I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 227 Guangmingding Club

The artillery barrel withdrawal technology is one of the most highly confidential technologies in Vladivostok.

Most of the other technologies were related to medicinal materials, and the prescriptions for these medicinal materials were, without exception, obtained from the Qing Empire.

This summer, while promoting weapons in the south of the Qing Empire, Mu Linde accidentally discovered a very effective hemostatic drug, so he brought the hemostatic drug back to Vladivostok.

Ekaterina spent a lot of money to buy the formula of this hemostatic drug, and the hemostatic drug became one of the flagship products of Vladivostok Pharmaceutical Company.

In addition to hemostatic drugs, pharmaceutical companies are also conducting experiments on many medicinal materials. As long as they are useful, they will be included in the pharmaceutical company's product list.

Useful or not, it is already the best choice when there are no better options.

Western medicine——

There is no medicine at all in the West. When you are sick, go to church and get some holy water. The psychological comfort effect is far greater than the actual curative effect.

The poor will have their heads cut off if their heads hurt, and their feet will be cut off if their feet hurt. The rich can't be so simple and crude.

Therefore, if you are sick, some treatment will be good, and the patient has no right to pick and choose.

George never got sick, and he was always in good health.

But for the role of medical care, only education can rival it in Vladivostok, and other things like steel, machinery, and petroleum have to be pushed to the back.

Steel, machinery, and oil have little to do with ordinary people's lives.

Medical care and education are closely related to the lives of everyone in Vladivostok.

Next year, the Vladivostok Medical Group will open hospitals to Khabarovsk and Yuriev, so that when people get sick, they can seek medical treatment nearby.

The first batch of primary school students in Vladivostok were about to graduate the year after next, and the establishment of a middle school was already on the agenda.

Although there is no shadow of Vladivostok University, the library has been built and is open to all citizens of Vladivostok. Anyone can borrow books.

Instead of taking the subway, George took a car and headed to Guangmingding along Imperial Avenue.

Although Milyutin and Mikhail had their own cars, they still squeezed into George's car. Fortunately, the RV was spacious enough and they didn't feel crowded.

Both sides of the Imperial Avenue are the current highlights of Vladivostok's urban construction. Starting from the Imperial Square, there are four squares along the way.

The names of the squares are very random. Going forward from Imperial Square, they are Romanov Square, Yuriev Square, and Dolgolu Square.

The first three are easy to say. Dolgolu Square is obviously Mikhail's use of Vladivostok city construction to bring in private goods.

Mikhail is also true.

Dolgolu Square and another Dolgolu Park were donated by Mikhail.

Don't say names.

There is also a statue of Mikhail in Dolgolu Park.

"City development is too slow if only the city government relies on it. Therefore, the city government introduces private capital. As long as they are willing to donate, they can have naming rights. This is how many of our schools come to be."

Mikhail was proud, this was indeed a good idea.

There were many wealthy people in the Russian Empire.

There are not many places where wealthy people can spend their money.

The grand dukes of St. Petersburg live in palaces or ancestral manors, travel with guards arranged by the empire, and have no worries about food and clothing. But they can only pursue fancy clothes and delicious food, otherwise why would they need so much money?

Although kindergartens and primary schools have sprouted up everywhere in Vladivostok, the construction level is still relatively simple. Most of them are wooden structures, which poses huge hidden dangers.

If nothing else, heating in winter is a big problem.

Therefore, sooner or later Vladivostok will have to replace all kindergartens and primary schools with reinforced concrete buildings.

With the small amount of taxes collected by the Vladivostok city government, we need to open up farms, develop industry, build railways, and work hard to improve the level of infrastructure construction in Vladivostok. I don’t know what year or month it will take to build a teaching building for the school. .

So Mikhail began selling various naming rights.

The effect is naturally extremely significant.

Although there are not many people in Vladivostok, there are many wealthy institutions, such as Siberian Bank, Yuriev Company, and Vladivostok Medical Group.

Although the medical group does not need to advertise, the group's children's schools cannot ignore it.

Children of medical group workers can now attend schools in their own group, and steel plants and machinery factories must follow suit, otherwise workers and engineers in steel plants and machinery plants will rebel.

In this regard, Mikhail gave full play to the shameless spirit of the Dolgorukov family. All institutions or individuals who want to cooperate with the Vladivostok organization must be willing to do so.

As a result, Mulind Primary School, located in the German-speaking community, became the first privately donated primary school in Vladivostok.

In fact, the cost is not high, only 10,000 rubles.

This year, Mulinder can earn 10,000 rubles a month from the Qing Empire alone by acting as an agent for Vladivostok products.

With Mulind as an example, many people knew what to do, and even Jacob Schiff donated a primary school in Vladivostok.

This is not the most outrageous.

The most outrageous thing is that Concubine Min also donated a Ziying Primary School in Vladivostok.

