I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

And about 10 years ago, that is, in 1866, because the British established the gold standard system and abandoned the gold and silver dual anchors, silver began to gradually depreciate.

This is also the reason why Zhu Fugui made a lot of silver cash outs in the first few years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, instead of counterfeiting British pounds.

During that happy time, exchanging silver for gold was similar to grabbing money, not much inferior to printing pounds directly.

And it will not be eye-catching, and there is no risk of being targeted by the British Empire, which was completely unable to compete with Ming at that time.

In short, calculated by exchange rate, the purchasing power of 15 billion rubles today far exceeds the 1891 billion rubles in 20.

At the same time, Daming's engineering construction level far surpassed that of the Russians in 1891, and there were nearly 100 million high-quality white slaves in their hands, which was most suitable for building railways in Siberia.

Therefore, to build a railway of the same standard, Ming will save a lot of money compared to the Russians.

But the premise is the same standard railway.

Since Crimea, the Russian Empire has been extremely poor and weak. Apart from being able to show off its power in front of the Qing Dynasty, it is a younger brother in Europe and has almost been expelled by the great powers.

Before the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia's steel output was only 1/15 of that of the United Kingdom, and the railway mileage was only 1/10 of that of the British mainland (excluding India).

It is even more incomparable with the version bug in the United States.

But now, Ming has replaced and surpassed the United States, and has become a super bug in the new version of the ship. Naturally, it cannot repair the same broken road as the Russians.

Moreover, the railways in Tsarist Russia belong to the kind that people are addicted to food.

At present, most of the standard train gauges in the world are 1435mm.

Daming did not have any Ming standards in terms of gauge, and followed the trend to use this size.

This is mainly because several large railway projects in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty were all cooperated with the Vanderbilt family, and all used the world's common gauge.

Later, when Daming's own skills matured, it was obviously meaningless to overthrow and start over for this little point of boring pride.

Not so with the Russians.

Although their road-building skills were comparable, they established the so-called "Russian standard".

There is a joke about the gauge of Russian railways.

It is said that when Tsarist Russia was preparing to build a railway, the minister in charge went to ask the tsar for instructions, saying that the gauge of railways in other countries is 1435 mm, should our empire be wider than them?

The tsar, who was busy carrying on the family line, waved his hand impatiently: "Girl!"

The minister quickly took out a ruler and measured it on the spot, so the gauge increased by 1435mm from 85mm to 1520mm.

This kind of hell joke is naturally unfounded, but there is no doubt that the Russians' unique gauge will cause a lot of trouble to Ming's New Silk Road plan.

Some railways they built in Northeast China in later generations always had to be exchanged, which was very troublesome.

Fortunately, Russia's existing railway mileage is less than 2000 kilometers. When the Trans-Siberian Railway with more than 1 kilometers is completed, it will be improved very quickly.

After all, for a small country like Russia, the boat is small and easy to turn around.

Regardless of whether it is based on national strength, finances, population, territory, or strength, Ming is qualified to say this.

In addition to pursuing more standard and higher-quality railways, the reason why the total budget of the Daming version of Xianbelia Railway is higher is that this railway has added an important branch line to Constantinople.

This branch line will open up with the previous 2B railway and become an important land bridge connecting China mainland and the Middle East.

Of course, for the Russians, this will also be an important traffic artery for them to completely control Istanbul.

In addition, the starting point of the railway was changed from Vladivostok to Tianjin. On the one hand, the lower geographical latitude increased the distance. So overall it saves a little money.

[Because the earth is spherical, it is half shorter to go to Europe from high latitudes than to go to mid-latitudes, which is why it is much easier for nomads to go to Europe than for Chinese envoys]

In short, the cost of 15 billion rubles is about the same.

Unless Daming has a way to produce steel whose cost is much lower than the international level, even if the Russians calculate [-] pencils, the price will not be wrong.

In the end, after preliminary calculations by Daming, the total construction cost was 15 billion rubles. According to the mileage and cost, Daming should share 2/3, that is, 10 billion rubles;

Tsarist Russia, crossed out, the Eastern Roman Empire should bear 1/3, that is, 5 million rubles.

This is a clear account, and Alexander II can find any Jewish business minister to do the math.

Anyway, absolutely did not cheat him.

But even if it was 5 million, Zhu Fugui knew that Lao Maozi would definitely not be able to afford it.

So Zhu Fugui directly gave them two options.

Chapter 811 Alexander II: I won!

Option A:

Daming will fully invest, provide technology, and provide personnel to build railways in the Eastern Roman Empire, and in accordance with international practice, enjoy the sovereignty over the railways and the economic privileges along the railways.

Daming will set up four major institutions in Kazan, an important railway node, the Daming Dongluo Office, the Daming Dongluo Road Guard, the Daming Consulate and the Daming Dongluo Railway Company.

Obviously, the Russians would not agree to Plan A at all.

It is impossible for any government with an unbroken backbone to agree to this kind of plan of a country within a country.

Zhu Fugui had already expected this.

So what Daming is more sincere about is the second option.

If the first plan can be called the devil's plan, then the second plan, Zhu Fugui would like to call it the Maozi's plan of turning the original soup into the original food.

Option B:

Daming will fully invest, provide technology, and provide personnel to build railways in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Sovereignty over railways belongs to different countries according to national borders.

But considering that Mingluo is a world superpower that spans two continents and has a long history, both sides should learn from the wisdom of their predecessors.

