"Qin, I don't want to marry Peter. Please take me away!”
As the sun set, a private castle in the suburbs of Germanic Berlin was covered in a golden light, making it look even more luxurious.
In the garden, a little girl with fair skin and delicate facial features was grabbing the sleeve of a young man with a pleading expression.
Her two big sapphire eyes flashed with a youthful and passionate light, hoping that the man would nod and agree.
Unfortunately, the tall and handsome young man with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes did not agree to her plea.
"Sophia, I can't promise you because you're going to marry the crown prince of the Russian Empire, the future emperor of Russia.”
"What would happen if I eloped with you? Your parents will be implicated and may even lose their lives.”
Qin Jun felt helpless.
He did not expect that the little loli he met while doing business in Paris was actually the famous Sophia Auguste, and she was crazy about him.
Many people were not familiar with the name Sophia Auguste.
What about Catherine Alexeyevna?
That's right, she was the future Empress of Russia, Catherine the Second. She was the only female emperor in history who could stand side by side with Wu Zetian.
Qin Jun was a transmigrator. He had been in this " strange " parallel world for twenty-two years, and his identity was a Germanic Chinese.
His ancestor was sold to Germania by a slave trader in the 17th century. The buyer was a kind-hearted Germanic Junker noble. With his help, he obtained Germanic citizenship and successfully settled down in Germania.
The reason why this parallel world was considered a weirdo was mainly because history was different!
The Great Voyage was brought forward by 100 years, and the first industrial revolution was brought forward by 100 years. It was only 1744 now, and the level of industrial technology was equivalent to 1930.
Wasn't it ridiculous?
Looking at the international situation…
The western powers were still the same. The red bear did not appear. It was still the same as in history, the Russian Empire.
The first-tier powers were Great Britain, France, Germany, America, Italy, and the Russian Empire.
The second-tier powers were the Netherlands, Portugal, and Japan.
As for the Qing Dynasty?
Forget it, as usual, Qianlong had already received the treatment of the late Qing Dynasty. He had been defeated by the foreign powers time and time again, and his spine had been broken.
The Great Voyage Era was brought forward by more than a century. When the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Manqing Dynasty in 1644, the West had already begun its first industrial revolution.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, natural and man-made disasters continued. How could they have the ability to participate in the Great Voyage to fight for colonies?
After Man Qing entered the pass, the Great Ming Empire that had stood tall for more than two hundred years collapsed with a loud bang, and a series of unified wars ensued.
Moreover, in order to pacify the Nine Provinces and suppress the gardeners, and to prevent the gardeners from buying advanced firearms from abroad, the three idiots, Dorgon, Shunzhi, and Kangxi, implemented the national policy of closing the country. They closed the trading ports and were not allowed to go into the sea. They completely cut off contact with foreign countries.
The benefits of doing so were obvious. The Qing army was unstoppable. In less than twenty years, they had completely occupied the Nine Provinces.
However, this unification was only superficial. The resistance of the people continued.
The Barbarian Qing Imperial Court actually had a chance to open up the customs and connect with the world.
In the end, in order to stabilize the country, he still continued to close the country and crazily suppressed and massacred the flower farmers who rose up to resist.
Just like that, the time came to the Qianlong period.
At this time, the West had already ended the first industrial revolution and entered the electrical era of the second industrial revolution. Because the Manqing Empire had closed off their borders and did not allow the people to develop firearms, their technology was still at the level of the late Ming Dynasty.
After Qianlong ascended the throne, he still followed the national policy set by his ancestors and continued to close the country.
As time passed, the western powers, which were anxious to find markets all over the world due to the saturation of their domestic market, finally found that the seemingly powerful but actually vulnerable Qing Empire could be kneaded at will.
Therefore, Great Britain and France took the lead in launching an attack, demanding that the Qing Empire open customs and carry out equal trade.
This rude request made Qianlong, who was immersed in peace and prosperity, furious.
Damn western barbarians, if you want to trade, go find someone else! Our Qing Dynasty is vast and rich in resources. We don't lack anything. We don't welcome you.
Yes, Qianlong, who had just ascended the throne, was very tough!
