"Mr. Wang, this... this gift is too valuable." Mr. Iron-Blooded didn't know that the French had unlocked the smokeless gunpowder.
But everyone in Europe knows that the Renaissance Army is using a more powerful gunpowder. This gunpowder has less smoke, so everyone calls it "smokeless gunpowder."
Many people have guessed the main ingredients of smokeless gunpowder, but they have never been able to find a suitable stabilizer.
After they learned that the Renaissance Army had used smokeless gunpowder, many countries began to increase their investment in smokeless gunpowder research. This naturally increased the speed of research.
The second half of the 19th century was the era of technological explosion in Europe. Many basic scientific theories gradually became sound.
During this period, the Renaissance Army learned about Europa's smokeless gunpowder research.
The personnel of the Europa station also carried out some disruptive damage and oriented some researchers. However, this only delayed the time for the Europa people to develop smokeless gunpowder.
This time Wang Tao not only promised to deliver smokeless gunpowder technology, but also promised to sell fifty rotating barrel machine guns to Prussia. Of course, he is not selling them now, and the Prussians will soon be able to develop them themselves.
Prussia has been trying to purchase these technologies from the Baath Army, but has been unsuccessful.
Now Britain and France have launched their own imitation products. Prussia's technical foundation is not weak, and it can be produced soon. It is only reasonable for the Renaissance Army to use it now as a favor.
"For the sake of the friendship between our two countries, and for the early birth of a great Germany. Isn't our expectation exactly what you are striving for?"
"By the way, I would like to congratulate you on becoming the Prime Minister of Prussia soon."
Previously, this iron-blooded man served as Prussia's foreign minister and performed very prominently in the negotiations after the Prussian-Danish War.
In addition, he had a very close relationship with the Regent William I.
The latter has always hoped that he could become prime minister.
However, for some reasons, Bismarck's proposal to become prime minister has been blocked by some people.
Recently, William I had a falling out with Parliament due to military expenditures, so the motion for Bismarck to become prime minister was raised again.
"Thank you very much, Mr. Wang. The information Mr. Wang gave me this time has been of great help to me. I believe it will be able to silence the mouths of the Junker nobles in the Parliament."
If Bismarck wanted to become Prime Minister, the biggest obstacle was the Junker nobles in the Parliament. The big landowners in Northern Europe were the most stingy.
Because Bismarck had always supported increasing military spending. Those people were afraid that a war madman would empty their pockets after coming to power.
In any historical period, the nature of those privileged classes is selfish.
But once a greater danger threatens them, they will also make smart choices.
"Sir, there is news for you. Maybe soon, we will go to war with the Great Empire. This is a challenge for us, but it is an opportunity for your country, an opportunity to challenge the existing European order.
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The Great Empire has always hoped that each country in Europe would develop within the established framework it has set.
To maintain the balanced policy on the Europa continent, no country can challenge the hegemony of the Great Empire.
If the German Confederation cannot be unified, it is the order established by the Great Empire.
"Mr. Wang, this news really shocked me. Thank you for your trust in telling me such important information. I know what to do. The friendly relations between our two countries will not change no matter what. This is not only
It is my personal wish and the choice of all Prussians. The Great Empire does not yet have the power to influence who we Prussia will be friends with."
"Thank you sir, we may all be very busy next time."
Wang Tao raised his coffee and clinked it with the iron-blooded gentleman.
After seeing off Mr. Jagged, Wang Tao still has to visit many of his friends here.
The Dayang Empire has expelled all the diplomats of the Renaissance Army, saving Wang Tao from having to evacuate them again.
Next, let’s look at domestic ones.
He believed in the Renaissance Army, and they never let anyone down.
Recently, he also received news that the Donghua Empire had achieved a major victory in Amelia.
After unifying Amelia's forces in the south, the current Donghua Empire has gained a firm foothold.
They are now largely separated from the Confederation of Grenada to the north by the Brazilian Empire.
Only now has a three-legged situation truly formed.
The role of diplomacy temporarily exceeds that of war.
According to Wang Tao's analysis, no large-scale war will break out there for the time being.
Unless the military support promised by the Great Empire is in place.
However, does the Great Empire still have the ability to dispatch infantry to Amelia to participate in the war?
Since May, fighting has reignited in India.
