Chapter 53 Don’t ask for any money sent to your door
As a senior official, Sudeykin is still very young, and he does not want to fade out of the center of power like Milyutin.
Su Jaykin’s job is also quite special. Unless necessary, Ya San will not touch Su Jaykin.
After Asan ascended the throne, the Minister of War, Minister of Finance, Minister of Interior, and Minister of Foreign Affairs have been changed. Although Sudeykin's position has not changed, there are many hidden dangers.
Some time ago, the competition between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the police system regarding the secret police was a very bad signal.
Wangcai was taken away by the secret police again, so it's hard to say whether there is another hidden reason behind this incident.
Although there were no obvious markers on Wangcai's body, Shebeko had seen Wangcai in George's manor.
"If you dare to steal the property of Super Duke Yurievsky, they should all be hanged!" Georgi has begun to have a tendency to disregard human life.
George was so frightened that hanging him would have been too much.
Nicholas also frowned, he was not a violent person.
"If you do this, it may have an impact on the reputation of Yurievsky Super Duke." Sudeykin was euphemistic, this is the art of language.
"Then how are you going to deal with this matter, fine? Haha——" Georgi is unforgiving, and the royal authority cannot be offended.
"Georgi, it's too late. Let's talk about it later if there's anything else -" George didn't force Sudjeijin and let Sudjeijin handle it on his own.
If George continues to be entangled, George's rationality will become irrational.
If the result of Su Jaykin's handling cannot satisfy George, then George has many ways to make Su Jaykin feel uncomfortable.
George doesn't need to do much, he just needs to collect some scandals about the Petersburg Police Department and tell them as a joke to Nikolai and Georgi every day.
Nikolai and Georgi will naturally relay it to Ya San.
Sujeijin also knew that the situation was not good, and the next day, Mikhail came to George's manor.
"George, we may have to expand our business scope-" Mikhail was very happy. He had always wanted to expand his business scope to vodka, but there was no chance.
During the Ninth Russo-Turkish War, in order to protest against profiteers selling substandard goods, the Russians launched a "drink strike" movement and smashed stores selling vodka. This eventually developed into riots and Russia had to send troops to eight provinces. Suppressed, and had to cancel the vodka monopoly system that had been implemented for more than a hundred years.
After the monopoly system was abolished, all profits from the sale of vodka were nationalized, and the empire's annual revenue increased instead of falling, reaching 225 million silver rubles in 1881.
Although the tax farming system has been abolished, tax farming merchants have not disappeared and still exist.
When the empire was at its largest, there were more than 220 tax collectors, each with the support of the powerful elite.
Although it looks like a lot, there are more than 300,000 hereditary nobles in the empire alone, and more than 200 are really not enough.
Nobles have great or small titles, and their lives are good or bad. Statistics were conducted in the Russian Empire during the period of Nicholas I. Among the more than 300,000 hereditary nobles, the number of nobles who did not have a fiefdom and became freemen accounted for 10%. to one-third of the total.
Without the income from their territories and positions, the life of the nobles would not be easy. Witte, who proposed the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, still had the title of earl in his family. When he was in college, Witte's monthly living expenses were only 50 rubles.
For ordinary people, 50 rubles per month is definitely not that small.
But for the heir to the count, 50 rubles is really not much.
After the tax farming system was abolished, the tax farmers did not disappear. Their identity changed from private wine merchants to state merchants. Their dependence on the aristocracy was greatly reduced, and their dependence on officials became more serious.
As a police inspector, Su Jaykin is a standard-minded figure.
The expansion of business scope that Mikhail is talking about is not about selling vodka, but about production.
After the tax package system was abolished, the production of vodka was gradually liberalized. In the past, this part was all operated by the empire, but now it has also expanded to the private sector.
"There is a vodka distillery in Kiev that is about to go bankrupt. We only need to pay a thousand rubles to get it." Mikhail was eager to try it. Compared with champagne, the market for vodka is broader and the profits are lower. higher.
"Do you have experience in managing a vodka distillery?" George was not excited. Some time ago, Mikhail seemed to be quite stable, but now it seems that he is not so good.
Mikhail abided by his duty some time ago, not because of his nature, but because he was new to the champagne industry and didn’t know enough about it, so he was cautious. During this period of time, Mikhail had Nikolai's support, so he might have been a little distracted and almost forgot his last name.
“I don’t understand, but we can hire people who understand to manage it——” Mikhail has a way, Ekaterina doesn’t know how to make wine, and St. Louis is still in short supply.
"If you are really free, help me find a few people who are good at repairing firearms." George gave up guidance, it was too difficult to change a person.
Since Mikhail has nothing to do, George will find something for Mikhail to do, and don’t focus on crooked ways.
Even if Su Jaykin gave George a gold mine, George would not pay attention to him, otherwise he would become George's handle.
Well, there's probably a secret behind this.
Looking at Mikhail's anxious look, this winery, which is about to go bankrupt, must be worth more than a thousand rubles.
It’s not that it’s about to go bankrupt. It should be profitable if you take over the business, and the profits will be huge.
Even if George spends money to buy it, it is still a transfer of profits. What will be the consequences if Ya San finds out?
George is not one to penny wise and pound foolish.
To put it bluntly, even if George wanted to play profit transfer, Su Jiejin was not qualified to play with George.
Joining business with Nicholas is also a transfer of profits.
Who is Nicholas?
Who is Su Jay Kim?
To put it bluntly, not to mention that George had to spend a thousand rubles to buy it. Even if Su Jiejin gave George ten thousand rubles and offered the winery with both hands, George would not take it.
"Why?" Mikhail couldn't figure out why he didn't earn the money he delivered to his door.
"I have recently been modifying the Berdan II rifle and No. 3 revolver, and encountered some problems that I cannot solve personally. If there are experts in this field, I think it will be of some help to me." George The answer is not what was asked.
When it comes to weapons, George has ideas, but he doesn’t have the practical skills. Someone needs to help George realize them.
After all, the blacksmith's ability is limited. He has helped George saw off the barrel of the No. 3 revolver and also performed some lightweight processing on the No. 3 revolver, but if he wants to go further, he needs professional help.
The same goes for the Berdan II rifle.
George has removed the bayonet of the Berdan II rifle, but is still not satisfied. George hopes to transform the Berdan II into a magazine-type rifle, preferably into a semi-automatic rifle like the M1 Garand. This is also complicated. The project cannot be realized with George's current ability.
"That's no problem. I know Ivanov from the Ordnance Department of the Artillery Committee. He is an expert in this field." Mikhail has indeed met a lot of people during this time. Russian small arms Research and development is the responsibility of the artillery.
"Are you employed?" George didn't want to find someone who was employed. This was also suspected of being used for private purposes.
George just wanted to find a few experienced maintenance workers to help him deal with some technical problems, which did not involve weapon research and development.
Even if you want to develop it, you have to wait for the smokeless gunpowder to be stable and then conduct research and development on the basis of smokeless gunpowder.
If the foundation is not good, no matter how good the gun is, it will be useless.
"Yes-" Mikhail didn't know what George wanted.
"Just find a few retired people, not working people." George didn't want to make a big deal about this matter.
Finding a few retired maintenance workers to help, this is a personal hobby.
What is the nature of finding an on-the-job expert?
George never went out of his way on matters like this.
(End of this chapter)