Chapter 956: Triple Alliance (5)
In a small school in the city of Beijing, a group of special guests were welcomed.
These people are like some of the guests that elementary schools used to welcome, and they can all be called well-dressed and successful people.
However, the students in the elementary school did not show much curiosity about these guests. Since the establishment of this school, I don't know how many guests we have received. During some peak periods, it even reached the point where three or four batches could be ushered in every month.
Thankfully, these guests always just walked around the school and then left, so it didn't interfere with the teaching.
Both the teachers and the students breathed a sigh of relief, and naturally, the reasons for the two were completely different. The former is mainly worried about affecting the child's learning, which in turn affects the results of the exam. In addition, there are also these guests watching the teaching from the sidelines, in case something goes wrong with them? It doesn't matter if it is seen by outsiders, it is seen by the leaders in the school, it will not affect its futureββββββ it is very similar to the follow-up schools, because at present, a huge part of the schools in the country are established by the state, so there is no popular set of private schools, of course, even in private schools, it is also the principal's opinion.
As for the students, you must know that every time a guest comes, the teachers and the school will be very strict, and it is not even easy for them to have any differences. If they are embarrassed in front of the guests, even if the school will not say anything, those teachers will definitely not spare them. It's no wonder that these students don't want any guests to come...
But...
Just when those students and teachers thought this time was the same as usual. When they were just ordinary guests, they didn't know that the guests who came this time were actually a little different.
Because it came in the past. Basically, they are government officials from various provinces in China, who want to see how compulsory education is being promoted in Beijing and learn from experience.
But this time they came not from home, but from abroad, and their purpose was very simple. I just want to see how China's compulsory education is promoted, after all, in Thailand, because of the relationship between King Rama VI, compulsory education has also been well promoted.
Although it has not yet been rolled out to the whole of Thailand. But it's also much better than many parts of Asia. It can even be said that Thailand is second only to China and Japan in the promotion of the Asian regionββββββ of course, and the whole of Asia is still an independent country. Including China, Japan and Thailand, there seem to be few left.
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Walking on the school's playground and looking at the beautiful school building not far away, Na Lai Song said with a slight envy. "Your country is really working hard in terms of education..."
No wonder he said that. After all, this elementary school is only in terms of floor space. It is already comparable to one of the largest schools in Thailand. In particular, the very spacious playground can even be used to play a football game in the future, and even if it is a stadium used for a ball game, there is no problem in terms of area.
Far from being a problem, it's a little bit bigger.
And there is not only a spacious court on the playground, but also a few basketball hoops not far away. Although there is no professional line drawing or anything like that. But it can also meet the needs of ordinary sports or competitionsββββββ in the end, this is just an ordinary elementary school after all.
Besides. In the corner of the morning game, there are also a considerable number of horizontal bars and other sports facilities. None of this exists in Thailand, let alone the beautiful six-storey school building in the distance.
This kind of building is very rare even in the whole of Thailand.
Coupled with the students in their beautiful school uniforms, as well as their healthy bodies and faces, this qiΔ made Na Laisong a little envious.
Yes, it is true that Thailand has been promoting compulsory education for a little longer than China, but that is all. In fact, Thailand's own education funding is not particularly large, and the promotion of compulsory education alone has exhausted the efforts of the whole country, let alone anything else.
"This is natural..."Seeing Na Laisong's somewhat envious look, Song Ying was a little complacent in his heart, and at the same time, he also explained on the side. This is what the president meant, and the president said that education cannot be poor in poverty, and children cannot be miserable in suffering, so the funds of the Ministry of Education are very sufficient every year. Especially in recent times, the state has found a large amount of oil in Kuwait, although it is only just being extracted, but it has also provided tens of millions of dollars of profits to the government, which can be used to support the development of education. β
"Isn't there any opposition from the rest of your country?"
Hearing Song Ying say this, Na Lai Song said a little strangely.
As a senior member of the Thai government, Nalai Song did not know that when the government's financial revenue was collected every year, the various departments below were almost eager to scramble all the funds for their own departments.
This kind of scene annoys King Rama VI every time, but he has to be annoyed, after all, it is also the responsibility of King Rama VI to properly deal with the problems between various departments.
