Chapter 5: The Unlucky Envoy

It's like having a nightmare! Fei Odoro didn't know how he got back to Nebuchu!

All he knew was that he was out of luck! And it's blood mold that has been poured for eight lifetimes!

Early this morning, he went to the Qing army camp in high spirits to hold talks with the Qing Empire's negotiating ambassador, Suo Etu!

After all these days of contact, he almost couldn't believe his luck, he was simply lucky to get home!

That Suo Etu, although he was the prime minister of the Qing Empire, but, in his opinion, at the negotiation table, that guy was no different from a child who had just stepped into school and didn't know anything!

What is International Negotiation?

Dispute over trifles!

But the Prime Minister Suo Etu put a book with him and reasoned!

What is this guy when border negotiations between countries? Is it an academic forum?

I have to admit that this Prime Minister Suo Etu is very talented, although he has never heard of the things that this guy said and the books he has listed, but he can read the original words of so many books anytime and anywhere, and it is word for word, this Prime Minister Suo Etu's super memory can be seen from this, but it is a pity...... This is a border negotiation! At times like these, it's about strength and, of course, patience!

Yes, in terms of strength, in any aspect, the Qing Empire has the advantage, and they have just won a battle, and their morale is booming! But, obviously, they don't want to be rough anymore! This powerful empire has tens of thousands of troops on the border, but is unwilling to continue to attack Nebuchu, which has only a few hundred troops here, so what is there to fear from Tafei Doro? Anyway, he didn't look for a mistress in Moscow, so he didn't need to rush back to warm up.

And what made him feel ridiculous and lucky was that Suo Etu actually let him know his negotiation cards!

Isn't this a clear way to let him continue to take advantage of some advantages?

You know, he's just a marquis, and he's long wanted to turn his title into a duke!

But......

Everything came to naught in a day! Although he believed that he had made a great contribution to this signing, the frustration of powerlessness still made him very uncomfortable, after all, millions of square kilometers of land had disappeared into Russian territory because of his fluttering signature!

At that time, he had just been brought to the familiar tent by Suo Etu's own soldiers!

Then, he saw Suo Etu sitting behind the negotiating table, looking at him with a fierce face.

Originally, when they met for the first time, Suo Etu put on such a face, and he was really scared at the time, and the majesty in that face, he could easily see how powerful and powerful this person was! However, after talking to the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty for a few days, this majestic face no longer had any deterrent effect on him! Because he already knows the bottom of Suo'etu.

Therefore, he greeted Suo Etu very calmly, and after a little salute, he sat down on the other side of Suo Etu.

However, as soon as he sat down, Na Suo Etu suddenly blew him up from his chair with a sentence that he remembered every word clearly.

"Mr. Fei Yaoduoluo, on behalf of His Majesty the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Empire, I solemnly declare to you: The border line between my Qing Empire and your Russian Empire should be set at ...... The Caucasus, the Ural Mountains and the Ural River, of course, the mountains and rivers are ours, and you can only own the steppes below the mountains and the reeds by the rivers! ”

At that time, he thought that the prime minister was just angry about what happened a few days ago and deliberately scared him into making a joke, but when he saw a soldier next to Suo Etu take out a document and show him some clauses in the document called "Draft Sino-Russian Border Demarcation", he believed that the other party was playing for real!

So, he was furious!

"Are you guys kidding? What are you guys when we are strong Russia? Is it a sheep that can be knocked to the ground at any time, slaughtered at any time? ……”

"You're right! In fact, Russia at this time is sheep! And a sheep without horns! ”

Suo Etu didn't answer, and the one who answered him was just the little soldier who showed him the papers! And before he could react, this little soldier almost knocked him into the abyss of despair one sentence after another, without mercy or mercy!

From the poverty of Russia, to the distance between the Far East and Moscow, and then to the contradictions and ...... between Russia and European countries, one by one, he found out for the first time that he may have underestimated Suo Etu, and Suo Etu was probably waiting for this information some time ago!

The most terrifying thing was that he seemed to hear someone outside the tent speaking Swedish!

Is this still worth it?

