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Chapter 758: The Country of Brothers
Since his rebirth, George has spent most of his time in Russia. He only stayed in the East India for a short time when he traveled between Vladivostok and St. Petersburg, and he did not have a very deep impression of it. Even the Yuriev Palace in Coconut City was the first time George stayed there.

All the properties of the Yuriev family around the world can be called Yuriev Palace.

The Yuriev Palace in Coconut City was previously the official residence of the Dutch Governor-General and has a history of over a hundred years. It looks similar to the Winter Palace in appearance and is almost a castle, with military value.

Although before George arrived, DeYoung had ordered a thorough inspection of the Yuriev Palace to ensure that everything was in good condition.

Before George moved in, the guard captain Yuri brought people to check it out personally before George could move in.

Although George had changed into one set of clothes on the "Russia", he changed into another set after arriving in Coconut City.

It's freezing and snowy in Russia in January, and I wish I could carry a stove with me.

The highest temperature in Coconut City today is 32 degrees, the lowest temperature is 26 degrees, with light to moderate rain, and northeast wind of level 2 to 3.

By the way, it has rained every day in Coconut City in the past half month.

Fortunately, the weather in Coconut City is very changeable. It may be pouring rain one moment and suddenly clear up the next. Even on the same street, it may be raining heavily on one side and the sun is shining brightly on the other side, as if there is a glass wall between them.

Compared with tropical areas, Anne prefers the distinct four seasons in Vladivostok.

George didn't care. Compared with Vladivostok, the cost of living in Coconut City would be lower, and at least people didn't need to buy winter clothes.

After half a year of separation, Alexander was obviously more mature. Not only did he grow a beard, but he also spoke less.

"Is the King fun?"

Alexandra did not change her skirt, and like George she wore the same Russian military summer uniform.

"It's fun, do you want to be the queen for a few days?"

Alexander's tone was like coaxing a child.

"Katya's due date is February. You have to take good care of her."

Anne reminded Alexander to give birth to a son as soon as possible, as there was really a throne to inherit in the family.

"Ok."

Alexander could be as frugal as possible with Anne.

"Did the British give you any trouble?"

George asked the main question right away.

Although the foundation of East India was good, the external environment was very complicated. It was surrounded by colonies of Britain, the United States and France, and Alexander could not do whatever he wanted.

"The British should be more worried about whether I will cause trouble for the Straits Settlements."

Alexander was confident.

The British are still discussing MacDonald's low-cost housing plan.

The most disgusting thing about this plan is that neither the Conservative Party nor the Liberal Party can publicly express opposition to the plan, otherwise it will further reduce the favorability of voters.

As soon as the Labour Party comes to power, it will build houses for 50 poor people. If the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party opposes it, it will be tantamount to alienating itself from the British people.

However, the Conservatives and Liberals could not allow MacDonald to use the Housing Act to win the hearts of the people, so they could only secretly create trouble for MacDonald.

The House of Commons rejected MacDonald's Housing Bill on the grounds of insufficient funds.

MacDonald looked around and decided to stop the construction of the naval base in the Straits Settlements to raise funds for the Housing Act.

This touched the cheese of the Royal Navy.

In 1913, Britain from top to bottom had realized the dangers of the arms race, but it had to make additional investments and keep building battleships. Why?
The fundamental reason is that the Royal Navy represents the interests of many people in the UK. Whoever dares to stop the navy's military spending will be a sinner of the UK and will be despised by the whole society and will never be able to turn over.

The construction of the Royal Navy's naval base in the Straits Settlements began in the last century. It has been built for more than 30 years and cost hundreds of millions of pounds, but the Royal Navy has never moved in. It seems normal for MacDonald to stop the construction of the base on this basis.

McDonald still lacks experience.

Existence is reasonable. The construction of the base cannot be stopped. There is a natural reason why it cannot be stopped. If you take the initiative to stop it, you must bear the backlash caused by the suspension.

Among all the opposing voices, Churchill, who had once served as the First Lord of the Admiralty, spoke the most sharply. He described MacDonald's Housing Bill as Pandora's Box.

In the past, no matter how the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party fought, it was always centered around the interests of the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie.

