I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 148 The conservative George was disliked by the radicals for being too radical
  Last year in Rivno, George suggested that the Tsar relocate retired Cossacks to Siberia. On the one hand, he would solve the urban hidden dangers of the Cossacks, and on the other hand, he would develop Siberia mainly with retired Cossacks.

George had not been in St. Petersburg during these months and did not know how the Tsar decided.

But based on George's understanding of the Russian Empire, even if the Tsar wanted to do this, it would probably be unlikely to be implemented within one or two years.

George can wait, Vladivostok cannot wait.

The Japanese ambitions were fully exposed in the Jiashen coup.

On January 1, Japan and Goryeo signed the Treaty of Seoul, forcing the Goryeo government to go to Japan to apologize and pay 9 yuan in compensation.

On George's way back to St. Petersburg, Japan signed a "Conference Treaty" with the Qing Empire, stipulating that the Qing and Japan would withdraw their troops from Korea at the same time, and that they must notify each other when sending troops to Korea.

Not all was lost for Russia.

Although the Siberian Fleet did not get Busan, it did get Jeju. Although it was only a part of Jeju, it was enough to build a military port.

After acquiring Jeju, Vladivostok's importance to the Siberian fleet plummeted.

At present, the Siberian Fleet has ranked the construction of Jeju Port ahead of Vladivostok in terms of importance.

Because of this, Mikhail is arguing with Stark.

Stark has a good reason.

The conditions in Jeju are better than those in Vladivostok. There is no ice period in winter and ships can travel freely, which is very important for the Siberian fleet.

Mikhail is not unreasonable.

The Vladivostok Military Port only occupies a part of the Vladivostok Port, and a considerable part of the area is for civilian use. This part has been invested by Mikhail.

Now that the military port is said to not be repaired, it will not be repaired. The Siberian fleet has spent all its limited military expenditures on Jeju. What about Vladivostok?
  It is not up to the Siberian Fleet to decide whether the military port should be repaired or not.

This skin is still torn.

George doesn't care whether the naval port is repaired or not, Vladivostok must be built.

George didn't care whether the Trans-Siberian Railway was repaired or not. When Vladivostok could produce rails, George would first build the railway between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk.

George had the same attitude on the issue of retired Cossacks.

"There is absolutely no need for us to wait until everything is ready before doing something, because there are always omissions in the plan and it cannot be perfect-" George tried to dispel the tsar's doubts, couldn't there be a test field in Russia?

"If the retired Cossacks are not handled well, it will cause a lot of problems; developing Siberia will also face many difficulties. If we just sit in the conference room and have meetings without making any attempts, then Siberia will never change." George used the experience of the 21st century , dealing with the tsars of the 19th century.

"Is this what you are trying to do?" The Tsar was indeed very interested in George's idea.

It's weird if I'm not interested.

“Vladivostok is 10,000 kilometers away from St. Petersburg. It’s a long distance, the economy is sluggish, and the population is scarce. If something can be done in Vladivostok, it should be possible in any corner of the empire. "It's not certain that George is carrying personal goods.

In theory this is indeed the case.

But will the empire's support for Siberia be as strong as George's support for Vladivostok?

impossible.

George went all out for Vladivostok and spared no effort.

Siberia is dispensable to the empire. It is good to develop, but the empire will not lose if it maintains the status quo.

But if the increased support for Siberia does not have the desired effect, then the sin will be great.

This is why the imperial ministers have no interest in developing Siberia.

"Nikki helped me get a set of steelmaking equipment from the Ural Machinery Plant. Once the steel plant is completed and put into operation, Vladivostok can produce rails - Thierry bought some machinery and equipment from the United States, Vladivostok Now it is not only possible to repair firearms, but also to manufacture civilian weapons - Igor's apprentice and a few young people made smokeless gunpowder as a joke. How difficult is this thing? I really don't know what the imperial ministers are. What are you worried about—" George's smiling tone made it difficult for people to doubt George's true purpose.

If George hides something from the Tsar and doesn't tell the truth, the Tsar will doubt George's purpose.

George spoke openly and openly to the Tsar about what he had done in Vladivostok in the past few months, almost in a bragging tone, but the Tsar was not suspicious.

What purpose could George have?

It's just to prove that the imperial ministers are all useless.

"So you haven't even built the steel plant, but the equipment is already in place -" The tsar looked at the proud George, then looked at the equally proud Nicholas, and let out a long sigh.

The set of equipment that Nikki snatched for George from the Ural Machinery Factory was originally prepared for the Obukhov Steel Plant.

Now that this set of equipment has been snatched away by George, the Obukhov Steel Plant will have to wait another year.

The First Lady’s steel factory will have to wait for another two years.

Because Nicky was worried that George's set was not enough, he added another set.

This set is also about jumping in line.

As for the smokeless gunpowder George mentioned, the Tsar was not surprised at all.

