Chapter 1770: Little Peter's Marriage

At this time, Europe.

Under the instruction of the Pope.

Countries under the control of the Habsburg Dynasty: Italy, Spain, and other nations participated in the Anti-Prussian Alliance.

The strength of the French-Austrian-Russian alliance was further strengthened.

But just as Liu Zheng had foreseen, although the countries controlled by the Habsburg Family chose to join this war, they still maintained a fairly restrained strategic plan.

It was as if they had agreed upon it, and no war broke out in the short term.

And this gave Longyan an opportunity to expand.

The Railway built by Austria from the seaport to Prague was nearing completion, and the Longyan Unit would enter Saxony from Prague.

At the same time, according to the established plan.

Longyan was going to launch large-scale commercial activities in Europe, occupying the European market before occupying Europe.

Longyan's products would permeate every aspect of the Europeans' lives.

Britain released a new monetary policy, using gold as the base value of currency.

Using gold as a guarantee.

Merchants who came to Britain from Longyan to do business, upon hearing this, exchanged all the British currency they had obtained for equivalent gold when they left.

And returned to Longyan to convert it into money, thereby making a fortune.

His behavior, in essence, would not be allowed; he would hollow out the British gold reserves and cause their monetary system to collapse.

But, such an open and aboveboard method was reasonable and executable under British policy.

This was a loophole in their policy.

And on the other side of Europe, Tsarist Russia obtained their successor.

Little Peter had finally arrived in Moscow.

For him, this person who would inherit the Tsarist Russian throne in the future, everything here was so unfamiliar.

His mother had passed away very early, and his impression of Tsarist Russia only existed in stories.

As the heir to Tsarist Russia, he did not even understand a word of Russian.

Elizabeth led her sister's son to her council chamber.

Little Peter looked at everything before him nervously.

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress."

"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress."

Elizabeth I smiled and nodded; she glanced at the councilors, all of whom had arrived except for Naleishi, who was still on the front lines.

"I called you all here today to introduce this young man beside me, who will be my successor."

"He is the grandson of my father, Peter the Great, and possesses the qualifications."

The crowd watched as Little Peter hid behind Elizabeth I, secretly sizing them up.

Seeing this, everyone sighed inwardly; they had many opinions regarding the successor Elizabeth I had chosen.

This child appeared very frail and did not have a strong physique.

Moreover, according to the intelligence they obtained from Sweden, Little Peter had no merits other than showing talent superior to ordinary people in military affairs.

Everything else was a shortcoming; he was timid and cowardly, and even his teacher's voice being a little loud could scare him into a corner.

Hindered by the majesty of Elizabeth I, everyone still responded with smiles, and they bowed, saying: "Greetings, His Highness Little Peter."

Little Peter still hid behind Elizabeth I, looking at them.

Elizabeth I kindly crouched down, smiled at Little Peter, stroked his nervous face, and said in German: "Dear Peter, although all of this may have happened too quickly for you."

"You have only just escaped from Prussia, and you have been brought here."

"But you should not be afraid; your mother grew up here, and so did I; you will inherit the position of your grandfather."

"You should be a little stronger and go look at your future subjects."

Elizabeth I encouraged Little Peter to step forward, and he looked at the various councilors who were bowing with great respect.

They were all quietly waiting for him to speak.

Elizabeth I whispered in his ear: "You should return the salute; you don't need to say anything, just treat all of this as a small matter."

"A small matter that you will be accustomed to in the future."

Little Peter's eyes were no longer so flustered; he seemed to nod after thinking seriously, and then, just as Elizabeth I had said.

He bowed slightly to return the salute as a sign of respect.

Elizabeth I looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Dolgorukov, His Highness Little Peter has just returned from Sweden and is unfamiliar with the history of Tsarist Russia and the Russian language; I need you to personally teach him all of this."

"Please be sure to cultivate him into a qualified successor."

Dolgorukov stepped out and said solemnly: "I will strictly follow Your Majesty's orders."

Elizabeth I felt relieved about Little Peter's affairs for the moment, but suddenly she had a fit of violent coughing.

"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."

Elizabeth felt extreme discomfort in her body, as if her lungs were about to come out of her body.

"Quick, go call a physician!"

Seeing this, Osilev hurriedly stepped forward to support Elizabeth I, and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, you must take care of your health; you worked too hard to personally go to Sweden to pick up His Highness Little Peter."

Elizabeth I waved her hand, signaling that there was nothing wrong with her body.

"It is fine, Little Peter is my sister's son, and I haven't seen him for a long time, so it should be this way."

"It was just a trip to Sweden, there is no problem with that."

Others also persuaded her with concerned faces: "Your Majesty should take care of your health..."

Elizabeth I smiled, shook off Osilev's support, and said: "It is fine, I know the condition of my own body."

"Since everyone is here, let us also discuss the marriage of Little Peter."

"Although he is young, the current members of the royal family are not up to the task; I no longer have that ability, but he can."

"Regarding Little Peter's marriage, what are your thoughts?"

Seeing Elizabeth I continue to insist, the crowd had no choice but to say: "We will certainly do our best to arrange it."

"Select suitable candidates within these few days and report them to Your Majesty."

Elizabeth I nodded; one of her purposes for having Little Peter marry as soon as possible was to win over the Nobles and Councilors.

To bind them to Little Peter through the method of marriage.

Her physical condition was no longer what it used to be, and Little Peter had only just arrived in Tsarist Russia and had no foundation whatsoever.

If she were to encounter any accident, power would at least still be smoothly transferred into the hands of their Peter Family.

"During the time I was away, were there any movements in Europe?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are currently no movements; the various European countries suffered too much damage in this winter melee, and are now opening up trade and recuperating."

"The British are taking the opportunity to enter the European continental market, and the Longyan also have designs on the European market."

"These two parties are currently engaged in a price war, and we have profited quite a bit by disguising ourselves as merchants from Austria."

"However, Britain recently introduced a new monetary policy, using gold as the fundamental value of their national currency, which is not friendly to us."

"Our Tsarist Russia's currency has always used grain as its fundamental value."