The British and Indian troops in the east were compressed into the Calcutta area. The alliance of northern and central Indian states occupied the entire Malwa Plateau area to the south.
The power extended to the west to the edge of Gujarat, and to the south even affected the Bombay Governorate.
Now in the Indian region, the British and Indian troops have fully shifted to a defensive state.
The total strength of the Northern Alliance, the Taiping Holy Army, and the Royal Burmese Army exceeds 500,000.
There is also a Gurkha from the north. The Gurkhas help whoever gives them money to fight the war. They are equivalent to a reserve team on standby at any time.
On the western front, Peshawar was also subjected to continuous harassment by Pashtuns.
It is impossible for Aiuhan to attack the Peshawar area. Although it is a vassal state, a vassal state like Aiuhan just wants to find a backer and obtain some commercial benefits.
The Renaissance Army did not ask for more from Aiwuhan.
Dong Shuheng just hopes to classify Aiwuhan as his own sphere of influence and obtain commercial interests here.
What is more important is to ensure that the passage from here to West Asia and South Asia can be controlled by the Renaissance Army.
This time during his trip to the Western Regions, Dong Shuheng deliberately went to Kangju City to make an alliance with the kings of the three Khanates of Bukhara, Khiva and Aiukhan while waiting for the Czar, further bringing the relationship between the two parties closer.
The intrusion of Pashtuns into Peshawar was mainly due to some actions taken spontaneously by some local tribes under the instigation of intelligence personnel from the Military Intelligence Bureau.
They do this mainly for robbery, and often return to their tribal lair in the mountains after grabbing a vote.
They are really poor, the Hindu Kush Mountains are very barren, and these tribes generally make a living by grazing.
This kind of harsh living space is most likely to breed tough warriors, because these people are so poor that they are no longer afraid of life and death.
The MI people brought two things - guns and flour.
These two things are enough for these tribes to take risks to attack the British and Indian forces around Peshawar.
Peshawar has always been the bridgehead for trade between the Great Empire and Central Asia, and commerce and handicrafts here are developed.
It was one of the earliest areas operated by the Great Empire.
The average tribe can organize a fighting force of about five hundred people, and larger tribes can organize a fighting force of thousands of people.
Such a force would have no problem attacking small strongholds, even villages and towns.
If you need to attack larger towns, you will need several intelligence agents to unite more tribes.
Because they have information in their hands, and under the organization of intelligence personnel, these Pashtun tribes can generally take care of themselves.
He usually moves away all the spoils of war, including the local population.
It caused great damage to the colonial rule of the Great Empire in the Peshawar area.
These Pashtun tribes were still very backward at this time. With the coordination of these intelligence personnel and the guns they procured, the combat power of these tribes has been greatly improved.
Under Dong Shuheng's operation in the past few years, the Indian region has gradually become a quagmire of war for the Great Empire.
Temple also knew about this situation, but he had no solution at all. Now that the situation had developed to such an extent, it was already impossible for the Great Empire to completely wipe out the local rebel forces.
The Great Empire can no longer send so many troops. In order to completely wipe out several forces in the Indian region, the Great Empire must send at least 500,000 troops, which is obviously impossible.
Shi Dakai has now focused more energy on local construction.
Kolkata is a fortress-type city. The Great Empire has been in operation for hundreds of years, and it is very difficult to conquer it.
The key problem is that they now feel that it is not cost-effective to capture Kolkata.
Moreover, the Great Empire also has naval gunboats stationed at the port, which brings great trouble to their attacks.
Therefore, the Holy Army and the Royal Burmese Army each sent an army, one to block the north of Calcutta, and the other to the east.
The scale of the battle has always been small.
Garoya experienced internal turmoil and began to migrate the population from the east to the Bengal region in the west on a large scale.
At this time, they also have to spend time integrating various internal forces and stabilizing the place.
Those forces that were originally loyal to Garoya benefited the most from this reshuffle, but their benefits must be distributed step by step.
The Tamils in the south hid in the mountains and forests in the middle, emerging from time to time to destroy the ports of the Great Empire.
In addition to the Renaissance Army supporting them, the French stationed in Chennai will also trade with them.
They could exchange the ivory, gems, and spices in their hands for the supplies they needed from France's Indian colony.
Therefore, it was completely impossible for the Great Empire to force these Tamils to surrender through siege.
