On December 20, 1680, after pushing the course arrangement, Liang Qiangdong finally stepped into the familiar classroom of the Corps Fort again on this day to teach the young soldiers.

It is said that the development of the Corps Fort has reached today, and the number of students trained has been quite large. These men entered the school at an early age, and in this semi-enclosed school, they worked together to receive a common education and training, which was not only long (for a period of ten years), but also more complicated, covering all aspects of society, economics, science, and military according to the class.

After graduation, the students are uniformly assigned to the school corps and stationed in the capital and surrounding important places, while doing a good job of defense and vigilance, and at the same time receiving the last transitional study before entering the society. This study period was initially three years, but now it has been reduced to two years, and after the end of the two-year service period, the personnel department of the executive committee of the executive committee of the higher management structure of the Corps Fort has been reverted to various departments, generally speaking, the government, the army, and state-owned enterprises, according to the learning content and performance of each person, starting from the grassroots level and serving the country.

There is no doubt that these people are extremely loyal to the country. After all, they are enrolled in the school at the age of 8-12 years old, and then they study for ten years, during which in addition to various skills and knowledge, there is no need to talk about how much brainwashing education has been instilled. Even if the initial ideals of these people faded a little after they entered the big dye vat of society, the foundation is still there, and their loyalty to the country and the Executive Committee is still sufficient, and they can be used and promoted with confidence, and they are the most powerful weapon of the Executive Committee to control the country.

Moreover, unlike the Ottoman Empire's Ganishari Legion, these cadets were not lifelong professional soldiers, so it was naturally difficult for them to rebel or depose the Sultan. On the contrary, the existence of the cadet corps in the capital and its suburbs is still the cornerstone of the country's stability! They have been training together for ten years, even if they have not been on any battlefield, and their combat effectiveness is just like that, but it is not difficult to get on top at a critical moment, which puts an end to the possibility of any mutiny initiated by the Navy and Army, unless their forces have completely penetrated the Corps Fort Of course, this is unlikely, which can be seen from the fact that the Army does not like to accept too many graduate soldiers of the Corps Fort, and they never think that these cadets are "their own people".

Of course, the Army doesn't like it, but the Executive Committee likes it. No, every year, a large amount of expenses will be set aside in the state treasury to invest in the education and training system of the Corps Fort, not only the school buildings, teaching aids, teaching materials, etc. are of the highest level, but the teachers are basically the top level in the country (among them, there are many outstanding students who have graduated from the Corps Fort). In addition, they also hired a large number of lecturers from outside the school to teach students more professional knowledge from time to time, such as Liang Qiangdong, who is often pulled to give lectures, just like his Fa Xiaoqiang Xiaoman, who mainly teaches financial knowledge.

Today's lecture is mainly on urbanization, aimed at the students who will be assigned to the government in the future, and about halfway through the course, he talked about the relationship between the transformation of business organizations and urban development.

"In recent decades, the wave of large-scale industrialization has not only promoted the rapid development of social production, but also made the market competition increasingly fierce, coupled with the influence of factors such as the objective needs of the development of some modern large industries, the organizational form of China's enterprises has begun to appear in recent years, that is, large enterprises have begun to develop towards the trend of vertical production integration and production and marketing integration. Taking Tieling Special Steel as an example, this enterprise that has been upgraded to a group will be integrated into one enterprise from the mining of coal and ore, to the smelting of iron and steel, to the multiple processes of metal processing, and even to the manufacture of heavy industry machinery. Even on this basis, the production activities of these enterprises may include the use of by-products of these production processes. For example, recently, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce has been planning to merge Tieling Special Steel Plant, Tieling Mining Bureau, Tieling Machinery Processing Plant, Western Forging Plant, Tieling Boiler Factory, First Heavy Machinery Factory and other enterprises to establish Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium Group, which is this line of thinking. ”

