The Germans were shocked by the level of effort of the Chinese laborers, who did not force them to take vacations, and even took the initiative to work overtime to study the language and technology seriously. By the outbreak of the World War, these Chinese laborers were of astonishing strategic value, as they allowed Germany to recruit young men from various positions into the army without affecting the normal operation of the economy. During the war, Germany's military strength was increased by 1.5 million more than in the original world, and these people were originally indispensable labor in the operation of the economy, and because of the Chinese laborers, the German government could safely put them into the battlefield.

With such an astonishing number of people, how much can China mobilize after switching to a wartime system? Roosevelt, based on his own experience and the information available, conjectured that the rough figure was 10 million. As a matter of fact, the General Staff of the Chinese Army has accurate figures on this: China has 1.5 million reserve soldiers with a relatively high level of training, 5.5 million militia members who train twice a month, and 2.2 million police and armed police forces to maintain law and order. In spite of the damage to the economic system, China can mobilize a total of about 30 million soldiers, of course, this is only a theoretical figure, can mobilize so many soldiers, not necessarily have the matching industrial capacity, after all, war is a system engineering, can not be explained from a single aspect.

In fact, what satisfies Lu Liang the most is not the number of people who are the best in the world, but the constantly improving quality of the population. According to the Ministry of Education, the illiteracy rate in China had dropped from 23 percent in 1905 to 11 percent in 1909. The level of education of army soldiers is above elementary school, and all officers have a professional military education.

The number of workers in the most important industry of the Iron and Steel Age can be seen through a set of comparative data to see how much China has achieved in training workers.

In 1909, the total number of workers aged 10 and over in the United States was 38.4 million, and the proportion of industrial workers was about 28 percent, or about 11 million. In terms of the composition of industrial workers, 80 percent are men, 20 percent are women, and about 2 percent are children under the age of 16.

According to the statistics of China in 1909, the total number of laborers aged 18 and above was 2.5 billion, and the proportion of industrial workers was about 31 percent, or about 77.5 million, of which 75 percent were male workers, 25 percent were female workers, and there were no child laborers.

Judging from the data, China is not only ahead of the United States in terms of numbers, but also more reasonable than the United States in terms of structure, and the results achieved by the women's liberation movement under the power are much faster and more effective than those of the United States. The number of industrial workers alone is more than the population of most countries in the world, and this is where the confidence of China lies, and if this set of figures is published, it can directly make some enemies kneel.

By 1909, China had a total of 205 colleges and universities, 4,420 middle schools, and more than 30,000 primary schools, and had basically completed the popularization of compulsory primary education throughout the country.

In addition, professional and technical colleges are no less attractive to students than colleges and universities, as many as more than 5,000 technical schools provide factories with sufficient technicians and mature workers. Most of these technical schools are set up by factories or industry associations themselves, and have received financial funding from the Ministry of Education, and their software and hardware conditions are no worse than those of colleges and universities.

There are also adult night schools in large, medium, and small cities across the country, which provide a crucial place for reducing the illiteracy rate in China, and most of the remaining illiterate people are distributed in rural areas. In 1909, the government spent 11 percent of its total expenditure on education, surpassing military spending and second only to infrastructure spending. Limited educational resources have had to be used intensively, and adult education in rural areas is more difficult.

Roosevelt also followed the flow of people and joined in watching the entertainers' performances, although they couldn't understand it, but judging by the laughter of the crowd, the show was very popular. Roosevelt preferred this street culture to the exorbitant ticket tickets and the high-end theatrical musicals on Broadway.

A program that can conquer the former president of the United States certainly has its merits. Since the material abundance of Huaguo, the demand for spiritual aspects is increasing, fortunately, the Chinese literature and art management department has a perfect system and system as early as 05 years ago, as long as the investment can be rewarded. Folk art companies also saw a demand for this, and a large number of companies were formed to quickly introduce some well-known celebrities through newspapers, radio, movies and the fledgling television.

