The price paid by Russia was not high, but it was valuable to the Manchus.

They expressed their willingness to cede Georgia and other places south of the Caucasus Mountains to the Qing Empire.

For Russia, this territory in the Caucasus Mountains was nothing more than a base for the southward advance, and the economic value was very low before the oil extraction, and the southward advance was now blocked by the emergence of the Qing Empire, so it is not distressing to discard the territory south of the Caucasus that was snatched from the Qajar dynasty more than ten years ago.

But for the Manchus, the meaning was completely different. For Russia, the Manchu Qing knew too well, and always thought that this was a strong country, and during the Jiaqing period, a large number of officers were sent to the Russian military academy school. The military-industrial system, also imported from Russia. Since the Ili period, the two sides have maintained good relations for a long time, mainly because Russia wants to support the Manchus to prevent China from entering Central Asia. Later, as China defeated the Manchus and Russia, and the Manchus moved westward into the heart of Central Asia, Russia lost control of Kazakhstan, and the two countries became non-bordering countries, which broke off ties.

After the occupation of Persia, the Manchus again began to have a direct border with Russia. To the northwest of the two countries is the Kazakh steppe, which is controlled by China, and on the Caspian Sea is the Khiva Khanate, which controls the area from the Aral Sea to the Caspian Sea, and only in the Caucasus Mountains. However, the Caucasus Mountains, which could have served as a natural barrier between the two countries, stretched from the Black Sea to the mighty Caucasus Mountains, were taken away from Persia by Russia because of Persian weakness. In the eyes of the Manchus, the Caucasus Mountains ceded by the Qajar Dynasty, just as Shi Jingjiao ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitans, leaving a hole in the overall defense of Persia.

The Manchus have always been very jealous of Russia, their military system was learned from Russia, they knew that Russia was very strong, and they knew that the Russians liked to expand, so their fear of Russia was still above China. After Russia annexed the Caucasus Mountains, the two sides were basically bounded by the Arras River, but this flat river flowing into the Caspian Sea could not stop Russia from moving south. After the Manchu defense of the north was undefended and Persia was annexed, Daoguang began to worry about this unfavorable state.

The willingness of the Russians to abandon Georgia south of the Caucasus was the most favorable news for the Manchus.

To do this, they could form an alliance with the powerful Russia against the less powerful Ottoman Empire. What's more, there are also Chinese European companies that provide military support, and in this case, if Daoguang still does not agree, he is not moderate, but cowardly.

As for the British threat, Daoguang did not look at it, and from the information he got from the foreigners, he knew that even in Europe, the British horse infantry could not defeat the Russian horse infantry, and the British were good at naval warfare and clumsy in land warfare. As for naval battles, it was indeed the weakness of the Qing Dynasty, but it was impossible for the British to drive their warships to the Persian plateau.

When the European companies heard about this, they wondered why Russia had dragged the Manchus into the war. In the eyes of European companies, the defeat of the Russians was already doomed, and they were doomed to shrink in the Black Sea. The main force of this war was Britain, France and Austria, and the Manchus did not participate in the war, at most they could only affect the Ottoman Empire, and it would not help the overall situation of Russia's defeat.

But Russia's behavior can also be understood, according to the current situation, Russia's situation on all fronts is not smooth, although the battle with the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus has always occupied the advantage, but it can only keep Eastern Armenia, the Danube estuary area, has been captured by the Austrian Imperial Navy and Army, the decisive battle on the Crimean Peninsula, the Anglo-French Ottoman army has besieged the Russian army for more than a year, and it is a matter of time before it is lost, I heard that Britain and France intend to internationalize the Crimean Peninsula, and the Ottoman Empire hopes to restore the Crimean Khanate, Whatever the outcome, Russia will lose control here, and then in the Black Sea.

In this case, in fact, they could no longer hold the Caucasus, and instead of being taken away by the Ottoman Empire, it was better to hand it over directly to the Manchu Empire in exchange for their war against the Ottoman Empire.

The Manchus were willing to go to war, which was good news, but the European companies were negotiating with the Ottoman Empire over Crete, which they wanted the Ottomans to cede to the European companies.

As for Egypt, there is no need to worry, the naval fleet painstakingly built by the Egyptian Pasha Ali was completely destroyed by the Anglo-French forces, and now the Egyptians are desperately trying to win over European companies, hoping that the company's fleet can support them, at least so that their army forces fighting in Greece will not fall into isolation.

The European company did not intend to directly enter the war, and used South Africa and the Manchu Qing to threaten the Ottomans and Egypt and gain control of Crete to achieve the goal.

