Chapter 1152 Decision

"Your Majesty, the Russian delegation has returned."

When the steam locomotive that Chester and others were riding on left.

Su Yuntang arrived at Wuji Palace and reported to Zhao Xu.

"What do they think?" Zhao Xu asked indifferently.

He still hopes to get the entire Siberian snowfield without bloodshed.

To defeat the enemy without fighting is the highest means of war.

If there is a slight possibility, he still does not want his soldiers to risk their lives to fight.

This is why he supported Persia in the west and implemented the Indian Restoration Movement in the east after consolidating the basic base of the East.

Both Persia and Indians have their own interests, and Dasong can achieve its strategic goals simply by satisfying their interests.

"Replying to the emperor, from what I have seen, Chester and others have realized the gap between Ross and Dasong, and when they leave, they are no longer as arrogant as when they first came." Su Yuntang said slowly.

Zhao Xu nodded, indicating that he understood, and then let Su Yuntang go back.

Then, he sent an order to Yang Zhen, who was frowning, to mobilize the army and approach the Black Dragon River. .

This was deliberately shown to Chester, in order to tell him that Dasong had two preparations.

Once the two countries could not reach an agreement, Dasong would directly march north to seize the snowfield.

The telegram arrived in Jincheng, and Yang Zhen immediately dispatched troops.

Three days later, the heavy troops had arrived at the Black Dragon River.

Under deliberate arrangements, Chester and his party also arrived at the Black Dragon River at this time.

Seeing that Dasong had a large number of troops, everyone's faces became more worried.

At this moment, they just wanted to return to St. Petersburg as soon as possible to let Emperor Nicholas know everything about Dasong.

After another three months of trekking, Chester and his party returned to St. Petersburg.

Without time to rest, they immediately went to the Winter Palace to see Nicholas.

"Chester, you are finally back. During the time you were away, there was a piece of news that inspired all the countries in the West. We don't need to be afraid of Dasong in the future." Seeing Nicholas, Chester hadn't spoken yet, Nicholas spoke first, his face full of excitement.

Chester was about to tell Nicholas all he had seen and heard in Dasong, but he was stunned.

Nicholas continued, "During the time you were in Dasong, Britain successfully copied Dasong's breech-loading linear rifle. Although its range is a little worse than Dasong's breech-loading rifle, it is enough."

"This... this is indeed good news." Chester smiled, and he was really happy.

However, he knew very well that Dasong was not only good at copying a breech-loading musket.

He had to let Nicholas know this, otherwise the emperor might make a wrong judgment and drive the Dasong delegation away from St. Petersburg.

So he said, "But your Majesty, I bring you very bad news..."

He told Nicholas everything he saw in Dasong.

Other nobles also echoed and added some details.

"Electric power industry?" As everyone told the story, Nicholas' joy at the successful copying of the musket gradually turned into a deep worry.

If it weren't for Chester and Ross nobles standing in front of him, he would definitely think it was a lie.

But now there are so many people in front of him, from different interest groups.

What they said is similar, so it can't be false.

According to him, the current Dasong has entered an industrial level higher than their Western Land.

Under this industrial level, Dasong has given birth to many emerging technologies.

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In order to prove himself, Chester presented a thick stack of photos to Nicholas.

"This thing is called a photo. It is taken by something called a camera. It can record a moment of image. These photos show the pictures of us in Dasong." Chester explained.

At this moment, Nicholas was dumbfounded.

He had never seen this thing before. When he saw the lifelike Chester on the paper, he thought it was a painting.

Even if Chester explained, he was confused and didn't understand it very well.

Seeing this, Chester explained it in detail again, and Nicholas was confused.

Then, the picture on the photo began to make his body tremble slightly.

"When we return to Petersburg, Dasong has deployed heavy troops to the south bank of the Black Dragon River. If we cannot reach an agreement this time, the war between Dasong and Russia will break out." Chester said seriously.

Nicholas's face became solemn when he heard this.

The joy of the breech-loading rifle being copied disappeared instantly.

As Chester said, with Dasong's current industrial technology, Dasong may soon have more terrible muskets and artillery.

And these things can only be manufactured at the level of the power industry.

At that time, even if the Dasong people gave them the technical drawings, they would not be able to copy them.

Besides, it was already very difficult for them in the West to copy the breech-loading rifle this time.

The finished product of the copy was also a little worse than the rifles equipped by Dasong.

After a moment of hesitation, he finally made a decision and said to Chester, "If we agree to Dasong's conditions, Dasong must sign a non-aggression treaty with our country of Russia and export some technology to us, which will enable us to lead other countries in Western Turkey. Otherwise, we will be accused of ceding the Far East."

"When I came back, I was told that their Foreign Minister Dong An has the right to make some terms. Maybe it's time to talk to him now." Chester suddenly said, thinking of something.

Nicholas nodded.

This foreign minister of Dasong has been in Petersburg for half a year.

He has been left out for the past half year.

"Before that, we need to convene important officials and nobles to discuss. After all, this means an important shift in our Russian diplomacy." Nicholas said in a deep voice.

It is difficult to make this decision.

Once other Western countries know that Russia has a deal with Dasong.

They, Russia, will probably be labeled as a traitor to the Western Region.

But he also deeply understands that this is an opportunity for Russia.

Before Dasong rose, Russia was the focus of Britain's suppression.

With Britain's support, many of their strategies failed.

Now, an opportunity to surpass Britain in technology has emerged.

As long as Russia's technology surpasses Britain, they can gain an advantage in the Western Region and take back everything that Russia has lost.

This is enough to recover the losses in the Far East.

More importantly, he had a premonition that the world had changed since Dasong defeated the Eastern Alliance in Tianzhu.

Britain is no longer the overlord, and Dasong may replace Britain.

At a time of changing circumstances, the cooperation between Russia and Dasong may certainly cause dissatisfaction among the Western countries.

But there is also a possibility that the Western countries will try to win over Russia in order to avoid it becoming an enemy.

In this way, Russia will be able to play both sides between the East and the West.

There is no doubt that this is the most perfect situation for Russia.