I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 178

Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant.

In other words, rice rises and rice grudges fight rice and hatred.

Lei Luo thought that this kind of thing would only happen to those who have never seen money, and would not happen in St. Petersburg.

I didn’t expect little Nicholas to be so greedy. You are from the royal family, can you show some respect?

George didn't slap anyone in the face, and didn't reject little Nicholas in person. He went back to discuss it with Nicholas.

"Does the business in France have anything to do with him?" Nicholas never asked how George's business was run. He didn't even send a financial director. His trust in George was unparalleled.

"It's as if the Russian business has anything to do with him." George was annoyed. Little Nicholas's only contribution was to help George with a wave of publicity.

This contribution is actually optional.

It is enough for the cosmetics to be endorsed by the queen. Little Nicholas is not even a grand duke, and the weight of his wife is actually not very high.

In fact, George asked for this.

When the Oak Group was first established, in order to promote the standardization of the Russian military's logistics system, George joined forces with Nicholas Jr. and Sergey to form a partnership with Yuriev Company, preparing to take over the Russian military's logistics business.

George overestimated the efficiency of the Russian Empire and misjudged the responsibility of military officials to the empire.

Something that was originally of great significance to the Russian Empire was full of contradictions and difficulties in the implementation stage. Until now, it has not been promoted. Only small-scale attempts have been made within the scope of the Guards.

The key is cost.

George originally believed that promoting the standardization of the military logistics system could institutionalize the Russian army's logistics and enhance the combat effectiveness of the Russian army without increasing military expenditures.

But in this way, the interests of many people would be affected, and the tsar had to be cautious to avoid stirring up greater conflicts.

Although this matter was shelved, Yuriev's company couldn't be idle, so it started a cosmetics business.

The sales of cosmetics in France have nothing to do with Yuriev Company.

Last year, Yuriev's company alone contributed about 50 rubles in profits to Nikolay Jr. and Sergey.

The products of Yuriev Company are only sold in Russia.

Dolgolu, headquartered in France, sells globally.

Although little Nikolai didn't know how much profit Dolgolu Company made.

But considering the profits of Yuriev Company, Dolgolu Company will only have more.

"You shouldn't have given them the money in the first place."

Compared with George, Nikolai is a standard Russian.

George was speechless. Is it wrong for everyone to earn money?
  Sorry, in Russia, it is really wrong for everyone to make money.

"Don't worry about this matter, I'll handle it." Nicholas took the initiative to take responsibility. If he agreed to this matter, there would be endless troubles.

Everyone knows that cosmetics can make money. I don’t know how many people in St. Petersburg are eyeing it, hoping to break into the cosmetics market and get a piece of the pie.

In this business, Nikolai and Georgi, as well as Nikolay Jr. and Sergey were all involved, and no one else dared to interfere.

If George opens this hole, then anyone can come and attack George.

Without anyone else raising a finger, the Romanovs and other grand dukes could probably eat George up and wipe him clean.

"Why is it so difficult to do something if I want to do something?" George sighed. He really couldn't lead these pig teammates.

This time it was Nikolai's turn to be speechless.

George found it difficult to do things.

But who doesn’t have difficulty in St. Petersburg?
  Ya San has been on the throne for several years. How many things have he accomplished?
  Russia's standard is to do more and take more measures, to do less and make fewer mistakes, and to do nothing is better.

Ya Er has done enough things, including abolishing serfdom, reforming the military system, promulgating the constitution, etc.

As a result, Yaer was assassinated.

Ya San accepted Ya Er's lesson and did nothing, so the years in St. Petersburg were peaceful, at least no one threw bombs at Ya San's carriage.

This can explain why Yasan was so cautious in building the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Russia currently has private ownership of its railways.

If the Trans-Siberian Railway is built, it will also touch the interests of many people, and there will be another bloody storm.

Since George had Vladivostok, he didn't care much about St. Petersburg.

After the beginning of spring, Mikhail followed George's arrangements and made the construction of the railway his top priority this year.

The machines from the United States were ultimately not shipped to Khabarovsk and were installed at the Vladivostok Steel Plant.

Kanunnikov has completed the improvement of steel equipment. The Vladivostok Machinery Plant already has the ability to produce its own steel equipment. It is expected that the efficiency can be increased by 20% compared with the existing equipment.

This year, three sets of equipment from the Ural Machinery Plant and the United States will arrive in Vladivostok.

These three sets of equipment and the equipment produced by the Vladivostok Machinery Plant will all be sent to Khabarovsk.

On April 4, the railway between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk officially started construction, and all the workers came from Korea.

The Goryeo royal family once hoped to exchange a military port for the protection of the Russian Empire last year. Although the hope of this is getting slimmer due to the opposition of Britain and Japan, it has become much easier for Vladivostok to hire workers from Goryeo.

