Chapter 285: Gold Rush in the Sand
According to common sense, a figure of Horvat's level can act as the emperor in China, and as for the nephew of the dignified tsar, it is even more unattainable, but from the beginning of the negotiations, Felix was in an extremely disadvantageous position, Zhang Tinglan had seized all his lives, and the fall of Korizin told Felix that he didn't even have the opportunity to play a scoundrel.
Now Zhang Tinglan sent to Felix a list, which mainly listed the main figures of the various factions in the Far East, as well as the balance of strength, of which the Social Revolutionary Party and other bourgeois organizations advocating political reform accounted for more than half, and less than half supported the tsar, and a large number of them advocated a constitutional monarchy and restricted the tsar's rights.
As for the remaining three tenths of the party, the vast majority of them were representatives of the minority party, and of course there was a very small majority of the party, the minority party basically maintained the same attitude as the Social Revolutionaries, while the majority party advocated radical revolution, advocated ending the war with war, and wanted to overthrow the Tsar once and for all.
In the face of this list, Felix couldn't help but feel frightened, he also knew that Zhang Tinglan was not making it up, in fact, these people all expressed their positions to varying degrees, but some people chose to close their eyes and pretend not to see.
"Mr. Governor, I would also like to remind you that the actual situation is even worse than you think, don't look at the small number of radical majorities on the surface, and it seems that their influence is limited, but among the people at the bottom, their support rate is quite amazing, even more than half, that is to say, they have a strong base of public opinion, as long as they seize the opportunity, they will stir up a strong storm!"
If you understand Russian culture, you will find that their artworks are all gloomy and desolate, and this nation is also full of self-destructive genes, that is, Russians are prone to extremes. Moreover, they went from one extreme to the other, and after they had completely despaired of the Tsar, they would take very radical measures to completely destroy the Tsarist system, and this gave the majority the soil for breeding and development.
Felix is not a fool, he also has his own observations about the situation in Russia, as the so-called does not know the true face of Lushan, only because he is in this mountain. Now that he is in the Far East, he has a clearer view of the political struggle in Petrograd, and at the same time has a deep sense of apprehension. It was this anxiety that forced him to put down his body and seek cooperation with Zhang Tinglan.
And Zhang Tinglan also knew that Felix was a smart person, so he wanted to cooperate with him, otherwise the other party was just a blind and arrogant bastard. There is no possibility of cooperation between the two sides at all.
"Mr. Zhang, how do you think we should cooperate with each other? Or how much can you help me? ”
"How much can I help. It depends on how much convenience you can give me, but I can guarantee that I will provide you with 30% of the smuggling profits, but these profits will be stored in the Fengtian Bank for the time being, and I can provide a large amount of military rations and the necessary logistics materials, which can be produced in Fengtian. And if you need it, you can also have a large loan, even a training base, and of course I can share the information I have with you. ”
Felix shrugged his shoulders. said with a smile: "But you also need me to provide a large number of machines and munitions, although you can help me, but this premise is based on the multiplication of weakening Russia, I am afraid that I will be the one who suffers." ”
"I admit that it will damage some Russian interests, but as your collaborator, the stronger my shili is, the more good it will be for you, and we can also find some way to make up for it, such as ordering machines and arms in the name of Russia, like the United States, and I will pay for it."
Zhang Tinglan chose the United States as a partner to cooperate with very early on, but unfortunately, the Americans are not so friendly, they have a strong vigilance against rising countries, and they are absolutely unwilling to sell good things to China, and there is such a vicious dog as Japan as a gatekeeper, so the cooperation between China and the United States has not opened up the situation.
After all, the United States is still relatively generous to the Entente, Felix lowered his head and thought about it, and then said with a smile: "This is a big thing, I need to think about it carefully, but I believe that this is the beginning of our friendly cooperation, starting tomorrow, the scale of trade between us will increase by 30 percent, what do you think?" ”
"I completely agree that no cooperation can be achieved overnight, but we are running out of time, and I propose that Suifenhe be identified as the next major trading point, so that the railway can be used to trade commodities directly."
"I couldn't agree more!" Saying that, Felix stretched out his cold big hand and shook it with Zhang Tinglan, and the cooperation between the two was preliminarily reached!
Zhang Tinglan also took a closer look, this guy Felix is quite interesting, if the tsar really falls, I don't know if he can support him to ascend to the throne, or at least establish an ostensibly independent state in the Far East to split Tsarist Russia.
Zhang Tinglan knows very well that under the noses of the United States, Japan and other countries, there are still great difficulties in recovering the Outer Northeast with the strength of the Feng Army.
