I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 349 The consequences of angering the Cossacks

Vladivostok has considerable experience in city construction. The three main cities of Amur, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, and Yuriev, have all undergone in-depth transformation and even been built from scratch.

The reconstruction of Dalini is similar to that of Vladivostok, almost equivalent to starting from scratch.

Unlike Vladivostok, Alexeyev hoped to transform Dalini into a fortress solely for military purposes and serve as the base camp of the Siberian Fleet.

Vladivostok is not a completely ice-free port. The outer port will still be frozen in winter, and ships must rely on icebreakers to clear the way.

Dalini is a real ice-free port. If it can be connected to Amur by railway, Kanto State will become a reality.

Alexeyev's dilemma was that the Imperial Navy could not provide enough funds, and its support for the Siberian Fleet was seriously insufficient.

So Alexeyev still needs to borrow money from the Bank of Siberia.

This time, the property of the Siberian Fleet was used as collateral.

Vladivostok and Temple Street were the former home ports of the Siberian Fleet. At least part of the ports were theoretically owned by the Siberian Fleet, and the Governor of Amur had no jurisdiction.

Alexei's status is the same as that of George, a Grand Duke, and George is still his younger brother.

Alexeyev simply transferred the jurisdiction of the Nagasaki Concession to the Amur Military District.

Not only was George undeterred, but he also built Vladivostok into St. Petersburg of the East, allowing the Grand Dukes of St. Petersburg to truly realize the potential of the Far East.

Nagasaki has concessions from many countries, including Britain, France, the United States and Russia. Although the concession in the Russian Empire is in a better location, its situation is the worst, with almost nothing except the most basic facilities.

Alexeyev did not persist for long, and soon gave in and entrusted all the construction of Dalini Fortress to the Amur Construction Company.

George is not in a hurry. There are no drawings of the fortress yet, and the entire construction period is expected to take up to ten years.

The Far East now is different from the Far East before.

Therefore, even to protect the interests of Vladivostok enterprises, it is necessary for the Amur Military District to take over the Nagasaki Concession.

impossible.

George laughed out of anger.

"How can this be done?"

Although George did not know much about the process of the Russo-Japanese War, he knew the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War. If George did not prepare in advance, the Russian Empire's investment in Dalini would eventually become Japan's spoils of war.

Everything else didn't matter, George was still very interested in the concession in Nagasaki.

George was moved.

The first batch of initial funds for the construction of the fortress was paid by the St. Petersburg Admiralty, which was only 100 million rubles, which was far from enough.

South of the Amur River, everyone depends on their abilities.

The Siberian Fleet does not belong to Alexeyev. The fleet, including its home port, is the property of the empire. Does Alexeyev have the right to make the decision?
Alexeyev didn't waste any time and directly asked the St. Petersburg Admiralty to issue documents to Amur.

George was curious.

George could care less about Vorontsov.

When Ya San sealed Amur to George, the princes of St. Petersburg were all waiting to see George's joke.

Give it a try!
On April 4, the troop carrier "Victory" from the Amur Inland Fleet sailed into Nagasaki Port, and 15 Cossacks from the Vladivostok Cavalry Division stationed in the Russian concession in Nagasaki.

In 1890, the Siberian Fleet renewed its contract with Nagasaki, extending the lease of the concession to 1900.

So if the Queen Mother sends someone over next, will George get enough support from Nicholas?

When Nicholas traveled to Japan, George went to the Nagasaki Concession and did not have a good impression of the concession.

Now Alexeyev voluntarily gave up these rights and transferred all the naval ports in Vladivostok and Temple Street, as well as the concessions in Busan and Nagasaki to Amur in order to obtain loans from the Bank of Siberia.

With the extension of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the connection between the Far East and St. Petersburg is getting closer and closer. Petrov and Kotunno are just the beginning. More and more people will reach out to the Far East next.

In recent years, with the arrival of Vladivostok enterprises, the Russian concession has finally improved. Major enterprises have invested in Nagasaki, and the Bank of Siberia has also opened a branch in Nagasaki.

George knew how greedy Alexeyev was. If Alexeyev was put in charge, it would be a blessing if half of the funds could be released.

"It's easy to leave without seeing him off!"

No matter how close my uncle is, he can't kiss my dear mother.

Building a fortress costs hundreds of millions, which even the Bank of Siberia cannot afford.

The Trans-Siberian Railway has not yet been opened to traffic, and those who come are Vorontsov and others, and the real powerful people are still waiting and watching.

George must plan ahead so as to gain an advantage in future competition.

After the Amur Military District took over, before George could send anyone to Nagasaki, the Japanese government stated that the way the Siberian Fleet transferred the lease of Nagasaki to the Amur Military District violated the agreement between the Siberian Fleet and the Nagasaki District. According to the agreement, the Nagasaki District To take back the concession.

George is no nonsense.

Kasav, the local president of the Vladivostok Chamber of Commerce in Nagasaki, warmly welcomed the arrival of the Cossacks and held a banquet for the leading officer Shemak at the chamber's headquarters that night.

