The little princess Eiko mentioned was the youngest daughter of the old Vanderbilt couple. She was similar in age to Gakujiro. She had a very close relationship with Gakujiro back then - Naohide. Eiko was her family's family doctor when she was in the United States, and she often brought her with her.

Gakujiro came and went, and as a mysterious oriental, Gakujiro was very popular with girls at the time.

"Qi Da Fei Qi."

Listening to the answer, you can tell that the relationship is not going well.

Gakujiro forced himself to explain a few words. Naohide and Eiko couldn't ask more about this. Anyway, it probably meant that they looked down on Gakujiro.

The Vanderbilt family is a giant in the American shipbuilding and shipping industry. The little princess of his family has grown up in fine clothes and fine food, and has developed an arrogant and unruly character. She got along well with Gakujiro at first, but as she got older,

As the Vanderbilt family's wealth grew, her status in the New York social circle became higher and higher, and her temper became stronger and stronger. While Xuejiro was busy with business and learning all day long, everyone spent time together.

It became less and less, and finally the two had to part ways.

"Then you haven't found a suitable girl in the past two years?" Yingzi continued to care about her younger brother.

Naoxiu felt that his wife's nagging was completely unnecessary. Look at this guy, he's a bitch, he's young, rich, and has no elders around to restrain him. Who knows how many romantic debts this guy owes in the United States!

In fact, Gakujiro is really not what Naohide imagined - he is so busy every day that Gakujiro never has time to fool around.

Yingzi kept talking all night, but Naohsiu reminded her that she let her poor brother rest.

"There is no need for a real man to have a wife." Naohide comforted Gakujiro when he sent him out. Gakujiro rolled his eyes. This brother-in-law is also unreliable. You are being controlled by my sister. What shame do you have here?

Bragging.

Gakujiro hesitated to speak after seeing Naohide. He had not been fooling around for so many years. He knew what Naohide was worried about. He must be afraid that his emotional ups and downs would affect his cooperative relationship with the Vanderbilt family.

"Don't worry, the captain scolded her when he found out, and her cooperation with us has not been affected in any way."

It turned out that the old Vanderbilt, commonly known as "The Captain", really didn't care too much about this matter - he was an old-school style man who firmly believed that "business is business and relationships are relationships". Over the past few years, a group of people had been showing off their influence on the Vanderbilt family.

His contribution was huge. It can even be said that if it weren't for background reasons, the family might not be able to draw this group of fledgling Easterners as closely as they do now. Therefore, the old Vanderbilt was actually more disappointed with his youngest daughter.

Think that an opportunity to deepen the relationship has been lost.

The old Vanderbilt was shrewd and far-sighted, but among his many children, only his son William inherited his talents. The other children were obsessed with fashion and fun, so he considered this failed love affair to be salty.

Dan’s little daughter’s willfulness again.

Vanderbilt had a tough and stubborn personality, but was recognized as "a man who cherished his reputation and kept his word." "He kept his word and kept his promises, intimidations and threats."

Therefore, since the "captain" told Gakujiro not to worry about it, Naohide was relieved.

But when his brother-in-law and student fell out of love, it was really embarrassing to consider whether the breakup would affect his business, so Naohide thought hard about how to cover up the past. Oh, by the way, there was really one big thing that he forgot to ask Gakujiro.

"Don't worry, the thing you mentioned has been publicized since last year, and it has caused a sensation this year. It will definitely make the people of Lucia suffer a big loss." Gakujiro replied proudly - he was able to successfully manipulate the public opinion of North America.

As the mastermind behind the scenes, he is very proud of it.

"Stupid, short-sighted, and as visionless as the lower class!" As if he had a tacit understanding, Muravyov, the alone governor of Eastern Siberia in Russia, was furious about this matter in the governor's palace.

At today's meeting, Muravyov encountered resistance from all sides. His former close allies either opposed him or remained silent. This was a crisis that had not happened since he became governor-general in September 1847.

