Chapter 116 New Life
With the Trans-Siberian Railway, George can travel freely between Vladivostok and St. Petersburg.
It’s actually possible now, but the distance is longer, and George doesn’t want to waste time on the road.
After leaving the Yekaterin Palace, Zeng Jize began to regret and was worried about George's revenge. There is no such thing as magnanimity in Russian character.
George's revenge has not come yet. Even at the anniversary celebration of the Czar's accession to the throne, George did not embarrass Zeng Jize. It was the look in the eyes of Crown Prince Nicholas that made Zeng Jize secretly Shocked.
Everyone in St. Petersburg knows that George has a good relationship with the crown prince.
But there are different opinions on how good it is.
In Zeng Jize's view, the royal family has no real feelings at all. No matter how deep the feelings are, they must give in to the interests of the country.
Nicola’s eyes made Zeng Jize begin to waver.
The consequences of rejecting George may be more serious than he imagined.
George did not target Zeng Jize. Ferdinand came to St. Petersburg with Carol I. George introduced Nicholas and Ferdinand to each other. Ferdinand's broken Russian was laughed at by Nicholas again.
Nicholas is very proud. His German is more fluent than Ferdinand's Russian. This is all due to German jokes.
"George is a genius, he can do anything, he is my best friend and my language teacher." Nicholas held his stomach and laughed non-stop, thinking of those beautiful days again.
Yes, the carefree childhood is indeed very nostalgic.
But the world of adults is more exciting.
As an ally of Russia, Crown Prince Rudolf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire also participated in the celebration of the anniversary of the Tsar's accession to the throne and expressed congratulations to the Tsar on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
George didn’t know Rudolph and didn’t know much about the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
But George knew that the trigger for the outbreak of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary.
So the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire changed during this period.
George was curious and didn’t know why Rudolf lost his qualifications as crown prince.
Rudolf was also curious about George. After saying hello to Nicholas, he took the initiative to communicate with George.
"George, I know you, your soldiers are in Lemberg, but they made my people make a lot of fools of themselves -" Rudolf didn't have much malice, and was mostly joking.
Yes, the mutual humiliation between the soldiers is just a fool to the crown prince.
After George returned to Rivno, he heard that an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide.
Then the two sides began to actively separate and reduce the heat.
"You misunderstood. I did nothing in Rivno except digging trenches." George was really wronged. He didn't even get a chance to patrol.
"Hahahaha, the super duke went to dig a ditch, this is so funny——" Rudolph's laughter was low and he did not accept the intensive bombardment of Austro-Hungarian jokes.
Nicholas smiled a little weirdly. In George’s jokes about the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian royal family was the main target of ridicule.
Since Rudolf likes to dig holes so much, George doesn’t mind digging another one for Rudolf: "Please allow me to introduce, this is Ferdinand from Sigmaringen——"
George deliberately did not introduce Ferdinand's other identity.
As expected, Rudolf didn't take it to heart. He said "Nice to meet you" and left Ferdinand behind.
The smile on Ferdinand’s face suddenly stiffened.
“Want to try the champagne produced in my vineyard?” George focused on Ferdinand. Although Romania was not as powerful as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, this man could handle a fight.
“Your vineyard?” Ferdinand’s mood changed.
“In the French vineyards, I sold these champagne wines to the Grand Duke of Russia. Each bottle sold for 36 rubles. The supply exceeded the demand, so I purchased wines from other vineyards, put my brand on them and continued to sell them— —" George really didn't treat Ferdinand as an outsider, and he shared such bad things with Ferdinand.
Compared with George, Ferdinand was a good boy. Ferdinand had never done anything so exciting.
"You are so bad, no wonder Nicky likes you." There was an ambiguity in Ferdinand's words, and George had to emphasize it.
“Friendship, it’s friendship between Nicky and I——” George remained calm and pulled Ferdinand into his small circle: “It’s just like the friendship between us!”
Ferdinand was even more excited. George's approval was more important than Rudolph's.
If you like me, I will like you.
You don't like me and I don't like you.
Anniversary celebrations are actually quite boring. What really matters is that they don’t happen at the anniversary celebration.
