"Really?" Zhuge Weijiu still had doubts. He counted his fingers habitually, shook his head and said, "It seems that Brother 108 has encountered difficulties...it must be the British side." After offering conditions that made Nicholas I's heart flutter, Brother One Hundred and Eighth had to pretend to have lost his memory 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 own 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 fight, and we will win without a fight."
Zhuge Baye pinched his fingers to show his 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 military advisors of the Zhuge family who looked like they were capable of calculating and calculating, Zhuge Weixue felt envious in his heart! When will I be able to do this? It's a pity that it's not easy to be a military advisor of the Zhuge family. You have to pass various assessments, and every child of the Zhuge family only gets one chance in a lifetime... I'm still young, so I'm not in a hurry to try my skills. I'd better 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 In the early hours of this morning, another sealed message was sent, saying that British Ambassador Thomas Staunton was willing to transfer the relevant manufacturing technology of the Sovereign-class ironclads 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, "Isn't it just shipbuilding technology... It's better to transfer the Hongwu Emperor-class technology to the Rakshasa people, as long as they can transfer the Grand Duchess Natalie If the Ming Dynasty is sent to them, these 15,000-ton iron-clad ships will soon fall behind. Moreover, the stronger the Rakshasa people's navy is, the stronger their desire to expand in the direction of the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea will be. As long as they If we fight against the British, our interests 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... The Rakshasa people can't build a Hongwu Emperor-class super armored ship unless they upgrade their shipyards, steel plants, and artillery plants. If the Rakshasa people use our Hongwu Emperor-class technology to build ironclad ships, they will naturally ask us 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 millions, no, at least tens of millions of silver dollars!"
Mr. Zhuge Weijiu nodded: "Okay, that's it. Brother 88, go and generate electricity for Brother 108... and ask him to bring Natalie to the Ming Dynasty. To achieve the goal, We can transfer Hongwu Emperor-level technology to the Rakshasa people, and we 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. Came 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 hasn't recovered.
"Brother Daozi... keep your voice down!" Guo Xiaobao was startled by Zhuge Weidao's question. He hurriedly leaned into his ear and lowered his voice and said, "Wireless telegraphy is confidential... The embassy can No."
"Then...there really is 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 The black technology of the future?”
Zhuge Weidao thought about it in his heart, and then opened the telegram and read it. There are not many words on the telegram copy, but the meaning is expressed clearly. There are only two things, one is to bring Natalie back to Ming Dynasty...and must bring her back!
The second is to transfer the manufacturing technology of Hongwu Emperor-class ironclad ships to the Rakshasa Kingdom, and also offer to assist the Rakshasa people in upgrading shipyards, steel plants, and gun factories. It seems like a sure win!
Zhuge Weidao thought for a while and then asked: "Have you brought the Hongwu Emperor-level information?"
"I brought it, everything you need is here." Guo Xiaobao brought a handbag. He opened the bag on a small desk, 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 with a caliber of 152 mm..."
Guo Xiaobao rattled off various technical parameters of the Hongwu Emperor Class. Zhuge Weidao listened and compared it with the British Monarch 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 shortcoming of the smaller caliber of the main gun should be made up for by the high rate of fire brought by the electric loader... and the armor that can be equipped with a battleship of more than 10,000 tons will not be too strong, 305 mm. The armor-piercing bullets are powerful enough.
Although Zhuge Weidao felt that the Rakshasa Empire should not need such an advanced armored ship, since Daming had come up with such good things, he should be able to help him exchange for Natalie.
After introducing the Hongwu Emperor-level paper data, Guo Xiaobao also wanted to talk to Zhuge Weidao about the foreign policy and expansion direction of the Rakshasa Empire and Britain, etc. Natalie Pavlovna's voice came from outside the door: "For the sake of truth, 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 finally let go.
"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, Nico La. Pavlovich will summon you 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 his origin. He is the field marshal of the Rakshasa Kingdom... He has not become a marshal yet. He will be promoted to marshal after he finishes fighting the Rakshasa-Iran War and the Eighth Rakshasa-Turkey War.
"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. If I marry the Duke of York and Albany now, then wait until Greece becomes independent When the war ends, I will probably 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, and it went well at first. The Turkish Empire The army was vulnerable and the heroic Greek people were beaten to pieces. But I didn't expect that there was also 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 a big deal. It was the territory that Emperor Nahad had troubled, so there were a group of capable people who had seriously thought about the future and destiny of the Tianfang religion civilization. Muhammad Ali, the military leader from Albania, was one of them. After Ali seized the throne of the Governor of Egypt, he began to reform vigorously, carried out the "Nawu Movement" in Egypt, and actually developed a new Egyptian army 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 couldn't sit still and volunteered to go to Greece to quell the rebellion. The Sudan, who was cornered by the Greeks, had no choice but to let Muhammad Ali lead the new Egyptian army.
As a result, as soon as the Egyptian Governor-General, who had carried out the "Navo Movement" and had some Bonapartists under his command, took action, the Greeks were immediately in trouble and were about to be finished. So I had to send people to Western Europe to ask for help from the creditors - the military expenses for 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"!
Greece is gone. Is there still no crisis?
So at this time, it is not the IMF that takes action, but the United Kingdom, France, and Bavaria that 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 without asking. Therefore, among Thomas Staunton's diplomatic missions, in addition to facilitating the marriage between the Crown Prince and Natalie, he also discussed with Rakshasa the issue of sending troops to aid Greek independence - Greek independence 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 me with 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 can still be the British royal knight.
"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 Duchess? It's the 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 Czar's attendants to let them leave the portrait of the old British crown prince in Peter's Hall... Nata Li 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 said: "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?"
