Chapter 709 How can a dog match a tiger girl
George doesn’t want to take advantage of little Nikolay, what he really wants is to rebuild the spiritual world of the Russians.
The spiritual world of the Russian aristocrats represented by Little Nicholas is very poor. There is no concept of family, country and world in their consciousness. If you tell them about the stars and the sea, what they understand is I won't care about the flood after I die.
Other countries are not much better. The Paris Peace Conference has not ended yet, and a new round of arms race has begun again, this time between the United States and Britain.
During the Paris Peace Conference, U.S. Navy Secretary Daniels declared that he would build 137 warships within five years to "build the most powerful and best navy in the world."
The British don't like to hear this. I defeated Germany through exhaustion not just to put you, a traitor, in power.
So Lloyd George claimed: Great Britain would rather spend every last penny to maintain naval superiority over the United States or any other country.
These words may seem tough, but in fact they are strong on the outside and hard on the inside. What they really mean is: Do you still want the money that Great Britain owes?
George was eager for a fight between the British and the rednecks, so he added fuel to the fire and announced a new version of the big navy plan.
The new version of the big navy plan will build 10 more heavy artillery battleships in two batches based on the current 10, bringing the total to 20 ships.
After acquiring the port on the Jutland Peninsula, Russia officially upgraded the Baltic Fleet to the Atlantic Fleet and successfully broke through the blockade of the Denmark Strait.
The Pacific Fleet currently only has two battleships, which is completely inconsistent with Russia's status. George is planning to transfer all four "Gangut" ships to the Pacific to strengthen the strength of the Pacific Fleet.
As a result, the Mediterranean Fleet will not even have a single battleship, so the first batch of five battleships must all be equipped for the Mediterranean Fleet.
The United Kingdom, the United States, and Russia have launched shipbuilding plans one after another, and France and Italy are not to be outdone. For a time, new versions of the shipbuilding plans of various countries have been released, and the excitement is even worse than before the outbreak of the world war.
The crazy ship building in various countries has caused concerns among knowledgeable people. In an interview, Witte called on all countries to stay rational.
Churchill retorted, exposing the Russians' hypocrisy, saying that Russia was the culprit in provoking a new round of arms race.
Witt did not quarrel with Churchill, but instead sold two battleships that Japan compensated Russia for after the Russo-Japanese War to Japan for 20 million rubles.
During the Paris Peace Conference, Japan paid a one-time payment of 1 billion rubles to Russia, finally paying off its compensation to Russia in exchange for Russia's withdrawal from Japan.
After Japan became independent, its national defense needs increased rapidly, especially naval construction, which also increased its agenda.
Russia had a major disarmament after the end of the world war, and the size of its navy also had to be reduced, so the two sides hit it off.
George could only lament: The only lesson that mankind has learned from history is that mankind will not learn from history.
During the Russian Empire, George advocated not participating in the arms race.
Nicholas had no idea and was bewitched by Vladimir and Alexey, and finally embarked on the path of expansion.
When we get to George, George's so-called "new version of the naval plan" is completely smoke and mirrors.
Russia does want to build warships, but they are not battleships, but transport ships, supply ships, and even two hospital ships.
It is true that Russia wants to retire its warships. Not only did it sell two completely obsolete battleships to Japan, Witte is also discussing with Romania and Greece to promote Russia's "Gangut" class and "Queen Maria" class battleships.
Ferdinand was still very generous and purchased a "Queen Maria" class battleship at the original price as the flagship of the Romanian Navy.
Georgi swung back and forth, contacting Russia on one side and Britain on the other, a bit like hedging his bets.
Since Georgi’s position is not firm, don’t blame George for being unkind.
On September 20, the Ottoman Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Italy on the grounds of recovering its territory.
The Kingdom of Italy urgently appealed to Britain, France, and Russia for help, but Britain, France, and Russia all ignored it.
During the Paris Peace Conference, Britain, France and Russia did not meet the territorial demands of the Kingdom of Italy, triggering strong protests from the Italians.
In July this year, the Kingdom of Italy’s request for the Port of Fiume failed, and subsequent bloody conflicts broke out between the Italians and the French living in the Port of Fiume.
Britain has long been dissatisfied with Italy because Italy did not remain consistent with Britain during the Paris Peace Conference.
George also ignored the Italians.
The Ottomans all knew how to give gifts to little Nicholas. It was impossible for the Italians to let the money-minded Cossacks work for the Italians with just their mouths.
Vasily sent additional troops to the Asia Minor Peninsula to prevent the war from spreading to Russia.
Georgi had a premonition that something was not going to happen and came to Constantinople again to ask George for help.
"Sorry Georgi, the current public opinion situation is very unfavorable to you."
