Ruan Xiuchun sat in the back seat of the car, sorting out the agreement in his hands.
Through various methods, he recruited a large number of talents for King Rui Sulei.
Among them were engineers from major industrial companies in the empire and professors from various universities in the empire, a total of thirty-three talents that Switzerland urgently needed.
Ruan Xiu Chun believed that he had overfulfilled the tasks assigned by King Rui Su Lei.
From now on in Rui, he will start as a ministerial-level official.
After Ruan Xiuchun failed in the imperial examination, he chose King Sulei of Rui, whom no one was optimistic about, and went to serve as an aide to King Sulei of Rui who was assigned to the frontier.
He bet his future and went to burn the cold stove.
Now it seems that his choice was a great success.
When Ruan Xiuchun made his choice, he knew that he had lost the bet. The best outcome would be a life of poverty, and the most common outcome would be to be beheaded, and the three tribes would not be able to live in peace.
No matter how tragic the price you pay if you lose in gambling, how brilliant your future will be if you win in gambling.
Ruan Xiuchun walked all the way to Prince Rui's Mansion. As the popular person in front of King Rui Su Lei, he did not need to wait for notification when meeting King Rui.
He knew that King Rui was in the study, and after knocking on the door a few times, he opened the door and walked in.
King Sulei of Rui is in the study. He is doing business, and his private affairs will not be arranged in the study.
Ruan Xiuchun understood King Rui Sulei's habits of doing things, so he was not worried about bumping into King Rui Sulei.
He pushed the door open and walked into the study room, where he saw King Rui Sulei sitting in front of the wireless telegraph machine, concentrating on sending a message.
He waited respectfully while King Rui Sulei did his own thing.
The ticking sound beside Rui Wang Sulei kept ringing.
He sent a telegram to his uncle, King Cao Li Dazhuang, thanking his uncle for providing him with a group of 600 talents in various fields.
These talents are mainly talents in the military industry.
Involving artillery, firearms, bullets and other important military fields.
As the king of princes, his uncle King Cao Li Dazhuang understood what the princes of princes were worried about?
The talents he sent were all technical talents.
These technical talents will not interfere with the monarch's governance.
Not a single civilian or military officer was sent over, he was just worried that his nephew would think too much.
Rui Wang Sulei can also recruit military talents in the empire.
But the empire's senior military personnel kept their secrets very well.
Even as a prince, he cannot understand who are the top talents?
There is also competition among the twelve princes and kings for middle-level talents. They each rely on their own abilities, and the competition is very fierce.
King Sulei of Rui sent a telegram to say hello to his uncle, and at the same time proposed to purchase a batch of supplies from Cao State.
The Cao State is in South America. There are many farms in the country and the food is extremely rich.
A new country wanted to appease the indigenous people and stabilize the immigrants.
The most critical point is to provide sufficient food.
King Rui Sulei wanted to expand the channels for food purchase until the country's food could meet the minimum consumption of the people of the country. This was the bottom line of security.
After he finished sending the telegram, he saw Ruan Xiuchun standing aside.
"Xiuchun, you're back, sit down and talk."
King Rui Su Lei saw Ruan Xiuchun's expression and knew that he had done a good job in this matter.
Ruan Xiuchun immediately sat respectfully in front of King Rui Sulei, and he told the results of his work during this period.
"Your Highness, of the fifty people you planned, I have recruited a total of thirty-three people.
Follow your previous arrangements and give these people enough respect and money.
Among them, you focus on recruiting internal combustion engine engineer Gao Dazhuang, wheat breeding expert Yu Liwei, and telegraph engineer Guo Han.
I recruited them all through heavy profits and have signed an agreement."
Ruan Xiuchun briefly introduced his achievements during this period, and saw King Rui Sulei showing a satisfied look.
He asked with some confusion: "Your Highness, we have paid so much to recruit these people.
Is this imitating the ancient sages who bought horse bones for thousands of dollars?"
The recruitment price offered by Prince Rui's Palace was not one or two percent higher than that of other palaces, but several times higher.
Ruan Xiuchun guessed that King Sulei of Rui did this to buy horse bones for thousands of gold.
King Rui Sulei was willing to pay such a high price for such a craftsman who only mastered one or two skills.
A true talent, King Rui Sulei must be willing to pay more.
King Rui Su Lei heard the hidden meaning in Ruan Xiuchun's words.
The inner thoughts of this staff member who had been with him for many years were still those of a traditional literati.
King Sulei of Rui has been with his father since he was a child. He has received many teachings from his father, and his thoughts and ideas are very different from those of these people.
King Rui Su Lei said in a serious tone: "In my heart, these talents are completely worth the price.
