1890 King of Southeast Asia

“Poor!”

“Poor is the first impression these 13 provinces gave me, and it is also the most profound impression throughout the entire study tour.” Liu Haoran let the cigarette burn, his eyes dull, as if he had returned to the days of study tour.

“I took 200 children to study tour, the oldest was 12 years old, the youngest was 7 years old, they were basically 23 generations of immigrants, only a few were originally from Southeast Asian Chinese.”

“They came from all walks of life and worked in all industries, whether farmers or businessmen, workers or officials, officers’ families are involved, and more of them come from farmers’ families.”

This is normal, because the largest number of people in Nanhua are farmers, followed by workers.

The main agency that received immigrants at the time was the Construction Corps, and almost all immigrants had to join the Construction Corps, that is, farmers.

"The poorest of them also owns his own brick house, a few sets of clothes that fit him, and a tractor or motorcycle."

"During the Nanhua Empire, the average annual income of farmers exceeded 1,000 yuan, and the average personal income exceeded 300 yuan."

"And 300 yuan is a wealth that hundreds of millions of farmers in the more than 10 million square kilometers of China dare not even imagine."

"Even if the land has been distributed to farmers, farmers can't make much money at the end of the year."

"I didn't know this until I went to see it."

"Many children in China spend less than 10 cents a day, including the cost of their meals."

"They have only coarse tea and light meals for their three meals, and even coarse grains are used instead. Even so, they need to work day and night to eat enough, and in winter, they will eat even less because they can't work."

"They can only eat meat once or twice a year, just to taste it. Without enough nutritional supplements, their bodies are generally malnourished."

"Because they need to work, farmers generally hope that their children will go to the fields as soon as possible, and they are unwilling to let them go to school, even if it is school. Tuition is free, and textbooks and miscellaneous fees are free. "

"Many students go to school just for lunch, so they can save food for a meal."

"In the whole of China, only where there are industries and around the projects under construction, the situation will be better, and the workers will have a stronger desire for their children to learn."

"According to the data I calculated from this experience, about 90% of children in China are malnourished. Even though compulsory education is being popularized, the gross enrollment rate of students is less than 50%, and the dropout rate is more than half."

"Because poor families cannot lose a labor force, many 12-year-old children are already important laborers."

"Because of poverty, no matter how to publicize and govern, early marriage is still prosperous. In Southeast Asia, 14-year-old girls only go to junior high school, while in those poor areas, 14-year-olds already have children."

"Because of poverty, various rules and regulations such as the Marriage Law, the Compulsory Education Law, and the Grassroots Governance Regulations cannot be implemented."

"Because the governance measures cannot be effectively implemented, this kind of poverty will gradually continue."

Liu Haoran said, tears in his eyes.

He witnessed a 13-year-old child having a difficult birth. Due to the lack of doctors and medical resources, she kept crying out in pain, fainted from the pain, and then woke up from the pain.

Among the doctors who followed the study tour team, there was no obstetrician or gynecologist. The only internist tried to deliver the baby, but the result was not ideal.

Because there was no experience in caesarean section, the operation was full of twists and turns. After finally taking the child out, it was found that the stunted child had died of hypoxia.

Then, the mother began to bleed heavily. After emergency blood transfusion treatment, she still did not get better. The premature birth had already harmed the mother's health.

Finally, the doctor had to inject an overdose of morphine to let the girl die without pain.

Liu Haoran acted as a nurse because of the shortage of staff. This incident gave him a huge shock.

"You can see and think for yourself. You can see these, which proves that you have begun to mature. As your father, I am very happy."

"I believe you have thought about how to solve this problem. I want to hear your ideas." Liu Yiming didn't notice that the cigarette had burned out and was a little hot.

"I've thought about it." Liu Haoran nodded, then looked back and forth between Liu Yiming and Xu Hui.

Liu Yiming's expression did not change much, Xu Hui gave Liu Haoran a smile and nodded in support.

"Father, Prime Minister, as the Crown Prince, I request to speed up the progress of the war and end it as soon as possible."

"Even if the British promise to reimburse the military expenses, the current military expenses are still paid by us."

"The war has been going on for more than a year, and we have spent more than 30 billion. If this money is invested in people's livelihood, we can easily solve these problems."

"Building roads and factories, these projects can provide jobs, and after the factories are completed, they can also provide jobs."

"Around these jobs, industries such as catering will be extended, and then drive the industries of tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, and food ingredients. These industries will drive a lot of employment and gradually circulate."

"If we invest half of the 30 billion in domestic construction, we can initially solve the poverty problem of all people within 3 years and provide sufficient jobs."

"Only when everyone solves the basic poverty problem and has a certain amount of wealth in their hands will they seriously think about future problems."

"We can also implement various difficult measures smoothly."

Liu Haoran plucked up the courage and looked at the two people.

