The Hunter comprehensively suppressed the Russian Rurik in terms of speed, firepower and endurance, especially her 45 times the diameter of the 210 mm gun, the attack power is no worse than the 32 times the diameter of the 234 mm gun, the shooting accuracy and rate of fire are even more skilled, called the Hunter worthy of the name.

But good things are expensive. The Hunter was the most expensive large armored cruiser at the end of the 19th century at a cost of £1,164,000, which could have been used to build a Ascendant-class battleship.

Since April, Wang Chenhao has been smashing banknotes in various European countries. The first is the introduction of advanced industrial production technology and equipment from European industrial powers, followed by the acquisition of high-tech companies such as Marconi Wireless Technology and Parsons Marine Equipment, and the introduction of high-tech and high-tech professionals from European countries to return to China to build the Beijing-Tianjin-Tang Industrial Base, and then the purchase and customization of advanced warships with huge sums of money to form the world's most powerful private mercenary fleet, almost everything is a major event that has caused a sensation in European countries.

For a time, Wang Chenhao became the god of wealth in the eyes of major European companies and enterprises, and they burned incense every day in the hope that Wang Chenhao's orders could fall on their heads. And the well-known newspapers of various countries are the front page of the front page every day to publish Wang Chenhao's strange things, making Wang Chenhao a household name in Europe, and his influence has been completely pressed to Li Hongzhang, since then only Wang Chenhao is the only Chinese celebrity known in the eyes of foreigners.

The political axe of Western countries is the most susceptible to the influence of public opinion of domestic business enterprises and people, and Wang Chenhao has won the praise and support of European enterprises and people by spending a lot of money, so their political axe is also very friendly to Wang Chenhao and even treats him as a guest, but does not include the Russian political axe.

First, because a local military conflict has broken out between China and Russia, and the two countries are in a state of hostility over the Heilongjiang issue, the Russian government has strictly controlled domestic public opinion reports favorable to China. Second, Russian industry is at the bottom in Europe, and Wang Chenhao's introduction of advanced industrial technology and equipment does not have a share in Russian enterprises, so although Wang Chenhao is very popular in other countries, he has hit a nail all the way in Russia.

From the day Wang Chenhao arrived in St. Petersburg, Tsarist Russia only sent a sesame official to greet him, and then hung Wang Chenhao in St. Petersburg and refused to summon him. The Russians called this trick political pressure, and originally wanted to attack Wang Chenhao to attack the national prestige of the Qing Empire, but the result was very different. Wang Chenhao not only established good relations with the ministers and consuls of various countries in Russia, so that they remained neutral on the issue of the military conflict between Qing and Russia and even sympathized with the plight of the Qing Empire, but also Wang Chenhao paid out of his own pocket to form a powerful private mercenary fleet, which brought great pressure to the Russian [***] side.

The coronation ceremony of Tsarist Nicholas II of Tsarist Russia, which was originally supposed to be held on May 18, was postponed to June 1 due to the military conflict between China and Russia and Wang Chenhao's actions in Europe.

During this period, the Russian political axe had received a secret report and learned of Wang Chenhao's actions, so Foreign Minister Shachanov and Deputy Minister Okunev successively sent notes to the ministers or consuls general of various countries in Russia, preparing to intervene.

Tsarist Russia lodged a solemn protest against Chile and Argentina's contract for the sale and transfer of warships to Wang Chenhao, and demanded that the two countries cancel the deal with Wang Chenhao. In response, Chile and Argentina claimed that they were not parties to the international neutrality law and therefore ignored Russia's proposal. However, the two countries have also privately said that if Russia can buy ships at a higher price and is willing to pay liquidated damages, then the two countries are willing to terminate the transaction with Wang Chenhao, but it is obvious that Russia cannot come up with this money.

Russia hit a nail in the coffin in front of Chile and Argentina, and turned its attention to Italy and France, and Russia asked the shipyards of Italy and France to temporarily freeze the four warships transferred by Chile and Argentina to Wang Chenhao. However, the shipbuilding contracts signed between France and Chile and Argentina and Italy are still valid, and Chile and Argentina have not abolished them, and they have signed separate transfer agreements with Wang Chenhao, and the two do not conflict, and France and Italy cannot freeze the project.