This is not buying horse bones for a thousand dollars, their abilities are enough to match what they get.
If there were trains and cars, Switzerland could be reached from south to north in a day and night.
With such convenient conditions, troops can be mobilized very quickly across the country.
If the country is invaded by other forces, it can be reached as soon as possible through convenient transportation conditions.
I think the value of trains and cars is underestimated by people today.
Agricultural machinery is also extremely important to a country.
He allowed a small number of farmers to manage a large number of fields.
In this way, the rest of the people can join the industry and create more value."
Rui Wang Sulei still had words hidden in his heart that he had not said out yet.
The tank first appeared on the European battlefield, although it had various flaws.
But there is no doubt that it will replace the role of cavalry in the war of the new era.
Imperial chariots fought against traditional European cavalry, and even though they were numerically inferior, they still achieved brilliant victories.
This shows how chariots crush cavalry.
It's like firearms crushing cold weapons.
The cavalry had to shoulder a lot of heavy responsibilities on the battlefield.
The chariot will bear a huge responsibility on the future battlefield.
There is no need to modify the chassis of an agricultural tractor. If you install a turret on it, it will become a simple tank.
If a country has a complete automobile industry, it also has the ability to produce combat vehicles.
King Rui Sulei believed that the chariot would definitely show its edge again on the European plains.
"The internal combustion engine is extremely important to an initial country. We have made a lot of money for this small cost.
It only takes one million taels of silver coins to obtain an internal combustion engine industry chain.
One million taels of silver coins can buy tens of thousands of internal combustion engines.
But the fundamental industry of a country must be in my own hands so that I can feel at ease.
The same is true for wheat breeding experts. This is related to the domestic grain industry and must be paid more attention to.
The role of the telegraph is now obvious to all.
If a country does not have telegraph, it is equivalent to being blind.
As long as there is a complete telegraph network, anything that happens in the countryside can be reported to the palace in an instant.
How convenient this is for my king to rule the country."
The civil servants all knew what King Rui Sulei had not said.
That is, since the advent of the telegraph, civil servants have not been able to deceive superiors and subordinates as smoothly as before.
After Rui Wang Su Lei finished speaking, he didn't care what Ruan Xiuchun thought, he just wanted to let him know that he valued talents.
After Ruan Xiuchun listened to King Sulei's story, he was deeply moved. A tiger father has no dog son.
King Rui Su Lei is very similar to Emperor Su He in some aspects.
He heard folk rumors about the royal family.
Prince Su Shu and King Rui Su Lei often gathered around Emperor Su He when they were young, and Emperor Su He taught him.
If the prince Su Shu hadn't had a strong background, he would have been very up to date.
King Rui Su Lei may not lose to Prince Su Shu.
Ruan Xiuchun immediately smiled and flattered Green King Su Lei.
"Your Highness is far-sighted and far-sighted.
I am just a mortal. I am grateful for His Highness’s teachings and will definitely pay more attention to technical talents in the future.
I found that only His Highness and the Sixth Prince Su Sheng have invested heavily in recruiting technical talents.
The talents that other princes and kings compete for are mainly prestigious talents.
They don’t pay that much attention to technical talents.”
King Rui Su Lei heard Ruan Xiuchun talking about the practices of other princes and kings.
He said disdainfully: "Those talented people are famous because of complimenting each other.
Those literati in Shilin are good at doing this.
Especially during the Han Dynasty, talents were selected through the examination and examination system.
Lying on the ice, begging for carps, and asking for filial piety, all these methods were used.
Among those wise people who have left their mark in the history books, some of them are truly talented in the world.
What's more, the talented people in the empire who praise each other are just clowns in my eyes.
Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty with the talents of Peixian County.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, gathered talents from the area, including the famous general Xu Da, Lan Yu who attacked the Xiongnu in Mobei, and Li Shanchang who was good at governing the country.
Among the talents from southern Shaanxi under my father, the famous prime minister Wang Zhongce was just a failed scholar, and the accomplished prime minister Wei Shiming was just a blacksmith.
Qian Mingyi, the king of Shu, was just a businessman's son.
Among the talented people in southern Shaanxi, there are more than thirty dukes.
This king does not need talents at all to govern the country.
They are not the talents I consider them to be.
Xiuchun, your ability is no worse than that of those talented people. As long as you undergo training at the grassroots level, I believe you will become a famous official who will go down in history."
Ruan Xiuchun heard His Royal Highness King Rui talking eloquently.
He was filled with excitement. He didn't expect King Rui to value him so much.
He also believes that his abilities are definitely no worse than those of talented people.
It would also be of great benefit to King Rui not to recruit those talented people.
There will be far fewer people competing with him, and he can take this opportunity to climb to a higher position.
