Chapter 57 Answer II
"Where does the money for training come from?" The crown prince asks a practical question in the face of Joey and Herman's vast plans.
"Mom's fund is out!" Joey hurriedly made a statement.
"Hahaha!" Sir Gruson laughed, pointed at Joey, and said, "Fritz, your Jojo, this is a great political force for you!" You must know that education has never lacked the inculcation of political ideas, and in five or ten years, these people will be your basic votes in the parliament when you are the emperor. ”
The Crown Prince, glancing at Joey and Sir Gruson, wisely chose not to speak. The crown prince understood, of course, that in the dual system of the German Empire, the power of the Reichstag should not be underestimated, and that the power of the Reichstag should not be underestimated, and that the parliamentarians of the Reich were elected by votes, and their votes were in the hands of the workers and peasants.
"At the same time as you do urban planning, you have to train people at the same time, little Joey, you don't have to have that much money. Fritz, those big men who are politically astute, will not fail to understand the political significance of the training. As long as you put forward the idea of labor training, there will definitely be people who will respond positively, such as our Prime Minister. Since training is imperative and you can't stop others from participating. ”
"My suggestion is that you simply invite the Prime Minister to participate, and then the Empire and the private funds of the wiki will participate, and there must be enough financial support for this to be done." Sir Gruson reminded the Crown Prince.
Sir Gruson then turned to Joy and said, "Speaking of the spread of ideas in the training, I think your mother's good friend, Professor Maher and his socialist friends, will do a good job, and if Joey wants to get involved, go to Professor Maher to help." ”
"Uncle Herman, I approached him yesterday, and I have signed a contract with Professor Mach to conduct practical applied research on his critical socialist ideas, and this training program is the best way to do it." Joy said happily, and then secretly rejoiced, "Yesterday I just wanted to put Professor Mach's theory into economic theory, and now it seems that it is also very useful in the practice of sociology training, I am really lucky." ”
"Joey, remember that not all socialists like the imperial system, please be careful and don't make the mistake of a farmer and a snake." Sir Gruson's warning to Joey.
"Yes, Uncle Herman, I understand." Joey nodded yes.
"Fritz, you see, urbanization coupled with training, solved the problem of unemployed workers and landless peasants, gave them new jobs. Similarly, the expansion of urbanization has led to industrial production, and the expansion of industrial production has absorbed a number of unemployed people. Sir Grusen continued.
"But the expansion of industrial production makes it easy for some black-hearted guys, in order to grab more profits, to still use inferior products and even more cruel methods to exploit the workers. Herman, you know very well that the expansion of the scale of industrial production does not necessarily mean that the quality of industrial products and the welfare of workers will necessarily improve. The crown prince has a different view.
"Very correct, so we need you to come forward, on behalf of the country, to put forward German product production standards for all industries, this standard for the future of German industry, must be strict and high-level, and even the indicators must comprehensively exceed Britain, France and the United States! All industrial enterprises that do not meet the standards must be bankrupt, merged and auctioned, and those enterprises that do not meet the standards must be forcibly shut down with the power of the state! Sir Grumman said categorically.
"Germany's own industrial standard, could it be that in my previous life, the world-famous DIN standard came from this time?" Joey thought to himself.
"Let them go bankrupt, how to solve the unemployed after bankruptcy ... Ah, we are advancing the construction of cities, and these unemployed people will be absorbed by their counterparts who produce high-quality products without even retraining. Yes, yes, as long as there are enough jobs, there is no better time than to let factories that do not meet German product standards close down immediately. The crown prince immediately figured out the key and nodded yes again and again.
"Not only industry must have its own standards, agriculture, animal husbandry, manufacturing, services, any industry needs standards, only strict enough standards can ensure that German quality is synonymous with excellence, not a label of cheap goods!" Joey added anxiously.
"That's right, Joey, we have to set standards for all German products, and only with standards can we have criteria and references, so as to define what is good and what is bad, and Joey is right!" Sir Grusen praised.
