the world is at stake

"Do these Chinese only think about career?"

"You don't understand. This is exactly the Chinese people I have met. They always want to make money and build. For this reason, they don't have to take vacations, stay away from their families, and go to faraway places to stay for a long time."

"Gentlemen, put away that ridiculous sense of moral superiority. We are all devils, and no one is higher than the other. I just want to know if this is good for our investment?"

"From the perspective of investment, I am more willing to trust the Chinese. They are disciplined and hardworking, and their work efficiency is much higher than that of European workers."

"You are talking about the European workers who were made lazy by high welfare 100 years later. Today's European workers are also very hardworking and able to endure hardships, with excellent discipline."

"Wait, I'm asking about return on investment, I don't want to argue about who is more diligent. Doesn't the Chinese government want to issue government bonds in Europe? Are the interest rates and issuance quotas they give determined?"

But the candidates in Europe were discussing how much money they could earn, and Zhou Qingfeng was very sad about the family affection that was abandoned in the team.He asked Cai Xuebin who was accompanying him, "You..."

"I regret it." Cai Xuebin replied with a bitter face: "I regret it every day, it is very painful. The team is all in their 50s and [-]s. Who doesn't have a wife and children?

No one hesitated to say that they sacrificed themselves for the revolutionary cause.But this time it was his own family who sacrificed, so who can feel at ease?Who is willing?

Before time and space restarted, I personally cooked a table of meals for the whole family, but I couldn't eat it myself.

I can't tell them that this is a farewell.My wife and children thought something was going to happen to me, and they were terrified for me, but they didn't know that they were going to disappear forever. "

"If you ask me, do you regret it? Of course I regret it. But now everything can only look forward. Maybe one day, I can meet them again?" Cai Xuebin choked up and couldn't continue.He said he was going to work and left in a hurry.

When Martha came to find Zhou Qingfeng, she saw her husband sitting behind the desk expressionless.

After asking what happened, she sat on the man's lap, "You are the leader, you can't be so emotional. At least you still have me, why are you sad? Go to work, the Germans are here to find you."

Kaiser Bazel I sent a special envoy, a 'Germany' chosen.His arrival bears a special deal - 'Deutschland' will exchange technical materials brought from later generations with 'Holy Light'.

'Holy Light' carried more than 250 tons of 'later generations' items on its back with manpower, and every gram is very precious.Among them, more than 100 tons of technical materials are stored in the form of microfilm, which can be copied.

But even on microfilm, the information capacity is too small.The materials mainly record basic things such as new materials, new processes, and technical manuals.

Except for some key models of equipment, many materials only have an overall design plan and lack details.

After all, complex equipment like the "Shandong" involves more than a dozen industrial chains, thousands of units, and millions of industrial populations.Its relevant technical data can't be stored with [-] tons of microfilm.

Most of the information is often a few words about the development of the technical route, so that there is no need to take detours when reproducing the technology, saving trial and error time and cost.

But this is far from enough.

In order to make the most precious technical information in their hands as complete as possible and maximize its value, 'Holy Light' and 'Deutschland' conducted the greatest mutual trust and communication before the restart of time and space.

Both sides have a focus on choosing the materials they carry to avoid duplication.Marco brought a team of more than ten people to Shanghai, just to exchange the 'priceless treasure' they needed.

China and Germany are both big industrial countries, and there is nothing to hide about the technology of the next 50 years.At most, Germany has a deeper research in a certain sub-industry, but China is far larger than Germany in terms of the breadth of the industrial chain.

More than 100 tons of film will be copied and exchanged with each other in multiple batches, and the first batch will be concentrated in the chemical and pharmaceutical fields.This can greatly deepen the technological accumulation of both parties, which is of great benefit.

For Germany, which has enough scientific research and industrial population, many technologies can be used immediately, which greatly speeds up the improvement of national strength.In contrast, if China wants to eat chickens, it must first hatch eggs and cultivate talents.

