Although Paul I was somewhat unclear, Catherine II, the only female tsar in Russian history to be named the Great, saw it very clearly - most of her energy was now involved in the Ottoman Empire.

For Tsarist Russia, it was inappropriate to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty for the bitter cold land of Eastern Siberia.

As for uniting the entire Europe and competing with the Ming Dynasty, Catherine II never even thought about it.

Those damn frogs in France, they are willing to be Ming Dynasty's lackeys in Europe, and England's shit stick. Without their existence, Europe will never be able to unite under the flag of Tsarist Russia.

Therefore, Catherine II’s order to Paul I was to sell Eastern Siberia and Alaska to the Ming Dynasty, and then discuss how to carve up the Ottoman Empire.

Of course Paul I was not stupid, so he asked for ten million taels of silver.

However, Paul I never imagined that Zhu Jinsong knew the price at which Tsarist Russia sold Alaska.

Seven million US dollars plus a handling fee of US$200,000, for a total of US$7.2 million.

Calculated based on the weight of one U.S. dollar at that time and the gold content of 900 digits, equivalent to the gold content of an ounce (), this transaction was approximately equivalent to 216,648 taels of gold. According to the current gold and silver exchange rate in the Ming Dynasty.

The ratio, converted into silver, is about 6.5 million taels of silver.

Paul I, a little kid, paid 10 million taels of silver with just one mouthful, nearly doubling the price.

More importantly, the reason why Tsarist Russia sold Alaska at that time was because it was afraid that Alaska would be taken away by England.

Now as long as the Ming Dynasty kills the Eighth Prince and holds Eastern Siberia in its hands, it can directly cut off the connection between Tsarist Russia and Alaska, and they won't even have a chance to worry.

Therefore, Zhu Jinsong quoted a price of 88,888 taels of silver.

If Zhu Jinsong hadn't been worried that Mao Xiong would turn around and march eastward with all his strength, dragging the Ming Dynasty into the winter war between Grad and Grad, Zhu Jinsong would have even wanted to quote a penny.

If you give money, it can't be considered a free ticket.

Faced with Zhu Jinsong's threat, Paul I was silent for a long time, and finally reluctantly agreed: "Okay, it will be at the price you said. But you should guarantee that Ming Dynasty will not threaten Tsarist Russia.

Inherent territory and security.”

Zhu Jinsong nodded and assured with a serious face: "Of course, who made us the five good people of Xiao Po Guo? Of course I will guarantee the interests of your Czarist Russia."

Paul I breathed a sigh of relief and then asked: "So, we should talk about the Ottoman problem now."

Zhu Jinsong said: "What happened to the Ottomans? Isn't it possible that your Czarist Russia can't deal with those green Ottoman sultans?"

This is not Zhu Jinsong throwing dirty water on the Ottoman Sultan, but there is evidence.

The evidence is among the concubines of the Ottoman Turkish Sultan.

Just like the emperors of the Central Plains who liked to eat more and occupy more, the Ottoman Sultan also had more than one or two concubines. There were always hundreds or ten of them. Plus the maids and the like, it was easy to have thousands of them.

thing.

There was only one person in the sultan, and there were many concubines. The rain and dew could not be spread evenly. In addition, the Ottoman Turkish ministerial chamber seemed not professional enough, and there were always unclean castrations. Therefore, it is not difficult to guess what will happen to the Ottomans.

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In order to prevent themselves from being cheated, the sultans of the Ottoman Turks came up with a trick that no one could think of - the ones who serve those beauties are all Kunlun!

Because the sultans discovered that once those beauties had an affair with a Kunlun slave and got pregnant, the baby would definitely be a little Kunlun slave. Just by looking at the child, the sultans could tell whether they had been raped.

Of course, Paul I also knew about the sultans' tricks, and he also knew that the sultans had green heads.

But under Paul I, everyone is the head of a country. Even if the Ottoman Turkish Sultan has a green head, you don't need to be so mocking, right?

Besides, will Tsarist Russia not be able to deal with the mere Ottomans?

Although the reason why Tsarist Russia had the upper hand in this war against the Ottomans was that it had made sufficient preparations in advance and imported some muskets and artillery from the Ming Dynasty, this was also the strength of Tsarist Russia.

Paul I said: "Of course Tsarist Russia can deal with the Ottomans, but don't you, the Ming Dynasty, also want to take action against the Ottomans now? For such a large piece of territory, we must discuss how to divide it in advance."

Zhu Jinsong said: "How do you want to divide it?"

With the example of Alaska in front of him, Paul I now spoke more cautiously, at least he did not speak loudly: "With the Greater Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea as the dividing line, the territory to the north belongs to our Tsarist Russia, and the rest It all belongs to your Ming Dynasty, how about it?"

