Chapter 1086： transaction (1/2)
It is common to find Lao Tzu if it is difficult to find him, and the prince is no exception.
It is a pity that William is currently in the inspection period. A telegram for help can indeed solve most of the problems, but it also means that his assessment has failed.
If you want to be a qualified monarch, you must first have the ability to deal with difficulties. Asking for help obviously cannot prove your ability.
Although the development of Nanyang region is important, in the eyes of Franz, it is obviously not as good as cultivating a responsible son.
As for the colonies, slow economic development is better. On the contrary, the economy is advancing by leaps and bounds, and then there is no need to worry about the tail end.
After all, the biggest feature of the colonial system under the Shinra model is that it is particularly capable of fighting. With money and an industrial system, it is difficult to guarantee that ambition will not be born.
In order to prevent this from happening, from the beginning, the development direction of the colonies under the Shinra Group was planned by the Vienna government.
The first is to develop economical agriculture and mining, and to provide domestic industrial raw materials; the second is to develop light industry.
As for heavy industry and emerging technology industries, it is completely blank. What is lacking is to source from domestic sources. There is no need to repeat development and waste resources.
In fact, there is no need for special restrictions. Without domestic support, with the colony’s talent pool, the technology industry cannot be transferred at all.
With the formulation of the overseas state strategy, the Vienna government's restrictions on the colonies have also been reduced a lot, especially after the prince succeeded as the governor, he almost completely let go.
Unfortunately, the times have changed. The second industrial revolution has come to an end, and the threshold of industrialization has been raised.
Every time he thought of this, William envied his brother who went to Austrian Central America. Although there is also a lack of talents, you can always dig up by lifting a hoe.
With the identity of the prince, coupled with the prestigious name of Shinra, it is still very attractive to the talents of American countries.
In many cases, you don't even have to pay the actual price, and you can fool a large group of people to come and work directly by relying on a blank check.
Although the abilities of these people are uneven, and their professionalism is far behind that of the local Shinra, they are still ”top talents” in the colonies.
Relying on digging the foot of the wall, in just a few years, Austrian Central America has already laid the foundation for industrialization.
In contrast, the Austro-Southern Asians are much harder. William wanted to dig the foot of the wall, but there was really no place to hoe!
Throughout Asia, there is no industrialized country, including Japan and the Far Eastern Empire, which have just taken the steps of industrialization, and there is a severe shortage of talents.
Originally, William had high hopes for Lanfang Autonomous Province, thinking that the economy here is good and there should be a good talent pool.
In fact, the same is true. With the identity of the prince, William was immediately praised after arriving in Lanfang.
After all, there is no dispute between Shenluo and the royal family, and the disputes within the royal family are very small. As a prince, he is either a prince, or he returns to the country to hold an important position.
Regardless of that situation, the future is bright. Fleeing to the past, there is no risk at all.
Although decades have passed, the crisis consciousness of the Nanyang Chinese has not disappeared. The thighs that were delivered to the door naturally leaned up.
There was one large local family, and they all sent direct children to work under William's command, which greatly enriched the team.
They are indeed talents, but unfortunately all of them went wrong. If you are looking for economic talents and bureaucrats, you will be able to find suitable people from the grassroots to the top.
If you want to play industrialization, you don't have to count on it. In this world where literature is more important than science and engineering, Lanfang’s capitalists have to hire technicians from Shenluo heavily.
Of course, it is not that there are no technical talents at all, at least there are workers in basic industries.
Infrastructure projects such as roads and water conservancy can still be carried out with the local talent pool.
Therefore, since his succession as Governor of Nanyang, William's projects have basically revolved around infrastructure such as roads and water conservancy.
You don't need to go to Zhang Luo personally. To start a project, as long as you appoint a few children of a large family to be responsible, craftsmen will be sent to you immediately.
After learning with Franz, William never cared about how the craftsman came, he just looked at the result.
It is not enough to build a university, unless he wants to build a liberal arts college or a military academy, otherwise the teachers will definitely not be available.
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After hesitating for a while, Rodriguez replied cautiously: ”His Royal Highness, except Professor Drake who accepted your invitation, everyone else chose to refuse, but they recommended their students.”
Facts have once again proved that the ideal thing belongs to a few people. As the prince William, he personally wrote invitations, but only one professor was invited.
Recommending one's own students, in a sense, is simply to give William the prince's face.
You know, William's invitation letter is not spam. He didn't ask himself to be boring about the existence of success and fame, and he invited newcomers who needed opportunities in the professional field.
It is a pity that only a few people really devote their lives to education and scientific research, most of them are ordinary people.
Those who can become professors are not young anymore. It is too embarrassing for those who drag their families to leave the comfort zone of the mainland and go to overseas colonies to work hard.
Of course, these are not the most important ones. The key is that the elites who are willing to leave the European continent have long been poached away by the nobles in front.
If you look at the African continent, you will know that it was also a poor start. There are already more than a dozen professional universities in the area, and the quality of education is not low.
On the surface, these universities were established by the Vienna government, but in fact they were sponsored by local nobles.
It is not only sponsorship funds, but more importantly, sponsors. In addition to teachers dug from Europe, some teachers are directly children of local nobles.
This is also the national condition of Shenluo. The German region has a tradition of emphasizing education. The second generations who have sufficient resources have generally higher education.
In contrast, the Nanyang region does not have it. It is not the waste material of the local nobles. The main reason is that the opening up of the Austrian South Seas was too smooth, and the number of noble lords in enclaves was few.
If the base number is small, the probability of talents in science and engineering is even smaller. Even if it happens occasionally, it is a baby bump, and it's been arranged well.
”Ugh!”
After sighing, William said helplessly: ”It seems that digging people can only wait for the economic crisis!”
Under the influence of Franz, none of the sons has the habit of irritating people for no reason. Robbery battles are staged in Shinra every day. In addition to being a prince, William has no advantage.
On this issue, don't expect the nobility to give him face. Don't say it's the prince, even the emperor will have to rely on his own means.
”His Royal Highness, in fact, it is not impossible to establish a university now. Although our number of teachers in science and engineering is insufficient, there is still no shortage of people in other fields. They can be sent to the country to study for half a year.
Given the special circumstances of the Nanyang region of Austria, we don't need to establish universities according to domestic standards at all, and just downgrade to technical colleges.
With Professor Drake and the students recommended by others, we can set up the shelf of science and engineering, and there is no problem in training basic science and engineering talents.
Anyway, there is no competition here, even if the quality of teaching is a little bit poor, there is no need to worry about the lack of students.
If we want to increase our international influence, we can also set up military basic education. With the prestige of the imperial army, there is no need to worry about not having international students to sign up. ”
Rodriguez proposed.