Japan could still make money by exporting raw silk and women, while Goryeo basically made money by squeezing its own citizens. Mikhail signed a contract with the Goryeo government and hired road construction workers from Goryeo. The salary was settled with the Goryeo government. Mikhail did not care how much the Goryeo government paid the workers.

Mikhail paid only per head.

After the beginning of spring, more than 7,000 Korean workers arrived in Vladivostok.

The monthly salary of these workers is 3 rubles.

There were more than 30,000 employees in the Qing Empire this year, and Mikhail dispersed these workers into farms and factories.

There are also many newly naturalized immigrants. In the first two months of spring, the number of new immigrants naturalized exceeded 30 households. Kindergartens and primary schools were overcrowded, and Dalia had to increase the number of primary schools to .

Ekaterina's car caused a sensation in France, and the Vladivostok Machinery Factory received 45 orders in one month.

Igor simply set up a car factory to specialize in the production of cars.

Mozhaisky was not idle either. He and the lecturers from St. Petersburg University took the initiative to take on the task of training primary school teachers. George did not expect that the first institution of higher learning in Vladivostok was not Vladivostok University, but the Teachers College.

This is also a good thing. It is a century-old plan. As long as it is a good thing that is beneficial, George will not be stingy.

Thousands of workers worked together, and the efficiency was still very high. The railway quickly extended from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk at a speed of about two kilometers per day.

As the worker's proficiency increases, the speed will become faster and faster.

George had no idea how quickly other countries were building railroads in the 19th century.

The speed of railway construction in Vladivostok attracted the attention of the Tsar, and George came to Gatchina Palace again.

"Is two kilometers a day very fast?" In the 21st century, George had seen news about renovating a train station in nine hours and building a bridge overnight. He really didn't realize how fast this speed was.

Ya San and Yi Qian's imperial ministers looked at George with particularly complicated expressions.

Vladivostok did not employ professional road builders, but inexperienced farmers.

The roads built in Vladivostok are not ordinary roads, but railways.

The Americans spent six years building the 3000-kilometer Pacific Railway.

The Trans-Siberian Railway has a total length of 9288 kilometers. Excluding the section from Moscow to Chelyabinsk, there is still about 7000 kilometers from Chelyabinsk to Vladivostok. It was previously expected to take at least 15 years to complete.

It's just open to traffic, not completed.

To achieve this goal, the Russian Empire is expected to use at least 10 workers.

"We have been preparing for the construction of the railway since two years ago -" George is really not Versailles.

But it is precisely this inadvertent Versailles that is most fatal.

"I sent people to start planning the route the year before last. Most of the steel produced in Vladivostok last year was used to make rails-" George started to speak, but was interrupted by Transport Minister Posiet.

"Stop-" Posiette's face was gloomy. He would not allow anything beyond his control to happen in the transportation field within the empire.

"Super Duke Yurievsky, you just said that Vladivostok can produce steel rails?"

"Your Excellency, Secretary of Transportation, have you finished speaking?" George said politely.

Posiette blushed. He had indeed ignored this question just now.

It's rude to interrupt someone casually.

Although George is hardly young, he is a super duke after all.

Ya San summoned George at a very high level this time, similar to a royal meeting.

This was George's first time attending a meeting of this level.

"Yes, I'm done." Posiette looked at the Czar and found that Asan's expression had not changed.

"Then I ask you to ask questions after I finish the introduction, okay?" George refused and slapped the left cheek and the right cheek.

Posiette blushed.

The imperial ministers had different expressions.

This little duke is not a big man, nor is he big-minded.

Thinking of George's performance in the Rivno military exercises in recent years, it seems that George really doesn't give people much face.

Oh oh oh, I heard that a few days ago Super Duke Yuryevsky rejected the cooperation request of the young Grand Duke Nikolai, which made both the young Grand Duke Nikolai and the old Grand Duke Nikolai very unhappy.

It seems that this little Duke is not easy to deal with.

"Now let me answer your question, yes, Vladivostok can produce steel rails. Is there any problem with that?" George's answer was very offensive.

"Of course, everything related to transportation within the empire should be the responsibility of the Minister of Transportation." Posiette finally found an opportunity to fight back.

"That's very good. Almost all the railways in the empire are privately owned. May I ask, Your Excellency, Minister of Transport, when are you going to take back the management rights of the railways for the empire?" George put Posiette on the fire.

Return everything.

Still all.

Okay, you are the Minister of Transport, you have a high position, you have all the power, but under your management, the empire does not have an inch of railway management rights, so what exactly are you in charge of?
  Posiette was on pins and needles.

Asan's eyes finally became sharp when she looked at Posiette.

(End of this chapter)