Chapter 307: Sea Power
East Prussia let the Four-Power Alliance temporarily put aside other military operations, and an East Prussia has already made Britain and France dissatisfied, if there are any other thoughts about Austria and Slovakia at this time, who can guarantee that Britain and France will be able to endure it forever? Thus, apart from the focus on the Far East, it seems that the entire energy of the Quad will be focused on the economy.
Prague Fashion Week is the sixth edition, a large number of models from Eastern Europe gathered in Prague, which is undoubtedly a great benefit for the men of Bral, especially now in early summer, tall models wearing various short skirts smiling on the streets, more than a beautiful landscape.
Fashion Week, Tech Day, Golden Melody Anniversary, Film Festivals, Sports Events, as if all the major festivals are gathered in Prague, plus the government's support for various economic projects, this year's Prague is a hot mess. Even Ernst couldn't sit still and came to Prague to participate in various celebrations.
Compared with the prosperity of Eastern Europe, the situation in the Far East has become more and more complicated, and Mr. Chiang, who has appointed himself commander-in-chief, has begun the Northern Expedition, and Zhang Zuolin and Wu Peifu are the new masters of Yanjing at this time. Of course, at this moment, the attention of the Four-Power Alliance is no longer on the Yanjing government, and the Qin State is worthy of their attention.
In two months, in just two months, the city already had a rudimentary form, and a large number of people living in the rural areas were driven to live in the towns, and 8 million people lived in 13 cities and 65 counties and towns. In fact, the main changes are still in the cities, and there are not much changes in the counties and towns.
Originally, the largest city in the Qin State was probably Huishan, where the population lived was just over 80,000, but after promoting urbanization policies. At this time, Huishan City could already accommodate 200,000 citizens. Hospitals, education, and administrative departments have all been allocated.
Fengtianfu served as the capital of the Qin state. Naturally, there are more people to be accommodated here, but at this time the city is still under construction, and it is estimated that it will take more than two years to complete all the facilities. Long time? But if you think about building a city that can accommodate 300,000 people in 2 years, this is not too long.
The urbanization push of the Qin State was actually carried out strongly, and the people did not want to change their way of life, especially the very unreliable one.
It is actually quite difficult for a city (county or town) to completely "live", first of all, it is a problem of work, and the population has suddenly poured into three times. How to deal with people's work and daily life, especially in terms of housing, you can't let the government fund everything!
Several advisers from the Quad were plagued by these problems for a long time, but in the end they decided to complete the urbanization as soon as possible. Of course, this is also because they have thought of a solution, otherwise they would never dare to joke with millions of lives easily.
A large number of villages were merged into a small town without changing the original county seat, and the land was re-arranged. Large quantities of agricultural equipment were transported from the Russian Empire, large farms were established, and the villagers instantly changed from peasants to "laborers", of course, in the professions they were familiar with.
Tractors are actually very easy to learn. Especially for young people, in a few days, hundreds of thousands of young farmers in the Qin State learned to use this kind of "iron ox" that can plow the land without eating grass.
Naturally, there is a lot less labor to do with mechanical needs. This is destined to cause a group of people to lose their jobs, but it is not a big problem, because the Qin government gives a very high salary, and a young man can fully support his family, even better than their previous life.
It takes a while to form a town, and the town is almost built in a range of village centers, but because most of the towns have to be built out of thin air, a large number of middle-aged and elderly men and women are lured by the government to work on the construction site with "high" salaries, and with the arrival of a large number of villagers, the construction speed of the town has naturally increased a lot.
The Qin government is very reasonable in the use of human resources, most of the young people are engaged in agriculture, with tractors, harvesters and other agricultural machinery, a young man can complete the work of the previous family, especially the salary given by the farm is not bad, the monthly salary of 10 euros is something they never dared to think of before.
10 euros is very little? It is true that the annual salary is only 120 euros, compared with 800 euros in Eastern Europe, the difference is really big, but if you think about the price level in the Far East, you can see that this salary is enough to make people live at a well-off level. What's more, this is just one person, if a family of three they can earn at least 300 euros a year, not counting the demolition costs. Even in Europe, they can barely survive.
Most of the young people and a small number of middle-aged and elderly people are engaged in agriculture, and the rest as long as they are not old and weak children, the rest can find jobs in government departments, construction companies, cleaning companies, which are companies that have been set up by the government before the city is built, and they need not a small number of employees.
