Zidu's finger swiped over the map in front of him, starting with the prominently marked "Ulan-Ude", and walking along the lakeshore to the northeast, easily skimming the conquered "Bal Castle" ("Barguzin Fort" of Rakshasa "Barguzinburg") and "Baontovsk Fort" ("Baungtovsk Castle" of Rakshasa ) and tapping heavily on the location of "Anseong" (Rakshasa Angarsk Castle). As the masterpiece of the Rakshasas, Jidu's proclamation of the generosity of these never-before-heard fortresses "generally" retains the original name.

Yesterday, Angarsk, the largest castle of the Rakshasa here, had successfully surrendered, and the "Rakshasa Castle Lord" was already on his way to Ulan-Ude. When the one called "Ivan Something" arrives, you can find a time to gather all the captured Rakshasa leaders at hand, interrogate them strictly, and then ......

Thinking about the current strategy and the next steps, Jidu inadvertently crossed the northeast corner of Suwu Lake, but stopped. If you row eastward from here, there is Humar Fort in the easternmost part of the map, and many military towns and cities of the Qing Dynasty are densely marked in the middle.

After a seemingly painstaking thought, Jidu's fingers no longer hesitated, but suddenly jerked to the west, and quickly glided past several small towns, large and small, which were only briefly marked, and where his men and horses were now stationed. All the way to the west, the finger finally stopped in the abrupt empty space. On it, only two blue dots are sporadically marked - Tomsk and Tobolsk! These two place names, Jidu learned from the captives, and ordered the mapmakers to mark them roughly according to the distance from Ulan-Ude.

…… Military intelligence is precious! The information from the captives is very important! If after a detailed interrogation of all captured Rakshasa commanders and officials. At that time, this unknown area to the west of Suwu Lake should be able to know more in detail. And that Moscow, which is said to be going over a mountain range that is not too high......

Thinking about it, Jidu involuntarily slid his finger to the western edge of the map and tapped lightly.

…… After that, maybe you can wait for the edict of the imperial court, and it will be clear whether to release the Rus envoy, or whether to stay, or maybe "send a ride"?

Thinking of this, Jidu jerked his right hand up from the map. After turning into a fist. It hit the blank space thousands of miles west of Suwu Lake!

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Ablin understood that for himself, the situation in front of him was nothing more than a change from one place of detention to another, and there was no difference in essence. To say that there is a difference. That's the small camp from Unki. Came to Ulan-Ude. This is more like the station of the Generalissimo "General Dingyuan", the headquarters of the 100,000-strong army, or the management center of the entire Baikal region at the moment!

Just now in the city. Along the way, he believed in the reins, and Wu Enqi did not deliberately stop it, but stopped and looked at it carefully. It seems that everything about Ulan-Ude is not a secret to yourself! But when I arrived in front of the general's tent, he didn't let me see him immediately, what does this mean? It shows that the Qing soldiers are indeed confident, they are completely in control of this place, and everything is not a secret to me, the tsar's envoy!

But why don't you see me and let me come to Ulan-Ude? Is it just to tell me this - the Qing army is extremely powerful? What's the use of telling me? I'm behind bars right now, and I can't get out......

Alas, don't think about it, but worry about your rich fortune in Tomsk - Ablin turned over in bed in frustration, ready to plan the future of his assets, and this "future" now looks more than lucky. Lake Baikal easily changed hands from the tsar, and it is difficult to guarantee that Tomsk, which is not far away, will be safe and sound!

Ablin turned over, but one of the things in his arms showed its horns and almost fell off. Ablin hurriedly grabbed it and examined it closely.

Oh, this is the letter of commission that Baykov gave me. Fortunately, the Qing people were not interested in this, and it was just an ordinary letter in Russian, and it was not confiscated. Ablin was bored and unfolded the crumpled papyrus once again—

"I, the all-Russian absolutist monarch, Tsar Alexey? The envoy appointed by Grand Duke Mikhailovich to China, Ivan? Petrin? Fyodor? Baykov, hereby appoint Shaitkul? Ablin, as my forerunner, went to the residence of the Emperor of Bogdad and brought with him some gifts to convey the sincerity of the Tsar and me. To this end, I authorize Ablin to act freely on the premise of preserving the Tsar and the absolute authority of the central government in Moscow. ”

Seeing this piece of paper again, Ablin couldn't help but laugh, because he remembered a scene at that time, and couldn't help but laugh. As the head of the entire team of the Tsar's mission to China, Baykov was extremely hesitant when he wrote this letter of appointment: he couldn't write a word in half a day with a quill up and down!

In the end, it was the clerical officer of the mission who was instructed to personally carry the pen and complete this simple task under the dictation of Baykov. At that time, Baykov was very embarrassed and said: "Dear gentlemen, I am really sorry, I am illiterate and cannot write. See laugh, see laugh, sorry, hehe! ”

Ablin naturally smiled and could, like everyone else. But the cunning Baykov forgot one thing: earlier on behalf of his father, he had a land sale with me in Tomsk with my Ablin. At that time, the land deed papers, but the young Baykov himself did it, and the words reflected between the lines of the miserliness, greed and cunning of a cunning merchant, which made me ashamed! This time you went to China, why did you pretend that you couldn't write? Ablin was puzzled at first, and then wisely thought: he was pretending to be confused!

Ablin looked around the dozen or so people in the Baykov mission, including himself, and except for a clerk who was in charge of recording the itinerary, the others were basically not too literate. However, according to Moscow's regulations, after the return of Baykov's mission, he was obliged to provide the monarch with a book of accounts for the purchase of goods. Since Baykov said that he was "illiterate," he could have filled his pockets during his trip to China, looted his finances, and then handed over a small part of them to the Moscow treasury. At best, he took out a very small part of his lucrative profits and sent himself and those entourages to buy a "seal"!

But is it really that simple? Ablin was always skeptical. Now, at last, he understood the real reason for Baykov's behavior - in order not to take responsibility for the failure of the mission!

If he fails to achieve Moscow's wishes, after he returns to Moscow, he can use this as an excuse to ask someone else to write a report to the Siberian yamen. In this way, many claims and reasons can be blurred and left and right! Even if the above is traced down, what is beneficial to himself, Baykov will justify himself. Those unfavorable points will shirk the Taoist writer and the specific implementation.

Take this letter of appointment, for example! Once he succeeds in his mission, no credit is indispensable to Baykov. But as soon as he failed to accomplish his original purpose due to his own mistakes, Baykov would excuse himself with a mistake in the clerical officer's writing, and he would never say anything about the carte blanche that day, and all the responsibility would be borne by me Ablin and that stupid clerical manager!

Cunning Bayikov! At the end of the day, it's for your own benefit! But that's right, I would do the same! Now who in the entire upper echelons of Russia is not fighting for their own interests? And who is really for what country, for the "all-Russian absolutist" Tsar? Besides, this country is not our own, at best it belongs to their Rus' aristocracy! We, the Bukhara, and the Cossacks, Lithuanians, Poles, Swedish, Germans, etc., did not submit to Moscow by force and pressure, and thus act as pawns of their small and poorly equipped army?

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem? Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding happy teardrops (to be continued......)