"And Paul I was almost the same as his father Peter III, both irritable and paranoid characters. If he was going to make a desperate bet, then..."

Qitad waved his hand quickly, "Okay, it's not that scary, but Aruna said it well, I know this, but since the last defeat, they have moved a large number of serfs to the forest area in the north and increased their efforts to develop there"

"In the southern Russian grassland, their population has been reduced by half. It is not so fast that they want to concentrate all the serf soldiers in the country to start a war with our country. Moreover, policies are policies, but as far as I know, not all landlords have implemented them completely, and serfs are still impoverished"

"Also, the landlords obviously don't come to train serfs all the time. For them, it is more important to work for them all day long"

"Even so, they can still mobilize 300,000 to 500,000 serf soldiers within three months. In addition to the regular army, it may reach about 700,000, which is still a force that cannot be underestimated"

"And we cannot deploy a large amount of military force on the border because of so many potential enemy troops. We can only continue to strengthen militia training. At present, there are more than four million civilian households in our country, including more than two million farmers and more than five hundred thousand herders. About 30% of the families suitable for militia are suitable for militia. This is 750,000 households"

"Seventy-five thousand households are seventy-five thousand militias. Moreover, we have 30% of militias in every quarter. This is more than 200,000. They were originally arranged nearby, but now they are not suitable. In this way, they are all placed on the border border with the Russians."

"It is mainly the southern Russian grasslands, Belarus, because there are still few Russians in Siberia, so there is no need to worry about it"

"As for the increased costs, just spend in the unforeseen costs"

"Middle militia usually use flintlock rifles, but they use new rifles and rotating pistols during concentrated training. Even if they can invest 500,000 serf soldiers at once, our weapon advantages of 200,000 militia can still be crushed"

Qitade's words dispelled everyone's doubts.

"As for Prussia..."

Speaking of this, Qitad couldn't help but think: "Although the Russians do not regard serfs as humans, Frederick obviously was not like this. With his national strength, he mobilized at most 200,000 troops in the territory, and at least half of them had to stay in the country. So he could dispatch only 100,000, three troops."

"In this case, our country will just arrange two armies in Lviv. Belarus is a new place for the Russians, so it will definitely not cherish it. So even if they go crazy and want to echo Frederick, they will only send troops from there."

"My country has just added three new armies, one in Lviv, one in Kiev, and one in Voronesh. There is also my guards in the direction of Saratov, which is completely safe"

I felt more convinced and a smile appeared on my face.

Seeing him like this, everyone remembered his brilliant achievements in the past decades and couldn't help but laugh.

"Aruna, let's talk about the Baltic countries. Are they so willing to be ruled by the Russians? Estonia and Latvia are fine, but Lithuania is not the case"

Aruna nodded, "It is true, before the Russian rule, there were hundreds of nobles of Lithuania, and their castles and manors were spread all over Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, Eastern Ukraine, Prussia"

"In recent decades, due to frequent wars, a large number of nobles have either been killed or bankrupt, or moved to a more stable German region, Switzerland. Only the Raziviu family, who served as Prince of Lithuania for a long time, stayed there"

"The Laziviu family not only has a large number of manors in Lithuania, but also in Prussia. Even Frederick respects them three points. After the Russians obtained Lithuania and Belarus, they obviously did not dare to do anything about the family."

"Although Suvorov controls four places in Eastern Poland, Belarus, Lithuania and Latvia under the name of the Governor of Minsk, Lithuania is still held by members of the Raziviu family. This senior official is called Carol, who has fifty castles and a large number of manors in Lithuania"

"You can easily mobilize a division's infantry and cavalry"

"In Belarus, the family of Bolosky, the former Grand Duke of Polotsk, was killed, but the Russians did not dare to let their nobles arrange for rule here at once. Instead, another great Belarusian nobleman, Mihauyi, a member of the Glinsky family who had been against Bolosky for a long time, served as a senior official in Minsk Province."

"Whether it was Carol Raziviu or Mihauyi Glinsky who could stay here was obviously close to Russia, but that was the beginning. Five years later, the Russians gradually went to Lithuania, and Belarus mixed with sand, and gave the land and manor to the generals of the guards in the name of the Tsar."

"This naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the two, especially Carol, because after the Russian army entered, it did not launch a massacre in Lithuania, but it was different in Belarus. In the purge against the former Grand Duke Bolosky and his relatives and confidants, he killed a large number of people"

"And Mihauyi's main industries are all in Belarus. Unlike Carol, he can escape to Prussia at any time, so he has to bow to the Russians"

"Suvorov did not kill Carol so mainly because of Prussia?"

"It's not entirely true, because the members of the Laziviu family are almost all over Europe, not only in Germany, but also in Austria and France. The Russians also have to consider it if they are affected by one's own movement."

