Chapter 374: Enough trouble
After not seeing each other for a few years, George made frequent moves in the Far East and made huge profits.
Nicholas was not to be outdone. He not only wanted to annex Guandong, but also wanted to annex the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and annex Persia. Not only did he want to defeat his mortal enemy the Ottoman Empire, he also wanted to completely control the Black Sea outlet.
George remembered that not long after Nicholas came to the throne, there was almost a conflict between Russia and the Ottoman Empire.
I didn’t expect that such a long time has passed and Nicholas hasn’t given up yet.
It is different from Ya Er who makes a decision and then acts, and Ya San who is patient and silent.
Nicholas is a typical example of great ambition but little talent. He thinks out of his head, does things without long-term planning, and is eager for quick success. He is a perfect match for these arrogant and arrogant princes in St. Petersburg.
At the regular welcome banquet in the evening, George once again became the protagonist of the dinner. Almost everyone wanted to talk to George about Guandong.
George is very kind and welcomes anyone to invest in the Far East. Amur can provide all conveniences.
As for the rumor that without George's permission, no one or two ounces of iron sand could be transported out of Kanto. George said that there was no such thing and it was nonsense.
The calmer George behaves, the more fearful others will be towards George.
Don’t listen to what George says, the key is to see what he does.
When the Russian Empire built railways in Kanto, they had to hand over the project to George.
Anyone who thinks George is as kind as he seems will surely die.
Now that George has a child, his temper is much better than before. Even if a certain State Duma speaker sneers at George, George can still feel calm.
Good ridicule, good ridicule.
If the China Eastern Railway could use a piece of wood from your house, George would change his name to Vladimirovich.
George's full name is: George Alexandrovich Romanov Yurievsky.
George is the real name, Romanov is the father's surname, and Yuriev is the given surname. Alexandrovich means that George is the son of Alexander.
So Vladimir’s son must have Vladimirovich in his name.
"George, when will the Vladivostok Shipyard start building battleships?"
Alexei is still concerned about shipbuilding.
"The slipway will be vacated by the end of this year at the latest."
George fully cooperated.
The Vladivostok Shipyard is currently building heavy cruisers for the US Navy.
After the U.S. Navy's heavy patrols are launched, the next step is to start heavy patrols for the Pacific Fleet and the Siberian Fleet respectively.
After that comes the battleship.
“After the big navy plan is completed, your fully equipped heavy artillery battleship will be considered for the next level of battleship.”
Alexey gave George a thumbs up.
“Let’s talk about it then——”
George laughed it off.
Whether the Pacific Fleet will still be there or not will have to be decided by then.
Sergey took the initiative to talk to George about the coalition's attack.
I have to say that this battle was too strange.
In mid-June, the coalition forces launched an attack on the Qing Empire, and the subsequent course of the war became increasingly confusing.
On June 20, German Minister Klind was killed.
On the 21st, the Qing Empire declared war on eleven countries: Britain, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Austria, and the war officially broke out.
After the war broke out, the Qing Empire immediately asked the governors of various regions to actively prepare for the war and prepare to rush to the aid of the capital.
On the 26th, some governors of the Qing Empire and the consuls of the great powers in Shanghai signed the "Southeast Protection Covenant" and refused to join the war.
Like the bizarre Russian Empire, many magical things will happen in the Qing Empire.
For example, the Qing army was fighting the allied forces at the Dagu Fort, but Datou, across the river, sat idly by and commanded more than 10,000 new troops to stand still without any intention of supporting them.
During the bloody battle between Nie Shicheng and the coalition forces, his family members were killed by his senior brothers. Nie Shicheng was shot 7 times in the body, suffered abdominal rupture and intestinal bleeding, but continued to fight until he died of blood loss.
The Qing Empire’s siege of the embassy was even more of a joke. Orders were changed day and night, and they fought today and tomorrow. More than 10,000 Qing troops besieged the embassy area where only 400 people were stationed. They fought for more than two months without winning.
George didn’t know why.
Thinking about how the Qing Empire held back Li Zhangtong during the Qing-Japanese War, you can understand why the local governor went to Southeast to protect himself.
As long as you are in the first grade of junior high school, there is also my fifteenth grade.
The Russian Empire was also very efficient. It took over the entire Kanto region within a month after the war began, successfully achieving its combat objectives.
George did not want to comment on the coalition's operations. On the contrary, the conflict between East India and Sarawak deserves more of George's attention.
The British army made good progress in South Africa. On May 30, the British army invaded Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal. Then Roberts, the commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force, announced the annexation of the Transvaal. The second End of the Boer War.
Although the battle on the frontal battlefield has ended, the resistance of the Boers has not stopped.