The 'German' envoy will also take five tons of gold and one hundred tons of silver from China.These precious metals are used to pay for the complete set of equipment and services procured from Germany.

For example, the previously agreed overseas student program, as well as German companies building factories in China, and hiring [-] experts and [-] technicians on behalf of them.

China's Ministry of Finance was unable to pay for the precious metals, but the "Politics and Security Bureau" collected the money within two months by cleaning up the old and the young, and arresting corrupt officials and private tycoons in the government.

Sheng Huaixuan, the richest man in the previous dynasty, provided more than 200 million taels of silver to the Political Security Bureau, equivalent to 450 tons.This is only cash, real estate, factories, shares and so on can be doubled again.

In addition, the assets of Yuan Shikai's family can have 1000 million taels of silver, and Li Hongzhang also left tens of millions of assets to his descendants.Even Zhang Xun, who is currently under arrest, has 'looted people's property' exceeding 50 taels.

Just cleaning up these local snakes can greatly solve the central financial problem.

According to the "Old Master Q" citing scriptures and examples, it is preliminarily estimated that only a few provinces currently controlled by the central government, the anti-corruption can generate more than [-] million taels of silver for the country.

In order to make Min Zhi Min Gao nationalized as much as possible to avoid being corrupted again.The Central State Council, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and many other departments that are waiting for the rice are all staring at the 'Politics and Security Bureau', and have cleaned up hundreds of insiders in two or three months.

Therefore, China has a strong family background and a thick bloodline.

Now the country has not experienced a brutal civil war, and the country's vitality is still there.Even if the national treasury has no money, finding a few fat sheep for surgery can save the emergency.In order to relieve farmers and speed up the country's industrialization, President Xiao's butcher knife has been sharpened.

It is precisely because of the realization that China is poor, but there is still a lot of money.When the German envoy met with Zhou Qingfeng, both parties were very happy.

China's huge orders have made the great powers of all countries envious.However, due to the lack of mutual trust between the top leaders of the two countries, it is difficult to measure the economic and trade activities of middle and low-level businessmen.

After all, in the era when only overseas telegrams were used for communication, transaction costs were very high and time efficiency was very low.

"Mr. Zhou, I assure you that all industrial orders from China to Germany enjoy priority production levels. For example, the first batch of twenty [-]-ton inland river transport ships you ordered have all boarded the berth. Construction completed."

In order to prove Germany's industrial production capacity in order to obtain more orders, the special envoy almost patted his chest for a guarantee.

Zhou Qingfeng also knew that the production of iron-hulled steam carriers was very simple, and this thing could really be built by setting up a platform on the river bank, without taking up valuable docks at all.

After the completion of the [-] transport ships, they just transferred the industrial equipment ordered by China to Shanghai and other ports, adding [-] tons of shipping capacity to China Merchants Shipping at one time.

The [-]-ton inland river transport ship can go directly to Wuhan, and the [-]-ton to Chongqing, fully utilizing the value of the golden waterway of the Yangtze River.Shanghai can drive the whole dragon body to develop together like a dragon head.

The technology before and after World War I was not as complicated as it was a hundred years later. A small country like Belgium can have a relatively complete industrial system, and it is not difficult for China to catch up.

To put it simply, the light industry is mainly textiles, and the heavy industry is steel and coal. If you can add chemicals, it will be perfect.

If education, medicine, power electronics, mechanical instruments, food processing, logistics and shipping, and building materials can be added, this is the foundation of a superpower.

Zhou Qingfeng calculated his family fortune and felt that it was too unreasonable for China not to be the hegemon of the world.

Chapter 44 Civil Service Reform

The ocean liner from Tianjin calls at Shanghai and has to stay at the pier for half a day to replenish water and coal.Most of the passengers on board went ashore, intending to visit this great port in the Far East in a flash.

Sullivan of the Shanghai Association received the telegram and rushed to the pier to meet the former British Minister to China.After the two parties met and greeted each other, Zhu Erdian pointed to the view of the Bund and said, "This pier has changed a lot."

