I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 68 Vladivostok

"How are you going to pay your bonus?" Yasan was concerned about Nikolai's financial situation.

Men become bad when they have money, Ya San knows this firsthand.

Not only men, but women as well. Maria when she was a princess and Maria after becoming queen were completely different people.

"I made an agreement with George, each person will pay half." Nicholas' answer made Ya San very satisfied.

If Nicholas paid for this money alone, then Yasan would have a problem with George.

You, an uncle, don't know how to help your nephew save money, but you try to trick your nephew in every possible way. What use is your uncle?
  It won't work if George pays for it. The crown prince is not a pauper, let alone a stingy person.

So one person and half is very good, and it is deeply loved by me.

"Alas, George spends too much money. His little income is not enough at all." Nicholas' love will overflow at any time.

Ya San finally frowned.

Nicholas didn't know how much private money George had, but Ya San definitely knew, because the private money Yekaterina left for George was not hidden from Ya San at all and was directly deposited in the Imperial Bank.

"Did George complain to you?" Ya San seemed to be casual. This was the question he was most worried about.

Nicola's relationship with George is now better than that with Ya San, his biological father, and Ya San himself likes it.

But there was nothing Ya San could do. He was busy with state affairs and had no time to accompany Nikolai to grow up.

Fortunately, with George here, Nicholas not only did not grow crooked, but also gradually grew stronger.

"It's precisely because George didn't complain that I felt sad, because I made George lose a lot of money." Nicholas now has a concept of money, and Yasan is very relieved.

"Don't worry, George is not short of money." Ya San said meaningfully.

Although all the money George made from champagne was taken away by Catherine, Catherine was only George's son, and everything that belonged to Catherine would belong to George sooner or later.

Although Ekaterina lives in France, she has Ya San's informant around her, so Ya San knows exactly how big George's business is.

Jealousy is not an issue, envy is certain.

At George's age, Ya San didn't have hundreds of thousands of rubles on hand at all times for Ya San to spend.

When Ya San was a child, he was not the crown prince, the crown prince was his brother.

Therefore, Yasan's status in the royal family was the same as Georgi's when he was a child.

Asan's brother did not give half of his money to his younger brother like Nicholas did.

"George's money is his own, what does it have to do with me?" Nicholas put down the tableware in his hand and discussed this issue with Ya San in a formal manner: "——You often tell me to distinguish rewards and punishments, and do the right thing. Things must be rewarded, isn’t what George did worthy of a reward?”

Yasanda frowned, feeling like he had fallen into a hole dug by his own hands.

When Ya San was educating Nicholas, he often emphasized the need to distinguish rewards and punishments.

The Tsar does not pursue wealth, office, or status. He is supreme in Russia, so a Tsar with clear rewards and punishments is very important to Russia.

"How do you think George should be rewarded?" Ya San also became serious. The reward for George has now been raised to the level of whether Nicholas can become a qualified czar.

"George doesn't even have a fief. He should be given a fief like other grand dukes." Nicholas said with a look of disgust: "Even that guy Constantine has a fief, why doesn't George!"

Only then did Ya San remember that George really didn't have a fiefdom.

"What place do you think should be sealed to George?" Ya San tested George's importance in Nicholas' heart.

"I don't know either. All the good places I know have been given to other people. It would be great if we could get the fiefdoms from other people and give it to George." Yasan's eyebrows jumped crazily. This matter has reached a point where it must be resolved. Degree. The empire has been inherited for three hundred years and the good places with rich products have either been sealed off or are the private properties of the tsar.

George's status in Nicholas's mind has risen to the point where he snatched fiefs from other people's names and gave them to George. This will only be repaid after Nicholas takes power!

With this question in mind, Ya San returned to the palace with many worries.

Maria was curious.

The Empire had just defeated the Ottoman Empire and was stronger than ever.

Less than a year after Asan ascended the throne, Maria was so high-spirited that she really didn't know what could trouble the Tsar.

"How old is George, can he run the fief well?" What Maria said is also true.

Georgi does not have a fiefdom now. Normally, members of the royal family do not have fiefdoms until they reach adulthood.

Ya San is not sure whether he will still be there when George comes of age.

This thing sounds impossible, but why is Yaer missing?

So this matter must be resolved as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when Nicholas comes to power, he might seal St. Petersburg to George! ! !

There are indeed not many places that can be sealed to George. Ya San calculated his family fortune and found that he only had the territory captured through the 10th Russo-Turkish War and had not yet had time to seal it.

However, what Russia captured in the 10th Russo-Turkish War were all the bleak lands along the Black Sea coast, and Yasan was really reluctant to part with them.

"Danube Delta? Absolutely not, the Danube Delta must be left to Georgi!" Maria also had her own little plan. It would be good for her eldest son to be a tsar and for her younger son to be a local emperor in the Danube Delta.

The Danube Delta is not only beautiful, but its geographical location is also very important.

The Danube Delta is the mouth of the Danube River in the Black Sea. If this place is sealed to Georgi, Georgi will be lenient in collecting tolls.

Since the Danube Delta was not an option, Ya San stared at the map and thought hard, not knowing where else would be more suitable.

"What's the point? Give him the most remote place. It would be best if he never returns to St. Petersburg." Maria was as mean as ever.

By the time George was banned, Nicholas was already an adult. At that time, he could kick George to the ends of the earth and minimize George's influence on Nicholas.

Thinking of this, Ya San's eyes gradually lit up.

Then look further away.

Forget it within the Arctic Circle. Russian nobles will go to warmer places when winter comes. If George's fiefdom is sealed within the Arctic Circle, it will not hurt. But George may not be sealed. Then he will stay in St. Petersburg all day, right? Not only will Nikolai's influence not be reduced, but it will make Nikolai feel guilty and double compensation for George.

Saint Petersburg is in the westernmost part of Russia, next to the Baltic Sea.

His fingers followed the map all the way east, over the Ural Mountains, across Lake Baikal, and across the Amur River. Yasan finally found the right place on the map - Vladivostok.

Vladivostok is also known as Vladivostok. In 1860, the Russian Empire ceded 60 square kilometers of territory including Vladivostok from the Qing Empire through the Treaty of Addition. Since then, Vladivostok has become part of Russia.

In 1871, Russia built a military port in Vladivostok and moved the Pacific Fleet station from Nikolayevsk (Temple Street) to Vladivostok.

In 1875, Vladivostok was established as a town.

It was upgraded to a city last year.

(End of this chapter)