In the Duke's Palace, the atmosphere of the dinner was very harmonious, and Richelieu's knowledge was also quite profound, and under his deliberate guidance, the two seemed to have endless common topics, and Rozov even had an illusion of hating each other.

Who said that this old fox was despicable, shameless, and arrogant? Isn't that a good person!

Richelieu wanted to lure him in, and naturally behaved very friendly, and after dinner, Richelieu seemed to be unsatisfied, so he pulled Rozov to the reception room to have a good chat with him.

While chatting, Richelieu's interpreter suddenly asked in Russian: "His Royal Highness the Duke asked me to ask you, is your translation reliable?" “

Richelieu was stunned when he heard this, is there something hidden to talk about?

The interpreter who can bring him to participate in the meeting is naturally very reliable, and Rozov nodded: "Of course it is reliable, he is a junior in my clan." “

Richelieu listened to the interpreter's explanation, nodded, directly took out a simple world map, spread it out on the small table between the two, and then said seriously: "Okay, now let's talk about the Ming Empire." “

The translation process in the middle was not verbose, and when Rozov heard this, he asked puzzledly: "Isn't this issue a matter that all allies talk about together?" “

Richelieu smiled: "It's not a formal meeting yet, I just want to know about your country's intentions, and I have understood the intentions of other allies." “

Rozov didn't understand even more, why should he understand the intention first, shouldn't everyone negotiate together during the talks?

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then what is their intention?" “

Richelieu pointed to the Ming Empire on the map and replied vaguely: "Everyone thinks that we should find a way to curb the development of the Ming Empire. “

This seemed to be nonsense, and Rozov looked at the map and then at Richelieu, waiting for him to explain further.

Richelieu's finger tapped a few times in the Far Eastern Sea, and then, regretfully, "At sea, we are not the opponent of the Ming Empire for the time being. “

Rozov also understood this, and he nodded solemnly to show understanding.

Richelieu pointed to the Persian Safavid Empire on the map and said: "Now to prevent the Ming Empire from connecting with the other four countries on land, the only way to prevent the Persian Safavid Empire from withstanding the pressure of the Ming Empire and preventing the Ming Empire's telegraph network and railway from transiting." “

This seemed to make a lot of sense, and Rozov nodded again in agreement.

Richelieu said regretfully: "However, the Safavid Empire of Persia is very afraid now, they are afraid that the Ming Empire and the Ottoman Empire will join forces to attack, in that case, they will definitely not be able to resist." “

This is indeed a problem, and when Rozov heard this, he frowned and said: "Then, what now?" “

Richelieu immediately pointed to the Ottoman Empire and said: "It's very simple, we find a way to drag the Ottoman Empire, and you find a way to drag the Ming Empire." “

Rozov didn't realize that Richelieu was asking them to send troops to attack the Ming Empire, he just asked puzzledly: "How can we drag the Ming Empire?" “

Richelieu pointed to the Siberian region and said lightly: "Aren't you advancing eastward, the Ming Empire is also advancing westward, and it is rumored that their vanguard has rushed to your eastern border, it seems that in this place, you will have a war sooner or later, why don't you take action now, launch an attack directly from the Siberian Plateau, and compete with the Ming Empire for control of the Far Northeast, so that the Ming Empire will not be dragged down?" “

When Rozov heard this, he almost didn't fall off his chair, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Your Royal Highness, you're not joking with me, are you?" Let's go and attack the Ming Empire, how can we possibly beat them! “

Richelieu said casually: "It is naturally difficult for you to compete with the Ming Empire alone, isn't there still us, I have already asked the other four countries, Britain and the Netherlands are willing to provide you with weapons, Sweden and Denmark are willing to provide you with grain and grass, and we France will also provide you with military expenses, if you can mobilize an army of four or five hundred thousand, in the Siberian Plateau that you are most familiar with, will you not be able to defeat the Ming Empire?" “

That sounds like a bit of a point, but what if you can't? The Ming Empire is not easy to provoke, if they are provoked, the entire territory of the Far East will not be able to be saved, so why take this risk.

This kind of thankless thing can only be done by a fool, Rozov shook his head resolutely and said: "No, no, no, His Royal Highness the Duke, we can't take this risk." “

Richelieu did not get angry, but smiled and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, don't be in a hurry to refuse, I still have something good for you to see." “

Good stuff? Could it be the secret weapon against the Ming Empire, Rozov looked at Richelieu in surprise, not knowing what he meant.

Richelieu stood up and made a gesture of please, and said to the two translators, "You guys are waiting here." “

Rozov stood up inexplicably and followed Richelieu to the corner of the reception room, where there was a delicate wooden box.

Richelieu himself stepped forward, opened the wooden box, and looked at Rozov with a smile.

Oh my God, it's a box of gold!

There was a greedy look in Rozov's eyes, such a box of gold is at least a thousand taels.

However, the greed in his eyes was quickly hidden, although a thousand taels of gold was a lot, it was not enough to impress him, he was a great nobleman, he had assets worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and this box of gold was worth forty or fifty thousand taels of silver at most, he didn't need to risk it for this money.

Richelieu didn't say anything, but closed the box, took him back to the middle seat, and then said lightly: "Prime Minister, see clearly, just like that, how about I provide you with five boxes?" “

Five boxes are already equivalent to almost half of all his assets, Rozov showed an expression of interest, but after thinking for a while, he still slowly shook his head, no, it's too risky.

Richelieu's eyes narrowed, and he said lightly: "Six boxes." “

Rozov showed a struggling look on his face, perhaps, in the Siberian Plateau, the Ming Empire really can't do Tsarist Russia!

Richelieu stared at him and continued, "Eight boxes. “

The look of struggle on Rozov's face became even stronger, eight boxes were already equivalent to hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, should he take this risk?

Richelieu's breath slowly turned cold, he gritted his teeth and said: "Ten boxes, there is no more, if you don't agree again, I have to think of other ways." “

When Rozov heard this, a nervous cold sweat broke out, it was more than his current total assets, and if he said he didn't want it, it was fake.

After struggling for a while, greed finally overcame everything, he gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "Okay, His Royal Highness the Duke, we will try our best to drag down the Ming Empire." “

Hearing this, Richelieu raised his eyebrows, patted him on the shoulder and encouraged: "Don't be so unconfident, with our help, it is not difficult for you to defeat the Ming Empire and dominate the Far Northeast, when the time comes, won't you be a great hero in expanding the territory!" “

When Rozov heard this, his eyes lit up, yes, if he really defeated the Ming Empire, it would not be fame and fortune!

Since Tsarist Russia was willing to send troops, the talks were more than half successful, and the next day, in just one day, the six countries of the anti-Habsburg coalition reached an agreement:

The Netherlands and the United Kingdom will provide 100,000 arquebuses and 100,000 new flintlock muskets each in the next six months;

Sweden and Denmark each provide 100,000 people with a year's worth of food and grass;

France provided military spending equivalent to about four million taels of silver;

Tsarist Russia organized an army of 400,000 to launch an attack on the Ming Empire in the Far Northeast!

With the secret agreement signed with the allies, Rozov returned to Moscow with great ambitions, and against all resistance, formulated the so-called expansion plan for the Ming Empire.

The first step in this plan was to attack Manjingwei, and now, the Ming Empire's garrison there was only 10,000 people, while the Far East Army of Tsarist Russia totaled nearly 200,000 people!