Especially when His Majesty Alexander II learned that Sir Frederick Haynes, the commander-in-chief of the Asian War Zone of the British Empire, had moved his nest from the Straits colony to Mumbai. The Indian war situation that had always embarrassed the British was now moving towards a direction that was beneficial to the British, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government, which had clearly officially declared war to the British, was still as unconscious as if he had not made any noise, he became even more anxious.

Comrade Alexander II has made such a precise judgment. First, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom people are really unwilling to wrap themselves deeper into the abyss of war; second, the real strength of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom cannot support the war between the two large battlefields of America and Asia at the same time.

Comrade Alexander II believed that if his Russia continued to go on with such a timid life to the end, in the end, in this rare major change in the world pattern and the redistribution of its sphere of influence, he would inevitably get little in the end.

In fact, Comrade Alexander II's income is no longer too little.

With the official declaration of war on the Allies led by the United Kingdom, especially with the second annihilation of the British Far East Fleet, the Red Army swept across the South Ocean, and the Strait of Malacca has become a sad place for the Royal Navy of the British Empire. Comrade Alexander II, who was far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, had a harvest day with fruitful harvests.

His Russian food and gunpowder have become rare products that the British Asian army and navy, which are still insisting on fighting in a corner of South Asia, and the Allies in the continental continent.

By the first half of 1870, the wholesale price of food that Comrade Alexander II "assisted" to the Allies had increased three times compared with before the war, and the price of gunpowder had risen more than five times.

In addition, Comrade Alexander II insisted on advocating the serfdom and the crops favored by God for years, the gold and silver coins of the Allies flowed into Comrade Alexander II's treasury like flowing water, and it could not stop them.

However, Comrade Alexander II is not like those coal bosses and real estate tycoons who suddenly explode, with the rising money bags. He can't confuse his mind at all, and he has higher pursuits.

His pursuit is the expansion of the territory, because he knows very well that money is just something outside of his body. The infinite expansion of the territory is the source of inexhaustible wealth.

So, one day in February 1870, a long telegram from Comrade Alexander II, who was transferred from Tsarist Russian Minister to China, was spread in front of the five giants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

After listening to Hong Renyu read this telegram that was smelly and long like an old lady's foot binding, Yang Xiuqing's brows almost frowned together.

"I said Brother Haifeng, this is the good Tsarist Russian friend you have cultivated!" Yang Xiuqing raised his hand and pointed at Lin Haifeng, while whispering the boss, "We have shouted protest slogans more than once for their invasion of Afghanistan. But not only did they not have the slightest repentance, but they have become more and more powerful. Now, they not only dared to tell us with courage, but they were going to carry out the war invasion of Afghanistan to the end, but they shamelessly beautified the war invasion of Afghanistan to help us relieve our worries in the southwest."

It turned out that Comrade Alexander II claimed in the telegram that given that the British army had transferred all its power in Asia to the Indian subcontinent, his Russia decided to do whatever it could to completely resolve the Afghan problem by the end of 1870, in order to pose a direct threat to the attempt to recapture the entire Indian subcontinent and eliminate the British disturbances to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government in the southwest.

Looking at Yang Xiuqing with a depressed expression, and then looking at Lin Haifeng who pretended to be wronged, Shi Dakai laughed, "This just shows a problem. When things have come out, no matter whether you are real or fake, it is just a sentence. Just relying on protests and condemnations on your lips will not have any good results. And if you shout more, you will be regarded as weak and bullied by others."

"Yes, on any matter of principle, we cannot be limited to verbal condemnation and protest, but we must cooperate with the attitude of taking action at any time."

"The question of principle?" When Hong Renyu mentioned the "principle", Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but smile, laughed out loud, and then pointed to the telegram from Comrade Alexander II who was still held by Lin Haifeng in his hand. "I said, Brother Haifeng, there is a very important principle issue on it. Let's talk about it, how should we correct it?"

The "very major issue of principle" mentioned by Yang Xiuqing naturally refers to the request put forward by Comrade Alexander II in the telegram, hoping that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government will provide Russia with 200,000 rifles and a large amount of ammunition this year.

"This matter is indeed a bit tricky." Looking at Lin Haifeng, who was still smiling silently, Zheng Nan frowned slightly, "Even if we do not fully agree to the Tsarist Russians' request, according to the agreement signed by both sides, we will still fulfill our responsibility to supply 50,000 rifles and large amounts of ammunition to them this year."

"That's right, we really need to be trapped." Yang Xiuqing glanced at Lin Haifeng with his eyes squinted. "Unless we give up our past intentions, our Red Army officers and soldiers will face the Tsarist Russian army armed with the bullets we provided."

When Yang Xiuqing said this, he was already a little irritable. He stood up from the seat and no longer looked around Lin Haifeng. Instead, he turned to Zheng Nan, Shi Dakai and Hong Renyu. "That's right, I am a little bit fond of money. After all, if I don't have enough wealth, I can't settle down our big family with tens of millions. However, I am not as stupid as I can even spare my life."

As of mid-1869, in accordance with the commitments in the Sino-Russian military mutual assistance treaty, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government had helped the Russian army to fully complete the replacement of new weapons, allowing Comrade Alexander II to have a total of fifty divisions armed with new rifles made by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Although the prices of weapons and ammunition sold to Russia have increased year by year and have indeed made considerable contributions to filling the treasury, since he heard the conclusion that China and Russia must have a war, Yang Xiuqing began to lose interest in this huge profit-making business that once made him feel very comfortable.

When the news of the Tsarist Russian invasion of Afghanistan reached Beijing, Yang Xiuqing's first reaction at that time was that he felt relieved, because the great opportunity to completely terminate the Sino-Russian military mutual assistance treaty finally came. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!