So the European companies instead demanded that the Manchus not go to war immediately, believing that the Ottomans would agree to their terms and cede some territory to the Manchus.

The European companies considered the problem too simply, and now the situation is completely out of control, and it is impossible for any country to be left alone, and even Russia, which has a strong desire for territorial possession, is willing to take the initiative to cede territory to the Manchus in exchange for support. Britain and France are also reluctant to involve European companies at this time to share in the fruits of victory.

Everyone fights to the death, so it is easy for Russia to fail, and the Chinese jump out and want to share the fruit to eat, it is not so cheap. Backward transportation, harsh environment, and the same level of weapons have made this war develop into a war of attrition long ago, and even Britain has paid the price of 100,000 casualties, and the French have sacrificed even more, and have invested more than 100 million pounds in military spending, and European companies must not be allowed to succeed at this time.

So they supported the Ottoman rejection of the threats of European companies.

After the negotiation failed, the European companies knew that they were going to lose money on the deal, but they were not short of money, and the officials who managed the company, like the East India Company, sometimes cared less about the rights of the shareholders and more about their own future, and they needed to make a difference.

With their consent, the Manchu army of 100,000 entered the territory of the Ottoman Empire, and the situation became even more complicated.

The Russians were ecstatic, they didn't care if the Manchus could enter the war, they cared about the involvement of a European company, a Chinese company, and the involvement of this company meant that China was involved to some extent.

The war lasted for four years, although there was China's financial support, but Russia really could not hold on, they used to rely heavily on the Baltic trade, but in the past four years, the port was blocked by the British, various industries withered, the British controlled the Russian low-end textile market, now all occupied by Chinese products, the past can be exported to Britain in large quantities of iron, grain and timber and other goods, China does not need.

The money borrowed from China was resold and sent back for various commodities, and it could not even make up the difference, gold continued to be lost to China, financial markets were in chaos, production was shrinking, serf revolts had begun again, and if the war was not ended, Russia would collapse.

Austria has reached an agreement with Britain and France to bring all the lower reaches of the Danube into Austria's sphere of influence, and the Crimean Peninsula will at least be handed over to Britain and France, and Russia will completely lose its right to speak in the Black Sea in the future, and this is Russia's best outlet to the sea at present, the only ice-free port.

Britain and France have repeatedly conveyed peace terms that allow Russia to retain Bessarabia and most of the territory on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, but to lose Sevasotopol, but not to maintain a navy in the Black Sea in the future, which is tantamount to eliminating the possibility of Russia breaking out of the Black Sea and entering the Mediterranean, which is unacceptable to Russia.

Involving Chinese European companies in the war may not involve the whole of China, but at least let China's interests be involved, then the Chinese will certainly not sit idly by, and Russia does not want China to overexpand in the Mediterranean, so what he hopes is that the Chinese can intervene in mediation.

With China's current national strength and influence, it was easier for her mediation to get Britain and France to accept a treaty that was relatively lenient with Russia, so Russia immediately contacted European companies as soon as they intervened.

They put forward an alliance to support each other's interests in Europe. Russia supported the acquisition of Crete by European companies and the inclusion of Greece in their sphere of influence, and he hoped that European companies would support the free navigation of Russian merchant ships in the Turkish straits, which the Russians said would bring European companies great benefits in the Black Sea trade.

Greece's geographical location is stuck at the mouth of the Turkish Strait, and it is more friendly to Russia to let Chinese commercial concessionaires control it than Britain and France, and it is also a huge benefit, and I believe that European companies committed to expanding European trade will not want to miss it.

But the European company is very cautious, they have reached an agreement with Egypt, will send a fleet to help Egypt withdraw from Greece, so as not to bury tens of thousands of Egyptian elite in Greece, and also obtained Egypt's support for their request to get Crete, although the Ottoman Empire with the support of Britain and France refused, but the fleet of the European company landed on Crete and sent more than 30,000 South African mercenaries here.

The strong black troops of these slave empires, although the infantry skills were slightly weaker, but the cavalry was very powerful, and the charge of the poor black cavalry in cuirass made the Ottoman Empire feel the enthusiasm surging from within black Africa for the first time. As for the infantry, it was an infantry phalanx composed of immigrants from China, most of whom were criminals from China, who became slave traders by organizing slave repair teams and honed their military command skills through battles with African blacks. The artillery was provided by the European companies themselves, and the European companies had a large fleet, and it was impossible not to have soldiers who knew how to handle the artillery.