I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 163 Dig your own pit and bury it yourself

Whether you are persistent or not depends on who you are.

Including George, Yaer had six sons, so he naturally did not worry about inheritance rights.

George's brothers were also willful. The third brother, Alexei, never married. Although the fifth brother, Sergey, was married, he had no children. Later, he adopted the son of the sixth brother, Paul, and his first wife, Princess Alexandra. female.

Although the George family does not have a throne to inherit, they do have the title of super duke to inherit.

Now that they have a huge family fortune, Catherine and George's uncles are working hard to make money. The wealth must be inherited and cannot be taken advantage of by outsiders.

The princes of St. Petersburg already knew how to drink flower wine and look at their white legs when they were 12 or 13 years old.

George was already 14 years old, and he had to deal with a bunch of gray animals and professors who were about to be buried all day long. Ekaterina saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, lest George go astray.

George is not worried about this problem.

At 14 years old, my hair hasn’t even grown yet——

At 14 years old, the body is not fully developed yet. The Tsar knew not to let Nicholas indulge in love prematurely, and George had to take care of his body.

Then let your wife be raised at the father-in-law's house first, and then take her back when the time is right.

The development of Vladivostok cannot wait.

Igor's apprentice Karpov is still very talented in mechanical design.

When George came to Vladivostok, he brought several four-stroke Otto engines produced in Germany.

Karpov led a few friends and installed an engine on a carriage, thus creating the world's first car.

It can't be said that it was the first one. It was already the end of 1885. George didn't know if Carl Benz's car had come out. If so, then this was the second one.

In fact, it is not the second one. Kuklev of Oak Park has completed the modification of the carriage in September this year and successfully made the carriage move.

It was just movable, but there were still many problems that had not been solved, so Kuklev was very dissatisfied and did not perform a public display.

Karpov was young and energetic. After the carriage was completed, he and a few friends drove the carriage from the Vladivostok Machinery Factory to Yuriev Palace.

Karpov still has something to pursue. At least the carriage has a compartment, and people sitting in it will not be blown by the cold wind.

When they saw George, Karpov and several friends were very excited. Their carriage-car had many problems along the way, and the last part of the journey was completely pushed up.

The engine power was not enough, and the car body was too heavy. Yuriev Palace was built on a mountain, and the car had no climbing ability at all, and it would be impossible to get up without pushing.

"I have sent a telegram to Kuklev in St. Petersburg and asked him to bring his car. You can have a good communication then." George invited Karpov and his friends into the Yuriev Palace. They are all high-tech talents from Vladivostok.

"We communicated through telegrams, and I asked him some questions. The transmission structure of this carriage adopts Kuklev's design." Karpov is not greedy for credit. He has not yet realized the success of the first car. What is the meaning.

If George announces the success of automobile development at this time, then Karpov will become the father of the automobile.

This summer, Mozhaisky got his wish and officially became the father of the airplane. In this world, the invention of airplanes is nothing but an American.

Mozhaisky's invention was recognized by the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, and Mozhaisky successfully entered the Academy of Sciences and became an academician of the Academy of Sciences.

If Karpov becomes the father of the automobile, he will also become an academician.

Academicianship not only represents honor, but can also bring Karpov a generous income. No one can resist this temptation.

"Then this car will be considered a joint invention of you and Kuklev." George is generous, and the bonus will definitely be indispensable.

"Next, you have to focus on agricultural machinery and construction machinery." George made a new request.

There is not a strong demand for cars in Vladivostok.

On the contrary, the demand for agricultural machinery and construction machinery is extremely strong.

With agricultural machinery and construction machinery, the labor shortage in Vladivostok can be greatly alleviated.

The engine brought by George has a power of about 30 horsepower, which is enough to power agricultural machinery and construction machinery.

Of course, the most critical thing is the reliability and stability of the engine.

Karpov and Kuklev are not good at this, and George can only hope that the Academy of Sciences can bring good news to George as soon as possible.

Although Karpov's car still had many problems, George still asked Karpov to keep the car.

This is the first car in human history and has very important commemorative significance.

