African Entrepreneurship Records

Chapter 988: Yizhong Plan

 Saint Petersburg.

East Africa is a practical person. Before deciding to poach Tsarist Russia, it had already organized relevant personnel to explore the path in Tsarist Russia, and the first stop was Russian universities.

Tsarist Russia attaches great importance to education. In addition to St. Petersburg and Moscow, higher education in areas with developed economies and a high degree of openness, such as Kiev and Warsaw, has good strength.

Of course, compared with East Africa, higher education in Tsarist Russia follows a typical elite route, with a very small number of universities. However, this also means that the teaching quality of Tsarist Russian universities is relatively high, at least much better than most universities in East Africa.

The people who led the team to "gold panning" in Tsarist Russia this time were Leder, the deputy minister of education in East Africa, and Morrisis, the deputy minister of science and technology.

Leder said: "The Russian education system is different from ours in East Africa. In Russia, universities are a typical aristocratic education. Generally, those who can come into contact are the powerful and powerful people. There are not many ordinary people. But for us, it is to Targeting these Russian college students with no background and no future, the current economic depression in Russia will inevitably have a series of negative impacts on their employment. "

 Those who don’t have a “background” may be from declining aristocrats or middle-class families who pay more attention to education. Students from the bottom who enter Russian universities are undoubtedly rare.

Morrisis also said at the right time: "In addition to college students, some important factories in Tsarist Russia are also our targets. With St. Petersburg as the center, we divided our troops into three groups and went to Moscow, Kiev, and Warsaw respectively to conduct recruitment work, especially in the chemical industry. Focus on the fact that the country is in urgent need of talents in related fields.”

Leider: “The same applies to universities. Students in chemistry, physics, mathematics, mechanics and other science and engineering majors are our primary target.”

Morrissey: "Minister Leder and I will only stay in Russia for two months. During this period, the contact center will be set up in St. Petersburg. Of course, you are not in a hurry. According to government requirements, this round of talent recruitment will be long-term. Yes, in the next at least one year, your work can be carried out slowly, but our requirement is that the screening must be strict, and do not recruit some people who are just pretending to be people. We will do it again in Dar es Salaam. It’s an exam, so don’t mess around just to meet the target.”

 Although the economic crisis in 1900 started in Russia, other countries, including Britain, France, Germany and other major countries, would be affected. Therefore, the two senior officials Morrissey and Leder would then go to other countries to carry out "poaching" work.

Of course, East Africa has some relatively complete talent introduction processes and organizations in the German region, so the focus of this work is on non-German regions. Countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy are the focus of this East African work.

This is just the layout of East Africa in Europe. At the same time, another talent fishing plan organized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology is in the Americas, focusing on the United States and Canada. In addition, some non-key areas, such as South America and the Far East, have also sent jobs to East Africa. group.

In South America and the Far East, there is no doubt that the level of economic development is not high. However, in the 19th century, any normal country would establish some universities and industries. And because the level of economic development is not high, many talents have difficulty finding jobs, just like the talents trained in India in previous lives. Quite a few, but it is difficult to find employment in the country, so the development in the UK and the United States is the same. Work in East Africa is also based on this idea.

  After all, it is a fact that East Africa is inferior to Western European and North American countries, but apart from these countries, there are only a handful of regions that are more developed than East Africa.

Of course, the Far East region in East African talent recruitment is not the Far Eastern countries, but the Far East region of Russia. Ernst would not go to the Far Eastern Empire or Japan to poach people.

 It was designated as the "Yuzhong Plan" by Ernst, which was taken from Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: "Heroes from all over the world have joined me in the middle." According to this plan, during the First Five-Year Plan, East Africa will introduce at least hundreds of top science and engineering talents from Europe and the United States.

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　Russia, Tomsk. Tomsk is a city in Russia, located in the southeast of the West Siberian Plain, which belongs to the Far East region of Russia.

There is no doubt that Tomsk, located in the Far East, is not very prosperous. After all, it is restricted by climatic conditions, but its status cannot be underestimated. It is the main education and science center in Siberia, Russia.

For example, the famous Tomsk Imperial University in Tsarist Russia is located here, which was also the Tomsk State University in Russia in the previous life, one of the four famous universities in Russia.

Tomsk Imperial University was founded in 1803 as the first Russian higher education institution in Siberia. Later, with the support of Tsar Alexander III, it was upgraded in 1888 and has become one of the important academic exchange centers in Tsarist Russia. , and Tomsk Imperial University is only one of the most representative universities in Tomsk.

“This **** weather, if I hadn’t come here to recruit people, I would have thought I was exiled!” said Cowell, head of the East African talent recruitment team stationed in the Russian Far East, wrapped in a mink coat.

It was already October 1900 when the members of the working group entered Tomsk. Winter had already entered in Tomsk, and the local winter temperature could even reach more than ten degrees below zero. This is simply unbearable for East Africans who do not have winter in most of their lands. Purgatory on earth.

"Mr. Cowell, this is no different from being exiled. The northern hemisphere is entering winter now. The temperature in Europe may be acceptable, but Russia itself is relatively cold, let alone a place like Tomsk located in the heart of Russia. Well We are not going further east, after all, Tomsk’s infrastructure is already the most complete in Siberia,” said temporary team member Anka.

"I really envy those colleagues who go to big cities such as St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Kiev. Although St. Petersburg and Moscow are also very cold, the situation is much better than Tomsk. There are surprisingly few people here. I am afraid it is only in the northern part of East Africa. The population density is lower than here," Cowell said.

Anka: "Although Russia has a much larger population than ours in East Africa, their territory is also much larger than ours. So in terms of population density alone, East Africa is still above Russia, and it is more evenly distributed. East Africa has the worst climate. The Congo rainforest and desert areas are also more populous than the Russian Far East.”

Cowell looked at the Russian-style cabins on the streets of Tomsk and said: "The citizens of Tsarist Russia are much poorer than us in East Africa. Fortunately, there are more timber resources here. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the poor Russians to survive the winter." ”

As he spoke, he took his hand out of his glove, waved it in the air, and quickly retracted it: "The air here is drier and colder than in East Africa. Living here is definitely a disaster."

"No wonder Napoleon was defeated by the Russians. With this kind of weather, if we were not fully armed, we might not be able to endure it for half a day. The Russians can only survive in such a bitter cold place. Therefore, if a big country attacks Russia, we must be prepared. Facing adverse traffic and weather conditions.”

In Cowell’s words, Tsarist Russia became a bitter and cold place, and this was less than forty years after the construction and development of East Africa, which also reflects the different development situations of East Africa and Tsarist Russia in the mid-to-late 19th century.

Anka said with a smile: "The mink skins we wear are imported from Alaska. The thermal insulation effect is really good. Alaska was sold to the royal family by the Russians. Facing this icy and snowy environment, mink skins are indeed practical and comfortable."

Cowell: "That is, a business trip to Russia. Otherwise, there would be no consumer market for these clothes in East Africa. However, Alaska is too far away from East Africa. It would be great if Alaska is in Antarctica. This will also facilitate our management of East Africa. , and provide a place for vacation.”

For a country like East Africa that has no winter, the icy and snowy climate of Tsarist Russia has become a resource. Just like Tsarist Russians in previous generations liked to go to tropical areas for vacation, many East Africans, especially the new generation of East Africans, have never had this kind of winter. Having seen snow, it is normal to have some yearning for it.

 (End of this chapter)