The key to the Somali company's trade with Tsarist Russia is to have a strong business partner ~ Marquis Andrei Grushhamov, Deputy Minister of Finance of Tsarist Russia, whose family is very powerful in the upper class of Tsarist Russia, and Igor Smolnikov, deputy general manager of the Somali company, is his brother-in-law.

The Somali company was able to catch this line because the Duke of Shangri-La, Li Siyuan, sent a telegram to the Marquis Andrei Grushhamov, which facilitated the matter.

This was originally a matter of tripartite benefit, the Somali Company and Marquis Derey Grushhamov made a lot of money, and His Highness was also pleased to see that Japan and Russia were fighting to the death on the battlefield, and the battle was more bloody and cruel than in the original history, and the losses were greater.

The only one who suffers...... I'm afraid it's only Fuso people.

To help Tsarist Russia, Li Siyuan was only based on a simple desire and did not expect any financial return.

He is the prince of a country, rich all over the world, and the huge empire will be inherited by him in the future, where can he see a mere thing?

"Your Royal Highness, in order to express our infinite respect for Your Highness, our Somali company plans to donate three 3,200-ton "Cold Wind" class destroyers in the next five years after the study of the board of directors to talk about the construction of the Royal Navy. "Li Yong is worthy of being a big businessman, and he is very courageous.

It is true that His Royal Highness will not accept monetary gifts from the Somali company, but as the helmsman of the Somali company, Li Yong has done everything in his work, and he has not forgotten the well diggers, and he has come up with a heavyweight donation.

The three large ocean-going destroyers are worth more than 200,000 gold oceans, and they will be donated one after another in five years, and they will also be allocated to 400,000 gold oceans a year, which can be called a large donation.

Sure enough

Even the royal children like Li Siyuan, who are accustomed to seeing big scenes, were moved, and replied with a smile after a little silence; "Sir Lee has a heart, I will arrange for this matter to be reported to the Admiralty as soon as possible, and at that time, a grand donation ceremony will be held, first, to make the Somali company's righteous deeds famous all over the world, and secondly, to set an example, calling on more people in the society to care about the construction of the Royal Navy. Only when the empire is strong can it better protect citizens' property and maintain a good business environment. ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your love, the Somali company is ashamed." Li Yong was sincerely frightened.

Li Siyuan waved his hand casually and said; "Huh...... This is the right thing to do, and you don't have to excuse yourself. ”

"In this case, it is better to obey the order than to be respectful, then I will listen to His Highness's arrangement." Li Yong replied.

Humen Viscount Li Yong acted so well-behaved, which made Li Siyuan, the Duke of Shangri-La, feel very good, and turned his face to see Li Xiaozu sitting, so he asked; "Brother Xiaozu, are you still in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness, Xiaozu has stepped down from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at the invitation of Duke Wright, he is currently the mayor of Zhonghai City, contributing to the construction of Wright Island, and asking His Highness to give more advice on the shortcomings."

"Well, I've heard that Leyte Island is well built, and you have a heart."

"Don't dare to be His Highness's false praise, Zhonghai City can have the current thriving situation, and it is inseparable from Duke Wright's personal efforts, we just did some work to fill in the gaps, so that His Highness can laugh." Li Xiaozu replied respectfully.

Leyte is located in the central part of the Visayas, and its major cities are Tacloban, Maasin, and Ormoc.

Tacloban is the capital of the island during the Spanish colonial period, with a good geographical location, a beautiful environment, and a certain foundation for town construction, so it was set as a key construction city and renamed "Zhonghai City".

Li Xiaozu is a close minister of Duke Wright, and he is also a leader of the younger generation of imperial nobles, and has been following Duke Wright to build the ducal territory with all his might in recent years, and has made quite extraordinary achievements.

Compared with the Dukedom of Palawan, the towns of Leyte Island are more excellent, especially Zhonghai City, which is known as the "Star of Emerging Cities", which is famous for its beautiful environment of blue sea and silver sand, white walls and red tiles.

Considering the limited resources, Li Xiaozu suggested that the construction of Leyte Island should adopt the strategy of "taking the construction of Zhonghai City as the top priority and driving Ma Ashin and Olmok to fly together", and tilted more than 80% of the resources to Zhonghai City, and achieved dazzling achievements.

More than three years

Zhonghai City has rapidly risen to become a third-tier city with a population of more than 270,000 people, and has developed an economic structure based on AC motor manufacturing, AC power grid transmission and transformation equipment, sulfur minerals and offshore fishing, with a cement factory, more than a dozen brick factories, quarries, timber mills and other building materials enterprises, three construction enterprises, forming an independent construction capacity.

More than ninety percent of the people on Leyte Island are of Chinese descent, forming a social structure centered on Zhonghai City, with a population of more than 270,000, a population of 24,000 in Maasin Town, a population of more than 9,000 in Ormoc, and a population of 10,000 in several other townships, with a total population of 318,000.

The indigenous population of the island mainly works in sulfur mines and quarries, and Leyte Island has rich sulfur ore resources, which exports more than 150~170 gold and ocean minerals to the empire every year, which is a major source of income.

The most important thing is the introduction of Tesla Technology Company's AC power transmission and transformation equipment production base, which has created more than 7,700 high-value jobs, and developed an AC motor production chain, with more than a dozen large and small enterprises, specializing in the production of various types of AC motor supporting products.

