Of course, Buscht knew the value of the drawings provided by Qiao Yu, and he also knew that the German political axe would definitely agree to the deal, but the expression on Buscht's face was still a little unnatural.

"Joe, in the past, I always thought that China was a backward country similar to Africa, without any hope, but since you opened a factory in Sichuan, Sichuan's industry has developed rapidly, and it has almost completed the road of the great powers for decades, and my understanding of China has changed dramatically, China is a country with great potential, and it is a victim of the existing international order like Germany, if China can unite with Germany and jointly deal with Britain and France, shouldn't it?"

"Old friend, I have a deep affection for Germany, and I also hate the colonial policy of Britain and France, but some things really can't be decided by feelings alone, Germany's strategic disadvantage is too serious, and it is destined to fight with all the countries around it, and with all due respect, the German political axe still doesn't understand how to use the navy, although you can build world-class warships, but you still can't beat the British blockade!"

Buscht had long been very impressed by Qiao Yu's insight, and this time Qiao Yu mentioned Germany's naval strategy, and Buscht immediately listened attentively.

"Germany has the world's second high seas fleet, but the mission of this fleet is not the same as Britain's huge fleet, Germany is essentially a continental country, even if it loses its navy, it can survive, so Germany's fleet is destined to be a destructive fleet, the mission of the high seas fleet is to fight, to fight, even if you lose everything, you should fight, because as long as this can consume the British naval power, Germany can bear the huge losses of the navy, can the British do it, As long as their fleet loses more than half of its fleet, will the United States and Ben, who have been watching the fire from the other side, miss the opportunity to overtake Britain? They will definitely take advantage of the situation, and the British colonial empire will be destroyed in an instant, so Germany should show enough courage to let the British know that even if they win the battle against Germany, they will lose the whole world, and then the British will withdraw from the war, and Russia and France can still fight with Germany without the support of Britain, but I have not seen the German fleet take the courage to fight until now, but hope that the submarines, the high seas fleet has become an existing fleet, Then the British fleet will always exist, their maritime supremacy will always exist, and the overseas colonies will always give blood to the Entente, and Germany will lose the chance to win forever! ”

After Qiao Yu finished speaking, a layer of delicate sweat appeared on the door of Bushit's head, and there was no doubt that these words were like a thunderclap that blew up Bustert's dizziness, Qiao Yu suddenly said the embarrassing situation of the German Navy vividly, the Germans have surpassed the British in terms of technical level, but it is a pity that they were completely thrown off by the British in terms of maritime awareness, and they did not really understand the Navy at all.

In World War I, although the scale of the Battle of the German Sea was unprecedented, but both sides did not reach the point of breaking their muscles and bones, now re-examining this history, Qiao Yu can only scold the Germans for being stupid, if from the beginning of World War I, the German Navy will go crazy, fight to the death with the British, no matter how much their own army is destroyed, but as long as they can fight more than half of the navy, Britain is very likely to withdraw from the war, but the Germans did not do this, but completely pinned their hopes on the victory of the army, which is really foolish.

But now although Qiao Yu has pointed out this problem, the Germans have also lost the opportunity, the United States and Britain are also completely tied together because of the debt problem, Britain has the most solid rear, and Germany has no possibility of victory, but if Busch can tell this to the German political axe, it is best to prompt Germany to fight hard, the more the British navy dies, the better, and after the end of World War I, the British forces will not be able to control the Far East, and Qiao Yu will have more room for development.

"Joe, your words are priceless, I will definitely report to the country, and the technology you need will be delivered soon!" Busch left the Shuai Mansion in a hurry, and Qiao Yu's arrangement made the upcoming Battle of Yutland unprecedentedly cruel, a big battle was fought, and the British home fleet was almost abolished, almost breaking the Entente camp.

With the end of the Protectorate War, Sichuan once again ushered in a rapid development opportunity, the First World War became more and more brutal, Britain and France desperately let China send laborers into Europe, and Tsarist Russia also sent a large gift package to China, a total of fifteen tons of gold, in exchange for arms and supplies, guns and ammunition, aircraft artillery, everything, even second-hand goods do not matter.

The Russians have gone crazy, Russia's backward industry simply cannot support such a high-intensity war of attrition as the First World War, the soldiers are not even equipped with basic rifles in their hands, and there are even many soldiers who are bare-handed, waiting for their comrades in front of them to die, and then picking up the dead people's weapons themselves.

