I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 139 Days without George

Nikolai is 16 years old and still not used to the winter in St. Petersburg.

It has been too cold this winter because there is no George in St. Petersburg.

I don’t know since when, Nicholas has become accustomed to George’s company. Even though they are no longer inseparable, as long as George is still in St. Petersburg, Nicholas feels that everything is so beautiful.

"Hasn't George written yet?" Nicholas asked Oroga for the second time within an hour.

"Your Highness, Super Duke Yurievsky just sent a letter yesterday -" Oroga was in a complicated mood. Nicholas's feelings for George made everyone jealous.

"Oh -" Nikolai's hand touched the phone and put it down helplessly. The phone line between St. Petersburg and Vladivostok has not been connected yet, so direct calls cannot be made.

"Let's go to Oak Tuan to have a look." George was not in Oak Tuan, and Nicholas had to take care of George's home.

When George was away from St. Petersburg, Ye Luoxin served as the acting head of the Oak Corps and took charge of the work in George's place.

Ye Luoxin's military rank is now that of colonel, which is the same as George's. This is a surprise that Nicholas has prepared for George. Unfortunately, George will have to wait until next year to see it.

The management of the Oak Group is becoming more and more strict, and Nicholas's carriage must undergo strict inspection before entering the Oak Group camp.

The Oak Regiment camp covers a large area, including barracks, training ground, shooting range, horse farm, warehouse and other parts.

Nikolai's idea was impromptu. Yeluoxin did not receive advance notice and did not greet Nikolai at the gate of the camp.

On the way to the office area, Ye Luoxin and a group of officers from the Oak Regiment hurriedly came up to the carriage. Nicholas called Ye Luoxin into the carriage.

"Has a letter arrived from George?" Nicholas' thoughts were written on his face.

"No -" Ye Luoxin was honest, and George told Ye Luoxin that he would send a telegram if something happened.

"Where's the telegram?" Nicholas asked.

"The Duke sent a telegram three days ago, and it was about the glass factory." Ye Luoxin and Nikolai were also familiar with each other, and they were not restrained.

"What happened to the glass factory?" Nicholas asked casually.

"Someone broke into the glass factory workers' residential area and caused trouble. Some workers were beaten and seemed to have lost something." Ye Luoxin sneered. Some people always overestimate their capabilities.

As the cosmetics business spread, more and more people in St. Petersburg were jealous of George.

The profits of cosmetics are too great, and the formula of ginseng pearl cream is not complicated. There are many smart people in Russia, and similar products will soon be on the market.

There is a product, but there may not be sales.

As if possessed by an evil spirit, the Russian noblewomen only recognized the ginseng pearl cream produced by George and did not recognize other similar products, which made people even more jealous.

Actually it is not surprising.

If other similar products can also find the Queen to endorse, then the sales volume will not be bad.

George was in Vladivostok, so someone started looking into George's factory to see if there was any opportunity.

The workers in the glass factory are all Chinese. They don't understand the language in St. Petersburg and never leave the factory on weekdays. The factory can help with any needs.

Including physiological needs.

"Let Shebeko come to see me." Nikolai told Oroga.

After the assassination of Sudeykin, Shebeko became the head of the St. Petersburg police.

"Your Highness, isn't this good?" Oroga wanted to remind Nicholas that it didn't seem good to call the top brother from the police over because of this matter.

"Just scream if you are told to." Whether Nicholas listened to the advice or not depends on everyone.

As long as it's related to George, it's no big deal here.

The Shebeko people were in St. Petersburg, and it took time to get to the Oak Group, and Nikolai still went to his old office.

Although Nikolai no longer serves in the Oak Group, his office still remains, exactly the same as before.

"Has George made anything interesting recently?" Nicholas was used to the surprises George gave him.

"The Duke sent back some wine from the Qing Empire from the Far East and said he would let us try it." Ye Luoxin was smart and immediately asked Andre to send some over.

Nicholas didn't like Erguotou very much, but he thought sake was more to his liking.

Since there is wine, let's make some dishes to go with the wine. It doesn't have to be too complicated, just peanuts and beef. This is George's habit.

So when Shebeko arrived at Oak Tuan, both Nikolai and Yeluoxin were a little drunk.

Shebeko has been very busy recently. The St. Petersburg Police Department prevented another assassination case against the Tsar. Nearly a hundred people were implicated and all were sent to Siberia.

According to George's request, these assassins will be sent directly to Vladivostok, and George will take good care of them. St. Petersburg has a population of over one million. As a big brother in the police force, Shebeko’s work is understandably busy.

Nicholas handed Shebeko over to the Oak Group just because of this matter, but Shebeko didn't dare not come, let alone complain.

"Those guys were drunk before they broke into Yuryevsky Super Duke's factory. The worker who was beaten is not in serious condition and is receiving treatment in the hospital. All treatment expenses will be borne by the perpetrator. The perpetrator We also need to compensate the beaten workers for their losses due to missed work." Shebeko believed that this result was satisfactory, and even if George was here, he could not make any more demands.

