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  Chapter 739 736 [Cossack's Secret]

"For this great event, I risked all kinds of dangers. After passing through Macau, Goa, Mughal, Persia and Anatolia, I came to Smyrna. I am going to start from here and go to Rome. Since the Chinese emperor gave I have entrusted this glorious task, so I will go through all kinds of hardships and dangers to complete the task!"

  —Bomig.

   The Russian translator for Zhao Han was Boym, a Polish missionary.

  Historically, he was sent by Emperor Yongli of Nanming to go to the Pope of Rome to rescue soldiers.

  He boarded a ship from Guilin to Macau and was blocked by Portuguese businessmen in Goa, India. These Portuguese businessmen have been bought by the Qing Dynasty, allowing them to continue their business and allowing the Jesuits to preach in China. The Governor of Goa in Portugal, upon learning of the promise made by the Manchus, immediately detained Boym who had gone to Europe to ask for help.

  Boymig still remembered the mission of Emperor Yongli, looking for an opportunity to escape from Goa. But he could not continue to travel by sea, so he disguised himself and walked all the way from India to Persia, where he contacted his Venetian friends.

  With the help of his friends, Boym crossed the Mediterranean Sea and finally arrived in Venice.

   But Jesuit missionaries are not welcome here, and Boym is refused to go ashore. Boym changed into the Ming Dynasty's official uniform and asked to see the Venetian ruler as a Ming envoy.

  The Venetian government was very interested in him, and spent a few months discussing academics with Boym, whoring Chinese medicine books and maps of China brought by Boym for nothing. Theories of Chinese medicine and knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine were systematically spread to Europe.

   In desperation, Boym went to Rome, but the Pope refused to see him, and even loathed the entire Jesuits.

  Boymig waited for two years, and finally waited for the Pope to summon him, but at the same time he met Wei Kuanguo, the envoy of the Qing Dynasty.

  The name Wei Kuanguo means "defend Kuanguo and help the Ming Dynasty". But at this moment, he became a representative of the Qing Dynasty and came to prevent the Pope from sending troops.

  After the Pope clearly refused to rescue, Boym returned to his hometown in Poland, wanting to ask the Grand Duke of Poland to send troops. Wei Kuanguo took the lead and told the strength of the Eight Banners Army that the King of Poland did not dare to intervene.

  Although Wei Kuanguo knew that the entire Ming Dynasty had fallen, Boym still insisted on going back and returned to his Emperor Yongli.

  Eight years after his mission, Boym came to Siam and learned that Yunnan was still insisting on resisting the Qing Dynasty.

  Boymig was overjoyed, and immediately took a boat to Macau, and then went to Yunnan alone on foot, but died of illness in Guangxi on the way.

   Today, Boym has three roles:

   One is a master's degree from the Geography Museum of Qintian University, the other is a lecturer and doctor at Jinling Medical College, and the third is a Jesuit missionary.

  His family was originally a Hungarian nobleman, but his grandfather became a Polish nobleman and worked as a secretary to the Polish king. His father was a doctor of medicine and a doctor of philosophy, and he was the royal doctor of the king of Poland. Boym himself is a Polish doctor. After coming to China, he began to study Chinese medicine, and now he has a taste of combining Chinese and Western medicine.

Seeing that Khabarov replied that he didn’t know, Boym said, “Your Majesty, when I left Poland, Russia was ruled by Mikhail Romanov. It was even claimed by the Grand Duke of Poland for a time. The previous tsar had become extinct, and Mikhail’s father was the nephew of Empress Ivan IV, and he was very prestigious in Russia. So the shepherds and nobles asked him to be the tsar, but It was actually his father who ruled Russia."

   "Mikhail Romanov?" Zhao Han had no impression of this name at all.

  But since the surname is Romanov, and the previous tsar is extinct, then this person is probably the founder of the Romanov dynasty.

   Zhao Han still knows about the Romanov dynasty.

  Zhao Han asked: "How old is Mikhail?"

Boym replied: "Maybe thirty or forty years old, but this tsar is notoriously weak and sick, and he may have died of illness long ago. As for who the new tsar is, I don't know. Chinese Jesuit missionaries also no one knows."

   It has been several years, no new missionaries have come to China, and the latest news in Europe can only be obtained from Nanyang.

   But to be honest, with the current communication conditions, Russia is located in a remote place. I am afraid that even the governor of Batavia may not know the name of the new tsar. After all, in the eyes of European countries, Russia is a group of barbarians.

  Zhao Han said suddenly: "Come closer."

   Boym translated: "Your Majesty asked you to come closer."

  Khabarov was so flattered that he didn't dare to stand up, so he knelt and crawled forward.

  Two female officers of the Imperial Horse Supervisor pulled out a huge world map.

  Zhao Han said: "On this big map, mark the boundaries of Russia."

  Khabarov looked at it stupidly for a long time, and couldn't even figure out where Europe was. Not to mention it is marked in Chinese characters, even if it is written in Cyrillic, he can't understand it at all. This guy hasn't read a book for a day.

   Boym pointed to the map and said, "This is the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, here is Sweden, and here is the Ottoman Empire... the area in between, you explain the situation."

  Khabarov was very clever. After being guided by Boym, he immediately crawled to the big map.

The two female officers held up the map. He dared not look at the female officer. He pointed to a part of the map and said, "This should be the Kazakh Khanate. I heard that between Kazakhstan and Persia, there are two countries, Khiva and Bukhara. Kazakhstan To the east is also the territory of Tatar Mongolia."

   "Very good." Zhao Han nodded with a smile, and finally lit up part of Central Asia.

