I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 286 It’s really not for sale

Amur's people-oriented development route played a huge role in making the Hebrews willing to give up their faith but insist on staying.

Nowadays, in European and American countries, even the most developed countries such as Britain, France and the United States, there are still a large number of sweatshops. The strength of a country has nothing to do with its civilians, and ordinary people have not shared the dividends of national development.

Vladivostok has relied on welfare policies to attract immigrants from the beginning. On the premise of ensuring survival, education and medical care have been used as two magic weapons, which has almost no disadvantages.

For East Asian countries, as long as they can survive, many people are willing to immigrate to Vladivostok.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is only constructed in the summer and will be suspended before winter. Therefore, when winter comes every year, how to relocate hundreds of thousands of Japanese and Korean workers becomes a big problem.

For the common people in the three East Asian countries, having enough to eat is a luxury, and they are lucky if they do not starve to death.

Not only do Amur Railway workers eat plenty of meat and fish every day, they still have enough to eat. During traditional Russian festivals, they also have extra meals. For many railway workers, this is undoubtedly a paradise.

Therefore, every winter, many railway workers are unwilling to return to their hometown even if they stay in Amur to mine.

Compared with the Russian workers who go on strike at every turn, these Japanese workers in Korea are all model workers.

The Amur Railway Command once implemented a competition system among railway workers, but it was forced to stop after only one month.

"The Japanese are building warships. Sooner or later they will become a threat to the empire."

When Yasan first granted Amur to George, George was worried that the Japanese in the Amur region would become a hidden danger during the Russo-Japanese War. Therefore, after Mikhail came to Amur, he wiped out the Japanese in the Amur region. null.

This is the best subordinate for any manager or capitalist.

The railway command was forced to stop in order not to exhaust the workers to death.

Mikhail's words startled George.

Now that I think about it, it's completely unnecessary.

Then why can't we absorb Japanese?

Apart from anything else, the officers and soldiers of the Siberian Fleet still like Japanese women very much.

Low salary, few requirements, more work, correct attitude, hard work and no complaints——

Miliugin and Mikhail were very fond of Japanese workers.

Since Amur has been able to import Chinese on a large scale, it has become less repulsive to Koreans in recent years.

But Japan is struggling desperately to survive, trying every means, even women can be sacrificed.

But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem impossible.

Milyutin hoped that George could change his attitude towards the Japanese.

"So what, they can even provide us with intelligence if a war breaks out between Japan and the Empire."

George couldn't remember exactly when the Russo-Japanese War broke out.

"Every winter, there are many Korean and Japanese workers who would rather live without a kopeck salary. If possible, they are even willing to move their families here because they don't want their daughters to become prostitutes when they grow up, let alone Let your son die of exhaustion in the factory before he grows up."

Today's Japan is not the Japanese Empire that lost consecutive defeats to the Qing Empire and the Russian Empire.

Only then did George realize that he was still narrow-minded.

There are literally workers who work more than 16 hours a day to win.

Even the Qing people looked down upon such a Japan, so it was naturally impossible for it to have any cohesion, let alone deliberately defeat the Russian Empire.

George once again emphasized the Japanese threat theory.

Definitely after entering the 20th century.

If you calculate it this way, it will be at least ten years.

So George had time to train a group of intelligence personnel to collect intelligence for the Russian Empire.

But liberalizing Japanese immigration will also cause security problems, and the Japanese government will not let go of this opportunity.

So it's a double-edged sword.

George is not noble enough not to use any illegal means to obtain information. Whether it is legal or not depends on whose standpoint you are standing.

From the standpoint of the Russian Empire, all means of obtaining intelligence are legal.

"If you insist that Japan will be a threat to the Empire, then we should try."

Milyutin knew how to convince George.

George didn't even realize there was a boomerang here.

Amul is not George's Amul alone.

Since both Milyutin and Mikhail think so, let's give it a try.

Yuriev Palace rarely holds several banquets a year, and the New Year's dinner is definitely a must.

As usual, Catherine invited Concubine Min again this year.

As a family member, Emperor Gaozong arrived in Vladivostok with Concubine Min.

What surprised George was that Emperor Gaozong and Concubine Min actually learned Russian!

Although he is not yet proficient in it, Gaozong's Russian is already good enough to communicate with George.

This is really a heart that can be expressed in words.

In the past two years, the relationship between Goryeo and Amul has become increasingly close.

Goryeo provides human resources to Amur, and Amur provides protection to Goryeo. The weapons of Goryeo's new army were even donated free of charge by Amur.

Emperor Gaozong was very satisfied with the performance of the new Goryeo army, so he took the initiative to ask George to expand the size of the new army.

The total population of Goryeo was nearly 1300 million, and the total number of new troops trained by the Qing Empire and Amur was only 8000.

Emperor Gaozong's requirements were not high, as long as his troops could be increased to 10000 to protect the capital of Goryeo.

Amul must be responsible for the weapons, equipment, and even daily supplies of these 10000 people.

Gaozong was willing to hand over the Goryeo Customs to someone managed by George if he agreed.

After the Opium War, the Qing Empire could hand over customs management to the Germans, and the same could be said for Goryeo.

Of course, compared with the Qing Empire Customs, the Goryeo Customs had little business.

The foreign trade volume of the Qing Empire was still very high, and the customs was rich in oil and water. It is said that Hurd made at least 500 million taels of silver in the Qing Empire.

Goryeo's main foreign trade comes from Amur. Although there is not much oil and water, it has a good attitude and deserves encouragement.

"Ten thousand people is too few, let's say 20,000."

George has long been interested in Gao Li again.

Regardless of whether it is out of fear or peace, it is impossible for Amur to expand its army in a short period of time.

But if we wait until war breaks out to expand the military, it will definitely be too late.

Many of George's plans require violent means to achieve them.

Therefore, George must go through a curve to save the country in order to achieve his goal.

"Duke, I don't know how to express my gratitude!"

Gaozong's hands were shaking with excitement.

Unlike Meiji, Gaozong had no ambitions and his main purpose was to survive.

Gaozong also wanted to make Goryeo strong.

But being caught between the Qing Empire, the Russian Empire, and Japan, Goryeo had no chance of becoming strong and could only choose to hold it tightly with one thigh.

(End of this chapter)