Snowflakes were falling in the sky, and several luxurious carriages passed through the Ural Mountain pass under the protection of guards.
In a relatively spacious four-wheeled carriage, a delicate coal stove was burning, dispelling the coldness in the carriage.
Count Andre von Dillen was chatting with Count George Johnson about the situation in Europe.
As a radical in France, Count Andre von Dillon was happy to see England fall into civil war.
"Mr. Johnson, the situation in your country is not good right now.
Our great French Prime Minister, Mr. Mazarin, hopes that the situation in your country will be more stable.
France and England work together to maintain the interests of Europe."
Count George Johnson heard Count Andre von Dillen say this.
He felt as if he was being pricked by needles. The situation in England was very bad.
The royal party and the parliamentary party fought against each other. Before he left England, the parliamentary party had the advantage.
But no one knows whether the situation will change?
He wanted to escape the whirlpool of England, so under the arrangement of the parliamentary party, as the representative of England, he was responsible for handling the secret agreement reached by the three countries.
The capitalists behind the parliamentary party can spend a huge sum of money to maintain the conditions of the Three-Nation Secret Agreement.
It can be seen from this detail that the parliamentary party has an absolute advantage.
As long as there is no external intervention, it will only be a matter of time before the parliamentary party wins.
The current situation in Europe has frightened the Chinese people who are constantly expanding on their backs.
Before Earl George Johnson left Moscow, the capital of Tsarist Russia, the Chinese who occupied Egypt had defeated the Ottoman Turkish army.
They are expanding their power along the Mediterranean coast, and the situation is very dangerous.
The eyes of all Europe are focused on the southern shore of the Mediterranean Sea.
The European powers did not intervene in the English Civil War for fear of causing a chain reaction.
Count George Johnson knew that Count Andre von Dillen was mocking England just now.
During the Thirty Years' War, the two countries jointly dealt with the Holy Roman Empire and suppressed the Habsburg family.
This is a common interest they have, once the Habsburg family is weak.
England and France will inevitably turn against each other. This is based on national interests.
As an island country, England must maintain balance on the European continent.
The Holy Roman Empire was too strong, so England united with the French and German princes to fight against the Holy Roman Empire.
If France had the ambition to unify Europe, England would not stand idly by.
In this Thirty Years' War, they have laid a hidden hand, which is the ambitious German princes.
Of course France could also see this, and they also attracted some German princes.
This is a conspiracy, and you can't deal with it even if you see through it.
As long as France has the ambition to dominate the European continent, it will inevitably conflict with the German princes.
George Johnson thought of this and pushed the thought away.
This is England's basic national policy, and they have always done this.
But the situation in the world today has changed.
The sudden rise of the Great China Empire woke up European countries.
The unknown Chinese only provided some porcelain, tea and other products to Europe.
Suddenly, they had expanded their colonies to the Mediterranean coast.
This prompted the birth of the Secret Pact of the Three Kingdoms, preparing to suppress the rise of the Great China Empire.
Count Andre von Dylan saw something wrong on Count George Johnson's face.
He knew that what he just said had pierced Johnson's glassy heart.
They have to work together for a long time, their relationship is too tense, and the next trip will be very troublesome.
Count Andrei von Dillen immediately changed the subject.
"Mr. Johnson, you should remember our mission to follow the Russian mission."
Seeing Count Andre von Dillen, Count George Johnson took the initiative to change the topic and stopped discussing the situation in England.
His expression was obviously much relieved, and he knew that Count Andre von Dillen still acted in a measured manner.
Earl George Johnson smiled and said: "We followed the ambassador sent by the Tsar, Margrave Karl Novikov, to the capital of the Chinese Empire.
The apparent mission is to prepare to coordinate the border issue between the two countries with the Great China Empire and to blackmail the Great China Empire.
Diplomatic blackmail works wonders for some small indigenous countries.
But for a country with great power like the Great China Empire, diplomatic blackmail has no effect at all.
Our main tasks are twofold.
The first is to send a military tour group to observe the battle between the two armies and understand the strength of the Great China Empire.
The second is to enter the hinterland of the Great China Empire as an envoy and personally understand the situation of the Great China Empire."