Therefore, the Eastern Roman side should consider the demands of the people, allow national self-determination, and conduct a referendum in Tatarstan and its surrounding areas where the majority of Tatars are the mainstay, so that the people can decide whether to secede from the Eastern Roman Empire.

If the referendum is passed, the newly established Outer Tatarstan will become a natural buffer state between the two Ming and Luo empires.

……

When Alexander II got Zhu Fugui's plan, he hardly looked at it, and threw the plan A into the fireplace.

Throwing it into the fire with it was a telegram from London.

This is the third telegram from London urging Russia to drop its territorial claims to Greece and the Balkans this month.

But this time, with the defection of the Italians, the British are obviously more confident and have a tougher attitude.

"The Kingdom of Italy had to be coerced by Germany to join the axis of evil because of concerns about the situation in the Balkans.

Now they have repented, corrected their past mistakes, tried the relevant responsible persons, and returned to the banner of justice.

As a just party to maintain world peace and regional stability, we should naturally maintain the independence of the Balkan countries and Greece based on factual considerations and respect for history, and dispel the concerns of our new allies.

This is our established goal and the best solution after the disintegration of Ottoman.

Of course, we are well aware of Russia's interests, so we are actively negotiating with France and Austria to recognize your sovereignty over Constantinople..."

……

"Damn Brits, Hate Victoria and Churchill!"

After dismissing the clerk, Alexander II angrily slapped the table and roared at the fireplace, "You don't even want to call me Augustus!"

The British pretended to be the talkers of the allies, and used Russia's interests to bribe Italian speculators, which angered Alexander II.

What to say to recognize Russia's sovereignty over Constantinople...

We are Rome, Rome!

Rome owns Constantinople, isn't that justified?

Where do you need your approval!

But guarding Greece and the Balkans is tantamount to strangling the throat and balls of Eastern Rome!

Alexander II felt that he could hardly breathe!

For the "Eastern Roman Empire", 1 Tatarstans are not as important as Greece.

The current situation of Russia's entry into Kanto Rome is somewhat similar to that of the Qing Dynasty.

The barbarians from the Northeast took over the capital, so they naturally wanted to move the capital.

Once the capital is moved to Istanbul, the three peninsulas of Greece, the Balkans, and Asia Minor will be far more important than their hometown in the Northeast.

Of course, St. Petersburg and Moscow are equivalent to Shengjing, which is the land of dragon prosperity of the ancestors and must not be lost.

But what about Kazan, what about Tatarstan, those are not the ancestral lands of the mature women, they are the land of the wild men and women, and they are farther away than the Ninggu Tower.

Selling some savage women's real places, in fact, I want to wear them, and there is nothing to feel bad about.

This is why Alexander II had even given his nod to the cession of Tatarstan before.

But who knows, when things turned around, the lovely Italian actually brought him a pleasant surprise.

No, thinking of the faces of the British, Alexander II felt that the Italians were disgusting again.

Sure enough, this kind of pig teammate is really disgusting!

……

After venting for a while, Alexander II picked up the second plan of the Ming Dynasty, which was the only one that hadn't been thrown into the stove just now.

To be honest, this plan can see the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty.

[-] million rubles in exchange for the neutrality of Tatarstan, this deal is not uneconomical.

At least it is much more cost-effective than selling Alaska for $500 million.

Originally, he was ready to give up on Tatarstan.

Now here and there, it is equivalent to an extra [-] million out of thin air!

Alexander II knew that only the steel needed to lay the railroad tracks, and Rome alone did not know that it would take years of dogs and horses to save enough.

Daming gave a fairly professional and detailed project list, in which an important part of the cost was still the cost of steel smelting.

In this era of iron and fire, steel can also be said to be an international hard currency.

Even Alexander II felt that this might be a good opportunity to weaken the strength of Ming.

Although he had never heard of the story that South Korea sent engineers to Qin State to preside over the construction of the Zhengguo Canal in an attempt to weaken Qin State, but out of his superstitious belief in steel, Alexander II still felt that Zhu Fugui had swollen his face to make himself fat.

How many rifles and how many cannons would be saved by using precious iron and steel for the construction of railways!

What a short-sighted prodigal!

Well, he seems to have earned his fortune.

But no matter what, it's still a loser!

Prodigal!

Of course, Alexander II will never know how much steel worth hundreds of millions of rubles in this era is worth in later generations.

But what the hell!

Anyway, I don't want to join the Mingde Alliance, Mingguo has been weakened, so I don't care what I do.

And since Zhu Fugui boasted about such a seaport, he must have some steel reserves to some extent.

After all, there are 5000 million people in the Ming Dynasty.

Alexander II estimated that Zhu Fugui would issue a mobilization order for the whole people to make steel.

This will inevitably have great harm to the war potential of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also good, the Ming Dynasty stopped, Germany was defeated, France was hit hard, and Britain was injured internally. This is the best situation for my great Rome.

Thinking of this, Alexander II suddenly felt that it would be wonderful to separate Tatarstan as a buffer zone between Rome and Ming.

Our Russian empire has been operating in Tatarstan for 200 years. Although it has been just tax-paying and has not engaged in economic construction and people's livelihood projects, but you are a newcomer to the Ming Dynasty, how can you compete with us for influence?

Alexander II finally discovered that Tatarstan said it was independent, but it was actually in his own hands.

It's just another way of saying it, and it only allows the Ming country to do business, and the ruling Tatar nobles are still their own people.

Inside and outside, a big railway was prostituted for nothing!

This business, I can win it!