Regardless of the popularity of compulsory education in East Africa, it did not hinder Terrell's calculations, and he said to Kranis: "Mayor Kranis, since you have so many secondary school students in East Africa, and you can't provide them with better jobs, isn't this a huge waste of social resources?" ”

"Well, we also thought so, after all, the investment in education is not a small amount, let alone ten years of compulsory education, but this matter is decided by the central government, so we can only be responsible for implementation." Kranis spoke his mind truthfully.

If you spend more money and don't get the return you deserve, it will indeed be doubtful, but East Africa is doing this to make it easier to cater to the trend of history in the future, because Ernst knows that with the development of the times, the demand for talents will only increase, like Germany, which now has more than 20,000 university students, which is not as large as an ordinary university in the previous life.

Ernst had long-term benefits in mind, but East Africa really can't afford to find so many jobs at the moment.

"That's it, we in Austria-Hungary wouldn't be so impulsive in investing in education, and this doesn't prevent Austria from becoming one of the centers of civilization in Europe." Turrell said.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire has invested a lot in education, but the Austro-Hungarian government is definitely budget-conscious compared with the East African government, or the two have different routes, one is elite education, which pays more attention to quality, and the other is civilian education, which pays more attention to quantity, but there is a good saying that quantitative change causes qualitative change, which is also the way of East Africa.

However, there is no superiority or disadvantage between the two, and the purpose is the same, provided that the country is sincerely cultivated talents, even if it is only for the utilitarian purpose of maintaining the stability of the country's rule.

Terrell asked tentatively, "Mayor Kranis, has your East African government thought of a way to get the best of both worlds to solve the problem of employment for secondary school students after graduation?" ”

"Well, Mr. Turrell, what do you think?" Kranis wondered.

"Mayor Kranis, listen to me, yes, you have students who are facing employment problems, and we in Austria have a lot of employment opportunities that require a slightly higher education, at least better than primary school students, so that our two countries complement each other?" Terrell was straight to his purpose.

As an official in East Africa, Kranis still has a good understanding of the national conditions in East Africa, so he also knows the promotion of compulsory education in East Africa.

And Terrell's words are indeed very attractive, which is related to the term "remittances", which in fact many countries use to generate income.

For example, the mercenaries of various states and nobles in medieval German history can be regarded as a form similar to "remittances", which work for foreign monarchs and then obtain income.

Like Egypt, Pakistan, India, Thailand and many other countries in the previous life, "overseas remittances" are important economic sources, especially in Egypt, "overseas remittances" are even a pillar industry, after all, Egypt has a population of more than 100 million, and the land is just a little on both sides of the Nile.

Today, Japan is also very dependent on "remittances" to accumulate funds for national development, and in Europe it is more frequent, especially in the territory of Austria-Hungary.

The development of countries and regions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is unbalanced, so a large number of Hungarians, Serbs and Poles enter the economically developed areas to work, if they later choose to return to their hometowns, then these wages should also belong to the "remittances", after all, the countries within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, especially Austria and Hungary, can be regarded as two countries, and the autonomy and independence of other regions are also very strong.

"Mr. Terrell, your idea is very good, but this is not something that a small local official of mine can decide, you must know that our East Africa is quite strict in the management of population, and the mobility is not strong compared to European countries, so even if I agree, there is nothing I can do, but I will give your suggestions to the above." Kranis said.

As for the poor population mobility in East Africa, it depends on how to analyze, the household registration system of the people in East Africa has set many people to die in the same place, without government permission, and the mobility is indeed very poor, but there are many large-scale population migrations of East African NGOs, and the effect on the development of the interior of East Africa is also significant, and the opposite example is the development of the western part of the United States, where the government almost does not intervene, and it is all up to the people to exert their own strength.

Tlal asked, "Mr. Mayor, do you think it's highly likely?" ”

Of course, Kranis didn't know, after all, he still had the provincial government above him, and he was not sure whether he could pass the provincial government, so he said: "It depends on what the higher government thinks, but you can go to the city of Les Salaam to give it a try, after all, your status as an Austrian businessman is much better than that of me, a small mayor, and it is easy to attract the attention of the central government." ”

Terrell is still very satisfied with the solution given by Kranis, and it is indeed more efficient for them to do it themselves.

Finally, the topic returned to the issue of investment and construction of factories, this time the Austrian businessmen finally gave the city of Mogadishu the opportunity, that is, to solve the port problem first, if the new port of Mogadishu can be completed by the end of the year, then they can test the water first, as for the follow-up supporting facilities, next year.

And the reason why Austrian businessmen are delaying is purely to get more profits, even if they don't have the guarantee of the Mogadishu city government, they can pay for the relevant work themselves, but if they can save a little more money, who would not do it!

They are still optimistic about the prospects of Mogadishu City, especially the fruits and vegetables here are indeed quite popular in Europe, so even if Mogadishu City does not make too many commitments, some of them will choose to cooperate, but that will not achieve the effect that Mogadishu City wants.

The city of Mogadishu attaches more importance to the export of the products of the Northern Province to overseas markets, and its own limited ability in this regard can only be entrusted to Austrian businessmen, and when they build the relevant factories, they themselves will actively promote the superiority of the agricultural products of the Northern Province to Europe for the sake of profit.

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"Labor cooperation?" Ernst heard the report of his subordinates and learned the thoughts of Austrian businessmen, and before that, it was not without people in East Africa who had no work abroad, but it was mainly done through official channels, or through the channels of the Heshingen consortium, and it was the first time that a foreign civil society group such as an Austrian businessman had taken the initiative to seek cooperation.

After thinking about it, Ernst agreed, this matter is not harmful to East Africa, but there are some considerations of his own.

"We can cooperate, but the initiative is in our hands, we can build a similar platform modeled after the international student model, but this platform is a multinational labor company and not a government agency, after all, we want to ensure the safety of our own nationals, at least to prevent them from being unfamiliar with the Austro-Hungarian Empire."

Ernst also only wanted to build a platform, not control, which is not alarmist, and there are indeed examples of countries doing this, and that is the current government of the Far Eastern Empire.

Anyway, Austria-Hungary is also a monarchy, and Ernst is not afraid of any dangerous remarks and ideas coming back to East Africa, and these graduates are not afraid that they will not come back when they go abroad to work, after all, their home is in East Africa, even if they don't come back, it doesn't matter, staying in East Africa or Germany, in Ernst's opinion, is rotten in the pot.

(End of chapter)