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[251] Russia's choice

Alexander II's greed and cunning were based on nothing more than a long-standing dominant mentality toward China. Xu Jingcheng felt that he had to give a stern warning.

"If His Majesty insists on his greedy obsession with China's territory and treats China and Russia with an erroneous view of history and territory, Russia will not be able to gain China's friendship."

Alexander II turned from the window, and in the face of Xu Jingcheng's resolute opposition, he measured the value of the current Sino-Russian relations in his heart, and said again:

"I agree with your proposal to look at the problem from the perspective of development, and although Russia never begs for friendship from other countries, for a great neighbor, Russia hopes that the two sides can respect each other to the greatest extent and form friendly relations."

Xu Jingcheng understands that Russia's current foreign policy is, in fact, also a policy of isolation, and is feared by all European countries because of the dream of a unified pan-Slavic nation.

"Your Majesty the Tsar, Europe and the East, you can only aim at one target, the geographical location of Russia also determines the efficiency of your actions, you should be well aware that any military operation to the Far East is inefficient, whether it is military logistics or agricultural and animal husbandry, the Far East is not the best option for Russia."

In the next hour, under the persuasion of Xu Jingcheng, Alexander II decided to accept a conditional low-interest loan in renminbi from China for the purchase of civilian goods from China, in order to alleviate the shortage of domestic materials and the five-fold increase in prices caused by the large-scale war and the blockade of Britain, France, Germany and Austria.

Shortly after Xu Jingcheng left the Kremlin, Alexander II specially recruited his son, the future Alexander III, from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, and ordered the crown prince to take charge of preparing for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which he had always dreamed of.

Alexander III was obsessed with railways, and it was during his tenure that he spent 13 years building the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was 9,288 kilometers long from Moscow to Vladivostok, consolidating Russia's position in the Far East. During this period, countless Siberian nomads and Mongols were requisitioned as slave laborers, and there were many bones along the route. Shocked by the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, which was forcibly completed, was not completed, and the finishing touches took 12 years to complete. The entire construction period is actually 25 years!

Alexander II taught his crown prince: "The rise of China is a blessing and a curse for Russia, and for the time being, they have offered us bread and salt, and are willing to provide us with loans to resist the pressure of Britain, France, Germany and Austria, but what about the future? Whether they will launch a retaliatory military operation against the Russian Far East is unknown. Many of the great Russian lands in the Far East, including Vladivostok, came from the war against China, and we must be vigilant. ”

Alexander III said: "According to the information sent back by the Tatar spies we sent to China, the Chinese are building new railways on a large scale in their own country, and at least 300,000 laborers are currently building border railways in their north, and I heard that the Chinese construction sites are full of steel rails, and it is unbelievable that they use all steel rails, not cooked rails!" ”

With that, Alexander III took out a card from his pocket and carefully offered the treasure to his father: "Since the Chinese entered Mongolia, they have been issuing this kind of identity certificate. Because we can't imitate this kind of card at all, many of our new spies have been arrested and hanged by the Chinese. ”

The identification certificate mentioned by Alexander III is actually a generation of ID cards, which is a complete set of systems and materials provided to Yao Fan in the 21st century, and is currently being established by the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to establish a household registration system and ID card information collection nationwide.

Alexander II took the card handed by the crown prince, and the small generation of ID cards changed with the angle, and the laser laser anti-counterfeiting pattern on it continued to change in color.

Alexander II sighed: "I have already seen this identification. ”

Alexander III's expression was slightly disappointed.

Alexander II continued: "As the Russian Royal Academy of Sciences said, the Chinese currently have some extremely secret technology. Intelligence agencies speculate that these techniques were invented by rebel scientists funded by the family of Chinese Chairman Yao Fan while in exile.

Yao's family, who had fled overseas from the Manchu emperors, engaged in business and financed scientific research, establishing a large and independent system of secret technologies, and their research and reserves of these secret technologies played a crucial role in his family's return to China to launch a rebellion and regain power from the Tatars. ”

Alexander III clenched his fists and said to his father with encouragement: "Russia should strengthen its intelligence work and strive to obtain these technologies from China!"

In the past two years, I have found that the goods produced in China have become indispensable necessities for the aristocracy, from St. Petersburg to Moscow, the aristocrats now have to carry thermos flasks made in China even when they travel in three sets of cars.

Everyone is proud to have the kind of small and thin watch made in China on their wrists; When bathing, I like to use fragrant soap made in China; There are always people riding Chinese bicycles in the city who are shuttling back and forth in frivolous ostentation; Safety matches produced in China are in short supply among the public because they will catch fire without being collided; Dyes of various colors produced in China were scrambled by large Russian textile mills because of their bright colors and non-fading; The tailors in the city put the Chinese sewing machine as a work of art in the center of the shop; And the noblewomen of the upper class now almost every person has a Chinese folding umbrella; Various fabrics produced in China were also proliferated at balls in St. Petersburg and Moscow. ”

The more Alexander III spoke, the more excited he became, and he foamed at the mouth and said: "Dear Father, in the past two years, German businessmen have made a fortune all over the world because of their monopoly on China's export supply!" As China's closest neighbor, we have not gained anything from it! Now we have nothing to do but impose high tariffs on German merchants!

I am in favor of an alliance with China!

As long as I can get Chinese technology, I don't care about the barren land of Xinjiang and Mongolia!

Russia can only become rich and strong by introducing advanced technology!

Whereas we used to rely only on technology imports from the European continent, we should now focus at least half of our attention on China. ”

Alexander II was also moved: "Allies...... China's closest ally at the moment is only Germany, and the reason why they are now throwing an olive branch to us is only to hope that we will contain Britain in the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal area. ”

Alexander III raised his voice and said: "Then we will contain the British!" I've had enough of the greedy infiltration of those Jewish international banking syndicates! ”