When Yang Yuanzhao was silently planning to increase the foundation for the northwest and China, an electric wave traveled through the vast distance from the South China Sea to the northwest, and the northwest machine that had been prepared for a long time began to slowly turn on.

Prisoners of war and labor exports, this Yang Yuanzhao carefully chosen, a way to balance the difference in transportation capacity between Germany and the northwest, and even the difference between currency and capital, has reached the point of implementation.

The first batch of 90,000 people, all of whom were captured by the British army, crossed thousands of miles of sea borders, from distant Europe, arrived in China, and even crossed the Strait of Malacca because of secrecy, the British did not know, otherwise, the British really wanted to make trouble, unless Scheer's special fleet was allowed to act, the current northwest really had no way to take the British.

Before the first batch of prisoners of war arrived, the general situation of the prisoners of war had been informed to the northwest, and the northwest had also made a preliminary screening and plan for this number, most of the prisoners of war still had to be sent to small mines, of course, the northwest was not a black-hearted capitalist, he had to maintain production, not endless oppression, for these prisoners of war, in addition to freedom to be controlled, the situation of production has a certain danger, working hours, living standards, and even their own respect and many other aspects are guaranteed.

In addition to these mines, the Northwest has even made great efforts to find some places that are not suitable for Northwesterners to work in, and these will be sent to the heads of these prisoners of war.

Social changes and the accumulation of wealth are always a process of production, and although mobility will increase wealth, the basic is still the most basic production. The role of this intermediary is crucial.

The fact that close to 10 million laborers from Germany does not mean that the Germans do not have vision, and Germany certainly knows it. If these tens of millions of labor can be thoroughly utilized, a large number of things can be produced in Europe, which will greatly support Germany's war in Europe, but not that there is a feud between France and Germany, not to mention the war, there are very few French people working for Germany. Not to mention the fact that now, Germany, as the occupying power, occupies the northern part of France. They were all prisoners, and although they were powerless to cause chaos in Germany, to launch any armed uprising, and so on, non-violent non-cooperation could still be done.

This. Germany knows very well. That's why they have collected so much manpower so generously, and the wages offered to them by the Northwest are not low, and after taking out some of them, Germany can also share half of the price they create, and stay in Europe, not only to increase the instability, but also to obtain part of the benefits, such an account. Anyone would count.

The Northwest is now large enough that even tens of millions of people may come over. The northwest is not like a few years ago, the adjustment of the civil engineering, especially the Baotou Special Economic Zone, after several years of adjustment and de-industrialization, has already had the prototype of a megacity, starting from the ring road in 1908, has now formed 6 ring passages and more than 15 satellite cities, covering an area of more than 1,200 square kilometers, more than 20 million people of the huge modern metropolis.

Countless personnel began to act, the radio waves were transmitted to the four directions, the first batch of prisoners of war, before the people have completely arrived, have been distributed, they will be replenished to all corners of the northwest, on the one hand, increase the output of raw materials in the northwest, on the other hand, will supplement the weak links in the northwest, as long as this time the use of manpower is good, the northwest will lay a solid foundation and usher in a new round of take-off.

In the East China Sea, a huge fleet is moving slowly in the East China Sea, all the ships are flying bright red flags in front of them, this red flag that everyone knew a few years ago, but it has become a symbol of the Northwest, this fleet is an ocean-going fleet under the Northwest flag, all of which are fleets from West Asia, a total of 30 ships, all of which are more than 12,000 tons of freighters.

The ship is a container ship, in addition to the ship deck, put more than a dozen large and small containers, the rest of the cabin part, but like a beehive, densely arranged a large and small cabin, northwest from the arrival of Yang Yuanzhao, steel structure and temporary structure, has become the mainstream and normal, with the help of a variety of partitions and processing tools, can be in a wide space, divided into small compartments of different sizes, increase the volume ratio, itself is a standardized container cabin, With a height of 3 meters, almost the entire space is filled, and on average, 8-12 people can live in each 15 square meter house, and more than 300 such rooms are isolated on the entire ship.

In this way, bunk beds are densely packed throughout the cabin, and each 12,000-ton cargo ship is full of people. From the German side, the prisoners of war were transported, through the 3B railway, and then assembled slightly in Basra, and transported by a 10,000-ton cargo ship, a 10,000-ton giant ship, enough to accommodate more than 3,000 people, the freighter is not a passenger ship after all, and many aspects of comfort need to be considered, and the cabin needs to be relatively large, these people, in the wide cargo ship cabin, are simply separated into some small rooms, densely arranged, so that this place is full of a special smell. This is many times better than the ships that have been trafficked in slaves by the great powers, at least the cleanliness does not ask you, food and clean water are available, which is also a great luck in misfortune.

