I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 174 What do you think?
  The gift is just a stepping stone. Korff has to pay a lot to return to St. Petersburg.

As spring approaches, George is preparing to return to St. Petersburg.

For a whole year, there has been no progress in the dispute over Juwen Island, and more and more countries are involved.

Britain insisted that as long as Russia withdrew from Jeju Island and promised not to occupy any islands in Korea, Britain would withdraw from Jumun Island.

The Siberian Fleet insists that the agreement with Korea on Jeju Island is limited to winter overwintering, has the same nature as the Nagasaki Concession, and does not involve agreements such as the construction of a military port.

This explanation obviously does not satisfy the UK.

The Siberian Fleet already has a concession in Nagasaki and can go to Nagasaki for the winter. There is no need to lease Jeju Island.

In fact, leasing Jeju Island does not matter. What Britain is really worried about is that Russia continues to expand southward, which will affect Britain's interests in East Asia.

No matter how much the Siberian fleet argued with the British, George had not yet arrived, and the first batch of 1500 new immigrants had arrived in Vladivostok.

This group of new immigrants were all Chinese employees and their families.

After two years of testing, most of the Chinese employees have established initial trust in Vladivostok.

The Chinese who joined Vladivostok last year have set an excellent example for those Chinese employees who have not yet made up their minds.

Employees who become Russian nationals can immediately be assigned a house for free, children of school age can go to school for free, and over-age children can work in factories. Even if they are assigned to farms, their salaries are significantly higher than those of foreign employees. Double.

Foreign employees and newly naturalized immigrants both do the same job, but their incomes are significantly different.

The school in Vladivostok not only provides food and accommodation, but also provides clothes and stationery, and even free tuition. This is equivalent to Vladivostok helping the new immigrants to raise their children, and also giving them a bright future.

This alone is enough for foreign employees to make a choice.

George accepted everyone who came, and asked for as much as he wanted.

Children who entered school last year will be promoted to grade 2 this year, and they will continue to learn the language. This stage will take at least two years to complete.

The amazing thing is that the children of new immigrants from Russia and Europe also need to pass the language barrier first.

These children from the Russian and European regions only speak Russian, which is not standardized and require further study in school before they can continue their studies.

Compared with children from the Russian and European regions, students from the Qing Empire need to learn Chinese in addition to Russian. Their learning tasks are more arduous and they have more homework.

Most students love learning, and only a small number of students with bad personalities show a certain degree of resistance to learning.

The requirements of Vladivostok School are very strict. If they are just stupid and slow to accept, the school will not discriminate against students because of this.

But if you don’t study well in school, it will affect others.

Sorry, all such students will be expelled. Their future will undoubtedly be extremely bleak.

Right now, there are no cultural requirements for factory recruitment in Vladivostok. Even an illiterate person can succeed in the Vladivostok factory.

In another ten years, when these children grow up, although illiterate people can still find jobs in the Vladivostok factory, if they want to find a job that is easy, makes a lot of money, and is a good job in the worldly sense, then they must have certain skills. level of education.

George is not qualified to pick and choose now. No matter what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates, as long as he is willing to immigrate to Vladivostok, George will take it.

But if the laws of Vladivostok are violated, whether they are immigrants from Europe or immigrants from the Qing Empire, Vladivostok officials will deal with them seriously and show no mercy.

"Are the laws in Vladivostok a little too strict?" The laws in Vladivostok are so strict that even Korf thinks they have reached a level of strictness.

"It's not that Vladivostok's laws are too strict, but that the Empire's laws are too loose. In the Russian Empire, only people like you and me are qualified to get something for nothing." George was ruthless and even hurt himself when he became ruthless. scold.

"Our work is busier than anyone else's and our responsibilities are greater than anyone else's. How can we get something for nothing?" Korff disagreed with George's statement.

"Come on, just tell me this. Don't go out and say it, otherwise you will get beaten easily." George was indeed wrong. He and Korff did not get anything for nothing. At most, their efforts were not proportional to their rewards.

In terms of pure workload, George's workload is not as heavy as that of the workers in the Vladivostok factory.

But this is by no means a reason to be passive.

If you want to earn a higher salary, work hard to improve your technical level. The Vladivostok Machinery Factory divides workers' salaries into 12 levels according to different proficiency levels, from the lowest of only 10 kopecks per day to the highest of 1 ruble per day. If you want to earn How much it costs depends on your ability.

There are currently no workers in Vladivostok who can earn a daily wage of 1 ruble.