"Ziying" is Concubine Min's name.

You know, not even Goryeo has a school named after Concubine Min.

"So, it seems that I am not qualified as a lord -"

George reflected that when he was in St. Petersburg, he paid too little attention to Vladivostok.

The richest man in Vladivostok is none other than George.

Even Concubine Min and Schiff donated primary schools in Vladivostok.

George, the lord, said nothing, which was really inappropriate. “There is indeed no primary school named after ‘Yuryev’ in Vladivostok, but there is a secondary school.”

Mikhail would never make a mistake in something like this.

All the glory of Vladivostok belongs to George.

Therefore, the first middle school in Vladivostok must be named after "Yuriev".

George was satisfied.

Milyugin was also satisfied.

Milyutin is not as rich as George.

So Milyutin donated a teaching building to Sakhalin Primary School.

Schools donated by outsiders in Vladivostok are basically concentrated in the urban area of ​​Vladivostok.

Milyutin was an extremely responsible person. After taking office, he spent half a year traveling almost all over the Amur region, even to the farthest Sakhalin Island.

The current construction in Amur is concentrated on the line from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk-Yuryev, and even Temple Street has not been taken into account.

After Mikhail came to Vladivostok, he resettled some Vladivostok people to develop farms on Sakhalin Island, and then Mikhail forgot about it.

George forgot too.

Milyugin did not forget.

How about having an old man in the family is like having a treasure.

“How is the situation on Sakhalin?”

George must reflect on the fact that he is too unqualified as a lord. George actually had to ask Milyutin to find out about the situation on Sakhalin Island.

“Amazingly good!”

Milyutin did not think that George was unqualified. Looking at all the grand ducal fiefdoms in the Russian Empire, George's Amur was the best developed, the fastest, and the most potential.

"I talked with the residents on the island. When they first arrived on the island, the situation was indeed not good. Some people even froze to death in the first winter. It was not until the third year that the situation gradually stabilized. Now they There is a house to live in, the food is rich in nutrients, and every household has horses and dogs, which are their most important means of transportation——"

“There will be no taxes on Sakhalin for ten years.”

George wants to make some amends to the residents of Sakhalin Island. Just tax exemption is not enough.

"Send someone to Sakhalin and ask the residents there to see what they need."

"We sent fishing boats and shotguns this year and built schools and clinics on Sakhalin. We have done enough."

Mikhail did not feel that the people on Sakhalin had been wronged.

It’s not impossible to go out in the winter in Vladivostok. Dog sledding and horse-drawn sledding are both common. Compared with tropical areas, the ice and snow in Vladivostok in winter is unique.

There are many ice sculptures made by artists in the squares and parks in Vladivostok. Given time, Vladivostok can also hold a carnival similar to the Ice and Snow World, which will shock the world.

As for the people on Sakhalin Island.

Don’t forget that it’s still the 19th century. People on Sakhalin can reclaim wasteland at will, hunt, fish, and build houses at will.

There are no tax officials, no garrison on the island, and no harassment from pirates. What else is there to fault?

Speaking of building a house.

Building a house in Vladivostok is really easy.

Unlike in tropical areas, Vladivostok has to consider a series of issues such as moisture-proofing and waterproofing when building a house.

The only thing to consider when building a house in Vladivostok is warmth.

Therefore, Diwozi has become the best choice in Vladivostok.

Diwozi is a hole dug in the ground. The walls and roof are reinforced with logs so that it cannot be blown by wind or collapsed by snow. In theory, it can be dug as big as you want.

So don’t think about how miserable the people on Sakhalin are. Their education and medical care are indeed not very convenient.

But in terms of living standards, it has completely exceeded the vast majority of farmers and citizens in this era.

"George, Misha has done a good enough job. In my opinion, he is the best mayor in the entire empire."

The reason why Milyutin admires Mikhail is not how good Mikhail is, but the vast majority of mayors in the Russian Empire——

Not to mention.

"No, there is no best, only better."

George would never be satisfied with the status quo.

You are the best, can you do better?

The development of Vladivostok is indeed good, with full potential and broad prospects.

But at the same time there are many problems.

There is no need to rush these problems, and they do take time to be solved slowly.

But if he rests on his laurels and sleeps on it, Mikhail can retire.

After chatting all the way, the convoy arrived at Bright Summit, where Ekaterina and Anna waited anxiously at the entrance of Yuriev Palace.

After five years of improvement, the construction of Yuriev Palace was finally completed. The main body of the palace was built using white marble. In the center of the square in front of the palace is a statue of a young man in military uniform, riding a horse and looking down at Vladivostok.

George would certainly not admit that the statue was himself.

Ekaterina is also very funny sometimes.

When George got off the car, two rows of maids lined up behind Catherine. George felt that he was not going home, but at some kind of club.

(End of this chapter)