Chapter 1107: The Deal

  Chapter 1086 The Deal
Finding one’s old man when in trouble was universal in both ancient and modern times, and the imperial prince was no exception.

Unfortunately, William is now in the inspection period, a telegram asking for help can indeed solve most of the problems, but it also means that he has failed the test.

If you want to become a qualified monarch, you must first have the ability to deal with difficulties, and asking for help obviously does not prove your ability.

Although the development of the Southern Ocean region was important, in Franz’s eyes, it was obviously not as important as raising a responsible son.

Colonies, economic development is slow then slow good, instead of the economy soared, then need to worry about the tail big fall.

After all, the biggest characteristic of the colonization system under the Shen Luo model is that it is especially capable of fighting. If you have money and industrial system, it is difficult to ensure that you do not have ambition.

In order to avoid such a situation, from the very beginning, the direction of development of the colonies under the Divine Law had all been planned by the Vienna government.

The first choice was to develop economic agriculture and mining to provide the country with industrial raw materials; the second was to develop light industry.

As for heavy industry, emerging technology industry, that is a complete blank. What is missing from the domestic procurement is, there is no need to repeat the development of waste of resources.

In fact, there is no need to specifically limit, no domestic support, to the colony’s talent reserves, simply can not play the science and technology industry.

Along with the formulation of the overseas state strategy, the Vienna government’s restrictions on the colonies have been reduced a lot, especially after the prince succeeded the governor, almost completely let go.

Unfortunately times were different, the second industrial revolution was all but at an end, and the threshold for industrialization had gone up.

Every time he thought about it, William envied his older brother who had traveled to Austrian Central America. Although there was the same lack of talent, it was always possible to raise the hoe and dig.

With the identity of the Emperor’s son, coupled with the hefty reputation of Shinra, it was still very attractive to the talents of the American countries.

Often, even the actual cost does not have to pay, directly relying on empty checks, are able to lure a large group of people to come over to work.

Although the ability of these people is uneven, in terms of professionalism is far less than the local Shen Luo, but in the colonies or “top talent”.

Relying on the digging, in just a few years, Austria belongs to the Central American region has already laid the foundation of industrialization.

In contrast, the Austrian South Seas is much more miserable. William would like to dig the foot, but there is really no place to hoe ah!

Throughout the whole of Asia, can not find an industrialized country, including Japan and the Far East Empire, have just taken the footsteps of industrialization, the lack of talent is very serious.

Originally, William had high hopes for Lanfang Autonomous Province, thought this side of the economy is good, there should be a good reserve of talent.

In fact, this is also true. With the identity of the prince, William arrived in Lafontaine immediately received a warm welcome.

After all, there is no battle for the throne in Shenluo, and the internal strife within the royal family is also very small, as a royal son is either a party of lords, or return to the country to serve as a key position.

Sensei, regardless of that situation, the future was bright. There was no risk at all in defecting to the past.

Although they had lived in peace for decades, the sense of crisis among the Chinese in the South Seas had not disappeared. It was natural to lean on the thigh that was delivered to the door.

The local big families, one by one, all sent their sons to William’s command, greatly enriching the team.

Indeed, they are all talented, but unfortunately, they are all out of line. If you were looking for economic talents and bureaucrats, you would be able to find the right people from the grassroots to the top.

If you want to play with industrialization, you don’t have to count on it. In a world that favored literature over science and technology, Lanfang’s capitalists all had to hire technicians from Shinra at great expense.

Of course, there wasn’t a complete lack of skilled personnel, at least there were still basic industrial workers.

Roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure projects could still be carried out with the local talent pool.

So since succeeding the governor of Nanyang, William started the project is basically centered on roads, water conservancy and other infrastructure.

Do not need to personally go to open up, to start a project, as long as the appointment of a few sons of the big families are responsible for, immediately there will be artisans to the door.

And Franz learned, on how the craftsmen came, William never cared, just look at the results is.

To build a university would not be possible, unless it was a liberal arts college he wanted to establish, or a military academy, otherwise the teachers would certainly not be able to come together.

……

After hesitating for a moment’s effort, Rodriguez carefully replied, “Your Highness, except for Professor Drake who accepted your invitation, the others chose to decline, but they recommended their own students.”

Facts once again proved that this thing called ideals belonged to the few. As the crown prince William had even personally written a letter to invite them, and the result was still only one professor.

Recommending one’s own students was, in a sense, simply giving face to William as a prince.

One must know that William’s invitation letters were not sent out indiscriminately. Which accomplished existences, he did not go to make a fool of himself, and invited newcomers who needed a chance in the professional field.

Unfortunately, the ones who truly dedicated their lives to education and scientific research were only a few, and most of them were ordinary people.

