I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 28 Feng Shui takes turns

After the enthronement ceremony, everything returned to normal. Except for the change of the tsar from the second to the third place, the empire did not undergo any major changes.

There are definitely small changes.

The important ministers of the empire during the Asia II period, represented by Milyutin, left the center of power one after another, and the ministers favored by Asia III appeared in person.

Compared with the old ministers, Ya San's favored ministers are all young, but their thoughts are more conservative than the old ministers. Most of Ya Er's reform measures have been abandoned, and new conflicts are brewing.

National affairs were not George's turn to worry about. The biggest headache for George was that the Gatchina Palace was too far from the Yekaterin Palace. In order not to waste too much time commuting, George simply moved to the Imperial Palace on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. It is very close to Gatchina Palace, only about five kilometers.

George's riding skills are now quite superb. He practices very hard. He is bumped every day until his whole body is sore and painful. The skin on the inner thighs is worn out. Ye Luoxin and Dalia can't stand it anymore and advise George to ride it. Take it step by step and don’t expect to achieve it overnight.

Cossacks usually need more than ten years of practice to develop superb riding skills.

George's desire to have superb riding skills in a short period of time seemed completely impossible to Yeluoxin and Dalia.

George's requirement is not that he will not fall off the back of a slow-moving horse like Nicholas did.

Rather, like a Cossack, you must be able to shoot while standing on a running horse and hit the target.

Seeing that her persuasion was fruitless, Dalia even took the initiative to write a letter to Ekaterina, hoping that Ekaterina could calm George down.

Yekaterina was very worried. In her letter to George, she said that if George disobeyed, Yekaterina would write to Ya San and ask Ya San to discipline George.

George didn't talk nonsense. In his reply to Catherine, he attached a photo of George wearing military uniform and riding majestic on horseback.

And a report card of George's riding and shooting results.

Ekaterina finally stopped talking nonsense and completely accepted the fact that her son was a genius.

George's first day of riding practice was very embarrassing. On the second day, George was surprised to find that his thigh, which was still bleeding and bloody the night before, had stopped bleeding and was scabbed.

After another day, the blood scab fell off and the skin was as smooth as ever without leaving any scars.

After George practiced again, his skin was no longer worn out, and his body's adaptability became better and better.

There is still a gap between George's current riding skills and Ye Luoxin's.

Compared with Andre, he is not inferior. George's riding and shooting results are even much better than Andre's.

George started practicing riding much later than Andre, and received shooting training almost at the same time as Andre.

It turned out that George was more talented than Andrei at becoming a Cossack.

Andre was very depressed. He practiced hard and spent almost all his time on training, but he still couldn't keep up with George's progress.

When George and Andre were practicing boxing, Ye Luoxin was worried that Andre would accidentally injure George and asked Andre to only defend and not attack.

The protective gear that George made for boxing practice was thrown into the corner after only being used a few times because George was already able to use his skilled footwork to trick Andre in training.

Now Ye Luoxin is no longer worried about Andre accidentally injuring George.

On the contrary, we have to worry that Andre will be too stimulated and his psychology will be affected.

Now when George and Andre practice boxing, George does not wear protective gear, but Andre needs the protection of protective gear even more.

Not only was George's steps proficient, but his punches were also getting stronger and stronger, and several sandbags had been broken.

From a pure perspective, George is no less than Andre.

Miraculously, George did not have a body like Ye Luoxin, but had clear lines and a slender figure. Standard clothes made him look thin but not fleshy, especially his neat eight-pack abs, which made Ye Luoxin Xin and Andre were envious.

Andre also has abs, but unfortunately they only have six packs. Ye Luoxin should also have it, but because the fat is too thick, it can't be seen at all.

As his riding skills become more and more refined, George is now becoming more and more low-key. He no longer rides in a carriage when he goes out, but rides a horse like his escort.

George no longer wears those gorgeous military uniforms. He wears ordinary Guards uniforms like the guards, wearing a saber on his waist, and rifles and pistols hung on both sides of the saddle.

It is impossible to carry it.

The Berdan II rifle equipped by the Guards is the most advanced rifle in Russia. The total weight of this gun is close to ten kilograms. When riding a horse, whoever is carrying it knows who is carrying it.

The pistol is a No. 3 revolver specially developed for Russia by the American firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson. Russia purchased 1871 of them in 4.4.

Although No. 3 uses fixed-loading bullets and has a fairly smooth appearance, its shortcomings are still obvious: slow loading speed, complex structure, and due to the use of black powder, it is easily affected by wet weather.

Berdan II bullets also use black powder.

Everything else is fine. It is easily affected by wet weather, which is too bad for Russia. However, George has nothing to fault. The No. 3 is already the most advanced pistol in the world.

Most advanced--

The most advanced ones are only at this level, but they are really not much advanced.

In any case, at least on the surface, George is already a qualified Cossack, which makes Nikolai and Georgi envious.

After his birthday, George turned ten.

When his height was measured on his birthday, George was surprised to find that his height had exceeded 1.7 meters.

If this momentum continues, by the time George reaches adulthood, he will at least be as tall as Ya Er, who is 1.9 meters tall.

It can’t go any higher, otherwise Nicholas will go crazy.

George grew up when he saw the wind, and Nicholas seemed to have grown up a little during this period.

But it's still 1.6 meters.

Georgi was a little taller than Nicholas, which made Nicholas look at George and Georgi with resentment every time.

George fulfilled his duties as a companion and went to Gatchina Palace every day to tell jokes to Nikolai and Georgi.

Now George's jokes are no longer limited to the Ottoman Empire. Anyway, as long as the name and background are changed, it can be set in any country.

Therefore, Nikolai’s language learning also transitioned smoothly from French to German.

Ya San was very satisfied, but did not give George any more rewards.

George is not disappointed and continues to tell jokes conscientiously. If the current situation can be maintained, George will be very satisfied.

Of course there are hidden dangers.

Seeing George getting stronger and stronger, Nicholas was very envious and hoped to start boxing training like George.

Ya San was very happy, because George's teaching effect was good, Ya San also gave George the responsibility for Nikolai's boxing practice.

This is hard for George.

Andre and George practiced boxing, which made Ye Luoxin nervous.

Who dares to punch Nikolai?
  What a turn of events, now George finally understands Andre's pain.

(End of this chapter)