Chapter 544 Prince
"The Russian Empire will never give up its determination to be enterprising!" Murayoviv answered Ge Mengjin's question very simply: "So I have privately asked His Excellency the Prince to do my best to help you in your career."
"I need more soldiers, more officers, more weapons and more silver balls!" Ge Mengjin made his request without hesitation: "I still need several military camps, one thousand five hundred military horses, all the horse harnesses, and..."
As a rational Russian, Murayoviv understood that this was impossible. To transport a bucket of gunpowder to Siberia, the cost of transporting a bucket of gunpowder is often the price of several barrels or even dozens of barrels of gunpowder. Sometimes a bucket of gunpowder is enough to make 67 barrels of gunpowder in the local area.
But now the Russians have finally found a relatively cheap way, which is to order arms and all supplies from the United States through agents in the United States, and then American merchant ships cross the entire Pacific Ocean or the Arctic Ocean to transport the materials into ships to the Far East. However, this method still has huge risks and huge losses, and the throughput capacity of Far East ports is also limited.
This was the main transportation route for the US to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. The Japanese in that time and space watched in pain as hundreds of American ships hung the flags of neutral countries, and then transported countless materials to the Far East to deal with their allies and even themselves. However, in this time and space, the Russians could not find a port in the Far East that could receive a large amount of materials, not to mention that most ports in the Far East are not frozen ports, and the time spent every year is very limited.
"This is impossible. To get our support, you must put in more effort." Murayoviv said with a straight face: "Our aid is limited."
"I know, I know!" The fat man Ge Mengjin grabbed Murayoviv's hand with a flexible pace and said, "So I will submit to the Russian Empire and ask that the entire Mongolia outside the pass and the entire Mongolia to the Russian Empire. I only need the territory north of the Old Yellow River in the pass as my principality."
He has now figured out one thing. That is, under the rule of Imperial Russia, there are still many relatively noble priests or other forms, such as the Grand Duchy of Finland. The Russians only have the sovereignty of the situation over the Grand Duchy of Finland.
Ge Mengjin even gave up more costs. He felt that he could only become the pseudo-Qi period in the history of the Northern and Southern Song dynasties: "In order to fight against the evil rebels, my new country must receive strong assistance from the Russian Empire. The Russian Empire can give priority to the development of our ports, mines, forests and farms in important cities in our country, and can also help us build railways. Without the assistance of Russian friends, the new country will even survive."
In order to get more resources, Ge Mengjin was willing to sell everything about him, so Muravyov seemed to nodding repeatedly: "Then, there must be Russian advisers in your new government, right?"
"That's right, whether it's a military consultant or a political consultant!" Ge Mengjin immediately replied: "Although the economic consultant are all our teachers."
He looked at Muravyov with a gaze, hoping that his words would impress the Siberian governor. Muravyov seemed to have been moved by Ge Mengjin, and he finally let go: "The new principality is part of the Russian Empire, and will always be a staunch ally of Russia, right?"
"That's right!" Ge Mengjin said, waving his fist, "We are always allies. Even if His Majesty the Tsar asks me to take out my wife, I will not hesitate."
That's enough: "In this case, although we can still provide limited assistance, I will try my best to provide all conveniences. I will give you 60,000 rubles at one time. In addition, I will also provide 2,500 rifles, 18 cannons, and a large amount of gunpowder, clothing, and we will hand you over the Chinese infantry who has trained an infantry regiment. There will be 700 soldiers, and in addition, there will be 1,200 Chinese prisoners to hand over to you!"
"Thank you so much!" Ge Mengjin wiped away the tears that fell with his hands: "I will always be the lackey of the Tsar! But I still hope to get more Russian companies!"
"No problem, the Russian company supporting you will double!" Muravyov announced the result happily: "I hope you can defeat the rebels' troops north of the Old Yellow River."
"Thank you so much." Ge Mengjin hugged Muravijov and shouted: "From now on, I will be a Russian. Tonight, we will all be Russian..."
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Ge Mengjin hugged the Governor General for half an hour and left with two Russian bodyguards. A few minutes later, a handsome and handsome senior officer had already found Murayoviv. He jumped off the horse and asked, "Did he agree?"