Those who were able to become professors were not young. With their families in tow, it was too much of a hardship to want them to leave their native comfort zones and head to overseas colonies to fight.

Of course, these were not the most important, the key was that the elites who were willing to leave the European continent had long been scooped up by the nobles in front of them.

Just take a look at the African continent to see that, with the same penniless start, the region already has a dozen or so specialized universities, and the quality of education is not low.

On the surface, these universities are established by the government of Vienna, in fact, more or more local aristocrats sponsor.

Not just sponsorship funds, but more importantly, sponsors. In addition to the teachers dug from Europe, there is also a part of the teacher directly is the local aristocratic children.

This was also the national condition of Shinra, the German region had a tradition of emphasizing education, and the second generation of nobles who had enough resources generally had a higher level of education.

In contrast, the Southern Ocean region did not have it. It was not that the local nobles were wasted, it was mainly that the opening up of the Austrian South Seas had gone too well, and the number of divided noble lords was on the low side.

The base is small, the probability of the emergence of science and technology talents is even smaller. Even if it occasionally appears, it is also a precious lump, and has long been arranged properly.

“Alas!”

After sighing, William said helplessly, “It seems that digging for people, we can only wait for the economic crisis!”

Influenced by Franz, several sons were not in the habit of relocating people for no reason. The battle to grab people was staged every day in Shen Luo, and apart from the identity of a prince, William did not have any advantage.

On this issue, don’t expect the nobles to give him face. Let alone a royal son, even if the emperor stepped in, each would have to rely on his own means.

“Your Highness, it is actually not impossible to establish a university now. Although we don’t have enough teachers in science and engineering, there’s still no shortage of people in other fields, and they can take up their positions after sending them to study in the country for half a year.

With the special situation of the Austrian Southern Ocean region, we don’t even need to establish a university according to domestic standards, just directly downgrade it to press technical colleges.

With Prof. Drake, together with the students recommended by other people, we can completely put up the shelf of science and technology, and there is still no problem in training basic science and technology talents.

Anyway, there’s no competition here, so even if the quality of teaching is a bit poorer, there’s no worry about the lack of students.

If we want to increase our international influence, we can also offer military basic teaching, and with the prestige of the Imperial Army, there’s no worry about international students enrolling.”

Rodrigue proposed.

Regardless of the quality of the teaching, establishing the first university in the Southern Ocean region was a great political achievement in itself. To William, who was in a state of appraisal, this political achievement was definitely a big plus.

Since it was a plus point, naturally, the bigger it was, the better. Although Shen Luo does not advocate the internationalization of education, but a university has influence in the international arena, that is also the icing on the cake.

As it happened, Nanyang University had caught up with a good time. Because of its geographic location, it had an inherent advantage, not to mention the bonus of Shinra’s influence on East Asian students.

If you are a little thick-skinned, you can claim to be the number one university in Asia. As for the University of Tokyo, which was established earlier, just ignore it.

Anyway, now East Asia is in the stage of “foreign monks are good at reading scriptures”, the University of Tokyo is far from being as powerful as the later generations, and its status in the international arena may not necessarily be as high as that of some technical colleges and universities.

Nanyang University” in the preparation, as long as the popularity of the publicity out, even if it is half done. As for the quality of education, it can be made up later.

To put it bluntly, it takes years to go to university. It is entirely possible to start classes while replenishing the faculty at the same time.

As long as the final graduates, the quality is up to par, who dares to say that Nanyang University is no good?

William asked uncertainly, “You mean that if the quality of teaching is not enough, the quality of the student population will be used to make up for it. The question is can this work?”

Although Rodriguez didn’t say it outright, the fact that he twice brought up the phrase “no shortage of students” was clearly the best hint.

“Your Highness, good schools are just as capable of producing bad students, and bad schools have good students as well.

In the context of the same teaching resources, the emergence of such a division is clearly a problem of the students themselves.

The teaching materials and management model we use can be copied exactly from the domestic colleges and universities.

As long as the quality of the students we recruit is good enough and they are willing to delve deeper into their studies, even if there is a lack of faculty, it won’t hurt.”

Pitfalls, perhaps, exist! After all, poor teaching quality does affect students’ learning.

But in these days, it’s very hard to have a chance at higher education. One more university out means hundreds or thousands more opportunities.

A big wave of sand, so many students, always be able to find the gold. We do not want to see the emergence of great talent, as long as some of them can reach the average level of the country, or slightly worse are considered successful.

After contemplating for a while, William nodded: “Then first put up the shelf, I will communicate with the Ministry of Education to select a site for the school, teacher recruitment and follow-up publicity work will be left to you.

If the Ministry of Education can’t send someone with weight to serve as the principal, I’ll do it myself. In order to ensure that the first enrollment can be completed successfully, the momentum must be created.”