Zhu Jinsong was also able to accept the dividing line proposed by Paul I - if the Ming Dynasty set its sights on the territory north of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, such as places like Rostov, it is estimated that Tsarist Russia could immediately join hands with the Ottomans to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

But before leaving, Paul I couldn't help but said: "You are a devil - you have dragged the whole world into the quagmire of war."

Zhu Jinsong laughed loudly and said, "Thank you for the compliment. I think this is a compliment to me."

To be loved by one's own people and hated by other countries is indeed the best compliment for an emperor.

After Paul I left, Zhu Jinsong hurriedly summoned all the bigwigs in the Ming Dynasty.

"The little broken ball is completely chaotic. The next step for Ming Dynasty is to capture the southern half of the Ottoman Empire. As long as we capture this place, Ming Dynasty will never be short of oil again."

Zhu Jinsong pulled a simple globe and said to the big bosses: "In addition, Tsarist Russia completely abandoned Eastern Siberia and retained the area from Central Siberia to Novosibirsk as a buffer."

"In addition, I bought Alaska from Tsarist Russia for 88,888 taels of silver."

"In other words, Eighth Prince's side is completely useless."

Having said this, Zhu Jinsong looked at Zhu Sanshun and said: "Third brother, your rear army governor's office can directly deal with the eighth prince. There is no need to drive them to Central Siberia."

"Also, after you deal with Eighth Prince, you will step down as the Commander-in-Chief of the Rear Army and start recruiting some people in the Ming Dynasty to follow you to Alaska. From now on, Alaska will be your fiefdom."

Zhu Laosan's expression immediately darkened, and he opened his mouth several times, but in the end no words came out.

As for Zeng Cheng and other big guys, they looked at each other in shock, as if they couldn't believe their ears.

Tsarist Russia actually packed up and sold Eastern Siberia and Alaska?

Or at such an outrageous price of less than 90,000 taels of silver?

The key is that the operation of Tsarist Russia directly disrupted all the plans that Ming Dynasty had already made!

In the original plan of the Ming Dynasty, the Right Army Governor's Office would eliminate Gorkha before October of the ninth year of the Holy Emperor, forcing the fifteenth prince to go north to Kabul along the Pamir Plateau, and then drive him to the Ottoman side.

At the same time, the rear army governor's office will completely drive Ba Age out of the Nurgan Chief Envoy before the end of the year, that is, drive him to Eastern Siberia, and then drive him to flee to Central Siberia.

After the military government cleared these two places, it was around the summer of the Holy Emperor's tenth year.

There are two fronts, one first and one last. The purpose is to leave a certain amount of time for the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works, so that the Ministry of Personnel can recruit and train qualified officials, and the Ministry of Household Affairs can have time to recruit or prepare to move there.

People, let the Ministry of Industry have time to plan the roads that need to be built.

With the arrival of Paul I, the plan for the fifteenth prince was fine, but the plan for the eighth prince was completely messed up.

After thinking about it secretly, Zhu Jinsong said to Lin Shao, the official minister: "You, the official department, should think of a solution first. There are too many vacancies this time."

Lin Shao looked at Zhu Jinsong with a painful look on his face, and there were a thousand unworthy words in his heart to deceive the emperor.

The total of these places requires at least seven or eight chief envoys. These chief envoys can only be drawn from the existing chief envoys, plus magistrates of prefectures, magistrates of counties, officials...

Even if we do not consider government officials, we still need hundreds or even thousands of officials, large and small.

If current officials are transferred from the current ranks and the situation of filling vacancies must also be taken into consideration, the complexity of the problem will more than double.

However, Zhu Jinsong didn't seem to see Lin Shao's resentful look, and instead continued to say to Liu Huaiwen: "The same goes for your Ministry of Household Affairs. You must be prepared to move people to these places."

Bidige

Liu Huaiwen's face also darkened.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development must make preparations to relocate the people - which households should be relocated? Which households should not be relocated? How many households should be relocated? How much resettlement allowance will be required for relocation? How much land will be given? How to calculate cattle seeds and so on?

Everything here is full of money, and it is also full of troublesome problems. How come it is so simple when it comes to your mouth, Emperor Zhu?

Pooh!

When Zhu Jinsong's eyes turned to Song Yucheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Song Yucheng said directly: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry can immediately send people to conduct field exploration. As long as the materials and labor are prepared, we can

Construction can begin at any time.”

Zhu Jinsong hummed, then turned his attention to Zhu Erdan, Liu Heming, Liu Erniu, Geng Rui and others: "How to garrison troops in these places is the responsibility of your Fifth Army Commander's Office."
Chapter completed!