I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 226 Welcome the lord home

During the six months that George was in St. Petersburg, the relationship between Catherine and Concubine Min developed by leaps and bounds.

This summer, Concubine Min went to Vladivostok to escape the summer heat. Ekaterina casually said that the Yuriev Palace needed some maids, and Concubine Min turned around and sent 100 Korean maids.

In the conscience of heaven and earth, Yekaterina originally wanted to refuse.

But there were too many bachelors in Vladivostok. Looking at the young guardsmen and the pleading eyes of the futuan officers, Ekaterina had no choice but to compromise and keep all these Korean maids.

Although people can stay, rules must be established.

Catherine allowed the young men of the Guards and the Futuan officers to pursue these Korean girls.

However, coercion and threats are absolutely not allowed.

Ye Luoxin beat her chest so loudly that she almost swore in the name of God that if anyone dared to violate this ban, Ye Luoxin would take the initiative to send the person to mine without Yekaterina's words.

In a place like Goryeo, everyone knows the relationship between the maid and the master and cannot go into details.

George is a little kid, his hair has not yet grown, and he has not yet learned how to behave, so these maids are all from good families with good fortune.

It goes without saying that those who are qualified to be sent by Concubine Min to serve Super Duke Yurievsky need to be carefully selected. It is not enough to have a good character and a good personality. They must also have good facial features and a concave ass that should be convex. Just give birth and nourish yourself.

Therefore, during this period of time, there were quite a few officers in Futuan who took the initiative to go to Guangmingding to pay their respects to Princess Yurievskaya.

Yekaterina was a good person and stayed true to her word. She would hold banquets at Guangmingding every now and then to entertain the officers of the Fu Tuan. Even Milyugin and Yekaterina sent four maids there to take care of Milyugin.

Milyutin was several decades older, and he was a dignified Governor of Amur. How could he do this with only an old housekeeper and two old footmen around him.

Not to mention anything else, if someone goes to visit Milyugin and sees that he is so shabby, it will not only be Milyugin who is lost.

George didn’t know how lively Guangmingding was now. Danila managed Jeju Island well and the immigration camp was in good order. Danila led the immigrants waiting to go to Vladivostok and opened up more than 3,000 acres of land around the immigration camp. , almost by next year, Jeju will be self-sufficient.

Jeju grows high-yield crops such as potatoes and corn. In order to raise livestock, Jeju has planted more than 1000 acres of pasture. It has raised more than 150 sheep and more than cattle.

"The sheepherders and cattle raisers are all Koreans hired from Korea, and the farmers are also Koreans. There are now more than 1500 permanent residents on the island, all of whom are our people."

Daniela is happy, this is his dream life.

In St. Petersburg, Daniela's dream was just to have enough food and clothing, and she didn't dare to expect too much.

Since following George, the lives of Daniela and the other veterans have undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the past, when Danila wanted to find someone to make herself happy, let alone find a wife, no one was willing to do his business.

Now that Daniela has a wife and a family, if Daniela has another child, then even if George asks Daniela to die, Daniela will not hesitate.

Because Daniela knew that even if he died, George would take good care of his wife and children.

After your death, I will support your wife on my own, so don’t worry about it.

Looking at this sentence in the 21st century, it is mostly a joke.

In an era when human life is worth nothing, with this sentence, countless people are willing to die generously.

"Let Ye Luoxin send some people over later. Safety must be taken seriously."

George was worried not only about the navies of various countries, but also about the harassment of pirates.

These days, even civilian ports have to have garrisons, and many ocean-going businessmen also work part-time as pirates. George's "Dolgorukov" even has artillery.

George was referring to the Goryeo soldiers trained by Ye Luoxin.

Since Concubine Min and Gaozong are so considerate, they must pay attention to their safety work.

The Goryeo Palace is now guarded by soldiers trained by Ye Luoxin. Although there are not many people, only two companies, they are equipped with heavy machine guns, and their firepower is second to none in this era.

George remembers asking Ye Luoxin to train 1000 people.

So Ye Luoxin must still have Koreans being trained.

"Our more than 600 people are either Cossacks or Korean soldiers. If something happens, we will be a complete infantry battalion."

More than 600 people plus family members, a total of 1500 people.

It seems acceptable.

The immigration camp is also well organized. The immigrants here are all Qing people waiting for naturalization. They need to understand the situation in Vladivostok in advance, adapt to life in Vladivostok, and receive some language training.

You are not required to be proficient in Russian, but you must at least be able to understand the Russian language, and you cannot be scolded without knowing it.

New immigrants will only stay in Jeju for two months, and then they will be sent to Vladivostok in batches.

Most Qing people could only learn some simple conversations.

There are also some language geniuses who stand out in just two months. They will be trained intensively, and in addition to Russian, they will also need to learn other languages.

The future population of Vladivostok is destined to be very complex, and the demand for translators will be very large.

New immigrants are placed in different camps based on their arrival time.

