I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 313 Aren’t you willing to guard the border for Nicky?

If it was the Tsar's order, George would have to restrain himself to avoid irritating the Tsar and worsening his condition.

The empress can just have fun. She can play sisterly love with her British sister, but she must put the interests of the Russian Empire first.

George didn't take this matter to heart at first, but the next day Alexei and Pavel also came to see George.

After the military parade, Alexey went to Busan to inspect the new base of the Siberian Fleet.

A little trivia: Alexeyev, the commander of the Siberian Fleet, followed Alexey’s path to rise to prominence.

In his early years, Alexeyev was Alexei's adjutant.

Alexei and the Siberian Fleet are still very satisfied with the new base in Busan.

Then all that's left is to add new ships to the Siberian fleet.

This job is not easy to do either.

I'm afraid of those princes who clearly know that they are not capable, but have no self-awareness, crying and shouting that they will dedicate themselves to the empire.

Therefore, what George and his uncles and brothers are most worried about now is not the Tsar's body, but whether the Tsar's position can be handed over smoothly.

George thought Alexei had discovered something new when he went to Busan.

After the news came out, both the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet expressed strong opposition.

In George's case, it is particularly obvious.

"What's wrong Nicky?"

After eating, drinking and having fun, Pavel went to Mikhail and bought a piece of land next to Peter the Great Bay to build a palace.

"Japan?"

In such a comparison, Pavel is simply a saint.

Pavel is not an idiot, he just doesn't want to get involved in the mess in St. Petersburg.

Alexey's expression was slightly gloomy.

Sergey's position was the governor of Moscow and commander of the military district. He stayed in St. Petersburg for a whole year without returning to Moscow. This situation would usually be considered as treason.

"George, you have to be ready-"

Especially now that the queen has a sister who is a concubine in the UK.

Pavel went to the theater and booked the theater directly. After the performance, he was rewarded regardless of whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied. The theater owner and staff were also crazy about it. The more guests like this, the better.

If two people with completely different paths come to find George together, there must be something wrong.

George's eyes immediately turned red.

Unlike Alexey, who is more or less down to business, Pavel has been having fun these days.

Gourmets, to put it mildly, just eat, drink and have fun instead of doing their job.

"She was in St. Petersburg for the entire last year."

Alexey dug a hole for George as soon as he arrived in Vladivostok.

Alexey took the matter seriously.

You eat meat and don’t even give me a sip of soup from the Siberian Fleet?
Alexei wanted to place the Siberian Fleet under the Amur Military District, largely because he wanted to pass the blame. He did not want to quarrel between the three fleets and throw the trouble to George.

"St. Petersburg——"

Of the new battleships built by Russia last year, it was originally said that one of them would be given to the Siberian Fleet.

If the handover goes smoothly, everything will be normal in St. Petersburg, Pavel can continue to eat, drink and have fun around the world, and George can continue to be his Prince Yuriev.

"You and Nicky have such a good relationship, you don't need me to remind you what to do."

See clearly that you are buying, not wanting.

The Tsar's condition began to deteriorate last year.

Pavel doesn’t take advantage of his younger brother!

Serge is Sergey's nickname.

The Grand Duke spent his own salary on eating, drinking and having fun, which not only did not harm the interests of the empire, but also stimulated consumption.

Alexei wanted to remind George that Yuriev and Romanov were family.

Alexeyev was very angry.

However, the Russian Empire was particularly tolerant of grand dukes like Pavel who were "not doing their job properly".

Not to mention that the Russian Empire has a tradition of queens seizing power. At least the grand dukes of the Romanov family have never relaxed their vigilance towards the queen.

Pavel also had a straight face, turning over and over in his hand a newly bought enamel snuff bottle.

After Pavel came to Vladivostok, he went to the most famous restaurant in Vladivostok and cooked a copy of the food. If he couldn't finish it, he gave it away to others. The restaurant owner went crazy with joy.

Alexey went to Busan to appease Alexeyev.

Bavel is also generous when he goes shopping. Ordinary rich people would find health care products painful, but Bavel just buys them for cars without allowing discounts. Who are you looking down on!

George refused to take over, causing the plan to go bankrupt.

If not, there will definitely be a bloody storm in St. Petersburg.

"No one can stop Nikki from becoming a czar!"

George is definitely a staunch supporter of Nicky, and no one can change that.

"You will come back to St. Petersburg with me in a few days. Then you will be responsible for Nikki's safety."

Alexei handed over the most important work to George.

To ensure the smooth transfer of imperial power, first of all, Nicholas must not have any accidents.

"no problem!"

George is duty-bound.

Every year when George returned to St. Petersburg, he would find several new faces around Nicholas, including several attendants arranged by the queen.

There is nothing wrong with this. What mother doesn’t love her son?

But at the critical moment, there can be no outsiders around Nikolai——

The outsiders here refer to everyone outside the Romanov family.

