I am Peter III, Emperor of the Hexagon of the Goose Kingdom

Chapter 207 Get through the Don River-Volga River and control the west bank of the Caspian Sea

Then Peter began to summon officials, but what made Peter frown was that many officials were native Russians, and he didn't even know it clearly.

And get the most obvious things wrong.

Asked the number of trackers, the officials stammered an accurate number.

"Your Majesty, there may be 3000 people."

"Your Majesty, it's definitely more than three thousand, at least five thousand."

Three thousand for your sister, five thousand for your uncle!

Peter really wanted to yell at these officials.

I can't even figure out this shit, isn't this a vegetarian meal for a corpse?
Then Peter called Bestutev and asked him how much money was left in the treasury.

Bestutev replied: "Your Majesty, there are still about 250 million rubles in the treasury."

250 million rubles, this number is very auspicious, Peter looked at those officials coldly, the money from the treasury was distributed to them.

Not only can't even answer the number of trackers, but even other simple questions can't be answered.

Peter was not as good-tempered as Ekaterina was when she was the empress. At that time, she was ignorant of officials. Ekaterina just asked the herald to go to the Academy of Sciences to buy a map, and then warned that it was basically fine. up.

But Peter didn't want such incompetent people to boss around the Russian people.

But he didn't mention it now, he just said lightly:
"Okay, except for the Deputy Minister of General Affairs, you all go down."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The answer was unanimous and smooth. Looking at their leaving backs, Peter fell into deep thought.

Bestutev saw that His Majesty was thinking and didn't bother him. Although he was the Deputy Minister of General Affairs and many things seemed to be done by him, both he and Minister of General Affairs Vorontsov understood that all of this was due to His Majesty. .

Running newspapers, intellectual property rights, and now selling the crazy Peter Detective series abroad, and pushing the obedient Johanna to the throne of the Queen of Sweden, and creating Notre Dame, making abandoned babies in Russia almost extinct, building schools, and bringing churches to the throne. The serfs and land belongings under the government were nationalized, the church was turned into an institution under the government, and potatoes, which can almost be called the magic weapon of population, were brought back.

But all these things were done by His Majesty, and Bestutev couldn't help but admire him.

Bestutev not only admired him, but also threw himself into the ground with admiration.

There is no harm without comparison, and Bestutev sometimes couldn't help comparing His Majesty with Queen Elizabeth.

It's good if you don't compare, but it's a bit miserable when you compare Her Majesty's results.

But one thing the empress did was shocking enough, that is, she did a super feat, announcing that she would jointly rule Russia with His Majesty Peter when she was free of illness!
This vision, this courage, is simply jaw-dropping.

The emperor was the emperor, and Pestutev had nothing to say to the aunt and nephew.

Fortunately for him, his objection did not work at that time.

Peter's contemplation quickly stopped. According to the official statement, not all officials were selected as nobles, but this only restricted the soldiers who joined the army to be awarded nobles from commoners after making meritorious deeds.

But a soldier's ability to fight a war does not necessarily govern politics. It can even be said that these are two irrelevant things, civil servants and military officials.

In the original history, after the establishment of Moscow University, many talents came from the university, but now the school has not been built for a long time under his order. Where can I find talents?
Bestutev and Vorontsov were good, but thinking of those officials just now, Peter shook his head.

But selecting talents is a long way to go. Even if these bad things happen, Peter believes that it will be better after setting up the reward and punishment system.

But the most important thing now is to pave the concrete road.

Peter glanced at Bestutev, and said:

"Bestutev, Vorontsov is busy with cement work. Although the opening of the canal is an internal matter, you have to be responsible."

Open a canal?
Bestutev was taken aback for a moment, then said:
"Your Majesty, please order."

Peter asked someone to bring a rough map, slid his fingers across the Don River and the Volga River, and then said to Yi:

"The Don and Volga rivers must be completely opened up."

Bestutev couldn't help being taken aback. He looked at the place where His Majesty pointed, and the information about this place immediately appeared in his mind.

In fact, during the time of Peter the Great, the Don and Volga rivers had already begun to be excavated, but later due to the sudden and full-scale war with Sweden, this part of the project stopped.

Bestutev could not help saying:

"Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, this part of the distance is about 100 kilometers, and the excavation will take a lot of time. I don't know what exactly you want to do, Your Majesty?"

Peter slid his fingers across the perimeter of the Caspian Sea on the map, staying on the west side road

"Control the west coast of the Caspian Sea first."

Bestutev stared blankly, still not understanding what His Majesty meant.

He then said:

"Your Majesty, is it important to control this place? This is not an outlet to the sea."

Peter smiled and said:
"Of course it matters."

In fact, the place Peter planned was the Chechnya and Baku areas on the west bank of the Caspian Sea. According to the original historical track, it would take until 1804, when Tsar Alexander I commanded the Caspian fleet to participate in the capture of Enzeli Port. In the end, Persia was defeated and the Treaty of Gulistan was signed. , ceded Georgia, Armenia, Dagestan and other regions, after which the Caspian Sea was returned to Russia and became the real king of the Caspian Sea.

Until the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, the republics of the Soviet Union along the Caspian Sea became independent one after another, and the countries along the Caspian Sea also changed from Russia and Iran to Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Iran.

Since then, many parties have launched lengthy negotiations around the huge amount of oil and natural gas energy in the Caspian Sea.

Moreover, the Don River is connected to the Sea of ​​Azov. As long as the Don River and the Volga River are connected, the Volga River will flow directly into the Caspian Sea. At that time, the endless energy from the Caspian Sea will enter the Sea of ​​Azov through the Volga River and the Volga-Don River, and then from Azov The speed sea enters the Black Sea.

On the west side of the Black Sea is the Balkan Peninsula. Although it belongs to the territory of the Ottoman Empire, who knows when the Seven Years War breaks out?
As far as the present is concerned, when the Seven Years' War broke out, Frederick swallowed Saxony, and Peter was not prepared to intervene.

The outlet to the Baltic Sea has been obtained, and Sweden now has Johanna, and it is very honest. The biggest enemy of Russia is not Western Europe, but Ottoman.

Once Ottoman is defeated, the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea will be available. Whether it is the route from the Cape of Good Hope or the Suez Canal, it will be right under your nose.

But to Bestutev's doubts, Peter just said lightly:
"You are in charge of this matter. You are the first in your affairs. I will give you as many people as you need to dig the Don River and the Volga River. If you have money, you can temporarily give you 800 million rubles. If it is not enough, there will be more. The time will be six months to one year." Within a year, open up the Don River and the Volga River to me."

(End of this chapter)