   Boym pointed to the map again and said, "This is Heilongjiang, and this is the place where you were captured. And here is your lair, Yaksa."

  Khabarov carefully identified, combined with these years of experience, he had a clearer understanding of Siberia in his heart.

  Zhao Han asked: "Which of Russia's territories in the East are the most important? Or are they clearly divided into several ruled areas?"

Khabarov pointed to the north of the Kazakh Khanate: "There is a big mountain here, called the Ural Mountains. On the west side of the Ural Mountains, there are more people and more food, and the nobles pay more attention to it. On the east side of the Ural Mountains, there are few people and food Rarely, noble gentlemen only value the fur."

  Zhao Han immediately understood that the west of the Ural Mountains is the core of Russia's rule; the east of the Ural Mountains is Russia's colonial territory.

   This can probably be guessed, Zhao Han continued to ask: "Are there any important areas on the east side of the Ural Mountains?"

Khabarov replied: "The most important thing is several big rivers. The first is the Yenisei River, the second is the Ob River, and the third is the Lena River. On the east side of the Ural Mountains, all the castles in Russia , were built on the banks of these three rivers and their tributaries. The Cossack warriors rowed boats to find a place suitable for settlement, and chose the riverside to build castles and communities. Then centered on the castles and communities, they plundered the surrounding indigenous tribes.”

  Zhao Han understood, this is Russia's expansion model in Siberia.

  Take the river as the lifeline of transportation, choose a hub as the base, and colonize and expand around the base. As long as the bases along the river are destroyed, Russia's rule in Siberia is over.

  China's expansion of power in Northeast China can also follow this model.

  The middle and upper reaches of Heilongjiang are too far away, and there is no need to manage the vast areas. It is only necessary to set up a few guards along the coast of Heilongjiang. Dozens of hundreds of soldiers are stationed in each guard, and then the criminals are relocated there for reclamation, and slowly integrated with the nearby aborigines.

  Zhao Han asked again: "Which region of Russia is the most closely related to Yaksa?"

   Khabarov said: "Yakutsk."

  From a geographical point of view, the Lake Baikal region is much closer to Yaksa, while Yakutsk is too far away.

Khabarov explained: "Yakutsk is too cold. For several months every year, the land freezes and it is difficult to grow enough food. When I established the Yaksa village, the first order I received was to grow food and transport it to Yakutsk. Starting from Yaksa, follow the Zeya River to the north. After encountering a lake, turn to another river and continue north to Yakutsk. When you arrive in Yakutsk, follow the Le Take the river to the southwest to reach Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is connected to the Yenisei River. The Yenisei River has many tributaries and can go to many places.”

   Zhao Han suddenly smiled and said: "It seems that what is needed to conquer Siberia is not cavalry, but a northern naval force."

  Conquering the three great rivers is equivalent to conquering the entire Siberia. This is the secret of the Cossacks' continuous eastward expansion.

   It is still necessary for Zhao Han to ask questions in person in order to achieve a high-level view.

   Let the Ministry of Criminal Affairs and the military interrogate, but only some specific information can be obtained, and it is impossible to look at the problem from a global perspective.

Zhao Han said to the female officer of the Yuma Supervisor: "Order the Ministry of War to recruit the navy officers and soldiers who have been retired or transferred. We must make it clear to these retired navy officers and soldiers that whether to re-enlist in the army is entirely voluntary and not forced. The Northeast Navy, It will be formed in the Songhua River soon. The place where they will fight in the future is far away, cold and poor, and may not be able to go home for several years. The military salary is doubled, and each child of an enlisted sergeant has a quota at public expense, which can be read The middle school where the household registration is located. The children of martyrs have a quota at public expense to study in the university where the household registration is located."

After thinking for a while, Zhao Han continued: "The Yangtze River Navy will lay off 300 people. With the 300 officers and soldiers of the Yangtze River Navy as the skeleton, the Northeast Navy will be formed on the Songhua River. Another thousand retired officers and soldiers will be recruited to replenish the Northeast Navy." Among the navy. Also, the doctors must be adequately equipped, and there may be frequent frostbite in the north."

  Including military doctors and other logistics personnel, the Northeast Navy had only 1,500 troops at the beginning of its formation.

   Regardless of the small number of people, they will be the core military force of the Heilongjiang Capital Division, and their forces can be quickly projected to the entire Songhua River and the coast of Heilongjiang.

  After the rule of Heilongjiang Dusi is stabilized, it will expand further north. Capture Yakutsk first, and then use Yakutsk as a base to capture Lake Baikal along the Lena River-this route of attack is far better than going north from the Mongolian grassland. With fewer troops deployed and less logistical pressure, it is possible to take down Su Wu's Beihai where Su Wu herds sheep at the least cost.

  Khabarov revealed the core secrets of the Cossacks, which made Zhao Han very satisfied. He said, "I can pardon your crimes."

   Khabarov was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty the Great Emperor!"

  Zhao Han said again: "But you have killed countless people, so you can avoid death and live. Cutting off the little finger of your left hand is a lesson for you!"

  A finger is nothing, as long as it is not a thumb, Khabarov is completely acceptable.

   Zhao Han said: "After the establishment of the Northeast Navy, you will be appointed as the military guide and general officer (translation). As long as you make meritorious service in combat, I will reward you for your merits and even let you serve as an officer!"

  Khabarov seems to have been hit by a pie in the sky. As an officer in the wealthy Khitan Kingdom, wouldn't he have a chance to become a nobleman in the future?

   This guy knelt on the ground, frantically kowtowing to the emperor, and even wanted to crawl over to kiss the emperor's boots.

  (end of this chapter)