"Don't say it's 300 million, even if it's 200 million, it's too expensive!"

Luo Bingzhang's words made Zhu Yifeng immediately realize that for the people of this era, they did not know the meaning of Siberia at all. Just as Russia is willing to sell it, perhaps Siberia can provide some furs and settle some immigrants, but in terms www.biquge.info of the empire as a whole, Siberia is more of a burden than a wealth.

There is not a large amount of arable land for proper agriculture, and even the steppes there are not suitable for the development of modern animal husbandry, which is why in a hundred years, when the population of Siberia increased to 9 million, the population of the United States, which was also a wilderness, increased to nearly 100 million.

Siberia, though vast, is unfit for human life, is the definition given by some in later generations, even in the twenty-first century, when faced with ruined cities.

But who can deny the treasures buried in the ground of Siberia?

With tens of billions of tons of oil and the richest natural gas in the world, the Siberian steppes may not be suitable for agriculture, but they are also good places for animal husbandry, and of course, there are tens of millions of acres of land suitable for agriculture. Although the arrivable land is almost nothing compared to its vastness, China needs Siberia!

But now Zhu Yifeng can't buy land like Alaska, when facing the minister's opposition, he can say bluntly, "If the government doesn't want to buy it, let the royal family buy it!" On the one hand, it was to break the deadlock, but on the other hand, Zhu Yifeng also had his selfishness, he knew what kind of wealth Alaska had underground, trillions of wealth buried there, and hundreds of tons of gold, all of which would be the royal family's industry in the future, and the royal family would be able to obtain rich benefits through this royal territory in the next one or two hundred years, without falling into "poverty", of course, this "poverty" is just groundless, after all, At present, the imperial family of the Chinese Empire should be the richest royal family in the world -- not only does it own the Forbidden City in Beiping, Yuan Mingyuan, Chengde Summer Resort, the imperial palaces in Nanjing and the imperial capital, and the palaces in Lushan and other places, but also nearly a quarter of the real estate inside and outside Nanjing belongs to the imperial family, and half of the real estate in the imperial capital belongs to the imperial family.

Moreover, the royal family also has a large amount of investment in the country and the colonies, coal mines, railways, oil fields, shipping companies, and now the royal family has tens of millions of yuan of income every year, which can be described as a real rich country. But even so, Zhu Yifeng still hopes to make his children and grandchildren more comfortable, and his understanding of the historical trend makes him very clear that he is likely to be the last generation of "real monarchs", and once the "constitutional monarchy" is implemented in the future, after the royal family hands over power and becomes a symbol of the country, Alaska, as a royal industry, will bring a steady stream of wealth to the royal family, no matter how other investments change, as long as Alaska is there, then, their children and grandchildren can live a rich life forever, And not like the British royal family, there is not even money to "repair the house".

However, Siberia is not Alaska after all, Alaska only needs 5.5 million, and for Zhu Yifeng, this expenditure is just to sell a few tons of "electrolytic aluminum", while Siberia needs hundreds of millions of yuan, or even hundreds of millions of yuan!

"Your Majesty, now our relationship with Britain is becoming increasingly tense, and in the future, if war breaks out, we need huge military expenditures, and at such a time, it is undoubtedly inappropriate to spend tens of thousands of yuan on land!"

Zeng Guoquan spoke out on the side and said that although he knew that once this matter was completed, the credit would fall on his nephew, but as the secretary of the army, he still needed to stand on the position of national affairs.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the current situation is undoubtedly more important than in Siberia!"

Situation!

This is the most critical reason, maybe the government can come up with 300 million yuan, but what about the future military spending? According to the calculations of the General Staff Headquarters, after the outbreak of war with Britain, the military expenditure of the army and navy may exceed 400 million yuan. Of course, this money is an expense built on multiple battlefields. It's not just Panama.

"But this money, likewise, will help to ease the problems between us and Russia, and, having received this money, it can be expected that they will certainly use it to strengthen their armaments, and at that time they will most likely launch an attack on the soft underbelly of Britain, and if they attack Persia, and from there into India, then ......"

Looking at the ministers in front of him, Zhu Yifeng said in an expectant tone.

"The lifeblood of the British Empire will be severed, and they will have to confront Russia on the one hand and against us on the other in Europe, so that we can easily win our own victory, and maybe even completely dismantle the British colonial empire."

