I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 374 Have you had enough trouble?
After not seeing each other for a few years, George made frequent moves in the Far East and made huge profits.

Nicholas was not to be outdone. He not only wanted to annex Guandong, but also wanted to annex the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and annex Persia. He not only wanted to defeat his mortal enemy the Ottoman Empire, but also completely controlled the Black Sea outlet.

George remembered that not long after Nicholas came to the throne, there was almost a conflict between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.

Unexpectedly, such a long time has passed and Nicholas has not given up yet.

It is different from Ya Er who makes a decision and then acts, and Ya San who is patient and silent.

Nicholas is a typical example of great ambition and limited talent. He just thinks out of his head, does things without long-term planning, and is eager for quick success. He is a perfect match for the arrogant and arrogant princes in St. Petersburg.

At the regular welcome banquet in the evening, George once again became the protagonist of the dinner. Almost everyone wanted to talk to George about Guandong.

George is very kind and welcomes anyone to invest in the Far East, and Amur can provide all conveniences.

As for the rumor that no iron sand could be transported out of Kanto without George's permission, George said that there was no such thing and it was nonsense.

The calmer George behaves, the more fearful others will be towards George.

George is the real name, Romanov is the father's surname, and Yuriev is the given surname. Alexandrovich means that George is Alexander's son.

By then it will be up to you whether the Pacific Fleet will still be there or not.

Good ridicule, good ridicule.

George's full name: George Alexandrovich Romanov Yurievsky.

Anyone who thought George was as nice as he seemed would be doomed.

Therefore, Vladimir’s son will have Vladimirovich in his name.

After that comes the battleship.

When the Russian Empire built railways in Kanto, they had to leave the project to George.

If a piece of wood from your house could be used for the China Eastern Railway, George would change his name to Vladimirovich.

After the U.S. Navy's heavy patrols are launched, the next step is to start heavy patrols for the Pacific Fleet and the Siberian Fleet respectively.

George laughed it off.

"After the Grand Navy Plan is completed, your fully equipped heavy artillery battleships will be considered for the next level of battleships."

“The slipway will be vacated by the end of this year at the latest.”

George cooperated fully.

Don't listen to what George says, the key is to see what he does.

"George, when will the Vladivostok Shipyard start building battleships?"

"Let's talk about it then—"

The Vladivostok Shipyard is currently building heavy cruisers for the US Navy.

Now that George has a child, his temper is much better than before. Even if a certain State Duma speaker sneers at George, George can still feel calm.

Alexey draws a cake for George.

Alexey is still concerned about building ships.

Sergei took the initiative to talk to George about the coalition's attack.

I have to say, this battle was so strange.

In mid-June, the coalition launched an attack on the Qing Empire, and the subsequent course of the war became increasingly confusing.

On June 6, German Minister Klind was killed.

On the 21st, the Qing Empire declared war on eleven countries: Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria, and the war officially broke out.

After the war broke out, the Qing Empire immediately asked governors from various places to actively prepare for war and prepare to rush to the capital.

On the 26th, some governors of the Qing Empire and the consuls of the great powers in Shanghai signed the "Southeast Protection Covenant" and refused to join the war.

Like the bizarre Russian Empire, many magical things would happen in the Qing Empire.

For example, the Qing army was fighting the allied forces at the Dagu Fort, but Datou, across the river, sat idly by and commanded more than 10,000 new troops to stand still without any intention of supporting them.

When Nie Shicheng fought a bloody battle with the coalition forces, his family members were killed by his senior brothers. Nie Shicheng was shot 7 times, suffered abdominal rupture and intestinal bleeding, but continued to fight until he died of blood exhaustion.

The Qing Empire's siege of the embassy was even more of a joke. Orders were changed day and night, and the war was fought today and tomorrow. More than 400 Qing troops besieged the embassy area where only people were stationed. They fought for more than two months without winning.

George didn't know why.

Thinking about how the Qing Empire held back Li Zhangtong during the Qing-Japanese War, you can understand why the local governor went to Southeast to protect himself.

As long as you are in the first grade of junior high school, there is also my fifteenth grade.

The Russian Empire was also very efficient. It captured the entire Kanto region in less than a month after the start of the war and successfully achieved its combat objectives.

George did not want to comment on the coalition's operations. On the contrary, the conflict between East India and Sarawak deserved more of George's attention.

The British army made good progress in South Africa. On May 5, the British army entered Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. Then Roberts, commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, announced the annexation of the Transvaal, ending the Second Boer War.

Although the battle on the frontal battlefield was over, the resistance of the Boers did not stop.

After the British unilaterally declared the end of the Boer War, the Boer coalition forces, led by Louis Botha, Jan Smuts and others, broke into pieces and launched guerrilla warfare with the British army, and once invaded the Cape, forcing the British army to Martial law was implemented in the Prussian colony, and people such as Louis Botta and Jan Smuts became famous. Because the Transvaal was surrounded by British colonies and external communications were interrupted, the outside world did not know the true situation of the Boer War.

With Roberts declaring the Boer War over, Webb was ecstatic and immediately prepared for a counterattack against Kuching.

At this time, there is only less than one month left before the six months promised by Weber.

The war between the indigenous tribes of East India has also come to an end.

Counting the time, the war between the indigenous tribes of East India has been going on for nearly 20 months since the beginning of last year.

For 20 months and 600 days, the war raged across Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Almost all indigenous tribes were involved, causing immeasurable economic and population losses.

Just after the British announced the end of the Boer War, the Dutch claimed that the melee in East India caused at least 200 million deaths.

This is obviously nonsense. The Dutch have never figured out how many people there are in East India, let alone the current situation in East India.

However, 200 million is still shocking enough, and even Nicholas asked about the authenticity of this data.

The melee between the native tribes of East India occurred after the Dutch transferred East India to George. If this matter is true, then George himself and the reputation of the Russian royal family will be affected.

The Dutch are using propaganda to try to discredit George as a "butcher".

"How is it possible? There are not 200 million people in the entire East India."

George denied it and refused to take the blame.

The melee between the indigenous tribes of East India was not caused by George. It is now certain that both the British and the Dutch were involved.

Even the United Kingdom and the Netherlands did not expect that the matter would become such a big deal.

The original intention of Britain and the Netherlands was to cause trouble for George. This is undoubtedly true.

The natives of East India do not have a clear sense of right and wrong, and it is normal for them to attack each other.

After receiving advanced weapons supported by Britain and the Netherlands, there was no need for anyone to start a fire, and the East Indian natives would take the initiative to provoke a war.

Unfortunately, the East Indian natives did not aim their guns at the East India Company as the British and Dutch wished, but instead slashed at their old enemies with their swords.

George had no choice. The East India Company did not have an army and was unable to prevent the melee among the indigenous people. It could only clean up the mess after the war.

Singkawang and Sennar alone have taken in tens of thousands of orphans without care.

It is said that they were received, but in fact they were purchased from the victorious indigenous tribe. If George did not pay to buy them, then the vast majority of them would have no chance of reaching adulthood.

"I warned you not to buy East India at the beginning, what should you do now?"

Nicholas was still worried about George.

"What do you mean?"

George wasn't worried at all.

Nicholas probably felt that East India had been reduced to rubble, George would be unprofitable, and all previous investments had been in vain.

George felt that a clean East India would be more conducive to George's transformation.

The melee between the indigenous tribes of East India not only ended the indigenous separatism of East India, but also wiped out the influence left by the Dutch. In the next ten years, George could completely build a low-profile East Indian. Edition of Amur.

Peter was actually right. George could set up factories in East India and build ships locally to meet the needs of East India and Aceh.

The Vladivostok Shipyard is now full of orders, and George himself has no slipway even if he wants to build a ship.

If East India sets up a factory, it can at least share part of the pressure on the Vladivostok Shipyard.

All the shipyards at the Vladivostok Shipyard are currently building warships, and there are no slipways for building civilian ships.

Amur and East India's demand for merchant ships, especially ocean-going freighters, is increasing day by day.

In addition to shipbuilding, George was also preparing to develop natural rubber, palm oil, sugar, timber, fisheries, as well as coal and oil in East India.

Of course, George did not forget the original intention of taking East India-tobacco.

When George went to East India, he just wanted to rent land to grow tobacco.

Now no one could stop George from growing tobacco leaves as much as he wanted.

Many people don’t know that tobacco, along with natural rubber, has become the most important economic pillar of the Aceh Sultanate. Last year, the Aceh Sultanate made a profit of more than 2000 million rubles from growing tobacco leaves. The cigarettes produced by the Aceh Sultanate also Already sold globally.

Anyone in Aceh can earn 2000 million from growing tobacco, and George will naturally earn more.

Needless to say, there is no pressure at all on two fully equipped heavy artillery battleships a year.

It was impossible for George to allow chaos to continue in East India.

In mid-September, Cossacks from Amur and mercenaries from the Aceh Sultanate arrived in Kalimantan and Sulawesi in batches. The East India Company officially took action to quell the melee among the indigenous tribes.

The East India Company once again issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Sarawak. If the Kingdom of Sarawak could not quell the chaos in Kuching, the East India Company would take action.

From the day Roberts announced the end of the Boer War, Weber had been looking forward to the return of the British army every day to help the Kingdom of Sarawak recover.

However, things went counterproductive. Not only did the British army not return, but London continued to recruit reinforcements from all over the world to the Cape.

No matter how dull you are now, you know that the situation is not good.

(End of this chapter)