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On January 9, after receiving the supreme instructions of Tsar Nicholas II, the Russian ambassador to China, Cassini, once again met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang to discuss the Russian ransom of prisoners of war.

"Your Excellency, I wonder what your country is thinking about? Seeing that time is slowly passing, the great construction of our country in Siberia will soon begin. Once those prisoners of war from your country enter the construction site, it will be impossible for your country to redeem them again! Wu Tingfang said with a smile. He was sure that even in the face of the high price offered by the Chinese side, Russia still had no choice but to pay a high price to redeem these prisoners of war. If I had known, wouldn't it have been better if they had redeemed it during the armistice negotiations? There is no need to be slaughtered again like now.

"Your Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, my country has thought about it. However, we still hope that your country will be able to offer a little more preferential price. After all, the price of two hundred pounds a piece is too high! Cassini's face was full of bitter smiles.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but this price is set by His Majesty the Emperor of our country, and we can't modify it!" Wu Tingfang stubbornly shook his head, seeing that Russia was about to succumb, if he gave in at this time, he would be completely asking for trouble for himself.

"Well, Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, two hundred pounds for a prisoner of war, we Russians have agreed to this condition. However, those generals who have been captured by us, your country must also be counted among these prisoners of war! Cassini said. These elite soldiers are important, but the commanders are even more important. In the midst of the war with China. The Russian generals have lost almost half of them, and the rest of the generals are people who have no talent and are greedy for life and afraid of death. This is also the reason why the Russian army can't defeat the rebels formed by the rabble.

"Haha, good! That's right! When to start trading, pay with one hand and deliver with the other! Wu Tingfang laughed. I didn't expect 200 million pounds to be in hand in a blink of an eye, which is a big business!

"Your Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Don't be busy yet. We have millions of soldiers captured by your country. However, we only need to redeem half a million people. Cassini said.

"What? Redeem only half? "Wu Tingfang was shocked? In the blink of an eye, half of the 200 million pounds remained. What kind of fame are these Russians doing?

"Yes. Your Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Our financial resources are limited, and your country's asking price is too high, so we can only redeem half of the prisoners of war! Russian Ambassador to China Kasini said. Wu Tingfang's stunned expression made him very satisfied. China wants to stab Russia fiercely, which he knows very well and hates very much about the Chinese. Being able to shock Wu Tingfang was very happy.

"Your Excellency, Ambassador. That is, did your country give up the other half of its prisoners of war? Wu Tingfang asked.

"There is no way around it, I believe they will understand, may God bless them!" Cassini's face was compassionate.

"Okay. Your Excellency, I need to ask His Majesty the Emperor for a decision tomorrow! Wu Tingfang said. The Russians did not play their cards according to common sense, which made him a little undecided.

"Oh well! Your Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs. But. I need to sue Your Excellency. 100 million pounds, the redemption of 500,000 prisoners of war and the generals. This is already the bottom line of our country. If your country has any other objections, then we can only give up the redemption of those prisoners of war. Cassini said with a straight face. Being blackmailed by China is a matter of no choice. But if China wants to gain an inch, then Russia will not agree.

"I see!" Wu Tingfang said expressionlessly.

Immediately after Cassini left, Wu Tingfang went to the palace to meet with Emperor Wang Yuze and tell him about the reaction of the Russians.

"Your Majesty, the Russians agreed to redeem only half of the prisoners of war. It seems that we want to make another 200 million pounds on the Russians, something is impossible! Wu Tingfang said. The Russians only agreed to redeem half of the prisoners of war, and China would only be able to receive a ransom of 100 million pounds.

"It seems that these Russians are not stupid either. Although the rebel armies in southern Russia were victorious. But on the whole, except for a very small number of troops, the combat strength is still worrying. If the Russians can get 500,000 elite troops, they will be able to stabilize the front. After two or three months, when the training of the newly recruited Russian troops is completed and the weapons purchased from abroad are in place, it will be very easy to destroy the rebels! Wang Yuze analyzed.

"Your Majesty, what should we do then? Or simply refuse the demands of the Russians? Wu Tingfang said.

"Humph! The Russians had a good plan. However, the money delivered to the door. There is no reason not to. You reply to the Russians, and we promise their terms. 100 million pounds, ransom of half a million prisoners of war. Wang Yuze said.

