In addition, the war brought large-scale famine and plague within Russia. With the loss of Ukraine, Russia's grain production has fallen sharply compared with the pre-war period, and the outbreak of the current civil war has pushed their food problem to an unprecedented and severe precipice.

The catastrophe that befell Russian agriculture was manifold. In the rear, the prime-age labor force was forcibly conscripted, resulting in a large amount of farmland being reduced or even barren because it was uncultivated; Whether it was the heavy taxes imposed on the peasants by the White Army or the "war communism" practiced by the Red Russia, which was essentially a robbery, they were all forcibly squeezing their short-term potential by means of exhausting their resources, and this would inevitably have a violent impact on normal agricultural production. At the front, the normal agricultural order was completely shattered by the killing and onslaught of the armies of both sides, and every place they went, whether it was the Red Army or the White Army, meant a catastrophe for the local society.

In 1915, Russia's agricultural output plummeted to one-third of what it had been in 1912, and residents of major cities such as St. Petersburg and Omsk were at best half-fed and half-starved, and garbage heaps and sewers littered them for food or catching rats. Some people had to take their precious gold and silver with them and try their luck in the countryside on the outskirts of the city to see if the farmers who spent their days digging roots and shaving bark would have a windfall and have a surplus of wild fruit or game to trade with. In ordinary towns and villages, the Russian people are even more yellow-skinned, and there are countless people who die of starvation. Now, even if you can eat the worst black bread and it is as hard as iron, it is an unattainable dream for the Russian people at the bottom!

Due to the severe shortage of food, the Russian people began to feed themselves on rats and rotten waste from garbage heaps. And the immediate consequences that followed. It is the spread and epidemic of epidemics. The forces of the war. Apparently not devoting much energy to the lives of these small people, the disease began to spread throughout Russia: in 1915 alone, about 3 million people died of typhus, a figure even higher than the number of deaths of the warring parties in the frontal battles and in the campaign of repression! The number of people dying of starvation due to famine is also alarming, and there are countless cases of desperate villages. Countless people gradually suffocated in the agonizing struggles, and finally collapsed on the land, becoming the belly of the dino vulture. Thousands of miles of wilderness and corpses were everywhere, and the Russian land fell into a hellish situation that was many times more tragic than during the Great War in Europe.

This is despite the fact that Berlin is thousands of kilometers away from Russia. However, due to the existence of war correspondents and spies of the Falcon organization, the tragedy that took place on Russian soil was still known to the general German public. For reasons of the position of the class, the German newspapers and media took the opportunity to trumpet the miserable life of the Russian people after the "revolution", and emphasized the sole legitimacy and absolute necessity of the Hohenzollern imperial power in Germany: "Massacres, wars, hunger, pestilence, this is the ruining effect of the heretical communists on the country after they came to power!" The Berliner Zeitung exclaimed in a frontpage article.

In this case, Qingying naturally needs to take some time out to accompany the little Russian princess at home who has always been attached to the motherland. And in addition to her family, Qingying now has one more oil bottle to take care of: because of Sanya's overflowing love. So that Alexei, the former tsar who escaped from the clutches of the Red Russia, was taken by her to live with him more than a year ago. This made the latter a de facto member of the Qingying family. For this uninvited guest, Qingying could only choose to acquiesce and submit after some reluctant resistance from the boss: because of his own reasons, the Tsar and his daughters lived 4 years less than in history, so he could barely replace the late Tsar Nicholas and play the role of Alexei's guardian for a few years.

The clouds and mist are combined, and the twilight is sinking in the west. Stepping on the snow on the bluestone pavement, Qingying returned to her living palace from the office study. Sanya and her own children have not yet returned, and Qingying only finds Alexei in a row of rooms. Looking at the young man in front of him who greeted him respectfully, Qingying's heart suddenly moved slightly; Under the boy's puzzled gaze, he walked over to the couch next to him and sat down, beckoning the other party to sit down in front of him as well.

After a year and a half, Alexei is obviously taller than when he first came to Berlin, and his handsome and delicate face has become more and more refined. Fearing that his life would be threatened by internal bleeding again, Alexei was strictly forbidden to engage in all forms of strenuous exercise, which made his body slightly weaker than normal; However, this added a touch of morbid beauty to his nature, and thus became the central focus of the German aristocratic girls.

