I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 198 Think Twice Before Acting

In Russia, only officers are issued pistols, and soldiers only have rifles and bayonets, not even grenades.

George wanted to do many things, but he could only do one thing at a time.

For example, grenades, George can't care about them now.

It's not that I don't want to, but I can't.

The Vladivostok Machinery Factory and Arsenal have a combined workforce of more than a thousand skilled workers.

It seems that the quantity is quite a lot, but it is still far from enough for machinery factories and arsenals.

The Machinery Factory started trial-producing steel equipment last year and also built cars. George also asked the Machinery Factory to start producing engines and generators this spring. It would not be enough to split one of the skilled workers in the Machinery Factory into four.

The arsenal also produces more and more products, from the initial smokeless gunpowder and double-barreled shotguns to the current military rifles and pistols, and perhaps artillery. Although it is only a retractable cannon, military weapons require precision. Higher, more skilled workers are needed.

That’s not even counting bullets and cannonballs.

Therefore, for at least the next ten years, Vladivostok will make great efforts to train skilled workers and technical engineers.

Fortunately, most of the workers in the factory in Vladivostok are Chinese. They are really smart and studious, and are willing to work hard to pursue a better life. Many workers study while working, and the best among them have become excellent technical engineers.

With the development of Khabarovsk and Yuriev, the pressure on security is increasing.

George's fiefdom was too large, and his army only had one regiment. It was impossible to expand in the short term. George could only pin his hopes on the local militia.

Local militia groups are not formally established and are part of the reserve force. They can be large or small in size and are established by each governor-general and military region.

George was a lord and also the commander of the Amur Military District. To form a militia, he only needed an order and did not even need to ask St. Petersburg for instructions.

The man responsible for forming the militia was Marko, a former groom at the Yekaterin Palace.

Marko was the veteran who was brave and invincible in the Battle of Turnovo and killed 17 Ottoman cavalry by himself.

Marco meant Hammer, and he put an iron hook in the place of the severed hand, so the Hammer became Captain Hook.

"We will form militia groups in Vladivostok, Khabarovka, and Yuriev. These militia groups are mainly Cossacks. We can provide rifles and bullets and conduct military operations for three months every year. Training, these three months are paid.”

George is spending only a quarter of the money to expand the army in disguise.

Cossacks have received military training since childhood. In fact, they do not need much training to become outstanding soldiers.

Therefore, three months of military training can also be understood as a three-month service period. As long as the time is staggered, the security of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, and Yuriev can be guaranteed.

As long as a large-scale war does not break out, it is enough to use militia groups to cooperate with the police to maintain local security.

If the situation gets out of control, Talisman is the last line of defense in the Amur region.

If even the talisman group cannot handle it, then ask St. Petersburg for help.

"If this news is made public, the militia will be overwhelmed by the Cossacks."

Marco was also a Cossack and knew how serious the Cossack situation was.

Cossacks are useless except for fighting, but the number of places to join the army is limited each year, so many Cossacks have nothing to do and become a hidden danger to society.

Apart from Fu Tuan, there is a shortage of people everywhere in Vladivostok. Police are the Cossacks' favorite job.

But with so few people in Vladivostok, the demand for police is not high. The Vladivostok Police Station has only more than 200 police officers.

Including the security personnel from various factories and government agencies, the total number is only more than 500.

The number of Cossacks in the entire Amur region has exceeded 2.

Of the 8000 people, at least met the requirements for conscription.

George's current goal is to absorb all these 8000 people into the militia to form the reserve force of Amur.

"It doesn't matter, as much as you want."

George could not let thousands of Cossacks wander around in the Amur region doing nothing. They were a serious social hazard.

It's actually okay now. Even if the Cossacks don't want to study or work in a factory, they can still become hunters. At least they can support their families.

But as time goes by, the number of Cossacks will increase and their prey will decrease. What will happen then?
  George's current goal is to find jobs for all the Cossacks as much as possible and let them settle down.

Not only male Cossacks, but also Cossack girls, George hoped, would also play a greater role.

In Russia, it is difficult for girls to find a job.

Russia has too many people to use up all the men. Women can only take care of the family and cannot find a job.

In Vladivostok, many jobs held by men in other parts of Russia are performed by girls.

For example, nurses in hospitals, waiters in restaurants, and staff in government departments. Factories are now beginning to hire women. For some jobs, women are really more suitable than men.

This will raise some new issues, such as equal pay for equal work. Equal pay for equal work also depends on the situation. The intensity of labor is different, the workload is also different, and the remuneration is definitely different.