If the Qing Empire really sent a large army to fight in the Far East, and those powerful Mongol cavalry, which also belonged to the Qing Empire, went all the way north from the so-called Mongolian Plateau, constantly attacking Central Siberia and Western Siberia, cutting off the connection between the Far East and Moscow, and at the same time, Sweden attacked from the west, plus those Tatars who had the same roots as the Mongols and were oppressed by the Russian Empire, could also face north from the south, disrupting the most important part of Europe of Russia, so that the empire could not fight Sweden as a powerful country with all its might, thenWhat will be the consequences?

Especially the "three lights" that this little soldier said in his mouth!

If those Tatars really use the method that this woman said, then even if Russia wins in the end, it will be slumped and its strength will plummet, and how will it face Poland, Prussia, France and other European powers? Although many of Europe's traditional powers have always looked down on Russia as a barren region, who knows what will happen to them if they take advantage of it? In particular, this woman also said that the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Empire has approved that no matter which country, as long as it goes to war with Russia, it can trade with them, the richest and most prosperous country in the world! This is the most terrible one! This alone is enough to make Russia doomed!

Because it's an incredibly great temptation! If this news were to reach Europe, the European aristocrats who had been coveting the elegant porcelain of the East, the beautiful silks, and the endless taste of tea might have coveted their country to destroy Russia and give it to the Qing Empire in exchange for more benefits! …… It's not impossible! Because except in the time of war, few people care about Russia, although it is certain that Russia is a European power, but no European will say that he or she wants to go to Russia! Even, many Russians themselves want to leave their poor homeland! Few people want to stay in that cold land, and naturally few people care who that land belongs to!

The terrible consequences made him almost collapse on the spot!

Fortunately, he also knew that the Qing Empire still had its own troubles!

In Junggar, there is a rebel army of the Qing Empire, and it is still very strong!

This is enough to be a powerful weight for him in this negotiation!

However, not long after the negotiations went on, he could not hold on, because he was sure that there were Swedes in this Qing army camp, because he found a Viking giant sword in this military tent! You know, in Europe, the only people who can use Viking greatswords are the Swedes, those Viking pirates, the descendants of Viking barbarians! And the sword was so richly decorated that he was sure it was a gift from the Swedes to Soetu! And Suo Etu put this sword in his tent, I am afraid that it is also because he does not understand the difference between various swords in the West, otherwise, even if he no longer understands diplomacy, he should know how serious the consequences of revealing the intelligence of his own side will be.

However, he didn't have time to think about how Soetu could have made such a mistake, and that the Swedes had come to the Far East through the vast expanse of Siberia? And hitched a ride on the mighty Qing Empire? No wonder Suo Etu dared to say this this time, not only because the Qing army had more important guests, but also because Suo Etu wanted to vent the anger he had suffered these days, and he firmly believed that he must have made the prime minister miserable these days.

What to do if the situation is so bad?

After pondering for a long time, he finally made up his mind and pointed out to Soetu that he already knew of their conspiracy with the Swedes! And then, after a fierce and tense fight, he finally got the real news out of Suo Etu's mouth!

The Swedes had already seen Emperor Kangxi a long time ago!

Moreover, there is a legation in the family, and this one who came to the barracks is just a full-time gift-giver, and after coming yesterday, he went back this morning, saying that he was going to Macao to take a boat back to Europe!

What does this mean?

It means that Sweden is about to do it!

And it has always been faster by sea than by land!

Unless he, then, learned of this, could reach Moscow before the Swedish envoys returned to Europe and report the emergency to the Tsar, it would be all over!

But how many miles did it take to return to Moscow from the Far East via Siberia?

So, you have to buy time!

So, after a short and heated quarrel that lasted almost a whole day, he asked Doro to do his best to "help" Russia keep most of Siberia! Although, Baikal is gone, Sakhalin is gone, the coastline of the Far East is half gone, and, because he could not give up the 300 good horses that he wanted, he had to give up the lower reaches of the main rivers of Siberia, the Ob, Lena and Yenisei! Though...... However, he won the time, and ...... The promise of the Qing Empire was that it would not prompt European countries to attack Russia on the condition of trade, would not attack Russia in the Far East, and would not encourage the Tatars to attack Russia!

In other words, the Qing Empire only needed a few worthless empty words in exchange for millions of square kilometers of land!

But what do these barren lands get in exchange for the survival of Russia?

He is convinced that he saved Russia!

He, Marquis Fedodoro, is a hero of Russia!