The Qing people who had just arrived at the camp generally had poor nutritional status and hygienic habits, and it took a long time to adapt before they could become familiar with Vladivostok's habits.

Not to mention anything else, just because of open defecation, many people are forced to work every day.

The Jeju port is still under construction and labor is needed everywhere.

Moving bricks on a construction site is no joke in Jeju. It is a real job. Those who defecate in the open must accept 24-hour voluntary labor.

People who urinate and defecate anywhere have to work 24 hours a day, and more serious behaviors, such as fighting, gambling, etc., have more severe punishments.

Those who are more serious will be sent away directly.

No one knows where it was sent.

After arriving in Jeju, these Qing people were theoretically Russians and were not subject to the laws of the Qing Empire.

George did not stay in Jeju for too long. After the "Dolgorukov" and another immigration ship were filled with new immigrants, they continued northward.

The closer he got to Vladivostok, the more excited George became, feeling as if a wanderer who had been away from home for many years was about to return home.

After Milyutin took office, the greatest contribution he made to Vladivostok was to transfer the management of the Vladivostok Fort from the Siberian Fleet to the Amur Military District.

After Korff went to Central Asia and took office, the commander of the Siberian Fleet was Alexeyev Yevgeny Ivanovich, who was born in 1843.

This Alexeyev was the future governor of Siberia who was mistaken for the tsar's illegitimate son.

Alexei, the real illegitimate son of the Tsar, was in charge of naval affairs as marshal of the navy in St. Petersburg.

Alexeyev was very sensible and did not compete with George for the jurisdiction of the Vladivostok Fort.

After Alexeyev took office, he strengthened the management of the Siberian Fleet, adopted a tough policy towards Japan, and forced Japan to renew the lease of the winter port of Nagasaki. He stayed in Nagasaki for a long time and rarely returned to Vladivostok.

Since Alexeev is so sensible, Mikhail doesn't have any trouble for him. He gives him a lot of gifts during the holidays. He also gave Alexeev a car produced by the Vladivostok Automobile Factory. Lekseyev wrote a special letter to thank Mikhail for this matter.

Although George hurriedly and slowly traveled along the way, he still lost some time. When the "Dolgorukov" arrived in Vladivostok, it was already snowing in Vladivostok.

Vladivostok is covered in snow. After several years of construction, the ground near the pier is paved with stones. Street lights are installed every fifty meters on the roadside. These street lights are all oil lamps and need to be lit in the evening. , workers took ladders to light the oil lamps one after another.

Although it is a bit troublesome, as long as there is enough lamp oil, the street lights will not go out.

This is always more trouble-free than replacing the street lights with AC instead of DC.

Oil was discovered near Yuriev last year. The Vladivostok Machinery Factory did not bother the Ural Machinery Factory this time and directly produced a set of oil extraction equipment using the drawings provided by Kanunnikov. The construction of an oil refinery and asphalt processing plant has also begun. It can be put into production within two years.

Russia's petroleum processing technology is still very strong. The first petroleum distillation plant was built on the Apsheron Peninsula in Baku in 1834; the first asphalt processing plant was built in 1838; and the first spouting well was discovered in Baku last year. , Kanunnikov and his students, are evaluating the reserves of the Yuriev oil field.

Siberia is already rich in oil and gas resources. The natural gas used in Vladivostok is also produced by itself. In the past two years, the steel produced by the Vladivostok Steel Plant has been used to produce pipelines in addition to rails.

The railway between Khabarovsk and Yuriev was successfully completed in September this year. The construction team returned to Khabarovsk and the surveyors continued westward, targeting Irkutsk on the shores of Lake Baikal.

Not only is the terrain of this section complex, the construction is more difficult and the distance is longer. For the construction team in Vladivostok, the challenge has just begun.

Next spring, the Trans-Siberian Railway will start construction from Khabarovsk and Chelyabinsk at the same time, and the Amur Governorate will be responsible for the section from Khabarovsk to Irkutsk.

The straight-line distance from Khabarovsk to Irkutsk is only 2200 kilometers. The total length of the railway is about 2600 kilometers. The estimated construction period is 8 years.

Ideally, the Trans-Siberian Railway would be opened to traffic in 1895, a full 10 years earlier than in another time and space.

When the "Dolgorukov" sailed into the port of Vladivostok, the Vladivostok Fort fired a salute to welcome Lord Amur home.

When George walked down the gangway, Mikhail and Milyutin were already waiting on the dock.

"Your Excellency Commander, welcome back to the Amur Military District."

"Your Majesty the Governor, welcome to Amur."

The way George greeted Miliugin made Mikhail laugh.

George's RV is the latest model produced by the Vladivostok Automobile Factory. This car can only be used in the Amur Governorate, and you have to change cars when you go to St. Petersburg.

Because the shock absorption device of this vehicle uses the artillery tube retreat technology.

(End of this chapter)