I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 170 Bright Summit

George is neither radical nor conservative. He only chooses to be radical or conservative when necessary. Just like the Russian character, it is full of contradictions.

Since the factory has to be relocated, the newly arrived machines will naturally be shipped directly to Khabarovsk.

It can't be transported now. We have to wait until the river surface thaws before the machine can start transporting.

The location of the new city has also been chosen, on the banks of the Amur River 250 kilometers north of Khabarovsk.

In the 21st century, this place is called Amur Youth City.

George's surname is Yuriev, and the name of the new city is Yuriev. George wants to build Yuriev into the manufacturing center of the entire Amur region. Khabarovsk is just a transit station between Yuriev and Vladivostok.

Korv was very disappointed. Yuriev was already 250 kilometers away from Khabarovsk, so what did it have to do with Khabarovsk?
  "Across from Khabarovka is the Qing Empire. Do you dare to put the future heavy industry center here?" George has long-term plans. Yuriev is 250 kilometers away from Khabarovsk and 400 kilometers away from Temple Street, which is perfect.

"There's nothing to worry about. Can't we just occupy the land opposite Khabarovka!" Korv was the real schizophrenic.

"Haha——" George could only sneer.

When I was about to go south last winter, who was the one crying and shouting that we should be cautious, restrained, and not start provocations lightly?
  Who sent the telegram to St. Petersburg to report my condition?

"The Qing Empire and the British Empire are different after all." Korff's face was redder than the British lobster soldiers.

"How many troops does the British Empire have in the Far East? How many troops does the Qing Empire have? Are you sure the Qing Empire is easier to deal with than the British Empire?" George taunted and ridiculed, "You can't develop the economy, and you can't fight a war."

He knows how to make a small report.

Why do you think you are the Governor of Amur? Go and become the Governor of the Whistleblower.

Korff was speechless. The Qing Empire's strength on paper was indeed stronger than the British Empire's strength in the Far East.

But whether you are strong or not is not calculated in this way.

The British Empire has colonies all over the world. Once the Far East needs military assistance, Britain can mobilize troops from its colonies around the world to provide reinforcements to the Far East.

Although the Qing Empire's army was large in size, its weapons and equipment were backward, training was neglected, logistics was weak, and its combat effectiveness was not strong.

Especially in the direction of Khabarovsk.

As mentioned before, the Qing Empire regarded the area outside the Pass as a land of dragon prosperity and prohibited Han people from moving in freely. This gave the Russian Empire an opportunity to illegally occupy a large amount of land in the Qing Empire through immigration.

The current situation in Khabarovsk is the same as a hundred years ago. There are few residents on the other side of the Amur River. The situation is similar to that of Siberia, both of which are deserted.

At this time, if we push towards the other side of the Amur River, we really won't encounter much resistance.

The Russian Empire was weak in the Far East.

The Qing Empire was equally unprepared, and Britain was a completely different matter.

The British-occupied Jumun Island is also an island like Jeju and cannot be attacked by land.

The power of the British Royal Navy is obvious to all, and the Siberian Fleet is simply unable to resist. That's why George had to use force last year, and St. Petersburg's reaction was so big.

If it were the Qing Empire, there would be no need to worry so much.

How did the empire encroach on the Far East?
  Immigrate first, and after the established fact is established, they force the Qing Empire to cede land, and seize millions of square kilometers of land without sending a single soldier.

The same can be done for the land on the other side of the Amur River. As long as people are sent across the river, the land on the other side belongs to the Russian Empire.

But this matter can only be thought about. As long as George disagrees, Korff can't do anything.

George really doesn’t want to start a border provocation. The Amur Governorate is already big enough and can be developed patiently by George for decades. George does not need to expand southward. He only needs to manage the Amur Governorate well. George will have enough confidence to deal with the future. Upheaval.

At the end of February, Mozhaisky and more than a hundred other lecturers from St. Petersburg University and researchers from the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences finally arrived in Vladivostok.

Professors and academicians need not think about it. They have already achieved great success and cannot come to Vladivostok to start over. Lecturers and researchers have no human rights. With the Tsar's order, they can only go to Vladivostok and contribute their efforts to the preparation of Vladivostok University.

George was very happy. Mozhaysky brought his plane and Kuklev brought his car. This was George's most important project and the future was promising.

Mozhaysky and Kuklev still didn't know what kind of fate they were about to face. Kuklev was relatively calm, but Mozhaysky was quite uneasy.

Both Mozhaysky and Kuklev boarded the ship in St. Petersburg, and Kuklev not only took his car with him, but also his plane.

So Mozhayski finally knew where his "Father of Aircraft" came from.

After Mozhaisky won the competition for the "Father of the Aircraft", Kuklev did not stop researching the aircraft.

