Chapter 262 Diwozi
George's original intention in developing Amur was to protect himself, and to retain a place to live after the building collapsed.
Now it seems that this goal is a bit conservative, George can definitely do more.
Compared with Vladivostok, Khabarovsk does not have a bustling entertainment city, an advanced subway, or fireworks shows from Yuriev Palace every now and then. The city has strict planning, and the railway that passes through the city connects the entire city. The city is divided into two, with the transshipment yard on one side and the residential area on the other side, with clear distinctions.
The mayor of Khabarovsk, Ilya, is an officer of the Fu regiment who just retired last year. He is only 30 years old this year. He strictly implements George's orders and builds Khabarovsk into a military city.
Khabarovsk is the transportation hub of Amur, connecting Vladivostok to the south, Yuriev to the north, and Europe through the Trans-Siberian Railway to the west.
Given that Khabarovsk’s location is so important, basically all the officers and soldiers who retired from Fu Tuan last year were assigned to Khabarovsk, providing a strong guarantee for Amur’s traffic safety.
Like Vladivostok, Khabarovsk’s biggest dilemma is the shortage of manpower.
There are only a pitiful 2,500 staff and family members in the entire Bolli Company, and almost all staff are engaged in work related to railway transportation.
The only areas in Amur that can be called cities are Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yuriev, and Temple Street at the northernmost end of Amur.
Vorontsov has been in Vladivostok for the past few months.
In Vorontsov’s view, Khabarovsk is still the transportation hub of Amur, and the second largest city in Amur, even if it is worse than Vladivostok, it will not be much worse.
Vorontsov never expected that the population of Khabarovsk was only 2,500 -
It cannot be said that.
If you include the Korean workers employed, the total population of Khabarovsk still exceeds 4,000.
Almost all of the extra 1,500 people are porters at the railway station.
Specifically speaking, there are only 800 Russians in Khabarovsk.
“Last year we relaxed population restrictions and allowed free movement of people. So this year, Khabarovsk’s population not only did not increase, but There are more than 200 people less than last year.”
Ilya is helpless. The inability to retain people is a dilemma faced by all cities in Siberia.
“Why?”
Vorontsov didn't quite understand the situation.
“Who doesn’t yearn for the colorful world of Vladivostok——”
Ilya is resentful.
Vladivostok is so nice, there is something to eat and do.
Compared with Vladivostok, Khabarovsk is like a big prison, especially in winter, the days are very difficult, who knows who can endure it.
In the past, the Amur people would flee back to Europe whenever they had the opportunity, or simply flee abroad, trying every means to leave Siberia.
Now that Vladivostok is here, Siberians finally have a better choice. If they had a choice, Ilya would not want to come to Khabarovsk.
Vorontsov was speechless and asked him to choose, and he also chose Vladivostok.
The only thing George can do is to provide better protection for Burleigh.
In fact, as long as the problems of education and medical care are solved, many problems will be easily solved.
Now Khabarovsk already has a primary school and a hospital. As time goes by, Khabarovsk’s security will become more and more complete, and more and more people will be willing to settle down in Khabarovsk.
There are actually signs of this now.
Although the Russians are unwilling to stay in Khabarovsk.
But for the Qing people and the Koreans, Khabarovsk, where they had food, drink and a place to live, was paradise.
Khabarovsk is a material transfer station for Amur. There is definitely no shortage of daily necessities. Although there are few fresh fruits, there are enough potatoes and fish. What else is there to ask for?
In other words, Amur did not relax restrictions on Korean immigrants.
If Amul relaxes the restrictions, then it will be Gaozong and Concubine Min's turn to worry.
Gaozong and Concubine Min hope to be protected by Amul.
We never want to see a large number of Koreans immigrating to Amur.
So Amul only hired workers from Goryeo and restricted immigration to Goryeo, so as not to cause concerns to Emperor Gaozong and Concubine Min.
There is nothing much to say about the Qing Empire, everything that should be collected -
It can be collected.
In a town of 2,500 people, there is not much to see.
The Korean workers here live in underground houses. A hole is dug in the ground and reinforced with logs. As long as it is waterproof and warm, a single underground house can accommodate twenty or thirty people.
Many formal residents live in underground houses. Vladivostok has begun to try to build residential buildings with central heating, but Khabarovsk does not yet have this condition.
Siberia has cold winters and heating is the most important issue.
There is no shortage of coal in Siberia. Diwozi can be heated with the recommended equipment. A simple briquette stove and a few iron pipes are not complicated.
When the city develops to a certain extent, this heating model will no longer work.
Diwozi takes up too much space, the efficiency of distributed heating is not high, and the waste of resources and environmental pollution are serious.
George didn’t want Vladivostok to turn into a foggy city in a few years.
To solve the heating problem in winter, only central heating is the way to go.