On September 15th, Dong Shuheng arrived at Nuer City. This small city had been emptied of more than 10,000 residents.
Double security personnel deployed in the city from the east and west directions.
In the middle of the town there is a white two-story building that was temporarily renovated.
The construction was carried out by workers from both sides.
Dong Shuheng, who was dressed in blue overalls, came to the door under the heavy protection of guards.
"Hello, Mr. Nikolayevich."
"Hello, Mr. President."
Both of them were smiling and shaking hands like two polite gentlemen.
Photographers from both sides captured this scene.
Of course, these photos and videos are only for archiving and will not be reported in newspapers.
"Please!" Both parties regarded themselves as masters and made a gesture of invitation.
This is an invisible competition. Only the host will invite others in.
It was impossible for Dong Shuheng to admit that this was the territory of Tsarist Russia. Similarly, it was impossible for Alexander II to admit that this was the power of the Renaissance Army.
The two looked at each other and smiled, as if everything was in silence.
"Mr. President, it's nice to meet you. You are much younger than I thought."
"Oh, yes, His Majesty the Tsar is also young and promising."
The polite words were quickly finished. The two sides eventually had to talk about some issues that both parties were concerned about.
The most important issue is naturally the land issue. The Tsar insisted that the land in the Far East was the inherent land of Tsarist Russia.
Dong Shuheng believes that it has been our land since ancient times.
Both sides are reasonable on this point, but neither is reasonable.
After all, it is just a bitter cold land, and only a small number of indigenous people have always lived there.
Most of these aboriginal people evolved from the people of the northern grassland tribes.
Next, the two sides talked about the issue of the west, mainly the issue of the Kazakh grassland.
Nikolayevich agreed in principle to delineate an armistice zone in the central Gobi of the steppe.
Both sides can only send troops to patrol here.
In order to prevent each side from increasing its troops without limit, Dong Shuheng proposed a plan, that is, both sides would control the number of their local troops within a certain range.
Observers can be dispatched to the opponent's jurisdiction to monitor the number of the opponent's troops.
This system was copied by Dong Shuheng. Since there is a lack of mutual trust between the two parties, we must find ways to improve mutual trust.
Then sending observers to each other is a good way.
Of course, the Renaissance Army still cheated.
Because Dong Shuheng still has hundreds of thousands of troops stationed here in the Western Regions, these people are not very effective in fighting.
But their organizational power is not weak at all, and they can be pulled out at any time. Dong Shuheng will definitely not admit that these military camps are combatants.
The key to the entire territorial issue discussion is to enhance strategic mutual trust.
Next, there is the economic issue. The two sides finally agreed to set up two open ports in the north and south directions of the actual control line between the two sides.
That is to say, the Renaissance Army opened two ports, and Tsarist Russia also opened two ports.
Within the port, both parties can conduct normal commercial exchanges.
The two sides also agreed on cultural exchange activities. That is, the two sides can send scholars to each other for cultural exchange activities every year to improve non-governmental relations.
Technically, the Renaissance Army transferred part of its ironclad ship technology to Tsarist Russia at a suitable price.
This was beyond Nikolayevich's expectation.
Dong Shuheng thought very clearly that if the Renaissance Army did not sell these technologies to Tsarist Russia, others would. However, the development of Tsarist Russia's navy did not have a great impact on the Renaissance Army.
Because Tsarist Russia had few ports, it was very difficult for their navy to reach the east.
On the contrary, it will muddy the waters of the Europa naval arms race.
Tsarist Russia also has some things that it can produce on its own. For example, their research in chemistry is relatively advanced and they also have a lot of technology at their disposal.
In exchange, Tsarist Russia would also sell some items that the Baath Army was interested in.
Diplomatically, the two sides resumed sending diplomatic representatives to each other.
Nuer will become a free city, providing a center for free trade for both parties.
Dong Shuheng conducted this negotiation in a pragmatic manner, and the result was good. A lot of consensus was reached and a memorandum was signed.
Dong Shuheng could feel that Nikolayevich really did not want to continue fighting. Based on the intelligence he had obtained, Tsarist Russia was currently undergoing domestic reforms.
Maybe the reform really brought him some troubles. He needs time to solve them.
This kind of politician's intuition is sometimes very accurate.