However, the Russian political axe did not give up, and asked France and Italy to secretly obstruct the completion of the four warships and delay as much time as possible. But France and Italy claimed that this fleet was Wang Chenhao's private and did not represent the Qing Empire, and they were not willing to offend Wang Chenhao, the god of wealth. France and Russia were allies and originally wanted to help Russia, but Wang Chenhao secretly traded information with the French Navy that the British Navy was testing new torpedo boat destroyers, and in return, the French political axe must maintain strict neutrality on the issue of clearing Russia and not prevent the two warships ordered by Chile in France from leaving customs. The Italian political axe has no intersection with Russia, and the two countries have been in a state of semi-hostility since the 10th Russo-Turkish War, and they are still two hostile camps, so Italy does not buy the account of the Russians.

Tsarist Russia hit the nail one after another, and soon learned that Britain had provided Wang Chenhao with more than 4,000 retired and reserve naval officers and men, and that the British admiral Admiral Algernon would be Wang Chenhao's personal fleet adviser, which made the Russians completely collapse. Russian Foreign Minister Shachanov sent several notes to the British Minister to Russia, Sadaoyi, and lodged a solemn protest against Britain's disguised assistance to the Qing Empire. At the same time, the Russian envoy to Britain also lodged a strong protest with the British Foreign Office, demanding that the British political axe not play with fire. However, the British political axe said that these people had joined Wang Chenhao's mercenaries voluntarily and in a private capacity, and that they did not represent the official position of the United Kingdom, and that Britain was a boiled country and would not interfere in their private affairs. However, the British were cautious, and they did not know the political positions of Germany and France, so they made a brief comment on the protests of Russia.

Among the 4,000 shipboard personnel recruited by the British Admiralty with the help of Wang Chenhao, in addition to observation technicians and weapons technicians, more than 1,500 British reserve sailors were laid off as an explanation to Russia, and all retired sailors were hired instead. In fact, as a major naval power, the age of its retired sailors is not very high, and after forming a mercenary army to serve again, its combat quality is actually much higher than that of British reserve sailors. Since the combat strength did not decrease but increased, Wang Chenhao only protested slightly.

Wang Chenhao used a large amount of money to concoct a political situation in Europe that was favorable to the Qing political axe negotiations, and he set up relations with the bourgeois aristocratic forces behind the large European companies and exerted influence on their political axes through them. At the same time, with regard to European public opinion, Wang Chenhao, through major newspapers in various European countries, played the pitiful card against the European people, criticized Tsarist Russia's shameless behavior of relying on the strong and bullying the weak, and used public opinion to build momentum, and finally forced the political axes of the major powers under the banner of civilization to express their strict neutrality in the military conflict between China and Russia.

Wang Chenhao has done everything that the country should do, and for the Qing political axe, it is the first time that he has an equal and favorable environment for international negotiations. Although there was no progress in the negotiations between the Qing government and Tsarist Russia, Prime Minister Yamen clearly felt that the attitude of other powers on the issue of Tsarist Russia's invasion of Heilongjiang had changed, and Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries did not remain silent, but demanded that the Russian [***] team ensure the personal and property safety of the Qing Empire's civilians. Britain condemned Tsarist Russia's aggression, and even France, Russia's ally, was forced to choose neutrality due to domestic public opinion.

Russia is facing strong condemnation from European public opinion and is in a politically disadvantageous position, but it still does not let go, and the meat that comes to its mouth will not be easily spit out.

Wang Chenhao sent a telegram back to Li Hongzhang, saying that now, due to the unfavorable international political environment, Russia had asked the first and second towns of the Beiyang Army to move north to launch a counterattack against Russia before the arrival of Russian reinforcements from Central Asia. If all goes well, it will regain lost ground, or at worst, it will force Russia to relent.

Li Hongzhang then explained the current situation to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to send troops. However, Qing Zhengaxe still had illusions about negotiations and was bent on negotiating to solve the problem. However, in the face of the strong dissatisfaction of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and other people of insight in China, under the strong request of Guangxu, Cixi had to make some concessions and ordered the first and second towns of the Beiyang Army to go to Jilin Prefecture to deploy along the south bank of the Songhua River 1, but they could only deter the Russian army on the north bank of the Songhua River, but they could not attack rashly.

When the news came back to St. Petersburg, Wang Chenhao was very angry, he spent so much energy and financial resources to create this excellent opportunity to counterattack, but the cowardly Qing Zheng axe still did not dare to fight back, so he would definitely suffer a loss if he was consumed by the Russian army.

