After signing the agreement with China, King George was quite apprehensive, expecting and worried, but there were no political worries in this era, and he was worried about what would happen if the port was built and Greece would still not be able to develop.

According to the theory of the British, Greece has very little comparative advantage, so it can only produce olive oil and sheep wool in the mountains, but olive oil is also produced in Turkey, Spain is also producing, and wool is not as good as Australia's real pastoral kingdom, so Greece is really poor. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If this port was built, but Greece still did not develop and was expected by the British, then where was the front for Greece? It is very difficult for any man to accept just being the king of a small country that is dispensable.

George was anxious to visit Siberia frequently, in recent years, the economic development here in Siberia is very good, and Western countries have begun to pay attention to it, but everyone's opinion is very unanimous, because of Siberian oil production, which produces more than 10 million tons of oil every year, about 80 million barrels of oil, almost all of which are exported to China, which is more than 200 million US dollars of input, in addition to the development of coal and iron resources, which is tens of millions of dollars of income.

There are only 3 million people in Siberia, and the per capita export is 70 US dollars, and the US population of more than 100 million is only 8 to 9 billion US dollars.

But George believes that this is not because of oil or iron ore or coal mines, because Siberian coal, iron and oil have always existed, but why there has been no development in the past, it is not because of China, it is the Chinese who found oil and made it developed.

But Greece has no resources, only barren land and stretching coasts, the Chinese value the Greek port, is this considered a resource, this resource has no value in the eyes of Britain and France, but can it burst out in the hands of the Chinese?

George hoped to be able to find confidence in the fact that the reason he braved the snow to visit Siberia was here. I recalled the information about China again, Brazil, the Nanyang region, all places connected with China's economy, seem to be developing rapidly, thinking that Brazil George suddenly had an idea, the Chinese seem to be laying out.

But who cares, let Greece become China's Brazil in Europe, as long as Greece can develop.

George visited the economy of Siberia, and Grand Duke Nicholas actively cooperated, instructing local officials to meet all the requirements of King George's visit.

Because Grand Duke Nicholas was also very proud of the economy of Siberia, these were all achievements of his reign, of course, not only to show off, but also to show the potential of the Tsar in Greece, a married country.

However, he was not satisfied with King George's only oil and mining industries, so he instructed his officials to take George to see the Russian farms. But after reading it, George sighed that Russia is really big and the conditions are really good.

Grand Duke Nicholas was a little discouraged, and at this time he realized that he really did not run the country well, and that he, the prime minister, was not as successful as he imagined, only oil, only minerals, only land, and industry?

Nicholas II, Stolypin, and the wishes of the rulers of Russia starting with Peter the Great, it turns out that he did not think about it at all, what Russia needs is not money, what Russia needs is strength, where does power come from, industry!

In the past few years, Nikolai has turned to a large number of nobles from all over the world, and these nobles have been settled in Siberia, and then they have gathered around Nikolai, touting, grateful, and singing all day long, so that Nikolai is fluttering, completely forgetting many wishes at the beginning of his tenure as prime minister, and indulging in these praises all day long, really thinking how successful he has been, and now he finds that he has done nothing.

"Engage in industry? Dear Nikolai, you are missing the most important of the most important elements of industry. ”

Yang Chao was very puzzled by Nikolai's whim.

With Nikolai's political experience, he shouldn't have such a strange idea.

Because they really don't have the conditions to engage in industry now, it's not a lack of money, it's not a lack of resources, it's a lack of people.

Throughout the ages, it has been possible for a country without capital to develop industry, and a country without resources has been able to develop industry, but a country without people has not been able to develop industry.

Western Siberia, ruled by the Tsars, now has a population of about 3 million, less than 1 million men, and half of them are disabled, relying on more than a million women to engage in industry? Or do you rely on hundreds of thousands of old and weak to engage in industry?

Even if they could, what kind of industry could these people do? You must know that with the support of government loans, most Russians now have real estate, small families have a few hundred acres, large estates abound, and more than 1 million women with the ability to work are not enough to sprinkle on the vast land, and they have to spare labor force to engage in industry.

Nikolai was insistent: "Emigration." There are at least 200,000 ordinary Russians living in exile, and we are ready to support their emigration to Siberia. And we can take care of the workers, and if your country does not object, it will not be a problem for us to hire 100,000 workers from China. ”

Nikolai has always been very resistant to the introduction of labor from China, because the number of Russians is so good that it is easy for him to rise to a sense of crisis and try to ensure the superiority of the Russians.