As a great port in the Far East, the current Bund Wharf in Shanghai simply cannot match this title.Those who transport pigs, those who pick vegetables, those who sell goods, everything is mixed.

There is a lack of management around the pier, and the water flowing under the trestle is dirty and smelly.The decaying and damaged wooden boats sank in the water, blocking the river, making it a mess.

A place with a lot of traffic and poor public security.Shanghai was the capital of crime before '49 years', and there were countless cheaters.For example, the Green Gang controlled the coolies at the docks, monopolized logistics and freight, and indirectly disrupted society.

The new city government took a heavy blow to rectify the chaos in the city. The first punch was on the head of the Qing Gang who controlled the Bund Pier, killing a group, saving a group, and educating a group.

Sullivan was full of resentment towards the Chinese government, "Yes, the Chinese have made some changes. Under the teachings of our British, they learned to sweep the ground clean."

A management office was set up at the passenger terminal, and a simple canopy was repaired to realize the diversion of personnel.Although the Bund has a lot of traffic and noise, it is in good order.

Rickshaws pulling passengers outside the pier must wait at the exit, carrying passengers one by one.Whoever dares to fight will be punished with a stick.In this way, the transfer efficiency is greatly improved.

Sullivan still complained, "Now the whole of Shanghai is like a busy construction site, and there are policemen holding sticks everywhere to maintain order. The citizens are very uncomfortable and disgusted."

When Britain was engaged in "sheep cannibalism", bankrupt farmers were unwilling to enter factories, and it was up to the British police to catch homeless people on the streets to solve the problem.Now that Daying is decent, she has started to accuse others of being barbaric.

Zhu Erdian said 'hmm', and Ijuin Hikichi behind him muttered, "It's the same in the imperial capital, cities and villages are filled with a large number of policemen with only short training to enforce the law, and even foreign envoys are deprived of many privileges.

Our diplomats are stared at by the Chinese police as soon as they go out, and follow them wherever they go, without freedom and dignity, which is too annoying. "

Zhu Erdian glanced back and thought: "Isn't this what you Japanese did first? When Western diplomats go to Tokyo, they are followed by a man in a top hat every day. It's so annoying."

However, this man-to-man trick is very useful, so that all officials in the imperial capital avoid the Japanese in fear.Because every time a Japanese came to the door, the Political Security Bureau would come to investigate afterwards.

For the current disorderly society, the central government lacks management capabilities, and the lowest-cost solution is to rigidly enforce discipline and forcibly change the character of the people.

Behind the appearance of the market, Zhao Bingjun's Public Security Bureau has been expanding its training recently, and plans to separate from the Ministry of Internal Affairs at the end of the year and become the Ministry of Public Security independently to strengthen social control.

In order to be promoted to minister, Zhao Bingjun has been working hard recently, working sixteen or seventeen hours a day, he is called a model worker - the reason why he works so hard is that he was recently rewarded with an injection of 'enhanced serum'.

Zhao Bingjun followed Zuo Zongtang to pacify Agubo in Xinjiang. He was a master of equestrianism and made great achievements. He was buried in heavy snow for three days and was seriously injured, leaving him with "inhumane" pain.

'Enhanced Serum' showed strong body repair ability in Zhao Bingjun.This reward is like rain from heaven to him, he can be a man again and pass on the family line.

With this great kindness, how could Zhao Bingjun care about being loyal to Yuan Shikai?He is willing to smear the ground for the central government, actively reform his thinking, and move closer to the organization, and has become a probationary party member.

Sullivan complained that the number and power of the Shanghai police are increasing, which is behind the performance of the central government's strengthening of management in major cities across the country.

The political and security bureaus and public security bureaus in all provinces are under construction, and it is necessary to clean up the local stubborn forces, resulting in several bloody arrests and trials.

Zhu Erdian walked around the dock management office and found that a mere grass-roots organization was decent.

