Leonid's impression of Paris and London was not very good. He believed that these two cities were exaggerated. Even though the size and history of the cities were indeed greater than those of St. Petersburg and Moscow, these two cities were full of decadence.
One sound is corrupt and the other is full of blood, tears and sins. How can such a city represent the most advanced development direction in the world?
He prefers St. Petersburg and even Moscow. Even though Moscow is very depressed and lonely, the atmosphere of these two cities is better than that of Paris and London.
He wrote to Alexei in the letter: "The air in London is disgusting. I really can't imagine how humans can survive in this choking smoke. Breathing here for an hour is equivalent to smoking a bag of tobacco."
I really doubt how Londoners can stand it!"
"As for Paris, it's a beautiful city, but the passion of the French is unbearable. Their extravagant lifestyle should be whipped. Only the most depraved devils would live like them!"
"I miss St. Petersburg, the fresh air there, the simple life style of St. Petersburg people, and the spiritual tradition unique to the Russians..."
Hearing this, Li Xiao couldn't help but complain: "A spiritual tradition unique to the Russians? Does it mean living a poor life and being submissive to big people, and living in a trap every day?"
Alexey curled his lips, he actually wanted to vomit, but St. Petersburg is his hometown after all, not to mention that there is nothing wrong with a wanderer missing his hometown. If Leonid went abroad, he would spare no effort to praise Paris and London.
If you want to belittle and slander St. Petersburg, then it is worthy of vomiting and contempt!
Li Xiao also sighed. From this aspect, Leonid is indeed better than some of the leading parties in later generations. Even picking up garbage in the lighthouse country feels sweeter than the air in his hometown where he has been raised for decades. Such a talent
Need to despise and vomit!
"What else did he say?"
Alexey looked at the letter and replied: "He is still confused. It is obvious that these two cities are in a mess, and the residents of these two cities are obviously suffering from various misfortunes, but why can they defeat us? He can't figure out this
What’s the point!”
Li Xiao sighed and said: "Can't figure it out? It's okay if he can't figure it out. Before he goes out, he should go to the countryside and take a look. He will know that the Russians live more unhappily than the French and British. It's strange that they are undefeated!"
Alexey nodded. He felt the same way. Londoners and Parisians were indeed unhappy compared with the nobles of their own country, but compared with the Russian serfs who were in dire straits, they were in heaven!
Whether you live well or not depends on the reference point. Leonid's reference point is obviously problematic. If you compare the lower class people in foreign countries with the Russian elite, you can definitely conclude that the latter's life is happier.
But can everyone in Russia live as well as the rich and powerful?
Obviously it's impossible. Comparisons must be made fairly, good with good, bad with bad. Only then can such a conclusion be meaningful.
Alexei nodded and said: "I pointed out his mistake in my reply. I don't think he deliberately confused the concept."
Li Xiao also believed that Leonid did not do it on purpose. He just loved the motherland very much and always safeguarded the dignity of the country. He did not want others to say something bad about his country.
This kind of people have the most simple patriotic sentiments, which are worthy of praise. But sometimes they go too far, and they may develop into three of the following virtues: they are arrogant and feel good about themselves, and it is difficult to make progress.
Although Leonid is not as funny as the three, it would be ridiculously paranoid if he only thinks about maintaining face and cannot see the direction of progress.
"Besides these, what else did he say?" Li Xiao asked.
Alexey sighed: "He visited many factories and lamented the development of British industry... He felt that if our country also had so many factories, it would not lose the war!"...
Li Xiao curled his lips, isn't this correct nonsense? The problem is that these factories will not fall from the sky. The reason why Britain has such a developed industry is the hard work of generations after generations. If there are no sheep eating people's pens,
Earth movement, do you think the UK can have so many factories?
Besides, it makes no sense even if Russia has so many factories now, because running factories requires engineers and technical workers. Look at how many similar talents there are in the UK? And what about Russia?
To put it bluntly, there is no point even if the British factory is moved to Russia. Without skilled workers, it is just a pile of scrap metal!
To put it bluntly, Britain's strength is its people. Look at its illiteracy rate and how many schools it has. Without these infrastructures, what's the use of just having factories and piles of machines?
When Li Xiao thinks about Russia's industrial base, he can't help but want to vomit. Where does Russia have any industrial base?
To put it bluntly, even after the so-called reforms of Alexander II, until the outbreak of World War I, Russia did not have a decent industrial base.
It is the most lame among the great powers, even worse than Japan, which is also lame!
There is a reason why Japan is so poor. It started late, has weak resources, and is restricted in all aspects.
But what about Russia? You have to say that it didn't start too late, and its resources are endless, but its industry is in a mess. Even at the beginning of the century when it was competing for territory with Japan, it was beaten up by the Japs, and it almost collapsed completely.
From this perspective, the gap in Russia's industrial base is simply outrageous and unreasonable.
To be honest, if it hadn’t been for the economic crisis in the capitalist world in the 1930s, and if the Father of Steel hadn’t taken advantage of the Great Depression in the United States to strengthen its industrial shortcomings, Russia would not have had an industrial foundation for another hundred years.
But what is particularly sad is that after the disintegration of the Red Empire, the Russians who were deceived and crippled completely destroyed the rich legacy of their loving father of steel and the Red Empire in just 20 to 30 years, and turned it into a mere resource.
The country can only live by being a gas station.
This makes you not sure how to evaluate these polar bears. Anyway, Li Xiao looks down on them and even despises them.
Going back to Leonid's lament, he felt that Sage made a lot of mistakes. The industrial foundation does not mean buying, buying, buying, or buying a bunch of industrial products or factories will have an industrial foundation.
The foundation of industry is always people. Without a good enough educational foundation, we cannot cultivate generations of industrial scientific and technological talents. No matter how much we buy, we will be taken advantage of!
Li Xiao didn't want to be taken advantage of, so he had reservations about spending a lot of money to purchase industrial finished products from Britain and France proposed in Leonid's letter. Industry needed to be imported, but Russia could not spend all its money on it now. Training of talents was the key.