"After the Russians entered, they also gave Carol the title of Boyal's hereditary nobleman, but Carol didn't care and still used the family's old emblems and flags, which also caused quite a stir in Russia"

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"What is beneficial to Carol is that in the past, in addition to the Taraziviu family, there were three other nobles in Lithuania, and their strength was only slightly lower than that of the Laziviu family. Since the Russian system was similar to that of Lithuania, they all used a large number of serfs. After entering Lithuania, they divided the manors of a considerable number of other nobles into his name"

"But the Russians' strategy is different from that of Lithuania. They claimed that the entire Lithuanian land belonged to the Tsar, and great nobles like Carol just took over the Tsar to take care of these lands and serfs, and could be recovered at any time, which obviously caused his dissatisfaction."

“Can our people reach him?”

"Yes, Carol has a manor and a marina in the Baltic port of Klaipeda. This place is a member of the Hanseatic League. Carol is also a member of the League. From there, you can set out to reach any port of the League at any time"

"He also seemed to be aware of the dangers of the Russians. He stayed there in the season when the Baltic Sea was not frozen."

"Does he have children?"

"Yes, but most of them were sent to Prussia, with only one favorite little daughter by her side, she is only ten years old this year, named Caroline Laziviu"

Qitad thought for a while, "Very good, if you ask someone to contact him, I say I have a good impression of him and am ready to marry him. Victor Nicholas, the eldest son of the late Prince Timur in our country, is eleven years old this year. He was educated and raised by his mother, Portuguese princess Benetita, and is a Catholic."

"If he wants, can he marry Caroline to Victor? Of course, they are all young now, but they can get married in five years"

"Your Majesty..."

"Don't worry about that, let's test his meaning first. He is the largest hereditary noble in Lithuania. He is still in Lithuania and will not leave there easily."

Aruna quickly understood what Chitard meant.

"Hold Carol and let him serve his own side. Nowadays, the Russians occupy Lithuania. His property, except for the castles, manors and fields that cannot be moved away, probably had moved to Prussia long ago, but he was reluctant to leave Lithuania and lived there alone with his young daughter, obviously to declare the existence of the Raziviu family here."

"If he can reach a strong family like His Majesty, Lithuania will change in the future..."

Hurry back: "Yes, Your Majesty"

Qitad nodded, "Okay, everyone, let's discuss the details..."

....

The meeting in Kiev is still going on. During this period, everyone lived in the Alatan Palace, and Giseyn also took the Guards camp there. During the meeting, all the important members also took advantage of the gap to stroll around the city of Kiev.

The largest city on the Dnieper River has been built for seven or eight hundred years. First, it was the residence of the Grand Duke of Kiev, later occupied by the Golden Horde, then successively occupied by the Lithuanians, Cossacks, and Russians, and finally established as the capital of the Duchy of Ukraine by the mixed-race descendants of these people.

At the beginning, the Ross people set up castles here not because it was so good, but because there were a large number of nomadic tribes in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River at that time, which was on the edge of forests and grasslands. If they encountered strong enemies, they could retreat into the forest to take refuge.

If the enemy is weak, this can be used as a rear base along the Dnieper River.

Eight hundred years of ups and downs, the continuous repair and construction of rulers throughout the ages has made the city appear colorful.

From its walls, we can see that there are both the crude and irregular stones from the first era of the Grand Duke of Kiev, as well as the stones of various colors added by rulers of all ages when repaired by them. The weeds in the cracks of the stones trembled in the cold wind and declared his history.

The buildings in the city are also diverse. To this day, the wooden buildings of the era of Grand Duke of Kiev were obviously gone for a long time, but various shapes, colors of stone, brick buildings, and different colors painted outside all show the storms they have experienced.

After Suvorov occupied the city, he immediately transferred all the nobles in the city to Moscow and allowed their own nobles to settle in. However, it was soon defeated in Western Ukraine, and the aristocrats were gone in the city, which made the Truchens take over very smoothly.

The castle is about twenty miles in a radius and is divided into several major regions. Each area has a most eye-catching building - the cathedral. Whether it is the Catholic Gothic spire or the Orthodox dome, it is half the buildings higher than the city.

The city is mostly covered with snow, but there is no snow on the tops of several cathedrals. It is not because of God's appearance, but because of the pious believers.

The slender black Catholic top and the golden Orthodox sky top are in harmony. The Alatan Palace is in the middle. The church in the northeast and southwest directions is the Orthodox church, and the Catholic church in the northwest and southeast directions are the Catholic church. With the Alatan Palace as the intersection, it just forms a square.

The tallest building in the Alatan Palace is also a royal private church. Although Zavuski and others are Ukrainians, they believe in Catholicism and a Gothic steeplechase, but they are not as large as the four churches outside the city.

After the Truqins accepted the Alatan Palace, the four cathedrals were too grand, so they did not re-plan the Changchun Taoist temple, the Islamic temple, and the Lama Temple, but kept it as it was.

However, in the East Coast New Town, it was built according to Truchen's rules. Standing on the top of the private church of the Alatan Palace, the four buildings in the castle on the other side are also clearly visible. Obviously, although the new Town is a product of Truchen's industrial technology, it is obviously not as beautiful as the old city.

"Is this the power of religion?"
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