The gods of modesty were never worth mentioning in front of politics. For the sake of political performance William also put up a fight, and was even prepared to serve as the principal since.

……

Tokyo, along with the arrival of representatives of the Tsarist government, the Russian Embassy case once again entered a new phase.

Under the strong suppression of the Japanese government, Tokyo finally returned to normal. Against the general background of the organizers going to jail, the popular protest marches and demonstrations in Tokyo were terminated.

……

In the Holy Roman Empire’s embassy in Tokyo, Minister Jose put down the coffee in his hand and asked cautiously, “Liu, are you sure that by releasing a few students, you will be able to help the Empire expand its share of trade in the Far East?”

Along with the passage of time, there were more and more Chinese students who were caught in the crossfire. The earliest unlucky person, Wang De Cheng, was finally no longer alone.

The more people involved, the greater the power behind the activities. President Liu, who was originally only prepared to pull the strings, was finally persuaded to be the lobbyist.

With his understanding of the Holy Roman Empire, President Liu was clear that talking about whether or not the arrested student was wrongly accused was meaningless.

The best way to ask for help was still benefits. Directly giving gifts was too outdated, with the modesty of the bureaucrats of the Holy Roman Empire, they never ate and wiped clean the gifts sent by strangers without doing anything.

Operating in secret would again take a lot of time and carry the risk of exposure.

Neither the Chinese Guild, nor President Liu himself, could afford such a risk, even if the favor behind it smelled good.

If sending gifts doesn’t work, then send political achievements. This was something that all bureaucrats, no matter how big or small, loved.

Anyway, with the family behind the foreign students contributing to these things, he only needed to do a favor.

And so it was, hearing that he could expand his share of trade, Minister Jose was immediately on board.

It was nothing more than releasing a few unlucky people, it was nothing at all. Not to mention not being murderers, even if they were real murderers, as long as the benefits were big enough, there was also room for negotiation.

“Your Excellency the Minister, the fathers of these foreign students are all officials of the Far Eastern Empire government, and the families behind them are very influential in the Far Eastern Empire.

If you can get them out now, you are their savior. We Chinese emphasize on repaying favors, and you were able to reap the friendship of them along with the families behind them at the same time.

It is a bit difficult to expand your country’s market share in the Far East, but there is no problem at all in expanding the market share of the several foreign banks appointed by Your Excellency in the Far East.

It is said that affected by the tense relationship between Japan and Russia, the Far Eastern Empire has recently had another large order for a million dollars of military purchases, and the buyer has yet to be determined, you see ……”

Without waiting for President Liu to finish his sentence, Minister Jose’s serious face, smiled: “If this order, can fall into the hands of the empire, I don’t think it’s a problem.”

There is no way, there are three, six, nine classes of the same minister. As the minister in Japan, Jose obviously has no way to compare with the minister in Britain and Russia.

If it was just that, it would be just that, but the country of Japan was so poor that there was no chance to make political gains.

If not for the outbreak of the Russian Embassy case, he would still be the same non-existent Minister of Shinra, and there would be no opportunity to perform.

Jose never thought that he would be favored one day. First, the Russian Embassy case broke out, and he gained the opportunity to make political achievements, and now there was a large military purchase order delivered to his door.

Don’t look at the amount of one million taels of silver is not big, but can’t help the arms trade profiteering. This single at least have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver profit, if counting the follow-up ammunition procurement, this profit will even exceed the current procurement contract.

If you take this order and turn back to the military, you will not only be able to harvest a political achievement, but also be able to gain the goodwill of the military.

For Minister Jose, who had aspirations for a career, the significance here was extraordinary. Even President Liu, who was looking at this uninvited guest, was much more favorable.

Having gotten a definite answer, President Liu also breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately, he assured, “Your Excellency the Minister, please rest assured. We will do our best to facilitate this deal, but the operation will take some time. Do you think you can get the people out first?”

It was impossible not to be in a hurry, the trial meeting under the auspices of the International Court of Justice had already begun, and if he didn’t fish out the people, he would have to meet them in the courtroom.

Only to see Minister Jose faintly smile, “Don’t worry, I am still able to speak up in the international court.

As a group of uninformed students, their participation in the march was completely coerced, and had nothing to do with the Russian Embassy case.

Releasing them now in advance will instead easily arouse suspicion from the outside world. It would be better to wait a little longer and have the international court prove their innocence.”

It really wasn’t bragging, as the Minister of Shinra, Jose did have the ability to influence the outcome of the international court’s judgment.

Just look at the composition of the members of the International Tribunal, most of them were from the European continent. Perhaps if they were allowed to conduct a trial against their principles, there might still be people who would refuse. But letting go of a few shrimps that weren’t even small fish would not be a problem.

Seeing this person in front of him not seeing a rabbit, President Liu wanted to speak.

(End of chapter)