After using the latest engines, Kuklev's aircraft can already fly thousands of meters in the air, performing better than Mozhaisky's aircraft.

Mozhaisky's aircraft was too heavy. Unless the power of the engine could be further improved, Mozhaisky's aircraft would not be qualitatively improved. Kuklev’s aircraft was smaller, lighter, required less power, and had more room for improvement.

In addition to airplanes, Kuklev's automobiles also made significant progress.

St. Petersburg has a series of Christmas celebrations, and Kuklev's car caused a sensation when it appeared in the St. Petersburg Christmas parade.

The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences is evaluating Kuklev's car.

Once it passes the evaluation, the reputation of "Father of the Automobile" will belong to Kuklev.

For two months from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok, Mozhaisky and Kuklev communicated every day.

By the time they arrived in Vladivostok, the two had become very good friends with Danila from St. Petersburg University.

Danila is a lecturer responsible for teaching the working principles of internal combustion engines. He has a lot of experience in internal combustion engines. He has an invention about a four-stroke engine and has just obtained a patent from the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Once Danila's patent is applied to a four-stroke engine, the engine's power can be increased by at least ten percent.

Mozhaisky and Kuklev have agreed with Danila that after arriving in Vladivostok, Danila will provide Mozhaisky and Kuklev with the four-stroke engine he developed as soon as possible.

George didn't know that he had an unexpected surprise. After all the scientific researchers arrived in Vladivostok, they were sent to Yuriev Palace, where George prepared a welcome dinner for them.

Unlike the court ball in St. Petersburg, what George prepared was really a dinner party.

Since it’s a dinner party, all kinds of delicious food are essential.

There’s not much to say about the food in the Russian Empire. The lecturers and researchers are not country bumpkins. Not to mention well-informed, most of them have seen and eaten it.

There are many kinds of food in Vladivostok, including more than 40 kinds of dim sum, all made by chefs from the Qing Empire.

It was difficult to hire doctors in the Qing Empire, but it was easy to hire chefs. As long as George was willing to spend money, there were many chefs willing to come to Vladivostok to work.

In the chef industry, there are actually customs such as three years of apprenticeship and two years of service. After apprenticeship, not everyone has the ability to open a restaurant, and most of them still work in restaurants.

That's easy.

Who to work for is not a part-time job. In Vladivostok, the income is almost ten times that of the Qing Empire, so this is not a multiple choice question at all.

The chef of Yuriev Palace was a royal chef from the Qing Empire.

This is also very easy to understand.

Although the imperial chef of the Qing Empire sounds nice, he doesn't make much money. The status of chefs in the Qing Empire is not as high as that of doctors.

In addition to various snacks, there are also a variety of fine wines from the East and the West. There are more than ten kinds of fine wines from the Qing Empire alone. George sent people to collect almost all the fine wines in his memory to Vladivostok. Now the drinks in Vladivostok The variety is so rich that it could almost be an alcohol expo.

Vladivostok is a port, and all kinds of seafood are also essential.

Seafood is an important source of food for the people of Vladivostok. Every summer, a large amount of seafood is caught in Vladivostok. If you can't finish it, you pickle it and store it so that you can continue to eat it in winter.

With seafood, snacks and fine wine, the banquet at Yuriev Palace was a hit before Christmas.

Although there are cars in Vladivostok, they are not yet practical. Mozhaisky, Kuklev, and Danila arrived at Yuriev Palace by carriage.

The Yuriev Palace is brightly lit at night, and the electric lamps on the white marble corridors illuminate the Yuriev Palace at night like a fairyland. Therefore, Yuriev Palace was nicknamed the "Bright Dome" by George.

In this era, only George knows what this joke means.

But it does not affect people's curiosity and interest in Guangmingding.

Whenever guests come to Guangmingding, these electric lights always arouse people's countless curiosity. They don't understand what magic Yurievsky Super Duke used to light up these magical little things.

Mozajsky and Danila are no strangers to electric light.

Last summer, Edison took his light bulb to St. Petersburg to demonstrate to the Tsar. He was rewarded by the Tsar, and Edison came back with a full load.

Although Edison's light bulb caused a sensation in St. Petersburg, electric light was not popularized in St. Petersburg.

Instead, he settled down in Vladivostok, thousands of miles away.

"This is so beautiful, so beautiful, unparalleled!" Mozhayski didn't know many adjectives, so he kept turning over these few.

"It's not surprising that Yurievsky Super-Prince is willing to accept new things. Without his guidance, there would be no car for me." Kuklev is full of gratitude to George, if George will, "the father of the automobile" This honor should belong to George.

"It should be said that my aircraft was inspired by Yurievsky's Super Duke to achieve success." Mozhayski was also grateful to George, and even more grateful to Nikolai for his tip-off.

(End of this chapter)