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Hearing Na Laisong's words, Song Ying smiled slightly. "Naturally, there will be contention, and in fact, the competition for funds in my country is also quite fierce, and sometimes it is even close to staging an all-out military act. However, in our country, there is a big president at the helm, and in front of the big president, those adults naturally dare not take the slightest offense. What's more, the president also made it very clear that the tens of millions at the beginning are just appetizers, and there is more income later, which can definitely meet the needs of each department, and even do some extra things, so that they will naturally not make trouble..."
Song Ying is an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This time, I was specially sent to receive the Thai delegation.
At the same time, Song Ying is also one of the few officials in the entire Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is proficient in Thai.
That's why it is. The reason is also very simple, because Song Ying was originally an overseas Chinese living in Thailand. Later, the Kuomintang government was established, and Song Ying, like many overseas Chinese, began to return to China.
Although there are a large number of overseas Chinese who have returned from Thailand, most of them have gone to the army or other departments, and only Song Ying and a few others are willing to choose the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is also because of this relationship that Song Ying was chosen to receive the Thai delegation. After all, Song Ying is also proficient in Thai, and it is relatively convenient to communicate with Thai people.
"Yes..."Hearing Song Ying's words, Na Laisong couldn't help but envy again.
Oil. No country is short of such resources. Although oil has not yet officially become the mainstream fuel in the world, it is clear to everyone that it will not be long before it will replace coal in its entiretyββββββ only as a fuel for cars, planes and ships. As for electricity. I am afraid that there will be no way for oil to replace coal in the near future.
Not only oil, but a range of other resources will hardly be able to replace coal in the short term.
In fact, in later generations, it was the gas turbine motor that owned. The gas turbine motor is an internal combustion power machine that uses continuously flowing gas as the working medium to drive the impeller to rotate high, and converts the energy of the fuel into useful work, which is a kind of rotating impeller type thermal motor.
In later generations, due to certain breakthroughs in China's gas turbine technology, the U.S. government even allowed the export of related gas turbines to Chinaββββββ of course. It's just for electricity, but you can see the cunning of the Americans.
At a time when you don't have this kind of thing. The Americans are never going to sell it to you, but when you have the ability to make such a thing, then the trouble will come...
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Looking at the school building in the distance, as well as those healthy children, Na Lai Song couldn't help but feel a little envious. After all, although the current Thailand is also quite good, but it also has hunger, in Thailand, people who can't eat enough can almost be said to abound, and it is also because of this relationship that compulsory education has not been able to promote it well.
"It would be nice if our country could have a lot of oil resources on its own land like you," Na Laisong said to Song Ying with some envy after walking around.
Hearing his words, Song Ying couldn't help but smile after being slightly stunned. "I think Mr. Regiment Commander should feel lucky, after all, if your country really has this thing, I'm afraid that before you can enjoy the benefits of this thing, you will already be overwhelmed by the disaster caused by this thing!"
Hearing Song Ying's words, Na Laisong couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but soon he reacted to the meaning of Song Ying's words, and couldn't help nodding in agreement.
"Yes, you're right, it's true..."
Even Na Laisong himself couldn't help but agree with Song Ying's words, because what Song Ying said was indeed the truth.
Yes, on the surface, if you get the oil resources, the Thais do have a lot to gain from it. But in reality? Don't forget, how did the Mexican government in history be overthrown for so many years? It is because while the oil resources are present, the Mexicans do not have the ability to protect them.
It was for this reason that the tragedy in Mexico was finally triggered.
It's the same now, if the Thais really have a lot of oil resources. Before they had the strength to protect these resources, I am afraid that Thailand would have been swallowed up by the coveted Britain, France and other countriesββββββ the reason why they had not attacked Thailand before, on the one hand, because there was not enough buffer zone, and on the other hand, because there were no interests that could make them so desperate.
But now it's different, if they really let them see these oil resources, then...
But it really brought disaster to Thailand.
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There is no way to do it, this world is respected by strength.
Powerful people can run rampant in this world at will, but if they are replaced by people who have no strength, then even if they have a little bit of finance. There is a risk of disaster.