When Ruan Xiuchun thought of this, he had already made up his mind that whoever chirps in his ears from now on must look good to him.
Rui Wang Sulei gave an example, which also made him feel deafening and enlightening.
It is true that a country can be governed well with only the talents of one place.
The kind of talents who can change the world and the world are the real talents.
Such talents have not appeared for thousands of years. These talents praised by literati are definitely not real talents.
Ruan Xiuchun pretended to listen with an open mind, and he kept nodding in agreement with King Rui Sulei's opinions.
"Your Highness, at this stage we are at the upper hand in the competition for talents.
The other princes and kings, except Tang Wang Su Sheng, all reacted slowly.
In particular, the Prince of Yue's Mansion actually used brutal means, using a stick and a carrot to force talented people to join them.
People nowadays often read newspapers, and their knowledge is completely different from that of people before.
Their method has the completely opposite effect.
If it weren't for their assistance, it would still take a lot of effort for me to recruit so many talents.
Your Highness, what do you think of this kind of thing?"
King Rui Su Lei started talking, and he couldn't help but analyze: "I think except for the sixth emperor's younger brother Tang Wang Su Sheng, the rest of the princes and kings are not in my eyes.
The Third Emperor's younger brother Su Meng, Prince of Liang, has very poor taste.
He chose the core territory of Ottoman Turkey. Not to mention the indigenous people there, it was by no means easy to rule.
There is still a trace of civilization in Western Europe, even if it is a barbaric civilization.
Ottoman Türkiye was completely ignorant.
Even if Liang King Su Meng solved the internal strife of Liang Kingdom, he wanted to develop externally, but found that his country had been locked up.
Except for the south gate, all the Liang Kingdom is the territory of the empire.
If he wants to develop, he cannot expand in the same direction as the empire.
In the south is Hunan, a rich country with oil.
Xiang Wang Liang Feng was not an ambitious person, he just wanted a stable life.
But Hunan has a lot of oil in its hands, and it is too rich.
Even if Xiang State is thrown at money, it can still build a strong army.
Both Liang and Xiang had more than enough to protect themselves but not enough to expand.
These two countries have not taken many actions, and they do not urgently need talents.
As the younger brother of the Three Emperors, I still have a nomadic mentality, so I chose a territory belonging to a nomadic tribe.
He just cares too much about his bloodline.
We Han people pay attention to bloodline, but we pay more attention to civilization.
As for the Fourth Emperor, King Su Ming of Qi, he was completely spoiled by Queen Wang Wenjun.
If it weren't for his father's strict control, he would be a typical playboy.
The King of Qi is suitable to be a peaceful monarch.
It could also be that King Su Ming of Qi is pretending, which would be really scary.
A man who pretended to be an adult from a young age is so scheming that I cannot even imagine it.
These are my royal brothers. Their competition for talents is obviously slower now.
The territories of my king and his brothers are not bordering each other, so there will basically be no violent conflicts.
Bai Yuangui, the king of Yue, and Lu Chenyang, the king of Chu, were both soldiers.
These people's ruling methods are rather cruel and they do not respect talents, but they still attach great importance to improving the talents of the army.
This generation must not be messed with.
A typical representative of this kind of person is my uncle King Cao Li Dazhuang.
In the future, I can only use my status as a prince to deal with these people."
King Rui Sulei couldn't say it out loud. He could only pray in his heart that nothing would happen to his father until his wings were full.
With the father suppressing everything, these people would not attack the princes because of their emotions and reasons.
Rui Wang Sule finally commented on the remaining princes and kings.
"Song King Zhan Tie was very stable, but the main territory of the Song State was the archipelago, and he developed a navy.
The talents collected by the Song Palace were mainly talents in the shipbuilding industry.
The Song Palace does not have much conflict with us.
We are currently focusing on the army and have no energy to develop the navy. We will not have a big conflict with the Song Dynasty.
I don’t know much about King Qing Jiang Zhiyu, but my father allows him to take control of the logistics department, so this person must be very stable in nature.
Gui Wang Qutian had a close relationship with the emperor's sixth brother, and they wanted to prevent the two countries from secretly forming an alliance.
Gui Wang Qutian behaves very steadily, he is the kind of person who likes to calculate.
He is not absolutely sure and will never take the initiative to attack.
I can recognize a few of these princes and kings.
But King Qian Mingyi of Shu and King Qi Gangyi of Wu are so hidden that with my level, I really can’t see what they are doing?”
King Sulei of Rui has always been wary of King Qian Mingyi of Shu and King Qi of Wu Gangyi.
These two countries are his neighbors. King Sule of Rui felt tremendous pressure and worked hard to develop himself.