Holy Roman Empire

Shinra is at its peak, and it's not the last year of the dynasty. Naturally, the central government will not do anything to mess with its own money bags.

Another way of saying it is: Emperor Shenluo was obsessed with oriental culture, and had a special feeling to prevent the people below from expanding eastward.

Anyone who has been to the Vienna Palace knows this.There are indeed more buildings and collections full of oriental culture.

As for whether it can influence the decision-making of the monarch, no one knows.However, in a monarchy, the personal preferences of the monarch can indeed affect national policy.

I can't figure out the specific truth, but if people don't come to invade me, it must be a good thing.

Compared with a group of masters who always want to invade their own country, a great power that never invades itself is obviously more friendly.

In this context, not only the relationship at the diplomatic level is better, but the civil society has also been affected.Although not everyone has a favorable opinion, at least there is no hatred.

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The Russian embassy case is still underway, but Prince William, who is in the Governor's Mansion in Nanyang, is in endless trouble.

If the Nanyang region is regarded as a colony and survives dependent on Shinra, then these problems are not a problem.

It's a pity that the situation has changed now. To become an independent state, many problems must be solved.

In a sense, this is also Lao Tzu's division of property.The eldest son inherited the family business and got the largest share. As the second son, he also got a rich property, but it still needs to be further managed.

Running an industry is inseparable from talents, and what the colonies lack most is precisely talents.

In addition to military talents who can fight, Austrian Nanyang lacks talents in all industries including medical care, education, and industry.

Although Prince William had already recruited a large group of followers from China when he came, it was still a drop in the bucket for the huge Nanyang region.

Naturally, there is no need to think about the magic of the high-tech industry.Just doing a good job in basic industries and improving basic supporting facilities is enough for William to work hard for a lifetime.

The foundation of the Nanyang region is too weak, and there is no possibility of taking shortcuts.The best developed Lanfang area happens to be an autonomous province.

The issue of "autonomy" is the top priority in Shinra.There are still a large number of municipalities and states in the country, and if they touch it, it will be a serious political issue.

Even if William is the prince, if he touches this sensitive issue, he can just go home obediently and be a rice borer, and he doesn't have to think about anything else.

Of course, William himself did not fight the doctrine of the Lanfang Autonomous Province.For no other reason, the Austrian Nanyang region is too large, and it is impossible for the country to agree to give it all to its own rule.

Including the areas directly under the Governor's Mansion, they may be split again in the future.The central government only retains a few strongholds in large cities, and the rest will establish autonomous states.

In this regard, William was not dissatisfied.Even if it is really split, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, in the end, the fat and water will not flow into the field of outsiders, either to benefit his own son or his nephew.

There is no split management now, because the third generation of the Habsburg dynasty is too young to support the venue.

Rubbing his forehead, Governor William ordered: "Please send a message to inquire about the progress of domestic talent recruitment."

Now William really understands why the noble lords are frantically pulling people from the country.It's not that everyone has so much money that they have no place to spend it, it's that no one can do anything.

Taking education as an example, Shinra has indeed popularized compulsory education for all, but this "universal" is limited to all citizens.

The mainland has been covered by "the whole people", but the colonies are not.Don't say that compulsory education is compulsory for all people, even the white ethnic group has not achieved it.

Those who can enjoy compulsory education in the colonies are all native immigrants. Immigrants must first make a certain contribution before they are eligible to enjoy these benefits.

Not to mention the natives, if they haven't been wiped out, it's because the lords they meet have a conscience.

This is also a characteristic of Shinra. Under all the colonies, there are a group of small and medium lords who assist the colonial government in managing the place.

In theory, if William is unwilling to take care of things, he can do nothing.Without the Governor's Mansion, the grassroots government below will also operate on its own.

Of course, ethnic conflicts are not serious in Nanyang.Today, the largest local population has become mixed race.

It has truly achieved "I am in you, and you are in me".Talking about race again is playing hooliganism.With a perfect social order and blood connection, the concept of nationality has been relatively weakened.

Of course, this is because the population of the Austrian Southeast Asia region was not large. When the colonization began, there were only 400 to [-] million people in the area.

If you are in the Philippines and Java Island with a large population, you will not be able to play like this.

The Spaniards in the original time and space have worked hard for hundreds of years, but they have not really digested the Philippines. The biggest reason is that there are too many locals and too few immigrants.

The population growth in the area directly under the Austrian Nanyang Governor's Mansion is not fast, but the population of Lanfang next door is bursting.From the initial 50 million, it has expanded to nearly 40 million now, a 20-fold increase in [-] years.

In fact, this is the result of the Far East Empire's intentional restriction, worried that Lanfang would have thoughts about the mainland after it grows bigger, otherwise the local population would not know how large it has grown.