In a few decades, if there is a classic car competition, George can drive this car to participate.

Huh, classic car?
  Compared with this car, all classic cars are grandsons.

As Christmas approaches, George gets busier and busier.

There are more and more factories in Vladivostok. Just a double-barreled shotgun has spawned 11 factories with a total of more than 1500 workers.

Including steel plants, machinery plants, and shipyards, the total number of workers in Vladivostok exceeds 10,000, and the pressure on material supply is increasing.

The shipyard in Vladivostok started late and currently can only produce wooden fishing boats.

With the engine, Vladivostok's fishery will enter a period of rapid development next year. After using the engine as power, fishing efficiency will be greatly improved.

If the engine is installed on a fishing boat, it is not appropriate to purchase the engine sporadically from Germany. Vladivostok must produce it on its own.

The good news is that the invention patent for the engine invented by Dailem was canceled by Germany, so Vladivostok can organize its own production.

The Otto four-stroke engine, despite its name, was not actually invented by the German Nicholas Otto.

In 1807, French engineer Isaac de Rivas invented and patented the internal combustion engine.

Since then, inventions based on the Rivas internal combustion engine have continued to appear.

In 1860, Otto applied for his first patent in Prussia, but the application was rejected because it was too similar to other people's inventions.

What does it mean?
  Too similar means plagiarism.

In 1877, Otto finally obtained a patent for the four-stroke engine.

But soon after, the patent was canceled due to conflicts with other people's patents.

It still means plagiarism.

So until now, George doesn't know what this engine should be called.

No matter what it is called, as long as it can be produced.

Although this engine is not stable enough, stalls frequently, vibrates a lot, makes noise, has high fuel consumption, etc., it still has many shortcomings.

But after all, this engine can explode with power equivalent to 30 horses, which is enough for George to invest in an engine factory.

An engine factory alone is not enough.

The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences has organized manpower to improve the four-stroke engine.

George's requirements were not high, and it was unrealistic to increase the power to several hundred horsepower in one go.

George just hopes that the stability problem will be solved in a short time. He wants higher horsepower and can continue to improve in the future.

This requires a professional engine research institute. Otto's partner in engine research was his brother. During this period, research was temporarily interrupted due to financial problems.

There is no money problem here in George.

At the same time, George can also mobilize more resources.

So George sent a telegram to Butrelov, hoping that Butrelov would move the engine research institute of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to Vladivostok.

The key to the one-stop integration of industry, academia and research is industry and research.

Whether the new technology can be applied to engines will only be known after verification.

The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences has research and development capabilities, but does not have verification conditions. It needs to send people to ship the design drawings to Vladivostok for verification, and then return the results.

Even if you don’t take the verification time into account, it will take 4 months.

If the research institute could be relocated to Vladivostok, many problems would be solved and efficiency would be improved by no means.

In order to solve the researchers' worries, George offered extremely generous salaries. The salary of ordinary researchers was almost the same as that of professors at St. Petersburg University.

There is no need to worry about life problems. Vladivostok now has schools, hospitals, and factories far away from the city. The natural environment and air quality in Vladivostok are still acceptable. Except for the lack of big white legs, basically everything in St. Petersburg and Vladivostok is available.

And better.

The mansion on the Neva River in St. Petersburg, the researchers of the Academy of Sciences, even if they are promoted to academicians, will never get involved in this life.

Yuriev Mountain, where Yuriev Palace is located, has begun to develop luxury homes on the hillside.

A seaside resort and sanatorium are being built on the Amur Bay inside Vladivostok.

These are prepared for Vladivostok’s future high-tech talents.

Although George was well prepared, Butrelov did not agree to move the institute to Vladivostok.

This is understandable.

The research institute is in the Academy of Sciences, so George has to go to the Academy again and again to bring a steady stream of new projects to the Academy.

George's Cosmetic Research Institute has been moved from the Academy of Sciences.

If the Engine Research Institute moves again, Butrelov worries that George will one day hollow out the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

By then, let alone sow postpartum care, pig manure recycling will not be possible.

