Struggle in Russia - Vol 3 Chapter 744

Before I knew it, the ninth Russo-Turkish war had been going on for more than half a year. The first few months of Nicholas I’s vision of resolving the battle had been ruthlessly shattered.

Now let alone a few months, I’m afraid twice as many times as possible. This is undoubtedly a heavy burden on Russia’s fragile economy.

As the most backward power in the whole of Europe, Russia’s own industrial capacity is not worth mentioning at all, and even in 50 years’ time, Russia’s industrial capacity can only be described as slag. Therefore, in the early 20th century, it was rubbed against the ground by another weaker power and bruised.

If Russia really looked like a powerful country, it would have to be a steel father. Without this father, there would be no Soviet Union, and it would be impossible to fight against the entire Western world for decades.

It’s just that obviously not everyone in the Russians can realize the value of a loving father, and not everyone can realize the value of full-scale industrialization. No matter before or after, Russia resisted industrialization in a very ridiculous way, and tried to thrash itself in the cause of farming.

To put it simply, as the country with the largest land area in the world, the Russians do have unique advantages in farming, and if they take advantage of them, they may not be inferior to American animals.

It’s just that the Russians’ way of using it is too unique. For example, in this era, it is trying to squeeze serfs. All nobles are happy to be comfortable serf owners. Strong Sacrifice Read Sacrifice

The benefits of this method are indeed high, mainly because the cost is low. This time Zhang Si

But there is also a problem, because it is so easy to make money, it is easy to make people lose their minds and just want to be a serf owner forever. Moreover, this kind of risk-free trading is far more worry-free and labor-saving than setting up a factory, and naturally no one wants to set up a factory.

A developed agriculture has the advantages of a developed agriculture, but Russia’s agriculture is far from developed. It can only be said that agriculture accounts for a high proportion of the national economy, and there are many people engaged in agriculture, but the efficiency is really not that high.

Especially after the major capitalist powers have completed their industrialization, but after agriculture has increasingly required agricultural machinery and fertilizers, even the cost of using serfs cannot keep up with the low cost.

Moreover, in the current agricultural countries, there is a natural disadvantage to industrial countries, that is, once they are blocked, they will really be blinded.

Of course Turkey cannot block Russia, but Britain can. I think whether Napoleon was enough to drag or not, or whether the British blocked their lives and couldn’t take care of themselves.

For a backward country like Russia that needs to export agricultural products in exchange for industrial products, once it is blocked, it will really be miserable. In particular, they have to maintain a brutal war. If they can’t buy the scarce materials from abroad, they will really be suffocating to death!

In fact, the war has only been fought for more than half a year, and many places in Russia have already begun to become unstable. The serf uprising, the national liberation struggle in Poland, and the messy things all came together, and Nicholas I began to be in a turmoil.

“The British army began to invade the Far East, which is likely to have a major impact on our country’s control in the Far East. Gentlemen, how can you solve this problem?”

The ministers who participated in the Imperial Council were not particularly concerned about the Far East. For most Russian nobles, the barren land in the Far East was worthless, except for the exile of those pesky liberals, there was no use at all.

So what if it was snatched by the British? And they won’t lose a dime.

To be honest, they are more concerned with how to end the war in a decent manner than the instability in the Far East. The war had already had a major impact on their lives, and as Britain and France continued to increase their troops, few except Nicholas I believed that Russia could win the war.

“Your Majesty, this really has to be guarded against,” Old Adlerberg was the first to speak first, “Given that we are currently dealing with the three countries of Britain, France and Turkey, there is no extra force to support the Far East. In the Far East of our country, I am afraid that there is no strength at all to defend it!”

Nicholas I just looked at the old Adlerberg, because he knew all these things, and he asked the problem for a solution, not for his courtiers to continue to increase his worries.

Fortunately, old Adlerberg also understood this truth, and he immediately gave his own solution: “I heard that the United States is interested in Alaska, which is completely uncivilized and barren for us, and we We also don’t have enough troops to garrison, so it’s better to sell Alaska to the Americans and earn a fund to relieve our urgent financial pressure.”

Of course, this method was not conceived by the old Adlerberg, he just expressed the opinions of many people. Anyway, Alaska is deserted~www.mtlnovel.com~ It is better to sell it for money, even if the money is a bit small, but mosquito meat is also meat. It can relieve the financial pressure to some extent and let Nicholas I collect less war tax. !

As soon as old Adlerberg’s voice fell, Count Uvarov and the nobles immediately began to follow up and agree. Conservative forces like them lived on the land. Nicholas I’s taxation has already made them very painful. Seeing how long this war will be fought, maybe the second and third rounds of the war will already be on the way.

We have to quickly find a way to help this tsar get some money, so that he can pay less taxes is the key!

It’s just that there are those who agree and there are those who oppose it. The first one who opposes is Alexander I, which is very understandable. His objection actually represents Nicholas I. For the Russian tsars, the ceding of land is simply cutting their flesh. .

The land that was robbed at such a high price, just three melons and two dates will be sold, and they will never accept it!

That is to say, the finances are really tight now and there are really not so many troops to defend such a large country, otherwise the first person to jump out against it is Nicholas I himself.

“It is a blatant humiliation for us to cede the whole of Alaska for such a small amount of money. Although Russia is large, not an inch is redundant! I am firmly against selling the land!”

The reaction of everyone was actually a bit embarrassing, not that they were embarrassed but embarrassing Nicholas I and Crown Prince Alexander. Because the big guy hardly reacted to this, not even a symbolic shame.

Obviously everyone saw through Nicholas I’s tricks. This face-saving tsar deliberately asked Crown Prince Alexander to oppose it in order to protect his face and dignity…

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