Serena listened to Urinen's questioning words and shook her head helplessly.
"I am not just as full of doubts as you are, sir. My initial thoughts are the same as yours. I feel that the pattern on this rice paper looks like a piece of wood with a strange shape no matter how you look at it.
However, it turns out that this is not the case. If this was wood, it would definitely not make Slav and Ledev, two aristocratic dukes with outstanding military exploits in Tsarist Russia, so afraid.
Especially the commander of the infantry, Duke Ledev, when he mentioned the name of Dragon Cannon, the look on his face was much more ferocious than that of Slav.
It was as if the artillery were the demons devouring the lives of his infantry.
The sound is like thunder, and it is so powerful that it can blow more than a dozen people into pieces at once. Such a terrifying weapon can actually look like the one on the drawing. I really can't understand it."
Imperial Minister Wu Lining looked at Serena's solemn look and had no choice but to believe Serena's words.
"My emperor, may I ask the two thousand Turks who stayed in our royal city how they would describe the Great Dragon Cannon?"
"What they said is basically the same as what the Slavs said. They were all describing how powerful the dragon's artillery was.
Sir, you also know what happened when the Turks first fled to our territory of Tsarist Russia many years ago. The Turks' cavalry completely eluded our cavalry.
The bows and arrows in the hands of the Turks seemed to have eyes, and the arrows hit the fatal wounds of our cavalry soldiers. Even though they were in ragged clothes and wearing rough leather armor, their fierce combat effectiveness was several times stronger than our cavalry. .
If it hadn't been for their lack of food and grass, we really might not have been able to reach a cooperative relationship with this ambitious old guy like Spiesmulter.
The Turkic cavalry, whose cavalry combat effectiveness was so terrifying, was actually chased by the soldiers and horses of the Great Dragon Kingdom and fled around like a bereaved dog, eventually flowing into the territory of our Tsarist Russia.
What does this mean? This means that the combat effectiveness of the troops of the Great Dragon Kingdom will be more powerful than that of the Turks. Otherwise, Spismult would not have led his tribe to live a life of fugitives. Living on the run.
Moreover, according to Slav's account, the 100,000 soldiers and horses under the two of them plus the tens of thousands of remnant soldiers commanded by Spismult, adding up to an army of more than 100,000, only managed to survive in the hands of the army on the border of the Great Dragon Kingdom. In less than two months, they were all defeated.
An army of more than 100,000 people was defeated after not even holding on for two months. Those were more than 100,000 elite soldiers!
And how many hundreds of thousands of troops can our Tsarist Russia produce now?
Even if we can still produce an army of hundreds of thousands, will we definitely be able to defeat the Dragon Kingdom with its artillery?
Especially since there are many small countries around us that want to invade us all the time. If there is a war with the Dalong Kingdom, we will have to set aside part of our troops to guard against their sneak attacks.
Then, the troops we can use will be even less.
If such a powerful country becomes our enemy, I would really feel unsure."
Wu Lining looked at the uneasy look on Serena's eyebrows, and her expression became tangled.
"This... I don't know what to say for a moment."
Urinen's tangled look made Serena couldn't help but sigh: "Sir, according to those Turks, in addition to powerful artillery, the dragon also has a terrifying existence called a martial arts master.
I heard from the Turks that those powerful martial arts masters can attack faster than the best war horses, and some martial arts masters can even fly."
"Fly? Ahem... Your Majesty, please don't be joking. How can a person fly? This is completely unreasonable.
Could it be that those Turks are just idle and bored, amusing our emperor? Otherwise, why can’t those Turks who also fled from the south not fly?
This must be a weird story deliberately made up by the Turks to please you."
Serena shook her head with confused eyes: "I don't know, but looking at the seriousness of those Turkic people's words, I really can't believe it.
I heard from those Turks that the original great master of their Western Turkic Royal Court was a martial arts master who could fly, and he was one of the best among them.
However, their great national advisor later defected to the East Turkic Royal Court, their rival camp in the Western Turks, for some reason.
As for whether it is true or false, I don’t know.
After Slav and his companions came back, I asked them about this matter. They said that they had only seen certain generals from the Great Dragon Kingdom being able to do some actions that ordinary people could not do when they charged into battle.
As for people flying, they have never seen them.
