After dinner, Zhu Wencong and Lu Yanqi followed Alexander II for a walk in the garden, as it hadn't been suitable to talk about work during dinner.
Lu Yanqi stole glances at Zhu Wencong and Alexander II walking ahead, feeling an increasing pressure and some difficulty breathing.
The relationship between Zhu Wencong and Alexander II was stronger than he had imagined; Lu Yanqi had previously thought it was all just for show.
"The Prime Minister is planning to go to Prussia, first to observe their industrial achievements, and to see if there is any experience that can be gleaned.
Then, to establish a cooperative relationship with Prussia, as you mentioned before, we are Prussia's only ally.
The most important thing is foreign exchange reserves. Before industrialization, Tsarist Russia was in a closed state with very few foreign exchange reserves domestically.