I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 44
  Although the banquet was hosted by George, no one dared to neglect it because Nicholas would participate.

Prince Peter and his cheap uncle Constantine arrived early, and brought with them a man whom George did not know and who was probably a relative.

George didn't know many people, so he didn't take them to heart.

Peter took the initiative to introduce George: "This is Colonel Mikhail Dolgorukov, you must know him -"

George knew someone. He had so many relatives that he couldn't remember them all.

But why is the surname Dolgorukov so familiar?

I seem to have heard it somewhere——

Mikhail is about forty years old. He is wearing a dragoon uniform, has a delicate mustache, and is handsome.

Dragoons do not ride dragons, but mounted infantry. After arriving at their destination, they dismount to fight.

"Gege——" Mikhail's eyes were red-rimmed unconsciously when he saw George, and his voice was trembling.

Gege?

What the hell is this called!

George was stunned for a moment, and Mikhail's tears fell: "Gege, I am your uncle Mikhail, don't you remember me?"

uncle--

Yes, the masculine word for Dolgorukova is Dolgorukov.

Before Ekaterina was given a surname by Ya Er, her original surname was Dolgorukova.

"Gege" is George's nickname.

"George, come here, see how I dress Wangcai?" Nicholas's shouts came from the distance.

Wangcai's tail was wagging like a windmill, with only George in his eyes. He had a bow tie around his neck and a flower on his head, which looked nondescript.

The prince was shocked. The Caucasian dog is not a pet dog, it is a standard aggressive dog.

George waved to Wangcai.

Wangcai suddenly broke free from the rope in Nikolai's hand, flicked his tongue and flew towards George.

Although the banquet was held at George's manor, the protagonist was Nicholas. In the name of making money, George went for a walk with Mikhail by the river.

"I am your mother's eldest brother. There are six of us brothers and sisters. In addition to the four brothers, your mother also has a younger sister -" Mikhail said.

George really didn’t know about Ekaterina’s natal family, and Ekaterina never mentioned it to George.

"My father and the Tsar (Asia II) have known each other for a long time. They are old friends. Later, my father went bankrupt due to gambling. It was the Tsar who paid off our family's debts. He sent Katya to study and sent four of our brothers to the army. ——Now that I think about it, the Tsar must have been deeply in love with Katya at that time.”

George was stunned. This was not the version he had heard.

"Katya did not accept the Tsar at first. That year the crown prince died unexpectedly and the Tsar was assassinated. The Tsar burst into tears in front of Katya, crying like a child. Katya was moved, so she agreed to be with the Tsar. .”

This--

This routine is clearly that of a scumbag.

I'm not happy——

My life is unhappy——

My marriage is not harmonious——

Only you are the light in my life!

"——We didn't agree at first. In order to separate Katya and the Tsar, we took Katya to France. Later, the World Expo was held in Paris, and the Tsar accepted the invitation of the French Emperor to go to France. So they got back together, and they were never together again. separate."

The French emperor here should be Napoleon III, which was about 186 years ago. "The Tsar and Katya truly love each other. He is even planning to canonize Katya as queen, then pass the throne to the crown prince, and go to France to live in seclusion with Katya."

Yekaterina has said that the house Yekaterina lives in now was bought by Ya Er.

Maybe money from the national treasury was used.

"——You know, you almost became the heir to the empire. Before the tsar married Katya, the crown prince claimed that he would take his family to Denmark. The tsar was furious and threatened the crown prince that if the crown prince dared to go to Denmark, he would make you the crown prince."

George was shocked. He knew that the Tsar and Katya had a good relationship, but he didn't know that they were so good.

It's no wonder that Maria targets George everywhere.

It turns out that George really once threatened Ya San's throne.

"Katya told me before I came here that if you were not doing well, she would find a way to take you to France. Now that she sees that you are doing well, Katya will be very happy -"

George finally hesitated. It was good to go to France, but as Catherine had worried before, once he went to France, George would lose all the resources in the Russian Empire.

Think about it carefully, is it really good to go to France?
  not necessarily.

Thinking about Queen Maria's large number of relatives, George immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to France.

France is not safe either.

"Are you okay now?" George finally understood why he felt a special sense of intimacy when he saw Mikhail just now.

Mother and uncle!

"We are all fine, you don't have to worry -" Mikhail looked at George with kind and surprised eyes. George had changed a lot during this time: "-Katya was very worried about you, so I am no longer Dolgorukov is the colonel, but the wine merchant Mikhail.”

wine merchant——

Well, Ekaterina finally wants to make the champagne business bigger and stronger.

"Katja is purchasing older champagne from other vineyards, packaging it and selling it under the name of St. Louis. In fact, St. Louis has been launched in France and is very popular. A total of 1.3 bottles were sold last month. "

George was shocked by this number. Thirteen thousand bottles were almost the salary of two grand dukes.

No wonder Ekaterina wanted to buy the OEM, otherwise the champagne produced by Georges Vineyard would not be enough to sell.

"I originally wanted to use today's banquet to open up sales -" George was very pleased, but he still underestimated people of this era.

People in this era just cannot escape the limitations of the era, and they are not mentally retarded. Simply speaking of IQ, there are many smart people in the world.

"That's what Katya is worried about. You are Duke Yurievsky - your three uncles and I have retired. From now on, we will take care of the business matters, and you can be your Yurievsky with peace of mind." Duke Ji." Mikhail looked at George with expectation, and now George was the only hope for the Dolgorukov family.

George didn't speak, and the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier now.

If this continues, if George leaves Russia one day, he may disappoint many people's expectations.

"Duke, Duke, it's not good -" Peter yelled and ran over.

"What's wrong?" George had a bad feeling.

"The police are going to take away my dad, saying he has colluded with the People's Democratic Party." Peter's voice was filled with tears.

Is Ye Luoxin colluding with the People's Democratic Party?

George couldn't believe how this was possible.

The relationship between Ye Luoxin and Ya'er is deeper than that between George and Ya'er.

George would rather believe that Ya San is colluding with the Public Opinion Party than Ye Luoxin is a member of the Public Opinion Party.

(End of this chapter)