Igor is no longer a worker. Last year Igor received 1500 rubles just for training fees.

This does not include Igor's original salary.

For the workers in the Vladivostok factory, the best way to make more money is to improve their technical level. When the technical level reaches a certain level, even if they resign and start a business, Vladivostok officials will not stop them, but will provide some loans and tax benefits. Preferential policies provide support.

If we follow the example of France, workers will riot at every turn.

Sorry, the Siberian mines are waiting for you.

"I recently received a telegram from St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg hopes that we can take appropriate care of some special guests." Korff raised this issue to George for a reason.

"What do you mean?" George didn't quite understand. He said what he wanted to say without beating around the bush. With Korff’s explanation, George knew the whole story.

One of the prisoners who arrived in Vladivostok before last winter was a relative of a certain St. Petersburg official.

No news was heard from these prisoners after arriving in Vladivostok. After calling and asking from St. Petersburg, they learned that more than 80% of the prisoners in Vladivostok died of illness last winter alone.

"So high?" George's surprise was really not fake. Mikhail was responsible for these things.

"Although Vladivostok has a severe cold climate, poor conditions, and backward medical conditions -" Before George could find an excuse, Korv found a lot of them.

"But it's not normal for the mortality rate to be so high. The mortality rate for newborn babies is so low. Why is the mortality rate for adults so high?" Korff did not accuse Mikhail of disregarding human life. He only hoped that Mikhail Don't go too far.

Those who are eligible to receive higher education in Russia rarely come from a truly lower-class background. At the very least, they must be rich peasants, declined aristocrats or something, to have the opportunity to receive higher education.

The empire has been inherited for 300 years, and the relationships are intricate and complicated. The emperor also has three poor relatives. Maybe a certain prisoner is related to an official in St. Petersburg.

"I asked why the assassins in St. Petersburg are so arrogant." George sneered. He finally knew why there were so many assassins in Russia.

After clarifying this point, many things that George has never figured out will have answers.

"Who sent you the telegram?" George took responsibility.

"Don't ask -" Korff was embarrassed. It seemed that he had a lot of background.

"Oh, okay, I'll ask Ishechenko." George didn't force him. Ishechenko is the telecommunications director of Vladivostok.

There is only one telegraph office in Vladivostok, and the telephone office is under preparation. When George returns to Vladivostok next year, Yuriev Palace will be able to directly communicate with the Siberian Fleet.

"Okay, you forced me to do this." Korff couldn't hide it, so he took it out first.

"It's Nikolay, General Nikolayevich."

This bunch is little Nicholas, whom George not only knows, but is also very familiar with.

Although several members of Nikolai's family have similar names, if it was Nikolai Sr., Korff should use "Marshal".

George tried to remember, and he really didn’t know who was related to little Nicholas.

Little Nicholas is considered George's cousin.

If you calculate it this way, isn't he also related to George?

"It's a relative of a female friend of General Nikolayevich." Although Korv said it vaguely, George suddenly realized it.

Dele, this is probably a relative of one of young Nicholas's mistresses.

If Nicholas Jr. and George were a common relative, then Nicholas Jr. would probably have sent a telegram directly to George.

"What mistake did that person make?" George first wanted to determine the seriousness of the matter.

"Ahem -" Korff's eyes dodge, not daring to look directly at George.

"What are you coughing about? Just say it directly." George didn't care. He had seen enough ridiculous things in the past few years.

It doesn’t matter if there are one or two more.

"Assassination of the Tsar——"

"Cough cough cough cough -" George coughed violently. He really didn't expect that this relative of little Nicholas was so talented.

Even if little Nicholas slept with his sister, or his younger sister, shouldn't he seek revenge from little Nicholas?
  What does this have to do with the Tsar?

The key is that you plotted to assassinate the Tsar, which George couldn't find any reason to take care of.

The last czar of the empire was George's father.

The current Tsar is Brother George.

George didn't know whether this person was plotting to assassinate Ya Er or Ya San.

But no matter who it was, they all had a deep hatred for George.

"I told you not to ask." Korff knew this would happen.

George said nothing. When he returns to St. Petersburg, he must ask little Nicholas what he meant.

This is no other ordinary crime.

This is really a plot to assassinate the Tsar, a major crime against nine clans, and little Nicholas actually hopes that George will take proper care of the assassin.

What do you think?
  What George didn't know was that the prisoner death rate in Vladivostok had attracted the attention of St. Petersburg. In recent times, there have been many people coming to the Tsar to accuse George.

(End of this chapter)