In fact, in addition to the governor of Eastern Siberia, Muravyov also managed the Irkutsk in Rusia.

Tsk Province.

The two coastal administrative regions of Okhotsk and Kamchatka under the Governor-General of East Siberia are in the northeast of the lower reaches of the Wulong River, while Irkutsk Province is in the upper reaches of the Wulong River, so Muravyov thinks about it day and night.

The only thing is to connect the two territories together through the river and find the eastern seaport for the empire.

This is an unshakable feat. If he can really complete it, he will become a great man alongside his ancestors, and he will become a popular and powerful minister in Lucia.

Originally, according to the conclusion of the 1846 exploration of the Wulong River estuary by the cruise ship "Constantine", "the estuary is not only impassable for navigation of ships, but also impassable for small boats with shallow drafts." This dream has been shattered, but in 1849

The brave Captain Nevelskoy rekindled hope - the survey results of the "Baikal" transport ship overturned the previous conclusions and clearly confirmed that there is a deep-water channel at the mouth of the Wulong River that can pass large ships!

A series of subsequent developments were as exciting as a dream. The emperor recognized his suggestion and privately authorized himself and Captain Nevelskoy to explore the Wulong River basin, despite the opposition of his ministers.

In 1850, the Governor-General of East Siberia established Nikolaevsk Post and Perov Winter Camp at the mouth of the Wulong River.

In 1851, Captain Nevelskoy completed preliminary exploration near the mouth of the Ulong River, northern Sakhalin Island and the Tatar Strait.

Originally, he could have sent Cossacks to the west coast of Sakhalin this year, and Captain Nevelskoy would have completed the exploration of the entire island. By 1853, he would have captured the entire island for the emperor, and at the same time

I will definitely be able to open up the entire Wulong River channel and closely connect the empire's territories in Siberia with the river as a channel. From then on, Rusia will have access to the Pacific Ocean. What a great achievement!

But today, the original close alliance officially fell apart, and the dream seemed out of reach.

"I don't allow it! The emperor doesn't allow it! Neither does the empire's great future!"

It's a pity that my impassioned speech only received ridicule and opposition. What a defeat it was. It still hurts my heart to think about it now.

There are three large and four small forces in East Siberia, the Governor's Palace, Rumi Company, civilian forces and the Okhotsk District Fleet.

The Rumi Company was a colonial company chartered by Emperor Paul I in 1799. Its jurisdiction once included areas such as present-day Eastern Siberia and northern Alaska. However, as its control over Siberia deepened, the empire established the Western Siberian Governorate and the Eastern Siberian Governorate in the 1920s.

In the Siberian Governor-General's Territory, the direct jurisdiction of the Rumi Company was reduced to the North Mi region.

The tree is old and has deep roots. As a company invested by the emperor and many great nobles, Rumi Company still has a huge influence in Eastern Siberia after many years of operation.

As for the civilian forces, because the territory of the Governor's Mansion is under military control, the only civilian forces that are not under his control are businessmen, large and small, but there are countless nobles standing behind these businessmen, and their potential power cannot be underestimated.

These businessmen have been cooperating with Rumi Company for many years. They just care about sucking blood from the empire without any foresight at all.

The smaller force among the three major and small forces is the Okhotsk District Fleet. Originally, the fleet should fully cooperate with the work of the governor, but as a technical branch, the navy is very independent. Although it controls the ports, shipyards and

If supplies were really taken care of, these stinky sailors would be able to obey, but because they had to worry about the emperor's thoughts, the feudal officials could not have too deep control over the military, so they still allowed the fleet to have a certain degree of autonomy.

But I never expected that these people would actually unite against me today. What a hell.

Originally, it was in the interests of these people to seize the Wulong River Basin and Sakhalin Island themselves.

Since the 1920s, Lumi's business has been deteriorating.

In terms of the fur trade, the bulk of the trade, from 1797 to 1821, the Rumi Company shipped an average of more than 50,000 furs from the North American region every year. However, since the 1940s, this has dropped to 17,000 furs per year.

