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Chapter 1297 Rome's Choice (First update, please subscribe)
When the twilight of the morning light awakened Constantinople from the darkness, the Mass sounded again in Sophia Cathedral.

Under the leadership of the Orthodox priest, the believers are praying, and everything looks so holy and holy.

Looking up at the surroundings, the paintings of Christ that were once covered on the wall have been restored to the world again after several years of restoration. What do you feel when you are in it?

It is the ruthlessness of history!

Once upon a time, this was the prime minister of the Roman Empire, and this church was also an Orthodox church, but after the Ottoman invasion, in the following hundreds of years, everything related to the Orthodox Church was obliterated, and even the Romans became Being Turks, they were either forced to convert or killed.

Then what?More than ten years ago, the Russians occupied this area, and it was once again the area ruled by the Roman Empire. Many people living here, like their ancestors, were forced to change their beliefs and became Orthodox Christians in order to survive.

The ruthlessness and cruelty of history have been fully witnessed in this church and this city.

After leaving the church, when passing the market, looking at the pork that the butcher was selling, Dewey thought for a while, and then said to himself.

"The world is so ruthless! Survival of the fittest..."

As a diplomat, when Dewey was talking to himself, the corners of his lips were raised slightly, staring at the distant palace and talking to himself.

"It's just, are you really the fittest who survived?"

Is Russia the fittest to survive?

This, at least, was not a problem for the natives who were forced to convert, for those who simply had no choice - accept the conversion or flee to Persia.

However, it is precisely because of the large number of "refugees" fleeing to Persia that the relationship between Rome and Persia has become increasingly tense-Constantinople is accusing Persia of taking in "rebels" who escaped from Rome every day. ".

Of course, this kind of diplomatic entanglement was not for Persia to send people back. In fact, the Roman Empire cared more about another thing than people.

Persian oil, of course!
A few years ago, a British company dug up oil in Persia. At that time, no one thought it was a big deal, but in just a few years, Persia is already becoming the second largest country in the world after Mexico and French Mesopotamia. Asia and Russia, the world's fourth largest oil exporter.

Nearly [-] million tons of oil are being transported continuously through the Persian Gulf and the Suez Canal to the UK and European markets every year.

For this piece of fat, the Roman Empire has been coveting for a long time, but they have never had a chance.

"...We can see that Britain is not as strong as we thought. According to the replies we received from the volunteers who went to South Africa, the combat effectiveness of the British army can even be said to be vulnerable, and they are even using Tactics during the Crimean War—their troops lined up and attacked to the music of Scottish bagpipes..."

When referring to the backwardness of the British Army, Wanowski, the Minister of War of the Roman Empire, was full of sarcasm. He is indeed qualified to look down on his European counterparts, because in the "Russian-Turkish War" , Russia's army has been fully honed, they have mastered modern weapons and tactics, in contrast, countries like Britain are still stuck in the old days.

"Yeah, they're even still wearing red uniforms, totally like a target."

"No, the bright red uniforms allow the Boers to hit them from a mile away. As God can testify, those Boers are all born good marksmen..."

Listening to the generals' narration, Alexander II, the empire "Caesar" who vigorously promoted the reform of the empire and promoted the constitutional monarchy of the Roman Empire step by step, was standing quietly in front of the map. He looked at Persia on the map, and then put His eyes turned to India, to the vast South Asian subcontinent.

Russia’s desire for warm areas has never been satisfied. Although in his hands, the Russian Empire can finally wash military boots in the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea, and enjoy the warmth of winter in the bright sunshine, but Russia’s desire for land and The desire for wealth has never been satisfied.

"The Boers may have brought great damage to the British, but generals, we should see that Britain is still extremely powerful. His fleet and vast colonies are symbols of their strength. If we It is undoubtedly extremely unwise to offend such an opponent, and it can even be said..."

After a pause, Alexander II said.

"It's a disaster!"

A disaster, as the "Caesar" Alexander II of the empire is undoubtedly very sober. In the past few years, although Germany has been pursuing a friendly policy, although the oil in Mesopotamia is indeed very exciting. Jealous, but he still calmly realized that although the piece of fat was good, it was not tasty.

Leaving aside, wanting to eat that piece of fat is very likely to collapse the Roman Empire, not to mention, it may even cause Ming to interfere. After all, as we all know, Ming is a staunch ally of France.

So in the face of this reality, Alexander II did not show Russia's greed on the Mesopotamia issue.

In fact, this is also the instinct of wild beasts in the jungle. Most of the time, wild beasts will never take the initiative to challenge wild beasts that are stronger than themselves. The so-called "law of the jungle" is essentially the law of the jungle, and the strong will only bully the weak , This is the basic law in the jungle, unless it is absolutely necessary, a beast will never challenge a beast that is equal to or even stronger than itself.

The instinct of wild beasts is to bully the weak, so compared to France, Persia, which is weaker, is obviously a more appropriate opponent. Moreover, Persia currently produces nearly [-] million tons of oil every year, so how can such huge economic benefits be possible? Don't make Russia jealous?
Of course, if you want to invade Persia, you must take into account the attitude of Britain. Britain... For Britain and Russia, the emotions are complicated. On the one hand, they remember the hatred they once had, and on the other hand, what is it?
It is the strength of the United Kingdom that is enough to make any country afraid of it.

But now the weakness shown by Britain in South Africa made the Russians, who were a little afraid, expand their ambitions again...

(End of this chapter)