Of course, the prerequisite for a strong economy is to improve the quality of the residents. Fang Xiaoyu had already begun to popularize primary schools. With a strong economy as a pillar, the popularity of primary schools was very fast. In just two years, the Chinese collar has reached the goal of everyone having access to education.
Not only primary schools, but also technical schools are very popular because Fang Xiaoyu’s company only recruits workers from technical schools.
The major factories owned by Fang Xiaoyu have very high wages. The monthly salary of ordinary workers is 20 yuan, and the higher the skill level, the higher the salary. Senior technicians can even reach 150 yuan. These wages may not even be available in China in the 21st century.
The subsistence allowance is not even considered, but in the current Lanfang Empire, it is already considered a high-income class. Here, a family of five can only afford to eat a hundred yuan a year. From here, we can compare what Fang Xiaoyu said.
The salary given is high.
With money this time, Fang Xiaoyu decided to launch a large-scale education. He first used the compensation to improve school facilities with 30 million, and at the same time established ten middle schools, all using textbooks written by Fang Xiaoyu himself. In these schools, Fang Xiaoyu
Not only will the children learn knowledge, but it will also instill in them the idea of loyalty to the lord from an early age.
Teachers are not a problem, because Fang Xiaoyu found that the nobles in the Lanfang Empire have received a good education. Even if they are poor and cannot afford to eat, they will definitely ensure the education of their children. This is also a tradition since the founding of the country, because the founding emperor once stipulated that no culture will be
Deprived of his title of nobility.
This provision made by the founding emperor was convenient for Fang Xiaoyu. There were a large number of poor nobles in the country who had no food to eat. As long as these people were recruited and paid, they would still be willing to become teachers. Anyway, the textbooks were ordered by Fang Xiaoyu, so they would not talk nonsense.
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These people were accustomed to being bullied by wealthy nobles because of their poverty. They had no good impressions of the upper echelons of the empire. On the contrary, they were grateful to Fang Xiaoyu, who hired them with a high salary. Occasionally, a few stubborn Fang Xiaoyu also used various excuses to fire them.
When these people arrived in China, Fang Xiaoyu discovered that there were many scholars and people who liked research among them. Only then did Fang Xiaoyu realize that there were so many potential scientists in the Lanfang Empire, but the government did not use them.
Fang Xiaoyu attached great importance to these people. He immediately decided to use his group company to fund the establishment of a Chinese University in Tongjiang Fucheng. As the highest institution of higher learning in China, those research talents could lead students while conducting scientific research.
In this way, Fang Xiaoyu has another research team of his own in addition to the Science and Technology Department of China Group Corporation composed of Tesla, Einstein and others. The difference is that the Science and Technology Department of China Group Corporation focuses on practical scientific research, and Zhonghua University
It focuses more on basic scientific research.
In addition, Fang Xiaoyu had an idea and recruited a large number of young and run-down nobles from China, so that these young people with profound cultural background could be used in Tesla and others' experiments, which greatly alleviated the shortage of scientific research manpower. Moreover, these people
He is literate and quick to accept, and can quickly digest and absorb the scientific and technological knowledge of Tesla and others.
Various measures and work of the Chinese government began to get on track, and Fang Xiaoyu started "scientific research" work again. The first thing to be established was a pharmaceutical company. There is no real medicine in this world, and there are limited treatments for everyone's diseases.
In the Western Continent, only various physical therapies can be used to alleviate the condition, and bloodletting is used when the disease occurs. This kind of treatment method is of little use except for psychological comfort. The Eastern Continent is better. They take only a few dozen kinds of herbal medicine to treat the disease.
Minor illnesses can be cured, but when it comes to larger illnesses or infectious diseases, they are helpless, even the royal family. Therefore, Fang Xiaoyu plans to start a Western medicine company to manufacture drugs that can cure diseases.
The first type of drugs that Fang Xiaoyu included in the production plan was sulfa drugs. These drugs are easy to manufacture and all raw materials can be provided in Fang Xiaoyu's chemical factory. Moreover, these drugs are panacea and basically have certain effects on various diseases.
The efficacy, especially in this world where antibiotics have not been abused, is not an exaggeration to be called a miracle drug.
The glass factory mainly produces special glass. After all, Fang Xiaoyu cannot compete with the Xia family's workshop for business. They basically no longer produce those simple glass products. After years of research and Fang Xiaoyu's information support, the glass factory
Finally, a convex lens was trial-produced.
With this key accessory, Fang Xiaoyu can equip the army with telescopes and optical rangefinders. Even special operations divisions can be equipped with sniper rifles with scopes. Fang Xiaoyu’s investment in the glass factory is still very large.
, he knew very well that optical instruments were indispensable at all times.
In addition, Fang Xiaoyu felt that military rations during the war were difficult to store and carry and tasted too bad, so he decided to open a food manufacturing factory to specialize in the production of instant noodles, compressed biscuits, various types of meat, canned aquatic products and fruits, dehydrated vegetables and other foods, which were also supplied to the army.
