After playing everything in the sleeve, naturally you have to deal with the Russians. That's right, a big country cannot be humiliated, you can dislike the Russians, but people are big countries, and they have to give some face, Downing's reply to the Russian ambassador was: "It's a pity, almost all of my family business is in England, and the British government requires me not to provide you with a wireless telegraph, otherwise I will be in big trouble." But...... Do you know why I trained you to use the wireless telegraph system? I'll give you a tip, although I can't supply you directly, but it won't be long before a large number of civilian telegraphs will be rented out in Britain and all over the world, and you can get telegraphs through neutral countries, and good luck to the great Russian Empire! ”

Having said that, the Russian ambassador did not withdraw, and he had to thank the telegraph king for his kindness.

Speaking of the British government, the prime minister was afraid that the British people would say that he had succumbed to Downing's pressure, which would damage his prestige, so although he had to compromise, he also had to pay attention to a strategy, and his mention was that Downing himself did not personally serve as the governor of the Straits Settlements, but he could "nominate" a person that Downing thought was suitable, which is interesting enough, right?

It's okay, maybe it's better, you have to be low-key.

Given the importance of this treasure land of the Malay Peninsula to Downing, it was necessary to have someone who could be trusted and responsible, and after much thought, Downing decided to make his head of global intelligence, Reuters, the position. Reuters had never had experience in politics, but Downing believed that he was treacherous enough to do the job, and that the highest level of politics was either a traitor or a thief, and a businessman was a natural politician. It was precisely because he had no political experience that the Viceroy of India appointed him as an assistant to the Governor of the Straits for a while.

Downing's first policy was to ban prostitutes, casinos, drugs, and gangs in Singapore.

Downing has no moral prejudice against sex workers, however, under the current medical conditions, it is too inhumane to sell hue, and the contraceptive methods of prostitutes are very harmful to the body, even if condoms are invented in the future, they can only play a limited role, especially human ** tumor virus (HPV), which can be spread by only indirect contact with the clothes and household utensils used by patients, and it cannot be prevented. What's more, most of the two sides engaged in ** Yi in Singapore are illiterate and coolies, even if you tell him to wear a condom, he ignores this set, so he has to "break the wrist of a strong man", and ban it first.

In order to solve the problem of love between men and women, the implementation of a liberal marriage policy in Peninsular Malaysia, which only requires premarital health check-ups and mutual consent to get married, and divorce is easier, which can encourage residents to establish an open and relatively restrained concept, not to find a partner and to take out their life savings as a bride price, which is terrible.

For gambling, there is no restriction on private small gambling pleasures, casinos can have, but they must be licensed by the colonial government, supervised, and no large amounts of gambling are allowed. In this way, there will be no gamblers who take risks because of their losses, and ensure social security and stability.

Opium has been prevalent in the colonies for a long time, and it cannot be said that it is completely banned, so that those addicts will go crazy. The first step is to publicize the dangers of opium and dissuade those who have not entered the profession from trying. The second step is to build abstinence sanatoriums to give back to those addicts who have accepted the propaganda. The third step is to implement a government monopoly on opium, and all the proceeds will be used for government expenditure, ensuring that the suppliers of opium have no profit motive. Fourth, try replacing opium with soft drugs such as marijuana. It would be nice to do that, but it was not realistic to completely ban opium without a consensus in the world.

Pornography, gambling, and drugs are important reasons for the presence of gangsters, just as businessmen don't have so much desire for fists, of course, it's not without people who want to make money purely by collecting protection money, at this time we have to see whether the gangster's fists are hard or my Hessian Hunters' fists are hard, this is no problem, my big hunting regiment has a lofty goal, if even the Singapore gangsters can't clean up, then Downing should take an early rest.

In addition to discussing the administrative plan with Reuters, which is about to travel to Singapore, for the first time in recent days, I have also met with senior government officials in Switzerland.

Although Switzerland is federal, there is no president and no leader of the majority party holds the highest executive position. Their highest administrative body, called the Federation Council, consists of seven members, each responsible for seven ministries: the Ministry of Posts and Construction, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Government (Foreign Affairs), the Ministry of Justice and Police, the Ministry of Trade and Customs, and the Ministry of the Interior.

The status of the seven ministers is exactly the same, the nominal head of state changes every year, and the constitution stipulates that the head of state cannot be re-elected, but there is no limit to the number of times he can be elected, and basically they all come in turns.

In the United Kingdom, some parliamentarians have noticed a phenomenon, the laying of civil power grids has set off a boom, Faraday Power Company's resources are in short supply, so the construction of power grids in major cities is selective, London, Birmingham these metropolises needless to say, the opening of second-tier cities has been particular, but those who criticize Downing's parliamentarians and power grids will be delayed construction, making it a precious political resource, and even some parliamentarians have dropped their support in his constituency because they accuse Downing of being too showyThere is a danger of losing the election, because if you are not friendly to Downing, it will affect the construction of the local power grid!

This is amazing! Although there is no hint of this phenomenon in Switzerland, there is no doubt that the scientific and technological influence of the Earl of Cambridge has penetrated into the political influence, and there is no doubt that knowledgeable politicians have good relations with big industrialists. Interior Minister Francini was the first to find a reason to connect - he was preparing for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Downing had always been enthusiastic about academia, and the name of a mathematics professor at Cambridge made Cambridge even more prestigious.