This is also China, even with such a good thing, it can have enough strength to protect it. Avoid robbers and the like from coming to rob you. Even when the robbers come to the door, they can give the other party a few blows, or even a counter-kill.
But if it's Thailand, it's a catastrophe for Thailand.
It is not surprising that even in later generations, a country that has no backing or reliance on it would have such wealth. There is a threat of war. Not to mention in this chaotic, jungle-strong world.
In fact, the occupation of Iraq by the National Defense Forces was completed as early as the middle and end of the First World War. As early as the middle term. The Wehrmacht had already become the main force of operations in Mesopotamia, and by the end of the period, all but a few British units in the entire Mesopotamian theater had gone to the European theater.
Not surprising either. After all, on the European battlefield at that time. The British were at their worst in need of troops, and almost every soldier was eager to break them into two. Since there was no need for the British on the Mesopotamian battlefield, it was only natural for the British to transfer their troops to the European theater.
It's just that the British troops who went to Europe at that time obviously didn't think so, although on the battlefield in Mesopotamia, there was basically nothing, good wine and food, and there was no way to compare with the European side. But at least there's a good chance of surviving here.
After all, in any case, the Turkish troops on the Mesopotamian battlefield. There is no way to compare with the Germans on the European battlefield. Even if there was a small amount of German troops here, it was only on the scale of a regiment. In fact, the combat capability is not particularly strong.
It can only be said that it has a great effect, but it is absolutely impossible to give the British a sea of corpses and blood like the European side.
Therefore, in the Mesopotamian battlefield, there may not be a way to compare with the troops who are desperate in Europe in terms of enjoyment or treatment, but at least the chances of survival are greater.
After all, on the battlefield of Mesopotamia, more than 100,000 troops are already considered behemoths. In the European theater, even if it is a legion, it is just an ordinary character on the entire battlefield.
Think about it, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the British army actually paid nearly 60,000 casualties, which is almost equivalent to the strength of two armies.
If they do go to Europe, I am afraid that they will not even know how to die. So many times they would rather stay in Iraq, a place with only sand, than go to Europe.
It's a pity that they are no longer needed here. What's more, Yan Shao at that time also hoped that they would get out of the country as soon as possible, after all, the day they got out, Iraq and Kuwait would be controlled by the Wehrmacht one day earlier. In fact, the reason why the British would agree so easily to let the Commune government own part of the Saudi region was because the British did not have many troops in the Middle East at that time, and even if they did not allow it, the Wehrmacht could do it themselves and have enough food and clothing~
There is no way, there is no force, and it is impossible to stop some of the actions of the Wehrmacht.
But even so, Yan Shao has never announced his presence in Iraq. Even though the finances of the national government at that time had always been tight, there were times when Yan Shao even planned to donate money to the national treasury.
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There was no way, because China was still too weak at that time, and if Yan Shao really announced this, then even if there were more than 100,000 national defense forces in Iraq at that time, Yan Shao would not dare to guarantee that he could protect that area.
After all, what was now there was a great deal of significance, and if the finances of the Commune were merely difficult, the finances of the British government were already miserable.
In the case that the United States had not yet entered the war, the Entente at that time could almost be said to be fighting with the money of the British, and even the French government borrowed a large amount of money from the Britishββββββ although France could dominate Europe, but its foundation was still too far behind that of the British.
Therefore, if the present in Iraq is really announced, then no one can guarantee that the British will not do everything possible to force the Nationalist government to give up the present in Iraq.
Considering the financial situation of the United Kingdom at the time, this scenario was very likely.
And if the British really get their hands dirty. Even though Iraq had more than 100,000 troops at that timeββββββ as long as the British cut off logistics from the waterways, there was only one fate for these more than 100,000 people. That is the total annihilation of the army.
No way, who called the Navy inferior to people.
That's why Yan Shao remained silent until the end of World War I and the end of the Washington Conference, knowing that Yan Shao felt that he was capable of protecting Iraq.
In the past few years, Yan Shao can be said to have been trying his best to enhance the combat capability of his troops in Iraq, especially hoarding supplies there.
Arguably. Ever since the occupation of the area, the government has not stopped sending supplies there. This behavior once seemed strange to many, after all, the Wehrmacht at that time had the upper hand in the Middle East theater.