To this extent, the tsar still insists on fighting, and is ready to launch a larger-scale offensive, this is not stupid, but helpless, there are many uprisings in the country, and the only way out for Russia now is to grit its teeth and persist until the war is won, as long as it can defeat Germany, not only can it get a huge amount of compensation, but also can greatly expand its territory, with the dividends of the war, the tsar has the means to calm any turmoil in the country.

This is out of a gambler's mentality, Tsar Nicholas II took out fifteen tons of gold from the treasury to purchase Chinese materials, the actual value of this gold is about 40 million yuan, but this is real gold, and paper money is completely two concepts, Sichuan is just about to carry out financial reform, with the support of these hard currencies, Sichuan's reform will be able to go more smoothly.

Qiao Yu's heart was overjoyed, and he gave priority to providing Russia with various strategic materials, such as 300,000 rifles, 400 artillery pieces, 50 armored vehicles, 20 aircraft, 2,000 machine guns, three freighters of various ammunition, in addition to food, military uniforms, tents, medicines, etc., a total of more than 20 ships.

In the end, Qiao Yu was also very rare and generous, and found all the rifles at the bottom of the box from the warehouses in Sichuan, Hubei and other places, including singles, Martini, and some bronze cannons, all of which were handed over to the Russians at a half-sold and half-given price, and expressed the greatest gratitude to Qiao Yu for his generosity to Russia.

According to the original trade agreement, Britain and France paid to help Russia buy arms from Sichuan, and then sold them to Russia, but the Russians were not stupid, and gradually discovered the disadvantages of this trade.

The tsar finally gritted his teeth and took out this batch of gold from his money bag, and directly carried out rash negotiations with Sichuan, this method was really good, the price of this batch of arms could be reduced by more than two percent compared with the original, and Qiao Yu also had a gift package to give, coupled with a lot of kickbacks made the Russians simply ecstatic, and began to increase direct trade with Qiao Yu, this channel has also become an important way for Sichuan gold accumulation.

Sichuan University began to recruit the first batch of students in 1913, according to the original plan of the first batch of students to study for only three and a half years, and the content of learning is far more than other universities in China, but these students have basically completed their studies, and soon were sought after by the society, Sichuan University graduated from the first batch of more than 1,700 students among more than 900 science and engineering students, most of these people in the school signed a contract with the enterprise, before graduation can earn wages, but also can enter the factory internship at will, The level of remuneration is beyond imagination.

Qiao Yu advocated from the beginning that Sichuan University should attach importance to science and engineering, but due to ideological problems, the number of liberal arts and sciences can only barely be equal, and students with better grades have chosen liberal arts, and science and engineering are still regarded as coolies.

However, after the First World War, the wages of skilled workers skyrocketed, and even some senior technicians had a monthly salary of more than 500 yuan, as well as various welfare bonuses, this high salary has exceeded the average university professor, and the students could no longer stand it, so they changed majors one after another, and each science and engineering course was full of people, and many people simply started from small jobs directly after graduation, and they could still be promoted quickly with real skills, so why waste time between literature and ink, after all, Yinfeng Langyue is a very technical profession, and the success rate is too low. Far less than being a mechanic and earning wages, the concept of the whole society is also changing rapidly, and those who still have the arrogant plot of the old-fashioned scholars can only look up to the sky and sigh in vain.

"Junzuo, the Ministry of Education has formulated a plan to establish five more universities in Yunnan and Guizhou to help improve the education system of the two provinces!" Zhang Lan, Minister of Education, said to Qiao Yu: "Three of the five universities are located in Yunnan and two are located in Guizhou, and a maritime college has been established at the same time, mainly to train talents who are familiar with the sea!" ”

"This is a good thing, I completely agree, is there a gap in the funds of Minister Zhang?"

Zhang Lan smiled bitterly: "Junzuo, there is no problem with funds, and even many big businessmen in the society are proud of investing in education, even donations can cope for a while, the most critical thing now is the serious lack of teachers, which is already a common problem of all universities in Sichuan, even Sichuan University is no exception, the existing teachers do not even have any rest, but the teacher gap is too big, if five more universities are founded, I am afraid that we do not have enough teachers to provide!" ”

Qiao Yu's brows also furrowed: "Minister Zhang, didn't you think of a way?" ”

"Junzuo, I won't tell you that in order to recruit enough talents, the Ministry of Education has been scheming, Zhang Taiyan, Jiang Baili, Yang Shukan and others have also helped to recruit qualified teachers, but the gap is still getting bigger and bigger, and it has threatened the quality of education in the university, so helpless, don't I come to Junzuo!"