It is impossible to expect Russians to honestly do business and make money, Russia is nicknamed the "European gendarmerie", the gendarmes never make money by doing business, they just go straight to rob, Mao Zi doesn't have so many eyes.

But the problem now is that if Russia wants to expand into Europe, the first thing it has to face is the pressure of Britain, France, and Germany, not to mention Britain and France, Germany is the closest to Russia, and the upward momentum is also the fiercest.

If it was Germany before 1871, maybe Russia would not care about the Germans, Germany was divided at that time, there was no competitiveness at all, in 1871, Germany completed the unification, established the German Empire, and won the Franco-Prussian War.

In June 1873, the Russian Tsar and the Austrian Emperor signed the Synbolon Agreement, which stipulated that in the event of a crisis of invasion by a third country, the two countries should immediately discuss a common course of action.

In October of the same year, the Kaiser also joined the agreement, thus forming the "Three Emperors Alliance".

From the standpoint of Russia, the "Three Emperors Alliance" is definitely just, but from the standpoint of the whole world, the "Three Emperors Alliance" is the axis of evil, and the free world cannot sit idly by and watch the ** countries unite to threaten the world order dominated by Britain and France, and the prototype of the world war has been born, and James Bryan went to St. Petersburg in this context to try to conclude the "Non-Aggression Pact" with Russia, so that the United States can reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Under such circumstances, the binding force of the "Three Emperors Alliance" can be imagined, and when the "Three Emperors Alliance" has the upper hand, the United States will undoubtedly abide by the "Non-Aggression Pact" and even join the "Three Emperors Alliance" to pursue its own interests.

When the "Three Emperors Alliance" is at a disadvantage, the United States will absolutely not be bound by the "Non-Aggression Pact", and when it is time to make a move, the national reputation is worth a few dollars, the United States is not the world's policeman, and it has not initially established a credibility system around the world, and if it is torn up, it will be torn up, and compared with national interests, the national reputation is like a night pot, which is picked up when it is used, and thrown away when it is not used.

"To conclude a Non-Aggression Pact, the cooperation of Vladivostok is required." James Bryan needs Li Mu's help, and if Li Mu doesn't speak, the Vladivostok state government will most likely not deal with James Bryan.

If you want to conclude a "non-aggression pact" with the Russians, you first need the government of Vladivostok to show a certain degree of goodwill, at least so that the Russians do not feel threatened, then the "non-aggression pact" can be concluded, otherwise the Russians will definitely strengthen their vigilance against Vladivostok, and the United States will deploy marine troops in Vladivostok, and the tsar will not take corresponding countermeasures?

At the very least, it is necessary to have the precaution it should have, and even if the "Non-Aggression Pact" is successfully concluded, Russia will remain vigilant.

"Don't worry, there will be cooperation as it should be, the scale of the border troops, the demarcation of the demilitarized zone, and the direction of the work of the Vladivostok Oblast government, you can talk about it at will when you go to St. Petersburg, and the Vladivostok Oblast government will definitely give you the greatest support." If St. Petersburg is worried that Vladivostok will take advantage of the fire to rob, Li Mu can even suggest that the entire Vladivostok region be set up as a demilitarized zone, if this does not reassure the Tsar, then Li Mu can do nothing.

Regarding military power, this thing is actually very mysterious, the first official organization established in Vladivostok is not the state government, but the Vladivostok branch of the National Rifle Association, the chairman of Vladivostok is an old acquaintance of Li Mu, the former chairman of the Massachusetts Rifle Association Ryan Matthew, Ryan Matthew is also the state senator of Vladivostok, all new immigrants in Vladivostok are members of the Rifle Association, in view of the climatic conditions in Vladivostok, there is nearly half a year for nearly half a year, Members of the Rifle Association have to undergo a certain level of military training, so in Vladivostok, there is no need to worry about security, Vladivostok is the standard Tibetan soldiers, and once needed, almost all adult men in Vladivostok can participate in battles, and even most women can take on part of military tasks.

The most common saying in the United States now is that "war makes women go away", in fact, this statement is not scientific, Li Mu knows the role of women in the war, in addition to some manual labor, the characteristics of women in the war are not inferior to men, and even in many cases, in some special positions, women perform better than men, such as medical staff and logistics personnel, women are naturally meticulous and patient, giving them more points, in the United States, or women are really far away from war, But in Vladivostok, it is not only the people who are hiding soldiers, but all the people are soldiers, and even women are more important than men.

Under the conditions of thermal weapons, the gap between women and men is narrowed to the greatest extent, the same bullet, counted by women and men, there is no essential difference, once the bullet leaves the chamber and hits the target, the killing effect is the same, so the women of Vladivostok also have to receive a certain degree of military training, and even the standard is very high, at least in terms of shooting performance, the rifle association has no difference between men and women.

With this premise, of course, Li Mu is full of confidence, women can hold up half the sky, this sentence is not a joke, the most common family model of the Chinese is male outside, female inside, but more often, women's work intensity is not inferior to men, Li Mu is very confident, if Vladivostok is invaded by foreign enemies, then no matter how many garrisons in Vladivostok there are, just the civilians of Vladivostok can make the invaders feel enough lessons.

"The Demilitarized Zone? What do you think? James Bryan doesn't know where Li Mu's confidence comes from, but if a demilitarized zone is demarcated between the Vladivostok government and Russia, it will definitely dispel the doubts of the Russians to the greatest extent.

"Without restrictions, if the Russians want to, then the entire region of Vladivostok can be zoned as a demilitarized zone." Li Mu is full of confidence, it's just this part of Vladivostok, there will still be a garrison in Vladivostok, but it will be in the direction of Alaska, if necessary, the garrison of Alaska can reach Vladivostok within a day, and it will not affect the course of the war.