"Then if Russia soon crushes the rebellion, then we will not be able to weaken Russia's role!" Wu Tingfang said.

"Don't worry, he has a good plan, we have a wall ladder! I will sue the military and let the Russians redeem the old, weak, sick and disabled from the prisoners of war. The remaining hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war were to be left to work as coolies first. Then we contacted the insurgents in southern Russia and asked them to pay for these prisoners of war. By the time the prisoners had worked hard for several months, and had learned that they had been abandoned by the Russians, they would have agreed to join the rebels in southern Russia. When the time comes, we can also exchange these prisoners of war for money! Wang Yuze said with a smile.

The longer the civil strife in Russia continues, the better it will be for China. China's war in this war stabbed Russia hard, and Wang Yuze believed that Tsar Nicholas II would definitely be eager for revenge. Therefore, it is very necessary for China to let Russia slowly consume their national strength in the midst of civil strife.

"Your Majesty, since you are worried that Russia will pose a threat to us? So why don't we prop up the Democratic Labor Party in Russia and let them overthrow the Tsar? Maybe we can take advantage of this and get some more benefits! Wu Tingfang said.

Wang Yuze immediately shook his head, the Russian Democratic Labor Party, but the predecessor of the Red Party, has tasks that Wang Yuze is extremely afraid of, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, is now already the leading figure of the Russian Democratic Labor Party, once the Russian Democratic Labor Party overthrows the rule of the tsar and establishes that terrible country, then China may lift a stone to hit itself in the foot and set up a terrifying enemy for itself. Although China is no longer what it used to be, Wang Yuze is still reluctant to take this risk. The best way is to let the tsar and Ulyanov choke to the death, let them fight for many years, and destroy Russia's population and national strength in the war. In this way, Russia's pressure on China can be minimized. All in all, allowing Russia to continue to be chaotic is what China wants to see.

"Lord Wu, you may not know that those guys from the Russian Democratic Labor Party are not good at stubble. Russians are naturally greedy for land. Even if they are forced to do so, they may recognize the benefits we have gained from Russia. But once those guys get to power, they will soon be able to quickly develop the country with a lot of crazy means and then get into trouble with us. Therefore, we can only use them to deplete Russia's strength, and we must not allow them to develop and grow. Even, if Russia can't destroy them, we should send troops to help Russia destroy them! Wang Yuze said.

Wu Tingfang nodded, although he thought that Wang Yuze was making too much of a fuss in doing so. However, Wang Yuze's views have always been very correct. Therefore, he did not refute either. However, Wang Yuze's attention to the Russian Democratic Labor Party made him interested in the Russian Democratic Labor Party, and he spent a lot of time following this party.

The next day, Wu Tingfang met with Russian Ambassador to China Kasini, and the two sides launched a new round of negotiations. In the end, it was agreed that Russia would redeem 500,000 prisoners of war for 100 million pounds, or 732.5 tons of gold. As for those captured Russian generals, China gave them free of charge. Let them go back to Russia and lead the army to fight the Russian Democratic Labour guys in the south.

Half a month later, the two sides traded in Omsk. The train carrying the gold entered the Omsk station, and after inspection by the Chinese side, 500,000 prisoners of war were returned to the Russians. It's just that China also played tricks and tricks among these Russian prisoners of war, and almost one-fifth of them were old, weak, sick and disabled. Even if Russia redeems it, there is no way to let them go to war again. This made the Tsar, who finally learned of this result, scold China as a despicable and filthy liar. It's just that the gold is already in China's hands, and Russia has long lost the strength to start a war with China, which makes Russia very dissatisfied, but still has to pinch its nose and admit it.

After the Russian army ransomed these prisoners of war, after a simple training, they threw them into the battlefield. These soldiers who have experienced brutal battles are much more combat-oriented than recruits, and they are not comparable to those insurgents in the south. What's more, Grand Duke Nicholas personally served as the commander-in-chief of the suppression of the southern rebels, and under his command, the southern rebels fought by the Russian army were defeated one after another. If it weren't for the lack of troops of Grand Duke Nicholas, he might have been able to wipe out these rebels soon. However, even so, it will only be a matter of time before Russia will crush the rebellion, and after the subsequent troops have been trained, it will be the end of these rebels.

There has been such a change in the shape of shì, which made Tsar Nicholas II very satisfied, and called it the value of 100 million pounds spent this time!