Joy's praise of Uncle Herman was a little skewed at first, but soon Joey continued, "To advance this, the basic living conditions of the workers and peasants must be guaranteed, such as food, clothing, housing, and education!" ”
Under Sir Gruson's encouraging eyes, Joy said to his father, "First of all, food, this revolution, or change for the better, the first few years will be the most difficult period, because the state needs to have a lot of money to invest in the construction of cities, so it is not possible to spend more money on food, so it is necessary to ensure that the workers and those peasants who go to the city have enough cheap food, and even during the unemployment training organized by the state, it is necessary to provide free food for the unemployed workers and peasants, which makes it even more unacceptable to accept the kidnapping of high-priced grain." ”
"So the Iron Valley Alliance must not allow them to succeed, and Germany must continue to import cheap food from abroad, and use other people's cheap food to ensure Germany's industrialization and urbanization process. In order to obtain cheap food, we need to make the United States, Russia, Argentina, Canada, and India compete with each other on the import of bulk grain, so that we can get the cheapest grain and meat. ”
"Then there's clothing, Uncle Herman, how is the empire's traditional textile industry now?" Joey asked.
"Like the steel industry, exports have plummeted and domestic demand is sluggish, and they are struggling to get by." Sir Grusen replied.
"So, I have a proposal to choose good textile enterprises to buy clothing for those workers and farmers who have lost their jobs... And so on, not only for them, but also for all German factories, schools and government departments, to purchase uniforms and uniforms, we also have to adopt an open selection method for uniform design, and choose those clothes that are in line with German beauty! Joey suggested.
"Well, there are a lot of benefits to this, at least on the one hand, it can allow those good textile companies to tide over the difficulties temporarily, and on the other hand, let these textile companies find their own design styles and designers, and no longer only for the British or French. If the German textile industry will only make simple textile raw materials, then there will never be a chance to make ready-to-wear brands, by designing beautiful clothes for the German government, schools and factories, it is actually an opportunity to make a ready-to-wear brand for themselves, Qiaoqiao, you mean this, right? Sir Gruson asked.
"Yes, Uncle Herman, but not only with that." Joey smiled and continued, "A beautiful and handsome uniform can actually improve a person's morale, and a beautiful and handsome set of clothes can better reflect the spirit of a company or even a government." ”
"It's money, too, Jojo." The crown prince reminded his son.
"Dad, don't worry, there will be people who will pay for a German that is beautiful in spirit and clothes." Joey replied with a smile, and then said in his heart, "Dad, if you know that there will be a German Third Reich in the future, and know that at the beginning of the founding of the National Socialist Party, the most important thing was uniformization, although the program of the National Socialist Party was not very good, but they did bring a different style to Germany in terms of propaganda, especially in the field of uniforms, or the pinnacle of German militarist clothing culture."
More importantly, the uniforms of the first hundreds of thousands of members of the National Socialist Party could be donated free of charge by the German textile industry. I'm not asking for donations but purchases right now. Weavers in the Rhineland will understand that this is a great opportunity to launch their ready-to-wear brands, and that they will only sell these uniforms at low prices in the early days, and they are very shrewd. And I just had to get through the initial start-up hurdles. ”
"Finally, there are houses, those who are unemployed or farmers who have just entered the city, the government must provide them with cheap houses, and the rent of the houses must be cheap enough, but not free, and people will only cherish what they have spent money on." Joey said.
"Low-cost housing? Jojo, this is another investment. The crown prince said.
"Dad, this money doesn't have to be paid by the government, if we can allow the establishment of commercial establishments in the vicinity of low-rent housing, and hand over the commercial establishments to some real estate businessmen to develop, these real estate businessmen will have great enthusiasm and are willing to invest in the construction of low-rent housing." Joey said confidently.
"Well, that's a good idea. Fritz, know that the source of the wealth of real estate merchants is the dense flow of people, and if enough people can be guaranteed, real estate merchants will easily recruit enough businessmen who will pay for the initial investment of real estate businessmen, and the return on investment in this field will be amazing. So that's why Jewish merchants were so fond of running the city. Sir Gruson explained Joey's point.
"So, with cheap food, uniforms and houses, to stabilize the unemployed in the cities, to help them acquire new skills with training and education, and then to use German standards to demand German companies, so that enterprises can produce high-quality German products, and then use high-quality products to build beautiful German cities, and then the expanding cities will absorb more people into them, and so on. I understand correctly, don't you? The crown prince asked.
Sir Gruson and Joey nodded yes together.
"So, you talked for a long time, where will the funds come from to start the construction of the city? You must know that the Empire's finances do not necessarily have so many reserves, you two, you must think of a source of funds for me, the Minister of Economy. The crown prince spread his hands and continued to demand.