I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 449 Poisoned Wine
Amur is like a hundred dollars on the ground. The Russian Empire saw it first, but the money is at the feet of the Qing Empire.

The Russian Empire said the money I saw first was mine.

The Qing Empire said the money was at my feet, so I dropped it.

If they couldn't reach an agreement, there would be no winner in a fight, so the one hundred yuan was divided equally between the Russian Empire and the Qing Empire, fifty dollars each.

So it doesn't matter who dropped the money at all, it belongs to whoever has the biggest fist.

When George was in St. Petersburg, he didn't even have the ability to protect himself. He could only pretend to be a cute kid and make adults happy.

Now that George was capable, Nicholas convened a royal meeting. Only Stolypin, a stupid young man, dared to mention George's name.

No matter how much St. Petersburg kept George secret, Georgi was right, stay away from St. Petersburg and don’t go back.

Even without the Russo-Japanese War, the relationship between George and Nicholas would not be as close as before.

George is an idealist.

Although the reality is cruel, George still believes that the adult world should have other things besides interests.

If you are in a bad mood, you need to vent.

Japan is now George's punching bag.

Aobao Gong was not stupid. Defending Fengtian would only lead to death. Therefore, before the Kwantung Russian army was about to complete the siege of Fengtian, Aobao Gong had to evacuate from Fengtian.

On January 1, Fengtian finally returned to the control of the Russian Kwantung Army after an absence of 20 months.

Before 1860, the Guandong region had been in a closed state. The Qing Empire prohibited Chinese people from entering Guandong and regarded Guandong as a reservation for the Qing royal family. Strictly speaking, there were no civilians in Guandong during this period.

The Treaty of Tianjin in 1860 stipulated that Niuzhuang in the lower reaches of the Liao River was set up as a commercial port, and the Qing Empire was forced to open the ban.

The complete lifting of the ban in the Kanto region only started last year.

The reason why the Qing Empire opened the ban was not to care about people's livelihood, but because Japan was immigrating a large number of people to Kanto.

If the ban is not lifted, Kanto will become Japan’s Kanto.

Although the Japanese army withdrew from Fengtian, not all immigrants from Japan left Fengtian.

There are 4000 million people in Japan, which is a big place, and the resources per capita are pitiful. Last year and this winter, people were still starving to death because of the Russo-Japanese War. It is hard to believe that this was achieved continuously in the Sino-Japanese War of - and the Russo-Japanese War. Victorious Japan.

Due to the Qing Empire's ban, the population density of the Kanto region is similar to that of Siberia in the Russian Empire. There are also endless trees to cut down and endless fish to catch.

Therefore, even though the Japanese army was defeated and forced to evacuate, the Japanese who had immigrated to Fengtian still refused to leave.

Don't leave even if you die!

Then die.

Japan immigrated to Fengtian in the form of a colonial pioneer group. Once they moved, they formed a village, which is easy to distinguish.

For the Qing people, although the Russian army in Kwantung was not innocent, it would not kill innocent people indiscriminately. After all, the Russian Empire did not even have the ability to fully develop Siberia, and it needed the cooperation of the Kwantung people to gain benefits in the Kwantung.

Forget the Japanese, they are all bandits, pretending to be big-tailed wolves.

The person who understands this most deeply is Zhang Yuting, the leader of the guerrilla cavalry team on the front line of the Xinmin Prefecture patrol police.

Zhang Yuting was born in Xiaowa Village, Hualibei, Haicheng County, Fengtian Province. He attended a private school, sold sesame seeds, learned carpentry, worked as a salesman, and as a veterinarian.

After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Yuting defected to the Song Qing Department of the Qing Army and was later promoted to the rank of cavalry sentry commander.

The Qing Empire was completely defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. Zhang Yuting was disheartened and returned to his hometown to work as a veterinarian.

During the Xinchou War, the Russian army invaded Guandong. General Zengqi of Shengjing fled without a fight, and the local government in Fengtian was completely paralyzed.

Zhang Yuting became famous for organizing militia groups to maintain local security.

In 1902, Zhang Yuting was recruited by the Xinmin Mansion and became a regular army again.

After the Russo-Japanese War broke out, Zhang Yuting first served for the Russian army and then for the Japanese army. He mainly helped whoever wins.

This has nothing to do with stance. Zhang Yuting's ability is not enough to change the situation in Guandong, so he can only go with the flow.

But whether it was the Russian army or the Japanese army, Zhang Yuting, as an official of the Qing Empire, did not escape. Although he failed to protect the country, he still managed to calm the people.

It is not Zhang Yuting's turn to decide the ownership of Fengtian Iron Mine.

However, the Japanese immigrant pioneer group really threatened the survival of the Qing people in Kanto.

In the Kanto region, no matter how hard you hit the roe deer with a gourd to scoop out the fish, the black-bone chicken will fly into the iron pot.

There must be a stick and an iron pot first, and you must be able to hit them.

Kanto is huge, and the conflict between Japanese immigrants and Kanto people is not obvious yet.

But with the influx of Japanese immigrants, the lives of Kanto people will definitely be affected.

The Qing Empire's stance in the Russo-Japanese War was neutral, and Zhang Yuting's stance was naturally neutral.

What surprised Zhang Yuting was that many people in the Russian army from Amur could speak Chinese.