The elderly do not have to worry, before the construction of the nursing home, the government will regularly allocate a small amount of living expenses to them, the cost is not much, but there is no problem in maintaining food and clothing. Everything is going in a good direction, and many people even hope that the Qin State can exist forever, compared to the war-torn Republic of China, this is simply a paradise.
It takes a long time to merge villages into towns, but the transformation of the original county town is very fast, the old county town is still the same, and the suburbs build new urban areas, and the new urban areas are mainly provided for those people who are surplus from the village to live, of course, if the people in the old city have requirements, they can also propose to replace.
At this time, they all looked at the high-rise buildings under construction with envy, and if they lived for more than ten years, they might remember the good of their old mansion, but it was useless to think about it, because at that time, the old mansion had become the land of the royal family, and film and television bases, traditional commercial streets, and museums occupied there.
The entire Qin State is under large-scale construction, and the Qin Palace with Oriental style is also under construction, as if there is an intention to shoot horses, and several architects are completely built in accordance with the Qin Emperor's Palace, because the person responsible for the construction of the palace has vaguely mentioned that His Majesty the King seems to have some admiration for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the East.
The architects are all Chinese, they have been learning about things, and now there is a good opportunity in front of them, not only to fulfill their wishes but also to please the future owner, how can they not do their best? Drawings, building materials, and construction personnel are all prepared at the fastest speed.
Time passed like this, the Northern Expedition had officially begun, and every city fell at the fastest speed, and the revolutionary army was approaching Yanjing almost at a speed of one city and one province a month. The warlords were not all united, as if seeing the general trend of the revolutionary army, Feng Yuxiang first chose to compromise, and all of them participated in the revolutionary army and coordinated in the Northern Expedition.
By the end of November, the main force of Sun Chuanfang's army was annihilated, and Zhang Zuolin, as the head of the warlords at this time, hurriedly summoned the main forces of each faction to discuss countermeasures against the Northern Expeditionary Army and Feng Yuxiang's National Army, and the relevant requests were also transmitted to the Russian Empire and the Qin State, and the two countries were unanimous in their attitude and remained neutral without doing anything. There is no way, Zhang Zuolin can only rely on his own strength to confront the Northern Expeditionary Army, in early December, Zhang Zuolin worshiped the sky and became the commander-in-chief of the Angolan Army!
In the same month, Emperor Taisho of Japan died, and Hirohito became the new emperor of Japan, changing the era name Showa.
On Christmas Day of the same year, Ernst met with the Prince of England and the Generalissimo of the Navy at the Royal Palace in Warsaw, and the two countries discussed the maritime trade of the Four-Power Alliance. At this time, the economic position of the Quad Alliance is obvious, the British economy is slightly weak, and there is a risk of a financial crisis at home, Britain continues to revitalize the country with external forces, and the Quad Alliance is undoubtedly a good object.
Naturally, the sea trade between the two countries is also what Ernst wants to see, because in this way the navy of the Four-Nation Alliance can not be limited to the small Baltic Sea, although Britain gives the possibility of the development of the Four-Nation Alliance's navy is zero, but Ernst is still unwilling to give up such an opportunity.
Banquets, hunting, playing cards, such is the social interaction of the European aristocracy, boring and entertainment is still very scarce. Of course, everyone was used to it, and they didn't even have the energy to change it, and during the hunt, Ernst signed a few contracts with the English prince for maritime trade, with a total share of about 30 million euros.
The content of the trade of the Quad suffered slightly, but the Quad gained something that money could not buy, and Denmark relaxed slightly on the warships of the Quad to go to sea. In fact, this is useless, after all, the control is still in the hands of others, and the access to the sea is in the hands of Denmark for a day, and the four-nation alliance has been in a passive state.
In fact, the construction of the Baltic navy was not prepared to come in handy from the beginning, and most of the effect was to help the Four-Nation Alliance to cultivate a navy, and Ernst's real focus was still on the Black Sea. Compared with Denmark or Ukraine and Romania, it is easier to bully.
Don't think that Denmark is a small country, militarily weak, and has a small population, so it is easy to bully, and really give Ernst a choice, he would rather attack the Soviets than touch Denmark, there is no reason, just because the influence of others is too great. The king of Denmark was almost the oldest of royal families, and Ernst didn't want to provoke it.
Now North Africa is also not stable, because of the Moroccan affairs, France and Spain have been trapped in a lot of soldiers, and Ernst has begun to consider whether to make a colony in Africa. It is a bit embarrassing that a European power has no colonies overseas, and it does not fit the status of a great power. Of course, you have to get a coastal one, and Ernst is almost crazy about the navy. (To be continued.) )