Chapter 62 The Prince's Thoughts

Yanhuang said on April 18, 4603.

Two black "Tianma" F03 luxury cars left the Imperial Hotel escorted by four F02 cars. The Imperial Hotel is located in Xuanwu Lake outside the Xuanwu Gate. After the restoration of Nanjing, the Imperial Hotel was built in Liangzhou. As the most high-end hotel in Nanjing, it has always been a place where important people from all walks of life and foreign guests live.

After six cars drove out of Xuanwu Lake, they directly entered the old city of Nanjing from Xuanwu Gate. At this time, Nanjing was the same as in the past. In addition to the construction site, it was still a construction site. The widening of the road and the modern Chinese-style buildings under construction along the street made this "the largest construction site in the world" worthy of its name.

As the capital of the empire, the urban planning of "Nanjing" is completely planned and designed by "Your Majesty's architect" Fang Jingyuan. Drawing on the transformation of Paris in the 19th century and the British scholar Howard's garden city theory, it controls an area of 2,100 square kilometers and an implementation area of 600 square kilometers, according to 15 million people. The scale of the population will be planned and built in 20 years in five phases. The first phase will be 71.4 square kilometers in five years, with a population of 2 million.

Its urban layout adopts a gossip-like concentric circle inward structure, with the "deliberation square" in front of the Imperial Consultative House in the center of Fuxing Avenue to form a scattering axis, forming a relatively complete garden-style urban area. The design of the road system adopts the combination of right-angle intersection and square network, and sets up a roundabout square. The main street lighting and telecommunications lines use underground cables, and stipulates the scale of land use, above-ground and underground construction procedures, building height, facade shape and exit red line width.

According to the plan, Nanjing, the capital of the Chinese Empire, will be hidden in the green sea. Even Zijin Mountain will be the "central garden of the city" in the city, with a per capita occupation of more than 2,000 square meters of green space, more than twice that of Washington. It will be the largest city in the world. Because With the cancellation of the old toilet, Nanjing will also be the first city in Asia to fully popularize flush toilets and the first city in Asia to fully popularize pipeline gas.

Nanjing is also the first city in Asia to plan subways and elevated railways, with a planned mileage of 580 kilometers. Even at this time, as many as 160 kilometers of tram roads and the Ring Expressway have been built and planned in Nanjing. The lighting and telecommunications lines of the main streets use underground pipelines, which is the first city in Asia to realize the entry of main road wires into the ground. Of course, all of this is only planned.

None of the funds needed for such a huge development project come from the government allocation, all from the "Yanjing Development Company". It follows the Pudong development model, uses social capital to develop, pays dividends with rent, and sells houses to repay bonds.

When the convoy drove through Guangfu Avenue on Nanjing First Street, looking at the leafy French sycamore trees on both sides, Prince Mikhail was a little surprised. From Xiaguan to Guangfu Avenue in the city, only this section of the city was planted with Fatong trees of at least 10 years old, and these trees were two from Pudong Street. Transplanted to Nanjing on the side, so that "Yanjing will appear as early as Yanjing".

Although he was a little surprised by the city that was more like a construction site, Prince Mikhail still sat motionless, staring ahead without blinking. Today will be his first time to visit His Majesty. After two days of talks with officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy of China, The two sides have reached the most basic consensus on some issues.

Although in his opinion, the purpose of his trip has not been achieved, he knows that he must persuade the Eastern Emperor to agree to his request. The Second Pacific Fleet, which is now floating in Haiphong, urgently needs China's military port and dock to repair the warship.

"Risk!"

In the previous preparatory negotiations, the Chinese repeated these two words repeatedly. They were worried that the Russian fleet would cause the Japanese navy to disturb its coast after entering the central [***] port. Today, he must convince the emperor that as long as the Russian fleet was in the central [***] port, he would not dare to do so.

"I hope we can reach an agreement today!"

When the convoy drove into the palace, the guard soldiers standing outside the palace came forward and checked the pass before releasing it. The car drove into the gate, facing a garden. The car drove along the garden for a while and stopped in front of a building. A long series of cars appeared at the door of the government building at one o'clock. The driver of the first car stopped at a white line outside the building according to his training. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official sitting side by side with the driver jumped out of the car and opened the door behind.

