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Chapter 685 Different ways do not work together

Until last August, Nicholas and his family had been detained in Tsarskoye Selo in St. Petersburg.

In mid-August, Nicholas and his family were secretly sent to Moscow.

After the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Nicholas and his family were transferred to Yekaterinburg.

In mid-July, the Cossacks led by Runev advanced towards Yekaterinburg, and Nicholas' family was secretly transferred again on a day in mid-to-late July.

Dmitry found a large number of valuables in the home of Father Alexi Vasilyev, totaling 154 items, including a 100-carat diamond brooch and three diamond hairpins weighing 44 carats, 35 carats and 37 carats respectively.

The items were packed in a brown leather suitcase with the Romanov family crest and weighed a total of 32.5 kilograms.

In a mine near the church, Dmitri found the bodies of doctor Botkin, cook Kharitonov, servant Troup, and Demidova.

At the home of Khokhlyakov, head of the Yekaterinburg Executive Committee, Dmitry found two bras sewn entirely with diamonds and a gold bracelet inlaid with diamonds.

This gold bracelet belongs to Alex. She has worn it for at least 20 years and never takes it off.

Khokhlyakov himself died in the fighting for Yekaterinburg, had no family, and was a worker before being elected head of the Executive Committee.

Demetrius took these to Constantinople and gave them to George.

"Everyone who knew the whereabouts of the Tsar has either died or disappeared. No one knows where the Tsar is or even if he is still alive."

Dmitri had a bad feeling.

George was very sad and didn't want to say a word.

Dmitri had no house in Constantinople, so he temporarily lived in the home of his good friend Felix the Younger.

After little Felix learned about the situation, he whispered: "God will bless him--"

"what?"

Dmitri didn't hear.

"I said, not finding it is not necessarily a bad thing—"

Little Felix knew more about the situation in Constantinople.

"why?"

Dmitry is 27 years old and still not mature enough.

"The Grand Duke and Your Majesty grew up together and have a very deep relationship. I believe that the Grand Duke's feelings for Your Majesty are sincere."

What little Felix said next made Dmitri turn pale.

"——Those arrogant and brave generals under the Grand Duke may not necessarily hope that Your Majesty is still alive, otherwise Duke Suvorov would have found the church earlier than you."

Little Felix pushed the newspaper on the table to Dmitri.

The bold headline in the newspaper was particularly eye-catching: Grand Duke Yuriev should ascend the throne immediately.

"What does this mean? His Majesty has abdicated, and this does not affect the Grand Duke's ascension to the throne."

Dmitri didn't understand the connection.

"Then according to what you said, since Your Majesty has abdicated, why doesn't the Provisional Government allow Your Majesty to go to England?"

What little Felix said was different from what Dmitri knew.

After Kerensky was placed under house arrest, he wrote articles for newspapers to defend his actions, saying that it was because of the obstruction of the Provisional Executive Committee that the Tsar and his family could not be sent to Britain.

The Provisional Executive Committee did not allow Nikola to leave the country and wanted to hold Nikola accountable.

The Provisional Government was not resolute enough in sending Nicholas to Britain.

Although the Tsar has abdicated, there is still Grand Duke George of Yuriev who commands a large army in the Balkans. If Nicholas goes to Britain and then goes to Constantinople, who can guarantee that George will not raise an army to quell the rebellion?

Nicholas was forced to abdicate by the Provisional Government. This had nothing to do with the Provisional Executive Committee. At that time, the people in the Provisional Executive Committee could not even see Nicholas.

For the same reason, no one except George would want Nicholas to be alive now.

Even the grand dukes of the Romanov family were included.

Russia needs a strong tsar to lead Russia forward.

Nicholas had already proven that he was unqualified to be the Tsar.

That night, Dmitri got himself completely drunk.

The latest news in Constantinople, apart from the upcoming Paris Peace Conference, is the gathering of the Dolgorukov family.

All people knew was that Grand Duke Yuriev was rich.

But they ignored the Dolgorukov family hiding behind Grand Duke Yuriev.

Mario, who served as governor of Amur, Dejan, CEO of East India, and Alexander, a wealthy American businessman, all came from the Dolgorukov family.

The Dolgorukov family gathers every year, and this year's theme is said to be to discuss whether to support Grand Prince Yuriev's ascension to the throne.

Therefore, this gathering of the Dolgorukov family attracted the attention of almost everyone.

