Chapter 169 Are you a radical or a conservative?
The task given by George to DeYoung is to recite Pushkin's "If Life Deceived You".
If you can’t even memorize Pushkin, do you still deserve to be a Russian?
Looking gloomy together with Deyan, there was also George's guard captain Yangkov.
When the Fu Tuan was established, George asked Yangkov his opinion on whether he wanted to be a battalion commander in the Fu Tuan.
Yankov didn't want to go. He was so comfortable with George that he wouldn't change for a major.
Now I finally feel uncomfortable. If Yangkov cannot memorize "If Life Deceived You" within the time specified by George, then Yangkov will have to clean the toilet with Dejan.
“I would rather run 10,000 meters.” Yankov hated Pushkin deeply.
"If I don't have to carry this thing, I can run away with 20,000 yuan!" Deyang's words made Yangkov angry. Is this going to be a ticket?
"If life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be impatient - how to pronounce this?" Yangkov cheered up.
"Silly!" Deyang said unkindly.
"You need to be calm in your silly days - you are so stupid!" Yangkov laughed and scolded, he was not stupid or stupid, he just didn't want to learn.
Being able to become George's guard captain, Yangkov's IQ is naturally online.
Deyang is actually not stupid. If you ask him to learn how to fight, he will learn very quickly. He is more proficient in surrounding areas for reinforcements than anyone else. Only when it comes to learning, Deyang only needs a moment. As soon as I sat down, I felt uncomfortable all over.
Drink water, drink coffee, nibble a carrot, eat a snack, go to the toilet, and come back to continue drinking water——
If you drink too much water and there is no taste in your mouth, then drink some wine.
Done!
When George saw the drunken two people, he became furious.
I asked you to study, but you actually drank!
Very well, let’s clean the toilet together.
"Duke, I know how to recite it -" Yangkov said confidently.
“Back it!” George checked his homework.
"If life deceives you - you need to live in a silly life - damn!" Yangkov kicked De Yang to the ground, who was swaying with laughter.
George is speechless, these two living treasures can go talk cross talk.
Although it was a bit surprising, Dejan and Yankov really passed George's test.
George confirmed that these officers under his command were not stupid, but did not understand the importance of knowledge and culture.
George called the officers together for a meeting.
Although Fu Tuan is not full of soldiers, it is full of officers, with a total of 85 officers.
Part of these 85 officers were promoted from the Fu regiment, and some were members of George's guards. George's guards are now all recruits, and the veterans either serve as officers in the Fu regiment, or as sergeants or sergeants in the lower companies.
“I know that many of you are very dissatisfied with learning.”
"I ask you to think about it, do you want to be an officer all your life? When you retire, what else will you do besides serving as soldiers and fighting?"
"You all know that the Amur Governorate and the Amur Military District It has just been established and needs a large number of civilian officials in a short period of time."
"When you retire, some will be appointed as officials, and some will only go to the factory to see the gate. Where to go depends on your thoughts. "
George made it very clear that they are all adults and must be responsible for their own actions.
With good academic performance, George will naturally make arrangements by then. These officers will play a decisive role in George's control of the Amur region.
If your grades are not good, there is nothing you can do about it. Going to the factory to see the gate will definitely not be a problem, but there is still a gap in the treatment between the Vladivostok police chief and the factory security director.
After Milyutin's restructuring, the service time of Russian soldiers was shortened from 25 years to 9 years.
This time is still too long. George decided to transfer some officers to local places starting next year. With the development of Vladivostok, the quality of officials also urgently needs to be improved.
"Duke, can't you be an officer for the rest of your life?" Yankov doesn't want to leave the army. Those who retired in Russia in 9 years are soldiers. Many officers are professional soldiers and will only leave the army when they retire.
"Of course, but the empire also has requirements for officers. Strictly speaking, none of your academic qualifications meet the requirements of the empire." George's requirements for military officers are stricter than those for local officials. Only the best officers can become professional soldiers in Vladivostok.
The situation of Fu Tuan is somewhat special, unlike other legions in the empire.
Officers from other officers in the empire must at least graduate from a regular military academy before they are eligible to serve as officers. Almost all the officers of the Fu regiment were promoted by George. Only the five lieutenants and staff officers at the regiment headquarters were staff officers who graduated from regular military schools. The rest were all wild men with shady backgrounds.
"There is only one legion in Vladivostok now, and it will definitely expand in the future. By then, the people who are around you now may become legion commanders or even generals. "The juniors who may be much more junior than you will become your commanders when the time comes. When you salute them, won't you blush?" George hoped that the officers would take the initiative to roll up, so that they would be motivated.