The tsar's nephew is still a potential stock worth investing in, after the negotiations between the two sides are almost over, Felix and Zhang Tinglan both returned to the reception, in fact, the gap between China and Russia is still very large, they went to the secret room to negotiate, and the others did not know what the result was, so they did not dare to be too close, the scene was very deserted, but now the two people came out with joy, and the people below knew that the negotiations were successful.
They were all able to let go, and soon everyone's atmosphere became warm, and they were staggered, especially those Russians, after drinking wildly, they began to sing and dance, it was like a group of demons dancing, and it was lively until the middle of the night, and Zhang Tinglan sent Felix away.
Before leaving, Felix still took Zhang Tinglan's hand and said with a smile: "When we met for the first time, we had a feeling of familiarity at first sight, and I hope you can accept a small gift." ”
Speaking of this, Felix lowered his voice and said, "This is my handpicked and brought from Petrograd, you will definitely like it!" ”
Looking at the mysterious Felix, Zhang Tinglan had a hint of realization in his heart, but at this time he felt as if a sharp gaze was staring at him, making his back run cold, Zhang Tinglan could only blame this as an illusion.
"Excuse me, what did Felix give you?"
"It's nothing, it should be a Russian souvenir, the gift is still exchanged, next time we will send him something."
"Since it's a souvenir, let's take a look at it together!" Zhou Xinyao suddenly smiled: "You won't object, right?" ”
"Of course, if you want to see it, you can see it!" Although Zhang Tinglan said this, she secretly said in her heart that it was not good, this girl's vigilance was too high!
Zhang Tinglan had no choice but to nod in agreement, and at this time, the guards brought in two neatly dressed Russian girls, these two little girls looked exactly the same, and their figures were very beautiful, and their height was about the same as that of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in China, but their faces were childish, and their actual age should be younger, not more than fourteen years old at most.
Although they are not very old, these two little guys already have a little bit of a disaster for the country and the people, especially with a trace of pitiful worry in their eyes, it is even more unbearable to fall in love, thinking that Zhang Tinglan gave Yuan Keding North Korean twins, and now someone has sent him a pair of Russian twins, it seems that the dark thoughts of these powerful people are almost the same, regardless of nationality and race, beyond all restrictions, can be called the true colors of male animals!
"Governor Felix said that they are ballet dancers specially trained by the Russian royal family, don't look at their young age, everyone has a ability, and they were sent here to exchange a Chinese and Russian culture!" Shen Hua, the chief of the guard, is also a wonderful person, and he actually thought of such a thing as cultural exchange.
However, Zhou Xinyao's face was already covered with a layer of frost, and the atmosphere of the whole room became solemn, Zhang Tinglan only felt that the soft flesh under his ribs and two fingers were in close contact, three circles on the left and three circles on the right, Zhang Tinglan couldn't help grinning.
"My loyalty can be shown every day, this is all sent by Felix, I don't know in advance, how can I be more wronged than Dou E!"
"If you knew, it wouldn't be this treatment!" Zhou Xinyao whispered in Zhang Tinglan's ear: "Since it is sent to exchange culture, it is useless to put it in your army, I will bring them with me, I have the opportunity to send them to major schools and perform for my classmates, I heard that ballet is the favorite art form of the Russian royal family, and its status is comparable to our Peking Opera, it is the real quintessence of the country, let the students increase their knowledge, and you will not object to it!" ”
"No, no, how could I object!"
Zhou Xinyao got up randomly and pulled the two little girls away directly, leaving only Zhang Tinglan with an angry back.
"Madame won't kill them, will she?"
"Kill you big-headed ghost!" Zhang Tinglan suddenly raised his foot and kicked Shen Hua's ass.
"You bastard, I said sustenances, why don't you know to send some cigarettes, alcohol and jewelry, you will die if you lie!"
Seeing a pair of twins fly away, Zhang Tinglan was full of anger, but soon there was good news, which made Zhang Tinglan interested all of a sudden, thanks to the cooperation of Philis, the first batch of waste arms from the Austro-Hungarian Empire captured by Russia was successfully transported.
Although in the name of garbage, this is an out-and-out gold mine, and how many treasures can be found depends on Fengjun's ability.
Zhang Tinglan specially took a group of jishu personnel and officers to check the situation, there was a pile of waste guns and rotten guns in front of them, piled up like a hill, when Zhang Tinglan was looking, Zhou Zijian, who was accompanying him, suddenly brightened his eyes, and hurriedly ran in front of this pile of scrap iron in three steps and two steps.
Touched the thick barrel in front of him with his hand, this black and thick guy was thicker than a 122 mm howitzer, the caliber was at least about 150 mm, it was an out-and-out heavy gun, and the others also showed indescribable joy! (To be continued......)