Chapter 40 The Wealth-Losing Boy
George can find problems, but he speaks softly and has no ability to change the status quo. He can only place his hope on Nicholas.
If Nicholas could be as aspiring as Peter the Great, then there might be a turn for the better in the future. At least Nicholas' end would not be as tragic as in another time and space.
Although Nicholas's performance was not satisfactory, George could understand it.
Nicholas is only 15 years old now, and he is still growing. He may get enlightened one day.
The old academician is Alexander Butrelov, a professor at Petersburg University and president of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He is one of the founders of chemical structure theory.
Butrelov was very happy for the arrival of the crown prince. He personally accompanied Nicholas to visit and introduced the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to Nicholas.
“The Petersburg Academy of Sciences was founded in 1724. It is one of the oldest and greatest scientific research institutions in the world. Many world-famous scholars were born here, and Lomonosov is the most outstanding one. , famous all over the world - "Butrelov was in good spirits and did not need a cane to walk at all.
Butrelov is actually not too old. He was born in 1828 and is only in his fifties now.
Long-term exposure to organic chemistry has had a certain impact on Butrelov's health, so Butrelov looks much older than his actual age.
The Petersburg Academy of Sciences covers a large area. The main building is a three-story teaching building full of Russian style. Although the scale is grand, the appearance and internal facilities are quite old.
It can be seen that life at the Petersburg Academy of Sciences is not easy.
The library has been built a long time ago, but the materials cannot be updated in time due to financial reasons. Butrelov and other academicians had to spend their own money to update the materials for the library.
This can also explain why one hundred thousand rubles can make the academicians so excited.
One hundred thousand rubles can build a brand new library.
You can build a teaching building and a dormitory building.
The latest experimental equipment can be replaced for the chemical laboratory.
More famous scholars at home and abroad can be invited to bring the strength of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to a higher level.
Nicholas should have realized that he should do something, but he didn't know how.
"Professor, you are a group of respectable people. In order to thank you for your contribution to the empire, His Highness donated ten thousand rubles to the Academy of Sciences." George made the decision for Nicholas. Express it.
"Your Highness, your generosity will be remembered by all of us, and God will bless you -" Butrelov was happy, but also a little disappointed.
George knew why Butrelov was disappointed, but that was not something George could solve.
Neither can Nikolai.
Only the Tsar can completely solve the dilemma of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Nicola is the real money-splitting boy, and he can also draw inferences about other cases.
You can even draw inferences from one instance!
“Ten thousand is enough for what, one hundred thousand!” Nicholas was indeed a generous man, but he was too generous.
For one hundred thousand, George could buy stable smokeless gunpowder.
What did Nicholas buy for 100,000?
Bah!
Nicholas didn't have a penny, and George had to pay for it.
So Nicholas didn’t pay a penny and gained a good reputation as a charitable person!
Sure enough, stupid people have stupid blessings.
Butrelov was so smart that he immediately said that he would erect a statue for Nicholas in front of the teaching building of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
George rushed in and took Nicholas away.
Judging from Butrelov's intentions, he would probably not give up until George went bankrupt.
This old man is a bit disrespectful!
On the way back to Gatchina Palace, Nicholas was very happy. He had received countless blessings today, his personality had been sublimated, and his spirit was greatly satisfied.
George frowned and settled accounts.
The starting capital of smokeless gunpowder is 10,000. 30,000 yuan to build a house for the veterans.
A reward of one hundred thousand is offered.
Donated another 100,000 yuan to the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
In just these two or three days, George spent a full 240,000 rubles.
As expected of a person who has no concept of money.
If you calculate it this way, George will not be able to spend a few days of the private money that Catherine gave George.
It’s just pocket money.
"What's wrong with you, George? Are you unhappy?" Nicholas still knows how to watch people's emotions.
"I originally only wanted to donate 10,000 yuan, but you made me spend 90,000 yuan more with just one sentence. Should I be happy?" George was very unhappy. Butrelov was so unethical, and it was too much to plunder wool. Don't mess with George.
In fact, it doesn’t matter. The wool comes from the sheep. Every penny George spends on Nicola can be earned back many times through Nicola.
But you still have to be aggrieved when you should be aggrieved, and you have to make Nicholas feel guilty, so that George can get more.
This is not about George scheming against Nicholas, but about maximizing interests.
George got benefits and Nicholas got a good reputation, a win-win situation.
When Nicholas becomes Tsar, the entire empire will be his, so why do you need so much money?
To put it bluntly, Nicholas doesn’t know how to spend his money. Not only will he not get the desired effect, but it might even be counterproductive, so George has to let Nicholas learn how to spend it. Spend money.
This is much more important than teaching Nicholas French.
"I'm sorry George, I saw that they were living in such a miserable state, and I didn't think much of it-" Only then did Nicholas remember that George's annual salary seemed to be only 150,000 rubles.
So on impulse today, Nicholas spent eight months' salary for George! ! !
This——
How will poor George live in the next year?
"Wait a minute, do you think the academicians of the Academy of Sciences are living a miserable life?" At this moment, George finally felt what it means to have a long and arduous task.
“Yes, they are all so old, but they still have to work. I see that several of them are too old to walk and need help when walking——” Nicholas is indeed a A kind person, but for the Tsar, kindness is not an advantage.
In his book "The Gulag Archipelago", Solzhenitsyn, the winner of dynamite literature, quoted statistics from Russian criminal law experts: In the 30 years from 1876 to 1905, the Russian Empire executed a total of 486 people people, an average of less than 17 people per year.
There are many interesting contents in "The Gulag Archipelago", such as: within 4 years of the first revolution and its suppression, the number of executions rose sharply, which shocked the imagination of the Russians and made the Tots Erstair shed tears for it, which made many people filled with indignation.
How many people were sentenced to death during this period?
The answer is 2,200 people.
The average is 45 a month.
The above data does not include people sentenced to death for other reasons.
Even if not included, these numbers are too low.
As a comparison——
Forget it, no more comparison.
"Follow me, I need to let you know what real misery is-" As Nicholas' tutor, George has the obligation to correct some of Nicholas's wrong ideas.
(End of this chapter)