Before Asan came to the throne, he had been living in Gatchina, far away from St. Petersburg. Nicholas had little contact with his cousins, and the one he had the most contact with was his uncle George.

George’s brothers are all decades old, so it’s a bit inappropriate to take the initiative to get close to Nicholas, it’s too obvious.

After Yasan's condition worsened, the British princesses went to Crimea many times to accompany Queen Maria because of their deep sisterly love.

It was normal for George, the uncle, to accompany Nicholas.

The only reason is that George performed so well in the Rovno military exercise. He is a member of the Russian royal family and the best future star of the Russian military. So it is most appropriate to give this job to George.

Compared with the smooth transfer of imperial power, nothing else is important.

There will definitely be no problems with the icebreaker at this time, so the New Year celebrations in Vladivostok have not yet ended, George and Anne boarded the ship and returned to St. Petersburg.

Anne had little desire to return to St. Petersburg.

But I didn’t ask why. It is important to read more and talk less at any time.

George's brothers were worried to death, but Nicholas knew nothing. He talked about Sani going to Germany to find him every day, and didn't care about the changes in St. Petersburg.

This is understandable.

For the grand dukes of St. Petersburg, the queen is an outsider, and even the princess is an outsider. Only the tsar, Nikki, and the 14-year-old Prince Mikhail are their own.

For Nicholas, their family is their own.

Including George, strictly speaking, they are all outsiders.

An ideal is an ideal after all.

Reality is so fucked up.

Fortunately, Nicholas is still the same boy, and his relationship with George has not changed at all.

"George, are you taking Anne back to Sigmaringen to visit relatives?"

Nikolai's purpose is obvious.

"No, Anne no longer has any family in Sigmaringen—"

Nicholas felt disappointed.

"But there are still little sisters——"

Nikolai has come full circle.

"So Anne invited her little sisters to come to St. Petersburg as her guests."

Nicholas was ecstatic.

"Ahahahaha—George, I knew it, I love you to death!"

Anne smiled but said nothing, looking at George with a slightly playful look.

I promised not to be a light bulb!
George didn't want to be either.

But it’s not okay to do it improperly.

And it's the kind that can't even be driven away.

"George, why don't you and Anne go for a walk outside?"

Nikolai is a dog, and he turned against others when he had Alex.

George is really leaving.

But he didn’t go too far, so he went out and turned left to find Oroga.

Nikolai is also big-hearted. Olga is still working as a servant by Nikolai's side and has not made any progress in so many years.

George is so kind to his friends, taking the initiative to seek a future for Orojia.

"Why go to Warsaw?"

Oroga is also a fool and doesn't seek to make progress.

"Don't you want to guard the frontier for Nicky?"

George was righteous.

"Of course I do!"

Oroga was overjoyed. His current military rank is still captain. After arriving in Warsaw, he will be promoted to major immediately.

The military rank is not important yet. The most important thing is that the position George promised Oroga is the deputy director of the Logistics Department of the Warsaw Military Region. There is no need to emphasize how lucrative this position is.

Although George had no control over the Warsaw Military District, this promise was tantamount to an appointment.

This is not the promise of George alone, but the joint promise of all the Grand Dukes of St. Petersburg.

If the commander of the Warsaw Military District dares to interfere with this——

Impossible, if you don't even have this sensitivity, you deserve to be a captain for the rest of your life.

Olga went to Warsaw happily.

Not only did Nicholas not know what it was about, he also prepared a generous small gift for Oroga.

Olga came to Nikolai earlier than George.

Since even Olga has taken the initiative to apply to guard the border for Nicholas, there is no need for George to arrange what others should do.

Nelson and Anderson were both attendants assigned by the queen to Nicholas, and George was not familiar with them.

Alfred served as Nicholas's captain of the bodyguard as a chamberlain general and was a man of the Tsar.

This job was done by Alfred, while George watched the excitement.

"Why, don't you want to?"

Alfred and George had a tacit understanding for a long time. Both of them were smiling, but upon closer inspection, their eyes were sinister.

Nelson wanted to speak, but was stopped by Anderson's eyes.

"Of course I would -"

Anderson is a smart man. If he dared to say no, he would not be able to walk out of Gatchina Palace alive today.

George doesn't know how to kill people.

So Anderson would just choke to death on champagne.

"Shall we say goodbye to His Highness?"

Nelson still wanted to struggle.

Alfred's eyes widened with murderous intent.

"Of course, I'm very happy. You are all emotional people and you should know what to do."

George and Alfred accompanied them to say goodbye to Nicholas.

Within just a week of George's return to St. Petersburg, Nicholas' only attendant was Karl Mannerheim.

Karl Mannerheim was born in a declining Swedish aristocratic family in Askenin, Grand Duchy of Finland in the Russian Empire. He graduated from the Nicholas Cavalry School in St. Petersburg. In 1891, he was transferred to the Petersburg Guards Regiment as a lieutenant and was responsible for the Gart. The security of the China Palace.

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