For another example, in recent years, Ping An Iron and Steel Plant in the north has not only actively developed the steel smelting industry, but also actively launched coal chemical projects, developed related industries, and carried out product diversification strategies. In addition, out of the need to compete with Tieling, Ping An Iron and Steel Plant decided to strengthen its control over the market, began to build its own placement network, and the establishment of a commercial company is a concrete embodiment of this idea. This is the trend of the development of vertical production integration and production and marketing integration of enterprises I just mentioned, and the performance of the two major groups of Tieling and Ping An perfectly illustrates this point. Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention that Ping An Coal Mine will probably also merge with Ping An Iron and Steel Plant in the future to form the Ping An Coal and Iron Consortium to compete with the so-called Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium. ”

"This kind of collectivized development idea will inevitably lead to a more obvious agglomeration effect of enterprises, and the proportion of workers and their families in the urban population is increasing. Just like Tieling County, the population engaged in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in this city is much lower than the national average, and there is no doubt that the population of the whole city has increased rapidly in recent years, and the urban area has been expanding and the number of buildings has been increasing, mainly because of the increase in the industrial population. ”

Liang Qiangdong first took the development of two major industrial cities, Tieling and Ping'an, as examples, and pointed out that the transformation of enterprise organization has played a great role in promoting the urbanization process. The students here have not been to these two cities, and they have been to the industrial city a few times during their internships before, and they have a deep impression of the industrial city. This will Liang Qiangdong tell the story again, and everyone will suddenly have a rough idea of the impact of this enterprise development model on the future of the city.

At the same time, they were increasingly amazed at the power of large-scale industrial production. In the case of the existence of some decent steel production enterprises in the Old Continent, as well as in England and North Germany, the total steel production capacity of the people on the East Coast is already several times that of others, and at the same time a variety of metals and alloys have been developed.

And after they enter politics in the future, they will inevitably bring their current understanding and sentiments into it to a greater or lesser extent, and become one staunch supporter of large-scale industrial production one after another. It is believed that in a few decades, when they have gradually become the backbone of the government, this kind of production model similar to the German cartel of later generations will definitely prevail on the East Coast, because it is indeed in line with the trend and trend of industrial production.

"Compared with cities such as Tieling and Ping'an, which are dominated by heavy industry, Qingdao, which can be called an economic center, has taken a different path. Here, there are no heavy industries such as coal, chemicals, steel, machinery, and military industry, which are insignificant, but instead there are a large number of scattered small businesses or individual craftsmen, involving all aspects of life, and naturally there are a large number of commercial and financial enterprises. ”

"But interestingly, in an international port city like Qingdao, the abundance of commercial capital and the fierce competition in the market have caused many commercial enterprises engaged in trade to extend their tentacles further upstream. Even in the field of trade and commerce, there is a process of integration that has taken place in the field of heavy industry, in short, the extension of commercial capital to the field of production! ”

"For example, those commercial enterprises engaged in small hardware, custom fabrics, clothes, shoes, furniture, publishing and printing and other industries have begun to establish solid cooperative relations with small enterprises and even self-employed people in the same field. This kind of integration of commercial trade and manufacturing is actually achieved by the direct or indirect influence and control of the production field in the field of commerce and trade, and it is more accurately described as an outsourcing system to a certain extent. ”

In fact, in today's Qingdao Port, Liang Qiangdong's company has established a solid relationship with many enterprises that produce daily necessities, and its way is to sign long-term supply contracts with advance payments, and even invest a small amount in some small workshops that he is more optimistic about, so as to help them overcome some difficulties in production and operation and achieve more rapid development.

This stable cooperative relationship was very helpful for his Qiangdong Trading Company to trade with the North American Free State. In many cases, he directly takes the list of people's needs, negotiates the price with these business owners, produces according to the order, and finally packages, transports, and ships to the new Beijing port of the Free State, which is also a relatively advanced way.

