After coming out of the crowd, Xu Shichang found an interesting thing, that is, unlike the impression of the outside world, the students in Dashang University had more respect for Wang Yi than the imaginary fear. Although Wang Yi is not nominally the emperor of the Northeast Autonomous Region, he is not under the emperor in terms of real power and influence. Of course, this refers to the position of the emperor in the real sense, not the emperor in Beijing.

The people are full of reverence for authority, and it is a matter of course for everyone to take it for granted, but a strange scene appeared in front of Xu Shichang, which made him very curious why such an unbelievable situation occurred.

"I'm going to give a lesson to the students next, and Mr. Xu might as well listen to it if he wants."

"Listen to me." Xu Shichang is really curious about how to teach the class in the Northeast.

Wang Yi is very busy with work now, and he often has to go to various places to inspect, so it is difficult to teach students in the school as much as before. At present, the main faculty in Northeast China is basically replaced by non-professional teachers because the first class of students of Normal University have not officially graduated. The largest number of them are work-study college students, but the students they teach are limited to elementary and secondary schools. Those responsible for high school and university education are generally high-level researchers in major scientific research institutes. Although these people's time is very valuable, and often a single project can torture them to exhaust their energy, but in the current situation in the Northeast, there is no way to do it.

The two chatted while walking, Wang Yishan talked, and people also had a certain kind of familiar affinity, so Xu Shichang talked with him like a spring breeze.

"There's something I want to ask sir."

"Oh? What's up? ”

"I checked the map before coming to the Northeast, and I found that the northern territory was extremely large, and although negotiations with the Russians were still ongoing, it was impossible for them to go back. But here's the problem, it's one thing to fight a war, it's another thing to govern a country. The north is self-contained in my eyes, and the weather, geography, and population are very different from my Qing Dynasty. It's huge enough to describe its vastness, the weather is still very cold, and ......" Xu Shichang hesitated a little, but still said it. "Sir, I heard that in the far north, it's half a year of darkness and half a year of day?"

Wang Yi looked at Xu Shichang and nodded, obviously the person in front of him had really put in a little effort and done research before coming to the Northeast. "It's not just the Far North, it's the same in the Far South, but it's just the opposite." Wang Yi didn't explain much, and Xu Shichang couldn't understand it if he said more.

"Yes, it's okay to say if it's half a year during the day, but when it comes to half a year at night, who wants to live in a place like that?"

Wang Yi knew that not to mention the half year of the night, even the half year of the day, few people were willing to live there. It's all daytime, and it's easy for people who don't adapt to their biological clocks to be disrupted.

"It's really too far north to be inhabitable."

"So how do you develop such a vast area? Sir, if you are not alarmist, I am afraid that this silver money will not be completed even if you invest the wealth of the entire Northeast. Xu Shichang looked at Wang Yi puzzled, in his mind, even if it is a great achievement to expand the territory, but you must also consider whether your appetite is too big, otherwise it is likely to break your belly, and your death will be very ugly. Moreover, although Russia is negotiating with Russia now, no matter what the outcome of the talks will be in the future, whether the talks will be successful or not, in fact, everyone knows in their hearts. This is just a delaying tactic by the Russians, and they will definitely fight back again in the future. The Russian tsar certainly would not suffer such a great loss in vain, without the slightest revenge. So in order to prevent such a thing from happening, the line of defense to the west of the insurance team will always remain and cannot be relaxed. The number of people is small, and it is not used, and the number of people is large, which drags down the finances. 200,000 people is the bottom line, and the related expenses are roughly calculated to be a huge amount of investment. ”

When Wang Yi heard this, he laughed and said, "Although your words are reasonable, you only know one thing, and you don't know the other. ”

The two of them walked slowly in the direction of the classroom, because it was class time, and there were not many students on the way.

"There will be a garrison to the west, but with the establishment of transportation lines and the improvement of logistics towns, the cost of use will gradually decrease. Of course, the remoteness of the location also determines that even if the cost is decreasing, it is indeed not much lower. As for what you said about developing the entire northern region...... Hehe, in fact, this land will basically keep its original state except for some important nodes where some cities will be built. ”

"That'...... What is the use of these lands? ”

"Although the north is a barren land, the further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, and the large areas of tundra can easily make people unable to distinguish between southeast and northwest, which will make people despair. However, under the surface of desolation, there are extremely rich underground resources. I want to leave this wealth to our children and grandchildren, and at least in the future, our country will not be at the mercy of others in terms of resources. Wang Yi turned his face to look at Xu Shichang with a smile, a little proud and proud, and the future generations suffered a big loss in this regard. Iron ore and oil are like two scimitars, one knife deeper than the other, from the wealth accumulated by the Celestial Empire to squeeze the blood of the people. "The biggest convenience for me to seal this land is precisely what Mr. Xu thinks is the disadvantage of its small population. If it were in other populous provinces of the Qing Dynasty, this kind of sequestration would not have been possible at all. ”

Xu Shichang understood Wang Yi's plan, but he also knew one thing in his heart. If Wang Yi does not carry out construction in the north, then the focus of the future will definitely turn to the south. At this time, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, and sighed softly, fortunately Yuan Shikai and himself saw the opportunity early, otherwise he would stand on the opposite side of the Northeast, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Just Mr. Xu asked me, and I have a question here that I haven't figured out."

Contrary to Xu Shichang's expectations, Wang Yi still had questions to ask him.

"Sir, please say, I know everything below, and I have no end to it."

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun star. Sir, do you know the source of these four sentences? ”

This is a pediatric thing, Xu Shichang nodded, and said with a smile: "Four sentences in the "Song of Righteousness" by Wen Tianxiang, the right prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

"Yes, then why is this righteousness explained?"

"The most rigid and great spirit between heaven and earth is the heroic spirit and upright integrity of people. There is a saying in "Chu Ci * Far Travel": "The only way to introspect is to be honest and seek righteousness." 'Jin Sun Sui's "Taifu Chu Praise Monument": "The righteousness of public capital is pure and pure. ’……”

Wang Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't understand, it's too complicated." ”