1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Happy cooperation." Wang Tinghan handed the contract in his hand to Lu Chuanlin.

"Happy! Happy," Lu Chuanlin replied with a forced smile.

He picked up the brush, signed his name on the contract, stamped it, and exhaled. Lu Chuanlin looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, feeling inexplicably depressed.

It was already mid-May, and since the signing of the warship trade contract, other negotiations were also running fast.

The control of Hanyeping fell completely into the hands of Nanhua, and the transformation equipment had been shipped from Nanhua. Liu Yiming wanted to build Hanyeping into a powerful coal-steel complex with an annual output of one million tons. m

It is far from enough to rely solely on the existing equipment and resources. In the past month, Nanhua and Qing Empire have successively finalized more than a dozen contracts involving dozens of projects.

The investment amount involved is 300 million taels of silver, involving the mining of multiple mines, factory construction, and plans to build a railway across the east and west within ten years.

If the plan is completed, by 1918, the Qing Empire will have three to four coal and steel complexes, ten large arms manufacturing plants, dozens of machinery processing plants, etc.

Of course, the property rights and control rights of these factories and mines belong to Nanhua.

Lu Chuanlin hesitated about this point. Although this would allow the Qing Empire to have a large number of machinery and equipment on the surface, Nanhua would inevitably affect the north and south of the Yangtze River. At that time, the lifeblood of the Qing Empire would be affected. But there was no way. If he did not sign, others would sign. Those who were willing to receive money would sign without hesitation as long as the money was enough, such as Prince Qing.

"Okay, Lord Lu, you take a break first. For other issues, let professionals take over. I have to report to the country here." Wang Tinghan's face was indescribably tired.

After fighting with an old fox like Lu Chuanlin for so long, Wang Tinghan was already exhausted physically and mentally. He didn't understand why this old man who looked like he would fall down at the slightest blow could hold up so well.

After the contract was signed, in the next room.

"Sir Deng, our commander-in-chief asked me to say hello to you!" Navy representative Duka stood up and saluted.

\\"Your commander? Is it Sir Zhao?" Sir Deng paused for a moment, then immediately saluted, and then remembered the time when he went to receive the ship ten years ago.

"It's our Commander-in-Chief Zhao. The commander-in-chief said that Sir Deng is one of the most responsible and outstanding naval commanders he has ever seen. He said that he learned a lot from you. This time, Commander-in-Chief Zhao was busy with official business and could not come in person. It was a pity, so he asked me to express his greetings to you on his behalf." Duka said.

"Thank you, thank you," Sir Deng said with some complexity.

That time, they had a total of four leaders, who brought more than a thousand people over, and less than eight hundred returned, and the rest were left by Nanhua.

At that time, Nanhua was just a fairly good navy in the world. Whether it was combat effectiveness or tonnage, it could only be said to be okay among small naval countries.

And the corresponding training system had not yet been established and improved, even the boiler workers on the Beiyang ship were required.

The boiler workers on the return journey were all temporary part-time sailors, which impressed Sir Deng.

Now, it has a navy that can rival France, and has won many foreign wars. In a short period of time, it has become an important country in the world.

\\"This naval exchange, what we mean is that it is different from the previous exchanges that only stayed on paper." Duca said after a few pleasantries.

"Oh? What is your country's plan?" Lord Deng asked curiously.

\\"In the past, we have also held cooperative exercises. Whether it is in the Whale Sea, the East China Sea or the South China Sea, the results can only be said to be extremely limited. There is a big gap in the concepts of the two navies." Duca tried to pick out the words that were not so unpleasant.

\\"The new warships are different from the previous warships. The biggest difference is not in technology, but in thinking. Has Lord Deng learned about the new warships? \\" Duca asked.

"I have read several related magazines. Apart from the basic concepts, I don't really know much about the rest." Lord Deng said.

\\"Therefore, in order to better cooperate and show sincerity, we suggest deeper naval cooperation, including sending officers to each other for on-site experience, and our Naval Academy and Ocean University can also connect with the Mawei Naval Academy to help your army train talents, etc. \\" Duca had expected it and nodded.

There are no real objects, only models and magazines. No matter how you guess, no matter how right you guess, it's just a guess.

But he didn't understand why the bold idea of ​​sending officers to each other or even temporarily exchanging officers was proposed.

Will any independent country agree?