The main purpose of Count George Johnson and Count Andre von Dillen was the second.
The two of them did not understand military affairs and could not understand the gap in strength between the two armies from the victory or defeat of a small-scale battle.
The two countries sent battlefield observation groups composed of famous generals and young officers to understand the strength of the Russian army and the Chinese army.
England and France encouraged Russia to send troops, and they also made two preparations.
The Dahua Empire is just a bluff and its army is vulnerable.
Russia will plunder the Great China Empire and continue to encroach on the territory of the Great China Empire.
The Great China Empire was too powerful and the Russian army was defeated.
They can also learn about the strength of the Great China Army from this war and determine what status the two countries will use to communicate with the Great China Empire in the future.
The mission of the two of them is to enter Dahua to observe.
The merchants who came to the Great China Empire to do business had already conveyed the situation along the coast of the Great China Empire to Europe.
But the businessman's perspective is on the economy, and he can only observe it personally and have contact with officials of the Great China Empire.
Only then can they have a clear understanding of this country.
Count Andre von Dillen said with emotion: "I hope we have a smooth journey. Coming to this powerful country in the Far East will be a precious memory for us in the future."
He looked out the carriage window at the snowy Siberian region.
"Only Tsarist Russia is interested in such a barren land that brings no profit."
Earl George Johnson said happily: "Russia's navy is too weak, and they do not have the strength to seize overseas colonies.
We cannot let the Russian navy be too strong, otherwise many people will not be able to sleep."
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The tsar's envoy, Margrave Karl Novikov, arrived in Kuznetsk.
He looked at the large bastion city in front of him and said with emotion: "Mr. Johnson, Mr. Dylan.
The empire has such a powerful bastion in the Far East and is already in an invincible position.
You see the dense artillery on the bastion, so many artillery defending the city, what kind of army can capture the bastion."
Count George Johnson and Count Andre von Dillen looked at this huge military fortress.
They also felt shocked that even if the Russian army suffered a defeat on the battlefield, it would not be too disastrous.
The two of them entered Kuznetsk and visited the situation here.
As the special envoy of the Tsar, Karl Novikov went to meet with the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, Margrave Oleg Ivanov, to convey the Tsar's will.
Earl George Johnson asked the officers of the delegation.
"What do you think of the Russian troops here?"
Tom, the officer representative, replied: "Earl Johnson, I think the strength of the Russian army is already at the level of a strong second-line army in the Thirty Years' War.
The main reason is that there are too many serfs in the army. These serf armies have a strong will to fight, but their military literacy is not high.
The proportion of officers in the Russian army is not high either."
George Johnson nodded and said: "This is already very good. We and France have sent instructors to help the Russian army train officers in Moscow.
Their delegation went deep into the frontline Russian troops to observe the situation on the battlefield.
We are going deep into the Russian army, and we must save our lives on the battlefield.
If you encounter an emergency, you can surrender and I will pay the ransom for you."
When Earl George Johnson said this promise, he saw looks of relief on many people's faces.
He explained everything and soon joined Count Andre von Dillen to join the envoy team and prepare to go to the Great China Empire.
Earl George Johnson looked very unhappy when he saw Marquis Karl Novikov. It must be that he had received bad news.
He wanted to step forward to understand the situation, but was hesitant.
The current situation in England is very bad. Even as a financial backer of Russia, he does not have much confidence to speak.
George Johnson has decided that this time he will reduce his presence.
If it can provoke a gap between Russia and France, that would be the best.
He still has confidence in himself. The English are very good at doing this kind of thing.
Count George Johnson looked at Count Andre von Dillen and motioned for him to ask the reason.
Count Andre von Dillen became more confident. After the Thirty Years' War, France gained a reputation in the war and became one of the dominant powers in Europe.
He was more eager to know the inside story, and did not want to make any mistakes in this mission due to some reasons.
Count Andrei von Dillen walked up to Margrave Karl Novikov as if he were two friends chatting.
"Karl, I see that your face is thin and not good. Has anything happened recently?"
Margrave Karl Novikov learned about recent events in the Far East, which is not good news for Russia.
Saying it now is likely to affect England and France's subsequent investment in Russia.