After personally experiencing the prosperity of the Nanyang region, William has strengthened his determination to develop the region.

Lanfang is a ready-made example. The natural conditions of the original Borneo (Kalimantan Island) were not good, and it was not even ranked in the Nanyang region.

Tropical rain forest climate, because the climate is hot and humid near the equator, except for a few areas where the land is fertile, the land in most areas is relatively barren, and the mineral resources are also very general.

The area that is almost equated with rotten land turned out to be the richest area in Southeast Asia, and economically surpassed Java Island, which is the most fertile land.

The reason is naturally because of people, and the barrenness of the land is relatively speaking.Compared with most of the land in the northwestern part of the Far Eastern Empire, Borneo was still fertile land.

Insufficient soil fertility to collect fertilizer.The guano islands that happened to be occupied by Shinra laid the foundation for the agricultural development of Borneo.

Seasonal rainfall varies greatly, and the lack of water in the dry season can be compensated by building reservoirs.As long as there is perseverance, even if there is no machine, it can be dug out manually.

By hard work, Borneo was developed.With successful cases, William naturally has confidence in developing other areas.

In the field of agriculture, Shinra is the king these days.Not only is the agricultural technology number one in the world, but the agricultural infrastructure construction is also the world's number one.

If you add up all kinds of water conservancy projects and infrastructure in Shinra, both in terms of scale and quantity, it will be more than other countries in the world combined.

In fact, agriculture in the Nanyang region does not need to worry about.As long as there is enough food to eat, there is no way to count on exports.

Japan is the only buyer in the Far East, and it is still a poor ghost. It is impossible to make a fortune by counting on agriculture.

If you really want to make a fortune, you still need to rely on industry, especially the light industry with quick results. These are inseparable from talents.

Frankly speaking, William does not have much confidence in recruiting talents from China.There is no way, there are too many robbing people.

The shortage of talents in Austrian Nanyang is not thousands of thousands, and recruitment cannot solve the problem at all.

If you want to really solve the problem, the best way is to cultivate it yourself.Elementary and middle schools are easy to manage, and they can always be established if we think of ways. What is difficult is the university.

There is no shortage of jobs for real expert professors.You can live well at home, so why do people come to the colonies to suffer?

Chapter 97 Transactions

Finding Lao Tzu in case of difficulty is common in ancient and modern China and abroad, and the prince is no exception.

It's a pity that William is currently in the inspection period. A telegram asking for help can indeed solve most of the problems, but it also means that his evaluation has failed.

If you want to be a qualified monarch, you must first have the ability to deal with difficulties, and asking for help obviously cannot prove your ability.

Although the development of the Nanyang region is important, in Franz's eyes, it is obviously not as important as cultivating a responsible son.

As for the colonies, if the economy develops slowly, then it is better to be slow. On the contrary, the economy is advancing by leaps and bounds, so you need to worry about the tail.

After all, the biggest feature of the colonial system in Shinra mode is that it is particularly capable of fighting.If there is money and an industrial system, it is difficult to guarantee that ambition will not be born.

In order to avoid this from happening, the development direction of the colony under Shinra's flag was planned by the Vienna government from the very beginning.

The first choice is to develop economical agriculture and mining to provide the country with 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 can be purchased domestically, and there is no need to repeat development and waste resources.

In fact, there is no need for special restrictions. Without domestic support, with the talent pool of the colonies, it is impossible to play in the technology industry.

With the formulation of the strategy of overseas states, the Vienna government has also reduced a lot of restrictions on the colonies, especially after the prince succeeded the governor, he almost completely let go.

It is a pity that the times have changed. The second industrial revolution has come to an end, and the threshold of industrialization has been raised.

Every time he thinks of this, William envies his elder brother who went to Austrian Central America.Although there is also a shortage of talents, they can always be dug up with a hoe.

With his status as a prince and Shinra's great reputation, he is still very attractive to talents from all over the Americas.

In many cases, even without paying the actual price, relying directly on empty checks can fool a large group of people to come to work.

Although the abilities of these people are uneven, and they are far inferior to Shinra in terms of professionalism, they are still "top talents" in the colony.

Relying on digging, in just a few years, the Austrian Central American region has laid the foundation for industrialization.

In contrast, Austrian Southeast Asia is much harder.William wanted to dig the wall, but there was really no place to put a hoe!

Looking at the whole of Asia, there is not a single industrialized country, including Japan and the Far Eastern Empire, which has just taken the step 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, it is.Relying on his status as a prince, William was immediately popular after arriving in Lanfang.

After all, there is no dispute in Shenluo for the heir apparent, and the internal disputes in the royal family are also very small. As a prince, he must either be a vassal, or return to the country to hold an important position.