Hundreds of civil servants were posted and announced, clarifying their duties, powers and responsibilities, and how to complain. They were also equipped with interpreters who understand foreign languages, asked about the origins of foreigners, and applied for landing passports.

In Shanghai before, there was no entry-exit management at all, and foreign cats and dogs could come here.What is a passport?No such thing.

In the original history, it was not until 1920 that countries around the world began to cooperate on immigration management and passport issues.Now this progress will obviously accelerate.

At least a diplomatic agreement between China and Germany requires formalized management of personnel exchanges between the two sides.This is beneficial to all countries and will inevitably be rolled out across the board.

Zhu Erdian is a senior diplomat who understands what the promotion of passports means.This is the power and means by which a country legally manages its own borders.

If this measure is connected with the ID card system to be established by the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the direction of the Chinese government's governance is very clear.

"This is the inevitable way for the country to move towards industrialization." Zhu Erdian thought more far-reaching.As long as the power of the central government continues to be consolidated, China will conduct censuses and land surveys in a few years to fully control the country's human and land resources.

"Think about the [-] million people in this country. Due to the low life expectancy, most of them are young and strong. Once a war breaks out, the number of soldiers is almost endless. If we can complete industrialization and popularize basic education, wow..."

When Zhu Erdian raised this point, Sullivan didn't feel much, and Hikichi Ijuin shuddered.Now Japan's population is only 5000 million, and its resources are poor. The gap in national strength with China is too great.

"Your Excellency, regarding our country's plan to purchase the 'King Kong'-class battle cruiser, please help me." Hikichi Ijuin couldn't bear it anymore. The reason why he followed Zhu Erdian's ass was to persuade this 'China hand' to return to London. help later.

The 'King Kong' class battlecruiser was one of Japan's most important warship construction projects before World War I, the other being the 'Fuso' class battleship.

Now China is stuck in exporting raw materials such as pig iron and raw silk to Japan, restricting the import of Japanese goods, increasing exports to Europe and the United States, and crowding out the Japanese foreign trade market.

For poor ghosts like Japan, this is a fatal blow, and it will definitely restrict the development of Japan's military power.The Japanese military is already in a state of disquiet, and urgently needs more loans from the United Kingdom.

Zhu Erdian only nodded, but did not easily promise.He also doesn't understand what the upper echelons of the UK think. He has to go back to London to understand.

After leaving the Bund pier, the group prepared to go to the Shanghai General Assembly for a rest. Zhu Erdian planned to meet a British businessman and learn more about China's development.

There is a large billboard outside the management of the terminal, which is densely packed with people's heads.Before getting into the car, Zhu Erdian glanced and asked what was on the Sullivan brand?

"It's the public notice board for hiring senior civil servants in the city recently, saying that it requires the supervision of the whole society. The first thing the Chinese publicized was that an Indian was working as a bartender for Daying, and they said they had discovered a genius.

Later, the Chinese probably felt that it was not an honor to appoint the servants of the Great Britain, so they quickly changed their propaganda to promote someone from ordinary citizens to become an official. "

Sullivan tried to play it lightly and didn't want to discuss the ongoing civil service reform in the city government.In fact, the heat of this reform has been very high, and its influence is also expanding.

In imperial capitals, Tianjin, Nanjing, Shanghai, and Wuhan, all civil servants below the ministerial level were laid off and re-employed.As the Premier of the State Council, Qin Qing personally took charge of this matter, and must rectify the administration of officials and select talents for the country.

After the big cities are finished, we must grasp the small cities and suppress them level by level.Shuffle the cards for bureaucrats at all levels, fight corruption and crack down on gangsters, check land, and enrich the treasury.

At the beginning, the "Old Master" suggested that Zhou Qingfeng carry out a "fault-finding" land reform pilot project in Changping County, the imperial capital, and the effect was quite good.Now 'finding faults' is getting stronger and more formal.