Russia's expansion to the Far East only consumed the country's surplus serfs, bringing very low returns.
Russia's expansion into the Far East has always been very slow.
The city of Kuznetsk has been captured for almost thirty years, and they have not yet reached the end of the Far East.
Some explorers and small forces have crossed Lake Baikal and explored further afield.
But if Russia did not build cities in these places, it would not be considered as the expansion of the empire's power there.
Since last year, the empire has received large amounts of funding and interest-free loans from England and France.
If the empire wants to get this money, of course it must complete some additional conditions.
This money is very important to the empire. The Romanov dynasty has just been established. With this large sum of money, many domestic problems can be solved.
Margrave Karl Novikov heard Count Andrei von Dillen's inquiry, but he had to tell the matter because it could not be hidden at all.
"None of us expected that the Great China Empire would still be expanding its power in this severe cold weather.
They used extraordinary means to capture the Kazakh tribe that was originally in the buffer zone."
Margrave Karl Novikov told the story.
Count George Johnson and Count Andre von Dillen, when they heard this reason, their hearts suddenly trembled.
The war between Russia and the Chinese Empire has not yet broken out, but pre-war trials have already been carried out, and both countries are making preparations for the war.
They don't know much about specific battles, but they understand strategy.
The Kazakh tribe, which served as a buffer zone, was captured by the Great China Empire.
Russia is already at a disadvantage strategically.
The expression on Count Andre von Dillen's face did not change much.
He asked: "Karl, if we encounter this kind of problem, can we still send envoys to the Great China Empire as normal?"
Marquis Karl Novikov pointed to the prepared convoy and said: "Andrei, we have prepared everything and are about to go to the Great China Empire.
I hope you will hide your identity and be just an ordinary member of the mission's entourage."
Count Andre von Dillen and Count George Johnson successively agreed to this request.
They don't want to expose their identity and get involved in this conflict.
England and France are openly staying out of the situation, and they can make choices that are most beneficial to their country at any time based on the development of the situation.
Margrave Karl Novikov invited the two of them to ride in his carriage.
They also have to discuss things on the way and reach consensus on some things.
When Margrave Karl Novikov came to Kuznetsk, he received a blow in the head.
As the tsar's special envoy, he went to the Great China Empire.
The performance of the Russian troops on the front line is where his confidence lies.
As a buffer zone between the two countries, the Russian army also planned to take over the Kazakh tribe, but the Great China Empire took the lead.
Strategically, he was defeated. As an envoy, he did not have enough confidence to deal with the Great China Empire.
If you can't get something on the battlefield, how can you get it with words?
Earl George Johnson saw the carriage heading southwest.
He asked in surprise: "The capital of the Great China Empire should be in the southeast region."
Karl Novikov spread his hands and said: "The southeast region is Tangnu Ulianghai, one of the locations of the main force of the Great China Empire's army.
This area was almost occupied by the empire a few years ago.
The Great China Empire emerged from nowhere and drove out the empire's forces.
But we have an idea of what's going on there.
The road from Tangnu Ulianghai to the hinterland of Dahua is difficult.
As a team of envoys, we can only enter through the main road.
Near Lake Balkhash, it is also the residence of the northwest commander of the Great China Empire.
When we go there, we can also learn about the situation of the frontline troops of the Great China Empire."
When Earl George Johnson heard the explanation, he withheld his opinion on the route of march.
The three of them were in the carriage, discussing some problems they would encounter when they went on a mission to the Great China Empire.
They discussed an acceptable situation and then decided to discuss it with the Great China Empire.
Before a war, a tacit agreement must be reached on many things, such as the handling of prisoners.
The carriage was neither too fast nor too slow, walking on a snow-covered road.
When the mission's guards encounter sections of road with thick snow, they are also responsible for clearing the snow on the road.
Most of the road they took coincided with the Russian army's logistics supply line, so there were very few cases where the Guards were required to clear roadblocks.
The convoy walked out of the Russian army's sphere of influence, and they soon encountered the patrol army of the Great China Empire, and the convoy was surrounded.
Marquis Karl Novikov came forward to reveal his identity and purpose of coming.
Their convoy was not released, but was escorted to Tumu Mansion by the Dahua Empire army.