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Chapter 736 Talented people emerge in large numbers
Like Yuriev and Yusupov, the man is the breadwinner and the woman is the homemaker, and the wife has the final say on business matters.

George's situation is different from Felix's. When Felix "married" Yusupova, although Yusupov was the richest man in Russia, he could only focus on a certain field and it was impossible for him to be all-round.

When Yasan granted Amur to George, Amur had nothing except the Siberian Fleet. George had to take a comprehensive approach, covering everything from the Amur people's food, clothing, housing and transportation to the weapons and equipment of the Amur Military Region.

This is why Felix came out.

During the Tsarist era, Felix stayed away from politics and traveled with Yusupova every day. Today they were in St. Petersburg, and tomorrow they were in Vladivostok. They lived like a god.

When George joined the army, he and Felix served in the same Putin Regiment, so they knew each other from humble beginnings. Felix knew best how George evolved from a gilded prince to the uncrowned tsar of today.

Felix knew that there were geniuses in this world, such as the first Duke Suvorov in the military field, Stolypin who led the Russian Empire to its peak, and the founders of these family-owned conglomerates in the United States. They were all gifted and were the leaders in their respective fields.

No one has ever been as good in all areas as George.

Although George never interfered in the operation of the family business, Felix knew very well that all the businesses of the Yuriev family were run according to the rules designed by George.

In the military field, George replaced Duke Suvorov with one glorious victory after another and became the contemporary military god of Russia.

Politically, Russia was in an unprecedented period of peace. The Poles in Warsaw left, people along the Baltic coast moved away, and even the elusive assassin had disappeared.

Felix was even convinced by George's talent in music.

Even too early to use here.

Felix and Yusupova have four children in total, and now only little Fili is left.

George and Anne also had four children. All four children grew up safely. The eldest son became the King of Bulgaria, and the second son might be crowned at any time.

As a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles and a member of the League of Nations, the Grand Duchy of Yuriev has been recognized by all countries.

Since the end of the Paris Peace Conference, the throne of the Grand Principality of Yuriev has remained vacant.

Felix always considered himself a lucky man.

But in George, Felix felt deeply for the first time the unfairness of God.

Grand Prince Dmitry, who was living a life of luxury in Tehran, felt this even more deeply.

Although Felix also came from a noble family, there was still a big gap between him and top aristocrats like Yusupov. It was only after marrying Yusupova that Felix rose to fame.

Dmitri's background is very similar to George's.

Dmitri's mother, Princess Alexandra, died during childbirth.

After their father Paul was expelled from Russia, Dmitri and his sister Maria were raised by the childless Grand Duke Sergei.

When Grand Duke Sergei was assassinated, Dmitry was 14 years old, five years older than George was when Grand Duke Ya II was assassinated.

Without George's help, Dmitri would have never been able to achieve his revenge.

Dmitry made full use of his instincts as a Russian Grand Duke. He did not do any serious work in Tehran. He ate, drank and had fun every day, leading the trend of the Persian aristocracy.

McMahon stayed in Tehran for a full six months, but the negotiations on the oil fields made no progress, and McMahon gained a full 10 kilograms.

This doesn't mean that one can solve all your problems by just eating. It's hard not to gain weight if you eat and drink with Dmitry every day.

McMahon's official position was Commissioner for Egyptian Affairs, and it was impossible for him to stay in Tehran all the time because the situation in Egypt was not good during this period.

In 1867, the Ali Dynasty broke away from the rule of the Ottoman Empire and gained autonomy, but Egypt was still nominally part of the Ottoman Empire.

In 1882, Britain replaced the Ottoman Empire as the protectorate of Egypt.

During the World War, in order to fight against the Ottoman Empire, Britain instigated an uprising among the Semites in the peninsula, and eventually overthrew the Ottoman Empire's rule in the peninsula.

With the support of Britain and France, the Semites established states and gained nominal independence.

During the London Imperial Conference, Britain's overseas colonies and dominions demanded greater autonomy.

Egypt saw that this was not acceptable and said, "I am also a Semite, I am also a dominion, I have shed blood for the British Empire, why can't I have greater autonomy?"

In 1919, almost at the same time as the Irish uprising, calls for Egyptian independence grew louder and louder, eventually turning into an uprising.

Although the uprising was suppressed by Britain, the people's voices forced Britain to take it seriously.

A month ago, the British Parliament decided to grant Egypt independence and support Fuad, the seventh son of Ismail Pasha, the former governor of the Ottoman Empire, to become the King of Egypt, known as Fuad I.