George also believes that it is necessary for Georgi to stand firm.
Not only the Ottoman media, but also the British and French media are now discussing the Greek Kingdom's brutal revenge on the Ottomans during the World War.
The focus of the Russian media is a woman who calls herself Anastasia.
A week ago, the Paris police rescued a woman who fell into the water from the Seine River. The woman claimed to be Anastasia, the fourth princess of Nicholas, which attracted widespread attention.
Not only the Russians are concerned about the fate of Nikolai's family, but the French are even more concerned.
After George learned about this situation, he immediately sent the Russian Minister to France to visit.
To George's dismay, the woman was not Anastasia at all. Although the person is fake, the fate of Nikolai's family has once again attracted the attention of the Russian media.
Little Nicholas offers a reward of 1 million rubles to find the whereabouts of Nicholas and his family.
Whether he is dead or alive, as long as he provides the whereabouts of Nikolai's family, he can get the money.
George did not offer a reward. He vaguely seemed to remember that in another time and space, it was not until the 1990s that the bodies of Nikolai's family were found.
Entering October, the first snow falls in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
After a year of hard work, the situation in Russia this winter is much better than last year, and the economy continues to improve.
Last winter, George requisitioned a large amount of grain from Amur and East India to ensure that large-scale famine did not occur in Russia and Europe.
This autumn, Siberian grain production has reached its highest level since the outbreak of the world war. It can not only meet the needs of Russia and Europe, but also resume exports to Europe.
Infrastructure construction has achieved remarkable results. With the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow restored to traffic, the Siberian Railway has been fully connected. The commodities from Amur have effectively guaranteed the economic construction of Russia and Europe.
Industrial production is gradually recovering. The arsenal, led by the three major arsenals, is striving to transform into civilian industry. Light industry is the focus, with the main purpose of ensuring people's livelihood.
A number of key projects represented by the Bosphorus Bridge are under construction in full swing. Because so many workers are needed, labor shortages have occurred in many areas.
This year, the first baby boom since the outbreak of the World War occurred in Russia. It is expected that more than 7 million babies will be born throughout the year. This number is a new high since the World War, but it still has not reached the level of 1914.
In 1914, a total of 7.7 million babies were born in Russia.
What makes George most dissatisfied is that because Russia's medical institutions were severely damaged during the World War, the mortality rate of newborn infants increased significantly compared with before the war.
In Warsaw, more than 30% of newborn babies died this year.
Compared with Germany, Russia’s newborn infant mortality rate is already very low.
More than two-thirds of newborn babies died in Berlin last year.
The leading cause of infant death in Russia is disease.
In addition to disease, German babies also suffered from hunger.
George's next most important task is to do everything possible to improve Russia's medical level.
“We have built new medical schools in major cities such as Constantinople and St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, and Kiev. The situation will improve within five years at the latest.”
Werther is more optimistic, and there is no need to rush this matter. One bite will not make you fat.
Objectively speaking, if we can bring Russia's medical level to a higher level within five years, it will be an incredible political achievement.
George is not satisfied, even if there are not enough medical students, Russia can actually do better.
During the Crimean War, Nightingale, the goddess of the lantern, only improved the hygiene level of nursing care, which reduced the mortality rate of wounded soldiers from 42% to 2%. If Russia pays more attention to hygiene level, the mortality rate will also be Rapid and substantial decline.
The Russian military already has a relatively mature plan for health care.
The Russian government turned a blind eye and did not promote it throughout Russia.
Witt is extremely regretful. In the past two years, he has focused mainly on so-called "national affairs" and neglected the protection of people's livelihood.
George's focus has been on the influenza pandemic in the United States in the past two years. He really didn't notice that the mortality rate of newborn babies was so high.
Of course, the mortality rate of newborn infants remains high, which is also closely related to the American influenza pandemic.
“Before the end of the year, we must develop an effective health system, and at least solve this problem institutionally.”
It is not too late for George to make up for the situation now.
Back home in the evening, Alexandra volunteered to go to the worst place in Russia.
The worst place is not Warsaw or Moscow, but remote areas like the Caucasus.
Anne disagreed, and the two had a big quarrel.
George received the bad news in the evening that King Yi Xi of Goryeo died of illness in Vladivostok on October 11 after ineffective treatment.
Li Xi has not been buried yet, and suddenly rumors spread that Li Xi was poisoned to death by Russia.
George ordered Guchkov to investigate.
Guchkov's investigation has not yet yielded results, and Li Xi's son Li Tuo once again proposed to Alexandra.
Ri Tuo will succeed to the throne on January 1, 1920 and become the King of Goryeo.
George directly rejected Li Tuo’s request without even thinking about it.
Li Tuo was born in 1874, only two years younger than George.
(End of this chapter)