Either way, the future looks bright.There is no risk at all to go to the past.

Although decades of stable life have passed, the sense of crisis among the Nanyang Chinese has not disappeared.The thigh that was delivered to the door naturally leaned upwards.

The local big families counted as one, and they all sent their direct descendants to serve under William's command, which greatly enriched the team.

Indeed, they are all talents, but unfortunately they all went astray.If you are looking for economic talents and bureaucrats, you can find a lot of them, and you can find suitable people from the grassroots to the top.

If you want to play industrialization, then don't count on it.In this world where culture is more important than engineering, the capitalists in Lanfang have to hire technicians from Shinra with a lot of money.

Of course, it is not that there is no technical talent at all, at least there are still workers in basic industries.

Infrastructure projects such as roads and water conservancy can still be carried out with the local talent pool.

Therefore, since succeeding the Governor of Nanyang, the projects initiated by William have basically revolved around infrastructure such as roads and water conservancy.

There is no need to go to Zhang Luo in person. To start a project, just appoint a few children from big families to be in charge, and craftsmen will come to your door immediately.

Learning from Franz, William never cared about how craftsmen came to be, only the results.

It is impossible to build a university, unless he wants to build a liberal arts college or a military college, otherwise the teachers will definitely not be able to get together.

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After hesitating for a moment, Rodriguez replied cautiously: "Your Highness, except for Professor Drake who accepted your invitation, everyone else chose to decline, but they recommended their own students."

Facts once again prove that ideals belong to a minority.As the prince William, he personally wrote a letter to invite him, but in the end, only one professor was invited.

Recommending one's own students, in a sense, is purely for Prince William's face.

You know, William's invitation letter is not spam.He didn't bother to make fun of those successful and famous people, and invited newcomers who needed opportunities in the professional field.

It is a pity that there are only a few people who really dedicate their lives to education and scientific research, and most of them are ordinary people.

Those who can become professors are not too young.It is too embarrassing for those who bring their families and children to leave the comfort zone of the homeland and go to overseas colonies to work hard.

Of course, these are not the most important. 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 is also a poor and blank start. There are already more than a dozen professional universities in the local area, and the quality of education is not low.

On the surface, these universities were established by the Vienna government, but in fact more were sponsored by local nobles.

Not just sponsorship funds, but more importantly, sponsors.In addition to the teachers dug from Europe, there are also some teachers who are directly the children of local nobles.

This is also the national condition of Shinra. The German region has a tradition of emphasizing education, and the second-generation nobles with sufficient resources generally have higher education.

In contrast, the Nanyang region does not have it.It's not that the local aristocrats were waste materials, but mainly because the development of the Austrian Southeast Asia was too smooth, and there were few noble lords entrusted.

The smaller the base, the less likely there will be science and engineering talents.Even if it appears occasionally, it is still a baby bump, and it has been properly arranged long ago.

"Ugh!"

After sighing, William said helplessly: "Looks like we have to wait for the economic crisis to poach people!"

Under the influence of Franz, none of the sons had the habit of blaming others for no reason.The battle of robbing people is staged in Shinra every day. Except for the status of a prince, William has no advantage.

On this issue, don't expect the nobles to give him face.Not to mention the prince, even the emperor has to rely on his own means.

"Your Highness, in fact, it is not impossible to establish a university now. Although we have a shortage of teachers in science and engineering, there is still no shortage of people in other fields. They can be appointed after half a year of study in China.

In the special situation of the Austrian Nanyang region, we don't need to establish universities according to domestic standards at all, and we can just downgrade them to technical colleges.

With Professor Drake here, and students recommended by others, we can completely set up the shelf of science and engineering, and there is no problem in cultivating basic science and engineering talents.

Anyway, there is no competition here, so even if the quality of teaching is not good, there is no need to worry about not having students.

If we want to increase our international influence, we can also set up basic military courses. With the prestige of the imperial army, we don't have to worry about no international students signing up. "

Rodriguez suggested.

Regardless of the quality of teaching, the establishment of the first university in the Nanyang region is itself a major achievement.For William, who is currently under assessment, this performance is definitely a big plus.

Since it is a bonus item, naturally the bigger the momentum, the better.Although Shinra does not advocate the internationalization of education, a university with international influence is the icing on the cake.

Coincidentally, Nanyang University caught up with the good times.Because of the geographical location, it has an inherent advantage, not to mention the addition of Shinra, which has a great influence on East Asian students.

If you have a thicker skin, you can claim to be the number one university in Asia.As for the University of Tokyo established earlier, just ignore it.

Anyway, East Asia is now in the stage of "foreign monks like to chant scriptures". The University of Tokyo is far less powerful than later generations, and its international status may not be as high as some technical colleges.