The effect of the meeting was very good. Even Ye Luoxin began to take the initiative to study. He was the only general serving the Tsar in the Amur Military Region. He graduated from a regular military school and had a good foundation.
After finishing the talisman, George focused his main energy on the development of Vladivostok.
The second batch of steelmaking equipment from the United States has arrived, and the scale of the steel plant has expanded again.
The steel rails trial-produced by the steel plant last winter passed Kanunikov's acceptance and can be used for railway construction.
After a winter of accumulation, the steel plant has stockpiled nearly a thousand rails. After the beginning of spring, the railway between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk will start construction, and the development of Khabarovsk is finally on the agenda.
“Khabarovka is safer than Vladivostok. We will move some important factories and research institutions to Khabarovka. Vladivostok will mainly bear the future The duty is trade." George's plan almost made Korf cry with joy. Thank God, George finally remembered that his fiefdom was not just Vladivostok.
Vladivostok is a port. Although it has forts and a navy, it is not as safe as Khabarovsk.
Khabarovsk is located in the inland area. Transportation is very convenient through rivers and railways, and does not increase transportation costs much.
After George started building the railway, the Amur Railway must be privately owned by George. When the time comes, George can charge as much freight as he wants, and let all the so-called railway tycoons in St. Petersburg die.
As a man of action who devoted himself to the development of real industry, George hated the high shipping costs in Russia. After the wheat from St. Petersburg was shipped to Vladivostok, the shipping cost was 330% of the price of the wheat itself. This is a gross industry. Ah, the profits were all taken away by those railroad tycoons.
George's request for freight is very simple. As long as he does not lose money, the goods produced in Amur must be mobile to be valuable. Where is the current industrial scale in Vladivostok? Once the entire Amur region takes action, The burst of energy will shock the world.
So Korff, don’t be too happy, George’s requirements for him are also increasing.
"No problem, you have the final say where the factories and research institutions are built, and how large the area is. Even if you want to build the factory in my Governor's Mansion, I will demolish it tomorrow." Ke Korv had long wanted to demolish the Governor's Palace in Khabarovsk, so that Korv could build the Governor's Palace in Vladivostok.
"There is no need to demolish your Governor's Palace, or even any house in Khabarovka. I will move the factories and research institutions to a safe enough place and build a new city." George We are sufficiently wary of Japan's intelligence capabilities that once the new city is built, Japanese people and dogs are strictly prohibited from entering.
Chinese people who want to go to New Town must undergo strict inspection.
The disgusting thing about the Japanese is that this nation is very good at disguise.
Before the Sino-Japanese War broke out, Japan took advantage of the relatively similar appearance of East Asians to train many Japanese intelligence officers in Japan who looked no different from Chinese, and sent these intelligence officers to work in the Qing Empire.
The Japanese also paid heavily to bribe Qing people who were willing to provide information to Japan to spy on Japan.
Now Vladivostok’s awareness of precautions against the Japanese is becoming more and more obvious.
But George was not sure whether there were Japanese spies among the Qing people hired by Vladivostok.
It’s okay to have it or not.
George's policy for the new city is that no one is allowed in or out. The new city has hospitals, schools, nurseries, and nursing homes. It covers everything from birth to death. Even if there are spies, George makes it impossible for them to pass on the information.
This extreme situation will not last long. Twenty or thirty years is enough. Even if information is leaked by then, George will not be afraid.
The fundamental reason why Japan was stuck in going to war with the Russian Empire before the Trans-Siberian Railway was opened to traffic was that the Russian side did not do a good job in preventive measures, and the Japanese found out their wealth, so the Japanese took desperate risks.
The situation is much simpler now.
After Vladivostok has sufficient strength, even if the Japanese find out Vladivostok’s family background, it is estimated that the Japanese will not dare to go to war with Russia.
When the time comes, George can make a round ball if he wants to, and flatten if he wants to flatten it.
“Is this necessary?” Korff felt that George was a little overly cautious, as he was quite radical some time ago.
Could it be that you were frightened by the Tsar's order?
Kolf felt the need to send another telegram to St. Petersburg. It was not good to be too radical, but it was equally bad to be too conservative.
"It is so necessary. I hope that the workers in the factory can work hard without any worries. The situation in St. Petersburg must not happen in Amur." It is not just the Japanese who George must guard against. and Russia’s Volya Volya party.
Compared with the Japanese, the People's Democratic Party is more hateful.
If the Japanese are suffering from elbow and armpit problems, then the People's Democratic Party is the real thorn in their side.
Korff nodded silently.
That's right, this is the Yurievsky Super Duke I'm familiar with.
(End of this chapter)