Rakshasa country, Nikolaev.

By the time Wu faxed the telegram from the Dajin court, Nicholas I had already left the newly captured Adrianople and went to the city of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea.

It is a new industrial city, built around the Nikolaev shipyard, which was founded in 1788.

And this Nikolaev shipyard, that is really the hope of the Navy of the Rakshasa Kingdom!

Since the time of Peter the Great, the Rakshasa Kingdom has attached great importance to the navy. However, the importance of the Rakshasa country cannot change the congenital deficiency of the Rakshasa navy, and the congenital deficiency of the Rakshasa navy is that there is no decent sea.

Not to mention the Arctic Ocean, there is actually no need for a navy there.

And the Pacific Ocean, King Wuzhong took away all the Pacific coasts of the Rakshasas, so the Rakshasa doesn't need any Pacific Fleet.

In addition to the Arctic Ocean, which does not require much navy, and the Pacific Ocean, which is no longer available, there are still the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, and the Barents Sea, which is located on the edge of the Arctic Ocean and can enter the Atlantic Ocean through the Norwegian Sea.

Yes, but the communication between these seas is a bit difficult, so the Rakshasa country can only build three main fleets that can fight on their own, namely the Baltic Fleet, the Northern Fleet, and the Black Sea Fleet.

And the focus is on the Black Sea Fleet - this is because after the Napoleonic Wars, the territorial claims of the Rakshasa in the direction of Eastern and Northern Europe have been met.

Moreover, the Rakshasa does not have the ability to compete with the British Empire for maritime supremacy for the time being, so of course it can only focus on the development of the Black Sea Fleet.

And because the entrance to the Black Sea was blocked by the Turkish Empire, the warships purchased by the Rakshasa Kingdom from the Ming Dynasty and the British Empire could not come, so they could only build their own!

Of course, you have to have a shipyard to build your own ships, so from the time of Catherine the Great, the Rakshasa Kingdom began to invest in the construction of the Nikolaev shipyard. Docks, slipways, outfitting docks, as well as supporting steel works, artillery plants, machine factories, power plants, etc., were to be built in Nikolaev and its environs.

After more than 40 years of hard work, by the time of 1829 in the Western calendar, the Nikolaev Shipyard was already the most advanced and largest shipyard in the entire Rakshasa technology.

The purpose of Tsar Nicholas I's visit to Nikolaev was to attend the delivery ceremony of an Ivan the Terrible-class battleship and to inspect the Nikolaev shipyard.

The so-called Ivan Thunder Emperor level is actually the second type of Hongwu Emperor level (also known as Han Wu Emperor level), and the Rakshasa country renamed it as Ivan Thunder Emperor level.

Its lead ship was rebuilt halfway through the construction of the slipway, so it took a long time to build. From the laying of the first keel to the delivery, it took a total of 26 months!

In the 21st century, where the construction speed is placed in another time and space, it may be super fast, but in today's world, whether it is the Great Britain that works hard in 996, or the Rakshasa who treats workers as serfs, or the Ming who gives enough overtime pay, it is surprisingly slow.

If it weren't for the design overhaul halfway, the Hongwu Type 2 battleship of this class, from the laying of the first keel to the sea trial, that is, 12-18 months.

Considering that the Rakshasa is still in wartime, and the Black Sea Fleet is responsible for attacking Constantinople from the sea, the construction of this Ivan the Terrible-class lead ship is indeed a bit slow.

However, the work was slow, and the Tsar was very satisfied with the Ivan the Terrible, which had just been delivered.

The other four battleships of the same class that were being outfitted or in sea trials also gave the tsar the hope of advancing by sea and capturing Constantinople in three ways!

And the arrival of Wu Fax gave Nicholas I greater hope - the attack on Constantinople would change from a three-way siege to a siege on all sides.

"Your Majesty the Tsar, the King of Persia and the Daoguang Emperor of our dynasty who was beaten by your army two years ago are good half-brothers. So this time, Emperor Daoguang of our dynasty is ready to be invited to lead troops into Persia to help the Persians resist the Ming ...... By the way, I can also help your country attack Constantinople from the east!

Of course, I helped your country fight the Ottoman Empire out of friendship, not out of coveting the Ottoman land. Therefore, I don't want an inch of the territory of Little Asia. I only ask Your Majesty to transfer to my court the special rights and interests of your country in Persia, and I will be satisfied......"

Nicholas I is also an old imperialist, and when he hears it, he knows what Emperor Daoguang of the Jin Kingdom wants to do?

This is clearly to colonize Persia and become imperialism!

Okay, he's even more ruthless than us Rakshasas. We didn't even get to the mouth of Persia!

And the Dajin Kingdom has been thinking about the access to the sea for more than 100 years, and this time it is nine times out of ten) it will be taken from the Persians!

However, the situation is there. The next time the battle of Constantinople was fought, Britain, France, Prussia, and Austria would all side with the Turks.

If the Rakshasa Kingdom wants to take the Ottoman Empire as soon as possible, I am afraid that the help of the Dajin Kingdom is indispensable.

Thinking of this, Nicholas I nodded with a smile and said, "Prince Wu, please tell Emperor Daoguang." As long as he sends troops to Persia, I will transfer to him all my privileges in Persia. In the future, the Rakshasa Kingdom will not encroach on the land of Persia again! ”

……

Delhi, Red Fort.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the envoys of the Persian kingdom have recently arrived in the city of Bagua for the purpose of requesting our army to protect Persia. His Majesty the Emperor knows that Persia has always been under the protection of the British and Indian empires...... In view of the present situation, it would be inconvenient for the British Empire and the Indian Empire to fulfil this obligation for the time being. I'm willing to do it for you! ”

The person who was fooling Kaiser Wilhelm in the audience hall of the Red Keep was none other than the Greatein Empire's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to India, Qi Shan.

His words are really better than they are sung...... It turned out that the Dajin Kingdom did not go to Persia to invade colonies, but to help Britain.

The British Empire had too many colonies to colonize. So Dajin Guo went to help colonize a little.

This light is really a "great and good man"!

"Speaking of which, I still have to thank Emperor Daoguang? He was the one who helped me keep the colony. ”

The Indian Emperor William, who was dressed in a cool white silk robe, frowned as he spoke, looking preoccupied.

As the Emperor of India and the Crown Prince of the United Kingdom, Emperor Wilhelm certainly knew that the relationship between the Dajin Empire and the Ming Empire was very ambiguous.

Therefore, it is really difficult to say whether the Dajin Empire entered Persia to help or colonize.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you don't need to thank me for being the Emperor." Qi Shan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to thank our country's Daoguang Emperor...... As long as you support the Eight Banners of our dynasty to enter Persia, everything will be fine. ”

This Qi Shan is a career diplomat in the end, and he can blow it.

However, Emperor Wilhelm did not intend to demolish this Mr. Qishan, but smiled and said: "Mr. Ambassador, please tell His Majesty Emperor Daoguang that I, the Great Indian Empire, fully support all his actions in Persia!" ”

"Your Majesty, what support do you mean?"

"Support is support." Emperor Wilhelm smiled, "If Emperor Daoguang's army can stop the Ming army from invading Persia." Then our Great Indian Empire is also willing to transfer all the rights and interests it holds in Persia to the Great Golden Empire. Mr. Ambassador, do you think this support is enough? ”

"Enough is enough."

(End of chapter)