At this time, the Old World was still basically a merchant who purchased all kinds of goods all over the world, and it was not that no one had established stable cooperative relations with upstream producers, but not many. Merchants engaged in wholesale trade always went to the big wholesale markets to buy goods, and this was especially evident in the Amsterdam market, where the Tripp family company picked and sold cannons from England, Portugal, Germany, Milan, Venice and other places, and then exported them to the United Provinces military for profit.

On the contrary, in countries and regions with relatively less developed commerce, such as the Kingdom of England, many merchants engaged in overseas trade have established more stable cooperative relations with some producers because of their narrow choices. However, in Germany, Italy and the Kingdom of France, because of the frequent holding of regular trade fairs and trade fairs, businessmen tend to make temporary purchases in the market, rather than using the model of outsourcing with fixed partners.

"Of course, Qingdao is special and unique! In addition to this model of commercial outsourcing, there is also a special relationship between banks and industrial enterprises. In addition to a few high-quality companies that can finance their business expansion with their own operating profits, the Northwest Reclamation Bank, the United Industrial Credit Bank, the Public Savings Bank (formerly Banco de la Plata), and the Commercial Liquidation Bank have a huge influence on the business. ”

"Needless to say, my Qiangdong Trading Company was strongly influenced by the United Industrial Credit Bank, and their representatives even exerted some influence in corporate decision-making. And this is a well-run business, and in some companies that are not doing well for various reasons, the pressure exerted by bank representatives on the business owners is very high, which you should not have heard of. Of course, again, if your business is stable, profitable and grows well, then you can even conversely point fingers at banks that demand you in the financial business and let them serve you better. ”

"The reason for this situation is actually related to our national policy. In the last decade, the State Administration of Precious Metals has adhered to an aggressive policy of requiring banks to take the initiative and play a greater role in social production, which has led to the growing staff of banks and the importance of urban population growth. ”

"Overall, the influence of banks on industrial companies has increased over the last decade or so. And they are also increasingly inclined to support the association and merger of industrial enterprises, and they do not hesitate to provide financial support for this purpose. For example, the United Industrial Credit Bank intends to provide low-interest loans to help Ping An Iron and Steel Plant complete the business of acquiring Ping An Coal Mine, and the future power of the newly established Ping An Coal and Iron Consortium is needless to say. ”

"And after the mergers and acquisitions of such large industrial enterprises become stronger, after a period of development, what kind of situation will occur? I would venture to predict that this will lead to an appetite for capital that will exceed the capacity of a single bank to provide funds, which in turn will lead to cooperation among banks and the formation of larger banking groups. A while ago, the merger of the former Banco de la Plata and the Brazilian Rural Financial Cooperative to form the new Public Savings Bank has already shown that the competitive disadvantage of smaller banks in today's East Coast society will only increase, and it is very clear that they must carry out joint restructuring in order to have a glimmer of life. ”

Liang Qiang said so much, and he was also a little tired, so he sat behind the podium, picked up the teacup and drank tea, and by the way, he also asked the students below to divide themselves into groups to discuss the content of the class. Some class leaders stood up and went from group to group to inform them, asking them not to spread the content of the discussion at will, otherwise once it appeared in newspapers or books, it would be impossible to control it, and it would definitely be bought by foreigners and then taken back for study.

However, Liang Qiangdong seems to be a little unimpressed by this, because in his opinion, although the content of these lectures is a relatively elite research conclusion, which has a strong guiding role in the East Coast Republic at this time and in the near future, it is mostly just a dragon slaying technique in the countries of the Old Continent. There is no other reason, the social system, economic environment, etc. are completely different!

Compared to these, what he preferred was the seriousness of the students in discussing problems. These are the seeds of the country's future! Managing the government, developing industry and commerce, delving into science and technology, and overseas colonization are all inseparable from these people, and the regimental fort system is really a great good government, even if it seriously squeezes the cost of basic education in the country, but I have to say that everything is worth it!