Myanzkov thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the news I just received was that the Public Security Bureau was catching a tall Slavic young man."

"I left a gift to the Chinese prince, a huge popcorn machine." Peter said calmly.

Myansukov said, "No, as far as I know, it happened before that, and that's what I'm sure of."

Peter thought it made sense, after all, the small mechanism he designed clearly left his name. If it was because of this, the goal should be defined as a fallen Polish aristocrat named Liwula, rather than a tall Slavic young man.

"Maybe there are traitors inside us, letting the prince of China know that you are studying in Xijin." said Myansukov.

"Well, I'll authorize you to investigate this and give me a list, better sooner," Peter said.

Of course he would not believe the nonsense of Myansukov. Myansukov connected this matter with the traitor for political power. When Peter was studying in Xijin, the authority of Tsarist Russia was in the hands of Peter's mother and uncle. Now that he is back, the center of power will be transferred. Some people will be unlucky in this process and others will benefit. Myansukov must have wanted to be the one who benefited, and this friend from the young army was obviously not satisfied with his status. Then it would be his pursuit to get a certain official position that he had long been coveted. Peter understood but indulged him because he also needed to have more of his own people in Moscow.

What Li Junwei expected was that Peter, who returned to Moscow, soon married and successfully took power. Although his mother and uncle still had great authority, this was the result of Peter's desire to solve it slowly. After Peter took power, he immediately sent an envoy to Xijin to invite Chinese Prince Li Junwei to Moscow for a state visit, and of course Li Junwei would not go.

It was very dangerous that he was about to arrest someone, but he was delivered to his door. Li Junwei was never a person who put himself in danger.

But he wanted to send someone with identity to him on his behalf, because Peter directly proposed that a new round of strategic consultations should be held between the two countries. In private, Peter said that the two countries could communicate fully without restricting the areas, and Li Junwei was making this intention, and he needed an opportunity to convince Tsarist Russia to take action against the Ottomans.

"Bad snow, bad place, bad people." The person selected was Wu Yifeng, the general guarding the Far Krainian region. He was no stranger to Moscow, but when he came here, he still felt bad.

As an envoy, Myanzkov led Uyifeng into the Kremlin. He said: "Dear Duke, this place is not that bad, the snow scene, the beauty and the prosperous palace."

Wu Yifeng shook his head quickly: "No, don't say it, the memories given to me here are not so beautiful. On the contrary, I don't want to recall the past again."

Last time Wu Yifeng came to Moscow as an envoy and met the Tsar at that time. He was so stupid that he looked at Princess Sophia's appearance for Li Junwei, but he saw a big and thick woman, which left a considerable shadow on Wu Yifeng. He really didn't want to recall these things.

"I didn't know how it was at the beginning, but this time everyone welcomed you, and the gift you brought was quite good." said Myansekov.

In order to prepare for this diplomatic operation, Li Junwei personally prepared gifts for Wu Yifeng, ten thousand serfs.

These were the slaves captured by Li Junwei during the "lost year" of Tsarist Russia ten years ago when he led his army to the west. Some of them were sold, and some were rewarded to foreign vassal corps that participated in the war. However, most of them were organized and entered state-owned farms to work. In order to solve the Orthodox beliefs of these serfs, Li Junwei distributed them to the Huangjia Temple in the Lifanyuan, scattered all parts of the empire, and reached the south of the desert as far as the farthest.

Ten years have passed, and the hundreds of thousands of serfs died and were partially integrated into the environment, but there are always some guys who are stubborn and refuse to convert to the letter. In the end, these people were organized into hard labor camps and handed over to the appeasement zone under Wu Yifeng to be managed, responsible for the construction of the Wucheng Industrial Zone.

It was the land east of the Ural Mountains. It was the Ural Industrial Zone, one of the four major industrial zones in Russia in later generations. The local coal, iron ore and other resources were very rich, so it was selected to be the construction area in the western border of the empire, second only to Xijin, and its status was even higher than Zhenbeicheng, which was stationed in Wuyifeng. After all, there are many important military towns like Zhenbei under the Lifanyuan, but within the Lifanyuan, there are only Wucheng under the Ural Mountains within the territory of the Lifanyuan that has received strong support from the empire.