Although he hit a snag with Butrelov, George was not in a hurry.

Even if Butrelov protects his calf, George still has a powerful weapon.

No matter how high the status of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences is in Russia, it is always a scientific research institution under the empire.

What George couldn't do, Nikolai could solve with a phone call.

Compared with the Ural Machinery Factory, Butrelov still has confidence.

He did not immediately succumb to Nicholas's power, but went directly to the Tsar.

"How many academicians are there in the institute?" Ya San had no idea when the Academy of Sciences would add another institute.

The secret police must report this matter to their superiors.

But the Tsar is so busy that a mere research institute cannot really catch the Tsar's eye.

"A total of 12!" Butrelov said confidently.

"I mean those involved in actual research -" The Tsar was no stranger to the Academy of Sciences' trivial matters.

George was famous for his generosity. He only needed to put his name in the research institute to get a salary. Ya San also had many part-time jobs before he became the czar.

Otherwise, buying champagne alone would cost tens of thousands of rubles a year. Where would the money come from?
  "Well, academicians are very busy with their work and do not participate in actual research." Butrelov blushed, and now he was no longer as confident as when he took advantage.

"Since the beginning of smokeless gunpowder, George has given a lot of money to the Academy of Sciences, right?" The Tsar's expression showed no emotion, and his words were already full of emotions.

No matter what George does, he always pulls Nicholas along.

So Nicholas also had a share of the money that George gave to the Academy of Sciences.

Forget about Black George’s money.

Even the crown prince’s money dares to be hacked!

This is really taking the Tsar as a Caesar.

It's money or not, it doesn't really matter.

The empire allocates a lot of money to the Academy of Sciences every year, but without George's promotion in these years, how many scientific research achievements has the Academy of Sciences made?

There is nothing that is at least qualified for Ya San to know.

After Mozhaysky's plane took off a few months ago, Nicholas was very happy and invited the Tsar to watch it live.

The Tsar was also happy. Nikolai contributed a lot to Mozhaysky becoming the father of the airplane. He must be considered the "Mother of the Aircraft" no matter what.

The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences did not immediately recognize Mozhaysky's aircraft.

In the final analysis, it is still private thoughts that cause trouble.

If the airplane was invented by an academician of the Academy of Sciences, I am afraid that the Academy of Sciences would have announced it to the world with gongs and drums.

After the Tsar's intervention, the Academy of Sciences finally reluctantly recognized Mozhaisky's invention.

But as soon as he turned around, Mozajsky became an academician of the Academy of Sciences.

Haha, no matter what, no matter what happens, it is all the credit of our Academy of Sciences.

"I heard that you have been studying God and the soul recently. Have you achieved any results?" The tsar was very dissatisfied with Butrelov's lack of professionalism.

The end of science is theology -

Okay, anyway, as long as things cannot be explained by science, God’s will is at work.

But before Newton discovered universal gravitation, didn't universal gravitation exist?

"We have made some discoveries, but it will take some time before the results are produced." Butrelov's face turned red. You are the dean of the Academy of Sciences, not the archbishop of the church. It is the archbishop's job to study God and the soul.

"Dmitry and Ivan spent ten years establishing the Imperial University for the Empire in Tomsk. George sent me a telegram a few days ago, thinking that Vladivostok also needs a university-" The Tsar was very disappointed with Butrelov, but fortunately there were still people working quietly.

Dmitry was Mendeleev.

Ivan is Pavlov.

"What do you think?" The Tsar hoped that Butrelov could return to reality. After all, Butrelov's achievements in chemistry are obvious to all. In Russia, no one can match him.

"Yes, it is necessary. If Super Duke Yuryevsky does not object, I am willing to go to Vladivostok and spend the same ten years building a new imperial university for the empire." Butt Relov is definitely a smart man. He knows that if someone doesn't respond properly at this time, he will be in doom.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. You are the president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, and I am not willing to let you go to Vladivostok -" The Tsar's attitude is very clear. You don't have to go, but someone from the Academy of Sciences must go.

(End of this chapter)