The two sides negotiated at Kulen and exchanged prisoners, and the Zhou army also paid a ransom of 300,000 taels of silver, because the Russians captured more Great Zhou soldiers.

Da Zhou negotiated with Russia on behalf of China, and his request was simple: Russia would stop supporting the Manchus, and that was the only one.

The border between China and Russia will be divided according to the Treaty of Nebuchu in the Kangxi year, and each other will not be allowed to cross the border.

China promised to resume Kyakhta trade and drastically lift trade county orders, such as the rhubarb trade banned during the Qianlong period.

The main protagonist of trade in this period was tea, but few people know that rhubarb was also traded on a large scale and had higher profit margins than tea.

The Russians made huge profits from re-exports, and in 1777 Russia resold more than 1,000 doods to Europe; In 1778, domestic consumption was 680 pood, and re-exports were as high as 1,055 pood. 1 pod is 40 Russian pounds and 36 pounds, and the price is much more expensive than tea. 1 pood (16.38 kg) of rhubarb, the purchase price of Kyakhta is 12 rubles, and when it arrives in St. Petersburg, the value is as high as 110 rubles, which is almost 10 times more. The price of rhubarb in kyakhta is 1 pood 20 rubles, and when it is shipped to Western Europe, it can be sold for 208 rubles, and the gross profit is about 10 times. This alone can collect 150,000 rubles per year for the Russian treasury, which can be exchanged for about 80,000 taels of silver.

However, for such a lucrative trade, the Manchu government set strict restrictions, providing only a quota of 500 catties per year. This is mainly because of a border dispute.

A Kulen merchant named Jin Ming was robbed in the Ulianghai by a Briyat from Russia. After the case was discovered, Le Bao, the minister of affairs in Kulun, together with the deputy general of the Khalkha county, Wang Yunzhai Dorji, and the head of the league, Bei Zisun Du Budolzi, sent a letter to the governor of Irkutsk, Russia, asking for assistance in the arrest of the criminals.

According to the Supplementary Articles of the 1786 Sino-Russian Treaty of Kyakhta: "Thereafter, any person who deliberately robs with an arm, whether he kills or not, shall be arrested in Karen...... Kill the offender in public at the border of one of the countries to which he belongs, as an example...... The stolen goods are fined ten times their value. ”

However, after capturing the criminals, the Russian side only handed over to the Chinese side a fine equivalent to 10 times the value of the stolen goods, and did not deal with the criminals in accordance with the Sino-Russian treaty.

The Manchus were not satisfied with this, and as a result, they announced the interruption of Sino-Russian trade.

However, the profit margin of the rhubarb trade was so high, coupled with its small size, easy to carry, unlike the low unit price of tea, so Russian merchants colluded with Chinese merchants to start smuggling, and Russian intelligence agencies also tried by all means, even unscrupulous, to steal rhubarb seeds from China, with prices as high as 400 rubles per Russian pound, and as a result, they were deceived by some unscrupulous Chinese businessmen, and some people used mustard seeds to deceive the Russians.

Qianlong cut off trade for eight years, from 1785 to 1792, but the smuggling of rhubarb became more and more serious. In the fourth year (1789) after the Kyakhta retreat, two cases of cross-border smuggling of rhubarb even shocked Qianlong, one more than 5,000 catties and one more than 4,000 catties. Emperor Qianlong personally instructed the foreign smugglers involved in the two cases to be put on display, and the Chinese smugglers were sentenced to death.

Qianlong knew that Russia bordered Western countries, and was worried about buying rhubarb from Britain, the Netherlands and other countries, so he fully implemented a quota system to limit each country to purchase 500 catties per year.

The reason why Qianlong was so interested in rhubarb was because after the smuggling case, the Qing government did not understand why the Russians were so fond of rhubarb, so they sent an official named Songyun to Kyakhta to investigate. The head of the special dispatch bought rhubarb and distributed it to his subordinates, and the official sold it to the end. Kyakhta sells rhubarb, the only one is a Qinghai Hui, Russia is the most convincing, he can't sell it. ”

Rhubarb is a Chinese medicinal material, and according to Songyun's investigation report, the Manchu monarchs and ministers thought that Russia "is a powerful country, but it actually controls its life because of this."

As a result, rhubarb cooperation began to be implemented, with the aim of sanctioning Russia and bringing it to its knees.

Of course, this view is very ridiculous, but the problem is that the Manchu monarchs and ministers, who lacked scientific common sense, were very convinced of this, and they lost a lot of trade profits.

Zhou Lang wished that the Russians would buy more Chinese goods, especially these Chinese medicinal materials, which are all high value-added products, although the total amount is small, but the profit margin is high.

Because of the leniency of the armistice, the Russians quickly signed it, and whether it could be done or not was another matter.

Zhou Lang never believed that the Russians would stop doing things behind their backs, but the Russians did it, and they fell into the handle, playing this kind of little trick, Zhou Lang felt that he could play the Russians to death.

The reason why he signed a generous treaty with Russia was because Zhou Lang really couldn't think of anything he could squeeze out of Russia and force them to cede Siberia? It's not possible yet. Trade is not a condition, but the Manchu Qing Dynasty banned it at every turn, making open trade a card for Zhou Lang.

In addition, it is important to drive the Russians out first and recover Inner and Outer Mongolia. After that, they can concentrate on dealing with the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

There are many opportunities to clean up the Russians, and when Napoleon fights Russia, Zhou Lang only needs to Chen Bing on the border, which is enough to make the Russians suffer a big loss, and he is not in a hurry.

The most important thing is to reorganize the army.

Zhao Wen won a battle this time, but there were many problems exposed, and the head-to-head confrontation convinced Zhou Lang that there was still a big gap between his army and the first-class military teams in Europe.

It's not that the training is not standardized, it's not that the soldiers are undisciplined, it's true that the overall combat experience is lacking.

Zhou Lang's army fought the most against the Qing army, which was a cold weapon unit, but the Russians taught various powerful countries in Europe, fighting Turkey, Sweden, and the French, all of whom were opponents with hot weapons, and the Russians had much more experience in using hot weapons to fight.

In addition, there is a huge gap in physical fitness and technical level. Zhao Wen commanded the most elite battalion in Zhou Lang's hands, but in several skirmishes with the Russian Cossacks, they basically suffered losses.

It is unacceptable that the combat effectiveness of the army lags behind the first-class military forces in Europe in an all-round way, and how can it compete with the Europeans for hegemony without the backing of a military force that is neck with each other.

Zhou Lang's army needed to be further strengthened before he could feel comfortable going to war with the Russians, if necessary.

After the end of the war, all the defeated prisoners were replaced, but the three armies Zhou Lang were directly abolished, the numbers of the three armies were cancelled, and the tenth, eleventh and twelfth armies were vacant in the Great Zhou army from then on, leaving a piercing hollow and always reminding of shame.

This is a disgrace for the entire army, and Zhou Lang is not to blame on a certain person. The chief military officer Gou was disheartened and pleaded with Zhou Lang, but Zhou Lang did not punish him, and even when he proposed to resign, Zhou Lang did not agree, but was kind and relieved.

Tell him that there is no general who always wins, let him eat a trench and grow wise, and he needs to study how to defeat the Westerners.

said that in order to give Gou Quan a chance to be ashamed, he would send Gou Quan to Europe to study, and how much he could learn depended on his creation.