"Is this the end?" Nicholas could ask, no matter how excessive the request was.

"They did not cause serious consequences. According to the laws of the empire-" Shebeko said carefully. He knew how deep the relationship between Nikolai and George was.

When Shebeko went to Oak Tuan to arrest people for the first time, Nikolai was there.

Although Nikolai did not hold Shebeko accountable afterwards, Shebeko was worried for several months.

"You dare to go to Yurievsky Super Duke's factory to cause trouble, tell me the imperial law - what is your duty? Isn't it to maintain the security of St. Petersburg? Why can someone break into Yurievsky Super Duke There is trouble in the factory? Can't you send more police patrols?" Shebeko finally understood. The crown prince was just using the topic to express his anger. It was useless for him to say anything now. He was just being scolded. By the way, he prayed that the crown prince would calm down as soon as possible.

But it is indeed necessary to strengthen the security of the glass factory.

Shebeko decided to send more police patrols and arrange police guards at the entrance of the glass factory. In order not to be scolded, the patrol police should work harder.

After Nikolai scolded him vigorously, he waved his hand for Shebeko to leave. Only then did he gain some energy and return to Gatchina.

There were several carriages parked in the Gatchina courtyard, and the insignia of Super Duke Yurievsky was very eye-catching. Nicholas was very happy, and George sent something over again.

George is in Vladivostok, and letters are sent every other day, and things are delivered every other day. Several carloads of furs were just delivered two days ago, and I don’t know what good things will be delivered today.

Today's gift is sea cucumbers, a large piece of gold nugget, and a basket of thermal coal.

Forget about sea cucumbers and gold nuggets, there are gold mines in the Far East, so these things are not rare.

Thermal coal is more common, and Nikolai doesn’t know what George gave this thing for. Russia is not short of coal.

"A coal mine was discovered in Vladivostok, and the coal produced has begun to be sold to Japan and the Qing Empire. This basket is iron ore. Now as long as there is equipment, Vladivostok can smelt it on site. Steel." Julian introduced Nikolai one by one.

The significance of steel is not only to meet the needs of the Siberian Fleet, but also to build the Trans-Siberian Railway, a large number of steel rails are needed.

George also plans to build a cement plant, and the construction will start in the spring of next year, so that Vladivostok will have cement by the year after next.

With steel and cement, the construction of Vladivostok will enter the fast lane.

There are still many hidden dangers when building a house with wood. After all, heating during this period was basically done by open fire.

It is much better to use reinforced concrete, which not only reduces hidden dangers, but is also more efficient.

Russians pay attention to practicality when building houses. They are square and square and surrounded by buildings. They look nothing out of the ordinary on the outside. In fact, a house is a military fortress. Once a war breaks out, the entire city will become an extremely solid three-dimensional position——

That’s not right, this is a later Soviet style, and it hasn’t appeared yet.

In the future, the Soviet style will probably disappear and be replaced by the Hai style or the Fu style.

"What does George need from me?" Nicholas was happy to help.

This means that for George, Nicholas would not even be interested in hearing this.

"The Duke ordered a set of steelmaking equipment from the Ural Machinery Factory last year, but because the Ural Machinery Factory's orders have been fully booked, it will take two years to produce it." Julian was cautious, not knowing whether this request was too much.

"Oroga, call the Ural Machinery Factory and ask them to send the equipment that Yurievsky Super Duke needs immediately." Nikolay thought about it and felt that George should need more than one set of steelmaking equipment. , because George has often said in front of Nikolai in the past two years: "Send a few more sets, stop all other orders, and give priority to meeting the needs of Yurievsky Super Duke."

Nikolai didn't even know how much trouble his call caused to the Ural Machinery Factory.

Yurievsky Super Duke's order is important, but other people's orders are equally important.

Ural Machinery Plant is the largest machine factory in Russia and is responsible for producing supporting equipment for all factories in Russia.

Ranked in front of George are orders from Obukhov Steel Plant and Yusupov Steel Plant.

The Russian Empire has reached an agreement with the Obukhov Steel Works to nationalize the Obukhov Steel Works.

The Yusupov Steel Plant is an industry owned by the First Lady's family and is currently responsible for producing oil mining equipment for the Russian Empire.

George's needs matter.

Don't the needs of these two people matter?
  George's face was still not big enough. He sent money to the Ural Machinery Factory, but it still depended on the face of the Ural Machinery Factory. George had to wait as long as the Ural Machinery Factory asked George to wait.

Nikolai's face was much easier. After a phone call, the Ural Machinery Factory immediately loaded a set of steelmaking equipment and sent it to Odessa. It would arrive in Vladivostok before Christmas.

George's factory isn't even ready yet.

(End of this chapter)