I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 202
  As a member of the royal family, George is almost invincible as long as he doesn't commit suicide.

The Russian royal family is different from the royal families of other countries.

The royal families of other countries are somewhat scrupulous about their actions, which is commonly known as trying to save face.

Russia's image around the world is that of barbarians. Even if George helps the old lady cross the street every day, it will not change the image of the Russian royal family.

Then just be brutal to the end. Not only did you kill people, but you also forced them to leave, and even took a Royal Navy lifeboat when they left.

What can your majestic British Empire do to me?

George did not go to Bulgaria and returned directly to St. Petersburg.

Something happened to the Tsar.

Half a month ago, the Tsar and his family took a special train to the Crimean Peninsula for vacation. When the special train arrived near a small station called Borki, it accidentally derailed.

The accident killed 23 people and injured 19 others. Although the Tsar's family survived, Alexander III fell ill.

The Tsar's family was finishing their meal when the accident occurred.

After the train derailed, Alexander III caught a cold while rescuing his family. He pulled his family members, including Nicholas, out of the badly damaged carriage one by one with his bare feet. He fell ill afterwards and has not recovered to this day.

Reminiscent of the recent assassination case, the secret police investigated the accident and suspected that it was another assassination attempt against the Tsar.

The investigation results are surprising. This was not an assassination at all, but a switchman's error that caused the Tsar's special train to derail.

Although it was not a premeditated assassination, the negligence of railway management once again surfaced.

As a result, the empire accelerated the nationalization of the railways, and George and Werther's early return to St. Petersburg was also related to this matter.

After Asan returned to St. Petersburg, he was disheartened and drank to soothe his sorrows, gradually alienating himself from the government. As the crown prince, Nicholas frequently attended royal meetings on behalf of the tsar.

Among Russia's current ministers, few know anything about railways. George and Werther, who know the most about railways, are both in the Far East, so Nicholas sent a telegram to George and Werther, asking George and Werther to return to St. Petersburg as soon as possible.

"Are you sure it was an accident?"

George's first reaction was to assassinate.

The Tsar's trip was carefully planned, and it didn't derail sooner or later, but it happened that the Tsar's special train derailed. No matter how you look at it, it's weird.

"It should be that the switchman drank too much when the incident happened, and he is already dead now——"

Nicola accepts the findings.

So what if you don't accept it.

Everyone is dead. If the investigation continues, we don’t know how many people will die.

Yaer's reforms have touched the interests of too many people.

The reform system of Asia 3 canceling Asia 2 has also violated the interests of many people.

Change is death.

If you don't change, you will die.

It's so hard to be a tsar in Russia.

Nicholas is not a prisoner of the country now, but better than a prisoner of the country.

Compared with last winter, Nikolai lost a lot of weight, and his whole person became sinister and fierce. The young man who was cheerful all day long, was kind to everyone, and couldn't bear to blame the horse that made mistakes disappeared.

In his place is a Caesar ready to go.

Only then did George realize that Nicholas was already 18 years old.

"What happened to you in the Lion City? Is it an accident too?"

Nicholas still cares about George very much. There are fewer and fewer people in this world that Nicholas can care about.

After the Tsar's special report, Nicholas was the first to send a telegram to George, asking George to return to St. Petersburg as soon as possible. His trust in George was unparalleled.

"I don't know, it may or may not be——"

George's matter is more complicated than the derailment of the Czar's special train.

Except for the people on George's side, everyone present at the time was dead, and no one was left alive. George didn't even have to ask about the assassin's purpose.

The attitude of the people in the Lion City towards the attack on George was also ambiguous. Most likely they did not conduct a detailed investigation at all and simply dismissed the matter as saying that the assassin was a madman.

"Now I finally understand why my father lives in Gatchina Palace."

After Asan ascended the throne, he did not live in the Winter Palace in the center of St. Petersburg, but in Gatchina on the outskirts of the city.

Nicholas and the Queen were not very satisfied with this for a while.

Now Nicholas finally knew how dangerous the Tsar's situation was. Bombs were thrown at him while riding in a carriage on the road, bombs were thrown at him when he went to church to pray, and the train derailed while traveling on a special train——

In the entire empire, Gatchina Palace is really the safest.

Now that George has returned to St. Petersburg, he will definitely go to see the Tsar. After all, the Tsar is also George's brother.

Contrary to Nicholas, Yasan has gained a lot of weight.

Ya San was already very tall. After gaining weight, he probably weighed more than 200 kilograms. His jacket was like a coat, and it was so tight that he looked as round as a gas tank.

What Ya San is most concerned about is the Vladivostok railway.

"The railway between Vladivostok and Khabarovka will be completed within two months, followed by the railway between Khabarovka and Yuriev. I am ready to move Vladivostok Stoke's scientific research institutions and important factories have all been relocated to Yuriev, located deep in the interior. In the future, Vladivostok will be an entertainment, cultural, and financial capital."

