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Chapter 99 The Czar’s Whip
  The village chief Ivan is a veteran who participated in the Ninth Russo-Turkish War. He warmly welcomed the arrival of Nicholas and George.

Although Ye Luoxin did not introduce the identities of Nikolai and George, Ivan was still discerning. He was very familiar with the service of the Guards. During the Ninth Russo-Turkish War, Ivan's unit had fought with the Guards Fight alongside.

"Master, are you here to recruit soldiers?" Ivan asked Ye Luoxin, but he was looking at George and Nikolai.

The guards did not allow Ivan to get close to George and Nicholas.

"It depends on the situation." Ye Luoxin had no decision-making power.

Ivan was overjoyed and immediately asked the child who was poking his head at the door to call someone.

The recruitment was a great event for the Cossacks. The young people in the village quickly gathered in front of George and Nicholas, and they automatically formed a square formation according to their height without the need for anyone to direct them.

George's confidence increased.

Don't underestimate the trivial matter of lining up. If you have never received military training, you will need to practice lining up for at least a week before everyone knows where they should stand when lining up.

The young men were ragged and in good spirits, trying to show their best side in front of the nobles.

They all have good physical fitness, because those with poor physical fitness have no chance to grow up.

In a village of 400 people, more than 200 people meet the criteria for conscription.

Ye Luoxin asked those under 18 and over 30 to voluntarily withdraw, and Ivan begged.

"Don't go too far. You know the rules. Only one person from each family can meet the standards." Ye Luoxin is not accommodating. Rules are rules.

"Why?" Nicholas didn't understand. In his opinion, the young men in this village could become qualified soldiers with a little training.

"Loyalty and bravery." George had a complicated mood. This is how the Cossacks' "loyalty" and "bravery" came from.

Only one person from a family can join the army, and the family is the hostage.

If the requirements were relaxed, George believed that Ivan would also ask to join the army.

They know nothing but fighting.

"Can't we make an exception?" Nicholas couldn't bear it and wanted to take all these young men away.

"You have to give the Cossacks in other places a chance." George was not accommodating. The rules became rules for a reason.

Cossacks were originally bandits, and highway robbery was their specialty.

Napoleon's famous quote about Cossacks is: If I had Cossack cavalry in my army, I would use them to sweep the world!
  But Napoleon also said: One Cossack cavalry can defeat two French cavalry, two Cossack cavalry can defeat three French cavalry, 50 Cossack cavalry can tie with 50 French cavalry, and 100 French cavalry can defeat 150. Cossack cavalry and even more.

This is the Tsar's Whip that people love to hate, a synthesis of angels and devils, the pinnacle of light cavalry, and also notorious for poor discipline.

There is no contradiction in Napoleon's words, for Napoleon had a way of keeping the Cossacks in line.

So does George.

This village had 200 qualified soldiers, but only 12 people finally joined the Oak Regiment.

There is no doubt that these 12 people are the Cossacks with the best overall quality in the entire village. They have been prepared for this. After getting Ye Luoxin's permission, they lined up in a row behind Ye Luoxin, and the others who were not selected People looked at them with envy.

12 people, okay, just one class.

They all come from the same village, so at least unity is not a problem.

"Leave 50 rubles for each of them as settling-in allowance, and have them report to the Oak Group one month later." George told Ye Luoxin, and the selected boys knew instantly who was the real talker.

"You should be grateful to the Duke for his kindness." Ye Luoxin starts PUA now. George set aside a month for a reason.

Before Milyutin's reform, Cossacks served for as long as 25 years, so many Cossacks were buried in the military.

Everyone is going to die, but there must be a heir.

This month is for these Cossacks to get married.

Milyutin's restructuring was not thorough, especially in the case of the Cossacks. Although the Cossacks' service time has been greatly shortened, it still takes time for the Cossacks to accept the current system.

On the way back to Gatchina, Nikolai was depressed.

George did not dissuade him. He hoped that Nicholas could understand the real situation in Russia so that after Nicholas became tsar, the empire could have a chance of survival.

"George, I'm sad." Nicholas took the initiative to confide in George.

"Nicky, it's not your fault -" George knew that such comfort was useless, but what could he say.

Everyone is responsible for the current situation in Russia. It will be difficult to expect one person to change the future of the empire.

But some things can't be stopped just because they are difficult. George hopes that Nicholas will be the one to face the difficulties, rather than just follow the crowd.

"The current situation of the Cossacks has historical reasons, as well as the Cossacks' own reasons. What we can do is to do what we should do well -" George's voice was gentle, and Nikolai was deafening: "-When we were just an officer. , we will be a qualified officer, and when you become the Tsar, I hope you will become a great Tsar."

"I will definitely become a great Tsar!" Nicholas was confident, but there were conditions: "As long as you help me, I will definitely become the greatest Tsar in history."

George was deeply relieved.

There is also more pressure.

At first, George really just wanted to show off, and he was just messing around with his efforts.

But how did it get to this point, the mission goal turned out to be to assist Nicholas in becoming the greatest czar in history~~
  This mission is a bit difficult and basically belongs to the impossible mission series.

Whether it works or not, you have to try.

Every Christmas and New Year's Day, Gatchina Palace is always bustling.

This year, because George and Maria went to France, the Gatchina Palace was a little deserted. On Christmas Eve, George received an invitation from Nicholas to come to Gatchina to have dinner with the Tsar.

The tsar looked very haggard, probably missing his wife and children far away.

Nicholas tried to find something to talk about at the table, but the Tsar was not very interested. He ate very little and drank a lot of wine.

Nicholas looked at George, hoping that George would find a way to make the Tsar happy.

George can't turn into Maria or Georgie to make Ya San happy.

So George filled his cup. At this time, what Yasanjie needed was someone to drink with him.

Don’t say anything, just soak in the wine.

Ya San didn't say anything, and drank one glass after another, quickly getting drunk.

Nicholas and George opened gifts together. The gift Asan prepared for George was a map around Vladivostok. A large area on the map, including Vladivostok and Sakhalin, was painted red.

This large area is George's fiefdom.

(End of this chapter)