I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 53 Don’t even need the money delivered to your door
  As a senior official, Sudeykin is still very young, and he does not want to fade out of the center of power like Milyutin.

Su Jaykin's job is also quite special. Unless necessary, Yasan will not touch Su Jaykin.

After Asan ascended the throne, the Ministers of War, Finance, Interior, and Foreign Affairs have been changed. Although Sudeykin's position has not changed, there are many hidden dangers.

The fight over the secret police between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the police system some time ago is a very bad signal.

Wangcai was taken away by the secret police again, so it's hard to say whether there is another hidden reason behind this incident.

Although there were no obvious markers on Wangcai's body, Shebeko had seen Wangcai in George's manor.

"If you dare to steal the property of Super Duke Yurievsky, they should all be hanged!" Georgi has begun to have a tendency to disregard human life.

George was so frightened that hanging would have been too much.

Nicholas also frowned, he was not a violent person.

"If you do this, it may have an impact on the reputation of Yurievsky Super Duke." Sudeykin euphemistically said that this is the art of language.

"Then how are you going to deal with this matter, fine? Haha -" Georgi is unforgiving, and the royal authority cannot be offended.

"Georgi, it's too late. If anything happens, we'll talk about it later -" George didn't force Sudjeijin and let Sudjeijin handle it on his own.

If George continues to be entangled, George's rationality will become irrational.

If the result of Su Jaykin's handling cannot satisfy George, then George has many ways to make Su Jaykin feel uncomfortable.

George doesn't need to do much, he just needs to collect some scandals about the Petersburg Police Department and tell them as a joke to Nikolai and Georgi every day.

Nicholas and Georgi will naturally relay it to Ya San.

Sudjekin also knew that the situation was not good, and the next day, Mikhail came to George's manor.

"George, we may have to expand our business scope-" Mikhail was very happy. He had always wanted to expand his business scope to vodka, but had no chance.

During the Ninth Russo-Turkish War, in order to protest against profiteers selling substandard goods, the Russians launched a "drink strike" movement and smashed stores selling vodka. This eventually developed into riots. Russia had to send troops to suppress it in eight provinces and had to cancel The vodka monopoly system has been implemented for more than 100 years.

After the monopoly system was abolished, all profits from the sale of vodka were nationalized, and the empire's annual revenue increased instead of falling, reaching 1881 million silver rubles in 2.25.

Although the tax farming system was abolished, tax farming merchants did not disappear and still existed.

When the empire was at its largest, there were more than 220 tax collectors, each with the support of the powerful elite.

Although it looks like a lot, there are more than 30 hereditary nobles in the empire alone. More than 200 are really not enough.

Nobles have great or small titles, and their lives are good or bad. According to statistics from the Russian Empire during the reign of Nicholas I, among the more than 30 hereditary nobles, those who did not have fiefs and became free people accounted for one-third of the total. one.

Without the income from their territories and positions, the life of the nobles would not be easy. Witte, who proposed the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, still had the title of earl in his family. When he was in college, Witte's monthly living expenses were only 50 rubles.

For ordinary people, 50 rubles per month is definitely not that small.

But for the heir to the count, 50 rubles is really not much.

After the tax farming system was abolished, tax farmers did not disappear. Their identity changed from private wine merchants to state merchants. Their dependence on the aristocracy was greatly reduced, and their dependence on officials became more serious.

As a police inspector, Su Jaykin is a standard-bearer.

The expansion of business scope that Mikhail is talking about is not about selling vodka, but about production.

After the tax farming system was abolished, the production of vodka was gradually liberalized. In the past, this part was all operated by the empire, but now it has also expanded to the private sector.

"There is a vodka distillery in Kiev that is about to go bankrupt. We only need to pay a thousand rubles to get it." Mikhail was eager to give it a try. Compared with champagne, vodka has a broader market and higher profits.

"Do you have experience in managing a vodka distillery?" George was not excited. Some time ago, Mikhail seemed to be quite stable, but now it seems that he is not so good either.

Mikhail abided by his duty some time ago, not because of his nature, but because he was new to the champagne industry and didn't know enough about it, so he was cautious. During this period, Mikhail had the support of Nikolai, so he might have been a little distracted and almost forgot his last name.

"I don't understand, but we can hire people who understand to manage it -" Mikhail has a way, Ekaterina doesn't know how to make wine, and St. Louis is still in short supply.

"If you are really free, help me find a few people who are good at repairing firearms." George gave up guidance. It was too difficult to change a person.

Since Mikhail has nothing to do, George should find something for Mikhail to do, and don't focus on crooked ways.

Even if Su Jaykin gives George a gold mine, George will not pay attention to him, otherwise he will become George's handle.

Well, there's probably a secret behind this.

Judging from Mikhail's anxious look, this winery, which is about to go bankrupt, must be worth more than a thousand rubles.

Not to mention that it is about to go bankrupt, it should be profitable if it is taken over, and the profits will be huge.

Even if George spent money to buy it, it would still be a transfer of profits. What would be the consequences if Ya San knew about it?
  George doesn't let the small things make the big mistakes.

To put it bluntly, even if George wanted to play profit transfer, Su Jiejin was not qualified to play with George.

George and Nicholas' partnership in business is also a transfer of profits.

But who is Nicholas?

Who is Su Jay Kim?

To put it bluntly, not to mention that George had to spend a thousand rubles to buy it. Even if Su Jiejin gave George ten thousand rubles and offered the winery with both hands, George would not take it.

"Why?" Mikhail couldn't figure out why he didn't earn the money he delivered to his door.

"I have recently been modifying the Berdan II rifle and No. 3 revolver, and I have encountered some problems that I cannot solve personally. If there are experts in this field, I think they will be of some help to me." George answered the question.

When it comes to weapons, George has ideas, but lacks the practical ability. Someone needs to help George realize them.

After all, the blacksmith's ability was limited. He had already helped George saw off the barrel of the No. 3 revolver, and also performed some lightweight processing on the No. 3 revolver, but if he wanted to go further, he would need professional help.

The same goes for the Berdan II rifle.

George has removed the bayonet of the Berdan II rifle, but is still not satisfied. George hopes to transform the Berdan II into a magazine-type rifle, preferably into a semi-automatic rifle like the M1 Garand. This is also complicated. The project cannot be realized with George's current ability.

"That's no problem. I know Ivanov from the Ordnance Department of the Artillery Committee. He is an expert in this field." Mikhail has indeed met a lot of people during this time. The artillery is responsible for the research and development of small arms in Russia. of.

"Are you employed?" George didn't want to find someone who was employed. This was also suspected of being used for private purposes.

George just wanted to find a few experienced maintenance workers to help him deal with some technical problems, which did not involve weapon research and development.

Even if there is research and development, we have to wait for the smokeless gunpowder to be stable and then conduct research and development on the basis of smokeless gunpowder.

If the foundation is not good, no matter how good the gun is, it will be useless.

"Yes-" Mikhail didn't know what George wanted.

"Just find a few retired people, not working people." George didn't want to make a big deal about this matter.

It's a personal hobby to find a few retired maintenance workers to help.

What is the nature of finding on-the-job experts?

George never went out of his way on matters like this.

(End of this chapter)