Struggle in Russia

The meeting between Stratford and Carfur was very mysterious and short. After the two sides reached a consensus after a brief exchange, they broke up immediately. Carfur returned to Turin, while Stratford crossed the Strait of Gibraltar. Return to London to report.

In fact, Stratford didn't really report on his job this time. He mainly contacted domestic friends who were also hatred of Russia, such as Thomas Atwood, Robert Catral Ferguson, George Delaisie. Vince.

This group of people are extremely hostile to Russia, continually concocting some Russian threat theories, advocating that in order to safeguard the interests of the British Empire, Russia must be knifed, and it is best to dismember Russia.

批 The influence of this group of people is quite huge. Before the Crimean war, when the prime ministers hesitated to both fight against Russia's arrogance and fear of triggering an unprecedented war similar to the Napoleonic war. It was these people who exerted a powerful influence, forcing Britain to join France to declare war on Russia.

Of course, the threat to Russia is not so obvious at the moment. These anti-Russians are more public opinion and laid the foundation for future actions. They are quite interested in the plan brought by Stratford.

Because this is equivalent to letting the French and Austria toss out of the fire, and let them withstand direct Russian attacks, this is exactly how to try Russia's best.

The rumors and rumors quickly spread throughout London, and all kinds of news about Russia's sending troops to the Balkans became popular, which made the Russian ambassador to Britain, Baron Brunov, inexplicable and shocked.

Because the baron did not hear the slightest demand to use the Balkans from the country. It stands to reason that such a major event was not justified without first notifying him of such a heavyweight ambassador, otherwise how would he deal with it once the war broke out?

But Baron Brunov was not surprised by these gossips, and even felt a little bit more reasonable. The use of troops in the Balkans has always been the national policy of the Russian Empire. Nicholas I had done it once in 1829. In recent years, the conflict caused by the problem of holy sites has become more and more fierce. Nicholas I tended to use war to solve problems. Not surprising at all.

And Baron Brunov knew his Majesty very well. He was a full-fledged soldier, only superstitious in force, and always dismissed diplomacy and their civilians.

When Nicholas I visited the United Kingdom in the early years, he did not inform him of the arrival time of the ambassador. He could only put down the work at hand and wait at the dock like a fool.

I now deliberately send troops to the Balkans without telling him, it is more normal, anyway, that Majesty feels that he is just a microphone.

Baron Brunov was extremely dissatisfied with his master and his work. He could not feel any respect and naturally had little motivation to work. Basically, one day, a monk hits the clock, only to remind the domestic London that there are rumors about the Balkans, then let it go.

This working attitude is undoubtedly deadly. Baron Brunov's passive response naturally makes those rumors slang-you see that the Russians have defaulted, how can there be false!

In short, in the last days of 1847, international public opinion was quite unfavorable to Russia. It was inexplicable that Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Nescher Lodhi did not know how Russia became the target of European criticism.

I am the only one who is pleased with this situation, I am only Nicholas I. Yes, you read that right, Your Majesty is so happy!

He feels that he has made the whole of Europe shudder, which is the most direct manifestation of Russia's national strength. He likes this feeling of fear and intoxication. In short, Nicholas I was in a good mood this year.

Europe was scared, and finally Alexander the Crown Prince began to defend his position, and Turkey shuddered under strong pressure. With so much good news, can you say he can't be happy?

I am happy and sad. There are also many unhappy people, such as our main character Li Xiao. At the end of the year, his mood was very bad. The reasons come from several aspects, the first being the order of Nicholas I.

The punishment of the last book violation incident came out, and Li Xiao was fined half a year's salary for management misconduct. In fact, Qian Li Xiao was indifferent at this point. He hadn't lived in poverty and had to rely on dead wages.

Whether it is the drafting fee or the cooperation with the Duke of Mikhail, his income has soared, even if he has no salary, he is as happy as he is. What really hurt Li Xiaodan was that he had to go to every regiment of the Navy infantry around St. Petersburg to conduct a public review. This made him lose face and wasted a lot of his precious time.

I was already troublesome enough, who would have thought that Archduke Constantine had been killed again for a while, and found the 748 regiment in various ways. The next order today rectified the 748 regiment officers internally, and tomorrow deliberately delayed the 748 regiment's logistical material replenishment time, or simply made excuses to deduct 748 regiment officers and soldiers ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ Anyway, a variety of small actions are constantly emerging. If it was not for the 748th regiment who had confidence in Leonid before the integration of the officers and men, otherwise it would be sooner or later to be dispersed by the Grand Duke Constantine.

Even here, Leonid was struggling to cope. He had planned to personally train. He had to start a running career. Today he went to the Navy Department to remind him to go to the logistics department and tomorrow to urge him to be served. The little trip of the Archduke of Constantine.

Anyway, Leonid, who had always been upright, was so angry with the Archduke Constantine that his evaluation of the archduke was falling and falling, and he really scolded the street.

骁 Li Xiao's troubles are not only the Archduke Constantine, somehow he also fought with foreigners. The chief designer of the Royal Navy, Sir William Simmonds, suddenly fired on Li Xiao in a naval journal, devaluing Li Xiao's previous article worthless, saying that Li Xiao is just a clown who only knows how to play with numbers and knows nothing about shipbuilding. .

So why did this Sirmonds suddenly catch Li Xiao, and there was a grudge between them?

I personally don't, but the grudges are everywhere. Because the chief designer of Symonds is so special. Since the Royal Navy established the position of chief design officer for naval shipbuilding, Sir Simonds was the first chief designer with a non-professional background.

Let's put it this way, Sir Simonds is more accustomed to the older way of shipbuilding. He believes that shipbuilding depends more on experience than science. He thinks that the chief designer does not need to pay attention to any mathematics and physics, as long as he has sufficient experience.

All Li Xiao's previous articles advocated a more scientific shipbuilding method, opposed to the so-called blind command of experience since ancient times, and opposed to designing ships based on experience alone. You say they can't point to Mai Mang?