"Are the officers observers?" Lord Deng asked.

\\"It's not clear yet."

The two fell into a brief silence.

"It took us nearly two years to basically exert the combat effectiveness of the new battleships. If your army plans to start from now, it will only take longer than us." Duca reacted quickly and said.

"The number of officers sent to each other?" Lord Deng didn't know how to deal with it.

He has no decision-making power on such matters. When it comes to cross-border personnel transfers, if it is a small amount, the Navy Admiral can agree. If it is a large amount, it must be reported to the Navy Office and the Beiyang system.

"It depends on how much your army can accept. The more it accepts, the faster it will form combat effectiveness. In addition to suppressing the Han people, the Qing Empire has never persisted in one thing from beginning to end. Liu Yiming knows that the Qing Empire is the same with the navy.

Every time something happens, the authorities want to use the navy, and they see! The navy ships are not properly maintained, the material reserves are insufficient, and they rust in the port all year round. They even have to find ways to support themselves, and their combat effectiveness is only one tenth of it.

Now brush the navy's feelings and add the boss of thoughts (not wrong) to give off the officers. Waiting for the maturity of the opportunity is not just the navy. , Are all systematic.

"There are no problems in the education system, but there are many misunderstandings in our thoughts. It is not good to read books, or good. In history, Qin Hui and Heye are all famous talents. In the end, it is not"

"The latest survey report shows that five of our ten college students have the tendency of politics, and 70 % of the people have no other entertainment except the Boyfun training."

"It is the purpose of our construction of the Boyfun Army. It is to let students be sharpened from an early age.

"What we want to cultivate is not only speaking, but only people who can direct others. The purpose of education is not to cultivate bureaucrats. From the point of view of training, there are big problems in our training methods."

In the spacious conference room, Liu Yiming was sitting on the podium. Below is a bunch of officials of the education system, as well as teachers and scholars.

"After the sampling survey of Chang'an, Surabaya, and Coconut City, it was found that most people were more inclined to receive academic education, while Brunei, Manila, the opposite."

"The reason for the reason is that the official thinking is too strong." Liu Yiming drank water tactical.

"But! The strong one is not a student, a parent, a teacher, and a society from all walks of life! \\" Liu Yiming shouted.

\\ "The students' thoughts are relatively pure, but the parents of the students and even the teacher have a strong official atmosphere. If you want to change the status quo, you must first ensure the relatively independent status of the school."

"The Prime Minister and I decided after discussing it. In order to ensure the purity, purity, and independence of the school, the Ministry of Education was separated from the government and directly responsible for me.

\\ "The operation of the school is supervised by the central and local parliament at all levels, but it is not allowed to intervene at will, which will affect the normal operation of the school \\" principal, director and other qualifications. As any standard. "

Liu Yiming didn't know how to do it. It doesn't make sense to do Western elite education at all. It is also a dead end of education, and he will be caught in a dead end of the official position and score theory.

You can only maintain the operation of education first, and then pull the education system from the government to the royal family, try to ensure that the school is not unnecessary.

Then solve the problem of teachers and parents.

Liu Yiming did not understand. In the current South China, there is a thriving, and the income of the engineer is very high, but the social status is very average.

Official salary income is average. The salary of ordinary township officials is more than 300 yuan, and a little subsidy will not exceed 500.

many! It is equivalent to the income of an ordinary American worker.

Equivalent to 1 \\/4 accounting, 1 \\/5 dentist, 1 \\/10 mechanical engineers.

This is the data in Liu Yiming's hand, corruption and bribery? It is a minority. It is really a minority. Those who can be corrupted and bribed have the right. A grassroots staff. Why should people bribe you?

"For the time being, this is the case first, let it go. \\"

After the meeting, Liu Yiming sat on the stool, only feeling exhausted.

It is not to say that being an official is not good, but the government's task is to coordinate planning, management and deployment. Everyone comes to allocate. What is planning?

"His Majesty, the Qing Empire came back to the telegram, the Qing Empire signed, all signed!" Secretary Wang walked in excitedly, but saw Liu Yiming's face full of bad mood.

\\ "Remember to follow up in the future, and let the Ministry of Industry prepare to build the first military factory according to the agreement. \\" Liu Yiming waved his hand without moving.

"His Majesty, not everyone is like this. In fact, there are a small number of people who are admitted to college. More people start skill learning at the beginning of middle school."