Besides

Relying on the abundant fishery resources of the Philippine Islands, Zhonghai has developed a marine fishing industry, with thousands of related employees, which not only meets its own needs, but also has a certain amount of export, which is a promising industry.

As the mayor of a city, Li Xiaozu has made contributions that cannot be ignored from using preferential tax policies to attract Tesla Technologies' production base, to developing the offshore fishing industry, promoting the production of agriculture and animal husbandry, fruit and vegetable production on Leyte Island, and creating a good business environment, so he has entered the eyes of high-level politicians in the empire.

The top aristocratic circle is not big, of course Li Siyuan, the Duke of Shangri-La, knows his person, and said with appreciation; "The second brother has you by his side, and if you really do half the work, I am very interested in seeing what Zhonghai City can develop into if you settle down and do it for a few years?"

"The results are not enough, which makes His Highness smile." Li Xiaozu raised his hand to salute and replied with a serious expression; "Don't hide it from Your Highness, due to the limitations of geography and resources, the current development of Zhonghai City has entered a bottleneck period, and how to further break through the bottleneck period is a big headache for us."

"Oh, tell me about ......"

"Your Royal Highness, the original industrial base of Zhonghai City is blank, and the only power transmission and transformation equipment manufacturing industry is not enough to support the volume of a larger city, Weichen preliminarily envisions to use the influence of Duchess Wright in Germany to attract some German machine tool manufacturing enterprises to settle on Wright Island, which is an emerging industry guided by the development of imperial policy, and it should be promising."

"Well, the idea is very good, supporting the introduction of a group of high-quality young eagle school graduates, you can set up a machine tool manufacturing enterprise shelf, the key is the introduction of German machine tool manufacturing enterprises, now there are eyebrows?"

"Returning to Your Highness, a group of German businessmen will come to inspect in the near future, and the only defect of Leyte Island is that it is too far from the Australian mainland, which is also something we are worried about."

"Huh...... That's not a problem. Li Siyuan chuckled when he heard this, and said step by step; You can't just focus on the Australian domestic market, but you should see the superiority of the geographical location of Leyte Island, thanks to the imperial trade policy, the machine tools produced on Leyte Island can enter the Australian domestic market without barriers, which is a big advantage.

Secondly, Leyte Island is located in the center of the Luzon Islands, at the crossroads of the South China Sea, not far from the Strait of Malacca.

In the future, the market can radiate to the Far East to the north, the colony of the French Indochina Peninsula and the Governor-General's House of the British Channel to the west, and the Governor-General's Office of the Dutch East Indies to the south.

The Luzon Islands is a necessary place for the route from the western Pacific to North America, and it is actually more advantageous than the mainland of Australia.

For these German businessmen, you only need to put out the map of the world, your sincerity in attracting investment, the preferential policies, and the conditions that can provide high-quality employees, and you believe that they will make the right choice.

Let's not forget that Duchess Wright was born into the family of the Bavarian kings, and these German businessmen knew what to do if they weren't too stupid. ”

His Royal Highness's words were like seeing the sun, which made Li Xiaozu immediately pause, and after being overjoyed, he stood up solemnly, and slammed his fists to the ground with both hands; "Thank you for your highness's words to wake up the dreamer, it's ridiculous that I hold so many advantages in my hands and don't know it, I'm really ashamed."

"It's just a trivial matter, don't worry about it." Li Siyuan waved his hand absently and said; "You are Duke Wright's close minister, you have ideas, drive and ability, this is also his blessing, to build Wright Island into a better place, the imperial concubine will accept your love. I'll give you another trick, the German community in the empire has always been close to Duke Wright, and it's a pity not to take advantage of such a great advantage, do you understand? ”

"Weichen is stupid, he really rides a horse to find a horse!"

"Hahaha...... This metaphor is very vivid, if the people under the eldest brother have half of your practical talent, they will not make a mess of the construction of Palawan, and it is really heartwarming to see that the domain is in front of you! ”

When the topic talked about the affairs of the adult princes, Li Yong, Li Xiaozu and others were not easy to pick up, just laughing on the side.

At the end of this year, the adult princes will be in the domain, and they will not be allowed to stay in Australia for a long time.

Among these people

There are the eldest prince Li Siyuan, the Duke of Palawan, the second prince, the Duke of Wright, Li Sihan, the fourth prince, the Duke of Beibao, Li Sirui, the fifth prince, the Duke of Sulu, the fifth prince, Li Sixi, the Duke of Basilan, and the seventh prince, Li Sixuan, the Duke of Hawaii, etc., a total of six dukes are all vassal.

Now that they are adults, each prince will give a duke fief to build by himself, and the royal household office will provide financial support for five years to help build the dukedom, and the rest will depend on the princes to show their talents.

Those who have the ability to eat meat, those who don't have the ability to drink soup, and those who don't have the ability to drink the northwest wind.

Such a large amount of support can't be self-sufficient, so it will be a waste snack in the future, and it will be better for him to fend for himself, and it is not a pity at all.

Among so many princes, Li Siyuan is most concerned about the seventh prince Li Sixuan, who is the younger brother of his own mother's compatriot and the second heir to the throne.

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