"You haven't had any abnormalities in your body lately, have you?" Looking at the young man's somewhat thin body, Qingying asked with a gentle face.

Alexei nodded and replied respectfully: "Thanks to the careful care of my uncle and sister-in-law, my physical condition has always been good, and there has never been a situation like when I was a child. Occasionally, there are some minor illnesses, but they can gradually heal under the care of doctors. As predicted by the Holy Master, my illness will gradually improve after the age of 10 and I will return to a life similar to that of a normal person. Speaking of this, Alexei's tone gradually turned low, and there was an indescribable sourness in his voice: "It's a pity that my father and mother, as well as my four sisters, who have always loved me deeply, can no longer see my normal life today." ”

Qingying gently patted the young man on the shoulder and rubbed back and forth on his shiny soft brown hair to soothe him; Although he did not take the initiative to accept Alexei's arrival, the other party's annihilation also made Qingying feel sympathetic in more than a year of getting along. And perhaps because of the excellent education of the heirs of the empire by the Nikolai, or the stimulation of Alexei's growth after the death of his relatives, he has been living in Qingying's house for more than a year: whether it is schoolwork, etiquette, or living habits, Qingying and Sanya have not bothered him much. And his appearance undoubtedly increased Qingying's favor for him, and he faintly regarded him as one of his family members.

After the young man's mood gradually calmed down, Qingying spoke again: "Alyosha, how old are you this year?" Alexei said softly: "In August half a year later, I will be 12 years old." Qingying smiled and said, "When I was your age, I had already put forward the concept of appropriately large warships in the naval field, and this influenced the navy's ship design for 20 years. At that time, I had not yet been made a prince by His Majesty the Emperor, and I was only an inconspicuous member of his six children! As the crown prince of the Russian Empire, you should also start to make a difference in your career; Only in this way will you be able to live up to the new birth bestowed upon you by the Virgin Mary and defend the honour you deserve as Crown Prince of Romanov. ”

"However, the Russian Empire is long gone, and even the family members have been slaughtered by the Red Devils, where else can I defend the honor that belongs to the Romanovs?" Alexei said with sadness and bitterness, "My father and mother are dead, and I am left with only one who can't even lift a sandbag and can't bear any injuries and blood!" What's more, I am no longer His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and being rescued and blessed by my uncle is already my greatest luck to avoid being murdered like my parents and sisters. ”

Qingying's face was solemn, and her eyes were full of solemnity when she looked at the young man: "Alyosha, remember, you will always be the first heir to the throne of the Russian Empire. This stems from your innate noble bloodline, which has no connection with the changes in the outside world. Moreover, the rampant growth of the Red Bolsheviks was only temporary, and the numerous crimes they committed against Russia were bound to provoke tens of millions of righteous people to resist and attack. Now, don't Kolchak and General Denikin put aside their differences in political positions and unite to eliminate the biggest villain regime in Russian history? As long as the Red Demon is destroyed, you can still return to the Winter Palace, recreate the Romanovs, and revitalize the Russian Empire! ”

Hearing Qingying's words, Alexei's star pupils also revealed a look of excitement and expectation. Although his mind is more mature than that of his peers, he is still a child of only 11 and a half years old; Compared with Qingying, who has experienced a hundred battles, he is obviously a naïve teenager with too young, too simple Tucson broken patterns, and can only be used as a piece of freshly mined natural jade. After more than a year of getting along, Qingying had already made the young man regard himself, the rescuer and protector, as the reborn father; Under Qingying's encouragement, Alexei's sadness gradually faded again, and said, "So, what should I do? ”

"A few days ago, General Denikin, who was on the Don side, sent me a telegram in which he wanted you, who survived the massacre, to be crowned emperor in the Don republic, to restore the name of the Russian Empire, and to call on all White Russian forces to work together to exterminate the Bolshevik bandits. Considering that you are still too young, I politely declined his mention for the time being. Qing Yingmo rubbed Alexei's head on top of his head and smiled, "However, this is an important opportunity for you to rebuild your empire. General Denikin is the leader of the White Army after Kolchak, and with his support, your path to restoration is promising. After that, I will increase your schoolwork, so that you can become the true master of the Hermitage; The future of the Romanovs is all up to you. (To be continued......)

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