The Yuriev family already had a king. If George became the Russian Tsar, then as the in-laws of the Yuriev family, the Dolgorukov family would also become the most prominent family in Russia.

Russia has abolished the title system, and George has no power to confer a title.

Polis can.

After Polis became the King of Bulgaria, Thierry, who was far away in the United States, provided a lot of help in the construction of the Bulgarian Kingdom.

Boris decided to confer the title of knight on Thierry. Since Thierry had passed away, the honor would be taken by Thierry's eldest son, Alexandre.

On December 12, Alexander and his entourage of more than 15 people arrived in Constantinople on the Dolgorukov family's yacht "Dolgorukov".

This was Alexander's first visit to Constantinople.

Alexander is two years older than George. Due to the lack of body management, Alexander has gained a lot of weight. His hair has become a standard Mediterranean due to early balding, and his nose is a little red due to long-term heavy drinking, which makes Alexander look a little funny.

Mario arrived in Constantinople two days before Alexander, while Dejan was in Paris and arrived a little later.

George did not go to the dock to greet Alexander, which made Alexander quite unhappy.

Mario took the initiative to explain that George was too busy at work and his daily schedule was full. He could only make time to have dinner with Alexander after get off work in the evening.

"Can't George decide his own working hours?"

Alexander himself works four hours a day and he thinks he is working very hard.

"George is going to manage a huge country with an area of ​​2000 million square kilometers. Every decision he makes will affect the fate of countless people, so he has to be cautious."

Mario is also very busy with his own work. There is a difference between officials and businessmen.

In Amur, Mario has to spend at least six hours a day attending various meetings, listening to various reports and meeting with different people.

Alexander's so-called work is just slacking off compared to George and Mario.

The Dolgorukov family has now passed the period of capital accumulation and is making more money from capital.

Alexander is planning to shift the Dolgorukov family's main business in the United States from real industry to finance.

Compared with the real industry, making money in finance is really easy. Alexander's daily work is to eat and drink with different people, play golf, etc., and exchange information by the way.

"If you can only make $100 by working hard to build a car, and you can easily make hundreds of thousands of dollars with a change in the stock market, why would you still build cars?"

Alexander's ideas were obviously different from George's.

It is indeed easy to make money in finance, but finance without industrial support is just a castle in the air, and countless tragedies in history have proved this.

Since the day it was born, the United States has begun to take shortcuts, with a financial crisis occurring every ten years or so, which has become a powerful tool for American capital to reap Europe's wealth.

“That’s why the Hebrews are disgusting.”

Mario doesn't hate finance, but he hates American-style finance controlled by the Hebrews.

The Hebrews are indeed very smart, but unfortunately they use all their intelligence to make money. They are profit-driven and have no bottom line. They have no sense of social responsibility at all.

“I like the Hebrews because they help me make money.”

Alexander did not hate the Hebrews, and it is even possible that he became a Hebrew.

“You already have a lot of money, what’s the point of making more money?”

Mario reminds Alexander that he is in danger.

"Besides making money, what else can I pursue?"

Alexander was also confused and had no idea what wealth meant.

Right.

The principle that if you are poor, you should take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you should help the world is too profound for Alexander.

“You can pursue social respect and self-actualization.”

Mario is also very rich, but his attitude towards wealth is more open-minded than Alexander's.

"I don't need the respect of those poor creatures."

Alexander's mentality was seriously unbalanced.

Mario stopped talking nonsense. Alexander's mentality was not developed in a day or two, and it cannot be changed in just a few words.

When Alexander met George, he was already full of complaints. He had even had more trouble meeting the President of the United States than meeting George.

Alexander also knew that George was the backbone of the Dolgorukov family, so Alexander laid out his plan in the hope of getting George's support.

“It is indeed easy to make money in finance, but we cannot give up on industry.”

George is not opposed to using finance to make money. When capital develops to a certain level, finance is a circle that cannot be avoided.

But George strongly opposed Alexander's plan to shift the main focus from industry to finance.

For George, finance can only be an appendage of industry.

"We don't make as much money from selling cars as those damn bankers make from our stock. We help them make money."

Alexander had reason to be dissatisfied.

In recent years, Alexander has made a lot of money by investing in the financial field.

George took half of the money earned first, and the rest belonged to the entire Dolgorukov family.

Alexander got even less money.

If it was tens or millions, Alexander could tolerate it.

But when the number swelled to the level of tens of millions of dollars, Alexander's heart began to bleed.

(End of this chapter)