For civilian use. Unexpectedly, these convenience foods became very popular after being put on the market, and became another profit growth point for China Group.
In addition, various light industrial products newly established by Fang Xiaoyu's industries include newly developed special steels, daily stainless steel products, as well as textiles and clothing, processed foods, bicycles, T-shaped safety razors, shampoos, various cosmetics,
Leather products, together with the old products soap, cigarettes, matches, and paper, have created a lot of benefits for China Group Company.
Cement, steel, machinery and chemical products in heavy industry have also achieved good results. With a large number of unique best-selling products, the profits from trade are naturally quite generous, which makes Wu Yu, who is in charge of overseas trade and marketing, a little busy.
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Zhonghualing also achieved a great harvest of agricultural products in 892, and the output of various grains reached a terrifying figure. In addition to the agricultural reclamation company under Fang Xiaoyu, Fang Xiaoyu also purchased grain from farmers and put it on the domestic and foreign markets, allowing
Food prices across the Eastern Continent have declined.
Especially within the Lanfang Empire, Fang Xiaoyu invested a large amount of grain into the market, which caused a sharp drop in grain prices. The Cheng family would buy grains and hoard them every year during the grain harvest period to raise grain prices and obtain greater profits. This year
Fang Xiaoyu's grain selling policy not only prevented grain prices from rising, but also dropped a lot. This caused the grain merchants headed by the Cheng family to suffer a lot of losses. An angry Cheng Yuhuan took the opportunity to trouble the Fang family several times in the court.
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Although Fang Rui and others had a hard time coping in the court, they were secretly laughing in their hearts. Fang Xiaoyu must have beaten the Cheng family so hard this time, otherwise Cheng Yuhuan would not be so disregardful of his status. After all, food is the foundation of the Cheng family. Fortunately,
Marshal Xia Jun is always looking after him in the court, so the pressure on Fang Rui will not be too great.
After being tricked by Fang Xiaoyu once, the Cheng family would not be so willing to suffer a loss. Although the Cheng family has not yet recovered due to the severe injuries in recent years, he could stumble Fang Xiaoyu from the outside. Cheng Yuhuan sent someone to secretly help the Cossacks.
Emperor Alexander III brought a personal letter from him.
Cheng Yuhuan was quite insidious. In his letter, in addition to praising Alexander III for his good governance, he also hinted that the last failure of the Cossack Empire's instigation of the Monte Empire's invasion was due to Fang Xiaoyu. In the end, he pretended to inadvertently annex the northern subcontinent to the Chinese territory.
Moreover, it was revealed that the desert areas of the goblin territory have been turned into livable oasis.
The Cossack Empire was a super empire that spanned the Western Continent, the Central Continent, and the Eastern Continent, with a territory of 21 million square kilometers. It bordered the Yaman Empire and the Kingdom of Habfsburg in the west, and Iraq in the south.
The Stan Empire and the Persian Empire also have land borders with the Monte Empire and the Lanfang Empire in the Eastern Continent.
Historically, the Cossack Empire was a country that valued land power. However, after invading the Istan Empire five years ago and being defeated by the combined forces of the Sar Empire, the Nantes Empire and the Istan Empire relying on a powerful navy, the Cossack Emperor Alexander III realized the power of the navy.
importance, for this reason he began to invest heavily in building new ships for the Cossack Empire's originally small naval fleet.
Self-built warships did not have enough technical reserves, and the time was too long. Therefore, Alexander III decided to adopt a two-pronged approach. While building his own warships, he also ordered them from various countries in the Western Continent. Such no expense was spared, allowing the Cossack Imperial Navy to build warships in just a short period of time.
In the past five years, it has jumped from the 17th to the 4th place in the world, and all of them are newly built ironclads. This has led to the rapid rise of the Cossack Imperial Navy, and it has quickly become a Sasanian force in the Western Continent that calls itself the world's largest naval power.
The empire is also deeply afraid of the maritime power.
There is a fleet, but there is another thing that Alexander III is worried about, and that is the problem of seaports. Most of the coastlines of the Cossack Empire are in the cold Arctic areas, which are not suitable for building seaports. There are only three relatively good large ports in the territory, among which
One is the Paladin Castle located deep in the Ard Sea. The waterways here are complicated. Since the exit of the Ard Sea is blocked by the Viking Kingdom and the Yaman Empire, once a war breaks out, the Cossack fleet may be trapped in a urn, and it will be difficult for them to do so.
Move toward the ocean.
The second one is the Port of Odessa in the Black Sea. The water depth there is too shallow and is not suitable for the use of large ironclads. Moreover, the Black Sea is an inland sea. If you want to enter the ocean, you must pass through the Dardanelles Strait controlled by the Istan Empire.
It has the same problem as the Fort, so it is even more unrealistic to place the fleet here.
The last port is the Port of Murmansk, which is located in the high latitudes. The climate there is too cold. There is a freezing period of four months every year. The other two months when travel is possible are to rely on icebreakers to clear the channel, and the weather changes.
After the warm weather, there are many floating ice masses nearby, which poses a great danger to the safety of the fleet.