"Agree! Your Highness!" Muravyov replied: "Although such a rash man can find a thousand with a golden ruble on the streets of Moscow, our career needs him."
The person who is called His Highness is the brother of the current Russian Tsar, an indispensable assistant in the Tsar's career, and the Tsar's most trusted Lord Constantine. However, he was quite dissatisfied with Ge Mengjin: "Those who betray themselves will never fly high eagles. I think we are wasting time. I should be Warsaw or Moscow now."
Konstantin's candidness obviously gained the favor of Muravyov. Although he was the advocate and practitioner of the empire's eastward expansion, he also believed that Prince Konstantin should not appear here.
It is hard for a foreigner to imagine the love of the Russians for Prince Constantine. Compared with Alexander II, Prince Constantine lacked the power of action and kindness of the latter. He expressed great sympathy for both serfs and the newly conquered Polish territory. Therefore, he should gain the support of the Polish people in Warsaw for the empire, or preside over the most critical serfdom reform movement in Moscow.
However, the newly crowned Tsar Alexander II sent the young Prince Constantine to Siberia and served as the commander-in-chief of the entire eastward expansion. Of course, there is also a rumor that although the Tsar trusts the Prince, many times there are jesters who often have fraternal relations between them. Therefore, the Tsar had a special emotion towards Prince Constantine, so he deliberately exiled the prince to Siberia in disguise.
As a key member of the eastward expansion, Murayoviv could not believe such rumors, just as he had to firmly believe in Orthodoxism, so he had to answer: "You became the conquerors of the Amur River, Jilin, Liaodong and the entire Mongolia, which means more than your career in Warsaw or Moscow. Do you want to be trapped in a group of bureaucratic literary and mountain meetings, and forget how the empire opened up the Baltic Sea with sword and fire!"
The great achievements of Peter the Great in pioneering the Baltic Sea are engraved in the minds of every royal family. The career that Prince Constantine is currently carrying out is no different from the original career of Peter the Great.
"That's right, it's no longer an Amur River, but the entire Pacific Ocean and the entire North Asia!" A flush of excitement appeared on Prince Constantine's face. This was a career: "It's no longer that little Amur River!"
Is the Amur River small? Muravyov doesn't think that the Amur River is a small river at all. This big river is as unrestrained as the Volga River. However, Russia's eastward expansion has transformed from this "small" "Amur River" to the entire North Asia, the entire China's outer and Mongolia regions, as well as the Chinese inner and inner regions north of the Old Yellow River, and even the two Chinese vassal states, North Korea and Japan.
Taking these lands into account will be another grand territory like Europe, and it is also Russia's greatest development from the victory over Bobana and Sliding Polon in 1812, and its significance even exceeds the dispute over the protection of the holy land.
Now everything is ready, and Ge Mengjin, the tragic failure of the Chinese civil war, has become a chess piece used by Prince Constantine. On the entire board, all the chess pieces are ready. The troops transferred from east of the Ural Mountains are on standby at any time. There are many troops that have made countless contributions in the Crimean War, the loyal hound border guard of the Ministry of Finance, the free Cossacks, and the team composed of exiles, but no matter what the troops are, they are loyal to the Tsar and loyal to Russia.
A year ago, Muravyov could not imagine that the Russian Empire would transport so many soldiers and so many supplies to Siberia far away from Moscow. However, reality proved that the Russians were all real mules. They laid the cornerstone of the Yellow Russian plan with unimaginable hardships, sufferings and efforts. Just like Suvorov's expedition in Switzerland, they were all eternal miracles in human history.
"Yes, Your Highness, no longer the Amur River, but the entire Pacific Ocean!" Muravijov announced proudly: "Everything is ready, and the general is waiting for you to announce the orders of His Majesty the Tsar, and we can announce the official beginning of the meeting."
"I'll go, all the generals will come, right? I prepared Volga for them, not Siberian earthen wine, but the beauty that really brought from Moscow!" Prince Constantine turned and walked towards his war horse: "I hope the generals will like my gift."
But Prince Constantine said a meaningful sentence before he got back on his horse: "My Governor, do you really believe that the Russians will cause trouble for half a bottle of wine?"
Muravyov has a hard time answering this question.
Chapter completed!