Dzerzhinsky made a lot of requests, which can be summed up in one sentence - to provide all possible technical support to transform the United Principality of Russia from a gradually backward agricultural country into an advanced industrial country.
Let the elf, who is despised as a "rabbit", send various experts and open up technology without reservation to help the furry bear transform into an industrial country? This joke is really a bit cold.
Mr. Dzerzhinsky is very good and capable, but his abilities and expertise are not in the technical field, and technical issues involving politics and strategy are beyond his understanding. Of course, this is his limitation, and he does not understand it either.
History - the history of another world - does not yet know how difficult the cooperation intention he proposed is. If he also wants to add "world-leading" to the task list, the difficulty will become even more difficult.
History has proven this twice in a row. The first time was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Through the economic crisis that swept the entire capitalist world and tough administrative measures, after paying a huge price, this country finally got a flawed
Industrial system; the second time was the People's Republic of China. With the aid of the Soviet Union, it had a weak but relatively complete heavy industry system in the shortest time. After the end of the Ten-Year Great Depression, it hooked up with the imperialist gangsters and started anew.
The introduction of technology from Jiyou further improved the industrial system.
These two examples are very special and difficult to copy. At least His Majesty the Tsar and his ministers have no chance or ability to copy. The ruling class of the United Principality of Rus does not have the political leadership of the great Comrade Steel and the first generation of national leaders of New China.
Their abilities and skills cannot accomplish what they can do. Moreover, there is no economic crisis that has almost pushed the world into hell to take advantage of. There is no leader like Comrade Cornhead who is actually willing to help potential opponents build a complete industrial system.
Li Lin is not a good person who responds to requests and is willing to do charity. He will not do things that are unprofitable or even loss-making.
But it is not a good thing to clearly reject customers and allies at this time. After all, Alfheim and v.e Company are not strong enough to ignore the principality. The price of losing this help is something they cannot bear at the moment.
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Fortunately, there is no shortage of excuses, and they all sound reasonable.
"Dear Director, I am willing to provide all the technologies needed for the modernization of the Principality and send technical experts. However..."
Li Lin drawled out a long note, looked at each other with Dzerzhinsky, and said unhurriedly:
"You know. I am a businessman. Business is a means, and profit is the goal. So, I want to know what benefits selling technology can bring to me and my company?"
Technology is an asset, and selling one's own resources for profit is a basic principle of economics. But unless forced, no one will sell assets that the other party urgently needs at a low price. If the principality wants technical assistance, then it should give a reasonable price.
"Recognized by our country, your company's legal business license can provide many conveniences compared to smuggling. I think you should understand this."
"Of course I understand this very well, Mr. Director. But you must know that just a legal business license is far from enough to make up for my losses, and it will not have any practical help for your country's industrial construction."
The hand supporting his chin was lowered, and the head of the secret police stared at Li Lin and issued a warning word for word.
"I know that you are purely a profit animal, but don't let greed cover your eyes. That is the root of all tragedies."
"I'm not greedy, and I'm not kidding. Mr. Director, I'm just telling the truth."
Li Lin picked up a piece of Halwa sugar cake and placed it on the plate. Li Lin continued:
"Take this candy cake as an example. The raw materials of this candy cake include high-quality sugar, chocolate, essence, etc. These raw materials come from different colonies, are transported by merchant ships, and undergo different processes of screening, purification, combination, and packaging.
When the terminal arrives in front of you, it has already gone through the factory, quality inspection, health, transportation, customs and other departments. If it is further refined, I am afraid there will be more——"
"so what?"
"Simply put, Your Excellency, to establish a complete production system is not just to have resources and factories, but also to establish supporting facilities. At the very least, the principality must first have a railway system that connects major domestic cities and resource producing areas.
.You must know that this alone will cost a lot of money."
Suppressing his smile, Li Lin ended his explanation with a long sigh. Brynhild on the side noticed that Dzerzhinsky's expressionless face finally became a little unnatural at this moment.
When Li Lin mentioned the railway, the director of Oklana was sincerely envious of Charlemagne and Albion.
In Charlemagne, not only did the government encourage the construction of railways, but people were also willing to buy railway stocks. Although the original intention was to make profits, railway construction projects always received sufficient funding, and there was also huge private financing that made him jealous; although Albion
The development of railways was later than Charlemagne, and the technology was relatively backward. But Queen Elizabeth said: I want railways, so Albion worked feverishly to build railways on his own island. There was a similar situation in cannon casting and shipbuilding. The only difference was that
This is the extent to which the two countries are leading.
Only in the United Principality of Rus, the ruling class has become the most powerful and stubborn enemy of national construction. Even if some insightful people smell the danger and desperately demand to increase investment in public facilities and industrialization, the situation is still not the same.
Improvement. The harsh natural environment, the people of the Principality's fanatical nature for alcoholic beverages, and the high wall of national unity are all holding back the country's transformation.
Unless they replace a leader called "Steel" and a powerful organization called "Cheka" or nkvd, the principality is destined to be unable to overcome the above difficulties and embark on the road of industrial upgrading. But they currently only have half a life of "full power"
"The supreme emperor and absolute monarch of Russia", the ignorant, timid and cowardly crown prince, and a group of aristocratic bureaucrats whose incompetence is insane.
Oh, and we must not forget the peasant named Grigory Rasputin who came from the other side of the Ural Mountains and was called the "Holy Monk" and the "Monk" by the aristocratic circles in St. Petersburg...
In any case, it is better to hope that these people can spend money to build infrastructure without corruption and do not carry out shoddy projects. It is better to hope that the mother goddess will protect the principality. What’s more terrible is that some resources that are crucial to industrialization, such as rubber, are
There is no production within the principality, only through the sea
Foreign imports. But how could Charlemagne and Albion, who are expanding their armaments and increasing their production capacity, allow a bear's paw to carve up their cheese? In the face of the powerful human maritime power, the principality's weak navy can persist for 15 minutes without being completely destroyed.
A miracle.
A fierce anger surged in Dzerzhinsky's body. This anger was so intense that he wanted to smash something or throw it out. But this was not his office in St. Petersburg, and there was no point in getting angry at Li Lin. It's meaningless, even getting angry itself is meaningless - it can neither change the status quo nor have an impact on the future. Whenever he kills some incompetent fools, there will always be new fools to take over, and the situation will remain unchanged. If He killed all the incompetent ruling class and sat on the throne of the Tsar himself, which is another matter. But the director has not yet had such an idea, and he does not want to drag the country and himself into the abyss of civil war.
Therefore, he could only rely on self-control to suppress his anger in his body, and then endure it with all his might, waiting for calmness and rationality to regain the commanding heights.
Since all his attention was on this matter, he did not notice that someone knocked on the door of the reception room. A female secretary handed Brenhill a note. After a quick glance, Brenhill looked at him with a strange expression. Hill hurriedly handed the note to Li Lin. After reading what was written on it, Li Lin, who was always known for his calmness, also stared at him.
The content of the note was very brief - in the early hours of this morning, a Russian United Principality destroyer was sunk and an Albion cruiser was rammed and sunk. The commander of the Principality was Naval Captain Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak.