I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 429 Time is Grand Duke Yuriev’s friend

For George, the Russo-Japanese War was a propaganda team and a sowing machine.

The total population of Amur has finally exceeded one million, and the responsibilities on George's shoulders are getting bigger and bigger.

For most Russians, Amur is still a barbaric place where birds do not lay eggs. People freeze to death in winter and are not suitable for human survival at all.

People in Vladivostok have subways when they go out, stoves when they come home, and now they even have heaters. They sit at home shirtless in the winter and have to eat popsicles to cool down. Isn’t it really unsuitable for human existence?

Amur has never been able to develop. The fundamental reason is that the conditions are not met.

The empire is clamoring to develop Siberia all day long, but it does not provide the immigrants with the most basic living security. Without the necessary supplies for winter, without heating, and without safety guarantees, people in Vladivostok can really freeze to death in winter.

As long as there is the most basic living security, Siberia is a paradise.

There’s endless wood to cut and endless fish to catch. It’s really no joke.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the number of Cossacks who came to Kanto, including those who had evacuated, exceeded 50.

At least the Chita-Vladivostok section of the Siberian Railway and the China-Eastern Railway, which is still under the control of the Russian army in the Far East, are still operating normally.

Amur has restrictions on immigration, but no restrictions on the immigration of its own population.

Although the empire has moved its capital to St. Petersburg, Moscow still has a high status in the empire. The coronation ceremonies of successive czars have been held in Moscow.

After George became governor of the Far East, he gradually handed over the management of the Siberian Railway to the Minister of Transport.

If these Cossacks do not stay in Amur, but return to their place of origin, then a real Amur will follow in the footsteps of these Cossacks and spread throughout the Russian Empire.

So the Siberian Railway was wrong too.

The section between Chita and Irkutsk has an average of only 7 departures per day.

Following the assassination of Moscow Governor Sergei, on June 6, Moscow Mayor Pavel Valov was assassinated one after another, and the whole of Moscow fell into chaos.

As the war continued, the Siberian Railway was mainly used to transport strategic supplies. Many immigrants arrived on foot and traveled long distances to Amur.

Before the Minister of Transport had completely taken over the Siberian Railway, the railway workers of the Russian Empire gave the Minister of Transport a warning.

The Empire is now negotiating with Japan. The tone of these pacifists suddenly changed. They began to ask: Why did the Empire lose the war? Why did the Tsar surrender?

Since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, resistance activities across Russia have become increasingly intense, and social order has been greatly damaged.

In fact, the population of Amur has been increasing rapidly since the war broke out.

These questions need no discussion. The answer is clear. The Tsar must be held responsible for the defeat.

Before the negotiations began, Japan still had the illusion that it could extort an indemnity from the Russian Empire to regain its blood, just like in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.

Chita is the first stop for European and Russian immigrants entering Amur.

You can negotiate, but you can never lose money. If you don’t get a point, fight again if you don’t accept it!

After the opening of the entire Trans-Siberian Railway, the number of immigrants arriving in Amur increased month by month, from 1.5 in January this year to 7 in July.

By the end of July, the number of strikes increased to 75, and all 14 railways across the country were paralyzed——

This is the real reason why St. Petersburg had to accept American mediation.

Earlier this year, a general strike involving 10 people broke out in St. Petersburg.

After the news broke that the Empire and Japan had begun negotiations in Washington, the situation in Russia began to become strange.

The Siberian Railway east of Chita has an average of 25 trains running day and night.

Can't tell everything.

George's current jurisdiction is very large, and almost all of the area east of Lake Baikal falls under George's jurisdiction.

The section west of Irkutsk is currently suspended.

Since the Tsar was the culprit responsible for the empire's defeat, everything related to the Tsar was wrong.

If the army also has problems, the empire will be doomed.

After the sinking of the "Mikasa", Werther became more confident. At the end of July, he even left Washington and went to New York to attend the coming of age ceremony of the youngest daughter of George's third uncle, Thierry.

Even big cities like St. Petersburg and Moscow are in turmoil, and the level of chaos in small and medium-sized cities can be imagined.

Before becoming Tsar, Nicholas was responsible for the construction of the Siberian Railway.

In this case, the orderly Amul is particularly valuable.

The Black Sea Fleet has mutinied.

Werther sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, his mentality as stable as an old dog.

The war has ceased in St. Petersburg. George has a special status and cannot be dealt with by the Council of Ministers. Any further fight will be a matter of the Amur Military District and has nothing to do with St. Petersburg.

Chita is not under the jurisdiction of the Amur Military District, but under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Siberia Military District. After George became the governor of the Far East, Chita became George's jurisdiction.

Taking Chita as the dividing line, the difference is obvious.

At that time, what George will have to worry about may become that there are too many people to feed.

At the height of the war, many pacifists suddenly appeared in Russia, shouting for peace rather than war, and opposed the empire's war with Japan in the Far East.

With the opening of the China-Eastern Railway, Chita, as the intersection of the China-Eastern Railway and the Siberian Railway, has become a transportation hub and its role in Amur has become increasingly important.

Just into July, the Imperial Railway workers went on strike.

Relying on his relationship with George, Thierry became prosperous in the United States, mingling with Rockefeller and Morgan. He has become a famous Wall Street tycoon, and his influence in New York is growing.

Witte has been the finance minister for 12 years and is very aware of the significance of Wall Street to the United States, so after receiving Thierry's invitation, Witte readily accepted the appointment and stayed in New York for a week.

This made Jutaro Komura once again realize how unreliable Russia's so-called imperial ministers were.

Aren’t you here to negotiate?

This is how you talk about peace negotiations that are related to the fate of the two countries and bear the expectations of hundreds of millions of people? Witte said that for Japan, this war is indeed related to the fate of the country.

But for the Russian Empire, it no longer matters when the war will end.

Even if the peace agreement is signed now, those peace lovers in Russia will not die down.

and so--

If you don’t want to talk, just call!

It was not until August 8 that negotiations were reopened.

At this time, Komura Jutaro's request for compensation had been reduced from 10 billion rubles to 1 million rubles.

After hearing Komura Jutaro's conditions, Werther left the table without saying a word.

All of Komura Jutaro's hopes were dashed.

Root's expression was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and he also had a new understanding of the Japanese.

The flagship of the United Fleet has been sunk, and they are still insisting on paying compensation. If they don't pay compensation, they will die!

Komura Jutaro has his own difficulties.

Although he won't die if he doesn't get compensation, he won't be able to live well. Maybe he, the foreign minister, will have to commit suicide to apologize.

Japan made its first pot of gold through the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894, and gained some wealth through the Xinchou War. With the help of British loans, Japan had the confidence to go to war with the Russian Empire.

Now not only has all the money been spent, but the Japanese government is also heavily in debt. If it does not regain its blood through negotiations, Japan will also rebel.

Winter is coming soon.

Japan's agricultural harvest failed this year, and it had to increase its exploitation of Goryeo and Kantung. This has also led to changes in the attitude of the people in the Japanese-occupied areas towards Japan.

After the war broke out, Japan gained the support of the Qing Empire and the Qing people under the guise of helping the Qing Empire expel the Russian Empire.

After occupying Fengtian, Japan did get a lot of benefits. Not to mention the large amount of loot captured, Fengtian's iron ore and coal were finally shipped back to Japan in a steady stream of energy.

Iron ore and coal are inedible and cannot solve Japan's domestic food shortage problem.

So Japan quietly increased its exploitation of Kanto.

This immediately aroused the anger of Kanto residents.

There was no shortage of food in the Russian Empire.

The Grand Duke of St. Petersburg swarmed into Guandong for resources. The Grand Duke of St. Petersburg looked down upon the little food in the hands of the people. Therefore, although the Russian army in Kwantung did not commit any crimes in Qiu, they really did not go so far as to rob the people of their rations.

The resources of Kanto originally do not belong to the residents of Kanto and have nothing to do with ordinary people.

Japan is different. Japan lacks everything.

Japan has reached the point where people are starving to death, so it’s better to die as a fellow Taoist than to die as a poor Taoist.

This is exactly what George wanted.

The Qing people are so deceptive.

The Japanese shouted to help the Qing Dynasty drive away the Russians, and the Qing people believed it, completely forgetting that during the Sino-Japanese War of 36-, the Japanese killed Port Arthur until only people remained in the city.

That's right, dead people can't talk.

Now the people of Kanto finally realize the true face of the Japanese.

If the old man is driven away, will the little devil return Guandong to the Qing Empire?
dream!

It's just the king's flag changing on the city wall.

"Grand Duke Yuriev's all-heavy artillery battleship is about to be commissioned——"

Root reminded Jutaro Komura that St. Petersburg is easy to fool, but George is not easy to mess with.

"A mere battleship cannot change the situation of the war."

Komura Jutaro is tough-talking.

"It's two ships-"

Root corrected Komura.

The all-heavy artillery battleship is not just a battleship, but an epoch-making battleship. Even the Americans are excited. If they take the initiative to order from the Vladivostok Shipyard, will the Japanese be tempted?
Heart!

But I can’t afford it, and my British father doesn’t know how to make it, so what’s the use of being greedy.

"St. Petersburg will not pay compensation, stop dreaming!"

Root said directly that Lao Maozi loves money as much as his life and would rather cede land than pay compensation.

Think about how the United States got Alaska.

Komura Jutaro was silent. He didn't know that the princes in St. Petersburg loved their money as much as their lives.

But the Japanese really needed Maozi to give him a blood transfusion.

"Grand Duke Yuriev's uncle is visiting Whitehall, and he is a friend of Grand Duke Yuriev——"

Root continued to put pressure on Komura.

When Roosevelt was running for president, Thierry sponsored a large sum of money, so after Roosevelt took office, the United States introduced a number of policies that were beneficial to the automobile and electric power industries.

Xiao Cun still wanted to hold on.

On August 8, Schiff died suddenly at home, dealing a fatal blow to Japan.

(End of this chapter)