Expedition to Europe

Brand's being taken away for investigation did have an impact, but the impact does not seem to be that bad.

Perhaps they felt the crisis from this incident, and more people became discouraged. Within three days, the number of workers and engineers who chose to work in Corsica increased to more than 2,000, and the number of those who chose to work in Lanfang increased even more, almost equal to those who chose to go to Corsica.

Perhaps because it is far away from Europe, the proportion of engineers and designers who choose to work in Lanfang is higher.

Qin Zhiyuan offered these people generous working and living conditions. Providing accommodation and basic living facilities is just the basis. There is also a salary twice that of Krupp, and no less than one month of paid vacation each year, evenly distributed in various holidays in the middle of the year, including Christmas and New Year's Day in Europe, as well as Easter, Halloween, Christmas Advent, etc. At the same time, whenever it is a Chinese festival, these Germans will also take a vacation, such as Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival.

Of course, the Chinese also enjoy the benefits of European holiday holidays.

In addition, Lanfang also has more detailed regulations on working hours than Corsica. For example, in principle, working eight hours a day, more than ten hours is considered overtime, overtime will be paid 1.5 times the overtime pay, overtime on holidays will be paid twice the overtime pay, five-day work week, etc., which makes management more humane.

It is even much more humane than European and American countries.

Especially when the World War just ended.

You know, during the World War, almost all factories in the world were working hard to rush to work, and workers worked 15.6 hours at a time. Don't even think about overtime pay. Being able to pay basic wages on time is considered a good financial level.

Of course, the workers were unwilling to bear such intensive labor, so the ubiquitous trade unions began to organize workers to strike.

But during the World War, governments under the threat of death every day were violent. They tore off the veil of tenderness and became murderous. As long as someone dared to strike, they would gather them all and send them to the battlefield. The organizers of the strike were brought to court as "******". Such extreme cases have occurred in Britain and Germany.

Therefore, in Europe, where there is widespread grief, Lan Fang's humane management looks particularly attractive, as if every word is full of temptation, and the fragrance of orchids is revealed between the lines.

Increasing the welfare of workers will definitely affect the cost of products, and then affect the competitiveness of products.

But Qin Zhiyuan thinks it is worth it.

For Lan Fang, the route to be taken in the future is high-tech and high-value-added industries, so the profit margin of products will be very high.

Increasing the welfare of workers is actually a question of earning 100 or 50 for factory owners.

In Qin Zhiyuan's view, what can a country, or a region, rely on?

It is not the top ruling class, nor the bottom working class, but the vast middle class.

No matter in which country at present, the distribution of social income is basically a pyramid structure. The top has the least number of people, but has the most resources, and the bottom has the most people, but has the least materials distributed.

Those at the top, the so-called "head men", no matter how poor their origins are, once they get to the top of the pyramid, their task is no longer to continue to climb higher, but to ensure that their status is not affected, so they will lose the motivation to move forward and become obstacles to social change.

Those at the bottom can't see the upward channel, they have no room for promotion, and no channels for promotion. In short, they can't see hope, so various social problems have emerged.

Qin Zhiyuan wants to create a flat round structure. There are still so few people at the top, but they don't earn that much; there are also few people at the bottom, and this part is not enterprising and just eats and waits for death, and they deserve to be poor.

The largest number of people is the vast middle class.

This will definitely take time, especially because the Republic of China has a huge population base, which is destined to be a difficult process, and it may even take decades to achieve, but Qin Zhiyuan is not discouraged. Although his mental age is already less than 30, this body is only 21 years old this year, and there is plenty of time to slowly realize his blueprint.

Moreover, for Qin Zhiyuan at present, because of penicillin and United Oil Company, as well as the operating "Frank Company", Qin Zhiyuan already has a good foundation. These factories will bring huge wealth to Qin Zhiyuan every year. If it is used in the Republic of China, it may be slightly insufficient, but if it is used to build a demonstration area, it is enough.

For example, Shenzhen in another time and space is a good example.

At the beginning of reform and opening up, the value of Shenzhen was not how much money it could make, but to establish a model and become a benchmark, so that people in confusion can understand what kind of speed "Shenzhen speed" is, and let unconfident people understand how great the potential of Chinese people is.

This value cannot be seen on the surface, but it actually plays a huge role.

Qin Zhiyuan just wants to build Lan Fang into another "Shenzhen", an enlarged version of Shenzhen.

This does not require the entire Lan Fang to be built like Shenzhen in another time and space. It only requires a few super-large enterprises, plus a certain degree of publicity, to form a "demonstration effect" of considerable scale.

The Chinese are popular with the saying "It is not the scarcity that is worrying, but the inequality". The value of this saying has never been wealth, but hope and opportunity.

As long as there is hope and opportunity, the Chinese are more accustomed to using their own hands to create wealth, rather than simply "waiting, relying on, and asking". Those who ask for money are not welcome no matter where they are.

The emphasis on "It is not the scarcity that is worrying, but the inequality" is only interpreted in this way by some ambitious people when they need it.

