I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 78 Preparing a Car for the Assassin

With the arrival of summer, people in the manor began to be busy again.

George had room and board in the general group and didn't need a carriage. Yuri, the groom's official, didn't need to work and could still get a coachman's salary for free, which was the envy of others.

The veterans each have one hundred acres of land, which is enough for them to live on. They can use the large animals in the manor as they like. As long as they are willing to work, they will definitely not die of hunger.

Yuri hired two Poles to help him farm. Every day, he and other veterans trained the orphans adopted by Peter and Yeluoxin, as well as the children of the manor's tenants.

"Grow up quickly, boys, otherwise you will miss this great era." Yuri always said this, and he is no longer the sloppy Yuri.

After getting married, Yuri took on a new look. He used the money given by George to make a set of decent clothes, took the medal off the wall and wore it on his chest. He also imitated the appearance of those noble gentlemen and trimmed his beard neatly. Neatly.

Yuri's wife is pregnant and he must set an example for his child.

"Do you know what greatness is?" retired engineer Joseph always teased.

"Of course I know that the Duke will definitely create a great era." Yuri didn't know, but George must know.

Yuri has rich combat experience and a good understanding of weapons and equipment. When Joseph and Igor masters and apprentices were designing heavy machine guns, they would occasionally ask Yuri for his opinions.

So after going back and forth, Yuri and Joseph became familiar with each other, and they often barbecued and drank wine together.

"Our little duke is really unwilling to be lonely. No other duke I have ever met is like this." Joseph lived very happily in the manor. George gave him a salary that was twice that of the Tula Arsenal, which was higher than that of his son. The salary is much higher.

Joseph's son can take over Joseph's job, but he cannot inherit Joseph's salary and has to start over in Tula.

Joseph has worked in Tula all his life. His position has not changed and his salary is still good, so Joseph is very satisfied with his current salary.

Joseph's son was even more envious.

"How many dukes have you seen?" Yuri didn't give him face. Joseph probably had not seen as many dukes in his life as Yuri.

A coachman, like a chauffeur, is well-informed.

"I have a few old friends who also want to find a job." As an engineer, Joseph didn't have the same experience as Yuri, who didn't even know a word.
  "If they are willing to farm, then I can give them a job." Yuri took care of everything, and there was a lot of wasteland in the manor.

Joseph just stared, his old friends were all engineers and farming was out of the question.

Joseph knew how to make room for his son, and his friends were no better. They were forced to retire before the retirement age and were idle at home.

Although the treatment of engineers in Russia is not good, their status is not low. Joseph's friends maintain their own identities, so naturally they are unlikely to work as switchmen to support their families like Igor's master and apprentice.

Even working as a switchman makes little money, which is not even enough to support the family.

Joseph was lucky, and the treatment given by George was not to mention his old friend. If George still wanted people here, his son would want to quit his job in Tula and come to George's place to live.

It's the other way around.

In Tula it is just a matter of dawdling.

"What are you staring at? Did I say something wrong?" Yuri was arrogant, looking down on Joseph as a painter.

"They are all senior engineers from Tula!" Joseph defended his old friend and also defended himself.

"What about the senior engineer in Tula? If it hadn't been for the Duke's kindness, would this old guy be able to live the life he does now!" Yuri struck hard, leaving Joseph speechless.

Joseph's current life is indeed very enviable by his old friends.

Joseph received a salary from George that was twice that of Tula. He could draw as he pleased and had endless drawings. Joseph's wife has also moved here to take care of Joseph's life. Their house has three bedrooms and one living room like Yuri's. Joseph's wife also opened a piece of land in the manor to grow vegetables. George even gave Joseph a cow.

Well, it's not a gift of cows directly, but the milk produced by cows.

The cows raised in Oak Manor are also Holstein cows imported from the Netherlands. They produce an average of more than 9000 kilograms of milk per year. Joseph and his wife can drink the milk as water and can use it for bathing.

"I work for the Duke and can create value for the Duke!" Joseph believed that his value was worthy of the treatment given by George.

He did not question whether veterans like Yuri and others deserved the treatment given by George.

Each of the veterans had a hundred acres of land, but Joseph did not.

"There are many people who can create value for the Duke. I can sacrifice my life for the Duke at any time-" Yuri killed him with one blow, and Joseph was defeated.

George did not know how Yuri PUA Joseph, who was going to the Petersburg Academy of Sciences with Nikolai.

Butrelov dedicated the stabilizer formula of smokeless gunpowder to Yasan, and Yasan must express his gratitude.

George and Nicholas were there to represent the Asian Academy of Sciences.

By the way, George promised a reward.

"I'm sorry, George -" Nicholas still felt guilty that his words cost George more than half a year's salary.

"It's okay Nikki, I am now a landowner and don't need that pitiful salary to maintain my life -" George's seemingly comforting words made Nikolai feel even more guilty.

The fiefdom of other people's grand dukes can provide the grand duke with an income of millions of rubles every year.

Not only did George's fief fail to provide income for George, George also had to repay the money.

Fiefdom is different from private property. Oak Manor is George's private property. It doesn't matter whether it is managed well or not. As long as George doesn't feel bad about the land, no one can care about it.

If the fiefdom is not managed well, the tsar will take it back and hand it over to those who are capable of managing it.

During this time in Gatchina, Nikolai learned more about Vladivostok, and then Nikolai became more and more guilty.

Vladivostok is a loser no matter how you look at it.

The Tsar granted Vladivostok to George, which became the best proof of George's current embarrassing situation.

"When I become Tsar, I will make it up to you." Nicholas did not notice that his words were disrespectful to the Tsar.

Why, you really want your father to die.

"Nikki, never say anything like this again." George reminded Nicholas to be a law-abiding crown prince.

"Why?" Nicholas's compensatory mentality towards George was true.

George did not explain, so he and Nicholas went to the general regiment first, and asked Nicholas to change out of the glorious crown prince's gown into the ordinary uniform of the Guards, and then asked someone to prepare a carriage.

"Are we going to take a car?" Nicholas was surprised. George never took a car, so this car must be prepared for Nicholas.

"No, this car is for assassins." George will never ride in a car in his life.

(End of this chapter)