George's positioning of Vladivostok is very clear and will not give the enemy any chance.

Regardless of whether they come from the outside or from the inside, as long as they are enemies, they will all die.

George didn't want to be like the Czar and live in Guangmingding all day long in the future.

Cavemen?

Terrible, terrifying.

"I read the report sent by Werther. Amur's development speed is surprising. You are outstanding, unexpectedly outstanding." Ya San looked at George's eyes very pleased. George had promised Ya San to give George twenty years. Give the empire a Far East St. Petersburg.

George is doing it.

"Without your trust and Nicky's help, I wouldn't have been able to do it alone."

George is really not flattering. At least without Nikolai's help, the development of Vladivostok would not be so smooth.

"What happened to the Siberian fleet?"

Ya San was only disappointed with the Siberian fleet.

The Vladivostok military port has not yet been completely completed, and the Siberian Fleet has begun to seek Jeju Island again.

If it's done, that's it.

It failed and was forced into disgrace by the British. This was simply a shame for the Russian Empire.

So the reason why Ya San transferred Stark away so happily was not entirely due to Stark's greed.

George is also very greedy, he doesn't make enough money, he monopolizes power, excludes dissenters, and is all about himself.

But the problem is that so far, George has done one thing after another, making more and more money, the army is getting stronger and stronger, Vladivostok is developing better and better, and the empire has benefited from George, too. more and more.

Compared with Stark, the more greed like George, the better for the empire.

If all the governors in the empire were like George, then Yasan would have nothing to worry about.

Supporting soldiers and respecting themselves?

Haha, I think too much, I think too much.

All governors in the empire are of similar strength.

If a certain governor is self-respecting with his troops, other governors will definitely attack him in groups, and the tsar's position will be extremely stable.

"The fundamental reason for the Siberian Fleet is that its strength is too low. Even the Qing Empire began to purchase ironclad ships, but the Siberian Fleet is still a wooden ship. How can it compete with the Royal Navy -"

George knew what the problem was, but George couldn't solve it.

George's current power is already terrifying, and no one in Amur can check it.

If George takes down the Siberian Fleet again, it’s hard to say what the name of the Far East will be.

But it depends on how you look at it.

Regardless of whether one’s surname is Romanov or Yuriev in the Far East, they are all one family.

"The three major fleets of the empire all need new battleships and need to increase their strength——"

Ya San had no choice but to smile bitterly. Although the empire was big, it still had too many monks and too few people.

The navy's military expenditure is inherently less than that of the army.

The three major fleets need to be divided together.

When it's the Siberian fleet's turn, there are only scraps left.

The problem is that the Russian Empire, whether it is the Baltic Fleet or the Black Sea Fleet, has its sea ports controlled by other countries, making it difficult to achieve a breakthrough.

The only breakthrough point was the Siberian Fleet, but it was far away from St. Petersburg.

This is almost a dead end.

Therefore, the land power route that George has always adhered to is the most suitable for Russia.

Ya San was addicted to alcohol and obviously lacked energy. After chatting with George for a while, he waved to George to help himself.

Next comes the time for the joyful gift-giving.

During the six months that George was in Vladivostok, he gave Nicholas a lot of gifts.

Furs and medicinal wine are calculated by truck, the same as one truck.

The truck is also a gift to Nicholas. The crown prince travels by car, so he cannot let the guards ride horses.

He couldn't keep up with a car on a horse.

Although the truck is a bit simple, it has extraordinary significance.

Russia's technology tree is also wrong.

During World War I, tanks were first developed by the British.

However, before the British, the Russian Empire had successfully used armored vehicles in warfare. Therefore, theoretically speaking, tanks were not Churchill's invention, but were re-developed on the basis of Russian armored vehicles.

In this time and space, the tank will definitely not be Churchill’s invention.

George was not interested in stealing Churchill's invention. The Russian Empire's steel production was not enough to build railways, and it could not afford to build tanks.

In addition to furs and medicinal wine, George also packed a cart full of various silks purchased by Mulinder in the Qing Empire for Nicholas.

In name, these silks must be given to the queen. Nicholas is not married yet, so he cannot take advantage of those ballet dancers.

During the time that George was in Vladivostok, Nikolai changed a lot.

The most important change is that Nicholas and his uncles and grandfathers finally learned to hide their beauty in a golden house.

After turning 18, Nicholas has become an adult, George is no longer around, and Yasan's requirements for Nicholas have begun to relax.

So last winter, an actress from the St. Petersburg Ballet moved into George's Oak Park in a grand manner.

George was depressed.

Just hide it in your golden house. There is no good place to hide it, but in the Oak Park.

If word of this got out, I would think that George was hiding his beauty in the golden house.

(End of this chapter)