I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 229 Never Peace

Give to God what is God's, and to the Duke what is the Duke's.

At Mass in the church, you can pray for God's blessings.

When leaving the church, they must remember that everything they had in Vladivostok was given by George.

Changing religions was also normal in the Russian Empire.

Asan's queen, Maria, converted to Orthodox Christianity after marrying Asan.

Pushing forward, the same goes for Ya Er's queen.

So is it difficult to convert to Orthodox Christianity?

Even the queen can do this, so what qualifications do other people have to be special?

George is not targeting anyone. All new immigrants who become Russian citizens must do this.

"This will cause many people to leave Vladivostok."

Mikhail was worried that his understanding of religion was far less profound than George's.

"You mean, those pagans who were depressed in their hometown and became famous after coming to Vladivostok will return to the quagmire before because they converted to Orthodox Christianity?"

George didn't believe that religion had such a strong influence on people.

As the old saying goes, a person with sufficient food and clothing knows honor and disgrace.

Going to church to attend mass in shabby clothes is not respectful to God.

Therefore, you must first fill your stomach before you are qualified to pursue your spiritual needs.

"We don't have to be so absolute. The key is guidance."

Anna has been with Ekaterina for decades, and her relationship with Ekaterina's family has long been that of a family member, so she naturally has the right to speak.

"We can treat them differently. For example, when applying for a bank loan, if you are an Orthodox Christian, you can get the loan in the shortest time and get a lower interest rate. It will be more difficult and longer for others to get the loan. .”

"What a great idea! We can also widen the gap in salary and benefits, so that they will naturally know what to do."

Ekaterina agrees with Anna's proposal.

"Wouldn't it be more dangerous to do this?"

Mikhail firmly opposed.

George didn't approve either.

This actually works.

But being so blatant from the official level will definitely arouse resentment among many people.

Vladivostok is a city of immigrants.

A careless move can lead to serious consequences.

Even if the people of Vladivostok don't want to think so much, they can't stand the instigation of those who want to.

"Officially it will definitely not be said publicly, but this can become an unspoken rule in Vladivostok."

Ekaterina is really not as kind as she seems.

"Yes, we won't say it, but we do it and let everyone know that we will do it and the choice is theirs."

Anna has been with Ekaterina for decades, and this little trick is easy to come by.

George instantly looked at Anna and Ekaterina with admiration.

Feelings, all your intelligence and talents have been used in these intrigues, right?

Asking you to formulate a development strategy for Vladivostok, you have no clue and can't find the key points at all.

He is very good at playing with people's hearts.

No wonder it can make the Tsar obsessed with everything——

Uh, you can't say this, it's too disrespectful to your mother.

"That's not impossible—"

Mikhail was fascinated by violence, not insidiousness.

This is not a sophisticated strategy. As long as he brings himself into it, Mikhail can feel the sinister intentions.

You are a new immigrant who has just arrived in Vladivostok. You have discovered a business opportunity and want to do business. When you go to the bank for a loan, you are still unable to get it approved.

At this time, someone reminds you that the reason why your loan was not approved is because you do not believe in the Orthodox Church.

You definitely don’t believe it. Go to the bank staff and ask. The bank staff swears that this is absolutely not the case. The bank can guarantee that everyone will be treated equally. Your loan was not approved because the approval process was not completed.

You believe it, then go home and wait.

Half a year has passed. At the same time, the business of the Orthodox Christians who took out loans has been booming, but your loan is still far away. Now you should wake up.

If you still don't wake up, then don't do any business, just find a job and move bricks.

Oh, if you go to move bricks, someone will remind you that if you join the Orthodox Church, the salary for moving bricks will be higher.

If you ask, they will definitely not admit it, and they will still treat everyone equally.

Then you actually learn about it and find that there is indeed a difference in salary.

What will you do at this time?

Mikhail left before finishing his meal.

It probably felt like it was too dangerous to be with Anna and Ekaterina.

George is not worried. Even if Ekaterina and Anna are good at playing with people's hearts, they will not use their tricks on George.

After dinner, Anna took Nana away and wanted to ask Nana some questions.

Ekaterina pulled George and kept asking questions.

"Oak Garden asked me to give it to Nicholas, and Nicholas gave me a bigger one——"

"The World's Fair is very interesting. We can have one in a few years."

"I want to invest in automobile factories in the United States and increase cooperation with Americans. At least at this stage, the United States has no conflict of interest with us, and on many issues, our interests are consistent."

"Construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway will start in full next year. In the next few years, we will have to tighten our belts and live a hard life."

