander Nikolai?

Grand Duke Jevich will attend the afternoon summons?"
Chapter completed!