This is the heart of the Lifanyuan system. In fact, with the end of the conquest of the mainland, the military functions of the Lifanyuan can only change to economic construction. Since the construction of the Wucheng Industrial Zone is an important project for the great development of the Empire's far-reaching borders and a supporting project for the Continental Bridge Plan, Shen Jing has set a long-term goal to build a large Siberian railway that runs through the entire continent. In the west, the empire lacks industrial capacity, and it is not enough to just have a Xijin. In the inland, there must be a core industrial zone.

Now, the heavy physical labor that can be involved in labor has been completed. Even if this group of people is not returned, they will struggle to survive in the mine. How much ore can ten thousand serfs produce? The meaning of Lifanyuan is very clear. The current Wucheng Industrial Zone is people. Some projects that require a lot of manpower investment are best undertaken by the surrounding countries. Around Wucheng, there is only a country in Tsarist Russia, and the Wucheng Industrial Zone also needs a huge market like Tsarist Russia.

"Does many people like it? It seems that the Tsar is going to reward them. Myansukov, my friend, how many serfs can you get? Maybe I can say a few good things for you." Wu Yifeng quipped.

"You underestimate our Majesty, and these people will not be distributed to the nobles," said Myanskov.

"Is that back to the original owner?" Wu Yifeng thought of another possibility.

"Not it!" said Myanzkov. He said, "In fact, these people have been arranged by His Majesty the Tsar. These people will be sent to Moscow and will be assigned to the imperial village for a while to live, determine their physical condition, and when they rest and organize them properly, these people will be organized into a new army, loyal to His Majesty the Tsar who is loyal to the rescue of them. Don't you think these people are the best soldiers? They have experienced ten years of brilliance, maintained their faith, and survived. Both their vitality and loyalty are impeccable. For ten years, they have been in a state of being organized, and they are simply natural troops. They just need to turn the pickaxe into muskets."

Wu Yifeng nodded slightly and said nothing. Myanzkov said, "Duke, if you had known that it was this ending, you would definitely not have sent them back. Now you must have regretted it. I think His Highness the Prince regrets even more."

"Are you so proud that you are publicly mocking me?" U Yifeng asked when he saw Myansukov's proud look on his face.

"No, Myanschkov will be the master of the new legion, so he is very happy." Peter walked in at some point and explained to Myanschkov, then said, "Please don't be angry, and don't be discouraged, although this matter is unhappy for you, but we need to be friendly because there are many things to talk about."

"What will make me unhappy?" Wu Yifeng gave a gentle bow and asked.

"You are such a nobleman with talent for acting, and we are talking about those ten thousand people," said Minsekov.

"Why am I unhappy?" Wu Yifeng asked back, then looked at Peter: "I am unhappy just because I provided you with 10,000 good soldiers."

"You thought at first that you were ten thousand serfs, but now they are going to become soldiers," said Minschkov.

Wu Yifeng waved his hand and said, "That's what you think, but I don't think so, and our Highness Yu wouldn't think so. His Majesty the Tsar, His Excellency Myanschkov, I think you are too arrogant and lack sufficient awe for His Highness our Prince."

"Why do you say that?" Peter asked.

Wu Yifeng said: "The reason is very simple. His Highness the Prince knew from the beginning that these ten thousand serfs would become soldiers when they returned to Moscow. If you can't think of this, I will also remind you."

Speaking of this, U Yifeng stopped Myanshikov who was about to refute and said, "Do you think I am bluffing and covering up the embarrassment? Please let me finish speaking. I have evidence. Here is the letter from His Highness Yu to His Majesty the Tsar."

As he said that, a letter was handed to Medishukov. Medishukov opened it and found that it was full of Chinese and he couldn't understand it, so he handed it to the Tsar, who could understand it.