Qin Zhiyuan, who knows what he wants to do and what he wants to do, has a clear goal.

The trip of the "Lan Fang Delegation" to Germany is to make the most of the factories in Germany that are about to be demolished, the skilled workers and mature engineers and designers who are about to be dismissed and diverted to other countries, and lay a preliminary industrial foundation for Lan Fang in a way that is almost like pulling up the seedlings to help them grow.

In fact, the phrase "pulling up the seedlings to help them grow" reflects the limitations of the ancients to a certain extent. Looking at Dubai in the 21st century, you will understand that when you really want to do something, the difficulties are really not as many as you imagine.

With a large number of workers and engineers deciding to join the "Frank Company", Krupp's problem has been initially solved. The next thing needs more time to ferment, and it is only a matter of time.

So two companions who are fluent in German are left to be responsible for follow-up contacts, and Zhang Tianyun and the Long brothers continue to move to the next stop.

The next stop is Rheinmetall, and the next stop is BMW, then Kaiser Werft, and then Carl Zeiss AG...

In short, before the end of the "Paris Peace Conference" of the Allies, Qin Zhiyuan will move all the things that he can see to Lanfang and rebuild Germany's powerful industry in Lanfang.

This is part of the agreement between Qin Zhiyuan and Crown Prince William. Now it seems that Qin Zhiyuan has taken a big advantage and the Germans have suffered a big loss. But when Germany needs it, Qin Zhiyuan will also help the Germans rebuild everything, even the German army.

With the signing of the Armistice Agreement, German prisoners of war captured in the war began to be released gradually. The first to be released were disabled soldiers who were not suitable for labor, then those who were physically weak, and finally the strong young and middle-aged people.

These young and middle-aged people had to use labor to atone for Germany's "aggression". They had to stay in France to build roads, bridges and mines until the areas destroyed in the war in France were restored to their pre-war state. These German prisoners of war would not be released.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

What can be restored are the economy and buildings, but psychological trauma is not so easy to recover, and the dead are even less likely to be resurrected.

Qin Zhiyuan also had something to do during this period.

Since the war is over, there is an important matter to arrange, that is, the bodies of the Chinese soldiers who died in the war.

The Chinese have a saying that "the fallen leaves return to their roots."

That is to say, no matter where a person is living, when he dies, he must be buried in his own land.

This is a tradition in the Chinese world and a way for the Chinese to respect their ancestors.

Even if they die, they should die beside their ancestors, and they can be reunited in the underworld.

France is not far away from the Republic of China. Many corpses have been washed away by time and only white bones are left. If they are sent back, the families of the deceased may be even more sad. So they found a place in Paris to build a large cemetery for centralized burial. What was sent back to the Republic of China was only part of the relics used by the fallen martyrs during their lifetime.

Well, the ancestors had foreseen this situation, so there is a precedent to follow, that is, "clothes and hats cenotaph".

Just a little comfort.

In fact, the place is easy to find, in the Bois de Boulogne where the Black Swan Castle is located.

Qin Zhiyuan has bought the entire Bois de Boulogne, an area of ​​about 20 square kilometers, which now belongs entirely to Qin Zhiyuan and his Foreign Legion.

The West has a very open attitude towards private property. As long as it is private territory, no one will ask even if you are an emperor behind closed doors, and there is no problem in opening a cemetery. This kind of action full of humanistic care is supported by the government.

Since Qin Zhiyuan led the Chinese to participate in the war against Germany, it lasted nearly two and a half years. During these two and a half years, more than 18,000 Chinese soldiers were killed and nearly 70,000 were injured. Although the casualties were not large compared with other Allied troops, this number was already heavy compared with the total number of Chinese troops.

So far, Qin Zhiyuan's troops have not exceeded 200,000. According to the proportion, the casualties of the Chinese troops are nearly half.

Of course, in contrast, the Chinese troops have achieved brilliant results. They have participated in more than ten large-scale battles. Starting from the Battle of the Somme, almost all the battles launched by the French army on the Western Front have been participated by Chinese troops. In the battle, the Chinese troops killed more than 100,000 German troops and captured more than 300,000 people, which is more than twice the total number of all Chinese troops.

The results of the Chinese troops are not the largest in the entire Allied Powers, but if the proportion is calculated by the number of troops, it is the undisputed first.

The most amazing thing is that although the Chinese troops caused heavy casualties to the German troops, the Germans obviously did not have much hatred towards the Chinese. This can be seen from the fact that German soldiers rushed to surrender to the Chinese troops in the Second Battle of Reims.

On December 24, Christmas Eve, Qin Zhiyuan presided over the burial ceremony of the first batch of soldiers. These soldiers died in the Kapi area. In fact, they were just civilians at the time, not even soldiers.

The first batch of soldiers buried totaled 79 people, of whom 13 had no remains found and could only be built into "cemeteries".

At that time, Qin Zhiyuan had only 310 men under his command, which shows how fierce the battle was.