Egypt will formally secede from Britain in February next year, and McMahon left Tehran and returned to Cairo two months ago.

Once McMahon left, Darcis was completely screwed.

As an adventurer, Dassis would never have been able to obtain the oil exploration rights in Persia without the support of the British government.

Dassis had hoped that McMahon and Dmitri would reach an agreement to continue oil extraction.

As a result, McMahon saw that Dmitri had no sincerity in negotiation and ran away, leaving Darcis dumbfounded.

I haven't even gotten in the car yet!

McMahon himself was about to run out of cars to ride.

Egypt is about to become independent, and McMahon has to work hard for his own future. He has no time to waste in Tehran cleaning up Dassis' mess.

George did not wait for the Washington Conference to end, and left Peter to continue to represent Russia at the conference. George returned to Constantinople before Christmas.

The greatest achievement of the US delegation was to reach an agreement with American capital to join forces to fight against the international order dominated by Britain and France.

The alliance was now unstable and would fail if Britain could not be driven out of Egypt. George convened a "Prince's Council" to discuss how to gain jurisdiction over the Suez Canal.

That’s right, George’s goal was not to deprive Britain of its jurisdiction over the Suez Canal, but to take the jurisdiction of the Suez Canal away from Britain.

Witt was dumbfounded. You went to Washington to attend a naval conference to discuss how to limit the arms race, and this is what you came up with?
Vasily was very excited. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't fight for a day.

Igor was prudent and worried that seizing the Suez Canal would lead to a full-scale confrontation between Russia and the Anglo-French alliance.

Britain only owns 49% of the Suez Canal, while the remaining 51% belongs to France.

The construction of the Suez Canal began in 1858 and was built by the French.

France underestimated the difficulty of building the Suez Canal. The canal took 11 years to build and cost 1860 million pounds, more than twice the budget. The French ran out of money after building half of the canal and had to introduce British capital and cede jurisdiction of the canal to Britain.

Judging from the shareholding structure, the canal belongs to France.

However, Britain has jurisdiction over the canal, which means that the French only take dividends and do nothing else.

That's why George said France was worth pursuing.

As long as they can get stable dividends, the French don't care who manages the Suez Canal.

Considering the atrocities committed by French capital during the Russo-Japanese War, George not only wanted to seize the jurisdiction of the canal from the British, but also did not want to give the money to the French.

"It's impossible. The French will not give up."

Witt's biggest shortcoming is that he is too honest.

"If the Suez Canal is not profitable, the French will give up their shares."

Or Guchkov could understand George's intentions.

"How can this be!"

Witt couldn't imagine that as one of the busiest waterways in the world, such an important canal could not be profitable.

Not to mention other countries, Russian ships alone pay more than 10 million pounds in tolls to the British every year.

"If I were in charge of the canal, I would find a way to make it unprofitable."

Guchkov still retains some of the characteristics of the vast majority of Russian officials in the imperial era.

Russia has an area of ​​2 million square kilometers. Why did the capital have no food during the world war?
It was the same group of people who were mediocre and did nothing during the Russian Empire era; but in just two years they suddenly became capable ministers who were capable of governing the country and were omnipotent in both civil and military strategies.

Yusupova’s claim that she can buy Russia is probably just bragging, but Yuriev can really buy Russia.

There are many unreasonable things in this world.

George even had a way to make the canal unprofitable without taking over its operating rights.

The Suez Canal makes its profit from tolls.

If ships can't pass through, the canal can't be profitable.

"How is this possible? Should we fill up the canal?"

Werther felt it was a fantasy.

"We could send submarines to secretly mine the canal—"

Vasily said something shocking.

George is also helpless, Russia really has many talented people!
"If you don't consider the economic losses in the short term, I do have a solution."

Felix has deep pockets.

All eyes were on Felix.

Compared with the operating rights of the canal, the economic losses in the short term don’t matter. The head follows the butt.

"We build a ship big enough to sink it while passing through the canal, blocking the waterway."

Felix would rather die than let his friend die.

The Yusupov family's current business is railways and oil, which has nothing to do with shipping.

Russia's largest shipping company is owned by the Dolgorukov family.

Of course Yuriev also has shares.

"How big is big? If we can get it out, the British can get it out too. If they can't, what should we do?"

Witt fought one against three and showed no sign of weakness.

Felix spread his hands and just killed without caring about burying him.

"You don't have to sit down--"

George was confident.

Living in the 21st century, an era of information explosion, George has seen a lot of bizarre things.

(End of this chapter)