In this era, England's economy is unbeatable, followed by France, followed by the German Confederation, but the gap with France is quite large, and the economy and technology of Zurich, which uses German as its official language, are not among the top in Europe. Downing's answer was that the foreign policy of "permanent neutrality" attracted me the most, and he also appreciated the military strategy of all the people to protect themselves. Yes, how difficult it is to have a sense of permanent neutrality in the era of imperialism, of course, this is also related to the inability of Switzerland to claim hegemony, Germany to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south, even if Switzerland wants to be a hegemon, these three masters must agree.

At this time, Swiss technology lagged behind to what extent? It can be seen from some small things that Francini proposed a census in Switzerland, but the Federal Council did not agree to it, they thought that these numbers were useless, and that the people were running around in this state and that the statistics were time-consuming and laborious. Now that Francini had done the statistics at his own expense, he complained to Downing about these unreliable colleagues.

This is really too much, and it doesn't even have the number of its own population, so how to do the federal budget? It's not good for taxes, either.

"Time-consuming and labor-intensive" is the core keyword, and the current manual statistical method is really laborious.

Any problem that is put into the hands of a great inventor is no longer a problem. Isn't the typewriter transited by guò paper tape? This is the digitized number jù, as long as the original data is entered according to the specification, you have to get a lot of paper tape number jù, like a spreadsheet, if there is a machine qì can read and count these numbers jù, and automatically make a table, then isn't it the end?

Downing assured Francini that soon he would be able to use the computer's automatic calculation service, and that when the time comes, as long as the statistical paper tape is gathered and run on the machine, it will be able to make tabulation automatically, and "time-consuming and laborious" will become a thing of the past.

Franceni was a statistician and was very interested in the project, and it was very constructive to talk to the great inventors.

The aunt of the neighborhood committee collects the original number, and the entry clerk of a certain city crunchs and enters it in the office, and hands it over to the machine to make a table, and it is done! This kind of computer qì can also be used in various calculations of the federal budget, taxes, corporate accounting and factories, which is really useful. This is the original "spreadsheet".

Before Downing had thought carefully about the future of computing, Francini had already pointed out an excellent business model.

Listening to your words, it is better to study for ten years, and Frankini has no hesitation, and officially invites Downing to be the president of our Swiss Federal Institute of Technology!

Tang Ning was really enthusiastic about his academic career, and he agreed regardless of his daily opportunity. It doesn't matter how many positions you have, just find an executive vice chancellor to take care of it, the key is to be in the three bases in Zurich...... No, plus Singapore, there are already four bases, why not contribute to the construction of their nest education?

Francini was able to recruit Downing as headmaster, which also helped the prestige of the federal councilor.

Pulling himself as a banner, Downing simply asked about the progress of the school's preparations and turned to another topic, I am going to build an arsenal in Switzerland, who should I talk to?

As a result, Downing had another opportunity to get involved with the Minister of Military Affairs, Ok Simben.

The Swiss know that they are in the land of four wars, surrounded by powerful countries, and Switzerland seems to be so weak, so all their men have a strong sense of responsibility to defend their country and have the highest gun ownership rate in Europe. Because their personal gun ownership is not only legal, but also legally mandatory! All men between the ages of 20 and 30 who are serving in the military must carry a gun and keep a certain amount of ammunition in case they are attacked by enemy forces while rushing from their homes to the barracks. A large number of teenagers start practicing shooting at the age of 12. Switzerland has an extremely low crime rate, why do you think about that? Criminals dare to break into a house and rob a crime, and every child in the family can shoot a gun. （http:／／.）。 The fierce Swiss even shot down Nazi planes that strayed into the country during World War II, and Hitler did not intend to invade Switzerland, the cost was too great.

However, after talking to the Minister of War, Downing found that Switzerland was restricting arms exports in order to maintain its status as a neutral country. This is also reasonable, otherwise Switzerland would have become a supplier of arms to the belligerents, and it would be strange if there would be no fight at that time.

Downing has not given up on the plan to build an arms base in Switzerland, and if he does not export finished products, I can always export powder of smokeless propellants, right? At least until anyone else finds out about it, no one will know what it is. And he is not ready to buy and sell arms, but only for his own use, and his secrecy is stronger than that of any arsenal.

IG is the German meaning "Swiss industrial company", which is a company that builds trains, and Oxin knew that Sig was seeking to make munitions, and Downing could find Sig to cooperate. Alternatively, in order to make Switzerland more militarily deterrent, Downing is preparing to make Switzerland the first country to be equipped with smokeless propellant bullets. A powerful and reliable rifled rifle will make Switzerland's ability to "neutral" even more solid, whether it is the British Imperial Army, the Russian Empire's Livestock Army, or the traditional army powers of France and Prussia.

Downing felt particularly secure in Switzerland, where there was a mechanism of "direct democracy". Of course, it is not possible for a politician to propose a professional bill, but every Swiss citizen can overturn any bill, and if he can collect tens of thousands of signatures, he can force a referendum. With Downing's financial resources, it was a matter of minutes to get signatures, and even if he had no contact with lawmakers, he could have a huge impact on policy.