When Wang Chenhao was angry, Li Guodong came in to report: "Your Excellency, the Russian Foreign Ministry has sent a special envoy to inform you that the Tsar will summon your Excellency in the summer palace tomorrow. ”

Wang Chenhao snorted coldly and said, "It seems that the Russians are no longer confident enough!" ”

Li Guodong said: "My lord, these words have tossed the whole of Europe, and the Russians must have a headache, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to summon the adults this time." ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "I hope that they will make things difficult for me, which means that the Russians are afraid and prove that what I did is right." ”

Li Guodong said with a smile: "My lord is wise, during this period of time, my subordinates have really opened their eyes and gained knowledge. ”

Wang Chenhao smiled faintly, he had been depressed and nervous during this time, and suddenly felt sleepy at this time, so he went back to the room to make up for sleep.

As summer approaches, the sky in St. Petersburg is always so bright. Wang Chenhao woke up and thought it was dawn, but when he looked at his watch, he found that it was just after eleven o'clock in the evening.

"Haven't you slept yet?"

A woman's voice came from behind him, Wang Chenhao turned around to look, but saw Qiao Yuying walking over in the corridor in her pajamas, her slippers hoarsely wiping the floor.

"When you wake up and see that the sky is dawning, do you think it's daylight? But they forgot that it was the time of the polar day in St. Petersburg. ”

"It turns out that this is called polar day, I thought there was no dark sky in Russia."

While speaking, Qiao Yuying had already come to Wang Chenhao. I saw her look sleepy-eyed, letting her long waterfall hair fall down her chest and shoulders. Perhaps because the nightgown is too loose, you can clearly see the proud breasts looming inside the nightgown, and the spring light that is difficult to hide leaks out.

Wang Chenhao hadn't been close to a woman for nearly half a year, and couldn't help but stay in her crisp chest for a few more seconds. Secretly begging that when he looked at her during the day, he felt that her breasts were too small like an airport, but at this moment, Wang Chenhao guessed that she was at least a D cover, and such a big gap could only be the result of Qiao Yuying's deliberate cover-up. Thinking of women in this era, women take weakness as the standard of beauty, and men don't like women with too big breasts, thinking that it is a sign of Yang Hua surnamed Shui, so many women choose to be "tight", even Wang Chenhao's wife Li Youyi is no exception.

It's miserable enough to wrap your little feet, even your breasts have to be tightened, Chinese women in this era are really sinned, Wang Chenhao can't help but feel sympathy.

This subconscious look naturally couldn't hide from Qiao Yuying, a shrewd businesswoman, and saw that she took the opportunity of pulling her hair to use her hair to cover the opening on her chest to prevent the spring from leaking out, but she didn't let Wang Chenhao see that she had noticed it.

"Your Excellency has been out of the limelight lately, and I guess all the foreigners in Europe know that you are a rich man? Yuying didn't want to ask the adults how to spend so much money, but the father had already purchased three properties in Tianjin, Shanghai and Guangzhou according to the wishes of the adults and turned them into three large auction houses, and the adults sold all the antiques, so wouldn't the three auction houses of the father be closed? ”

Wang Chenhao thought that she would use more words and ink to praise herself, but she didn't expect that a businesswoman was a businesswoman, and she only cared about business and money.

"Miss Yuying don't have to worry, the two ancient shipwrecks before were just tooth sacrifices, after I deal with the matter here, we will salvage more shipwreck treasures on the return trip, and the biggest problem that Miss Yuying is worried about at that time is whether your storehouse can fit it."

Qiao Yuying's eyes lit up suddenly when she heard this, and she smiled and said, "Adults always surprise Yuying when they talk and act!" Since this is the case, then Yuying will not bother the adults. ”

With that, Qiao Yuying giggled and turned around and went back to her room.

Wang Chenhao looked at Qiao Yuying's back, and secretly praised this woman for being in quite good shape, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and said with a wry smile: "It's good to talk with me for a while!" ”

Wang Chenhao stayed alone for a while and felt bored, so he went back to his room to sleep. When he passed by the outer room, the maid who served him had already woken up. Wang Chenhao suddenly had a prank idea in his mind, and called the servant to ask her to tell Qiao Yuying not to bind her chest, it would be bad for her health.

The waiter was stunned on the spot, but Wang Chenhao went back to the room and fell asleep as if he was fine, and unconsciously started to dream of spring. It's just that the object of fantasy doesn't know whether it's Li Youyi or Qiao Yuying, or a certain person from his time, who knows?