"Many of my classmates are Qing people. They speak Qing language in school. If I don't know Chinese, I won't be able to communicate with them——"

Paul, who came from Vladivostok, was even more proficient in Chinese than many Qing people.

The official English of the Qing Empire was Manchu. When the Qing Empire and the Russian Empire signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk, Manchu, Russian, and Latin were used, without Chinese.

“Do schools in Vladivostok also teach Chinese?”

Zhang Yuting smelled like dirt as soon as he opened his mouth.

Zhang Yuting is very thoughtful. He did not use Vladivostok, but Vladivostok.

"There is an idiom in Chinese that goes up and down. Our Grand Duke likes Chinese. The Spring Festival couplets in Yuriev Palace were even written by the Grand Duke himself."

Paul had no unusual reaction to the word Vladivostok.

Zhang Yuting was secretly happy. The mission of the Russian Army in Kwantung was not only to expel the Japanese, but also to eradicate the widespread bandits in the Kwantung region.

As an official of the Qing Empire, Zhang Yuting had to cooperate with the actions of the Kwantung Russian Army. Those who did not cooperate either ran away or died.

"The bandits in the Kanto region are no different from civilians when they don't hold a knife. If they pick up a knife, they are bandits."

Zhang Yuting took the initiative to introduce the situation in Guandong to Paul.

Paul smiled and said nothing.

Why do the bandits Zhang Yuting mentioned look so much like Cossacks——

The troops led by Paul were entirely composed of Cossacks.

Even Paul himself was born a Cossack, but Paul was now an Amur and no longer the whip of the Tsar.

"All the people in this village are bandits!"

Zhang Yuting led Paul to a village.

All the men, women, and children in the village have gathered outside the village. The old man at the front is holding a bowl of wine in his hand with a humble and flattering smile on his face.

"This must be poisonous wine!"

Zhang Yuting is really poisonous.

"you're right!"

Paul completely agrees with Zhang Yuting's judgment.

So why are you hesitating? Let the Cossacks do what they do best.

Bandits can easily reappear as long as there is suitable soil.

Grand Duke Yuriev needed a stable environment to ensure Amur's profits in the Kanto region, so Zhang Yuting received a batch of weapons and ammunition captured by the Russian army in the Kanto region.

It’s not free, you have to spend money to buy it.

But Grand Duke Yuriev was actually willing to sell the latest magazine-type rifle to Zhang Yuting, which was completely beyond Zhang Yuting's expectations.

George doesn't worry about raising bandits to respect himself. He has a big fist. If Zhang Yuting's strength expands enough to expel George's power from Guandong, then George will leave Guandong and return to his hometown Amur.

They still insist on going against George despite lack of strength. Japan is the best lesson to learn from this.

Arthur's Fortress was the last stronghold of the Japanese army in Kanto.

During the Russo-Japanese War, Japan suffered nearly 6 casualties in conquering Fortress Arthur.

George didn't follow the example of the Japanese military god who played a pig attack, leaving useful incendiary bombs unused and using human lives to pile them up. George couldn't do such a thing.

De Yang has a new mission, to appease the residents of the Kanto region.

In order to ensure that De Young did not go astray when performing the task, George specially called De Young over and gave careful instructions.

"We need the cooperation of the people of Kanto to ensure our interests in Kanto."

George looked down upon the three melons and two dates in the pockets of the civilians in Guandong, and he didn't even look down on Arthur's Fortress.

After this battle is over, the Siberian Fleet can use Nagasaki as its home port. Why does it need Arthur Naval Port?
If we count on the Kanto people to do the work, we might as well count on the Japanese.

The Kanto people have no worries about food and drink. If George wants to win over the Kanto people, he needs to pay a higher price than winning over the Japanese.

The Japanese put it bluntly, as long as Stutter is given food and drink, he can sacrifice his life for George.

This was evident during the construction of the Siberian Railway.

If you want Guandong people to work for George, the labor cost must be at least twice as high as that of the Japanese.

As for working hard, it is basically impossible for George to be a Russian, unless George has a way to turn all Kanto people into Russians.

But the competition between the Russian Empire and Japan for the interests of the Kanto region has already caused such a big conflict.

If the Russian Empire annexes Kanto, World War I may break out early.

George did not want to be the one responsible for starting the First World War.

If you want to leave a name in history, there must be no moral stains.

Therefore, the Kwantung Russian army's attack on bandits was intelligence given by the Qing people.

Zhang Yuting also had something to say.

You Cossacks did it, you killed the people, you robbed the things, you burned the houses, what does that have to do with me?

"So not only must we not arouse the resentment of the Kanto people, but we must also fully protect the interests of the Kanto people when there is a conflict between the Kanto people and Qing officials. Only in this way can we win the favor of the Kanto people."

George understood the essence of conquering barbarians by barbarians.

DeYoung looked at George with complete admiration.

As expected, he is worthy of being a relative of the British Empire. He is more proficient in mixing sand than the British.

"Remember, those who compete with us for the interests of Guandong are not the people of Guandong, but the rulers of the Qing Empire and our British cousin."

The next person George had to deal with was the British.

Niuzhuang was also a treaty port for the British.

For George, this is also the side of the bed where others can't be allowed to snore.

"I understand, my mission is to spread money——"

DeYoung summed it up perfectly.

(End of this chapter)