So now there are only about 200,000 Chinese in Siberia, of which 100,000 work in oil and mining, and about 100,000 in construction, commerce and other industries, and at least 50,000 people do not stay in Siberia for a long time, but are mobile and will not settle.

However, if you want to bring in Chinese workers, it must be long-term, and in the long run, with the current number of Russians in Siberia, it is too easy to be assimilated by the Chinese.

"And what industry do you want to develop?"

Yang Chao doesn't want to argue with Nikolai anymore, anyway, they have money, they can spend it as much as they like, after buying resources, the value of the entire economy has increased, such as the price of buildings, the price of land, this is wealth, even the Buryats who barbecue meat on the street can be well-off.

Therefore, they can still take out a lot of funds, especially the Nikolai government, which has at least 20 million taels in bank deposits, and it is enough to build ten decent factories.

"Hmm. You have to build a steel factory, an arsenal, an artillery factory, a gunpowder factory, an aluminum factory, an airship factory, an airplane factory, and a car factory like yours. ”

Nikolai was prepared for a long time, and said carefully one item at a time.

Yang Chaodu was stunned when he heard it, and thought that Nikolai understood the importance of industrial development, but he only saw the munitions industry, which is a typical Russian thinking, thinking that as long as the military industry is developed, the country will be truly strong, and this has always been done from Peter the Great to Nicholas II.

Therefore, the Russian Empire has been a military-industrial empire from ancient times to the present, and it is seriously backward in other aspects, and they are not strong in the overall national strength, but in the combination of the modern military system and the barbaric national temperament and the huge number of people.

This institutional model did allow them to fight hard with Napoleon when they were still in the serf era, but they could not fight a protracted war, and as long as any war lasted for a long time, there would inevitably be chaos in the country, which was a manifestation of unstable foundations.

But what does this have to do with Yang Chao?

So he agreed.

"The aluminium plant is a huge power plant, and I would like to suggest that you add a new plant construction plan. With the fact that you are not yet able to ensure the supply of electricity, it is urgent to give priority to the development of the power industry. ”

Yang Chao not only did not refuse, but also put forward reasonable suggestions.

Among the large cities of Siberia, only three cities, Ishi, Tyumen and Tomsk, have electricity supply, because these places produce oil and minerals, and it is too unrealistic to build aluminum plants with such a power base.

Nikolai was very determined, without aluminum, there would be no aluminum alloy, airships and airplanes would not be able to be produced, and Russia would have lost too much to eat these two weapons, without airships and airplanes, their military industry would not be complete.

"Then build a power plant. One is not enough to build two, and two is not enough to build three. ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "My country is very happy to cooperate with your country. Both equipment and technology can help. ”

Such a good business is not done in vain, even if it is useless for them to produce in the end, it is not Yang Chao's problem.

After talking to Nikolai in detail, Nikolai had a big heart, he wanted to build a military industry that could meet the supply of weapons for at least 1 million troops, and a factory that would produce at least 300 planes and 100 airships a year.

A factory of this size is often an investment of millions of dollars, and Yang Chao calculated for Nikolai that it would take at least $40 million to invest in these factories, which is equivalent to about 30 million taels at the current price of gold and silver fixed at 1:20.

The tsarist government can still get this money, and the tsar's 20% stake in the oil company alone brings 20 million US dollars in profits every year, equivalent to more than 15 million taels, in addition to minerals and government taxes, which can be 20 million taels in a year, and the factories are not taken out at one time, so they can run these factories without borrowing.

Then it's just a matter of people.

"A ticket from Europe to China costs at least 10 taels of silver, but to find them and send them to the ship, plus the cost of the journey, 30 taels of silver is not enough for a person. According to 50 taels, 200,000 people are 10 million taels. How are you going to get this money out? ”

Yang Chao asked.

Yang Chao has calculated according to the minimum requirements, the lowest third-class ticket price of a cruise ship like the Titanic is also 3 pounds, that is only from Europe to the United States, Europe to China is obviously farther, 10 fares may not be enough, I am afraid to be called the worst passenger ship.

Even so, it is a huge amount of money, but Yang Chao believes that Nikolai can take it.

"Borrow, borrow a special loan from the British with taxes."

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Since you borrowed money, it is better to borrow it from me, the British are not very friendly to the Tsar family." ”

Yang Chao always emphasized that the English king refused to send the Tsar into exile.

Grand Duke Nikolai nodded: "It's okay." ”

Yang Chao said: "Then let's do it." It's up to you to call on how many people you can call back. ”

Yang Chao is not optimistic about this, believing that they can recruit back 100,000 people, even if they are lucky, at least half of them are women.

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