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Chapter 157 Vladivostok Coffee

It was expedient to appoint these relatives to high positions, but George really had no choice. He had no one to use.

In recent years, George has focused on the rubber group, neglecting business talents, and has basically no accumulation.

After Mikhail came to Vladivostok, George's business territory suddenly expanded rapidly. From champagne at the beginning, to cosmetics, to the factory in Vladivostok, George's development speed in the past two years was so fast that George Sometimes it’s incredible to think about it.

When Mikhail first arrived in Vladivostok, George was worried that there would be no one available in Vladivostok, so he focused on how to obtain labor.

Now the labor problem has been initially solved. Although it is not sufficient, it is enough for Vladivostok at this stage.

Gaps in management personnel gradually emerged.

Workers can be trained quickly through cramming.

Qualified managers can only take their time. Even if George's relatives have various problems, George can only trust them now.

George is definitely not 100% trustworthy, and proper supervision is essential.

George has no shortage of people in this regard, and the Oak Park veteran is most suitable for this job.

The Oak Park veteran and Ye Luoxin are brothers in life and death. Since Ye Luoxin and Dalia have both come to Vladivostok, the old brothers will naturally live and die together. Yuri didn't even care about his wife who was about to give birth and went directly to Vladivostok with George.

Yuri is in Oak Park and is actually responsible for the security of Oak Park. When George is not in Oak Park, Yuri and his old brothers are responsible for the security of Oak Park.

Compared with his relatives, George actually trusts these veterans more.

So Yuri was appointed by George as the chief of police in Vladivostok.

Not like the secret police in St. Petersburg.

The Vladivostok Police Department is not only responsible for the public security of Vladivostok, but also responsible for the security of Vladivostok.

George had high demands on the police station. He not only asked the police station to monitor the foreign population, but also asked Yuri to set up an intelligence network within Vladivostok to monitor every corner of Vladivostok.

"The police department must focus its work inside the factory and focus on monitoring those who work dishonestly. We strive to provide workers with a complete welfare guarantee and salary system, and we cannot let others pick the peaches." George has not forgotten how the Russian Empire fell. Yes, there is a Volya Volya Party in St. Petersburg, and sooner or later there will be one in Vladivostok.

In terms of population ratio, the number of workers in Vladivostok may be greater than that in St. Petersburg in the future.

If we do not pay attention to the monitoring of the workers' groups, once the workers' groups are incited, all the good situation in Vladivostok will be in vain.

"The salary of workers in Vladivostok is already higher than that of workers in St. Petersburg. What else do they have to be dissatisfied with?" Mikhail was very angry. Whoever dares to sway public opinion is the enemy of Vladivostok.

"If people have 30 kopecks, they will want 50 kopecks. If they have 50 kopecks, they will want a ruble. If we don't cut off the hidden dangers at the source, sooner or later we will share all the profits with them, and they will not be satisfied." George is not opposed to workers fighting for legitimate rights, but if illegal things are done under the banner of "legitimate", then just go mining.

The "they" here refer to the People's Democratic Party.

Of course, it is not easy for the Narodnaya Volya to incite the workers.

The vast majority of workers in Vladivostok are of Chinese origin.

If the Public Opinion Party members want to incite the workers, they should first learn Chinese before speaking.

Even if you learn it, it will not be of much use.

The greatest advantage of the Chinese is that they are not easily incited.

When the United States was building the Pacific Rim Railway, tens of thousands of Chinese workers were employed. During the entire project, the Chinese workers were inhumanly abused. Under every sleeper, the bones of a Chinese worker were buried.

The Pacific Rim Railway was completed last year. At the completion ceremony, there was not a single Chinese worker present, and the Chinese workers did not cause any trouble.

The reason why the "Chinese Exclusion Act" was introduced was because Chinese workers were so capable and capable that they took away a large number of jobs from American workers. That's why those congressmen proposed restrictions on Chinese workers in order to please their votes.

These are enough to prove that Chinese workers are the most stable, hard-working and self-disciplined group in the world.

So the Narodnaya Volya want to incite the workers of Vladivostok in the next life just like they incited the workers of St. Petersburg.

"This is easy to handle. We will separate the immigrants from Europe and the workers from the Qing Dynasty and prevent them from contacting each other. Let the People's Opinion Party go to the valley to represent the will of the wild wolves." Mikhail smiled grimly, feeling sorry for those poor people. Partisans set the tone.

Yuri is in Oak Park, having one child a year, and last year they were twins. Now he has two children, a happy family, and nothing more to ask for.

In the spring of next year, Yuri's wife and children will come to Vladivostok from St. Petersburg. He doesn't want the damn Volya Party to disturb his peaceful life.

So the Volya Volya members who were sent to Vladivostok were in bad luck.

When George was in St. Petersburg, he asked the Tsar to send all Narodnaya Volya members to Vladivostok. George would take good care of them on behalf of the empire.