Of course. This is not important, the most important thing is that the Turks at that time simply did not have the ability to counterattack Mesopotamia, in other words, the Wehrmacht there could hardly be said to be the slightest threat.
And with the strength of the Turks at that time. Obviously, it will not be able to stop the Wehrmacht's offensive.
It can even be said that it is only necessary to maintain the strength of the material delivery at that time. It would be possible to ensure the combat capability of the Wehrmacht, and even if it was maintained at that strength, the Wehrmacht could move north lightly and crush the Turkish forces.
At that time, the Commune government had sent far more supplies to the battlefields of Mesopotamia than the troops there needed.
Such a move naturally aroused the curiosity of many people, and even Britain and France were a little strange, but the European battlefield at that time was more complicated, and it had restrained almost all the energy of Britain and France. As a result, they simply had no way to pay attention to the events in Asia, especially in Mesopotamia, which was not particularly important.
In their opinion. Since China wants to go crazy, let them do well.
As for what if the Chinese go north to capture Turkey? Such a possibility seemed almost impossible to the British and French, and yes, the Turks were weaker, but only on the Mesopotamian battlefield. Because it was not the core area of the Turkish Empire in the first place, it could only be regarded as a relatively minor area, and there was no output, even if it was all lost, it would not matter.
In fact, from the past until the moment of the fall of the Turkish Empire, the greatest threat to the Turkish Empire has always been from the north. Especially Russia, Turkey and Russia can almost be said to be old enemies, and it is for this reason that almost all of the main military forces of the Turkish Empire are deployed in the north to deal with the Russians.
In the early days of the First World War and the Russians going south, the Russians even suffered in front of the Turks, but it was only later that the Russians gained the upper hand, which shows that the strength of the Turks in the north is also good.
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In any case, it is precisely because of the continuous delivery of supplies to the Middle East in the past that the Wehrmacht has the ability to fight there independently for a long time, even if it is not dependent on the country.
Coupled with the increasing strength of the Nationalist Government during this period of time, if it were not for this, even Yan Shao would not dare to rashly announce the current situation in the Middle East.
After all, if you don't have the strength, then you may be snatched away.
Naturally, in order to maintain the stability of the alliance, perhaps the British will also give some compensation, such as dividing some land from other parts of the Middle Eastββββββ of course, the greater possibility is still the area of the recipient, after all, since Iraq has oil, then who dares to guarantee that there will be no other areas, especially those neighboring areas, so even for the sake of insurance, we must find a way to occupy these places.
At least that's what the Nationalist government did, and Thailand, both militarily and otherwise, is far behind China, and it's too difficult for it to have the ability to protect its own industry.
It was after understanding this that Nalasong was no longer jealous.
After all, if you can't protect it, then these seemingly very good oil resources may become a bane.
And Thailand is different from China, for China, it may just be a land reparation, but for Thailand, it may be a disaster of national destructionββββββ no way, who called Thailand is too small...
Later, Song Ying introduced some other things to Na Laisong. For example, the school cafeteria and so on.
As was once enacted, the current national government has begun to provide free lunches to some students. Make sure students can go to school without going hungry, of course. Another reason is that students can grow up healthily.
According to later generations, in fact, in ancient China, the height of Chinese was about the same as that of foreigners. Because at that time, life in China was still good, especially much better than foreigners.
This, even before the modern era, was, well. At least not that big of a gap.
The reason why later foreigners are so tall and big is entirely because of the development of Western industry and economy in the 20th century. It has brought people very good living conditions, one that is far better than that of other countries.
And after this, the body of foreigners naturally becomes stronger.
Slowly, it began to become unusually tall. Especially in the Dutch region. The average height has actually reached more than 18o, and you can imagine how tall this country is.
A similar example is Japan, which is a very small nation in modern history. This can be seen from the Anti-Japanese War period, when the Japanese were short and abnormal, even in front of the already short Chinese, they could be called small Japan.
But by the time Yan Shao crossed over, the height of the Japanese was growing by leaps and bounds, and the reason why it was so was entirely because of the changes in the diet of the Japanese. In particular, the living conditions have become superior, and the intake of nutrients and so on is much better than that of China and other countries.
