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Chapter 1805 The Tsar's Confidant

Baltic Sea, Riga.

This shining pearl on the Baltic Sea was once a free city-state, which later belonged to Sweden and was annexed by Russia. Later, after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Riga became the capital of Latvia and the most prosperous, largest and most developed city in the Baltic Sea. .

Riga 200 years ago still belonged to Sweden and was also a busy port city on the Baltic Sea.

It is also the first city where Peter the Great, the greatest emperor in Russian history, made his "big mission".

Grand Embassy (Russian: Великоепосольство, English: Grand Embassy) is a series of diplomatic actions sent to Western Europe between 1697 and 1698 by the Russian Tsar and Emperor Peter the Great.

The purpose of this mission is to consolidate and deepen the alliance between the Russian Empire and several European countries, strengthen the power of the Holy Alliance, and use this to confront the Ottoman Empire and increase the influence of the Russian Empire in the Black Sea region.

In this operation, the most special point is that Peter the Great himself used a pseudonym to pretend to be an ordinary member of the envoys, and traveled to Western European countries.

That's right, it's not just domestic romantic emperors who like private visits in microservices, but foreign emperors not only like private visits in microservices, they even like to go on missions in microservices.

After Peter the Great left Moscow, the first stop of his mission was Riga.

For Peter the Great himself, this special way of going on a mission can be said to have saved a lot of trouble. He can spend his time where he likes instead of worrying about those red tapes.

Peter the Great liked to study machinery and was obsessed with ships. He always dreamed of building a powerful navy.

During this mission, Peter the Great even lurked in various shipyards to learn how to build ships as an ordinary apprentice.

He leads the way, and he acts like a Master Chief in battle, not like an Emperor.

He was more proud of his status as "vice admiral" than as "Russian tsar".

He even said bluntly in the UK that being a general of the British navy is more enjoyable than being a Russian tsar.

Talking so fast, almost no one else.

The reason why he died was because a sailor fell into the water. Without thinking, he jumped into the sea to save people. The sailor was rescued, and he himself contracted the cold. He died of illness soon after, at the age of 52.

Yes, Peter the Great was such a person.

Historically, there have been mixed reviews of Peter the Great.

He was impulsive and capricious. Most people thought he was rude and impolite, cruel and arrogant. His motive for expanding Russia was not to make the people live a better life, but to prove to the world his invincible dominance.

But he did turn Russia into the greatest empire in the north, became the first "emperor" of Russia, and created a prosperous age.

Accompanying such an emperor on a mission as the "nominal head of the mission", Lieutenant General Lefort himself already has a lot of headaches.

This lieutenant general is a very important politician and general in Russia. Although he has military talents, he has no chance to prove his military strength, but Peter trusts him very much. The head of the envoy.

But now he doesn't know if he can still be worthy of Peter the Great's trust!

Because, this moody, overjoyed, impulsive, and rude Tsar Majesty even met a confidant and strongly demanded that this close friend join the mission and become his close friend.

"With all due respect, Your Majesty, the origin of this 'Tonight White' is too suspicious. I don't think he will be a good companion..."

"Does the suspicious origin mean that under the circumstances that I must die, I killed more than 20 assassins sent by my sister alone?" Peter asked, "May I ask why he did this?"

"Uh..." Lefort was speechless, yes, what are you trying to figure out?

If he had been an assassin sent by the Tsar's rebellious half-sister, Sofia Alekseevna Romanova, Peter would be dead by now.

"If he comes to me for glory and wealth, isn't that just my strength? I can give him what he wants in exchange for his loyalty. If he has other plans to come to me, then he If I'm here, at least my safety can be guaranteed, right?"

Lefort felt that Peter's logic seemed to make sense, but if he said something more, worried about something...

That's not in Peter's character.

After all, all the emperors in history who went abroad in such an unimaginable way counted as one, not many.

"Don't worry, my friend, Xiaobai won't harm me, at least he won't plot against me secretly, because I think he is the same person as me."

"A person like you?" Lefort was speechless. Is there another emperor like you in this world?
"That's right, full of ambition and adventurous spirit, possessing unparalleled abilities, and full of nobility in his bones, he will eventually accomplish something astonishingly great, just like me!" Peter said.

Refort sighed, and asked again: "So, where is our ambitious and adventurous friend now?"

"He seems to be looking for strings."

"The strings?" Lefort looked bewildered.

"He said he was a musician who traveled all over the world, but the strings on his instrument broke and he needed replacement strings."

Well, a guy who single-handedly killed more than 20 killers armed with a wall of fire, claiming to be a musician...

Just listen to it.

And, obviously yesterday, he claimed to be an ordinary sailor.

How many identities does he have?
And what is his real identity?
In the market in Riga, Gu Xiaobai was walking quickly.

As the commercial and trade center of the Baltic Sea, Riga's market is indescribably prosperous.

Porcelain from the East, spices from India, as well as silverware and silk, all gathered here, and then were transported to the vast Russia and several other nearby East and Central Asian countries.

Gu Xiaobai looked around, and suddenly, his ears moved, and he heard a faint sound of music.

Got it!

Gu Xiaobai walked over, bypassed several booths, and saw a musical instrument store in front of him. There were several violins hanging at the entrance of the store. An old man with gray hair was playing a violin at the entrance of the store.

found it!
Gu Xiaobai took a breath, straightened the white erhu "Wu Ming" on his back, and walked forward quickly.

(End of this chapter)