1825 My New Daming

Winter Palace, dark night.

Tsar Nicholas I, who is said to be very energetic and had to work 18 hours a day, was still in high spirits at this time, and was in his office with his younger brother Grand Duke Mikhail, his confidant Vice Admiral Menshikov, and Pasquet General Vichi and Marshal Peter Wittgenstein stood together in front of a map of the surrounding areas of the Black Sea, discussing whether to "pay" Daming and let Zhuge Weidao "deliver" quickly.

"Your Majesty, I have personally boarded the Hero, felt the battleship galloping across the sea at a speed of more than 20 knots, and witnessed the terrifying power of eight 8mm main gun salvos. I can guarantee that the British Empire is the most powerful The Sovereign is completely vulnerable to this Hero, and one Hero can fight at least five Sovereigns! As for the Hero, it is also the most powerful armored cruiser in the world. The big one is likely to win! If you let me command the fleet with Hero and Hero as the core, I am absolutely confident that I will control the sea in the Aegean Sea and completely block the route for external military aid to Constantinople from the sea.

If luck is good enough, the naval infantry who arrived in the Aegean Sea on two fast troop carriers could even suddenly land in an important area along the Aegean Sea, catching the Turks by surprise!
In addition, Zhuge Weidao also promised that if we bought 5 Heroes, he would send us another [-] radios.In this way, the Hero can keep in touch with the East and West armies attacking Turkey at any time! "

"Your Majesty!" Marshal Peter Wittgenstein, a veteran who participated in the Napoleonic Wars, knew the importance of battlefield communications. He immediately said to the Tsar, "These five wireless stations are extremely valuable! With them, not only things The two armies and the southern fleet can keep in touch at any time, and all of us can also keep in touch with Your Majesty at any time. The armies distributed in the three distant battlefields will have a truly timely and effective unified command!"

General Paskevich, who had just won the war against Persia, was also moved by the words of the old marshal, "Your Majesty, if we can buy more radio stations and equip each division with one, that would be great." That would be great!"

The Tsar glanced at the admiral who had just sealed the Earl of Yerevan, and thought: "Wouldn't it be better to equip each battalion with a radio station? The question is where will the money come from? Let alone a year or two before it will be completed." The delivery of the four Heroes with a price of 1088 million is the current cost of 999 million plus three pieces of 3 million. The Rakshasa Kingdom will have to pay 666 million immediately. The other four Heroes require at least a deposit, and one for 2997 million. , it’s another 100 million, almost 400 million silver dollars can be sold out. Fortunately, the Baku oil field has made money in the past two years, and tens of millions of tons of oil can be sold for two to three billion silver dollars every year. Otherwise, I really can’t afford it !"

Grand Duke Mikhail approached the Tsar at this time, and said in a low voice: "Nikolai Pavrovich, Natalie Pavrovna is right. Choose between Constantinople. Reform or take Constantinople!"

Of course Nicholas I didn't want to carry out drastic reforms. He was not a good person, but an extremely conservative imperialist!
In his view, although the serfdom in Rakshasa was backward, it could only be improved slightly and could not be abolished across the board, otherwise the trouble of abolishing serfdom would be greater than maintaining serfdom.

Since it is impossible to abolish serfdom, we can only take down Constantinople!
Perhaps after conquering Constantinople, relying on the reputation of the "Eastern Roman Emperor", Nicholas I could announce the abolition of serfdom, and let the landlords make a little money and distribute some land to the liberated serfs.

but the british position . and princess victoria
"Nikolai Pavrovich," Grand Duke Mikhail said to him seeing that Nicholas I was still hesitating, "Da Ming is the number one opponent of the British Empire. If we show enough strength in the war against Turkey, Without strength, we will become the targets of Ming and Great Britain! The marriage between Duke Alexander and Princess Victoria will not change under such circumstances."

Nicholas I was finally convinced, nodded heavily and said: "Okay, I will sign the contract tomorrow, and then let Natalie go back immediately and tell Zhuge Weidao that I must send my hero to Riga Bay as soon as possible!"

"Master, master, wake up, madam's call"

When Zhuge Weidao was sleeping soundly on the bed with Nalandili in his arms, Ah Li's voice came dimly from his ear.

"What? Ma'am Natalie?" Zhuge Weidao woke up suddenly when he thought of Natalie, and he was waiting for Natalie's call every day these days.

This is because whether Nicholas I dared to combine the Eighth Russo-Turkish War with the Ninth Russo-Turkish War (Crimean War) is extremely critical to the First World War planned by Zhuge Weidao of.

The reason is also very simple, if Maozi wins the piece of Constantinople, the cards will be stunned!Not only can he grandly declare that he is Eastern Rome, but he can also draw a large group of Slavic friends from the Balkans into his camp, and the Eastern Roman Empire will be restored.

And once Eastern Rome is restored, what will happen to the tyrants in Central and Western Europe?Austria, France, Prussia, Spain, Sanin Kingdom, Portugal, etc., are they going to unite to form a Western Roman Union or something?
In addition, what about Great Britain, which is hanging alone off the coast of Europe?Support East Rome or West Rome?

Daying will stir up shit again, so he has to choose between the two big groups, right?You can't have both Western Rome and Eastern Rome, right?If that's the case, which one is bigger, Great Britain, Eastern Rome or Western Rome?Who will be the leader?Who is the younger brother?Such a big alliance has to quarrel every day, how can there be time to fight Da Ming?At that time, Daying will have to appease the big alliance and fight against Ming at the same time.
As for Daying, no matter who he chooses, the other is an ally of Da Ming.

In this way, it is impossible for the Ming family to single out all or most of the white skins. Da Ming will always have a powerful white skin military group as an ally.Ming without an ally can single-handedly challenge the whole of Europe. With a European military group as an ally, isn't that a sure win?

So when Zhuge Weidao heard about Natalie's call, he hurriedly ordered, "Quick, bring the phone!"

Well, there is also a "mobile phone" in Zhuge Weidao's school. It is still a mobile phone with a wire, that is, dragging the phone line, and Ali takes a tray to Zhuge Weidao. Is it advanced enough?

"Hello, Natalie?" Zhuge Weidao picked up the phone and asked, "Honey, are you okay? Me, Di Li, and Akong miss you very much!"

"Who are Dili and Akong?" A very serious male voice came from the phone, speaking in Raksha language, but he obviously could understand Chinese.

"You are." Zhuge Weidao asked.

"I'm Nikolai!"

It's the Tsar!
"Your Majesty," Zhuge Weidao quickly replied, "Di Li and A Kong are pets that Natalie and I raise together."

"Oh," the Tsar on the other end of the phone didn't ask any more questions, but said formally, "Zhuge Daozi, I have already signed the contract. Island class. In addition, you are also responsible for helping us upgrade a Sovereign class and a Hongwu Great Emperor class that are under construction at the Nikolayev Shipyard. Finally, I also need you to upgrade the first One hero class, one hero class, and two Nandao class ships delivered in batches were sent to Luocha. As for the price... the upgraded monarch class and Hongwu emperor class will be discussed later, and the other ships will be based on you and Menshikov The lieutenant general has agreed to do it. But I can't pay you in cash, but with Baku oil!"