Yasan solemnly announced at the banquet that Russia and Romania have officially formed an alliance.
This made Rudolf very unhappy. He left in a hurry before the banquet was over and took the train back to Vienna that afternoon.
Ferdinand stayed in St. Petersburg for a full week and established a deep friendship with George.
George, Nicola and Ferdinand had a barbecue at Oak Manor and went to the wine cellar to find the mellowest wine. George and Ferdinand competed in shooting and won easily. The bet was to drink a liter of water in one go. Ferdinand was supported. Unfortunately, when walking Wangcai with George, he did the most outrageous thing in his life and peed into the creek next to Oak Manor.
Wang Cai has grown up and is lawless in Oak Manor. He shows mercy everywhere and has countless wives and concubines.
While Ferdinand was in St. Petersburg, it happened that several of his favorite concubines gave birth to a litter of puppies. George picked the one that looked the strongest and gave it to Ferdinand as a gift. As a testament to their friendship.
"This is the most precious gift I have ever received. I will definitely take good care of it." Ferdinand burst into tears with excitement. He is a very caring person and has always wanted to raise a puppy. , Carol I did not allow it, fearing that Ferdinand would be injured.
Caucasian dogs will be regarded as national treasures by Russia in the future and their exports will be restricted.
A perfect gift for Ferdinand.
Ferdinand gave George two black Romanian draft horses to help George pull the cart.
Romanian draft horses are famous for their strength, endurance and tenacious vitality, which is exactly what Vladivostok needs.
George hopes to buy draft horses from Romania and send them to Vladivostok to alleviate the shortage of large livestock in Vladivostok.
Ferdinand was very happy, he was able to generate income for the country.
While Ferdinand was traveling with George and Nicholas, Carol I, accompanied by Asan, inspected the arsenal factory on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. Carol I hoped that Russia could help Romania build an arsenal so that Romania has primary military-industrial capabilities.
No matter how weak Romania is, it is still a country and cannot import even bullets.
Asan was still very generous towards his little brother. After inspecting the factory, Carol I was not in a good mood. Industry is really not something that small countries can do.
Machines alone are not enough, raw materials are also needed. If you have machines but no raw materials, you will still be stuck.
Once you have machines and raw materials, you must have a market. Otherwise, if you build an industrial chain and start work for one month every year, the rest of the time is just gathering dust. No matter how big a family business is, it cannot withstand such a failure.
Asan knew the situation in Romania, and he accompanied Carol I to inspect the factory. His original intention was to make Carol I retreat in spite of difficulties.
It doesn’t matter if it cannot be produced by itself. Yasan promised to resolutely guarantee the logistics supply of the Romanian army and decided to donate a batch of the latest Berdan II rifles to Romania.
Carol I turned his worries into joy, and this big brother recognized him well.
With the end of the coronation anniversary celebrations, calm has returned to St. Petersburg.
The effect of Pearl Frost is obvious. Ye Luoxin has returned to the manor much more frequently recently. Maybe after a while, Andre and Peter will have another brother.
Now that you have something good, you must honor me.
George asked Julian to send the pearl cream to France. If the pearl cream also has a significant effect on Catherine, then George can organize the production.
Dalia works all year round and her skin condition is very bad, but the effect is obviously normal.
Ekaterina is pampered and does not touch the spring water with her fingers. If the pearl cream is also useful to her, she can really make money from the rich.
If you are short of money, you won’t be able to afford it if you need it, and your spending power is limited.
Wealthy ladies have greater needs in this area. They have the spending power and desire to consume. A small cosmetic product can build a business empire.
There are many types of cosmetics in the 21st century. Women in the 19th century had as much demand for cosmetics as they did in the 21st century.
Now that you have pearl cream, eyebrow pencil, lipstick, rouge, etc. can also be put on the agenda.
George, a super duke of the empire, could not spend all day wandering around these rouges and gouache, so George went to the Academy of Sciences again.
Since the last wave of wealth, the Academy of Sciences has been looking forward to George's arrival from top to bottom.
Bretlov was disappointed because George did not bring the crown prince.
Bretlov has also been having a hard time lately.
After Yasan ascended the throne, considering that universities were the birthplace of liberalism, Yasan canceled the autonomy of Russian universities and strengthened control over educational institutions.
