Expedition to Europe

Compared to Thunder City, which is centered on humanities and technology, Trident City is a standard military and industrial city.

In the current Trident City Industrial Zone, several factories are rising from the ground. The towering chimneys and tall and dense factory buildings clearly show the attributes of these factories - steel.

The significance of steel to a country cannot be overemphasized.

Whether it is war or production and construction, the large-scale application of steel is indispensable everywhere, especially for Qin Zhiyuan at present. When the Republic of China does not have the ability to produce steel, Qin Zhiyuan needs to build a logistics base by himself.

A logistics base that belongs entirely to Qin Zhiyuan!

In this regard, even the old Renault factory cannot be trusted. Although the old Renault has a good relationship with Qin Zhiyuan, the Renault factory is in France after all. If the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan and the French government encounters twists and turns, then the old Renault may not necessarily choose to stand on Qin Zhiyuan's side.

Due to the lack of resources on Corsica, the steel mill built in Trident City is not large in scale, and is limited to the production of special steels that can be used in the military and some special industries, such as gun steel, alloy materials needed for aircraft, or special steels needed for tanks in the future.

In this way, the range of raw materials needed by the factory will be greatly reduced, and ingots can be ordered directly from steel mills all over the world and transported to Trident for further refining.

At present, in Trident City, in addition to the special steel mill, there is a tank factory and an aircraft factory under construction. The tank factory can be transformed into a car factory after the war, and the aircraft factory can also be transformed into a civilian aircraft factory after the war, and there will be no waste.

After Qin Zhiyuan arrived in Trident City, he was accompanied by Eric, the chairman of the Trident City Council, and the mayor, Portlem, to inspect Trident City.

Since it is a show, it must be done well. Qin Zhiyuan not only filled Corsica with immigrants, but also established local governments in Thunder City and Trident City on Corsica, and they are the kind with complete city governments and city councils.

The current mayor of Trident City is Eric, a local who cooperated with Qin Zhiyuan's work when Qin Zhiyuan led his troops to Ajaccio. After Qin Zhiyuan completed the "blood transfusion" of Corsica, Eric took the initiative to request to be transferred to Trident City and served as the chairman of the city council of Trident City.

Portrem is a man of old Renault. Strictly speaking, this person is a "French traitor". Portrem and Beavis served as guides and accompanied Hu Tingfeng to the island before Qin Zhiyuan. They successfully carried out a series of "terrorist attacks" on the island. Therefore, when the merits were rewarded later, they served as the mayor of Trident City.

As for Beavis, he is now the mayor of Thunder City, and his team is Chen Kangjian's French wife Mary.

Chen Kangjian had a family in the Republic of China, but this did not prevent Chen Kangjian from starting another family in France. At that time, the Republic of China had the tradition of three wives and four concubines.

Chen Kangjian did not hide the fact that he had a family in the East from Mary. Mary did not leave Chen Kangjian because of this. Instead, she acquiesced to the existence of Chen Kangjian's wife. Mary had only one request, that is, even if Chen Kangjian's wife came to France, she could not live with Mary. Chen Kangjian agreed to Mary's request and has now purchased a house in Paris to accommodate his original wife who is about to arrive in France.

Mary could not leave Chen Kangjian. Mary was already three months pregnant. They were the first transnational couple recognized by the French government, which had important symbolic significance. Even if Mary accused Chen Kangjian of bigamy and asked for a divorce, the local court in Paris would not accept it.

"The industrial zone covers an area of ​​45 square kilometers. Although the area is large enough, there are not many companies settled in it at present, and the land is seriously wasted. Councillor Cheng Ziming asked to take out the land in the industrial zone and distribute it to some citizens who are willing to cultivate it. This issue is currently under discussion." Eric introduced while walking.

Cheng Ziming knew that he was Chinese by his name. He was an international student who studied in Europe in his early years. As one of the few highly educated Chinese at this time, he naturally had to join the parliament as a representative of the Chinese.

In fact, if Qin Zhiyuan had not interfered, Eric and Mary would not have been elected as the speaker. At this time, 70% of the members of the city council of Thunder City and Trident City were Chinese, and the rest were French people who had close relations with the Chinese, including many "quasi-Chinese" French women who were married to Chinese people like Mary.

Eric and Portlem were just spokespersons pushed to the front by Qin Zhiyuan as needed to deal with the French government and the media. At least this would make the French look like Corsica is still French land and would not lead to more social problems.

"No, it's just nonsense. This is an industrial area. The soil contains a lot of industrial metals that are harmful to the human body. The food grown on such land is not edible at all. And this is so far away from Trident City. How can those people come to farm? Drive here? There is not enough gas money!" Qin Zhiyuan directly rejected it.

The so-called "distribution to citizens who are willing to farm" means to distribute these lands to the Chinese so that they can grow some vegetables and food.

It has to be said that the enthusiasm of the Chinese for land is unmatched.

Although the residential areas in Trident City and Thunder City have not yet started construction, the homesteads allocated to each household have been clearly defined. In order to give residents a better living space, Qin Zhiyuan allocated about 200 square meters of homesteads to each household. In addition to building houses, this homestead will also have a lot of extra space for doing anything, such as lawns and gardens, which are all good choices.

The French, represented by Mary, did plan this way. The houses they designed will have lawns in front and gardens behind them, which look like a cluster of flowers and show petty bourgeoisie sentiments.

The Chinese are different. The houses designed by the Chinese have vegetable fields in front and behind them, which look rich and prosperous, with a pastoral scenery.

This is the different results caused by different cultural differences.

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But this is not bad, at least it looks very harmonious.

Perhaps in the future, the following situation will appear in large numbers in Thunder City and Trident City: pick vegetables from the vegetable fields of the Chinese, and then go to the lawn in the front yard of the French for a barbecue.

Forget about the garden. Compared with the Chinese, Westerners pay more attention to private space, so these basic respects should still be maintained.

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs has recently received many immigration applications, some from mainland France, some from sailors on merchant ships or passenger ships, and many from enclaves in North Africa." Portlem also has new reports.

The world at this time is definitely not peaceful and stable. There are wars and disputes everywhere. It is even more difficult to find a paradise. Compared with the European continent and North Africa in the midst of war, Corsica is really a rare tranquility.

This situation certainly cannot be hidden from the merchant sailors, especially when those passing merchant ships pass by Thunder City and Trident City. Although they cannot leave the port area, even if they glimpse it from the sea, the kind of bustling and prosperous Thunder City and Trident City built on the mountain cannot be hidden.

This issue is indeed worth studying.