Just as Magnus de la Gardier was about to pour another glass of wine for Duke konitsky and dig out some useful information, Henrik pototsky broke in.

Henrik came to the Duke on the order of his uncle Stanislaw pototsky. After the mission arrived in Kiev and settled down, the old man wanted to meet his old friend Bogdan hemelinitsky, who was ready to be called by God. If possible, Stanislaw pototsky even hopes to persuade Bogdan hemelinitsky to set the tone of peace with the Republic in the form of last words.

As the current Deputy envoy of the mission, it is Duke konitsky\'s job to submit the request.

"Sir, why are you here?"

Henrik asked awkwardly when he saw that Magnus de la Gardier had not left and that Duke konitsky was still drunk.

Magnus de la Gardier stood up with a smile and a glass. He said to Henrik with his usual face, "Oh, it\'s little pototsky. Please don\'t get me wrong. I just sat together and had a few more drinks because I fell in love with the Duke at first sight. Since you have something to do with the Duke, I won\'t go first and come back next time."

With that, Magnus smiled and raised his glass to Duke konitsky.

"Well, that\'s settled, sir," replied Duke konitsky drunk. He also tried to stand up and send his new friend, but the Duke drank too much wine. He was top heavy and fell back on his chair before he could stand firm.

Magnus de la gardiyesh left without hesitation. Henrik pototsky looked at the drunken Duke. He stamped his feet in hatred, then left the Duke and walked out of the room without looking back.

When little pototsky told his uncle about Duke konitsky\'s drunkenness, he was thinking about what to say after meeting Bogdan hemelinitsky and what to do when he met other Cossack leaders. Stanislaw pototsky grabbed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose: "What are you talking about? This guy konitsky drinks with Magnus and gets drunk?"

"Yes, uncle," said Henrik pototsky.

Stanislaw pototsky felt a fit of dizziness.

"This Duke who has done more than he has failed," Stanislaw pototsky scolded in his heart.

The old man is now ten thousand affirmations. The drunken Duke konitsky must have told Magnus a lot about the mission. Stanislaw pototsky only expected the bad Duke not to tell him how old he was peeing his pants.

"Henrik," Stanislaw pototsky shook his head and said to his nephew, "since Duke konitsky is drunk, ask Chechen to hand in my letter to meet Bogdan hemelinitsky."

"I\'ve called Chechen, uncle," said Henrik pototsky.

After coming out of the Duke\'s room, Henrik found Cherchen at the first time and gave him the letter.

Seeing that his nephew was so flexible, Stanislaw pototsky nodded with satisfaction.

Henrik came forward and helped his uncle to sit down again. At this time, the young man suddenly said to his uncle: "Uncle, you are amazing. If someone else, you will certainly shut out tubulin and Magnus, or greet them with the same smile, because czar Russia and Sweden are enemies of the Republic. But you are kind to tubulin and cold to Magnus."

Henrik pototsky always wanted to be a politician like his uncle. He also tried to imitate Stanislaw pototsky\'s behavior and words. Henrik also figured out the meaning of Stanislaw pototsky\'s behavior this time.

"Henrik, the so-called politics is to unite all the people you can unite, but sometimes you have to distinguish who is worth uniting and who is not." Stanislaw pototsky, who sat down again, said with a smile. He was glad that his nephew could see through this.

Henrik pototsky nodded seriously, and he remembered this sentence.

"Uncle, although we are at war with the Czar Russia and the kingdom of Sweden, the Czar still has goodwill towards our country. Therefore, we can talk with the Russians. Specifically, if Yuri, the son of Bogdan, inherits the position of chief, his Majesty the king and the vikovski you want to support will have no hope, but if we still follow the The traditional chief of Cossacks will be elected. At least vikovsky has a chance. "

Henrik continued to show off the subtle means of Stanislaw pototsky, who thought he had understood, but he didn\'t notice that Stanislaw pototsky\'s face changed when he heard what he said that the Czar had goodwill for Poland.

He didn\'t expect his nephew to think so.

But in fact, Henrik pototsky\'s statement that the Czar had goodwill for Poland was not fabricated or imagined, but was based on facts.

In 1648, after learning of the zaporoze Cossack uprising, Russian czar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov supported the repressive strategy of the Republic of Poland. He even sent some troops to support Poland. However, with the tragic defeat of Poland in the battle of the Yellow River, he gave up the idea of supporting Poland by force. However, the attitude of the Czar was still very cold in the face of the envoys sent by khmelinitsky to inform the boloroje Cossacks of their victory. It should be said that in the early days of the zaporoche Cossack uprising, Russia supported the Republic of Poland.

After korsson\'s war, the Cossack envoys came to Russia again. This time, Bogdan hemelinitsky hoped that Russia would launch a war with the Cossacks against Poland when the Polish king had just died, but the Czar resolutely refused. The Czar even informed the Polish envoy in Moscow of this information.

Although he failed both times, Bogdan hemelinitsky did not give up Russia, a potential ally, and had been trying to win czar Russia. However, in May 1649, the Czar sent another reply to khmelinitsky, in which the Czar advised zaporoze Cossacks and Polish authorities to live in harmony and expressed his willingness to be mediators of both sides.

In March 1652, Cossack envoys arrived in Moscow again to convey to the Czar khmelinitsky\'s wish that he accept the alliance of zaporozeb Cossack and the areas under his control. This time the Czar still declared that he would abide by the Bosnian Russian treaty. Even the Czar proposed a solution, that is, czar Russia could settle the Cossacks along the Don river, so as to completely solve the dispute between the Republic of Poland and the Cossacks. Bogdan hemelinitsky naturally rejected this whimsical proposal.