After the British unilaterally declared the end of the Boer War, the Boer coalition forces, led by Louis Botha, Jan Smuts and others, broke into pieces and launched guerrilla warfare with the British army, and once invaded the Cape, forcing the British army to Martial law was implemented in the Prussian colony, and people such as Louis Botta and Jan Smuts became famous. Because the Transvaal was surrounded by British colonies and external communications were interrupted, the outside world did not know the true situation of the Boer War.
With Roberts announcing the end of the Boer War, Webb was ecstatic and immediately prepared for a counterattack against Kuching.
At this time, there is only less than one month left before the six months promised by Weber.
The war between the indigenous tribes of East India has also come to an end.
Counting the time, the war between the indigenous tribes of East India has been going on for nearly 20 months since the beginning of last year.
For 20 months and 600 days, the war burned across Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Almost all indigenous tribes were involved, and the economic and population losses were immeasurable.
Just after the British announced the end of the Boer War, the Dutch claimed that the melee in East India caused at least 2 million deaths.
This is obviously nonsense. The Dutch have never figured out how many people there are in East India, let alone the current situation in East India.
However, 2 million is still shocking enough, and even Nicholas asked about the authenticity of this data.
The melee between the native tribes of East India occurred after the Dutch transferred East India to George. If this matter is true, then George himself and the reputation of the Russian royal family will be affected.
The Dutch are trying to discredit George as a "butcher" through propaganda.
"How is it possible? There are not 2 million people in the entire East India."
George denied it flatly and refused to take the blame.
The melee between the indigenous tribes of East India was not caused by George. It is now certain that both the British and the Dutch were involved.
Even the United Kingdom and the Netherlands did not expect that the matter would become such a big deal.
The original intention of Britain and the Netherlands was to cause trouble for George. This is undoubtedly confirmed.
The natives of East India do not have a clear sense of right and wrong, and it is normal for them to attack each other.
After receiving advanced weapons supported by Britain and the Netherlands, there was no need for anyone to start a fire, and the East Indian natives would take the initiative to provoke a war.
However, it is a pity that the East Indian natives did not aim their guns at the East India Company as the British and Dutch wanted, but instead slashed at their respective old enemies with their swords.
George had no choice. The East India Company did not have an army and was unable to prevent the melee among the indigenous people. It could only clean up the mess after the war.
Singkawang and Xana, alone, have taken in tens of thousands of unsupported orphans.
It is said that they were received, but in fact they were purchased from the victorious indigenous tribe. If George did not pay to buy them, then the vast majority of them would have no chance of reaching adulthood.
“I warned you not to buy East India at the beginning, what should you do now?”
Nicholas was still very worried about George.
"What should I do?"
George was not worried at all.
Nicholas probably felt that East India had been reduced to ruins, George was unprofitable, and all previous investments had been in vain.
But George felt that a clean East India would be more conducive to George's transformation.
The melee between the indigenous tribes of East India not only ended the indigenous separatism of East India, but also wiped out the remaining forces of the Dutch. Give George ten years, and George can completely east India. India has built a low-end version of Amur.
Peter was actually right. George could set up factories in East India and build ships locally to meet the needs of East India and Aceh.
The Vladivostok Shipyard is now full of orders, and George himself has no slipway even if he wants to build a ship.
If East India sets up a factory, it can at least share part of the pressure on the Vladivostok Shipyard.
All the shipyards in the Vladivostok Shipyard are currently building warships, and there are no slipways for building civilian ships.
The demand for merchant ships, especially ocean-going freighters, in Amur and East India is increasing day by day.
In addition to shipbuilding, George was also preparing to develop natural rubber, palm oil, sugar, timber, fisheries, as well as coal and oil in East India.
Of course George did not forget the original intention of taking over East India - tobacco.
When George went to East India, he just wanted to rent land to grow tobacco.
No one can stop George from planting tobacco leaves now. He can plant as many tobacco leaves as he wants.
Many people don’t know that tobacco, along with natural rubber, has become the most important economic pillar of the Aceh Sultanate. Last year, the Aceh Sultanate made a profit of more than 20 million rubles from growing tobacco leaves. The Aceh Sultanate Cigarettes produced in China have also begun to be sold around the world.
Anyone in Aceh can earn 20 million from growing tobacco, and George will naturally earn more.
Not to mention more, fully equipped heavy artillery battleships, two ships a year without any pressure.
George could not allow East India to continue to be in chaos.
In mid-September, Cossacks from Amur and mercenaries from the Aceh Sultanate arrived in Kalimantan and Sulawesi in batches. The East India Company officially took action to quell the conflicts among the indigenous tribes. Melee.
The East India Company once again issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Sarawak. If the Kingdom of Sarawak could not put down the chaos in Kuching, the East India Company would take action.
From the day Roberts announced the end of the Boer War, Weber had been looking forward to the return of the British army every day to help the Kingdom of Sarawak recover.
But things went counterproductive. Not only did the British army not return, London was also continuously recruiting reinforcements from all over the world to the Cape.
No matter how slow you are now, you know that the situation is not good.
(End of this chapter)