George tried his best to develop a perfect system to fully protect workers' rights, at least in the same job position, and to ensure that there would not be a big gap between women's income and men's.

Some jobs are not suitable for equal pay for equal work. For example, factory workers are all porters. Men must do more jobs. If women want to work as porters, they must either accept the fact that the salary is lower, or they should not accept the job at all. .

To put it bluntly, it is to introduce a competition system and let workers take the initiative to get involved, thus partially transferring the conflicts between workers and factories to the workers themselves.

Do you want to get higher income?
  Simple, work hard, the more work you do, the higher your income will be.

If you dislike earning less, then resign and take the engineering exam, which one will make more money.

If you don’t have the ability and want to make more money, then you are just overthinking it. Go back and sleep, you will have everything in your dreams.

"Is the salary of the militia group the same as that of the Fu group?"

Marco is concerned about the income of vigilante members. If there is too much difference, the consequences will be serious.

"Of course they are different. The Vigilante Group is a militia and the Fu Group is a professional soldier. How can their incomes be the same?"

George deliberately widened the gap, allowing the vigilante group and the fu group to also roll up.

"It's easy to become a professional soldier. Every year, some members of the militia will directly become professional soldiers. After the professional soldiers retire, they will also become members of the militia."

This summer, some officers and soldiers of Fu Tuan will retire.

Recruitment will definitely be needed by then.

If there is a militia group, just select the best from the militia group to join. This way, even the recruit company will be saved, and the connection will be completely seamless.

These retired officers and soldiers will be directly placed in factories or government agencies. They are not only reserve forces, but also the best secret police.

The Russian Empire had few institutions that George liked.

The secret police are definitely at the top of the list.

Vladivostok has not yet attracted the attention of Volya Volya.

But this is a matter of time. As more and more people flock to Vladivostok, the need for secret police in Vladivostok becomes stronger and stronger.

Last spring, the Vladivostok Police Department uncovered an information leak case, which sounded the alarm for George.

The case is not complicated, and the consequences are not serious, but it is enough to prove that some people have begun to think about Vladivostok. Next, Vladivostok will spend more efforts on security.

This situation will fundamentally improve next year.

Many important institutions in Vladivostok are now concentrated in Vladivostok, which is very detrimental to security work.

After the railway between Khabarovsk and Yuriev is completed next year, George will move all important institutions to Yuriev. By then, even if someone wants to take the idea of ​​Vladivostok, they will be unable to do so.

Yuriev is located in the inland area, only connected to Vladivostok by railway, and has to be transferred through Khabarovsk.

As long as George keeps the railway firmly in his hands, Yuriev will be almost isolated from the world. The only person who can contact the outside world is the train driver.

That makes it easy.

The train departs from Yuriev and changes crews when it reaches Khabarovsk. Each section is handled by a different driver, so that news about Yuriev can be protected to the greatest extent.

If anyone wants to spy on Yuriev's location.

That's easy to handle. This person is probably an intelligence officer who appears out of nowhere. Handing it over to the secret police can not only make meritorious deeds, but also make money.

In order to enhance the people's awareness of prevention in Vladivostok, George even asked people to write plays and plays, which were performed in the theater in turn.

The newspapers in Vladivostok also emphasize safety awareness every day. Now all Vladivostok people know that if you capture a foreign intelligence agent, you can get a bonus of 100 rubles, which is equivalent to a year's salary of a skilled worker.

So now the foreign population in Vladivostok, including new immigrants, will encounter countless scrutiny when walking on the streets of Vladivostok.

Is this man a spy?

It would be best if you can make money that way.

The security personnel of major factories are even more excited when they see strangers. The factories in Vladivostok are all closed and the procurement of raw materials and sales of products are the responsibility of the Vladivostok Municipal Government, so as long as strangers come to the door, the opportunity will come.

find a job?
  Sorry, the factory in Vladivostok does not recruit workers from outside. Please go to the Immigration Bureau to naturalize first, and then wait for the Immigration Bureau to randomly assign workers.

The Immigration Bureau will not place new immigrants directly into factories, but will instead place them in farms. Factories go to farms to recruit workers, and will conduct strict background checks before recruiting workers. If the background is complex, or a family member has committed a crime, I'm sorry, your whole family has lost the opportunity to work in the factory. Just stay on the farm and farm.

In Vladivostok, the consequences of illegal crimes are very serious. Not only will you be severely punished, but your family will also be affected.

So think twice before doing anything.

(End of this chapter)