"Yakushev, what is my father doing, how do I seem to hear him slapping the table?"

In the hallway, Maria asked Alexander II's chief of guard, holding a jar with a distinctly pothos style.

"Dear Princess Maria, His Majesty Augustus is taking care of some annoying business."

The chief of the guard, Yakushev, gave a Roman military salute, "I don't think it's the best time to visit him." ”

"Yakushev, although the winter in Junbao is not as cold as in Moscow, my father is old, and he should also pay attention to rest."

Despite the dissuasion, Maria gently pushed the door open, and found that her father was not as angry as she had imagined.

On the contrary, he was holding a document, sneering and smiling wickedly.

At the same time, he also muttered something like "win Mala, win Mala".

Although he didn't seem to be in his right mind, he was really laughing and didn't get angry.

·

Alexander II was so engrossed that his daughter crept over and placed the clay pot and bowl on the table, and he reacted.

"Ah, Maria, haven't you slept yet?"

Alexander II raised his head, saw his daughter who had pulled her hair back into the Ming style, and frowned, "As a Roman princess, you should study more Greek braids." ”

"Father, this is my stewed ginseng hen soup, drink it while it's hot!"

Maria didn't pick up the topic, "This is the secret recipe of the old divine doctor of Xiongfeng Mountain, you should try it......"

"You, you still like to listen to enemy stations so much!"

Alexander II shook his head helplessly, "If you are not an Eastern Roman princess and a Greek queen, you will be killed!" ”

Not only Tsarist Russia, but also Britain and France, listening to "The Voice of the Ming Dynasty" is a crime.

It is very likely that during the war he will be arrested for treason.

probably knew that it was useless to count her daughter, and she couldn't really arrest her.

She only has one precious daughter, not to mention that according to the "legal principle", at least the legal principle recognized by Alexander II, Mary is still the first successor to the throne of the Greek Kingdom and the natural queen of Greece in the future.

It can be said that Maria's value to the empire is second only to that of the Byzantine princess who married Muscovy in the time of Ivan III.

Of course, on the other hand, Alexander himself is actually a loyal listener of "The Voice of the Ming Dynasty".

It's just that the program he listens to most frequently is the "French Joke Collection" at noon, which is far from the style of his daughter's listening program.

It has to be said that the jokes about France written by those great writers of the Ming Kingdom are indeed impressive, and they brought a lot of fun to Alexander's boring imperial life.

In the last "French Joke Collection" program group solicited milk jokes from the whole society, Alexander II even anonymously submitted a manuscript and was accepted by the program team.

This is probably the second most pleasant thing about him in the past year, after his accession to the throne in Junbao.

·

Drinking the chicken soup made by my daughter, it is not salty or light, and it tastes great.

Merely......

"Maria, what are these roots, and why are they in the soup?"

"This is called American ginseng, it is the Ming Dynasty, ah no, it is a special herb of the Ming Kingdom."

Mary stuck out her tongue.

For a long time, the translation of the name of the Ming Dynasty in Tsarist Russia was called "daiming".

The reason why it is "daiming" instead of "daming" is mainly that in the earliest days, the territory of Daming was dominated by Fujian Liangguang people, and their Ming pronunciation was not standard enough and was mistranslated.

Of course, most of the time, in non-diplomatic occasions, Russian monarchs and ministers generally still use the title of "Khitan" to call the Ming Dynasty.

Later, with the deepening of exchanges between the parties, the Russians gradually understood what the "dai" in "daiming" meant.

With the outbreak of war, the Russian government did not allow the Cyrillic word "daiming" to appear in newspapers and magazines.

"Ginseng?" Alexander frowned.

He didn't know what the name meant, and he didn't know that the name of the herb, which was difficult to change later because of the propaganda in the early years, was actually the real "Fourth Rome", the last mark of its existence in this world.

It is precisely because Citigroup has been wiped out that the people of Daming don't care about continuing to call it American ginseng.

It is precisely because the Soviet Union has been wiped out that countless Jingsu in later generations have infinite nostalgia for Big Brother.

But in fact, if Big Brother is really reincarnated, Rabbit and Hawk-chan will definitely reconcile in a second, join forces to stuff Big Brother back into the coffin, and then nail a hundred nails.

Chewing on the bitter grassroots, Alexander II suddenly asked his youngest daughter: "You have been to France, England, and Ming, what do you think of our life in Eastern Rome compared to these countries?" ”

"It's better than us......"

Maria said in a tone that did not irritate her father, "But I still like to be around you. ”

"Hmmm......"

Alexander II muttered, "If you had to go somewhere, where would you choose?" ”

"Of course it's Da Ming!" Maria blurted out, but then she regretted it a little.

However, it was not what she expected.

My father, who gritted his teeth when he heard "daiming" on weekdays, only nodded slightly this time.

For Alexander II, with the de facto Minluo Non-Aggression Pact on the horizon and the "reliable" buffer state on both sides, it was time to put aside their mutual hatred.

Of course, it is certainly not called an alliance to say it, but meaningless confrontation can be reduced.

And Alexander II had another idea.

That is to follow the example of his ancestor Peter the Great and go to the Ming Kingdom to learn advanced technology.

There is no doubt that the **** of Peter the Great was the most critical opportunity for the rise of the Russian Empire.

In 1697, Peter I, who had not been in power for a long time, sent a mission to Western Europe to learn advanced technology, and he himself went abroad under the pseudonym Corporal Pyotr Mikhailov to study shipbuilding and navigation technology in Saldan and Amsterdam in the Netherlands and London in England, and hired a large number of scientific and technological personnel to work in Russia.

In his hands, the Russian Empire began to build factories, develop trade, and establish the navy and army of the Western European system.

All of this laid the foundation for the expansion of the Russian Empire that would take two centuries.

Peter I himself was awarded the title of "Emperor of All Russia" by the Russian Senate for such martial arts.

Today, Alexander II is a Roman emperor, a step closer than Peter I's "Emperor of All Russia".

But voices questioning his competence and legitimacy never stopped.

These voices come from abroad, but also from home.

In order to silence them, Alexander II was thinking about following the path of his ancestors.