I am Peter III, Emperor of the Hexagon of the Goose Kingdom

Chapter 89 Peter's Plan

The world situation is complicated and complicated, but it is also simple. In Peter's view, there are two ways for him to grow stronger now.

One, like Britain and France, the colonial route is opened, and the snowball generally gets bigger and bigger.

But now the north is the Arctic Ocean, and the ice age is long. Let alone now, even in the 21st century, even with icebreaker technology, there is not a single city along the coast. In the mid-eighteenth century, Russia set off from the Arctic Ocean or entered the Atlantic Ocean, or entered the Pacific Ocean to expand and compete for colonies , is a distant dream.

But the southern tip of Russia is Crimea, which is the territory that the Ottomans surrounded the coast of the Black Sea as if drawing a line.

If you want to go south to the Black Sea, unless you start a war with Ottoman, although this war was fought during Ye Er's period.

Even if the Black Sea and the Turkish Strait are opened up, although the Ottoman Empire is in decline, Greece next to the strait is still under the control of Ottomans, let alone the Balkan Peninsula.

If you go west, you will start from St. Petersburg.

Poland-Lithuania lies there, and the west of Poland is the fragmented Shinra, and East Prussia is on the rise.

To the north, a great northern war with Sweden, let Sweden spit out the Baltic Sea, what else is there to fight?
Denmark, Norway?

This is nothing compared to the strategic significance of going south to the Black Sea and Watermelon Poland.

Russia is now the continental power with the largest area in the world. It has advantages in population and social structure that even Britain and France cannot match. It has a standing army of 30. If it is mobilized for war, with its current population of more than 1500 million and 90% of the serfs, One country is enough to have an army combat power that surpasses the entire Europe.

In the whole of Europe, including Britain and France, the army's combat strength is only 150 million.

Frederick I and II both practiced communism and prepared their troops hard. Counting the future development, they supported the third largest army in Europe with the 13th largest population in Europe, and the peak strength was only 15.

In terms of population, the conversion of two-legged animals into soldiers is Russia's number one in the world!

To the east is Siberia. The West Siberia Plain alone is nearly [-] kilometers long. If the East Siberian Mountains are included, the entire Siberia is [-] kilometers from west to east.

East, West, North and South seem to be trapped.

So there is a second option.

Second, develop the economy, practice internal skills, develop foreign trade, and fill the treasury.

Sweden exhausted its national treasury in the long-term foreign war. Peter I took the opportunity to launch the Great Northern War, and finally let Sweden spit out the Baltic Sea. Peter I has since called himself the Great.

Later, Peter the Great built the Peter and Paul Fortress at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, established the city of St. Petersburg, and set up the capital here, expressing his attitude of westward advancement with iron determination, so that Sweden did not dare to act rashly.

East Prussia is crazy for money.

Britain has a limited population, and its labor costs are much higher than that of the European continent. It is not cost-effective to maintain a strong army to interfere with the European continent. However, the cost of human resources in Prussia is lower than that of Western Europe, and it meets the needs of the British continental balance of power strategy. Britain has taken a fancy to Prussia.

During the Seven Years War, Prussia received more than 650 million pounds of funding from Britain every year. This was only a small amount of money for Britain, but it was enough for Prussia to fight until the men were exhausted.

In 1517, the Ottoman Empire fell to the Mamluk Dynasty and occupied Egypt.

In 1744, Egypt was a semi-independent feudal dynasty, still under Ottoman rule.

In November 1869, the Suez Canal was opened to navigation.

In 1875, the Egyptian government faced financial constraints and was unable to repay foreign debts. The British bought most of the shares of the Canal Company under the name of the Egyptian government for 400 million pounds.

That's the Suez Canal!

In the 21st century, a cargo ship with a load of 22 tons and a length of 400 meters ran aground in the Suez Canal, and the entire canal was blocked for a week.

And for every hour of congestion, the losses in all aspects add up to more than 26 billion US dollars.

Even in the 19th century, even under the joint rule of Britain and France, Britain made a lot of money.

And what about Russia?

In 1749, the total import and export volume of Russia's foreign trade was 700 million rubles, and it increased to 90 million rubles in the 10960s. It can be said that there is a lot of room for improvement.

Peter has a clear heart, even if he can't dictate the war, he can still do many things after becoming the Grand Duke.

Renovating the Moscow canal system, digging new canals, connecting the Don and the Volga, and so on, are only scratching the surface.

He has just passed his 16th birthday, and his aunt will give him the title of grand duke when he gets engaged, and he can initially participate in government affairs at that time.

Even if he participates in government affairs, the war of succession to the throne is coming to an end, so it is not something he can intervene, and it is not necessary.

And the Seven Years War still has 12 years to go. During these 12 years, he will use his own advantages to fight a war that is sure to win first.

From the beginning of this war——

My money!My treasury!my—

Great Russia!

And does money have anything to do with what he's doing now before becoming Grand Duke?

Have!
Beneath fashion and literature is the smell of money.

……

"Auntie, are you comfortable?"

Peter drew two more pictures for his aunt, and then his aunt pressed those slender legs.

"Peter, you are making my aunt more and more happy."

Elizabeth smiled gratifiedly.

In the past, how could Peter be as filial as he is now? Not only has his Russian and French improved rapidly, but he has also bid farewell to the bad habits of the past. Most importantly, he can also draw pictures and design those fashions.

It really made her admire her nephew.

She had also seen Peter's reaction just now, but she didn't care too much. The more powerful her nephew was, the happier she was that the empire had a successor.

Soon, the Troitz Abbey arrived.

As the center of the Orthodox Church in Moscow, Peter felt that his aunt had chosen the right place after a glance.

Magnificent, choose here to relax, too good to enjoy.

However, after glancing at Bestutev behind him, his distraction might turn into anger.

After helping his aunt down, Peter waved to Sophia, let her walk with him, and walked inside with his aunt.

Behind the two were Sophia's mother Johanna, Deputy Minister of General Affairs Bestutev, and court physician Lestock.

Behind them are Countess Vivienne Roman and Voronzova.

Little Vorontsova was brought by Peter's request, and she can amuse the human cubs in her spare time.

It's okay to cry, who dares to say that the crown prince is not?
At best, blame little Vorontsova for being ignorant.

Besides, there is still Vivienne here, making her daughter Vivienne coax her to cry, he doesn't know if the aunt is distracted or not, he probably is distracted.

Accompanying on both sides is the Guards.

Afterwards, the group entered the monastery.

(End of this chapter)