Walking in front of the globe, Zhu Yifeng pointed to the globe and said.

"The warm Indian Ocean is full of temptations for Russia, but Britain's colonial empire is not just India, but also Canada, Australia, and even South Africa,"

For Zhu Yifeng, who has been thinking about how to dismantle Britain's colonial empire, if there is an opportunity, he will naturally not let go of this opportunity, although from the current point of view, this opportunity is extremely slim.

"Your Majesty, this is just the most ideal state, the Russian army must first defeat the Turkish army before it can go south, and at that time, the war between us and the British has even ended!"

Shen Ming, as the secretary of the navy, knows very well that in the plan of the navy, a limited war, through a limited naval battle, to end the problems between China and Britain, and finally the solution of the problems between China and Britain is not on the battlefield, but on the negotiating table.

"Your Majesty, although the Navy has made remarkable progress in the past four years, the Navy is not capable of challenging Britain on a global scale."

For Shen Ming, if he could, he would avoid a conflict with Britain now.

"According to the hypothetical enemy plan formulated by the Navy in the past, although Britain is the first imaginary enemy, the time for a comprehensive break with Britain should be ten years later, when the Navy will have more than 300,000 tons of warships, and all of them are armored ships, but now, the Navy only has less than 50,000 tons of armored ships that can go to the sea, even including the six armored ships that are about to be launched, the total displacement does not exceed 100,000 tons, although the scale of armored ships far exceeds that of Britain, but Britain still has a huge unarmored fleet after all, Moreover, Britain still has an astonishing industrial power, and if the war continues indefinitely, the balance of power is likely to be tilted in favor of Britain. Thus, the minister's claim was still to defeat the technologically backward British naval fleet in a crisp and limited conflict and force it back to the negotiating table......"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

Shen Ming's answer made all the ministers second, but Zhu Yifeng frowned, he walked back and forth, he didn't know about the idea of the navy, but he also knew very well where the biggest shortcoming of this plan was - pinning the hope of an armistice on the negotiating table.

Just like Japan at the outbreak of the Pacific War, they did not have the determination to fight to the end in the face of a powerful enemy, but only wanted to force the enemy to the negotiating table through a victory, as they did during the Russo-Japanese War.

But the United States is not Russia, and in the same way, Britain is not Russia!

"If Napoleon had won the Battle of Trajafal that year, what would have been the result?"

Faced with the ministers' approval of the limited war, Zhu Yifeng first asked rhetorically, and then continued without waiting for them to answer,

"Britain will not surrender because of the defeat at Trajafar, just as France will not give up because of the defeat in the naval battle, they will continue to fight, Britain will build a new fleet, but the situation of the war is more favorable to the development of France! But Britain will not return to the negotiating table because of a defeat, because they know very well,"

In the face of the opposition of the ministers, Zhu Yifeng, who assumed history, continued.

"Chance!"

"They know very well that once they are at the negotiating table, it means that they will give the enemy a chance to rise, and once their enemy gets this opportunity, then Britain will very likely, never be able to defeat this enemy, so Britain will never give any enemy or potential enemy this chance!"

Walking to the window and looking at the British-style garden outside the window, Zhu Yifeng said helplessly.

"I did think about the British deal, maybe we should make some concessions, but what do we get in exchange for concessions? We can take a look at Russia, a few decades ago, they used to be the gendarmes of Europe, their strength made Britain deeply vigilant, although they had just helped Britain defeat Napoleon, but Britain then began to do everything possible to suppress Russia, at the beginning, it was only diplomatic suppression, a few years ago, in the Crimea, and the expansion of Russia, when the diplomatic suppression was powerless to stop, they simply pulled other countries, shirtless, and directly cut off the possibility of Russia's expansion to the west! This is the UK! This is Britain, and they will never give any potential enemy a chance to rise if they have the chance! ”

Looking back at the ministers beside them, they were all standing up, and they stood there with their bows bowed, listening to their will.

"Russia's concessions yesterday led to all this, and what will our concessions lead to? Perhaps, we are not ready for this war now, but one thing is for sure, Britain is not ready for this war either! Here's the chance! ”

Staring at the corner of the globe, Zhu Yifeng said coldly.

"Now all we need to fight for is this opportunity! The chance to defeat the British, so, we need the power of Russia and let the balance of victory be in favor of us, not the British! ”

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