It is really inappropriate to promote an Indian as a representative of civil servant reform, so the city government replaced China's own civilian representative within a few days.

"Chinese people are so enthusiastic about becoming an official. Thousands of people come to take the civil servant exam every day. Now the positions in Shanghai are filled, and they can only be tested for positions in a few surrounding counties and cities."

Sullivan wanted to sneer, but what he said made Zhu Erdian repeatedly question him.

"The exam is not difficult. At first, it was held every day, and then once every half a month. Recently, it is once a month, and the exam questions are often changed. It is said that there are merchants in the market who are printing the content of the previous exam questions, and they are sold out.

Many candidates think that they can become officials after passing the exam, but in fact they have to start from ordinary officials.Out of dissatisfaction with the assigned position, the situation of repeated examinations.

As long as they can become officials, Chinese intellectuals can be easily domesticated.Recently, many southern revolutionary parties have been asking the Shanghai Municipal Government whether they can take the civil service examination?

Recently, the newly offered positions are getting more and more remote, and some of them are already going to work in Suzhou.But this cannot resist the Chinese people's enthusiasm for the exam, and having a stable job has attracted too many people.

After the bartender in Daying was hired as the deputy head of the customs, Westerners in Shanghai were also very interested in taking the exam. Indeed, dozens of people passed the exam.

In addition, the Indians and even the Annanites in the patrol house in the former concession also tried, and a dozen of them got positions of varying degrees.But they were not arranged together as expected, but were completely dispersed. "

As a 'China hand', Zhu Erdian dislikes the corruption and incompetence of the former Chinese officials, but because of the other party's stupidity, he has a sense of superiority and believes that he has the right to be a teacher to give advice.

Now that China is completely relying on itself to carry out official reform, the sense of superiority of the West will naturally fade away.The changes after the reform can be seen from the small Bund Wharf Management Office.

The old bureaucracy was wiped out with little resistance.New civil servants also take positions in different places and set performance KPIs for selection and elimination.

Zhu Erdian knew that he had to write a lot more content in his report report when he returned to China, but the MPs in London were afraid that they would not want to believe that a very efficient government agency appeared in a country of yellow race.

"The country is changing so fast that all the coping methods before the British Empire are useless. We must have a new China policy, but... London will not change."

Zhu Erdian prioritizes safeguarding the interests of the UK in China. Even if he becomes a scapegoat, he knows that this is a political need and does not complain too much.Just as he was thinking about strategies for the new situation, a green-painted biplane buzzed in the sky.

"Hey... is this a Chinese army plane? Aren't they the iconic big red?"

Sullivan looked up and replied: "The Chinese have more and more planes. This is their latest model. It is very easy to identify with blue on the top and green on the bottom."

"Ah...? The Chinese have come up with a new plane!"

Chapter 45 New Aircraft

While Zhu Erdian looked up at the biplane flying in the sky, Zhou Qingfeng was watching the flight show with several aircraft designers on the [-]-hectare lawn of the former British Consulate.

This plane, painted in blue and green, comes from the rebuilt Jinling Machinery Bureau, and its manufacturer is today's little-known figure—Xie Zantai.

The plane landed lightly on the lawn, the pilot wearing goggles stopped the engine, and two ground crew stepped forward to block the wooden wheel chocks.Zhou Qingfeng shook hands with Xie Zantai to express his congratulations, thanking him for creating a new type of fighter for the country.

Xie Zantai couldn't speak Mandarin, but kept expressing his modesty in English, "This is not my credit, the military provided the aircraft design, and I just participated in its manufacture.

On the contrary, I want to thank the government for giving me the opportunity to serve the country, and I also want to thank the central government for its feat of washing away foreign humiliation and expelling foreign powers.It is an honor for our generation that the country can flourish. "

After saying a few words, Xie Zantai choked up and shook Zhou Qingfeng's hand repeatedly, feeling excited.In the list of Chinese aviation pioneers, this person has a place.