Although the Tsar did not agree with his words, he did so.

At the end of October, a group of criminals from St. Petersburg arrived in Vladivostok.

It was still September when this group of criminals set out from Odessa, so they were still wearing single clothes. Vladivostok was already covered in ice and snow at the end of October, and it would only take a few minutes to get frostbite if exposed to the wild without thick clothing.

Krzhakov, who was in charge of receiving, was not satisfied after checking the list, because there were still 125 workers in this group of workers when they set out from Odessa, and when they arrived in Vladivostok, there were only 113 workers left.

"Where are the rest?" Krzhakov asked the officer escorting the prisoners.

"He died of illness, fell into the sea, drowned, hung himself - in short, he died." Rakiecki, a cavalry officer from Poland, was casual and full of curiosity about Vladivostok.

The vast majority of Russians have never been to Vladivostok in their lives. For them, Vladivostok is as mysterious a place as the ancient Eastern Empire.

Rakitsky was a little disappointed. Vladivostok was not as majestic as its name (Vladivostok, Rule of the East), desolate, backward, sparse buildings, not like a city at all.

Only the road surface is not bad.

Even by St. Petersburg standards, Vladivostok's road traffic can be described as excellent.

The cost of roads in Oak Park is too high and cannot be promoted on a large scale.

Vladivostok is crisscrossed by rivers and intertwined with mountains, and there is no shortage of stones.

Because the engineering standards at the dock are relatively high, the ground is all made of hardened stones, which will last for hundreds of years.

With high-standard roads, they must be carefully maintained.

The snow in Russia is so heavy in winter that the thickest snow in the Siberian wilderness is 20 meters.

In order to ensure the cleanliness of the pier, Vladivostok uses several water pumping trucks to pump out seawater to flush the pier at any time to ensure that there will be no snow on the pier.

Although the conditions of the prisoners on the ship were not very good, there was still no problem in keeping warm. At least no one froze to death.

From the warm cabin to the ice-covered dock, the prisoners only stayed for a few minutes, and some were already crumbling.

"Why is there one less machine? These machines won't freeze to death, right?" Kzhakov is careful and meticulous, and every machine must be carefully counted.

"How is it possible? All the machines are here." Rakitsky thought that Krzhakov was making things difficult. This was a cargo ship. It stopped at ports along the way and did nothing but add coal and water. Such a big machine would not It may disappear directly.

As for how the cargo ship carries people, this is not a problem Rakitski worries about.

"First, first, sir, can you give us some clothes? We are freezing to death -" Kzhakov was wearing a woolen coat, a sheepskin hat, and thick high leather boots. He was not cold at all.

The prisoners were all dressed in single clothes, and they were worried and unprotected during the journey, and their food was not guaranteed. The dozens of consecutive days of sea journey almost broke their will, and now they can only hold on with one breath.

"Shut up, you must ask for permission before speaking. Whoever dares to speak without asking for permission again, I will let him try Vladivostok coffee -" Kzhakov was very unhappy. The prisoner was not qualified to raise conditions.

"We will freeze to death if this continues! I am a student of St. Petersburg University and should not be treated like this." A young student is not afraid of threats. The Russian Empire still respects intellectuals, so the students of St. Petersburg We don't have much respect for soldiers like Kzhakov.

The number of college students in this era was rare, and they basically became officials as soon as they graduated, unlike big-name soldiers like Krzhakov.

If Krzhakov had no backing in the army, he would be like this for the rest of his life, and it would be impossible for him to climb to a higher position.

Students of St. Petersburg University have a bright future. After entering the Russian bureaucracy, they will receive special care from their senior brothers and alumni. As long as they make no mistakes, they will have a smooth journey.

Now you understand why the assignment to Siberia turned into a five-year trip to Siberia.

"You are a student of St. Petersburg University, why are you here?" Kzhakov likes such thorns. Even if there is no one, he will find one or two people to establish his authority.

A few more would actually be no problem.

"This has nothing to do with you!" The student's face was livid, and he didn't know whether he was cold or angry.

"Since you came to Vladivostok, it has something to do with me." Kzhakov's eyes swept across the faces of all the prisoners one by one. Most of the prisoners' eyes showed hatred, and only part of them was fear.

"Do you know what Vladivostok coffee is?" Kzhakov tried to look pleasant.

In the eyes of others, Kzhakov's image is now more terrifying than the dark wizard.

"Thank you, I just need a cup of coffee to warm my body." Young children don't know the dangers of society.

Kzhakov smiled and waved, and two Cossack soldiers came over and dragged this young man who didn't know the height of the sky towards the shore.

"What are you doing? Let me go -" the young man struggled desperately.

The Cossack only obeys the orders of his superiors, and when performing tasks, he is an emotionless war machine.

The young man did not understand the difference between Vladivostok and St. Petersburg until he was thrown into the sea.

(End of this chapter)