Ekaterina listened with a smile most of the time. Occasionally, I also interrupt.

"How miserable is it? Can you eat?"

"Well, that's not the case."

"That's no problem!"

Ye Luoxin came to see George the next day, mainly to report on work.

"The Koreans are very useful, they can endure hardships, keep discipline, and obey orders. I want to replace all the Cossacks in the talisman with Koreans."

Ye Luoxin spoke highly of the Korean soldiers.

"The Koreans can use it, but they can't use it for a long time."

George knew the Koreans better than Ye Luoxin.

Whether Korean is easy to use or not depends on whether there is a father.

Goryeo can indeed be used as a servant army, but it can only be used to fight downwind battles and basically has no independent combat capability.

In other words, Goryeo can be a very good fox, but he will never become a tiger.

But this is in line with George's positioning of Korea.

If Gao Li has the potential to become a tiger, George should be cautious.

"I am going to transform the Talisman Corps into a teaching regiment and expand the size of Goryeo soldiers. We now need to deploy troops in more and more places, including forts, Jeju, and engineering corps—"

George, the commander-in-chief, travels around all day, and Ye Luoxin also has a lot of work.

"We need to increase our assistance to Aceh and send more bullets and explosives there."

While George has priorities, Aceh's future is unclear.

George has received news that the East Indian colonial government is expanding its army in Batavia. The current peace can only last for half a year at most, and the East Indian colonial government will launch a new attack on Aceh.

This time the East Indian colonial government would be better prepared, send more troops, and the war would last longer.

Aceh is also accumulating strength. In order to improve Aceh's combat capabilities, when George left Aceh, he left Yankov in Aceh to train in combat.

The Aceh Servant Army has made great progress, and in half a year there will be at least 5000 soldiers capable of undertaking combat missions.

The organizational structure of the Aceh Servant Army is similar to that of the East India Servant Army. The officers are all Russians, and morale is not a problem. The key is logistics.

After talking to Mikhail and Yelokhin respectively, George went to see Milyutin.

Milyutin was very pleased with the Amur, compared with which the rest of the Russian Empire was as lifeless as a graveyard.

Milyutin also has different views on some of George's actions.

One of the most critical reasons why Yasan appointed Milyutin as the governor of Amur was that Milyutin had a greater influence on George.

Yasan hopes that Milyutin, at least in some aspects, can give George some restraint and not let George do whatever he wants in sports.

So George explained to Milyutin what the 16-character policy was.

"Sounds good, but how do you maintain troop morale?"

Milyutin had served as Minister of War, and was more difficult to fool than San and Nikolay.

"With victory and honor, and practical benefits."

George doesn't play tricks, and if he doesn't talk about benefits and only talks about contributions, he is acting like a hooligan.

East India is very large, with 191 million square kilometers and 1.7 islands.

In the Battle of Lansha, six Cossacks were killed and more than 20 were injured. The highest ranking officer was a warrant officer.

The families of each of the six Cossacks who died in the battle will receive about 100 acres of plantation in East India.

Wounded soldiers also received their own rewards.

100 dessiatines is equivalent to approximately 1.09 square kilometers, 1600 municipal acres.

These lands are freehold and are sufficient to support a family.

Since the families of these Cossacks are all in Vladivostok, these plantations are managed by the Lansha official, and the annual profits are transferred to the families of the fallen Cossacks in Vladivostok through the bank.

George demanded that the entire process must be open and transparent and anyone can inquire.

As long as these plantations are controlled by Lansha officials, the families of the fallen Cossacks can enjoy these benefits permanently.

But if the Lansha Sultanate failed, these gains would naturally cease to exist.

So morale?

George was not worried about this problem at all.

In the 21st century, many people take desperate risks in order to let their families live a happy life.

Cossacks are originally monastics. If they can use their lives to find a permanent asset for their families.

Milyutin was worried that some Cossacks would die in battle.

This is actually nothing to worry about.

The fallen Cossacks received generous pensions.

Living Cossacks benefited even more.

The Lansha Sultanate currently controls only Aceh and Lansha. Although the area is large, it is full of virgin forests that are in urgent need of development.

Four Cossacks were permanently disabled during the Battle of Lansha.

All four men were placed in Aceh as constables or tax collectors.

Youdao is not as good as being in charge of the county magistrate now.

Sheriffs and tax collectors are lucrative positions no matter where they are, so isn't it good to live there?

"Have you considered the British reaction?"

Milyutin is still worried that Britain is a hurdle that the Russian Empire can never get around.

"If the British dare to interfere in the war between Aceh and East Indies, then I will make Britain never have peace."

(End of this chapter)