I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 46 Brothers and Sisters
  Although Shebeko was driven away, the matter was not over.

George still asked Ye Luoxin to take the book to No. 16 Fontanka Street and take the initiative to explain the situation.

No. 16 Fontanka Street is where the police station is located. Sudjekin was very sensible and did not embarrass Ye Luoxin. Ye Luoxin came back after explaining the situation.

In accordance with the security law, the police station has the power to detain suspects for no more than seven days for detailed investigation.

This matter was originally a mistake.

When Ya Er was alive, Su Jaykin was the police inspector and often went to the Winter Palace to report work to Ya Er. If Su Jaykin was responsible for this matter, Su Jaykin would immediately see Ye Luoxin's name. Know what's going on.

The Holy Brothers Alliance was established after Ya Er was assassinated. At that time, Ye Luo Xin had been removed from the Guards, so Shebeko did not know Ye Luo Xin and did not know Ye Luo Xin's background.

This man was also confused. He didn't know Ye Luoxin's background, so he rashly went to Oak Manor to arrest someone without investigating. He really thought George was a clay figure.

Only after George asked Nicholas did he know that there was another hidden secret behind this matter.

There have been disagreements between the police and the Ministry of Internal Affairs over the ownership of the secret police.

Taking into account the work content of the secret police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that the secret police should be placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Sudeykin disagreed. He insisted that all police officers in Russia should be managed by the police system, and no other department should or could reach out.

Because of this incident, a conflict broke out between Sudeijin and Ignaev, the interior minister who had just been promoted by Yasan, at a meeting of ministers. Sudeijkin cursed and called Ignaev a thug.

Shebeko was an internal affairs official before taking charge of the secret police.

Only then did George realize that both he and Shebeko seemed to be being exploited.

Regardless of whether there is suspicion or not, George decided that if someone blocks the road to donate books in the future, George will directly hand over both the person and the book to the police station for processing.

Even if it is a heavenly book, George will not read it.

Yasan and Georgi did not return to St. Petersburg from Denmark until August.

Nicholas gave Yasan a surprise, because during this period, Nicholas' height grew from 1.6 meters to 1.65 meters.

Although he only grew five centimeters taller, Yasan was still very happy. Even Maria and Maria were very pleased with George. For the first time, he rewarded George with some local specialties brought back from Denmark.

This is not to look at George in a different light, other members of the royal family, as well as Ya San’s close ministers also have it.

Nicholas also had a gift for Asan, and Saint Louis was now included in the royal purchase list and was entering the Gatchina Palace majestically.

Like Ya Er, Ya San is also addicted to alcohol.

Ya Er does not smoke and hates other people smoking, but Ya San is a famous smoker.

Nicholas smoked and drank at a young age, which had a lot to do with Ya San's influence.

"George said that for every bottle of this wine sold, I can get ten rubles." Nicholas was very happy and felt that he had a talent for business.

The royal family has a high demand for champagne. Gatchina Palace alone ordered 10,000 bottles at one time.

Ya San felt his teeth were a little itchy.

It's really promising to partner with outsiders to make money from your father.

"How much does George earn from a bottle?" Ya San was actually not too angry, but was in a bad mood.

The daily champagne purchased by the royal family is about the same price.

The daily life of Ya San is actually very simple, and the standards are not high.

But Yasan also had a queen who loved to hold balls, so the demand for champagne was great. Although the royal family does not pay as much as ten taels of silver per egg, it is not much different. The champagne should be more expensive.

Champagne needs to be fermented to have a better taste. Non-vintage Champagne needs at least 15 months of fermentation before it can be released on the market.

Vintage Champagne requires a minimum of three years.

The champagne supplied to the royal family in St. Louis is all vintage champagne. The bottles are specially made and each bottle is numbered. The bottle has the double-headed eagle logo symbolizing the Russian Empire. The bottle neck is decorated with 20K gold and the bottle stopper has Romanov. Family crest.

Is it expensive to sell a bottle of champagne like this for 36 rubles?
  Not expensive at all!

This feeling is more than 36 rubles.

"George didn't earn even a kopeck, and all the money he earned was taken away by Prince Yurievskaya -" Nikolay laughed, rarely seeing George embarrassed.

"Haha——" Maria's attitude toward George became normal, but she was still worried about Ekaterina.

For Russian nobles, doing business is an unseemly act. The main sources of income for the nobles are titles and positions, as well as fief income.

However, this does not mean that Russian nobles do not engage in business.

In the era of vodka monopoly, almost all of the more than 200 vodka monopoly merchants in Russia had close ties with the aristocracy. This was an open secret.

On the contrary, the royal family, due to the pressure of public opinion, found it inconvenient to do business.

The entire empire belongs to the Tsar, and the Tsar is the final referee. If he is an athlete, who can compete with the Tsar?
  Therefore, the tsar could not compete with the people for profit, but could only watch the princes and nobles eat with their mouths full of oil.

"I want to find George, and I also want to make money with George." Georgi also has a taste for food. How could such a fun thing be without him?

Georgi is not a crown prince. He will open a government and live his own life when he becomes an adult.

So Georgi is now very clear about the meaning of money.

"That won't work. If you go to George too, the money won't be enough to share!" Nicholas was shocked. The total was only 36 rubles. If Georgi came to share another share, how much would George have left?
  “But I also want to make money~~” Georgi looked miserable, feeling abandoned by George and Nicholas.

"It doesn't matter, I will give you half of the money I earn." Nikolai patted Georgi on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Brother, you're so good~~" Georgi burst into tears and smiled. It felt so good to be part of the team again.

Seeing the scene of brotherly love in front of her, Ya San was very happy.

This is not a matter of money.

It was right for George to take the big share. After all, costs and channels cost money. Even though Nikolai was involved in this business, George still had to spend the money he should spend, and he couldn't miss a penny.

This is not the first day that Russia has imported champagne from France. When it comes to importing champagne, a complete chain of interests has been formed. I don’t know how many people are sucking blood from this chain of interests.

George now intervenes strongly and directly takes away all the royal family's business, which must have affected the interests of many people.

Therefore, George must use part of the profits to appease those people so that this business can continue.

Otherwise the trouble will be endless.

Based on this calculation, George actually doesn't earn much.

Ya San didn't care how much George earned. If George didn't earn the money, someone else would earn it. If it was earned by others, he wouldn't give Nicholas a share.

Thinking about it this way, Ya San felt at ease that George spent hundreds of thousands of rubles for smokeless gunpowder.

(End of this chapter)