Mikhail, dressed in white military uniform, and several attendants walked out of the two cars without panic. After getting out of the car, he glanced at the yard in front of him. China's palace was more simple than they thought. He had always wondered why the emperor did not take Yanjing as the capital. After all, there was the Forbidden City, but there was only such a governor's mansion here. But today he did not come here to visit the emperor of China. Emperor, greeted by a young officer, Mikhail and his party walked quickly to the door of the government building.

"Your Highness, please come here!"

Yu Shaozhi, dressed in the uniform of the Guards, is a ninth-term student of Huangpu. The most important reason why he was selected as a close attendant is that he has mastered six foreign languages, and Russian is one of them.

Under the guidance of the few, Mikhail and his party came to the "Mobei Hall" on the east side of the first floor of the government building. They curiously looked at the large Chinese-style living room with a large war oil painting. They did not know the Mikhail and others of the "Mobei map" and did not know what the oil painting depicted. History, on the contrary, appreciates the oil painting with a trace of appreciation.

After about three minutes, Chen Moran, dressed in a tea-green guard army uniform and a waisted sword, walked into the living room. Mikhail and his party hurriedly saluted him in accordance with the European etiquette. On Chen Moran's chest, several medals were wiped shiny. In the light of the crystal lamp, the medal is shining and dazzling.

"Welcome!"

After a soft voice, Chen Moran sat down on the sofa and made a gesture to signal Michalil and others to sit down. The position was carefully arranged. Mikhail's position was on his left side, and then his attendant's position in turn.

After Mikhail sat down, he looked at the "peoplely emperor" with strange eyes and said carefully.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty the Tsar of the Russian Empire entrusted me to convey his greetings to His Majesty. I wish Your Majesty good luck..."

And Chen Moran just said with a smile.

"Thank you, His Majesty, for your kindness. Please convey my greetings to him!"

As soon as the voice fell, Chen Moran took the initiative to turn the topic to what Mikhail and others were concerned about.

"Your intention, the Liang Qing family has already told me. You want to use our military port, don't you?

The Chinese emperor's straightforward question made Mikhail nodded like a rooster pecking rice.

"Yes! Yes! After sailing 18,000 nautical miles, the Second Pacific Fleet urgently needed the port to repair the warships..." Mikhail, who was ordered to come to China for this.

"Your Majesty, injured warships need to be repaired, and uninjured warships also need to be cleaned. After the warship was immersed in the sea for a period of time, there were seaweed and shellfish attached to the hull of the warship. This kind of attached seaweed and shellfish are the great enemies of warships. He will seriously reduce the speed of warships and waste fuel. Therefore, warships have to go to the docks to clean up these attachments after a period of time to save fuel to ensure the speed of warships. But this kind of operation must be carried out in the dock, otherwise it cannot be completely removed. Russia's Second Pacific Fleet has been soaked in the sea for nearly half a year. The seaweed and shellfish on the bottom of the ship have long been stacked, and the growth is gratifying. However, in this 18,000 nautical miles of suffering march, the Russian fleet has only a few opportunities to enter the port and anchor. How can it be a luxury to clean up in the dock? During the time in Madagascar, although all ships ordered sailors to put on diving suits to clean up in the sea, this method itself could not be completely cleaned up. Therefore, Your Majesty, as an ally of the Russian Empire, we believe that your country should abide by the Sino-Russian Treaty and allow the Russian fleet to enter the Chinese [***] port. Clean up..."

As he spoke, Mikhail noticed that the emperor in front of him did not seem to show any emotion, so he quickly continued to speak.

"Of course, this is not free use. Considering that it may affect the docking maintenance of your navy, the Russian Imperial Navy is willing to pay a certain amount of compensation!"

Mikhail said this, but his heart was full of bitter smiles. Where is the Chinese fleet? They also quarreled with the Dutch in Surabaiya, and even fired a few shots at Borneo a few days ago. They wanted to get Borneo as compensation from the Dutch through the "Sui Overseas Chinese Case". At present, the three capitals of the Chinese navy are simply an airport except for some marines, training and auxiliary ships. This so-called "a certain compensation" is actually to tell the Chinese that Russia is willing to pay a high price to clean up ships.

After listening to Mikhail's words, Chen Moran was silent for a while before he spoke.

"There is nothing wrong with this matter in principle! As allies of the Russian Empire, we certainly will not refuse any request to help our allies win the war!"