George could hand-roll a heavy machine gun in Oak Park, and it was normal to get some smokeless gunpowder for hunting in Vladivostok. This thing was originally invested in and developed by George. "The Empire has been unable to launch foreign wars in recent years, so we might as well try another approach -" George also made a new discovery.

"Goryeo has had two coups in the past three years. Through Japan's efforts, the Qing and Japanese troops withdrew from Goryeo at the same time. Then, there will be more coups in Goryeo." George's words triggered Yasan's thinking, and Nicholas said I was confused.

What does the incident in Korea have to do with us in Russia?
  Silly nephew, the relationship is too big. I didn’t look at the Jiashen coup years ago. The Siberian fleet did nothing and got a military port.

The Siberian Fleet did indeed do nothing, and the fire was set by the Russian Embassy.

"Although we are unable to send troops to Goryeo, we can send supplies to Goryeo, such as civilian shotguns-" George didn't like the Siberian fleet's methods. It was still too rough and left too many loose ends.

If it were George, he should have forced Goryeo to cede Jeju to Russia regardless of whether it was rented or not.

Concubine Min doesn't even care about rejecting the Japanese, how dare she reject Russia.

It can only be said that if a woman is in charge of the house, the house will collapse.

Coincidentally, the Qing Empire is now also headed by women.

This war of the Qing Empire was fought unjustly.

Before the French army sneaked into Mawei, the Qing generals had already realized that a war was imminent, so they asked the capital for instructions, hoping to get the right to take the initiative to fire. At least they had to have some autonomy, and they could not leave the warships in the military port to be beaten passively.

The reply from the capital was: If there is no order, you are not allowed to fire first, but you must wait for the enemy ship to open fire before you can retaliate. Those who violate the rules will be killed even if they are victorious.

This means that if you fire without orders, you will be beheaded if you win.

How can we fight this ridiculous battle?
  Fighting on land is even more nonsense.

In the French army during the Qing-France War, there were only more than 200 real Frenchmen, and the rest were Annan servants trained by the French army. If the veteran Feng Zicai hadn't turned the tide, the Qing Empire would have really opened up this time.

Ya San thought for a long time and slowly shook his head: "George, it's not as easy as you think. Our actions in East Asia must be cautious."

This--

George considers himself a conservative when it comes to expansion.

George has been instilling a concept into Nicholas, consciously or unconsciously, in the past few years.

Since the current territory of the Russian Empire is large enough, as long as the existing territory is developed well, Russia will become the most powerful country in the world.

The radicals in Russia are Nicholas Jr. and Sergey.

Little Nicholas talked about destroying the Ottoman Empire all day long.

Sergei's obsession was to conquer Europe.

What, now it means that the radicals dislike the conservatives for being too radical.

"So, everything is back to square one, we need the Trans-Siberian Railway." George brought the topic back.

When George was in Vladivostok, he learned that the American Pacific Railway was about to be completed this year.

This means that it is not too late for Russia to act.

Since the Trans-Siberian Railway will be built sooner or later, it is better to build it sooner rather than later.

Another time and space is that Japan was worried that Russia could quickly transport military power to the Far East after the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway, so it was forced to launch the Russo-Japanese War.

If the Russo-Japanese War had been postponed for half a year, the result would not be that way.

Now Japan has not received its first pot of gold from the Qing Empire, and it is not qualified to be a rival of the Russian Empire.

Japan also had no choice but to launch the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War. At that time, Japan's domestic situation was already extremely dangerous. If it could not obtain benefits through foreign wars, the Japanese government would collapse and the king would be laid off.

The Meiji Restoration, which was so much praised by the Japanese, has not improved for more than ten years. The Japanese government really has no choice but to sell off all the state-owned enterprises that were launched in a hurry.

If Britain were not worried about Russia's expansion in East Asia and gave Japan a wave of blood transfusions, Japan's Meiji Restoration would be over, and so would Japan.

"The railway needs to be more cautious -" Ya San had too many worries, looked forward and backward, and his character weaknesses were fully exposed.

George is no longer angry. Regardless of whether it is repaired or not in St. Petersburg, construction will begin in Vladivostok next year at the latest.

The steelmaking equipment has now arrived in Vladivostok, the factory site has been determined, and the workers' bodies have been recuperated. As soon as spring comes, Vladivostok will start a new round of construction.

There are a lot of factories to be built this year. In addition to steel plants, Vladivostok also needs to build gunpowder factories, manufacturing plants, and supporting factories for the production of civilian weapons.

In addition to the factory, the construction of the Vladivostok port cannot be stopped. The Siberian fleet, which loves the new and dislikes the old, can move away from Vladivostok. George has no place to move, and Vladivostok is his hometown.

So George has to work hard to make money this year.

Leaving Gatchina, Nikolai cheered George up.

"George, don't worry, I will fully support you!"

George's jokes were not in vain.

(End of this chapter)