For example, Teacher Yi, who explains historical knowledge through newspapers and radio, such as funny artists Teacher Zhao and Teacher Liu, such as popular singer Teacher Zhou, and Teacher Tu, who is popular all over the country with an alarm bell. The Ministry of Culture has only one requirement for artists, that is, to meet the tastes of the audience, whether it is songs, sketches, cross talk or others, the literary and artistic genres of high and low music are resolutely banned. An administration bureau of the Ministry of Culture, known as the "big scissors" by the people, treats all works equally when reviewing literary and artistic works, is not sensitive to politics, and will never tolerate obscure and vulgar content and content with a "super high" artistic level, and decisively cut it out!

There was once an artist who received Western education since he was a child, and openly criticized a certain person for being vulgar and obscene, and compared himself to the difference between drinking coffee and eating garlic. So this artist, who grew up drinking coffee, was invited to drink coffee by a bureau of the Ministry of Culture, and then never appeared in the public eye again.

There are many people who are dissatisfied with this policy, but most of them are drowned in the spittle of the people, but there is one group that often protests through newspapers and other media, but the people do not resist it. They are middle-aged and elderly people in their forties and fifties, who have been baptized by traditional operas such as Peking Opera since childhood, and are not interested in contemporary literary and artistic works in which gods and demons dance wildly. However, under Lu Liang's paranoia, the whole of China secretly inhibited the development of traditional dramas, and similar dramas rarely appeared in the media.

The collision of the times makes many things new at the same time, but also makes many things disappear, people always maintain a certain pity and pity for the disappeared things, but this is the inevitable development of the times. Those things that are covered with dust and full of rotten smell are better to make them disappear completely.

As the night grew deeper and the crowds in the square were dwindling, Roosevelt decided to return to his residence, even though he only had one day, and what he saw and thought was enough to write a travel diary of tens of thousands of words. When he got back, he still had heavy coding work, and he was a little tired and strolled in the direction of his residence, which was in the high-end official hotel on the edge of the square.

But after five minutes, Roosevelt stopped in his tracks, because there was a man in front of him who had the same profession as himself, a man who hated and fascinated the whole world, a tall, straight, and sturdy middle-aged man, who could not see clearly in some dim light, but the numerous black-clad guards around him confirmed Roosevelt's suspicions.

"Hehe, I heard that Mr. Roosevelt had arrived at the Yangtze River Square in the afternoon, so I asked my wife for leave, and I came out to have a look after dinner, and sure enough, I ran into it!" Lu Liang walked up to Roosevelt and greeted him with a smile, and the slightly stumbling American English, small vest, big pants, and lame image were the fundamental reasons why Roosevelt did not confirm it at the first time.

"Do your guards allow you to move around as you please?" The two are like friends who have known each other for many years, there is no polite greeting, no saber rattling, Roosevelt is clearly the first time to see this famous strongman, but he maintains the same calm as seeing acquaintances in his heart, compared to the other party!

"How is that possible! Before I came out, the Secret Service team first assigned agents on the predetermined route, and after some inspection, they hugged me out of the cage in the presidential palace, which made it very troublesome for me to take a look at the President of the United States. ”

"It's the former president, has Mr. Lu forgotten? My current situation is still caused by you! ”

"No thanks!" Lu Liang waved his hand and smiled, which was one of the achievements he was proud of, using the influence of the war to transfer the Philippine Islands and then force Theodore Roosevelt to step down, in which the potential power of China represented by the San Francisco consortium played a huge role. Such painstaking efforts, of course, are worth the money, firstly, to obtain the Philippine Islands, and secondly, to disrupt the rhythm of the United States and force the country to the path of direct confrontation with China.

What worries Lu Liang the most about the United States? Of course, its unrivaled industrial prowess, he hides behind the scenes, manipulating the world war and secretly making a fortune. Lu Liang will never let him get his wish, drag the United States into the water as soon as the war breaks out, and interrupt the rise of the United States by direct violent means.

Some people say that this strategy is gambling, and Lu Liang will say, yes, this is gambling. In the face of the United States, apart from gambling on the war of national fortunes, what other way is there to stop this country? What Lu Liang can do is to enrich his hole cards as much as possible and have better cards on the table.

PS: Economic construction is described in these six chapters, namely construction, transportation, steel, shipbuilding, automobiles, petroleum, electrical appliances, electricity, food, population and culture, do you feel satisfied? (To be continued.) )