By 1653, the Tsar\'s attitude had finally changed. But this time it was because Bogdan hemelinitsky no longer asked. He warned and even threatened the Czar that if he did not accept himself, he would join Ottoman Turkey and Crimean Khanate. Both countries are enemies of Czar Russia. The Czar can no longer sit idly by and ignore such rogue means that you don\'t want me and I will take refuge in your enemy. In June of that year, the Czar convened the gentry meeting again and finally agreed to accept zaporoze Cossacks.

In sharp contrast to the Czar\'s goodwill, at the beginning of Sweden\'s invasion of Poland, when Karl x led a large army to Warsaw, King Jan kazimiz once wrote to him that he was willing to give up the whole Lithuania in exchange for peace. But Carl x refused without hesitation.

In comparison, some Polish politicians naturally think that czar Russia is more lovely than Sweden. At the beginning of the Swedish invasion, even if the war between Poland and Russia continued, some people proposed to cede the territory of Smolensk in order to unite Russia and resist Switzerland.

Stanislaw pototsky was extremely opposed to such remarks. He always believed that czar Russia was the most dangerous enemy of the Republic.

"Henrik," Stanislaw pototsky snapped, interrupting his nephew\'s self talk.

"Yes, uncle," replied Henrik pototsky hastily. He looked down and saw his uncle looking up at him.

"Uncle?" Henrik felt guilty. He didn\'t know what he had said wrong.

"Henrik," Stanislaw pototsky slowed his tone. He understood that Henrik would have pro Russian ideas just because he was too young to see problems on the surface. This is a common fault of young people. We can\'t blame him.

But Stanislaw pototsky decided to correct the wrong idea of nephews now.

"Henrik, most of what you just said is right. Your uncle is very proud of you for your strong political sensitivity at a young age. But you are very wrong." like all parents, Stanislaw pototsky praised Henrik\'s strengths before preaching, and then pointed out his mistakes.

"What is it?" Henrik asked.

"Henrik, you should remember that the kingdom of Sweden is not terrible, but czar Russia is the big trouble of the Republic," Stanislaw pototsky said.

Then Stanislaw pototsky, who knew that his nephew could not understand the meaning of his sentence, explained in detail: "you said that the Russian czar was kind to the Republic, but in fact, he was not unwilling, but afraid. The Czar was hurt by the occupation of Moscow by the Republic Army more than 50 years ago and the subsequent disastrous defeat in the Smolensk war Treaty of polyanov At the same time, although the Republic suffered a disastrous defeat in Ukraine, the main force in the country was still there, and the Romanov czar dared not take this risk. Later, the Republic drained its blood in Ukraine and the opportunity to go down the mountain to pick peaches was ripe, even without Bogdan hemelinitsky\'s repeated plea for help , czar Russia will no longer stand idly by. I don\'t know if you want to unite Russia against Switzerland like some nobles, but if you have this idea, forget it immediately. You should remember and tell the children and grandchildren of the pototsky family that czar Russia is the most terrible enemy of the Republic. The Kingdom of Sweden is a powerful country with its military, economic and organizational strength It is first-class in Europe, but although Sweden is strong in military, economy and politics, Sweden is always a small country. Its land area is small and its population is only one million. Its human, military, financial and material resources can not stand a long war. Moreover, Sweden\'s aggression has damaged and threatened the interests of Denmark, the Holy Roman Empire and other countries. Therefore, the more it wins, the more others The greater the threat to the country, the less they will allow Sweden to become bigger. Moreover, Sweden is still a Protestant country, which is not allowed to be in the majority of Catholic countries. China is a large Catholic country with large land, abundant materials, many people and many soldiers, which can support a long-term war. So you can see that although the Swedes seem invincible at the beginning, China is in great danger Egg, but the sound of a gun at the chenstohova monastery aroused the determination of all the Polish people to resist the Swedish invasion, and let people know that the country is breaking mountains and rivers, but even if the motherland is besieged on all sides, the enemy is not invincible. Look who is surviving now? "

"It\'s the Swedes and the traitors, uncle. The final victory belongs to the Republic, not Sweden," Henrik pototsky continued. When it comes to the victory over Sweden, the young people are boiling with blood.

"Yes, it\'s the Swede," said Stanislaw pototsky\'s nephew of Continuing Education: "But czar Russia and the kingdom of Sweden are different. Although their czar is not as wise as Carl X and their army is not as effective as the Swedish army, Russia is a big country. Its land area and population are the first in Europe. Our advantages in the face of Sweden have all become disadvantages in front of Russia. Although China\'s military strength is still stronger than the Russian army But they are also growing after the introduction of Western-style training. Over time, China\'s advantages in this regard will be flattened sooner or later. What is more terrible is that once we make peace with the Russians, sign a treaty and recognize that the Dnieper River Basin and Smolensk belong to czar Russia, the eastern border of Poland will be opened, and Russia can use this as a forward base After losing Smolensk, China will have to rely on maintaining a huge army to resist the invasion of tsarist Russia, which will bring down the finance of the Republic. "

Stanislaw pototsky\'s words made Henrik pototsky sweat, and he finally realized his shallowness.

"I see, uncle," Henrik said sincerely.

Old Stanislaw pototsky felt dizzy after saying so much to his nephew. He wanted to lie down and have a rest.

"Henrik, I\'ll go to bed. Call Chechen to my room as soon as he comes back."

Just then, Stanislaw pototsky, who was just talking, suddenly pushed the door open.

"Your Excellency, come with me. I heard that Bogdan hemelinitsky\'s condition has suddenly worsened. I\'m afraid he can\'t survive today."

"What!" Stanislaw pototsky stood up.