The Academy of Sciences, as the highest academic institution in Russia, is no exception. Yasan appointed his younger brother, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, as the president of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Although the Grand Duke already has many positions, Despite not caring about reorganizing the Academy of Sciences, Bretlov was still unhappy.
"You should reflect on why your students become assassins." George also believes that the management of universities should be strengthened.
In Russia in the 19th century, the number of people who had the opportunity to receive education accounted for no more than 2% of the total population, and the number of people who had the opportunity to receive higher education was even smaller.
It is not a good thing if students do not study well in school and are keen to participate in political activities, because they are young and impulsive and can easily be taken advantage of.
George could understand the students' hope that Russia would change for the better, but he could not accept the method of assassinating the Czar. The consequences of Ya Er's assassination were still fermenting, and the impact on Russia was extremely far-reaching.
If Ya Er had not been assassinated, Russia would be a constitutional monarchy by now.
Asia 3 will not cancel the reform measures of Asia 2 and turn back history.
Those assassins may not have thought that the consequences of their assassination of the Tsar would have to be borne by all Russians.
Okay, no matter how great the pain is divided by 100 million, it will become insignificant.
"They are still young, have active minds, and have an almost unlimited future. Their minds should not be imprisoned." Bretlov hopes that George can help.
"So the Tsar should die?" George didn't want to discuss this issue with Bretlov, but who asked him to ask the Academy of Sciences.
"No one wants to see a tragedy happen. The assassination of the Tsar was an accident." Bretlov blushed and found it difficult to defend the assassin.
"Your Majesty did not offend others because of this. This is already very tolerant." George hoped that Bretlov would accept it and that time could not be turned back.
If he really can't accept it, Bretlov can go to the Tsar. It's useless to pester George. George's words don't count.
"What brings you here this time?" Bretlov no longer thinks about those troublesome things. The most important thing is to live in the present.
George stated his intention, but Bretlov decisively refused.
"The Academy of Sciences needs respect. I won't do such a thing!" Bretlov helped George research smokeless gunpowder because smokeless gunpowder was very important to the empire.
What are eyebrow pencils and lipsticks?
A distinguished academician of the Academy of Sciences, how can you do such a thing? Our goal is the stars and the sea——
Wrong, Bretlov’s current research object is God and the soul.
Scientists can also make mistakes. As a firm believer, Breitloff firmly believes that people have souls and that souls are with God.
Since humans have souls, what is the chemical composition and structure of the soul?
Bretlov wanted to study the soul, but he couldn't even find a sample, which confused him.
“I will pay 1,000 rubles for each completed piece of research——” George slowly threw the bait, but Bretlov did not take the bait. Some people were willing to take the bait.
Bretlov moved his index finger.
Bretlov is not a saint, but he still has firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, and is willing to give in to five pecks of rice.
Although 1,000 rubles is not much, it is still a lot. George is no longer the foolish boy who spent millions of dollars when he first came up, but has evolved into a qualified profiteer.
This was all forced by Bretlov!
“There is only one requirement, it cannot be harmful to the human body. This job is long-term, because the formula must be constantly adjusted and studied, so the person who accepts this job must sign a confidentiality agreement and cannot disclose his or her information to anyone. The work content is to keep your mouth shut when sleeping. "George knows the importance of technology. This is a big business worth hundreds of millions of rubles, and it is worth building a research institute.
George is also preparing to do this, hiring some researchers from the Academy of Sciences or Petersburg University to specialize in cosmetics.
There are many chemical ingredients in cosmetics, and chemistry happens to be the strength of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. This is a perfect manifestation of the deep integration of industry, academia, and research, and is another promising academic path.
"Considering the special nature of this job, women may be more suitable for this job. If there is no suitable person at the Academy of Sciences, I will go to Petersburg University and try." George's words successfully impressed Bretlov.
Professors at the Petersburg Academy of Sciences also teach students, including female students, but there are not many jobs suitable for them. Even if they are extremely talented, most of them will eventually have to work with those who have not studied. Girls who have studied abroad also get married and have children, which makes Bretlov heartbroken.
The project brought by George gave them a new life.
(End of this chapter)