One third of the original.

Moreover, the price has also dropped a lot. There are too many bison hides in North America. Since the victory of the U.S.-Mexican War, the United States has expanded its territory to the Pacific Ocean, and Lumi Company's business has become increasingly difficult.

Therefore, he actively expanded his territory in the Far East, and the businessmen led by Lumi Company originally gave strong support. They all hoped to find gold mines or new fur producing areas.

At the same time, the importance of finding an eastward outlet to the sea is self-evident for improving the status of the navy, and the Okhotsk District fleet also welcomes this.

But two recent events have shattered this originally strong alliance.

First, the outpost at the mouth of the Wulong River and the Plov winter camp were burned to the ground.

After the Sea of ​​Okhotsk thawed in June, the two supply ships and Captain Nevelskoy's transport ship "Baikal" set off on time and arrived at the mouth of the Wulong River on July 15.

Thinking of this, the governor of Eastern Siberia Muravyov yelled, "Drunk drunken bastard! Brainless barbarian who doesn't obey orders!"

He was scolding the Cossack cavalry. Originally, according to Muravyov's instructions, the indigenous people in the Wulong River Estuary area should be mainly appeased. The reason is very simple - Eastern Siberia cannot be self-sufficient in food! Therefore, it must be obtained from the indigenous people and even the Tang people.

Trade grain.

But this group of animals has poor military discipline and will rob openly at every turn. They kill and set fire when they are happy, but they still kill and set fire when they are unhappy. Mercenaries are a bunch of bastards!

But others are not much better.

Ministers are bastards! Stubborn noble bastards!

I have repeatedly asked the emperor and ministers to immigrate, but according to the damn serfdom system, the government requires immigrants to have a migration certificate, but how could the noble master agree to the loss of his serfs? At the same time, the empire's finances are not good and cannot provide subsidies to the poor.

, therefore the number of immigrants in Eastern Siberia has not increased, and the consequence is that the cultivated land area is not enough and the food cannot be self-sufficient.

The pay of the Cossack mercenaries has not been paid on time, but do you know that if we continue to rely on murder and arson, we will not be able to gain a foothold in the lower reaches of the Wulong River in ten thousand years!

Muravyov took another swig of vodka and let his thoughts wander.

The supply ship first discovered that the winter camp had been burned down, and when it arrived at the outpost, it found that the area had also been burned to rubble. There were half an infantry company and one Cossack cavalry company in the outpost and winter camp, plus ten sailors, totaling 200 people.

All the regular troops were missing - for epidemic prevention, all the bodies were buried; and the three cavalrymen and ten sailors who escaped were still on their way northward.

At this time, the main opponents of the Okhotsk District Fleet were whalers and pirates - pirates looked down upon the poor Far East, but liked to rob whalers. Originally, no risks were considered for this voyage, so the supplies

There are only armed transport ships in the fleet.

What to do next? A heated argument broke out among the three captains.

Captain Nevelskoy insisted on going ashore for reconnaissance while dividing his forces to search upstream and into the ocean. However, his suggestion was clearly opposed.

Nevelskoy was not welcomed as an outsider, and he also overturned the original Okhotsk District Fleet's survey results of the Wulong River Estuary, which greatly disgraced the entire fleet. Although he had the highest military rank,

But the other two captains believe that the most important thing now is to report back to Petropavlovsk - their reasons are also very strong. Transport ships should do the work of transport ships, and reporting information in a timely manner is their duty. Only the commander should grasp the overall situation.

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After briefly investigating the scene, the two ships set sail and returned to the Kamchatka Peninsula. After Nevelskoy took the "Baikal" to investigate upstream and found nothing, he quickly turned around and chased the ship in front - he was

For those who have a history of disobeying orders, if they come back late and are tricked by colleagues, it will be too late to regret it.

After the three ships returned to Petropavlovsk, due to insufficient awareness of confidentiality, news of the loss of the outpost and winter camp spread like wildfire, triggering a great commotion.
Chapter completed!