After getting a few big households, none of the remaining ones could eat a large number of heavy machine guns, one was limited in national strength, and the other was not like Prussia and France, where thirty or forty army divisions were bought at every turn, and there was no place to equip them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, there is another big one that is now urgently contacting the top level of the country, and that is the Russians.

Actually, whether to sell the Russians or not, Guo Ye was a little hesitant, the French and the Prussians, if they were sold, they would be sold, anyway, they did not border China, if they wanted to invade again, then they would have to weigh it well, but the Russians are different, the Russians live next to China, insatiable, don't sell to them, they will take these weapons to attack themselves, although they are not afraid of the Russians, but after all, there are some inconvenient places.

However, Guo Ye thought about it for a while, and still relaxed the restrictions on Tsarist Russia, heavy machine guns, even if he didn't sell them himself, it wouldn't take a few years for the Russians to be equipped with heavy machine guns, since this is the case, it is better to let yourself earn this money!

Guo Ye was ready to sell to the Russians, and the Russian minister also got in touch with China through telegrams.

Saint petersburg.

Alexander II summoned Foreign Minister Gorchakov, Chancellor of the Exchequer Vitvich, and Army General Trievich to his palace, and these three men were among the most capable men under him, and for nine years since Alexander II ascended the throne, he has been carrying out reforms.

This is a rare monarch with outstanding ability in the history of Tsarist Russia, external expansion, internal reform, so that the Tsarist Empire quickly came out of the shadow of the defeat of the Crimean War, and the powerful innovation from the top down gave Tsarist Russia like a shot in the arm, making the military strength of the Tsarist Empire once again leap to the forefront of Europe.

The telegram he received today about Hernandev, the minister in the Chinese Empire, made him angry, and asked Hernándev to buy some heavy machine guns from the Chinese Empire, but he couldn't even do it!

Not only could it be impossible, but Guo Ye, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, even proposed to ask Tsarist Russia to buy it at a price 30% higher than that of other countries, which was really too deceitful!

"Three, you have all read Hernandev's telegram, we have encountered obstacles in purchasing heavy machine guns from the Huaxia Empire, what do you think of this matter?"

Pressure Mountain II asked in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the crux of the problem is not that we have encountered obstacles, but that we have to buy them, this weapon is too lethal, it will be of great help to our expansion war, we need to expand to the central part of Asia, we need to expand to the Caucasus, we need to expand to Poland, if we have a large-scale heavy machine gun, then we are like a tiger, we can invade the surrounding small countries unscrupulously, and bring them all under the rule of the Tsarist Empire!"

Trievich replied in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that we must buy heavy machine guns, not only do we need to expand our territory, but we will also face the oppression of Prussia in Eastern Europe in the future, and now Prussia is getting stronger and stronger, we need to take precautions, Hernandev said, Prussia bought 5,000 of these weapons in one go, 5,000 is enough to pose a huge threat to us!"

Gorchakov said in a deep voice.

"But!"

Alexander II was dissatisfied: "The Chinese Empire actually asked us to buy each heavy machine gun at a price of two thousand taels of silver, which is more than two thousand rubles, even if we purchase three thousand heavy machine guns, it will be as high as six or seven million rubles, which is a lot of expenditure, and we have to buy ammunition from it, which is also a lot of expenses!" Although our fiscal revenue has eased, and the annual fiscal revenue is much higher than before the Crimean War, it will still cause us a lot of pressure! ”

Vitvich replied: "Your Majesty, the finances are not a problem, and this money is not to be paid to the Chinese Empire in one go, we can pay them in installments in the next three to five years, two million rubles per year, the impact on us is not particularly large, but we can borrow heavy machine guns to expand our territory more quickly, this deal is sure to make a profit!" Of course, we also need to put pressure on Hernandev to try his best to fight for our interests at the negotiating table and bring the price down! ”

"It's hard to say......"

Alexander II sighed and replied: "Vitwich, you must know that now the Chinese Empire is a strange commodity to live in, and it is naturally a sky-high asking price, whether it is England or France, it is only after paying the price to take the heavy machine gun, we don't have what Guo Ye can look up to now, so it is naturally impossible to get such a cheap price......"

"Humph! Your Majesty, more expensive, more expensive, as long as we can take the Gatling heavy machine gun, it is worth it for us to pay a certain price, it is a big deal that in the next time, we will take back this money from the Chinese, that is, a few years ago, we attacked the Ussuri River basin but failed, this time, we should start a war again, grab the Ussuri River basin, where there is an outlet to the sea, as long as we occupy the mouth to the sea, we can launch aggression towards East Asia at any time, Get your money back! ”

Trijevic replied.

Alexander II's eyes lit up, and then dimmed, and he smiled bitterly: "Trievich, are you kidding? Britain, France, and Spain have sent 100,000 troops, as well as naval aid, and they have all returned home in China, how many troops do we need to send if we want to win the war against China? I'm afraid that without 150,000 people, it will be impossible to succeed! You must know that we have an army of more than 20,000 people in the Far East! Such a small number of troops is simply not enough to pose the slightest threat to that Guo Ye's army! ”

"Your Majesty, that's not necessarily!"

Trievich said in a deep voice: "The problem is that now from Shanhaiguan to Waixinganling, it is not controlled by the Chinese Empire, but by the Manchu Empire, with our military strength, it is simply easy to deal with the Manchu Empire that now has only half a life left, their elite has been lost in the war with the Four-Nation Alliance, even the remaining little bit has been absorbed by the Chinese Empire, and now the Chinese Empire is making every effort to rectify its internal affairs, I don't have time to take care of the vast land north of Shanhaiguan, this is a godsend, I think this invasion plan can be tried! ”

Alexander II's heart was shocked, Trievich was right, a godsend, he ignored this matter!

(To be continued.) )