Unfortunately, times had changed. The strong ships and cannons of the western powers were not something that the scimitars and bows of the Qing Dynasty could defeat.
In 1736, the first trade war broke out!
The 100,000-strong coalition army formed by the 12 Western countries landed in Guangzhou. With their sharp fixed metal bullets, bolt-type rifles, and various machine guns and artillery, they defeated the 200,000 Eight Banners Cavalry and 300,000 Green Camp Han soldiers mobilized by Qianlong.
In less than ten days, more than half of the 500,000 Qing soldiers had died. The rest either fled or knelt down and surrendered.
When the news reached the Forbidden City, Emperor Qianlong was dumbfounded.
From that moment on, he knew that the West had become so powerful. The Qing Dynasty, which he was proud of and thought was invincible, was no different from a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in front of the ships and cannons of the Western powers.
If they couldn't beat him, then let's negotiate peace! Qianlong was also a ruthless person who was flexible.
They would compensate 370 million silver, cede 13,000 square kilometers of land, open all ports, and allow the western powers to build concessions in Donghai, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Amoy, Tianjin, and other places.
After a series of unequal agreements were signed, the first trade war ended with the Western powers celebrating.
Qianlong didn't care about losing money and ceding territory. After all, it wasn't his family's territory!
As long as the Qing Dynasty was preserved, nothing else mattered.
How would the compensation be paid?
Increase taxes!
It was not difficult to squeeze out 370 million taels of silver from the hundreds of millions of slaves.
After paying the compensation, Qianlong decided to learn from the western powers and establish a new navy and army that belonged to the Qing Dynasty.
He opened up the treasury and threw out a large amount of money. He bought hundreds of second-hand warships from the western powers and even gave instructors free of charge to help train the naval officers and soldiers.
Do you think Westerners are stupid to sell warships to Qianlong?
No, they were all buying old warships!
France of Great Britain even sold all their old warships.
After receiving the money, the construction of the new warship began immediately.
Qianlong also thought that he had the qualifications to challenge the Western powers. In 1739, he issued an edict to levy full customs duties on Western countries.
This move ignited the second trade war.
As expected, the navy that Qianlong had spent a huge amount of money to build was surrounded and annihilated on the East China Sea, and it suffered another crushing defeat.
After ceding territory and paying reparations, Qianlong, whose spine had been broken, was depressed.
Fortunately, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hun Empire, Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, were assassinated in Ruoyun. The outbreak of the European War gave Qianlong a chance to rise to power.
Gritting his teeth, he plundered the entire country's wealth and gathered 430 million taels of silver. He bought dozens of warships and weapons and equipment for 1.5 million people from the Western powers and the Beautiful Nation, who were short of money for war.
After five years, a new army with completely western-style equipment and tactics was formed.
Just when Qianlong thought that even if he could not defeat the Western powers, he could still protect himself, the Wei Nation, which was also in East Asia, invaded the vassal state of Gaoli this year.
Qianlong was furious. I can't defeat the western powers, but I can't take care of the Japanese slaves on the three islands?
However, Qianlong suffered another crushing defeat. The second navy was completely wiped out in the Bohai Sea, and more than half of the 300,000 troops supporting Gao Li were also killed.
At the end of the war, not only was the vassal state Gaoli gone, but even the northeast was invaded by Fusang and the Russian army.
After a few failures, Qianlong no longer had any thoughts of resisting. He was completely defeated!
It was not that Qin Yu did not have the idea of conquering the world.
As a gardener, he sometimes couldn't sleep at night when he saw hundreds of millions of his compatriots in dire straits.
Unfortunately, I don't have a cheat or a system. What do you want me to do?
Relying on his own efforts?
Forget it. Before he transmigrated, he was only a sophomore at the University of Finance and Economics. He had zero social experience. He only had a century more knowledge than the locals. It was basically useless.
sob ~
The crying woke Qin Jun up from his thoughts. He turned around and saw the future Emperor Catherine squatting on the ground and wiping her tears.
Her pitiful appearance broke Qin Jun's heart.
Just as his heart softened and he was about to agree to the little loli's request to elope with her…
Ding! Strongest Soft Rice System bound. Do you wish to activate it?
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