"We appreciate the pragmatic attitude of the Russian side, and the Tang side intends to work with Russia to develop mutually beneficial and friendly bilateral relations and promote the common development of the two countries. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info China is optimistic about the establishment of normal diplomatic relations between Tang and Russia. Chen Mo's diplomatic rhetoric is not leaky, and of course he lacks any real nutrition.

However, this is enough to make Vorontsov feel excited, at least Datang does not have the intention of subjectively confronting Russia.

Is this the case? At least Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Mo, who was sitting here, pouted vigorously, like Chu Bai, Chen Mo, who had worked in overseas consulates for many years, could be regarded as a relatively pure Bai Nan lineage, and he knew very well what kind of urine Mr. President, the national male god who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, had. Bai Nan does not pay attention to food, only pays attention to reality, and his desire for territorial expansion is almost endless. Even if it is as barren as Siberia, Bai Nan wants to gnaw it off from Russia. The same desolate northern wilderness of North America, Datang is unlikely to have any specific development within fifty years, not even a hundred years, but Bai Nan still laid out ahead of time and took away the vast west of Canada, another country, from the British.

Vorontsov came this time, in order to show his sincerity, brought a lot of precious national gifts, of course, in the eyes of the wealthy Tang people, those may be just rare things, but they are not very valuable, but people come sincerely, how to give some face.

Even with the same ethnic and cultural origins, the Russians knew very well that dealing with the Tang would be more akin to dealing with the Europeans than with the Qing people. One of the obvious differences between the Tang and the Qing is that the Tang never knew when to retreat, even in the face of the ferocious Russian Bear. The Tang people were not afraid. Let's talk about a fat beating first.

I saw the strength of the Tang State. Vorontsov was also cautious and did not dare to make mistakes.

After the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides, the exchange of credentials was put on the back burner, and Vorontsov also promised to provide any necessary funds and assistance for the opening of the embassy in Moscow for the Tang Dynasty. Of course, then it naturally came to the main topic of Vorontsov's visit to Datang -- the Russians wanted technology.

Chen Mo naturally couldn't agree on the spot, the talks ended for the time being, Chen Mo took his own records and went to see Foreign Minister Chu Bai and President Bai Nan, who was drinking tea at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Chu Bai smiled leisurely: "When I was in Europe, Russia always pretended to be cold. I don't like to see us very much, but it's also interesting to come to the door and kneel and lick it in person at this time. ”

Bai Nan put down the teacup in his hand and said: "The intelligence of the Military Intelligence Agency shows that Vorontsov paid great attention to collecting information about our country's railways, and judged that they came for a railway. ”

Chu Bai was curious: "What, they want to build the Trans-Siberian Railway?" ”

Bai Nan shook his head lightly and said: "It shouldn't be, at least now it should just be to build a railway line on the land of Eastern Europe and Russia, and see the initial results." In my judgment, the most likely route should be from Moscow to the Crimean Peninsula. ”

Chu Bai praised: "This is indeed a good line. The Russians snatched the Crimean Peninsula out of Turkey in 1783 and got a perennial outlet to the Black Sea. Moreover, the perimeter of the line is the essence of Russia, which can not only drive the economy, but also allow Catherine II to better control the Crimea. ”

"It is not ruled out that they will build a line from Moscow to St. Petersburg, but how Russia builds the railway has little to do with us, because we will all be winners." ”

Chen Mo asked, "So we're going to agree to this?" ”

Bai Nan nodded and said, "Why don't you agree to make money." But you still have to discuss a plan with them, and then you can inform the railway company and let them join the negotiations. In principle, we are committed to maximizing profits, but I don't think it's particularly wise for us to take ownership of Russian Railways, which will be full of troubles and unknown risks, from management to profit, so I prefer to build our own railway companies as a technology provider and service provider, and buy our railway technology, locomotives and wagons. ”

Chen Mo recorded what Bai Nan said, "I understand. ”

Chu Bai flipped through the demands of the Russians and said: "During the period of Peter the Great, the Russians had a strong motivation to learn advanced, and the same was true of Catherine II. Looking at the plans of the Russians, they are counting on taking away a system of primary industry from us, and their ambitions are not small. ”

Bai Nandao: "It's almost time, Tsarist Russia started many years later than several countries in Western Europe. After a decade of industrial revolution, the British have achieved remarkable results, and we have also experienced. For example, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal, which were at a lower level, were also in full swing at this time. Not to mention that Germany, which we have cultivated with our own hands, has opened a cheat in industrial progress. Tsarist Russia was already feeling the pressure, so they also had to seek new changes. ”

Chu Bai was slightly mocking, and said: "It's just that the resistance to the development of capitalism and the industrial revolution in Russia itself is far greater than that of Western European countries, and the entire large feudal serf economy and aristocracy also tend to decay. ”

Bai Nan took a sip of tea and said lightly: "How difficult it is for Tsarist Russia, whether it will prosper from now on seems to have something to do with us, but in fact, it has nothing to do with us, because all we need to do is to keep Datang strong." Tsarist Russia is a formidable enemy of ours, it is a huge country, at least on the other side, facing similar problems, Tsarist Russia can at least mix up the status of a great power, while our country is reduced to a semi-colony. This time we were able to establish diplomatic relations with Russia and export technology to it, which is also an opportunity for us. It is too difficult to attack such a large country from the outside. ”

Chu Bai smiled knowingly: "So we want to disintegrate her from the inside?" ”

No one understands this, but everyone knows it. The Tang Dynasty has the most powerful offensive weapons at its disposal, with the invincible Tang Army on one hand and internationalism on the other. Internationalism is actually more suitable for germinating in countries with capitalism and a certain industrialization base, and the geographical characteristics of Russia, the cultural level and historical traditions of the serfs are not very suitable for the spread of internationalism.

Datang helped Russia build its own industry, but in fact, it was Datang who dug Russia's grave with his own hands.

(To be continued.) )