Chapter 1153: The Decision

"Your Majesty, the Ross delegation has returned."

When the Steam Locomotive carrying Chester and the others departed.

Su Yuntang arrived at Wuji Palace and reported to Zhao Xu.

"What were their impressions?" Zhao Xu asked indifferently.

He still hoped to obtain the entire Siberia snowfield through bloodless means.

Subduing the enemy without fighting is the highest form of warfare.

If there was even a sliver of possibility, he still did not want his soldiers to risk their lives in war.

This was also the reason why, after stabilizing his base in Dongtu, he supported Persia in the west and carried out the Indian Restoration Movement in the east.

Whether it was Persia or the Indians, both had their own interests, and Great Song could achieve its strategic goals simply by satisfying those interests.

"Reporting to the Emperor, in this subject's view, Chester and the others have realized the gap between Ross and Great Song; upon leaving, they no longer possessed the arrogance they had when they first arrived," Su Yuntang said slowly.

Zhao Xu nodded, indicating he understood, and then let Su Yuntang return.

Next, he sent an order to the frowning Yang Zhen, telling him to mobilize a large army and approach the Heilong River.

This was shown to Chester on purpose, to tell him that Great Song had two plans prepared.

Once the two countries could not reach a treaty, Great Song would directly march north to seize the snowfield.

The Telegraph reached Jincheng, and Yang Zhen immediately mobilized his troops.

Three days later, a heavy force had already arrived at the Heilong River.

Under deliberate arrangement, Chester's party also happened to arrive at the Heilong River at this time.

Seeing the heavy concentration of Great Song troops, the worry on everyone's faces grew even deeper.

At this moment, they only wanted to return to Petersburg as quickly as possible to let Emperor Nikolai understand everything about Great Song.

After another three months of trekking, Chester and his party returned to Petersburg.

There was no time to rest.

They immediately headed to the Winter Palace to see Nikolai.

"Chester, you have finally returned. During the time you were away, there was news that has encouraged all the countries in the Western Lands; we no longer need to fear Great Song from now on." Upon seeing Nikolai, before Chester could speak, Nikolai spoke first, his face full of excitement.

Chester was just about to pour out everything he had seen and heard in Great Song to Nikolai, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

Nikolai continued, "During the time you went to Great Song, Britain successfully copied Great Song's Breech-loading line rifle; although it is a bit inferior to Great Song's Rear-loading Rifle in range, it is enough."

"This... this is indeed good news." Chester revealed a smile; he was truly happy in his heart.

However, he was very clear that what made Great Song formidable was not just one type of breech-loading firearm.

He had to make Nikolai understand this point, otherwise, this Emperor might make a wrong judgment and drive the Great Song delegation out of Petersburg.

Thus, he said, "It is just that, respected Emperor, what I bring back is some very bad news..."

He told Nikolai everything he had seen in Great Song in detail.

Other nobles also chimed in from the side, adding some minor details.

"Electric Power Industry?" As everyone spoke, Nikolai's joy over the successful copying of the firearm gradually turned into heavy worry.

If the people standing in front of him were not Chester and the Ross nobles, he would definitely have thought this was a lie.

But now there were so many people in front of him, from different interest groups.

The content they spoke of was much the same, so it could not be fake.

According to what they meant, the current Great Song had already entered an industrial level one level higher than their Western Lands.

At this industrial level, Great Song had given birth to numerous emerging technologies.

To prove himself, Chester presented the thick stack of Photos to Nikolai.

"This thing is called a Photo, taken by something called a camera; it can record an image of a moment. These photos show the scenes when we were in Great Song," Chester explained.

At this moment, Nikolai was dumbfounded.

He had never seen this thing before; when he saw the lifelike Chester on the paper, he thought it was a painting.

Even after Chester explained it, he was still confused and did not quite understand.

Seeing this, Chester explained in detail once more, and only then did Nikolai vaguely grasp it.

Immediately, the images on the photos began to make his body tremble slightly.

"As we were returning to Petersburg, Great Song deployed heavy troops to the south bank of the Heilong River. If we cannot reach a treaty this time, a war between Great Song and Ross will break out," Chester said solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Nikolai's expression became grave.

The joy of having the Breech-loading line rifle copied vanished instantly.

Just as Chester said, with Great Song's current industrial technology, perhaps Great Song would soon have even more terrifying firearms and Artillery.

And these things could only be manufactured under the level of an Electric Power Industry.

By then, even if the Great Song people gave them the technical blueprints, they would be unable to copy them.

Moreover, it had already been very difficult for their Western Lands to copy the breech-loading rifle this time.

The finished product they copied was also inferior to the rifles equipped by Great Song.

After pondering for a while, he finally made a decision and said to Chester, "If we agree to Great Song's conditions, Great Song must sign a non-aggression treaty with our Ross, and at the same time export some technology to us that can allow our technology to lead other countries in the Western Lands; otherwise, we will bear the infamy of ceding the Far East."

"When I returned, I was told that their Diplomatic Minister Dong An has the authority to formulate some terms; perhaps now is the time to talk to him," Chester said suddenly, thinking of something.

Nikolai nodded.

This Great Song Diplomatic Minister had already been in Petersburg for half a year.

For these six months, he had been left out in the cold.

"Before this, we still need to summon important officials and nobles to discuss it; after all, this means an important shift in our Ross diplomacy," Nikolai said in a deep voice.

Making this decision was very difficult.

Once other Western Lands countries learned that Ross had a deal with Great Song.

It is very likely that their Ross would be branded as a traitor to the Western Lands.

But he also deeply understood that this was an opportunity for Ross.

Before Great Song rose to power, Ross was the primary target of suppression by Britain.

With the support of Britain, many of their strategic plans failed.

Now, an opportunity has appeared to surpass Britain in technology.

As long as Ross's technology surpasses Britain's, they will be able to gain an advantage in the Western Lands and take back everything Ross has lost.

This is enough to recoup the losses in the Far East.

More importantly, he had a premonition that the world had already changed since Great Song defeated the Eastern Earth Allied Forces in Tianzhu.

Britain is no longer the hegemon, and Great Song may replace Britain.

In this time of shifting winds and clouds, while cooperation between Ross and Great Song might indeed invite dissatisfaction from the Xitu Guo.

There is also a possibility that the Xitu Guo, in order to avoid turning Ross into an enemy, will try even harder to win them over.

In this way, their Ross would be able to play both sides between the East and the West.

Without a doubt, for Ross, this is the most perfect situation.

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