His answer made Mikhail happy. When he noticed a smile on Mikhail's face, he turned around again.

"Yesterday, I read a news report in the newspaper that the sailors of your second fleet clashed with local residents due to an accident in coastal defense, so I am very worried. Maybe I and Zheng Axe can understand that helping the Russian fleet is to fulfill the obligations of our allies! However, Prince Mikhail, for the sailors of your country who enjoy extraterractic power and cannot be sanctioned, what if they enter the China [***] port and clash with our people as if they were in coastal defense? This is something I have to think about!"

His question stunned Mikhail, who was originally happy. Where there were Russians, there must be enough vodka. Now the area around Haiphong has become the world's largest silver selling place, which is added by the warblers gathered from Europe, Southeast Asia, and even Japan. The locals take care of more than 14,000 Russian sailors. But even so, those drunken sailors still anniied many women in coastal defense, and the relevant report was published in Chinese newspapers yesterday. His Majesty's concern was not groundless.

Mikhail may not be able to hear his majesty's meaning, but Lieutenant General Miklov, as an entourage, heard the emperor's meaning. He turned his eyes behind the lens and muttered with his lips.

"Hmm! Your Majesty... I think... we can completely control this... After all, the Russian navy also has strict military discipline. As soldiers, soldiers are naturally different from civilians. Of course, if necessary, our two countries can form a joint gendarmerie to maintain military discipline!"

Lieutenant General Miklov's face pushed a humble smile, but his words were straightforward to Chen Moran. I understand what you mean. This is a military thing, so we should solve it in the way of the army, and we don't follow his words to mention any extratertoriality at all. And under his reminder, Mikhail understood what His Majesty wanted in front of him.

Chen Moran looked at the Russian Vice Admiral who spoke. According to the information he had read before, he should be Lieutenant General Miklov of the Military Order Office of the Russian Navy Department. Obviously, he was not as "simple" as Mikhail.

Thinking so in his heart, Chen Moran suddenly asked.

"Lt. Admiral Miklov, do I have a question? If after your fleet enters our [***] port, your sailors violate our laws, and when the joint gendarmerie stops it, in order to maintain morale, Russian citizens enjoy extraterritorial rights and refuse to punish sailors, what should your country do?

Lieutenant General Miklov replied immediately.

"At that time, the Russian Imperial Admiralty will deal with this matter directly, and it will definitely give your country a satisfactory answer! At the same time..."

But he didn't wait for him to go on, but he was interrupted by Chen Moran.

"The Admiralty Department will come forward to deal with it. What about the time? Time, do you understand? If something happens today and our court can't deal with it today, then all Chinese newspapers will report it today. In the end, the Consultative House will have to ask me to let your navy leave the military port. They have a good reason to do this, and then I will have to accept their request!"

Chen Moran put on an expression that you don't understand. In order to be able to go straight to the original "dead hole" and create an opportunity for China to withdraw from the war, he must attack North Korea and at the same time induce Russia to attack North Korea. This can't make the Russian navy lose so quickly. If you want to buy time, you must provide them with military ports and clean up. The warship strives for time, and the staff has reached a consensus on this, but even if a consensus is reached, Chen Moran, who has always adhered to never doing business at a loss, will naturally not miss this opportunity to recover some rights and interests, such as extraterristary law.

In the face of the question raised by Chen Moran, Lieutenant General Miklov looked at Prince Mikhail helplessly, and the Prince himself hesitated for a while.

" Meet, Your Majesty! I don't think it's appropriate for the Russian Empire to enjoy extraterritorial rights in the territory of its allies!"

When he came to China, his brother had given him great power to "do anything, let the damn China open their military ports and docks!" There is no need to fight too much on this issue. Compared with the extraternitoriality in China, the victory or defeat of the Second Pacific Fleet in the future naval battle is directly It is related to the fate of the Russian Empire.

"At the same time, as an ally, the Russian Empire is willing to help China abolish the extratergative power of various countries in China at any time. Your Majesty, this is a country's commitment to another friendly ally!"

Before Chen Moran could talk again, Mikhail took the initiative to make concessions. While making concessions, he made some beautiful words, and his concessions were exchanged for Chen Moran's smile. He stood up, raised one hand, and asked everyone to stay in his seat. Then he quietly took a few steps on the Kazakh carpet produced in Xinjiang, and then he stood on the carpet and said in an extremely calm and reconciling tone.