So simple concentrated residential buildings have become the most helpless and most reasonable choice.
To build such a residential building requires a large amount of reinforced concrete, which is another shortcoming of Vladivostok.
Vladivostok’s steel production is insufficient, and a large amount of imports are still needed to meet the needs of Vladivostok’s industrial development, and it is simply unable to take into account urban construction. Therefore, in Vorontsov's view, Khabarovsk, the most important transportation hub in Amur, can only be described as "desolate".
George and Vorontsov only stayed in Khabarovsk for one day and continued north to Yuriev.
Between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, there are still some sporadic traces of development.
Except for the railway to the north of Khabarovsk, there is really only boundless virgin forest left, with no trace of human activity at all.
Not long after George's train left Khabarovsk, it hit and killed a Siberian brown bear.
"Duke, please don't get out of the car. There are many wolves here, as well as tigers and brown bears, which are very dangerous."
Yuri is very careful, hundreds of people die every year in Amur from wild animal attacks.
Forget about tigers and bears, one on one in the wild, humans are lifeless.
The Siberian Plain wolf can walk more than ten kilometers at a speed of about 10 kilometers per hour. When chasing prey, the speed can increase to nearly 65 kilometers per hour. When sprinting, the distance of each step can be 5 meters.
These things still go out in groups, and even know how to cooperate with each other when hunting prey. If they are targeted by plains wolves, the consequences will be extremely tragic.
George's eyesight was quite good. When the guards were cleaning the railway tracks, George found several plains wolves on the hills not far from the railway.
The Siberian plain wolf is the ancestor of the husky. It is indeed handsome, but it is also dangerous.
Vorontsov had nothing to say, he already wanted to return to Vladivostok now.
At least it is safe in Vladivostok.
This is too dangerous in the wild!
In order to prevent attacks by wild animals, the Amur people have indeed thought of many ways.
So when the special train arrived in Yuriev, Vorontsov was not surprised by the city walls outside Yuriev.
It is really a city wall, and it is not a low rammed earth wall, but a city wall that is five meters high, wrapped with city bricks on the outside, and even has a bunker on top.
The top administrator of Yuriev is also Bakayev, a retired officer of the Fu regiment.
Unlike Khabarovsk, Yuriev's population has exceeded 20,000, of which there are more than 3,000 workers in the steel plant alone. The only entertainment facilities here are clubs opened by the factories themselves, and schools and hospitals are also newly opened. Get started.
The movement of Yuriev's population is prohibited. You can only enter but not leave, and you don't even have the opportunity to visit Vladivostok.
When Vorontsov knew this, his expression changed.
What is the difference between this and going to jail?
There is a difference.
Prison is at least a term of imprisonment.
Working in Yuriev is equivalent to a life sentence, and it is the kind where I sit down and my son sits down.
There are certainly benefits to this model.
In Yuriev, wages are basically useless. Even if you have money, you have nowhere to spend it.
So Yuriev’s factory does not pay wages, but various coupons.
Don’t worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, the factory covers everything.
If you want to consume things that are not provided by the factory, such as wine, you need special exchange coupons that can be exchanged from the workers' club.
Whether this model is good or not, the only hidden danger is how long it can last.
Nowadays, workers in factories have experienced hunger and know what it feels like to be hungry, so they are very satisfied if they are full.
When the next generation grows up, will they be able to accept this model and work peacefully in Yuriev for the rest of their lives?
It would be too cruel if a person's life range was limited to only one city from birth to death.
"What will happen in 20 years, who knows-"
George is not worried about this problem.
If the situation does not improve, then the world will be in chaos in less than 20 years.
If Amur can get 20 years of stable development, even if the restrictions on Yuriev are relaxed by then, who else can pose a threat to Amur.
“George, although I don’t agree with this model, I must say that you are doing a great thing——”
Vorontsov’s impression of George Completely transformed.
In St. Petersburg, all Vorontsov heard were rumors about George, about being rich and unkind, being cruel and tyrannical, having evil intentions, and so on.
What Vorontsov saw in Vladivostok was not the real Amur.
Vorontsov was fascinated by the vitality of Vladivostok. Judging from the population structure of Vladivostok, Amur does have a yellowing trend.
Only after traveling all the way from Khabarovsk to Yuriev did Vorontsov know the true situation of Amur.
In a place where there are more wolves than people, Amur will never be able to create a city like Vladivostok in a hundred years without relying on external population.
"If anyone wants to give it a try, I can send him to Nikolayevsk. If he is so interested in Amur, I think he will definitely fall in love with Nikolayevsk."
George is full of malice.
Mykolaevsk is Temple Street, the location of the former Siberian Fleet headquarters.
"George, you are too cruel——"
Vorontsov laughed.
(End of this chapter)