Chapter 534 Ingredients
A very important reason why Nicholas has never regarded Germany as an enemy is that there are too many marriages between the two countries. Nicholas has five uncles including George, except for A Lexey never married, and three of the remaining four married German princesses.
The same goes for Alex.
In addition to drinking, Tirpitz also visited the St. Petersburg Shipyard.
To Tirpitz's disappointment, the St. Petersburg Shipyard was in the winter shutdown period, and he did not see the full-heavy artillery battleship he wanted to see.
Tirpitz saw the 52-caliber 330 produced by the Obukhov Steel Plant for the all-heavy artillery battleship.
The "Heligoland" class battleship that Germany just started construction last year uses a twin-mounted 50-caliber 305 main gun, with a total of 12 guns.
The "Gangut" class battleship built by the St. Petersburg Shipyard adopts a 3-gun installation, and the number of main guns is also 12.
The "Gangut" class main gun is not only larger in caliber, but also powered by electricity and equipped with an automatic ammunition feeding system. There are also some components on the turret that Tirpitz has never seen before and does not know about. What effect.
The "Heligoland" class battleships still use traditional triple expansion steam engines instead of the latest British steam turbines.
This was not because Tirpitz did not like steam turbines, but because the British Parsons had a monopoly on the patent for steam turbines. If the German Navy used it, it would have to pay a royalties of 1 million gold marks for each turbine engine.
The steam turbine used by "Gangut" was provided by the Vladivostok Machinery Factory, and there was no need to pay Parsons in the UK.
When George purchased the steam turbine patent, he secured the right to sell it in Russia. As long as George did not sell it to foreign countries, he did not need to pay Parsons in the UK.
George hasn’t let Tirpitz look at the sonar yet, otherwise Tirpitz will feel even heavier.
Is this still the Russian Empire that has been criticized for its backward technology?
Even the Krupp armor steel that Germany is most proud of can find a perfect substitute in the Russian Empire.
The performance and parameters of the armor steel produced by the Vladivostok Steel Plant are not inferior to those of Krupp Armor Steel, and it was developed earlier than Krupp Armor Steel.
Thinking of the fact that German automobile companies purchased auto parts from Amur and assembled them in Germany, Tirpitz could not even figure out why the Russian Empire had technologically advanced in just 20 years. There has been so much progress.
George has nothing to say.
It’s not that the Russian Empire has no technology, but the people who develop technology don’t get the attention they deserve. Even the president of the Academy of Sciences has gone to study the soul and God. Who will develop real technology.
In fact, the price George paid was not high. He only created a stable and secure living environment for scientific researchers to meet their financial needs. After passing the most difficult initial stage, Amul's technology has experienced a blowout in recent years. Various new technologies emerge in endlessly.
What makes Tirpitz uncomfortable is that the Russian Empire clearly has the strength to build more full-heavy artillery battleships, but does not force them to invest. This kind of restraint based on strength makes Tirpitz secretly feel shock.
Don't listen to George complaining every day, saying that the Russian Empire cannot afford to build battleships. That is a joke. The Grand Duke of St. Petersburg drinks less French champagne and there is no problem in starting construction of five more battleships.
There are three "Gangut" ships under construction at the St. Petersburg Shipyard.
In addition to the "Gangut", another "Russia" is also under construction at the Vladivostok Shipyard.
Although the Russian Empire is strong, it also has many problems.
On his way back to the German Embassy after visiting the St. Petersburg Shipyard, Tirpitz was attacked by an assassin who threw a bomb at the car in which Tirpitz was riding. Although Tirpitz was not injured, his assessment of the Russian Empire finally Return to normal levels.
That’s right, how could the Russian Empire be prosperous? It is a true portrayal of St. Petersburg when there are dangers and assassins everywhere. Every time an assassin shows up, someone in St. Petersburg is unlucky.
The last time George was assassinated, the media industry in St. Petersburg was cleaned from top to bottom. This time I don’t know who is going to be unlucky.
Nicholas was very angry. Although the Tirpitz people were fine, Tirpitz was assassinated in St. Petersburg and his disgrace was directly thrown abroad. Someone must be responsible for this.
The assassin was a Hebrew named Alboban. He tried to commit suicide after throwing a bomb at the car in which Tirpitz was riding, and was arrested by the secret police who were mixed in the crowd.
Alboban confessed that the reason he assassinated Tirpitz was to trigger a war between the Russian Empire and Germany in retaliation for the massacre of the Hebrews by the Russian Empire.
During the Russo-Japanese War, in order to divert social conflicts, the Russian Empire blamed the failure of the Russian Empire on the front line on the inferior goods supplied by Hebrew merchants. Large-scale anti-Greek behavior broke out in the Russian Empire. Millions of Hebrews living in the Russian Empire were displaced, with many fleeing to Germany and England.
Nicholas ordered a thorough investigation, especially of the wrongdoings of the Hebrew merchants.
What Nicholas never expected was that most of the Hebrew merchants in St. Petersburg were supported by the imperial princes. They were the tools for the imperial princes to make money. Even Nicholas's own industry also employed many Greeks. The Arabs.
After checking again and again, I didn’t expect that the rebel was myself!
Nicholas felt very sad and didn’t know how to deal with it.
"Simple, send them all to Siberia, or expel them from the empire."
Little Nicholas is simple and rude. He has never had a good impression of the Hebrews. More than 100% of them in Russia Ninety of the assassinations were carried out by Hebrews.
After Stolypin dissolved the State Duma, the Octobrist Party, composed of the bourgeoisie, became the largest party in the State Duma and successfully won the leadership of the State Duma.
A considerable number of members of the Octobrist Party were Hebrews. They cooperated tacitly with Stolypin and frequently used Stolypin’s privileges to force the passage of legislation during the recess of the State Duma, thus promoting Stolypin. Lei Ping's reforms.
George didn’t know what the relationship between the Octobrist Party and the Majority was, but judging from the results, after the demise of the Russian Empire, it was the Majority, not the Octobrist Party, that inherited the empire.
So this Octobrist Party, like the previous Social Democratic Party, is another vest of the majority.
“No, they still have value, now is not the time.”
Stolypin also had no good impression of the Hebrews. He used the Hebrews to deal with the stubborn conservatives of the Russian Empire.
Coincidentally, in the propaganda of the Social Democratic Party, George and Nicholas Jr. are representatives of the stubborn old guard.
"George, what do you think?"
Nicholas was undecided.
“We should register the Hebrews in the empire and provide them with better protection.”
George is insidious, let’s decide on the ingredients first.
(End of this chapter)