Vasilii and Miroslava are back at work again. Czar Mikhail wants a rail line built from Ufa, the capital of his United Sovereign States of Russia, to the capital of the USSR's newest addition, the Khazak Khanate. For that he needs a steam engineer and diplomat--Vasilii's jobs--as well as a top surveyor. Unfortunately, the surveyor is an arrogant snob who gets himself murdered--and now the czar needs a detective as well. Fortunately, Vasilii's paramour...