"Your Highness said it very well. This is for the friendship between the two countries. This should be mutual cooperation between allies and allies, although we will take great risks. But all these details are left to be studied by officials and experts. If our common enemy can instigate China and Russia to quarrel over some purely technical issues, such as using China's military port from the Russian fleet to clean up, they will easily win the war..."

He waved his hand contemptuously, took a few steps on the carpet again, then looked directly at Mikhail and began to slowly release his bait.

"Now, for Russia, whether to win the naval battle is directly related to the victory of this war, and in order to completely cut off my dream of inging the mainland, China is preparing to launch a new battle to completely destroy my dream!"

Chen Moran's words surprised Mikhail a little. When he looked surprised, Chen Moran continued to say proudly.

"For Japan, North Korea is the first step for them to touch the mainland, so we are ready to attack North Korea. Now the Japanese army has only two reserve divisions in North Korea, and they are also on the front line of the Tumen River. As long as we want, we can occupy North Korea at any time. If we occupy North Korea, we can not only cut off the mainland. The dream, even... gentlemen!"

Chen Moran's face became more proud. If there was a map in the living room, maybe he would go to the map and explain everything to his guests.

"After the occupation of North Korea, we can even threaten the whole Japanese. At that time, there will be a fundamental reversal of the situation between China and Japan. In the next few decades, we will have to face the threat from China! And there are still a large number of ports on the Korean Peninsula for China to serve as a base for the Northern Fleet!"

While Chen Moran was speaking, Lieutenant General Miklov was observing the proud majesty. Although he did not like the Eastern emperor's opportunistic way to win the advantage on the battlefield when both Russia and Russia were exhausted, he had to admit that, just like a month ago, he found Like the best time to get involved in the war, now he has found another opportunity. Lieutenant General Miklov looked at Prince Mikhail and found that he seemed to be thinking about something. Is it possible that His Royal Highness is also thinking about the same thing?

"Your Majesty, I don't know if I can reveal when your army will launch an attack on the Korean army!"

Lieutenant General Miklov's rhetorical question made Chen Moran laugh in his heart and take the bait. The previous words were not so much to "represent their ambitions", but to incite the ambitions of these Russians. Russia's desire for an unfrozen port far exceeded that of any country in the world.

After the end of the war, the Russian Empire only had only one port in the Pacific Ocean as Vladivostok, and it was also a frozen port, which could not be used for at least four months a year. Whether as a commercial port or a military port, it could not meet the needs of Russia. Before the Russian War, why was the main force of the Pacific Fleet in the brigade? In such a small military port? The reason is that the port of Vladivostok was frozen, so they had to moor the main force of the fleet in Lushun at extremely dangerous times.

Since the outbreak of the Russian War, the Russians have hardly won the victory in the land war. The so-called Russian honor has been completely lost by the poor performance of its army. The defeat of the army is also one of the inducements of the Russian domestic rebellion. For the Russian upper class, they need a victory to save the decadent people. .

Unfreezing the port and the victory of the battle, for the Russians, they can't refuse to lure, and all they need is to put this ** in front of them and coax them to North Korea, um... Just like what a Russian once did in another time and space.

"I think the Guards have crossed the Yalu River now!"

Chen Moran smiled and then stood up, and his whole expression became excited.

"Now, North Korea has only a few thousand Japanese troops, and they are all three-phase mobilization troops. I only need to flick with my fingers gently, and the Japanese rule in North Korea will collapse. At that time..."

As soon as the corners of his lips were raised, Chen Moran deliberately put on a look of ambition.

When Prince Mikhail saw His Majesty's expression, he felt that his heart jumped involuntarily. His Majesty saw the opportunity to expand, but this opportunity was not in front of Russia.

200,000 Manchurian troops have withdrawn from Manchuria according to the agreement between the two countries and gathered in the coastal governorate area. The main force of the Japanese army in North Korea is distributed along the Tumen River. If the Chinese invade North Korea, in order to stop the Chinese, they are bound to transfer the troops of the Tumen River. At that time, the gate of North Korea will undoubtedly be to Russia. Open up.

After changing his eyes with Lieutenant General Miklov, Prince Mikhail stood up and bowed gently to Chen Moran.

"I wish Your Majesty an early victory!"

(to be continued)