So. After so many of the above examples, it is not surprising that the national government has not movedββββββ at least even if others do not know, Yan Shao is aware of the importance of doing so.
Therefore, these free lunches are almost always formulated in strict accordance with nutritional standards to ensure that students can be provided with enough nutrition...
In any case, Yan Shao still hopes to be able to see Cheng DΓΉ, whose per capita height in his country reaches 1.8 metersββββββ even if he can't reach 1.8 meters, he will reach 1.78 meters anyway.
And if you want to do this, you need to give the people enough nutrition first.
Although the current national government is not rich enough to provide free food to the people, it is not very difficult to do it only for school-age students.
On the other hand, after seeing the qiΔ in front of him, Na Lai Song sighed again.
Because the lunch that these students eat now, even some of Thailand's more affluent civilian families may not be able to enjoy it in normal times.
However, after walking for a while, something strange happened to Nalaisson.
That is, on the dining table of these students, almost everyone has a cup in their hand, which either contains some white liquid or some white gooββββββ don't be evil.
Noticing this, Nalaison asked a little strangely.
"Mr. Song, these things areβ" he said, pointing to the cups on the table, some of which had been drunk, and some of which had a lot left.
Noticing Na Laisong's gaze, Song Ying looked over, and after taking a look, he said with a smile. "These are milk and yogurt!"
βοΌβ Hearing Song Ying's words, Na Laisong was stunned for a moment.
He knew what milk was, but yogurt...
Seeing that Na Lai Song seemed to be unclear, Song Ying hurriedly explained it for him.
"The so-called yogurt is actually a kind of leaven of milk..."
Yogurt is a type of dairy product produced by fermentation of animal milk by lactic acid bacteria. The word yogurt is derived from the Turkish word for thick and rich, or another verb meaning 'to knead and thicken', both of which are the actions and methods of making yogurt.
Historical evidence suggests that yogurt has been used as a food for at least 45oo years, and that the earliest yogurt may have been made into yogurt by the natural fermentation of nomadic milk in sheepskin bags by bacteria attached to the bags. Now, although many countries claim that yogurt is their own Ming, so far there is no strong evidence of who was the first to appear, and perhaps yogurt has been independently used many times.
If that's it, then it's probably impossible for Nalaisong not to know about yogurt. But in fact, it was not until the twentieth century that yogurt became a food ingredient in South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, southeastern Europe, and Central Europe.
Russian biologist Elier? Erikh? Mechnikov proposed that lactic acid bacteria are an important element in the maintenance of human health, so he began to promote yogurt as a food throughout Europe. Later, a Spanish entrepreneur, Isaac? Carrasso industrialized the production of yogurt, and in 1919 Carrasso promoted his yoghurt products in Barcelona and named the product after his son, Danone.
Of course, this is in the original history, in the present history, because of the emergence of Yan Shao, the promotion of yogurt is earlier.
This is not surprising, after all, in later generations, yogurt and milk were found almost everywhere. In addition, Yan Shao is a person who doesn't like smoking and drinking, so he is naturally no stranger to this kind of thing.
It is also because of this relationship, coupled with Yan Shao's personal preferences, that Yushi Group opened a yogurt factory early. It's just that in the past, China was not particularly rich after all, and although the people were a little richer than before, it was impossible to enjoy these extra things.
After all, there are still many families who can't even afford to eat...
So...
Since the birth of this kind of thing, at least in China, there are relatively few people, but it is relatively popular in the European and American markets. In particular, Coca-Cola, a subsidiary of Yushi Group, launched it as a new nutritional product, and because of the brand of Coca-Cola, even if it is not advertised, the sales are very good...
And this time, since Yan Shao intends to enhance the nutritional intake of the Chinese people and make them healthier, then the two nutritional products of milk and yogurt are somewhat indispensableββββββ anyway, the oil field that just appeared not long ago, is it rich and capricious~
Naturally, another result of this is that the business of Yan Shao's company has suddenly improved a lot. At least in China, there is no longer a problem with sales, and its sales are even higher than those in Europe and the United States. (To be continued!)
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