The minimum criterion for a so-called "demilitarized zone" is that there are no military targets, no barracks, no batteries, and no observation posts.

If Vladivostok really lacks a demilitarized zone for more than 2 million square kilometers, then the Russian Empire is on the principle of reciprocity and will also maintain a demilitarized zone within a certain range in Central Siberia, which is actually beneficial to Russia, because most of the land, including Central Siberia and Western Siberia, is no man's land, and there is no need for defense at all, which provides Russia with enough tactical depth, and the Russians will certainly not refuse this.

"Including the port of Vladivostok?" James Bryan is not sure of Li Mu's bottom line, if James Bryan is really so generous, then it should be more powerful to promote the conclusion of the "Non-Aggression Pact", but at that time, the Russians will definitely send people to explore all parts of Vladivostok, if the Vladivostok state government cheats, then the consequences will definitely be serious.

"Including the port of Vladivostok! I'm not kidding, instead of deploying a few fledgling army units in Vladivostok, we might as well be more generous and deploy those units to Alaska for training, so that they can really make a difference when needed. Even considering Yan Hu, Li Mu was not optimistic about the troops that had just been formed.

What are you kidding, Washington is now going to organize nearly seven divisions and 100,000 people, and put all these troops in Vladivostok to serve as a national defense force, although Li Mu welcomes this decision, but he doubts the combat effectiveness of the new troops, 100,000 army troops can not explain anything, and if they really want to pull the Russian troops to the battlefield for a decisive battle, the Americans really may not be able to win.

The Russian army is called "gray livestock", which fully shows that the Russian army is not afraid of death, and it is indomitable, and it does not regard itself as a human being, and the enemy is naturally not a human being.

"Do you really think so? Tiger is the commander of the Fifth Division of the Army-"James Bryan doesn't believe that Li Mu will be so great, the relationship between Li Mu and Yan Hu is well known, although the existence of Chu Xue is a bit secretive, but as long as you know Li Mu, you know how close the relationship between Yan Hu and Li Mu is.

Washington decided to garrison troops in Vladivostok, and Yan Hu naturally became a senior general of the US army, as the commander of the Fifth Division of the Army, leading the army to be stationed in Vladivostok Oblast.

This is a good thing, Li Mu has been busy for so many years, that is, he hopes that more and more Chinese will get ahead in the United States and hold important positions, senior officers in the War Department are of course one of the directions of Li Mu's efforts, the social status of senior officers in the United States is still quite high, Yan Hu can be in a high position, and it is not the industry that Li Mu is involved in, this is definitely good news, the best news in the past year, even the importance of Arthur succeeding James Garfield as president of the United States has to be in the back row.

"Congratulations to him, it is not easy for Tiger to achieve his current status, from Cuba to Montana, to Hawaii, Tiger deserves everything he deserves, but Tiger and Vladivostok are two different things, Vladivostok is Vladivostok, Tiger is Tiger, even in Alaska, Tiger can contribute to Vladivostok." Li Mu will definitely not admit the relationship with Yan Hu now, the facts are one thing, and whether to admit it or not is another thing, Li Mu does not admit it, no one can force it.

Although the United States did not pass the "Chinese Exclusion Act," don't think that everything will be fine from now on, and you still have to have a sense of distress, Li Mu and Yan Hu are different, Li Mu can turn over the river and the sea, call for wind and rain, and formulate the rules of the game by himself, and Yan Hu must honestly follow the steps and climb up step by step in accordance with the internal rules of the US military.

Of course, in this process, Li Mu can give Yan Hu a certain degree of help, which is understandable, who made Li Mu the biggest arms dealer in the United States, arms dealers, born to have their own spokesperson within the US military, George Dewey, Alfred Mahan, Will, etc., they are Li Mu's spokesperson in the military, everyone knows this, but no one can use the topic to play, because the military is self-contained and not subject to government constraints, don't look at the US president is nominally the commander-in-chief of the three US services, But the U.S. president has no decisive influence over the military.

"You don't shy away from it, well, I can only do what I can." James Bryan just complained, and maybe there was a reminder to Li Mu, but whether it can play a role or not, the key is Li Mu himself, and it has nothing to do with James Bryan's position.

"I know, the Non-Aggression Pact, I wish you success, although I don't think it will do anything, as long as the Russians are willing to recognize it." Li Mu can think that for the "Non-Aggression Pact", whether the Americans care or not is not the key factor, the key is whether the tsar will agree to it.

In fact, there is no need to worry too much about this problem, the tsar does not have much choice now, either to maintain vigilance in the direction of Vladivostok and be dragged to death by the Vladivostok regional government, or to ignore the threat in the direction of Vladivostok, turn his attention to Europe, and stabilize domestic contradictions with the help of external factors, if the latter is chosen, then Russia will most likely perish in twenty or thirty years, and if the former one is chosen, then the Russian government will most likely perish within ten years.

So, this multiple-choice question is very simple.

On the third day after the welcome dinner, James Bryan left Vladivostok and continued his march towards St. Petersburg.

During his two days in Vladivostok, James Bryan visited the newly established farm in Vladivostok, visited the port expansion that has entered the end of the project, and visited the tall and majestic Vladivostok State Government, everything here that James Bryan praised.

There is really nothing to deny, maybe in a few years, Vladivostok will become the largest city in the United States, at least the largest city in the Far East, this year to put up the flag is so simple, the Vladivostok Oblast government has not cheated, since the establishment of the Vladivostok Oblast government, the number of new immigrants, the number of newly reclaimed arable land, and the rising tax revenues all indicate that Vladivostok has a bright future, which is nothing to deny, James Bryan may step down after a term of secretary of state, Whether or not to run for president next time is a matter of two questions, but Vladivostok will always be there.

It's really.

If you don't accept it, you can't do it.