Maybe, as you said, sir, these words are just weird stories deliberately made up by the Turks to make me happy."
Wu Lining nodded slightly, picked up the parchment that recorded the contents of the Great Dragon Kingdom's credential and read it again and again: "What do you mean by our Majesty, the Great Dragon Kingdom's credential?"
Serena stood up and walked gently towards the palace door. Seeing this, Urinen quickly got up and followed her.
Serena stopped outside the palace door and reached out to catch some crystal snowflakes that were blown into the palace by the cold wind.
"Now I can only pretend to be confused. Those Turks may deceive me. Duke Slav and others will not deceive me, right?"
If the Great Dragon Kingdom is really as powerful as they say, we can only make friends with it now.
If I forcefully become their enemy, I am afraid that I will drag Russia into hell.
Naturally, this emperor cannot destroy the family property that my grandmother left to me.
Anyway, it's just a matter of stamping our seal on the Dalong Kingdom's credential, there's nothing to be ashamed of.
In fact, having good relations with the Great Dragon Kingdom may not be a bad thing for us. At that time, maybe we can also ask the Great Dragon for our tens of thousands of soldiers who were captured by the Great Dragon Kingdom in the name of friends!
It is even possible for us to learn the craftsmanship of making the Great Dragon Cannon from the Great Dragon Kingdom. As long as we have this powerful weapon in our hands, the gap in national power between us and the Great Dragon Kingdom can be slowly made up.
Go up.
If we use it properly, we may eventually be able to surpass the Great Dragon Kingdom."
Wu Lining looked at Serena's shining light blue eyes. He was silent thoughtfully for a long time before his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked at Serena excitedly.
"What our emperor means is that we first learn the craftsmanship of Dalong Kingdom in making artillery, and then after we make the artillery ourselves, we can then include all the dozen or so countries around Tsarist Russia into our territory?
"
Serena's beautiful face flashed with expectations for the future, and she nodded noncommittally.
"Sir, you really know the emperor's thoughts. As long as we can unite more than a dozen surrounding countries into the hands of our Tsarist Russia, then our Tsarist Russia will be able to provide a lot of hundreds of thousands of troops.
By then we...sigh...by then we may still not be a match for the Great Dragon Kingdom, but at least the emperor of the Great Dragon Kingdom will not look down upon us so much.
And whether we, Tsarist Russia, can incorporate all the surrounding countries, big and small, into our territory, this Dragon Kingdom mission from afar will be a crucial part.
As long as they are willing to teach us the art of making cannons, as well as weaving silk, making paper, frying tea, burning porcelain and other unique crafts from the Dalong Kingdom.
After we learn how to do this, we can crush the surrounding small countries in many aspects and annex them smoothly.
As long as it annexes the surrounding countries, our Tsarist Russia will surely become powerful to a level that you and I can't even imagine."
Urinen looked at the beautiful Serena with deep eyes with excitement, and was obviously immersed in the future blueprint that the little queen had described and weaved.
"My Emperor, have you now thought of a way to bribe these Dalong envoys to teach us the crafts of the Dalong Kingdom?"
"Not yet, but I still have three days to think of a way. Even if I can't think of a good way by then, I might as well try a stupid way first."
Urinen pulled the beard on his chin, turned his eyes and muttered for a long time, looking strangely at Serena, who was looking at the wind and snow outside the palace, thinking secretly.
"My Emperor, I heard that Liu Chengfeng, the chief envoy of the Dalong Mission, is the eldest son of the Emperor of the Dalong Kingdom. I wonder if this news is true?"
"Probably, but I can't guarantee it. What's wrong? Why did the boss suddenly ask this question?"
"My Emperor, it would be great if this news were true.
If it is true, then Liu Chengfeng is the eldest son of the emperor of the Great Dragon Kingdom! Listening to what Jeffs and others translated, it seems that the eldest son of the emperor is more noble than our prince.
Then he may even have more important things about the Great Dragon Kingdom than the entire Great Dragon Mission."
"You are right. It is indeed possible. I have thought about this before, but how can we get Liu Chengfeng to teach us?"
Urinen glanced at Elizabeth Serena, who was fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged, and stunningly beautiful, and said in a low voice.
"My emperor, what do you think of the beauty trap?"