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During a tedious waiting period, Sergei took Little Fatty into a private club, where only those who had paid the tuition could enter.
Commerce in Tsarist Russia was not very developed, mainly because of the mindset of the people—they only thought of seizing and plundering.
Nobles exploited landlords, landlords exploited peasants, and peasants exploited those even weaker than themselves. Layer by layer, the exploitation trickled down until only the most-bottom tier bore it all.
As domestic markets began to gradually open up, a large number of foreign businessmen came to invest and set up businesses, forcing the government to implement legal reforms.
The first aim was to protect the rights and interests of foreign businessmen, and the second was to establish a market system. The era of obtaining everything by force was ultimately coming to an end.
