Chapter 55: The Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus'
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Heavy snow can stop the advance of the expeditionary force, but it can't stop the two outliers, Luluo and Mei Niang.
Yang Meng and Ekaterina were carried on their backs by Pothos and Mei Niang respectively, and they flew tightly and in the sky.
After flying for a long time, it finally landed in Poltava.
Pothos walked ahead, she had been here once, and she was well acquainted with Charles XII.
When they arrived at the palace where Charles XII lived, the chamberlain also recognized the pothos.
"My lord, this is Caterina, the queen of the evil country, and this is Yang Meng, the commander of the Great Qing Expeditionary Force, this is the general's entourage. Please inform me that we are going to see His Majesty the King. ā
Pothos said what he meant.
The attendant nodded again and again, quickly ran in, and soon ran out again, and said, "Several, His Majesty the King is invited!" ā
Yang Meng had a good impression of this attendant officer, he took out a jade pendant from his body and handed it to the attendant officer: "You have this adult, a small gift, not a tribute, please accept it!" ā
The attendant officer was a little flattered, a general of the Qing Dynasty actually looked at him so differently, and gave him a card that looked very valuable, he hurriedly thanked: "You're welcome, the general is really generous." ā
Entering the door, a spacious hall appeared in front of everyone, and Charles XII came over happily and said: "Your Excellency, no wonder my ears are always hot today." This must be the general of the Qing Dynasty, right? ā
Charles XII has a good eye, in fact, he can't be wrong, Yang Meng is a man who comes in, who can admit it?
Yang Meng secretly wondered if Sweden also has a popular legend of 'people with hot ears and some people read'?
"Your Majesty, under Yang Meng, you are polite!" Yang Meng still said enthusiastically.
Later, he introduced Catalina and Mei Niang, and the guests and hosts were polite, exchanged gifts, and then sat down to talk.
Charles XII said first: "Your Excellency, I thank you very much for the information you provide, the evil people really planned to lure my Swedish army to the banks of the Volskla River, fortunately I realized that I was well prepared, and successfully blew up Peter at the mouth of Aras Gorge, and now, my Swedish army has occupied most of the areas that originally belonged to Kievan Rus, and can carry out the restoration of the Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus, but unfortunately, the descendants of the nobles of Kievan Rus are really difficult to find, I have been looking for so long, and I have not found one, it is really difficult to do." ā
Yang Meng smiled and said: "Your Majesty the King, there is only one of these ready-made, the Empress of the Evil Country, whose ancestors were the nobles of Kievan Rus, sent her here not far away, just to solve the problem for His Majesty the King." ā
When Charles XII heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, but then he said with some worry: "Your Excellency, General, how convincing is it for us to let a woman be king?" How could the people of Kievan Rus' be willing to submit? ā
Yang Meng smiled: "This is not a problem at all, in our Chinese history, there was once an empress, she had no rule or martial arts, she was convincing to the world, and created the Great Zhou Dynasty for decades, and now, when it comes to her, the people of China are still talking about it." And Catherine, who also has the talent to become an outstanding queen of a generation, plus the support of the wise and martial king, Your Majesty, and our Qing Dynasty, the strength of the Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus', isn't it a matter of time? ā
"Hahaha, yes, yes, Your Excellency the general said it too well, our Swedish army swept across Europe, we can say that there is no opponent, you are not far away from the Qing Dynasty, and you have killed the Volga River Valley, which also shows the strength of the force. This matter, then it is decided. ā
Charles XII was immediately very useful, and immediately laughed and agreed to Yang Meng's proposal.
Catherine stood up, bowed slightly, bowed, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and Your Excellency, General. ā
"Haha, Your Majesty, according to Eastern tradition, you should call yourself a widow or a widow, Your Excellency General, do you think I am right?" Charles XII laughed, and it could be seen that he had studied Chinese culture during this time, and he actually knew the self-title of the emperor or king of China.
Yang Meng also stood up and said, "Congratulations to Her Majesty on the throne!" ā
"Congratulations, Her Majesty!"
Pothos and Mei Niang also congratulated.
Catherine was secretly happy, with the support of power, she was firmly seated on the throne.
Catherine had already discussed with Yang Meng that in the early days of the founding of the country, she needed to enlist the support of the Swedes with all her might.
Therefore, she said: "Your Majesty, Your Excellency General, now that Kievan Rus' has just been established and its national strength is weak, if the evil country knows the news and leads an army to attack, then our Kievan Rus' situation is worrying." Therefore, I implore His Majesty the King and the Great General to help, to station the army, to help Kievan Rus' against the bad country. ā
"This question is not difficult at all, we have a standing army of 120,000 in Sweden, and I will leave 20,000 for Her Majesty." Charles XII immediately showed his generosity.
Seeing this, Yang Meng also said: "Since our Qing Dynasty supports the restoration of Kievan Rus, I will equip Her Majesty's army with well-equipped muskets and cannons. ā
Ekaterina acted a lot, and she said with relief: "In this way, then thank you to His Majesty the King and the general, the Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus' will only be the leader of Sweden and the Qing Dynasty in the future!" ā
At this time, Charles XII was interested in the excellent muskets and cannons that Yang Meng said, and thinking about the weapons equipped by his army, Charles XII had a comparative mind.
He said to Yang Meng: "Your Excellency, I don't know what kind of muskets the Qing army is equipped with? And what is the caliber of the cannon? ā
Yang Meng knew that Charles XII was interested, but he also thought about the issue of arms trading at the moment.
Hong Ren is constantly transforming more advanced guns, so those backward weapons will inevitably be eliminated.
If you sell to the Swedes, you can definitely achieve a win-win situation.
The Swedes are kings and hegemons in Northern Europe, and Yang Meng can't control it, but he can earn his money.
Yang Meng said: "Your Majesty, the muskets of our Great Qing Dynasty are all automatic rifles, which can fire thirty rounds in a row, and their power is amazing. And our cannons, there are several kinds, there are grenadiers that can be easily carried, there are cannons with a caliber of 20cm, and we often only have a few hundred people, and we can defeat tens of thousands of evil troops. ā
When Charles XII heard this, he was a little unconvinced, so he asked again: "I wonder if Your Excellency the General has brought it?" Can you open my eyes? ā
Yang Meng looked at the pothos, and when he came, Yang Meng asked the pothos to load a lot of Kangxi No. 1 automatic rifles and Kangxi No. 2 automatic rifles, as well as some grenadiers and newly developed artillery.
Lu Luo smiled slightly, suddenly had an extra Kangxi No. 2 automatic rifle in his hand, and then walked out directly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, let's go outside and see this automatic rifle in action." Yang Meng also took the opportunity to say.
Coming to the shooting range west of Poltava, Luluo stood 400 meters away from the target and picked up the Kangxi No. 2 automatic rifle.
'Da Da Da ......'
The pothos shot out the bullets in one go, but there was no better target on the shooting range.
Charles XII was dumbfounded, and it took half a day to clap his hands!
"Good! What a gun! Your Excellency General, I now finally believe what you said before, equipped with this weapon, a hundred people can fight thousands! Your Excellency, General, I can't wait to trade with you, 50,000 such automatic rifles, you can make a price! ā
Charles XII said happily.