After the Labour Party came to power, it introduced the Housing Act, which broke the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie's monopoly on resources. In the future, if the Democratic Party and the Liberal Party want to get more votes, they will have to shift resources downwards.

"It is the population that is holding back development. I am prepared to relax immigration restrictions to attract more people to immigrate."

Alexander also wanted to open Pandora's box.

"Where do you want to start?" George was noncommittal.

"Korea, or Japan."

Alexander had no prejudice against Goryeo and Japan.

In Alexander's world, although Japan fought a war with Russia, it did not win, so it became a humble younger brother and followed Russia in the world wars. Although it cannot be said how much credit it had, it certainly worked hard.

Goryeo was more honest. King Gojong and Queen Min had been relying on George from the very beginning. Now Goryeo is still Russia's most loyal vassal in East Asia.

George was not surprised.

The two major ethnic groups in the Grand Principality of Yuriev are Russians and Chinese, both of which were introduced through the Amurs.

The East India restrictions on Korea and Japan were very strict, and so far less than 1000 Koreans and Japanese have successfully become naturalized citizens.

Those who successfully became naturalized citizens are either engineers or military officers, and they all have real talents.

Therefore, in Coconut City, although the social status of Gao Americans and Japanese Americans is not special, their living standards are still quite good.

“It’s fine to relax the restrictions, but their population ratio cannot exceed 1 percent of the total population, and they are not allowed to buy land or set up separate communities.”

George drew the red line.

East Asians are good at saving money. If restrictions are relaxed, many high-income farmers will appear in a few years, which is something George does not want to see.

The Chinese were able to buy it because when the Russians came to East India, the Chinese provided assistance to the Russians. The Li family is still the second largest family in the Grand Principality of Yuriev.

Unless something unexpected happens, the post of Governor of Yaqi will always be held by a member of the Lee family in the future.

To put it more simply, Chinese people can buy it because the queen is of Chinese descent.

“Wouldn’t it be easier to manage if we set up a separate community?”

Alexander didn't quite understand that there were also English and French communities in Vladivostok.

"No, breaking them up will be more conducive to their management."

George divide and conquer.

The reason why Europeans are so casual about immigrants is ultimately due to the lack of cultural cohesion.

Even if Chinese people become Russian citizens, they will still be proud of their 5,000-year-old culture when they talk about it.

The Koreans could only feel proud of themselves by showing off the documents of sale written in Chinese by their ancestors.

Many Europeans couldn't even produce the documents to sell their bodies.

In countries where the language has only been standardized for a few years, it is estimated that even slightly older texts will be difficult to understand.

Not to mention the distant past, the changes in English over the past one or two hundred years are enough to give scholars a headache.

Therefore, whether Europeans immigrated to the United States or to East India, they would actively integrate into the local society.

Even in the age of interstellar travel, Chinese people will probably still return to their roots.

On January 1, Boris and Elizabeth arrived in Coconut City.

Elizabeth just gave birth to her second child a year ago, and she traveled a long distance less than a month later, thanks to the scientific confinement policy introduced by Russia.

European women didn’t have the concept of confinement in the past, so when they got older, they would suffer from all kinds of diseases and they didn’t know why, and they thought it was just the same for everyone.

With the advancement of Russian medicine, scientific research institutions, led by the Vladivostok Hospital, began to study the relationship between confinement and female physiological diseases.

Some people say that white people don’t observe confinement after childbirth because they are strong and have different physiques.

This is all nonsense. Teenage Russian girls are all very pretty, so why do their bodies swell up like old ladies just a few years after giving birth?
White women generally age faster than Chinese women.

Even if Chinese women do not pay attention to confinement after pregnancy, they will age rapidly and seem to have aged by ten years overnight.

However, some bad habits of Chinese people during confinement are not worth promoting. Therefore, after integrating the principles of modern medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, the Vladivostok Hospital summarized a scientific confinement plan and promoted it throughout Russia.

Polis was delighted and not only expressed his sincerest congratulations to Alexander, but also brought the foreign minister to conclude an alliance with the Grand Principality of Yuriev.

This is the true brotherhood.

George was even happier because the Grand Duchy of Bulgaria and the East Indies, one in Eastern Europe and the other in East Asia, would both be Russia's most loyal allies.

(End of this chapter)