I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 40
  George can find problems, but he is soft-spoken and has no ability to change the status quo. He can only pin his hopes on Nicholas.

If Nicholas could work as hard as Peter the Great, there might be a turn for the better in the future. At least Nicholas' end would not be as tragic as in another time and space.

Although Nikolai's performance was not satisfactory, George could understand it.

Nicholas is only 15 years old now, and he is still growing. He may have a clear vision one day.

The old academician is Alexander Butrelov, professor at Petersburg University and dean of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He is one of the founders of chemical structure theory.

Butrelov was very happy for the arrival of the crown prince. He personally accompanied Nicholas on the visit and introduced the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to Nicholas.

"The Petersburg Academy of Sciences was founded in 1724. It is one of the oldest and greatest scientific research institutions in the world. Many world-famous scholars were born here. Lomonosov is the most outstanding one and is famous all over the world. Famous -" Butrelov was in high spirits and didn't need crutches at all to walk.

Butrelov is actually not that old. He was born in 1828 and is only in his fifties now.

Long-term exposure to organic chemistry still had a certain impact on Butrelov's health, so Butrelov looked much older than his actual age.

The Petersburg Academy of Sciences covers a large area. The main building is a three-story teaching building full of Russian style. Although the scale is grand, the appearance and internal facilities are quite old.

It can be seen that life at the Petersburg Academy of Sciences was not easy.

The library was built a long time ago, but the materials could not be updated in time due to financial reasons. Butrelov and other academicians had to spend their own money to update the materials for the library.

This can also explain why one hundred thousand rubles can make the academicians so excited.

One hundred thousand rubles can build a brand new library.

You can build a teaching building and a dormitory building.

Chemistry laboratories can be replaced with the latest experimental equipment.

More famous scholars at home and abroad can be invited to bring the strength of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences to a higher level.

Nicholas probably realized that he should do something, but he didn't know how.

"Professor, you are a group of respectable people. In order to thank you for your contribution to the empire, His Highness donated 10,000 rubles to the Academy of Sciences." George made the decision for Nicholas. He had come here to express his gratitude.

"Your Highness, your generosity will be remembered by all of us, and God will bless you -" Butrelov was happy, but also a little disappointed.

George knew why Butrelov was disappointed, but that was not something George could solve.

Neither can Nikolai.

Only the Tsar could completely resolve the predicament of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Nicholas is the real money-spreading boy, and he can also draw inferences from one example to other cases.

You can even draw inferences from one instance!
  "Ten thousand is enough for anything, one hundred thousand!" Nicholas was indeed a generous man, but his generosity was too much.

For one hundred thousand, George could buy stable smokeless gunpowder.

What did Nikolai buy for 100,000?
  Pooh!
  Nicholas didn't have a penny, and George had to pay for it.

So Nicholas didn't pay a penny, and he got a good reputation as a philanthropist!
  Sure enough, stupid people are blessed with stupid things.

Butrelov was so smart that he immediately said that he would erect a statue for Nicholas in front of the teaching building of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

George rushed in and took Nicholas away.

Judging from Butrelov's intentions, he would probably not give up until George went bankrupt.

This old man is a bit disrespectful!

On the way back to Gatchina Palace, Nicholas was very happy. He had received countless blessings today, his personality had been sublimated, and his spirit was greatly satisfied.

George settled the score with a sullen face.

The start-up capital for smokeless gunpowder is 10,000.     Build houses for veterans worth 30,000 yuan.

A reward of 100,000 yuan was offered.

Donated another 100,000 yuan to the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

In just two or three days, George spent a full 24 rubles.

As expected, he is a person who has no concept of money.

If you calculate it this way, George will not be able to spend a few days of the private money that Catherine gave George.

It's really just pocket money.

"What's wrong with you, George? Are you unhappy?" Nicholas still knows how to watch people's emotions.

"I originally only wanted to donate 10,000 yuan, but you made me spend 90,000 yuan more with just one sentence. Should I be happy?" George was very unhappy. Butrelov was too unethical, and he couldn't do anything with George. Only sheep.

In fact, it doesn't matter, the wool comes from the sheep, and every penny George spends on Nicola can be earned back many times through Nicola.

But you still have to be aggrieved when you should be aggrieved, and you have to make Nicholas feel guilty, so that George can get more.

This is not about George plotting against Nikolai, but about maximizing interests.

George got benefits and Nicholas got a good reputation, a win-win situation for both parties.

When Nicholas became Tsar, the entire empire would be his, so why would he need so much money?

To put it bluntly, Nicholas didn’t know how to spend his money, and if he didn’t get the desired effect, it might even be counterproductive, so George had to let Nicholas learn how to spend money.

This is much more important than teaching Nicholas French.

"I'm sorry George, I saw that they were living in such a miserable life, I didn't think much of it -" Only then did Nicholas remember that George's annual salary seemed to be only 15 rubles.

So on impulse today, Nicholas spent eight months' salary for George! ! !

This--

How is poor George going to spend the next year?

"Wait a minute, do you think the academicians of the Academy of Sciences are living a miserable life?" At this moment, George finally felt what it means to have a long and arduous task.

"Yes, they are all so old, but they still have to work. I see that several of them are too old to walk and need help when walking-" Nicholas is indeed a kind person, but for For the Tsar, kindness was not a virtue.

Solzhenitsyn, the winner of dynamite literature, quoted statistics from Russian criminal law experts in his book "The Gulag Archipelago": In the 1876 years from 1905 to 30, the Russian Empire executed a total of 486 people, an average of less than 17 people per year. people.

There are many interesting contents in "The Gulag Archipelago". For example: within four years of the first revolution and its suppression, the number of executions increased sharply, which shocked the imagination of the Russians and made Tolstoy cry. This has made many people filled with righteous indignation.

So how many people were sentenced to death during this period?
  The answer is 2200 people.

An average of 45 per month.

It is unknown whether the above data includes people sentenced to death for other reasons.

Even without that, these numbers are too low.

As a comparison--

Forget it, no more comparison.

"Follow me, I need to let you know what real misery is-" George, as Nicholas' tutor, has the obligation to correct some of Nicholas's wrong ideas.

(End of this chapter)