Now the northwest has been completely different from before, shipping has always been more important to the northwest, after the start of the European war, even more so, from the Jiangnan shipyard after the first 5000-ton cargo ship into the water, Jiangnan shipyard in the northwest with the support of capital and technology, continue to expand, now has more than 30 tons of more than 10,000 tons of docks, all kinds of cargo ships, almost all over the slipway, and even received the United States, even the United Kingdom some orders.

More orders, or the Northwest itself, from the Northwest began to become the world's factory, the raw materials needed by the Northwest are facing all over the world, plus a large number of products, before because the Northwest did not have enough merchant ships, so it had to be done, now, when China has the production capacity of ocean freighters, of course, choose to buy it, but every time the sea is saved, it is enough to make China's products more competitive.

The purchase of old ships from European countries, coupled with the new launch of Jiangnan Shipyard, the scale of merchant ships in the northwest has been increased to a scale of 1 million tons per year, and to the current position, it is almost more than 3 million tons, and the route from Shanghai to Basra in the Middle East is an important trade route between the northwest and Germany, and it is generally a cutting-edge merchant ship, which is not only fast, but also has low transportation costs.

Originally, the transportation was relatively average, but from the beginning of the European war, the goods transported to Europe began to far exceed those transported back from Europe, in this case, many ships went back empty, similar to the railway, but now, with the input of personnel, it is basically balanced, although it is a little troublesome, it needs to be modified, but such a modification is only a delay of a day or two, but the freight is higher, but the freight is higher than the goods.

3,000 people, and no luggage, prisoners of war are required, only take the most basic belongings, and even some winter clothes are tattered, plus some food and the like, 10,000-ton freighters, basically are in an empty state, but the northwest for a person to provide a 10 yuan ticket, 3000 people, is 30,000, in the northwest yuan strong today, compared to the full load of goods freight, but also equivalent to seventy or eighty percent, so that the profitability of the cargo ship is much more balanced, If it weren't for the Northwest's rigid regulations on some fast cargo ships and cargo ships of more than 10,000 tons, they would be eligible, and maybe many ships would flock to it, which is already a good benefit.

In winter, the China Sea is not so calm, the cold air from Siberia, blowing gusts of sea breeze, but the specially made 10,000-ton freighter, but it is smooth on the sea, the speed is very fast, but it is not so bumpy, from Basra to China's 10,000 miles of sea frontier, is about to reach the point, whether it is these prisoners of war, or the German soldiers in charge of guarding, they are already exhausted to the extreme, fortunately, according to the distance, it may land in a day or two, this one starts from Europe, across the Eurasian continent, Reaching the easternmost point of Asia, tens of thousands of kilometers long, it was a long, difficult voyage, but fortunately, we were about to reach the point, and the hard work along the way was almost over.

The prisoners of war, the management on the ship is relatively loose, the cabin is not closed, but several important exits, there are German Army handles, here is specially designed, with a 5-inch thick steel plate composed of permanent defense, at least 5 machine guns, closed inside, it is precisely because of these, the interior of the ship, does not confuse the prisoners of war in the shipyard, these prisoners of war can still communicate with each other, many British troops, in the region, origin, friends and many other aspects, formed a small group, Among them, the officers are the head.

To be able to be sent to the cargo ship, most of them are some low-level officers, generally speaking, among the 3,000 people, there is a lieutenant is good, most of them are second lieutenants, as for the colonel-level officers, Germany sent less, the northwest also attaches more importance to it, temporarily placed in Basra, ready to be sent over by cruise ship at one time, for these more senior officers, the northwest did not think of their use for the time being, for the time being, it is placed in the Northwest Military Academy as a foreign teacher, although the British army is not very good, but the tradition of officers is good, The speed of expansion in the northwest is too fast, but it is the most important thing to learn from the strengths of the world and improve its own speed.

All prisoners of war, whether officers or ordinary soldiers, hated to be confused, and from the moment they got on the ship, they knew where they were going, China, a once glorious power, but in 1840 it was stripped of its clothes and became the object of everyone's shouting, and now, it has become synonymous with ignorance and backwardness.

These soldiers were relatively depressed, and when they thought of what might happen after they arrived in China, everyone was not very angry, and their fate was unpredictable. (To be continued......)