Chapter 35: Trapped in a Cocoon
When George woke up in the morning, Wangcai had been wagging his tail beside the bed for a long time.
Prosperous wealth can really grow when the wind blows.
When Ye Luoxin brought Wangcai over, Wangcai was still a little puppy, stumbling unsteadily.
It has been less than two months, and Wangcai's weight has exceeded 30 pounds. He eats 300 grams of beef every day, the same amount of vegetables, two eggs and a bowl of milk every day. Feed four times.
George goes for a morning run every morning, and Wangcai follows him every day.
At first Wangcai couldn't keep up. When he saw George running away, he sat on the ground and wailed desperately, as if he had been abandoned.
Now that Wangcai can keep up with George's speed, after finishing their run, George and Wangcai will take a bath in the nearby river.
After breakfast, George went to Gatchina Palace. Wangcai slept at home and helped George look after the house.
With great wealth at home, no one can enter George's house except Dalia.
In addition to boxing, Nikolai and Georgi also receive shooting training.
During the first shooting practice, George scored 60 rings with six shots, Georgi scored 16 rings, and Nikolai was the worst, with only 6 shots, and 4 of the shots missed the target.
The targets used in Gatchina Palace are different from those commonly used by George.
The target used by George is a 10-meter round target. The diameter of the target is very small, only a little larger than the mouth of a bowl. Ye Luoxin's requirement is to shoot out all six bullets within three seconds. The score does not matter. , but cannot miss the target.
The half-length target used in the Gatchina Palace is almost as big as one square meter. Even Nicholas can miss the target. George doesn't know what to say.
"I'm too stupid. I can't even hit him at such a close range." Nicholas was very frustrated. His talent in sports was indeed not high.
Georgi opened his mouth, not knowing how to comfort Nicholas.
George is good at finding reasons: "It's not your fault. This gun is too bulky, too long, has an unstable center of gravity, is difficult to hold, has too much recoil, has problems with the bullets, and has too much smoke that affects vision. Here And the wind-"
Georgi's eyes widened, looking at George with admiration.
In order to find a step for Nikolai, George actually found so many excuses that Georgi even doubted whether the gun he used was the same model as George's.
The guns must all be No. 3 revolvers.
Georgi didn’t think that Revolver No. 3 really had so many shortcomings.
“Is this gun really such a big problem?” Nicholas believed it.
“Of course, this piece of shit is definitely used by Americans to defraud us of our money!” George said firmly.
“What do you think it should be like?” Georgi began to waver. The relationship between the United States and Russia is still good.
In the ninth Russo-Turkish War, the Ottoman Empire teamed up with Britain and France to defeat Russia.
To prevent Alaska from being taken away by Britain, Russia sold Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million.
During this period, Russia and the United States were in their honeymoon period. There is also a statue of Asia Er and Lincoln shaking hands in Alaska. In order to support Russia, the United States had planned to attack Canada.
As mentioned earlier, the No. 3 revolver was specially developed by Smith & Wesson for Russia. Russia ordered 41,000 units, and then introduced the drawings and produced them at the Tula Arsenal.
The current standard pistol of the Russian army is No. 3.
Here in George, No. 3 has such a bad reputation.
This makes it difficult for Nikolai and Georgi to accept.
"The barrel of this gun is too long. It would be better to shorten it." The barrel of No. 3 is 165 mm long, and the total gun length is 305 mm. George really can't like it. "This gun is too heavy. 1.3 kilograms is enough to hit someone. The weight should be reduced as much as possible so that you can carry such an iron lump with you. Are you willing?" What George said was true. Nikolai and Georgi expressed their opinions. Shake his head.
"The biggest problem is the bullet propellant. Can't we use smokeless gunpowder as the propellant?" George was most dissatisfied with the bullets.
"Smokeless gunpowder is unstable and cannot be used for military purposes." Nicholas is also very knowledgeable and can operate normally in the royal family.
"Who said that!" George thought of the gunpowder in the 21st century. It is very stable. If it is not detonated in a special way, it will not explode even if it is set on fire.
“Have you seen it?” Georgi was unconvinced.
“I saw it in a book!” George boasted casually. He was so unstable that he seemed to be a good inventor.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t know chemistry. Russia’s scientific research capabilities are not weak. There are many professors at St. Petersburg University. As long as George is willing to pay for it, there will be a brave man under the generous reward.
It only cost George 30,000 rubles to build a lot of houses on the manor, and George still had 470,000 rubles lying in his private treasury.
No, it’s 620,000 rubles.
After Asan ascended the throne, he rewarded George and his group of high-ranking nobles with a year's salary each. George's 150,000 yuan has been received.
Ekaterina has begun to sell the champagne produced in George's vineyard under the exclusive name of the royal family.
In order to increase the selling price, Ekaterina asked expert craftsmen to design a new packaging bottle. The bottle body is made of metal. Because expensive aluminum is added, each bottle of champagne sells for up to 90 francs. , equivalent to 36 rubles.
The retirement annuity for veterans is only 36 rubles.
The price of a bottle of champagne was actually equivalent to a veteran's retirement annuity. George felt that Ekaterina was too cruel.
Ekaterina is not ruthless at all. She can only say that George does not understand the luxury goods industry. In Anna’s words, the price of 90 francs is too low. It should be sold for 90 rubles to be worthy of the Grand Duke. their worth.
Well, George can only say that he is indeed ignorant.
Ekaterina’s champagne has not yet been sold to the outside world. Ekaterina sent all the first batch of 1,000 bottles to George, saying it was a birthday gift for George, so that George could taste it. Try something new.
George even doubted, was this his biological mother?
Didn’t his mother know that George couldn’t drink until he was an adult?
The 1,000 bottles are just a taste. I think Ekaterina regarded George as second best.
Fortunately, Nicholas is very good at drinking champagne.
So in a few days, George is going to hold a banquet at the manor, inviting Nicholas and Georgi, as well as Prince Peter and his group of warblers to come over and taste it together.
This can be regarded as helping to open up sales.
“What’s the name of the book?” Ya San disappeared again, and George even suspected that Ya San knew the art of cloning.
George is like being struck by lightning. He really doesn’t have a long memory, so you are still pretending to be cool.
“Where did you see it?” Ya San asked.
“Study, study in the Hermitage—” George racked his brains. There are tens of thousands of books in the study in the Hermitage. Take your time to find them.
"Alfred——" Ya San called his adjutant, he would not read them one by one by himself: "Go to the Winter Palace study and look for the book that Duke Yurievsky mentioned. Come out!”
“Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrange for someone to find him right away.” Count Alfred was Ya San’s friend when he was serving in the Guards and was also Ya San’s captain of the bodyguard.
"No, you go in person." Ya San has not forgotten George, whoever pollutes will be treated: "Duke Yurievsky will go with you!"
George was dumbfounded, this Is this considered a cocoon?
(End of this chapter)