"Well, that's right, it's aggression, before the Chinese Empire finishes sorting out its internal affairs, it must complete the control of the Ussuri River Valley, even the Mongolian Plateau!"

A flame of greed appeared in Alexander's eyes, last time, it was Tsarist Russia who lost, that was because the troops that invaded the Ussuri River at that time were the weakest, and there were only less than 10,000 people, once this time he started, it would definitely not be so careless!

"Trievich, even if the Manchu Empire is not an opponent, we must be prepared, and we must also know the attitude of the Chinese Empire, once they resolutely oppose it, I feel that we will not take any advantage, after all, now that Britain and France have recognized that the Chinese Empire is qualified to sink all the territory of the Manchu Empire, starting a war now will definitely affect the ...... of our arms purchases"

"We just need to be prepared, Your Majesty, mobilize 60,000 troops from the Central Siberian Military District, move towards the Far East, threaten the Far East and the Mongolian Plateau, when the time is ripe, we will swallow the vast area of the Outer Khing'an Mountains, if the time is not ripe, then we will pick up the grass and beat the rabbits, and rob the Mongolian Plateau ......"

Trijevic replied in a dark voice. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Okay, according to what you mean, don't say two or three thousand, just order four thousand, we can use it!"

Alexander II is worthy of a generation of heroes in the nineteenth century, ambitious and decisive, the Far East is the best springboard for Tsarist Russia to expand its aggression, as long as the Far East is mastered, whether it is Japan or the Chinese Empire will be under their own threat!

Having made up his mind, Alexander no longer hesitated, and transferred troops, "Trievich, 60,000 troops are afraid that it will be difficult to control the situation in the Far East, either we don't do it, we have to do it, then we must win the battle, have enough certainty, anyway, time is there, we can't start a war immediately, and then mobilize 60,000 troops from Western Siberia, move towards the Central Siberian zone, wait for the time to be ripe, send more than 100,000 troops, and invade China again!" ”

Even if the Chinese Empire really wants to send troops to intervene, then it is better to try it, it is best to beat the Chinese Empire down, if Prussia and the Chinese Empire rise in the east and west, then the life of the entire Tsarist Russian Empire will not be comfortable, and no one can afford to provoke it at that time, while the Chinese Empire has not yet risen, first occupy the area outside the Guan, and gain a firm foothold, when the time comes, even if that Guo Ye is powerful, it will be difficult to expel his own male soldiers to Siberia!

Alexander was thinking about it, but he also forgot that Britain, France, and Spain had no choice but to join forces Guo Ye, and he wanted to curb the rise of the Chinese Empire just by relying on the strength of Tsarist Russia, which was undoubtedly a fool's dream!

Alexander is preparing in China, and in Beijing City, Hernandev is communicating with Li Hongzhang, Tang Tingshu and others again and again, hoping to get a suitable price.

Now in order to be able to get a cheap offer, Hernandev doesn't even want to lose face, this matter has already made the tsar dissatisfied, if he can't get a little results, he is afraid that his position as minister will have to be moved......

"Lord Li, Lord Li, we have everything to discuss, I hope your country can lower the price of heavy machine guns a little......"

"Lord Tang, Lord Tang, please, two thousand taels of heavy machine guns, it's really hard for me to think about His Majesty the Tsar......"

……

Hernandev took the trouble to beg, grinding hard and foaming, and in the end, the two of them could not stand it anymore, and had to agree to give Tsarist Russia a discount of fifty taels of silver......

Fifty taels?

Hernandev's mouth was bitter, the two of them were resolute, fifty taels is already the biggest concession, you must know that this price is more than 300 bright silver more expensive than Prussia, and the entire military purchase will cost millions of rubles more!

However, it is much better to be cheaper than to get nothing.

In the end, Hernandev had to sign a military purchase contract to purchase 4,000 heavy machine guns from the Chinese Empire, which would be paid in three years.

The news soon reached St. Petersburg.

Alexander II was so angry that his face turned pale, what a thing, this is bullying Tsarist Russia, Guo Ye, you wait for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is not finished with you, sooner or later this money will be recovered exponentially!

Whether Alexander is angry, the others are also angry, they deceive people too much!

"Hey, hey! Your Majesty, it's a pity that we don't have money now, if we have enough money, we will build a direct railway from St. Petersburg to East Siberia, as long as it is trimmed, our army of the Tsarist Russian Empire can drive straight along the railway, straight to the Chinese Empire, and when the time comes, mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to completely defeat the Chinese Empire! ”

Trievich said fiercely.

"Humph!"

Alexander II snorted angrily, Trievich was right, if his army could be transferred to the Far East on a large scale, he really wanted to destroy the Chinese Empire, with nearly one million troops of Tsarist Russia, this is not impossible!

However, Alexander II just thought about it before, if he still invited the imperial court to be the master, then he didn't need too many troops, just tens of thousands of troops could be dispatched, but now it is different, the rise of the Chinese Empire, the elite soldiers under Guo Ye are too difficult to mess with, without more than 200,000 troops, it is impossible to sweep the whole of China, even if you want to defeat Guo Ye head-on!

However, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway is a good idea, although this plan, without ten or eight years, it is impossible to complete, and the investment is huge, but once completed, the huge benefits contained in it are self-evident!

"Build the Trans-Siberian Railway?"

Alexander said, "That's a good idea, but if you cross the whole of Siberia, it's at least six or seven thousand kilometers, so that's too much investment, isn't it?" ”

The corner of the exchequer's mouth twitched, and he replied: "Your Majesty, this investment is not ordinary, and the climate in Siberia is very cold, too cold, on the way to pass through the tundra, the deserted primeval forest, the terrain is complex, the climate is harsh, if you want to build a railway, it is more than twice as expensive as building a railway in Eastern Europe, 6,000 kilometers of railway, we will consume at least more than 100 million rubles, which is not at all what our current national strength can af......ford."

More than 100 million rubles, you must know that the current annual budget of the entire Tsarist Russia is only 780 million rubles, accounting for more than one-seventh of the annual fiscal revenue, which is indeed unbearable......

"More than 100 million rubles? Hmph, it is nothing for the development of the vast resources of Siberia and the interests of the Far East, and I have decided to immediately start the Preparatory Committee for the Trans-Siberian Railway and carry out preliminary demonstration and geological survey of this project, which will not be completed in one year, two years, two years or three years, even if it takes 15 or 20 years, to build this railway, which will make our most crucial strategy of aggression against the Far East absolutely unshakeable! ”

Alexander II was very interested in the plan that Trievich had inadvertently said, and was still full of interest, and could not wait to give the order.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'll start preparing!"

Trijevic agreed.

(To be continued.) )