After the Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese government repeatedly requested that the lease be terminated early and the Nagasaki Concession be taken back.

No matter who comes, Amul must belong to George, and even Nicholas will not reach out to Amur.

After the Siberian Fleet was stationed in Busan, it was no longer necessary to go to Nagasaki for the winter, and the concession was no longer indispensable to the Siberian Fleet.

"Loans are available, but the construction work of Dalini Fortress must be entirely handled by Amur Construction Company, and the Siberian Fleet is not allowed to interfere."

Alexeyev did not want to give up.

"Thank God, you are finally here. You must teach these yellow monkeys a lesson."

Kasav was very dissatisfied with the Nagasaki local government.

"A few days ago, more than a hundred Japanese samurai almost broke into the concession and had some conflicts with the Koreans we hired. Two of our people were injured. After calling the police, the Nagasaki local government did not give an announcement until the next day. Very perfunctory reply, no news after that.”

Best, the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is of French origin and has become a citizen of the Russian Empire.

"Didn't you fight back?"

Shemak was surprised that Kasav was a standard Russian and he was from a noble family. Best looks at Kasav.

Kassav blushed: "The injured are Koreans, not us Russians——"

"Does the Siberian Fleet not care?"

Semak still doesn't know much about the situation in the Nagasaki Concession.

"I told you, the injured are Koreans!"

Kassav reiterated.

Xie Mark didn't ask any more questions. As a businessman, being friendly makes you rich.

That's fine, otherwise what else would the Cossacks do?

Next to the Russian Concession is the British Concession, and on the other side is the French Concession. If you do not pass through the British Concession and the French Concession, there is only one way to enter the Russian Concession.

This road was heavily fortified by Shermark.

The day after arriving in Nagasaki, Schemaak led a group of Cossacks, accompanied by Nestor, on their first patrol.

The Russian Concession is only 3.7 square kilometers and has two main streets. One is Kaiser Avenue, where the offices of major companies in Vladivostok, the former Siberian Fleet headquarters and military sanatorium are located, and the other is an entertainment street that specifically provides services to the officers and soldiers of the Siberian Fleet.

There are not many Russians working and living in the Russian Concession. There are only more than 100 people in total. Most of them are employees from Korea and Japan. There are about 600 people in this part. The entire Russian Concession has a population of about 1500 people.

Such a small number of people really cannot withstand the impact of the Japanese.

The key concessions are a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, and everyone is there. Caesar Avenue is a little better. There are many Japanese ronin in the entertainment street with round hair and long robes and swords on their waists.

"Why are they able to carry weapons with them?"

Shermark is not sure about Japanese habits.

"It's their tradition to carry two knives with them, one for killing and one for suicide."

Nestor has lived in Japan for several years and knows the Japanese well.

"From now on, any Japanese in the concession will not be allowed to carry weapons with them."

Shermark eliminates any hidden dangers.

"That's not possible!"

Nestor thought Shermark didn't understand the Japanese too well.

Schemaak felt that Nestor did not understand the Cossacks too well.

The team of Cossacks led by Shemak and their war horses were carefully selected. The Cossacks were all over 1.8 meters tall, and the war horses were carefully bred Russian military horses - Orlov trot horses.

Nowadays, the average height of Japanese people is less than 1.5 meters.

So in front of the tall Cossacks, the Japanese ronin was really just like a tramp.

Semak kept his word, and immediately two Cossacks walked toward the ronin on the street, arms crossed, looking at him with hatred.

"Get out! Get out of here, don't show up here!"

The Cossacks had a arrogant attitude and kicked people out as soon as they came up.

"Jiliguala——"

Ronin doesn't understand Russian.

The Cossacks also couldn't understand Japanese.

The chicken talks with the duck.

Fortunately, there was a Japanese translator accompanying me.

"General, they won't leave. They say this is Japan and it's us who should leave."

The translator could speak, and Shemak's military rank was only that of major.

"Can your saber be used only for cutting meat?"

Schemaak was impatient.

Although it has entered the era of hot weapons, the saber is still the standard equipment of the Cossack cavalry.

Swish!
A Cossack cavalryman drew his saber, pointed at the ronin and shouted sharply.

"Go away or not!"

Ronin's face turned pale, and his hand holding the handle of the knife was trembling.

The other Cossack did not draw his sword, but drove his horse directly towards Ronin.

Several ronin immediately rolled and crawled, extremely embarrassed.

Snapped!
The Cossack's riding crop struck the Ronin hard in the face.

Swish!
A ronin finally couldn't stand the humiliation and was forced to draw his sword.

The Cossacks present cheered and drew out their rifles from their saddlebags.

"Wait, wait a minute-"

Nestor didn't expect the situation to escalate to this extent.

Xie Mark had a cold face and didn't say a word.

The Cossacks paid no attention to Nestor and only obeyed the orders of their superiors.

bah—

The gunfire finally rang out.

(End of this chapter)