Liu Yiming and Xu Hui looked at each other. Liu Yiming had some relief in his eyes, while Xu Hui nodded frequently. However, neither of them spoke, but only exchanged glances.

Liu Haoran waited nervously, just like a prisoner waiting for the final verdict.

Even though Liu Haoran was the crown prince, he didn't know many things, such as the mechanized divisions and heavy armored group armies currently in the Huaxia Empire, let alone their combat effectiveness.

He didn't know whether the Huaxia Empire could achieve victory in the war quickly, but he knew that the Huaxia Empire was far from doing its best.

The Huaxia Empire now has more than 40 armies and more than a dozen division-level units directly under the General Staff, with a total of about 2 million active military personnel.

The front line, that is, the Arab theater, has only more than 200,000 troops and some logistics personnel and reserve personnel, totaling 300,000 people.

Moreover, the front-line troops are not the most elite troops. Even the powerful 3rd and 5th division-level units, many of whose officers have been removed.

Liu Haoran had read a war report from the Ministry of National Defense. China could currently deploy more than 1 million people, and 1.5 million people under extreme conditions, to fight in the Arab theater.

Of course, Liu Haoran did not understand the various prerequisites at all, such as requisitioning all ships for logistics transportation or unified industrial raw material transportation.

It is equivalent to a wartime economic system, which can be used, but the cost is very high.

Liu Haoran only knew that if the number of troops could be doubled, at least the Ottomans could be defeated as soon as possible and the cost could be reduced.

"Haoran, do you know where the 30 billion military expenses we paid in advance came from?" Xu Hui did not answer Liu Haoran directly, but asked.

"Part of it is tax revenue, but I heard that most of it comes from bonds. Since the people can afford bonds, issuing construction bonds is also possible." Liu Haoran knew something.

In his opinion, the fact that bonds are bought by people proves that the Chinese Empire has a foundation, and it is more valuable to use this money for construction than to burn it.

"Yes, bonds. The largest subscriber of these bonds is our central bank, followed by the state-owned banks of various empires, then foreign banks, and finally the bond market."

"For the bond market, about 8 billion yuan, the local area, that is, the entire Huaxia Empire, subscribed about 1.3 billion yuan."

"The rest was eaten up by the United States." Xu Hui looked at him with a smile.

"Why?" Liu Haoran's eyes suddenly became blank, and he didn't quite understand what this meant.

He could understand foreign banks and market subscriptions, but he couldn't figure out issuing bonds and buying them himself.

"This is a very complicated financial issue, involving many issues. If you want to learn, I can arrange for you to study with the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of Finance. Anyway, Sun Zaizhi also wants to learn these."

"You only need to know now that, except for the part we invested ourselves, all subscriptions in the bond market are because they believe we can win the war."

"This gives them confidence, and whether you can raise enough funds by issuing other bonds is a question mark." Liu Yiming didn't let Xu Hui explain to Liu Haoran.

It's better to let him experience it personally than to tell him, otherwise he will always be confused.

"As for the war and construction issues, they are essentially the same as the balance issues."

"We know how serious the imbalance problem of the Huaxia Empire is, so Sun Zaizhi will become the next prime minister and take office after the war is over."

Liu Yiming explained.

"After the war?" Liu Haoran roughly understood why Sun Zaizhi was the next prime minister after hearing this.

It's not because Xu Hui did a bad job, and it's not because Sun Zaizhi is so strong, but because Sun Zaizhi was born in the Huaxia region, while Xu Hui was born in the South China region.

Politics is often accompanied by factions. Because the Huaxia Empire is too broad, regional factions naturally appear.

Letting Sun Zaizhi take office means developing the Huaxia region.

Although the current cabinet has added several ministers from the Huaxia region, their influence is too weak, and they can't play a big role in the war period.

On the contrary, due to the war, the Ministry of National Defense promotes the construction of infrastructure such as railways and heavy industry.

But that's it. Other ministers prefer to develop Southeast Asia, which has convenient transportation and a good industrial base.

Or the Arab region, which has abundant energy and is close to Europe.

It is easier and more convenient for these two regions to develop, and the results are better.

If an effective adjustment is not made, this situation will not change, and the adjustment cannot be too much. The purpose is to develop Huaxia, not to abandon other regions.

Therefore, balance is particularly important, especially when a prime minister of a Huaxia faction comes to power.

"You should understand, so, you go to prepare first, while continuing to investigate various situations in the Huaxia region, and go to the Ministry of Finance to study."

"Give me your results in 3 months."

"As for the question you just raised, I will consider it carefully, but you have to know that this money is borrowed and can only be used for war."

"If this money is directly invested in the country, it will stimulate growth in a short period of time and achieve the effect you said, but within a year, the empire will go directly financially bankrupt."

"Specifically, you will understand after you go to the Ministry of Finance."

"If there is anything else you want to ask, wait until you get home in the evening and we will talk slowly..."

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