I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 493 Master Key
The ball at the Winter Palace lasted until one o'clock in the morning. Alex left after the opening dance with Nikolai to take care of Alexei.

George had no dance partner, and Anne did not return to St. Petersburg with George.

The ladies and ladies attending the ball did not dare to invite George to dance. This may be because George was now too famous and kept them at a distance.

The eldest princess Olga came to George at the instigation of her sisters and mustered up the courage to extend an invitation to George.

If it were someone else, forget it, the eldest princess would still have to give her face.

George and Olga danced a waltz. Olga looked at George with admiration throughout the whole process, with little stars twinkling in her eyes, as happy as an elf.

Stolypin was the first to retire. He was the busiest man in the entire empire.

George also resigned, citing the need for rest after a long journey.

George did feel a little tired, mainly mentally.

St. Petersburg is still under curfew, and there is no one on the streets.

The soldiers on night patrol, led by their officers, marched in neat lines. The dull sound of footsteps resounded throughout the street, with occasional passwords interspersed among them.

There were two people on the street corner rubbing their hands and stamping their feet, still holding cigarettes in their hands. They were secret police on duty.

There was a child crying in a nearby house, and with the sound of stern scolding, everything became calm again.

The time difference between Vladivostok and St. Petersburg is 7 hours. It should be morning now.

George raised his hand to look at the time, 11 p.m.

Early the next morning, George officially started work.

George's office is in the Peter and Paul Fortress opposite the Winter Palace. It was originally a military camp and was later converted into a prison for prisoners. Dostoevsky and Vladimir's brother Ulyanov were both imprisoned. Detained here.

The adjutant Nicholas arranged for George was Karl Mannerheim, who had worked in the Winter Palace and participated in the Russo-Japanese War.

After the Battle of Fengtian, Mannerheim was promoted to colonel for his bravery, and was later transferred to Central Asia to join an expedition team led by French sinologist and explorer Pelliot to work in the western part of the Qing Empire.

When he arrived in Kashgar, Daotai Yuan Hongyou issued a passport for him and gave him a Chinese name "Madahan" based on the first syllable of Mannerheim's surname, which means "the sky flies straight to the sky".

As soon as George arrived at the office, he asked Mannerheim to call Nicholas Jr. and Alexei to prepare for the three of them to meet and communicate first.

Alexei went to Crimea early this morning.

The four newly built battleships of the empire are all equipped for the Baltic Fleet. There are rumors in the Black Sea Fleet that the Navy Ministry is going to lay off the Black Sea Fleet as a whole, and Alexei is going to appease the Black Sea Fleet generals.

Little Nicholas went to Poland overnight last night, and there were riots there.

"The situation is not good, we don't seem to be very popular."

Milyugin seemed to have expected this situation and was not surprised at all.

"Does this mean we can flex our muscles?"

Brushinov was eager to try.

George was not in a hurry, let Brushinov sort out relevant information, and took Manaham to find Stolypin.

George did not arrange a job for Milyutin. He is over 90 years old and can do whatever he likes.

Stolypin was very busy. The corridor outside the office was filled with officials waiting in line to receive Stolypin.

George did not need to make an appointment or queue up. Stolypin took the initiative to greet George.

"Sorry, I'm really busy here. I originally wanted to go to Peter and Paul in the afternoon -"

Stolypin did not expect that George would start working so early, nor did he expect that George would come to him.

George didn't talk nonsense, just came and started working.

Stolypin asked his secretary to bring a large pile of information and poured out his frustrations.

"Under normal circumstances, 10 soldiers retire every year. After the disarmament last year, the number increased by 60 in one year. If these people are not properly resettled, big trouble will occur."

Stolypin looked gloomy. In the past year, he had spent a lot of time worrying about the resettlement of veterans.

It is for this reason that Stolypin stepped up efforts to develop Siberia and asked these veterans to farm in Siberia.

A large part of the 9 million rubles Russia borrowed from Britain was used to resettle veterans.

"So our goal is to provide them with enough jobs."

George was not worried at all.

In Stolypin's eyes, 60 veterans are 60 time bombs. If they are not properly placed, they will explode sooner or later.

In George's eyes, these are 60 able-bodied laborers. It is simply a waste to let them farm in Siberia.

“Every winter, there’s a lot of unemployment in St. Petersburg, a bunch of unemployed workers with nothing to do, and all it takes is one spark and boom, it completely explodes.”

Stolypin cannot create that many jobs.

When George thought about it, it was true that the major events that seemed to destroy the empire all happened in winter.

"The best way to solve the work problem is to start a national project like the Siberian Railway." This is why George needs Stolypin's cooperation.

"When Amur was building the Siberian Railway, a large number of Japanese and Korean workers were used. Every time there was a break, those Korean and Japanese workers were sent away. Where to send them to St. Petersburg?"

Stolypin also worked for the Siberian Railway Administration and knew the situation well.

"East India!"

George smiled, you don’t want it, I want it.

Stolypin's concerns are normal. He does not have the resources that George does.

The launch of national projects can certainly provide a large number of jobs, but during the winter break, almost all outdoor work must be suspended, which is a hotbed for social activists.

George's construction of East India requires a large number of workers. The more people, the better. One hundred thousand people are spread to East India every year, and not even a splash is seen.

“How many people can the East Indies absorb each year?”

Stolypin's eyes sparkled, that's why he suggested George to head the committee.

The richest family in the empire is no longer the Yusupov family. Compared with Grand Duke Yuriev, the first noble daughter is not worthy of her name.

Stolypin had not known how much property George had.

With the help of nuclear tax, although Stolypin failed to get more tax revenue from Amur, he still had a general understanding of the scale of George's industry.

Almost all industries in Amur are closely related to George. Just a small cosmetics can provide Grand Duke Yuriev with hundreds of millions of rubles in profits every year.

Almost all of George's industries are sunrise industries with low costs and high profits, such as cosmetics and health products, and even arsenals and shipyards. Almost all the raw materials needed can be provided by Amur itself, and there is no need to purchase them from outside.

George's industry uses a large number of Korean and Japanese workers, and labor costs have been reduced by a large amount, so Amur Enterprises is able to provide better treatment for Russian staff.

Only when people have money can they afford consumption, which makes Amur's tertiary industry more and more developed and generates more tax revenue. Only then can Amur officials be able to increase investment in infrastructure.

We haven’t mentioned Amur and the East India rear area here. As long as George is willing to take action, the 10 veterans in St. Petersburg every year are really nothing to George.

"The more the merrier-"

George has everything, which is why he is willing to get involved in this mess in St. Petersburg.

If possible, George really doesn't want to go back to St. Petersburg, so he should stay far away in Amur and watch the St. Petersburg gang commit suicide. At most, when the building is about to collapse, send someone to get Nikolay's family to Amur, and the others will love life and death. , it has nothing to do with George.

After the Russo-Japanese War, the little morale the Japanese had accumulated through Sino-Japanese War and Xinchou was completely wiped out by George.

Now the Japanese, like the Koreans, are working hard for Amur and looking forward to one day becoming Russian citizens.

Then the problem arises.

As time goes by, the number of Japanese and Gao people in Amur and East India will definitely increase. If the growth rate of Russians is slow, then in a few decades, the populations of these two places may be unbalanced.

If 10 veterans were replenished every year, then this problem would not be a concern.

Although there are only 10 veterans, including their families, the number is more than 10. According to Amur statistics, one Cossack can bring at least 6 new immigrants on average.

When these 10 people arrived in East India, George did not arrange for them to do anything else but build roads and build houses. 10 people were not enough.

"Awesome! As long as this problem is solved, many problems will be solved!"

Stolypin was very excited. Grand Duke Yuriev was indeed the master key.

This master key was not given to George by himself, but by the nickname given to George by Alfred, the Minister of the Palace Guard.

Yes, that's the Alfred who went to the Academy of Sciences with George to spread money.

“Not just these veterans, but those unemployed workers who lost their jobs during the winter, the East Indians are in need as well.”

George has a big appetite and hopes to devour all the surplus labor accumulated in St. Petersburg over the years.

When George was in St. Petersburg, he often talked to his first son-in-law, hoping that the capitalists in St. Petersburg could treat workers better.

It is difficult to train skilled workers. These skilled workers are the most valuable assets of enterprises.

The Yusupov family still listens to the advice, so in recent years, there have been less and less negative news about the first noble daughter.

More people turned a deaf ear. Anyway, there are so many veterans every year. Let’s recruit them again in the spring——

George now wants to take the pot away directly. Without the cheap labor accumulated over the years, he doesn't know whether a labor shortage will break out in St. Petersburg.

It will be funny then.

"George, you are my angel!"

There were tears in Stolypin's eyes. This time it was definitely not a performance.

After Stolypin took office, he was assassinated on average every four months.

This can fully prove how much pressure Stolypin is under.

(End of this chapter)