But Peter looked at it and sat on the chair without saying a word for a long time. Myansukov asked, "What is written on it, Your Majesty?"

"I wrote here that those ten thousand serfs are the best soldiers. It is a despicable waste to make them serfs." Peter said with a little desolate voice.

"It's true, you really dare to give us 10,000 troops." Myansekov couldn't understand it at all. Peter's next words shocked him: "It also says that if we successfully organize these 10,000 serfs into an army with outstanding combat capabilities, the empire will send the remaining serfs, and more than 14,000 people, all of which will be returned. But if these people are regarded as serfs, the rest can only go down to the mine."

Myanzkov thought at the first time, how could such a good thing happen? He felt that it was so unrealistic. He immediately thought of a possibility and said, "Your Majesty, the conditions, the Prince of China must have put forward conditions that we cannot agree to."

When he said that, Myanzkov regretted it because even if there were any unacceptable conditions, the Tsarist Russian side had fled 10,000 elite soldiers for nothing. What a cheap price. Peter looked at the letter carefully and shook his head gently: "I just said that we should treat the Duke well and give him full respect."

Myanzkov even thought this was impossible, but in fact, how could he refute it?

Peter forced a smile and invited Wu Yifeng to take his seat. He originally thought that he had a country of Russia and was the lord of millions of subjects. His demeanor and mind should be the best choice. But today, he seemed to be a completely local bun in front of King Yu, which was not worth mentioning at all. Peter thought he could not do anything to give potential competitors more than 20,000 elites, and he didn't even dare to think about it. Wu Yifeng told him that this was not only the mind of the prince of China, but also the foundation of the empire. Wu Yifeng told Peter in a plain tone that such serfs would give as much as they would, let alone more than 200,000, would not pose much threat to the empire even if it was 200,000. This is the confidence of an industrial country in a serfdom country.

The subsequent negotiations went much smoother. Although Wu Yifeng was the garrison general, he still completed the task assigned by Li Junwei. The negotiations between the two sides were mainly cooperation in the economic field, which was exactly what Peter wanted. At this time, Peter was very eager to introduce advanced technologies and industries of the empire, even if they were not frontiers and outdated technologies. The empire hoped to obtain the market of Tsarist Russia and inject new impetus into the development of the western border region of the empire.

As for the military cooperation between the two sides, there is not so much worth negotiating. Just using the serfs released by the empire, Peter expanded his army by more than 20,000, which is a very huge number for Tsarist Russia, which has a population of about 10 million and a standing army of about 80,000. Obviously, the purpose of expanding the army is to fight. Peter has just taken power and needs war to consolidate his position. So who will be the target of the war?

Going war against the empire? Unless Peter goes crazy, he will never hit the stone with his eggs. He starts war against Poland. Now Poland is an ally of the Grand Alliance, going to war against Sweden and seizing the Baltic Sea estuary? No matter how you look at it, Russia is not easy to provoke strong neighbors from Northern Europe. Then there is only one Ottoman Empire among all the neighboring countries, and Tsarist Russia declared war on it early. Attacking the Ottoman is in line with Tsarist Russia's strategy and will also receive more support.

"His Royal Duke, I have a feeling that His Royal Highness seems to want us to attack Ottoman. Why is this? Your relationship with Ottoman has always been good." Peter asked after he got to know it.

Wu Yifeng shrugged and asked, "His Majesty the Tsar, don't you think the Ottoman is still too powerful? Whatever we do is constrained."

Peter nodded slightly, Yes, the Ottoman was still too powerful, with a population of 30 million, and could resist attacks from half of Europe. Even after experiencing a crushing defeat like the Battle of Vienna, he still maintained considerable strength and was recovering quickly. Moreover, Peter knew that compared to sending Tsarist Russian troops for 20,000 for free, the Empire's support for the Ottoman was stronger. Now, the Ottoman and the enemy countries are in arbitrage negotiations. If successful, the country will have a recovery period. When the lion's wound is recovered and continues to expand, who will the target be?
Chapter completed!