When Europe was in chaos, a very low-key mission arrived in Los Angeles, the capital of the Tang Republic, after a long journey. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info This mission is from Russia, and the head of the mission is the diplomat Semyon? Vorontsov, if nothing else, his son will become one of the famous generals in the history of Russia in the future.

Vorontsov's Russian mission traveled from Europe across the Atlantic to the city of Datang Xin'ao, where it changed trains and crossed the North American continent to Los Angeles. The trip was undoubtedly very long, but Vorontsov felt that it was very fast.

While on the train, Deputy Milovic sighed: "Datang is really also a vast country." ”

Vorontsov held a world map in his hand, and even if the Tang Dynasty deliberately restrained it over the years, things like the world map inevitably spread around the world. The accuracy of the map of Datang is better, of course, many places are considered and may not be very clear, but the shape of the continent is still very clear.

Looking at the red color block representing Datang on the map, Vorontsov sighed: "This country is obviously much larger than our Russia, not to mention, most of the land occupied by Datang is warm and humid, suitable for human habitation, but Russia is so cold, and grain production is very limited." ”

From the North American continent in the east, all the named islands in the entire Pacific Ocean are followed by a parenthesis filled with a Tang character. Then the Indochina Peninsula on the Eurasian continent and part of Bengal in South Asia are marked in red. Naturally, the largest piece is still North America, and most of the North American continent is in the hands of the Tang people, which can't help but make a group of Russians very hot. They were once potential colonizers of the continent, but now they have to die down.

Vorontsov said at this time: "For Russia, it is right to discuss something more practical. We traveled from ENN on the Pacific coast to Los Angeles, spanning 3,000 kilometers in between. How far the road is. The Tang people built a railroad and connected the whole country together. The Tang people were able to build cities around the railway and better rule this land, you must know that it was only more than ten years for the Tang Dynasty to really control North America, and it took them more than ten years to achieve this extent, which is undoubtedly amazing. ”

Milovich said: "This is the main reason why Her Majesty the Empress asked us to come to Datang as an envoy." Our Siberia is much larger, and if we can build a railway, it will be easier for the furs, timber and ore from there to be transported to Moscow, and we can build cities on the wasteland, and Russia will be stronger. ”

Vorontsov nodded approvingly and said, "From some points of view, North America and our Siberia are highly similar, the same vast area, and the same very desolate. There is also great wealth. For example, the area of Baozhou, Gwangju and Luanzhou in the Tang Dynasty, with undulating terrain and continuous deserts, is also inaccessible and not very suitable for human survival, and is just a harsh environment with our Siberia. If you want to say that the wasteland in the north of the Tang Dynasty is no different from Siberia. However, the Tang people steadily and rapidly continued to expand their colonies inland. If the Tang people can do it, we can do it too. Russians living in the bitter cold are more pioneering and capable than the Tang people. It's just that. We need to acquire the same technologies that the Tang people are fighting with, such as railways. ”

Speaking of which, the two Russians were a little silent again. Datang has developed some diplomatic relations with European countries, but Datang's relations with Russia are not good. Although the two countries did not engage in large-scale confrontation over Alaska's ownership, the Tang destroyed a number of Russian-established strongholds. There was even a campaign against the Russians in the Kamchatka area. Russia's subsequent attempts to infiltrate the Qing were also ruthlessly repelled by the Tang.

However, several major European countries have imported a large number of advanced technologies from Datang, such as France, which has built hundreds of kilometers of railways in China, and its national strength has made great progress. Russia, on the other hand, is somewhat stagnant. Tsarina Catherine II of Russia was an aspiring and ambitious monarch who executed enlightened monarchy **** and made Russia stronger during her reign. For the military, Catherine II was also extremely concerned. Europe's current first-class armies have been equipped with bolt-action rifles that fire metal cartridges, while the Russian army does not even have a third of the number of paper-shell rifles. In the previous Russo-Turkish war, the Turkish army that purchased new weapons made the Russians suffer for a time, but it was only after the Turkish army's own unbearableness, coupled with the help of the Austrians, and countless blood that Russia won the victory.

The spies sent by Russia to Britain brought back a series of intelligence about Britain's strength, which made Catherine II extremely worried. Russia was originally wild and backward in the eyes of Western European countries, and Peter the Great made great efforts to give Russia some capital to compete with these countries, and Catherine II absolutely could not sit idly by and watch under her throne, and Russia was once again reduced to a barbarian country and a second-rate country.

Therefore, Catherine II made up her mind and decided to put aside all disputes with Datang, send a huge mission, with full sincerity, and use all means to repair diplomatic relations with Datang, bring the best industrial products and advanced technology from Datang, and let Russia take off again.

Milovic also added: "Datang produces a wide variety of goods, and they are very useful, and the novelties that have been introduced from France and other places in recent years are very popular, and trade with Datang will definitely be able to make our country profitable." ”

Vorontsov glanced at Milović, the young deputy who came from a large aristocratic family and already had his own business power. Vorontsov had long known that this mission was supported by many nobles, because once Tang Russia established trade, these nobles would be able to make a lot of money by mastering the sale of Tang goods.

Vorontsov said: "Compared with this, I am more concerned about being able to import grain from Datang. ”

For a long time, Russia could not be self-sufficient in grain, and under the backward production relations of feudal serfdom, the nobles may be able to live well, but most of the serfs are not well fed and clothed. Datang is a world-renowned grain exporter, and it has to export a huge amount of grain every year, and the price is not high.

(To be continued.) )